Nuff Respect

Time to head home home after 3 weeks in Philly, LA, San Francisco, Oakland and New York.

Nuff respect, in no particular order:

Tony Tripledouble, Abby Klein, Emynd, Bo Bliz, Sammy Slice, Apt One, Skinny Friedman, Thee Mike B, Eli Epstein, Omar Doom & Bella, Glen Jamn, Danny, Chris Haycock, Jamie Strong, Waldo, dude from Classixx, Travis TK, DJ Pubes, DJ Fashen, DJ Excel, HVW8, Twelvebar, Dam Funk, Dirty Dave, Daniel Terndrup, DJ Tina T, Them Jeans, Dan Oh, Stretch Armstrong, Shecky Green, Pase Rock, Gina Turner, Mighty Mi, Nate Day, Steven Bloodbath, Matthew Africa, Josh B, Platurn, Jr Flo, King Most, Shred One, Vinnie Esparza, Cool Chris, Vinsol, everybody at Pork In The Park, E Da Boss, Eunice, DJ Eleven, Queen Majesty, Chris Cutz, DJ M0ma, Nick Catchdubs, Cosmo Baker, Blu Jemz, Lloyd, Jeff Mao & family, Jared, Jonny, Tom Thumz, Cousin Cole, Dayta, Morsy, Cmish & crew, Love On The Run, Peter Reyes, Sal Paradise, Amir & Josh

And make sure to grab this dancehall jammy while you're here...
Lady G & Home T : Nuff Respect (1989)

Classic Time #46

I'm having a Friday night off and will be leaving for the countryside soon. I'll be back in the mix tomorrow night (my HKI people I'll see you here) and will make sure to play this timeless Philly rap jam. Ok ok I'll play Birthday Sex as well, don't worry.
Schoolly D: Saturday Night (1986)

Serious

I finally got my laptop back. I really wanted to do a post and shout out all the cool peoples I met in Tokyo last week, but that will have to wait as I need to run any minute now. I just had to post a classic rap jam though... and omg they don't get much better than this.
Steady B: Serious (Ceereeus BDP Remix) 1988

Movin In All Directions

People's Choice: Movin In All Directions Y2TheZ Edit (1975/2006)
Dope instrumental edit of the funky Philly disco jam. Some of you might remember the killer bass line from Daniel Wang's seminal In The Street.
Oh yeah, that's an aiff too.

Classic Time #40

Breakwater: No Limit (12" Mix)(1978)
I always loved the jam and it's classy production, but never noticed the writers are Grey & Hanks of RCA Disco fame, until just now. Weird, man, weird. Anyways... the 12" mix of this is what you wanna have as it's longer and features a cool extension of the breakdown in the middle.
My ol' head Philly peoples (Toney B & Cosmo what's up!!) always talk about the flipside (Do It Til The Fluid Gets Hot ) being a local classic, but I never got the chance to hear it out in a club there. One day man, one day.
The band is also responsible for this sweet groove and this famous Daft Punk sample, among other things.

I'm Back...

...and there was a ton of good stuff in my inbox.

Brand new mix by my man Smutlee in London. Dancehall and funky all the way, with big hits from both genres mixed with lesser known tunes and exclusive blends.
Smutlee: November Dancehall & Funky Mix

And another classy mix, this one from my Soulico peoples in Tel-Aviv. This is a live recording and has a real laid back warm-up vibe to it.
DJ EyalRob: Soul Ecstasy live at the Shesek Pt 1


This is finally out and you definitely need to grab it if you enjoy banging club beats with Lil Jon samples and solid raps. And I know you do.
Get the 320
Get the AIFF
My HKI peoples: Emynd (and Bo Bliz) @ Redrum Saturday next week, more on that soon.

So Good

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes: You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good (1975)
(right click, save as to DL or click to preview)
Some truly classy shit right here. Don't forget this neither.

To All My Haters

Emynd: To All My Haters
Brand new Philly 2 Bmore digi-EP out now on Unruly!

The Roc-A-Fella post

The other day I realized my digital game was really hurting in the early- to mid-00's rap department. So I went out of my way for some quality 12" rips, starting with the mighty Roc. Here's a random bunch of solid classics from the label's golden era. Most of these I haven't heard out for years now (might be a local thing), at least a few definitely deserve to be brought back in a big way.

Memphis Bleek: Remember The Roc Freestyle (2003)
Cool freestyle that serves as a little intro, the Just Blaze beat is super smooth.

Freeway feat Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel: What We Do (2002)
Scarface feat Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel: Guess Who's Back (2002)
One of the illest Kanye beats to this day.

State Property: Got Nowhere... (2002)
Another bangin early Kanye beat, from the State Property album.

Cam'ron feat Ludacris, U.G.K., Trina & Jewlez Santana: What Means The World To You Remix (2000)
They actually spell Juelz "Jewlez" on the sticker, no joke. Dude is like 15 here.

Diplomats: Built This City (2003)
Just Blaze & Jefferson Starship, how can you go wrong?
And we're gonna close this with 4 more Dipset bangers over Heatmakerz beats...
Juelz Santana feat Cam'ron: You Oughta Know (2003)

Juelz Santana: Down (2003)

Diplomats: I'm Ready (2002)

Diplomats: Dipset Anthem (2003)

Shout outs to my fellow HKI DJ's and bloggers K2 (the local king of this sound, Soul Clap what what?) and Fyrre (whose tireless efforts turned many a HKI youth into Dipset believers).

Rock This Park

Aka Emynd's club version of the classic Blackbyrds jam Rock Creek Park, go get it...

South Rakkas Mad Again DJ Sega Remix

Get your Friday night started right, over at Mad Decent.

I dunno how I missed this...

DJ Sega & The Brick Bandits podcast over at Mad Decent Radio. In case you did too, make sure to check it out.

Sega's Soulja Girl

Philly's DJ Sega, affiliate of Tameil and one of the best young club producers around has a killer version of Soulja Boy's follow-up hit Soulja Girl. Free downloads courtesy of Philly's Ol' Head Records:

Soulja Boy: Soulja Girl (DJ Sega Philly Club Remix)

BONUS:
Preview Sega's massive remix of M.I.A.'s Paper Planes, trust me this will be HUGE. Keep an eye on Mad Decent for more on this in the near future.

Freeway: Still Got Love

Cool song and a highly enjoyable video.

Boyz II Men: Motownphilly

Now that I think about it I doubt I ever saw the video back in the day... European MTV wasn't really big on new jack swing.