Live at Magic Stick Aug 29

I had the pleasure of being invited to DJ for a little bit at the highly successful, Chevy sponsored Epictweetup at the Magic Stick in Detroit. So I was pumped to put together a set to play in the background while guests arrived. I wanted it to be a pretty chill mix, but entertaining at the same time.

Picture taken by Wattyz.

I’m listening through the mix now, and I’m thinking it sounds pretty damn good, considering I haven’t done a live gig since 2004. It was kinda tough to hear how the tracks were mixing while there, but listening to it now, it turned out really good. I think my favorite part was Award Tour mixing in from Super Nova. Unfortunately I didn’t realize to start recording til I was already through the Dilla beats…. oh well. Ok enough talking, here’s the tracklist.

1. De La Soul – Supa Emcees
2. Wick Wack – Mellow Soul Fruit
3. Athletic Mic League – Trouble
4. Sound Providers – Autumn’s Evening Breeze
5. People Under the Stairs – The Cat
6. People Under the Stairs – Schooled in the Trade
7. A Tribe Called Quest – The Chase, Part II
8. Digable Planets – Jettin
9. De La Soul – Breakadawn
10. No I.D.- Super Nova
11. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
12. A Tribe Called Quest – Jam
13. Q-tip – All In
14. Pharcyde – Drop
15. Digable Planets – Where I’m From (Aural G. Ride 12′)
16. Shin-Ski – Funky DL / Not The 1 4 Me
17. Ini – To Each His Own (Instrumental)
18. Delton 3030 – Time Keeps On Slipping (Instrumental)
19. M.E.D. Ft. Noelle – Nightlife
20. Slum Village – Get Dis Money (Instrumental)

Enjoy.

Quick Hitter Two Aug 24

I got the itch just to mix up a couple tracks, in preparation for a set I’m doing this weekend at the Magic Stick for the Epic Tweetup. So I wanted to record a quick one, very similar to the first. There are a couple rough cuts at the beginning, but smooths out eventually. This mix is shorter than normal. So, here’s the track listing for you….

1. Digable Planets – Where I’m From (Aural G. Ride 12′)
2. Flipmode Sqaud – Last Night
3. Beatnuts – Fried Chicken
4. The Pharcyde – Rush
5. Clever Jeff – Catch Rek
6. M.E.D. feat. Noelle – Nightlife
7. InI – To Each His Own (Instrumental)
8. Gang Starr – DWYCK
9. J Dilla – The $ (Instrumental)
10. J Dilla – The $
11. De La Soul – Copa (Cabanga) (Instrumental)
12. Big L – No Endz, No Skinz (Instrumental)

Enjoy.

PUTSing Around Aug 2

I never get sick of listening to People Under the Stairs (or PUTS). The duo (Double K and Thes One) is one of the most consistent groups I’ve ever heard, when it comes to quality of their album releases. Great lyrics, and even better production. So making an all PUTS mix had been on my agenda since I first started this site, and I wish I would have done it sooner. I did record one a few months back, and even though I don’t practice these, it sounded far too rushed, so I trashed it.

This one, though, is much better. In fact, I’m going to already say that this is one of the best mixes on this site, along side some of the other favorites.

1. People Under The Stairs – Rhymin with the Bonez (Instrumental)
2. People Under The Stairs – The Trip (Instrumental)
3. People Under The Stairs - The Cat (Instrumental)
4. People Under The Stairs – The Cat
5. People Under The Stairs – O.S.T. (Instrumental)
6. People Under The Stairs – L.A. Song
7. People Under The Stairs – Tour Guide
8. People Under The Stairs – Earth Travelers
9. People Under The Stairs – Road Beaters
10. People Under The Stairs – Back on the Block (Instrumental)
11. People Under The Stairs – Afternoon Connection
12. People Under The Stairs – We’ll Be There (10 Seconds Remix)
13. People Under The Stairs – Acid Raindrops
14. People Under The Stairs – LA9X
15. People Under The Stairs – Knuckle Sandwich
16. People Under The Stairs – The Tamburo 5
17. People Under The Stairs – Yield
18. People Under The Stairs – Plunken Em
19. People Under The Stairs – Schooled In The Trade

Enjoy.

