Awh Funk Dat!

Hey kiddies, let me introduce you Mr. Pete Babb, better known as Dj Enki. 

Back in the day before mp3s ran rampant and blog sites like this even existed, if you wanted to steal music...

...you traded tapes. Dubs, 1st generation, 2nd and 3rd copies with hissing so loud it competed with the vocals. Well, one of the first message boards I frequented I met some cool folks who hit me off with some real gems.

Enter Pete, hip hop affectionado / deejay living across the country in NC. I reached out to him cause he possessed what I considered the holy grail of all tapes, a copy of the infamous Hieroglyphics vs Hobo Junction battle from the Wake Up Show (circa '95). I think I ended up sending this fool 5 bucks through the postal services and hooked me up proper.

Since those days, I followed Enki's career and his eventual trek over here to the Bay Area. For 10 years now, he's become a mainstay here in the local scene while also reaching out nationally as well. He's the newest member of the Oakland Faders and has extended his production credits to the likes of OM recording artists Zeph & Azeem.

Still one of my favorite mix CDs that he put out a while back was entitled Sumthin' for Bumpin' in the Stabbin' Cabin. I hope that's somewhat self-explanatory. Its a little bit of funk, a little bit of hip hop and a whole lot of smooth grooves to Stab to.

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Rock that Cumbia

"Carpinteria, California-based DJ Magneto describes himself as a "funk enthusiast, soul lover, dubwise master, sampling freak, burger blogger, and taco quality control consultant," and this exclusive mix he curated for the XLR8R podcast is as much fun as his title. Heavy on soul, hip-hop, Latin, and tropical sounds, this hour-plus-long mix sees the man born Manny Roldan mashing up different styles of beats, pushing high-energy dancefloor numbers, and supposedly there's a sample from The Price is Right buried somewhere in the music."

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Tracklisting
1. En Vivo Desde La Habana "El Telefonito" (Lideres Entertainment Group Inc.)
2. King Most "Jeep Ass Nuh (Remix)" (Plug Label/Play It By Ear)
3. Manteca "Tremendo Boogaloo" (Freestyle Records)
4. Sabo "El Fuego" (Sol Selectas)
5. Red Astaire "NYC" (Homegrown)
6. Palov & Mishkin "Rata Del" (Rebtuz)
7. Señor Coconut "Trans Europe Express" (New State)
8. S.O.S. "Colegiala Dub" (Sol Selectas)
9. Fidel Nadal Vs. El Hijo de la Cumbia "Tu no Vas (Remix)" (Unreleased)
10. DJ Magneto "El Rey Tut Cumbia Breaks" (Unreleased)
11. The Heatwave "Trick Me" (Punchline)
12. Tightalizer feat. Cypress Hill "Copa Loco" (Unreleased)
13. Pacha Massive "Don't Let Go (DJ Bennett When To Go Blend)" (Unreleased)
15. Sade (Sonidero Style) "Give It Up (Trackademicks Re-edit)" (Unreleased)
16. Banda Black Rio "Maria Fumaça" (Atlantic)
17. Sugarloaf Gangsters "Samba SWAT" (G.A.M.M.)
18. Madeline Bell "That's What Friends Are For" (Castle)
19. Sugarloaf Gangsters "Avant Le Jazz" (G.A.M.M.)
20. Samba Soul "Mambo #5" (RCA)
21. Family Tree feat. Sharon Brown "Family Tree (Norman Cook Disco Edit)" (EMI/OST)
22. Coke Escovedo "I Wouldn't Change A Thing" (Street Beat)
23. Beatfanatic "Broken Descarga (Album Version)" (Soundscape)
24. Beatconductor "Swing feat. CL Smooth" (Soundscape)
25. Juan Luis Guerra "Los Dinteles (DJ Magneto Edit)" (Vene Music)
26. Sabo "Easy Star Uptempo" (Sol Selectas)
27. Yosaku "Aint It Funky Now" (G.A.M.M.)
28. Knee Deep "Latin Deluxe feat. Kenny Bobien" (Kneedeep Germany)
29. DJ Day "Manha (Yosaku Remix, Unmastered v.1) (Unreleased)
30. Yosaku & DJ Day "The Bottle (Guan Guanco)" (Unreleased)

For Bells

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FlavorHeard - Drop (49 minutes)

"A personal favorite creation of amphibious & bogart contains banger after banger of hiphop, dancehall, electro, bmore, ghettotech, and other real fast shit that has been field tested and proven to make people wild the fuck out. Bounty killer, bugz in the attic, mac dre, dj funk, the faint, juvenile, b.g., and much more."

