The Tube – A Night In NYC

25 minutes long and a blast from the past - well worth a watch. Jools Holland and Leslie Ash hit NYC for a night of culture, Arthur Baker, Paradise Garage and B-Boys.

Old School Hip Hop Mix

Here's a little something from the dusty crates for those dark winter nights mixed by Tat.

Note the picture cover, this is a photo taken of some biscuits by my mate Chris whilst on holiday in Malta last year. Apologies for the channel drop out for a minute on UTFO's Just Watch track, my 15 year old mixer is starting to crea somewhat and there's only so much cleaning fluid you can spray in it.

Frozen Explosion - Direct Contact

Don Baron - Action

7A3 - Goes Like Dis

Cash Money & Marvelous - Mighty Hard Rocker

Just Ice - Back to the Old School

Bad Boys - Bad Boys (Dub)

Treacherous Three - Get Up

Time Zone - Wildstyle

Freddie B and the Mighty Mic Masters - Coolin on the Ave

Schooly D - PSK

MC Lyte - 100% Dis

Audio 2 - I Don't Care

MC Shan - Down By Law

UTFO - Just Watch

Grandmaster Mellle Mel and the Furious Five - The Truth

The Masterdom Committe - Get Off My Tip

Word of Mouth & DJ Cheese - King Kut

Z-3 MCs - Triple Threat

Original Concept - Can You Feel it?

Stetsasonic - Just Say Stet

Too Poetic - God Made me Funky

Young Black Teenagers - Black and Proud

Masta Ace - Movin On

Son of Bazerk - Change The Style

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100th Post Muthaf"""ers! jel anticon sweetcreaminit live bedroom mix

And they said it couldn't be done! We've reached 100 posts and rising. Well done and good work from the man like Fatty G and his exploding universe of all things eclectic, also a small pat on the back to me, who without my cheese sandwiches we couldn't have made it.

So then again you might be saying well done for what? Posting 100 things on your blog? Hey look buddy the average lifespan of a blog is just a few months and most don't get past their first ten posts - so while there's crates to dig and wonderous music out there - we'll be about.
Stay tuned for more goodness, and check out this video of how to rock an MPC, hopefully we'll have some Sasqwax on here at some point, so you can see how it's done in the UK

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Halloween Mix Special

With Halloween just a few dyas away we thought we'd bring you a couple of scary mixes (not scary mixing) to help you get into the mood for a fright night of beats and screams.

First up is New York's Definitive Jux label and Juggaknot's DJ Boo are nixing the trick and delivering just the treat this Halloween. Boo compiled a spooked-out party-rockin' mix of the labels' recent underground hits from EL-P, Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic and more.

Tracklist:

Aesop Rock, 'Citronella'

El-P, 'Smithereens'

Rob Sonic, 'Rock The Convoy'

Junk Science,'Do It Easy'

Hangar 18, 'West Wing'

Rob Sonic, 'Dead As Disco'

Junk Science, 'Hey!'

Hangar 18, 'Bakin' Soda'

Junk Science, 'Jerry McGuire'

Hangar 18, 'Thing Big'

Rob Sonic, 'Fat Man & Little Boy'

El-P, 'Flyentology'

Aesop Rock. 'None Shall Pass'

Download: 'Definitive Jux Halloween Mixtape' by DJ Boo (MP3)

More Definitive Jux on Spinner
Download EL-P's Interface performance
Listen to Hangar 18's 'Sweep the Leg' LP
Download an MP3 of Aesop Rock's 'None Shall Pass'

Next up is Dr Rubberfunk's Funky Halloween mix featuring a good cross section of old skool funk and hip hop alongside a few other oddities - enjoy.

Dr Rubberfunk's Funky Halloween(Things That Go Funk In The Night)

Lalo Schifrin and David McCallum - 'Dracula Meets The Human Fly'

The Witch Doctor - 'Over Night Low'

Albert King - 'Born Under A Bad Sign'Booker

T & The MGs - 'Born Under A Bad Sign'

Run DMC - 'Back From Hell' (Remix)

Cypress Hill - 'How I Could Just Kill A Man'

Spoonie Gee - 'Monster Jam'

Howlin' Wolf - 'I Ain't Superstitious'

Yesterday's New Quintet - 'Superstition'

Tony Joe White - 'Stud Spider'

4th Coming - 'Dead Don't Die Alive'

Maceo Parker - 'Doin' It To Death'

BT Express - 'Devil's Workshop'

Grant Green - 'Walk In The Night'

Mongo Santamaria - 'Night Crawler'

Marie Queenie Lyons - 'Fever'

Howlin' Wolf - 'Killing Floor'

Uptight's Band - 'Devil's On The Run'

Buddy Rich - 'Sneakin Up Behind You'

Ken Nordine - 'Black'

Albert King - 'Angel Of Mercy'

Bill Cosby - 'Martin's Funeral'

Mr Güder - 'The Horror'

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Tat's Tribute to Electro Volume 1

No not the electro of post 2000, but the sounds from back in the day (whenever that was - email us with the answer). This is a mix of some of the finest moments from the early to mid 80s when the sounds coming out of New York and London ruled the underground hip hop scene. Please note, I did this mix about 10 years ago, and never tracklisted it, so I've compiled it from memory - apologies for any mistakes. Now get that lino out and show us some fresh moves.