Press Record: Behind the Scenes [Video] Aug 1

I’ve been playing around with the iPhone 4 camera a bunch, mainly with recording a couple minutes of a mixing. So I thought I’d post one here, which is a couple minutes of the Down Time mix I did, at about 11 and a half minutes in. This is the setup in action. You may need to up the volume, because the recording volume was lower than I thought.

There is also this other one, which is a video of me mixing some Slum Village tracks:

Down Time Jul 26

Finally I’ve gotten around to posting another mix. This summer has been the busiest I’ve had in a long time between work, freelance, down time, and wanting to be outside enjoying the weather (and not in front of a computer). But I somehow found a few minutes to squeeze in a mix. And I remembered the tracklisting this time…

1. A Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhyme (Instrumental)
2. Souls Of Mischief – 93 Til Infinity [Remix] (Instrumental)
3. Mos Def – Habitat (Instrumental)
4. DJ Jazzy Jeff – We Live In Philly (Instrumental)
5. Gang Starr – Step In The Arena
6. Little Brother – Ain’t Nobody Like Me (Instrumental)
7. Ghostface Killah – After the Smoke Is Clear
8. Pharcyde – Drop (Instrumental)
9. Jaylib – Pillz (Instrumental)
10. Grand Puba – I Like It
11. Shin-Ski of Martiangang – Funky DL / Not The 1 4 Me (Shin-Ski Remix)
12. Common – Dooinit (Instrumental)
13. Pete Rock – No Tears (Instrumental)
14. Common – Dooinit (Instrumental)
15. Mobb Deep – Give Up The Goods (Just Step)
16. Mobb Deep – The Learning (Instrumental)
17. Big L – 8 Iz Enuff (Instrumental)
18. Slum Village – Get Dis Money (Instrumental)
19. Beatnuts – Ya Don’t Stop
20. Common – Communism (Instrumental)

Enjoy.

The Evening Commute Jul 5

One month goes by fast when you’re not recording mixes. So this is sort of a part two to the original Commute mix I did a few months back. This one weighs in at just over an hour, and pretty chill, just like it’s originator.

Unfortunately, I accidentally quit out of djay before saving out the tracklist, and don’t feel like typing out the whole track listing. So, no tracklisting for this one. If there’s a song you want to know, just ask in the comments.

Enjoy.

DOOMed Jun 10

While doing the live broadcast last week, I just happened to slide into a few MF DOOM tracks, and didn’t want to stop. So this mix is all DOOM. His style is so chill, and he’s also a great producer. So all of these tracks are either produced by him, or have him rapping over outside production.

Here’s the tracklisting:

1. MF DOOM – Vompitspit
2. MF DOOM – Elder Blossoms
3. MF DOOM – Valerian Root
4. MF DOOM – Emblica Officinalis
5. MF DOOM – Podina
6. MF DOOM – MF DOOM – Chrysanthemum Flowers
7. MF DOOM – MF DOOM – Buckeyes
8. MF DOOM – Chrysanthemum Flowers
9. MF DOOM – Perfect Hair
10. MF DOOM – Safed Musli
11. MF DOOM – MF DOOM – Safed Musli
12. MF DOOM – Four Thieves Vinegar
13. MF DOOM – Lemon Grass
14. MF DOOM – DOOMsday
15. Viktor Vaughn – Ode to Road Rage
16. Viktor Vaughn – Pop Quiz (Bonus Extra Credit Remix)
17. J Dilla And DOOM – Sniper Elite
18. MF DOOM Ft. Sean Price – The Unexpected
19. DOOM – Gazzillion ear
20. MF DOOM feat. Danger Mouse – Space Hos
21. MF DOOM Ft. Cee-Lo – Benzi Box
22. Madvillain – Accordian
23. Madvillain – All Caps
24. MF DOOM – MF DOOM – Licorice

Sidenote: Can’t wait for the next Madvillain album.