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J-smoke - Party With Pants (79 minutes)

"Man, J-Smoke is more than on point with the skills, cuts, mixing...you name it. His ear for music tho is what impressed me. Being able to weave in and out of old school hip hop, rock, R&B, break beats new hip hop, reggae and some shit you can't even classify is crazy."

Left Coast Heavyweights

Don't Sleep. This one's gooood.

Here your dealing with SF/LA's best, DJ Sake 1 and J-Boogie. Volume one of the Leftism mix series.

Sake 1's has a weekly residency party at San Francisco's Levende Lounge by the mission, Pacific Standard Time or better known as PST. It apparently has been the prominent weeknight jumpoff. I've never actually gone myself but my friends swear by it.

And J-Boogie? Dude's been putting it down for OM records for a while now with his Dubtronic Science series. But I remember listening to him with DJ Raw B on a very low local radio frequency back in high school somewhere around 1996(wow!). Their weekly hip hop show Beatsauce , is apparently still going strong today and you can listen to archived shows online.

The Giant Peach describes the CD as "The mix of Downtempo, Soul, Hip-Hop, Afro, Latin, and Broken Beats is sure to please your earhole."

J-Boogie/Sake 1 - Leftism

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TRACK LISTING
J-Boogie Live @ Fun Machine
1.DAngelo, “Devils Pie” (Paul Nice Remix)
2.Ybu vs. Rae & Christian, “Soul Magic 98”
3.Dwight Trible & the Life Force Trio, “The Rhythm”
4.Roy Ayers, “Holiday” (DJ Spinna Remix)
5.Steve Spacek, “Reversible Top”
6.Ralph Tresvant, “Love Hangover”
7.Jazmine Sullivan, “Back Stabber”
8.Red Astaire, “Dum Dum”
9.Thievery Corporation, “The State of the Union”
10.J-Boogies Dubtronic Science, “Youre The Murderer” (J-Boogie Con Salsa Refix)
11.Coppa, “Dont Shrimp”
12.J-Boogie feat. Crown City Rockers, “Higher”
13.Afrodesiac Sound System, “Dimples Dee”
14.J-Boogies Dubtronic Science, “Soul Clap”
15.Angie Stone, “I Wasnt Kidding” (Jojo Flores Edit)
16.Sia, “Where I Belong” (Red Astaire Remix)
17.Mos Def & Vinia Mojica, “Magnificent”
18.J-Boogies Dubtronic Science, “Purple Perpendicular Phonics” (J-Boogie Sambasoul Remix)

SAKE ONE Live @ Fun Machine
19.Three 6 Mafia, “Pussy Got You Hooked” (Instrumental)
20.Jazzanova, “Hey Baby!”
21.Janelle Monae, “Steppin Out”
22.Big Bang, “Sweet y Sour” (4Hero Remix)
23.Dead Prez, “Radio Freq” (Makossa Mix)
24.Etta James, “My Funny Valentine” (Sake1 & Cecil Rework)
25.Dwele, “Affinity” (Re-Edit)
26.J. Rawls feat. Aloe Blacc, “Bailar”
27.E-40 feat. Keak da Sneak, “Tell Me When to Go” (Sake1 Remix)
28.Candela All-Stars, “Mi Swing es Tropical” (Quantic Remix)
29.Femi Kuti, “Sorry, Sorry” (Old School Afro Dub Mix)
30.Cymande, “Brothers on the Slide”

How about some Dancehall!!

I love it. And you should too

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DJ Apollo - Reggae Dancehall Classics