Hardrock Soul Movement - Double Def Fresh

Willesden Dodgers - Breakin' Out

Whodini - Five Minutes Of Funk

Man Parrish Featuring Freeze Force - Boogie Down (Bronx)

Mantronix - Needle To The Groove

Captain Rock - Cosmic Blast (Dub)

Z-3 MC's - Triple Threat

Boogie Boys - Zodiac

D.St. & Jalaludin M. Nuriddin - Mean Machine

The Triple Threat Three - Scratch Motion

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Scorpio

Newcleus - Let's Jam

Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Looking For The Perfect Beat

Newcleus - Jam On It

Newtrament - London Bridge Is Falling Down

Willesden Dodgers - Gunsmoke Breakout

High Fidelity Three - B-Boys Breakdance

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Classic Hip Hop Mix

Mixed somewhere at the end of the last century, that's a scary thought, anyway rather than ramble on about the merits of the 'golden age of hip hop' we think it's best you listen to the mix and decide whether it was so much better 20 years ago. (Please note that we appreciate that many of the below tracks are not 'golden era' hip hop and some are from the 1990s - shock horror!)

There's no doubt that there's still a decent amount of hip hop coming out these days, but whether much of it is original in merit or whether it's just a collection rebuilds from peeps brought up on PE, BDP and De La Soul trying to emulate sounds from a previous era is the question - I'd hazzard a guess that it's both. This of course is no bad thing as long as the scene moves forward and as long as people understand that the stars of today are less likely to do this than the top dogs from the late 80s we'll be OK. Like the early days of hip hop on wax it was all about scratching the surface, digging deeper and not accepting second rate product.

1 - Marden Hill - Come On (Mo Wax)

2 - Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray (Big Life)

3 - Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full (Coldcut rmx) (Cooltempo)

4 - BDP - Sound of the Police (Jive)

5 - Q Tip - Breathe and Stop (Arista)

6 - Eric B and Rakim - I know You Got Soul (Cooltempo)

7 - LL Cool J - Mama's Gonna Knock You Out (Def Jam)

8 - Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause (Def Jam)

9 - Sugar Bear - Don't Scandalise Mine (Coslit)

10 - Think Tank - Hack One (Tommy Boy)

11- Mantronix - King of the Beats (White)

12 - Paradox - Jailbreak (Ronin)

13 - X-Clan - Funkin Lesson (4th and Broadway)

14 - Run DMC - Sucker MCs (Profile)

15 - Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off! (Cold Chillin')

16 - Ace and Action - Letter to the Better (Cold Chillin')

17 - De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturdays(Tommy Boy)

18 - Steinski - Lesson 2 (RPM)

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Sir Ibu of The Divine Force - I'm The Peacemaker

One hell of a stuttering blast first explosion of a hip hop track, which dropped at a time when rap was leaving the comfort of the predictive sampling of James Brown and co.

I'm The Peacemaker defines the end of an era when hip hop was no longer the sole domain of the East Coast of America and infact belonged to the world. Tracks such as this were ten a penny at the time, but along with previous posts including The Dismasters, alongside other cuts that came out at the time by the likes of Tuff Crew, ED O'G and The Bulldogs and De La Soul

this has most def stood the test of time.

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JVC Force - Strong Island (B Boy)

Apart from the lame name, JVC Force did release a few gems at the back end of the 1980s, most notably Strong Island on the seminal B-Boy Records which was also home to Boogie Down Productions. The name stands for "Justified By Virtue of Creativity For All Reasons Concerning Entertainment". This acronym was devised to reduce the risk of legal action from the mighty Japanese electrical company JVC.

Despite several fairly lame releases on the B Boy imprint, there were a few high points including tracks by Kay Gee The All, The Cold Crush Brothers and of course DJ Scott La Rock and KRS1 AKA BDP - Fresh for 87 you suckers!

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Hashim - We're Rocking the Planet (Cutting Records)

In terms of short but sweet output, Jerry Calliste Jr AKA Hashim produced some of the finest electro of it's time. Signed to the seminal Cutting Records out of New York, Hashim first appeared on the hip hop radar back in 1983 with Al-Naafiysh (The Soul). Other offerings followed including Primrose Path, but it's this beauty we turn our attention to. Taking all the good bits from the electro scene of the time tinged with what was happening in the UK with bands such as John Foxx and Gary Numan and flashbacks to Kraftwerk, Hashim carved out some era-defining moments.

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Word of Mouth Featuring DJ Cheese - King Kut (Beauty and the Beat)

An absolute classic and breakers' choice from back in the day - featuring the cuts of DJ Cheese who was the second ever DMC World Champion - starter for ten - who was the first?

More powerful than Coast to Coast and just as tough as Z3 MCs Triple Threat which appeared on this Duke Bootee imprint.

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The complete list of DMC World Champs

Lords of the Underground - Funky Child (Pendulum)

Comprising of DoItAll (no not the DIY chain fool), Mr. Funky, & DJ Lord Jazz, Lords of the Underground came Newark, New Jersey dropped albums between 1993 and 1999. Here Come The Lords was the most notable, feating this gem of a 12 inch Funky Child, which stands out alongside Chief Rocka. A little less aggressive than the likes of Onyx and co, but just as powerful.

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7A3 Goes Like Dis (Geffen)

Coming straight out of Cali, 7A3 mustered one lng player before all but disappearing apart from DJ Mixmaster Muggs who started life as a mobile DJ in Southern California

Brett B and Sean B provide lyrics on this fine piece of party rap (and non too cheesy either) 7A3 crew. Released on rock label Geffen Records picked up the radio-friendly party rap style (that same year Geffen turned down N.W.A.).

After the group broke up Muggs gained wider recognition with Cypress Hill as then producer/DJ and for his work on House of Pain's "Jump Around".

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