Enjoy.

Dusk Session Volume 2 Jun 4

Here is Volume 2 of the Dusk Session series, which I think sounds pretty good. This is the second mix that I’ve live broadcasted and recorded the first hour of. I think that will be the format for my live broadcasts, though. Recording the first hour of the broadcast, and just taking requests for the second hour.

But this mix is good. Lot of songs in here that remind me of college. Here’s the tracklisting…

1. Pharcyde – Pharcyde (Instrumental)
2. Pharcyde – Somethin’ That Means Somethin’ (Instrumental)
3. 7L & Esoteric – Protocol
4. 7L & Esoteric Ft. Mr Lif – Opertaing Correctly
5. Blackalicious – Changes
6. Rob Swift – I’m Leaving
7. AZ – Ho Happy Jackie
8. Consequence – Q.U.E Another E.N.S
9. Capital D – Redemption
10. Defari – Killing Spree
11. Del The Funky Homosapien – You’re In Shambles
12. OC & Freddie Foxx – M.U.G.
13. Funkdoobiest – Buck Fifty To Your Face
14. Typical Cats – Thin Red Line
15. Redman – Tonites Da Nite (Remix)
16. People Under The Stairs – Time To Rock Our Shit
17. Nightmares On Wax – Nights Interlude

Enjoy.

Chill Mode Mix: Necro Edition May 26

I know we’re hot off the heals of a Chill Mode Mix already, but I feel this needs to be posted. I’ve listened to it a bunch over the past few days, and no longer want to keep it to myself.

So, one of the ideas I had for this CMM series was producer editions. In other words, having the whole mix of all tracks from one producer. In this case, it’s Necro. His lyrics can be a lot to stomach. He invented death-rap, if that says anything. But if you’re like me, you listen to Necro because he’s an amazing producer. One of my favorites in fact. So you should definitely give this if you value great production. It’s all instrumentals (only one song with lyrics), and fits the CMM series well.

I will soon be having a weekly live broadcast where I mix some tunes, and possibly record to post here. I’ve been playing around with it the last few days, and have gotten a good response. So I will announce what day of the week that is going to be shortly, but feel free to tell me what days work for you.

Enjoy. No tracklisting for this one.

Chill Mode Mix Vol. 5 May 17

This is the latest installment of the Chill Mode Mix series, which, from most of the comments I’ve heard about this site, seems to be the favorite. I have to say, that it’s fun making them too, and upon listening to this one more, I got a few ideas for how to mix up the series.

There are a couple not-so-smooth transitions. I really need to be more patient with some of these mixes, but sometimes I just get a little too pumped to bring in the next track. Anyways, here’s the tracklisting…

1. Madlib – Episode XI
2. K-DEF – Hey Funkbox
3. Atmosphere – Apple (Instrumental)
4. Mobb Deep – G.O.D. Pt. 3 (Instrumental)
5. Necro Ft. Ill Bill – Our Life (Instrumental)
6. J-Zone – Kizzy’s Revenge (Instrumental)
7. Quasimoto – Low Class Conspiracy (Instrumental)
8. Asheru & Blue Black – Smiley (Instrumental)
9. Group Home – Up Against Tha Wall (Instrumental)
10. A Tribe Called Quest – God Lives Through
11. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien – Phony Phranchise (Domino Remix Instrumental)
12. Hieroglyphics – The Who (Del Mix Instrumental)
13. Kardinal Offishall – Ol’ Time Kilin (Instrumental)
14. Method Man & Redman – Let’s Do It (Instrumental)
15. Mos Def – Body Rock (Instrumental)
16. Nas – One Love (Instrumental)
17. Pep Love – The Grind (Instrumental)
18. Royce Da 5 9 – Boom (Instrumental)
19. RZA & GZA – Third World (Instrumental)
20. Wu-Tang Clan – Can It All Be So Simple (Instrumental)

Enjoy.