1. Intro

2. Mad Lion - Take It Easy
3. Capleton - Wall
4. Sean Paul - Fit And Light
5. Beenie Man & Mr. Vegas - Bad Man Nuh Flee
6. DMX, Sean Paul, Mr. Vegas - Top Shotter
7. Beenie Man - Bookshelf
8. Tanto Metro & Devonte - Say Wooee
9. Beenie Man - Tell Me
10. Mr. Vegas - Heads High
11. Degree - Traffic Blocking
12. Back To School Vol. 3 - Real love
13. DJ Runnin Things - Lost Ones White Label
14. Crooklyn Clan - ladyz
15. Sean paul - Infiltrate
16. Spragga benz - Strong Performer
17. Beenie Man - Who Am I
18. Cutty Ranks - The Stopper
19. Dirtsman - Hot This Year
20. Red Fox & Screechie Dan - Pose Off
21. Shaggy & Reyvon - Big Up
22. Cutty Ranks - A Who Seh Meh Den
23. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote
24. Pliers - Bam Bam
25. Nardo ranks - Burrup
26. Johnny Osborne - Budy Bye (Kenny Dope Dub)
27. Buju Banton - Sound Boy Killing
28. Barrington Levy - Here I comer
29. Fighty & Colonel Mite - Life
30. Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
31. Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me
32. Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
33. Yami Bolo - When A Man's In Love
34. Buju Banton - Boom Bye Bye
35. Mad Cobra - Flex
36. Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
37. Barrington Levy - Under My Sensi
38. Barrington Levy - Murderer

Happy Birthday to ME

Jay-Z said 30's the new 20 but I'm not buying it. Here's to everyone turning 29 today or this year for the matter.  Can you believe it? We're about as old as Hip Hop. What did Ol' Dirty say? "[Something something] rub your ass with moonshine, I'mma take you back to '79!"

Here's the Rub's old school mix of 1979 (our year)

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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Superappin'

The Younger Generation - We Rap More Mellow
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rap
Sequence - Funk You Up
Funky 4 + 1 - Rapping and Rocking the House
Lady D - Lady D
Ron Hunt - Spiderap
Fatback Band - King Tim III (Personality Jock)
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Lady B - To the Beat Yall
Paulette & Tanya Winley - Rhymin and Rappin
Jazzy 4 MCs - MC Rock

1994

Speaking of which. I came across this a while back. I guess L.R.G. clothing had some sort of anniversary and commissioned some Canadian Dj...

(Canadians love hip hop. They outta remix their national anthem. Did you peep their Olympic outfits? Mega Fly Yo)

...to mix up the classics(they all were) of 1994. Just more proof them early 90's were the Golden Era of Hip Hop.

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DJ Jay Swing - 1994 mixtape

01. DJ J Swing-Intro To 1994 
02. Beastie Boys-Get It Together
03. A Tribe Called Quest-Electric Relaxation 
04. Blackmoon-Buck Em Down Remix
05. Method Man-Release Yo Delf 
06. Mad Lion-Take It Easy
07. Organized Konfusion-Stress Remix 
08. Biggie-Juicy
09. Biggie-Where BK At 
10. Craig Mack-Flava In Ya Ear 
11. Biggie-Just Playin
12. Jay Z-Dead Presidents 
13. Nas-The World Is Yours 
14. O.C.-Times Up
15. Artifacts-Wrong Side Of The Tracks 
16. Mic Geronimo-Shit's Real 
17. Blackmoon-I Got Cha Open Remix 
18. Smiff N Wessun-Bucktown 
19. Blackmoon-How Many Emcee's 
20. Smif N Wessun-Sound Bwoy Buriell
21. The Roots-Distortion To Static
22. Common-I Used To Love H.E.R. 
23. Group Home-Supa Star
24. Nas-It Ain't Hard To Tell Remix 
25. Biggie-Unbelievable 
26. Redman-Tonites The Night Remix
27. Keith Murray-The Most Beautifulest Thing In The World
28. Warren G-Regulate 
29. Masta Ace-Born To Roll 
30. Wu Tang Clan-C.R.E.A.M 
31. Snoop Doggy Dogg-Gin & Juice
32. Outkast-Players Ball
33. Volume 10-Pistol Grip Pump 
34. Fugees-Nappy Heads Remix 
35. The Beatnuts-Let Off A Couple 
36. Channel Live W KRS One-Mad Izm
37. E-Rule-Listen
38. Digable Planets-9th Wonder 
39. De La Soul-Ego Trippin 
40. Gangstarr-Mass Appeal 
41. Method Man-Bring The Pain 
42. Wu Tang Clan-Da Mystery Of Chessboxing 
43. Dogg Pound-What Would You Do 

'03 til Infinity

I made this mix back in 2003. A "Best of the Year" kind of jammie.

I'm trying remember what went down that year cause I'm not good at remembering significant events past 1994. Hmm... The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King movie sucked balls, Saddam forgot to  shave...

...and shoot, my beloved  Raiders got trounced by Tampa in the Super Bowl 48-21.

 Anyways, I'm no professional Dj, but this one came out the best in my opinion. Mostly hip hop. The title's self-explanitory.

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1. Intro (Chris Rock)

2. In da club (50 Cent)

3. 21 questions (50 Cent)

4. Skillz (Gang Starr)

5. Illy (S.A. Smash)

6. Cant stop wont stop (Young Gunnaz)

7. Quaterbackin' (E-40 feat the Clipse)

8. Mr. Brown (Stylez of Beyond)

9. The wise (LuckyIam.psc feat. the grouch)

10. I am (9th wonder remix) - Nas

11. Rock your body (Justin Timberlake)

12. No letting go (Wayne Wonder)

13. Never leave you (Lumidee)

14. Crazy in love (Beyonce feat Jay-Z)

15. Like glue (Sean Paul)

16. Star quality (Brother Ali)

17. Raedawn (Viktor Vaughn)

18. Closer (Goapele)

19. Ignition (remix) - R.Kelly

20. Change clothes (Jay-Z)

21. Reflections (Atmosphere)

22. Beautiful (Snoop Dogg Feat. Pharrell)

23. Indian Flute (Timberland & Magoo)

24. Make it good (Fanatix)

25. Yield (People Under The Stairs)

26. Money (Dudley Perkins)

27. Speed (Little Brother)

28. Into you (Tamia feat. Fabulous)

29. Moonlit Sky (Aceyalone feat Goapele)

30. Callin Out (Lyrics Born)

31. Move (Ludacris)

32. The way you move (Outkast)

33. Hey ya (Outkast)

34. Let it roll (Hieroglyphics)

35. The flyest (Nas)

36. What the hook gone be? (Murphy Lee)

37. stunt 101 (G-Unit)

38. Take it easy (Aesop Rock)

39. Dum Dum (Tajai feat Shake the Mayor)

40. Missing you (Aaliyah)

41. 18 with a bullet (Remix) - Murs

B-sides Win Again!

Whatever happened to the guy that did that blog? I caught on to it hella late, after it fell off. But it was dope. The end of this month will commemorate that last time that cat posted a blog entry, and in his name I present a bunch of B-sides all at once.

I don't know if the Hieroglyphics crew still sell this joint. The last time I checked they were trying to dump the rest of these cassette only items for only 5 bones a pop.

Anyways, click on the image (above) to see the full tracklisting or print out the cover. 

Mixed by Dj June 22nd back in 1997, an actual mixtape for your iPod.

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Mo’ Cowbell

Christopher Walken is the muther-effin’ man. Some 8 years after delivering one of the best sketch performances in SNL history, the phrase “I gotta have more cowbell!” is as relevant as ever.

Here’s NAPT, breakbeat producers. With their take on the legendary skit.

NAPT "Gotta Have More Cowbell"

Also featured on their April Promo Mix.

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1. NAPT “Gotta Have More Cowbell” (Funkatech)
2. NAPT “Intergalactic” NAPT VIP (Sub Frequency Funk)
3. NAPT “Wah” (Sub Frequency Funk) 
4. 30Hz “Daddio” Miles Dyson Remix (Lot 49) 
5. NAPT ft Skibadee “The Rollers” (Sub Frequency Funk) 
6. Body Snatchers Original & Beat Monkeys Remix “Freaky Ho” (Passenger)
7. NAPT “Beats and Rhymes” (Funkatech) 
8. Slyde “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” (Fingerlickin) 
9. Beep! “The Flow” NAPT Special VIP Remix (Re:connect)
10. Far Too Loud “You Know The Sound” (Funkatech) 
11. Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought vs Damian Marley “When I Was A Yoot” Krafty
Kuts Remix (Supercharged)
12. Dave Spoon “Bad Girl At Night” Beat Vandals Remix (Toolroom) 
13. NAPT “It’s Over” (Sub Frequency Funk)
14. Drummatic Twins “Can’t Give It Up” (Fingerlickin)
15. Justice “Phantom Pt II” Boys Noize Remix (Ed Banger Records)
16. Elektrons ft Pete Simpson and Soup “Get Up” Herve Remix (Virgin)
17. Zimbardo “Say Hey” Plaza De Funk Remix (Ruff Dog)
18. Plaza De Funk “Ghetto Groove” (Brighton Breaks) 
19. Plump DJ’s “Torque Of The Devil” (Fingerlickin)
20. Plump DJ’S “Take The Weight” (Fingerlickin)
21. MJ Cole “So Damn Into You” NAPT Punk Remix (Sub Frequency Funk) 
22. Alter Ego “Rocker” Stanton Warriors Remix (Skint) 
23. NAPT “Go” (Funkatech) 

24. Ils “Hate Is An Illness” NAPT Remix (Botchit & Scarper)

And for those who don’t know…

More Cowbell - Watch the best video clips here

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Diplo Diplo Diplo

BBC’s Radio 1 has The Essential Mix show hosted by Pete Tong. For two straight hours, Djs, Producers, etc. step up to the tables and mix down their very own set. Last September Diplo(of Holletronix, M.I.A. fame, Mad Decent Records) stepped up to the plate and dropped one of the best mixes I’ve jammed to in a while.

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9/16/07 Diplo Essential Mix

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These Donuts Are Killing ME

Yo, pun intended on this one. I drink way too much coffee…and you know what goes along with that. I’m getting  lil tubby around the waist.

Not much to say here. Dilla’s definitely a legend. There’s usually a plethora of material the streams out after these rap legends pass on but sorry folks, no Pay Jay bootleg here. The Dilla estate is in just too much turmoil for that. 

Just a dope tribute mix from a couple guys you’ve never heard of.

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Flavorheard – RIP Jay Dee Tribute Mix

For Weezy

I recommended this to a co-worker of mine and he couldn't find it in the record store. It's dope but probably not worth shipping money orders across national border lines.

01. DJ Premier - Rare Play Intro
02. Rass Kass - Goldyn Child
03. The Ranjahz - Insp-her-a-tion (feat. Cee-Lo)
04. Tef - Comin At Cha
05. Sonja Blade - Look 4 The Name
06. AC - Weed Scented (feat. Gang Starr, Party Arty, O.C.)
07. M.O.P. - Bloody Murdah
08. Blaq Poet - We Gon Ill
09. All City - The Actual
10. Screwball - Seen It All
11. Group Home - Up Against The Wall (Century Remix)
12. Crooklyn Dodgers - Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers
13. Big Shug - The Jig Is Up
14. Blahzay Blahzay - Danger (Premier Remix)
15. Charlie Baltimore - Everybody Wanna Know
16. Krumbsnatcha - Closer To God
17. Sauce Money - Against The Grain
18. D And D All Stars - 1,2 Pass It (Original Remix)

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Feed the manageable(s)

Never mind the title. Last weekend me and my best'est friends hit up Bootie for gay pride weekend. Bootie is San Francisco's bi-monthly mashup bootleg party. Sometimes I think mash-up music is a bastardized musical art form devoid of any real substance. (Isn't that what they said about Rap music 20 or so years ago?) Well, This is maybe the most fun club I've gone to consistently. Anyhoot, everytime I leave place I get that mash up kick. Cool thing about this genre, is that the music is easily accessible for free from the web (the medium that basically facilitates its life).

Well, that's just back story. So a while back I checked out this free documentary online Good Copy, Bad Copy, concerning the use and unexplored potential of a restriction free world wide web. Like eliminate all the bureaucracy with policing the web and RiAA head hunters, supposedly it'll open the doors for the creative minds out there to explore all ends of the earth. Well digitally at least.

I digress again. This post is about Girl Talk. They interviewed this cat in the movie. Dude seems like the mash-up king of all time. Where they last left of with this kid in the movie he was exploring the drum breaks used in the Techno Brega movement in Brasil. I meant to check for his stuff but never got around to it.



Fast forward to now, I was reading this month's Rolling Stone (with barak Obama on the cover), and here's this fucker's new record in the reviews section.(!!) A bootlegger gone legit? Either way, I copped...and listened. Dude is mashing and mixing at 100 miles an hour. Fun stuff.

This one's for my bootie compadres, they'd enjoy it.

Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

Daft Punx

Daft Punk. I’ve never really been into their music but I am familiar with the hits. I mean, for me being a hip hop purist at heart, its almost gayish to be into their shit. But the hooks and rhythms are crazy catchy though. The few or more popular hits are like a secret little pleasure for me. No lie.

Here’s Dj Steve Aoki rocking “One More Time” when I was @ BFD ’08. Needless to say, I gayed it up in the crowd.

By the way, this was my first experience with Dj Aoki. Best shit I seen in a long time.

My homegirl said his Mix CD might not be out yet, but I found this:

Steve Aoki - Pillow Face and His Airplane Chronicles

Indeed it is kiddo.