Craig G - Winter '96

Droppin an exclusive type joint here. Craig G still does some doubles, back to backs, but on this tape brings the flava the exclusive DJ. Craig G was one of the top DJ's in the 90's along with Clue, Doo Wop, S&S, droppin the Exclusive tapes. He was one of the DJ's that if you saw a new tape from him, you could cop it off the name alone and knew you were going to get some quality music.

A few highlights on here is a 2pac song dissing the hell out of Biggie on side A and no it's not hit em up. And then there is a Sauce Money and Jay Z track that I am not too familiar with on Side B. I remember a handfull of songs they had floating around on mixtapes in 96 and 97 but I do not remember this one.

Word!

Side A



Side B

Dirty Harry - Tape #7 - Off the Hook High Noon '96

Dirty Harry is easily my favorite mixtape DJ. I can tell you the exact spot I was at when I first popped Fistfull of Dollas into my walkmen on my walk home from high school in the fall of '96 and was completely blown away. Yeah, that tape has many memories.

But onto this tape right here. I get confused with name of this tape but what I have on the tape is off the hook pt.1. So I hope that's what this is but regardless, it's classic Dirty Harry. Crazy blends, the hiphop inst. with the r&b accapella(something for the fellas and the ladies), the rap figures kicking it off on side b which was something I always looked forward to, the vocals to the inst. coming in and out every so many bars, a mixtape with mad crazy flavor. There is so much going on in the tape but it's not over bearing and it all works perfectly. I can keep on going but then I will seem like more of a Stan. With every listen you can always pick up something new from a Dirty Harry tape. This one here is no exception.

Enjoy this one here for the weekend!

Dirty Harry Side A


Dirty Harry Side B

DJ Mondee - Flossin (1999)

So I stole (not really) this tape from the homie DJ Truskills. How this ended up in Truskills hands from what I remember is that the MHz had brought back this tape with them from one of many trips to NY for recording sessions or whatever business they had to handle.

I am familiar of Mondee for his sick production with Yak Balls but did not know he was dropping mixtapes back then as well. I always dug Mondess's cuts and grimy production on the Yak Balls 12"s with Fondle Em and Def Jux. So with that in mind, I figured this tape would be pretty solid and of course... it's pretty fresh!

The tape did not have a cover or tracklisting. Just know that this tape was made in '99 when indy hiphop was possibly at its peak or downfall, however you want to look at it. So this should give you an idea on the flavor of the tape.

peace and enjoy!

Flossin - Side A


Flossin - Side B

Flexi with the Tech!! File2

New mixtape I made last week. Mainly new stuff but some of this material is somewhat older. Kept it short and simple, only 50mins. long.

Enjoy and spread the word!

Thank You!

1. greenhouse effect - hello world (pos2 mix)
2. fashawn - ecology
3. blackmilk - how dare you
4. skyzoo - frisbees
5. pharoah monch - shine
6. currency ft. stalley - address
7. Ill Poetic ft. King Solomon & Piakhan - Beyond rmx
8. Royce da 5'9 - Walk in the Rain
9. Big Shug - Spit Six
10. Ice Cube - Drink the Kool Aid
11. Stalley ft. Mickey Facts - Worldwide
12. Kev Turner - Ill State of Mind
13. Spitball ft. Smash Bros. - Thass Wassup (unreleased)
14. Biggie - Warning (pos2 rmx)
15. Slum Village ft. J Dilla, Posdnous, Phife Dawg - Scheming
16. The Roots ft. Joanna Newsom, STS - Right On
17. Blackmilk - Welcome
18. Fat Joe - Im Gone
19. Danny Brown - Angels & Demons
20. Freddie Gibbs - On One
21. Zero Star - Who got the Props Freestyle

Flexi with the Tech vol.2 final mix by djpos2

DJ Green Lantern & Jay Z - Creative Control

I like to use this blog as a tool for older mixtapes and hiphop music that has been released in Columbus Ohio and surrounding cities. But when Green Lantern constructs a mixtape like this, I have to show some respect. I know he still puts tapes out from time to time but this one right here, Green Lantern is back on his A game. This is a must download. And it's not even the Jay Z factor that got me, it was how well it's put together. Easily the mixtape of the summer for 2k10 right here.

put it in the deck! (courtesy of livemixtapes)

DJ Inform - The Cutting Room

DJ Inform has been on the scene pretty strong for the past 5 years in Columbus Ohio. When I saw this, I figured it would sound like his previous mixtape that turned out to be one very funky mix. But after a listen, Inform caught me off guard. This is more of a DJ concept album with original production and Inform cutting everything he can get ahold of to add to the track. Inform is a dj that can rock a party and then go down to the next venue and perform a routine for the turntablist stans that are still out there and in my opinion, you can catch that vibe on this project right here.

Check the mix out, I am sure you will enjoy it if you are into a dj making tracks from scratch.

J - Live "Do the Knowledge Mixtape" VOL.1 the late pass 2009 Hip Hop

Words from J-Live about the mix...

"Basically, I got tired of hearing a lot of people say stuff like, "there's nothing new out" or "hip hop is wack now". Upon hearing this I usually run down a list of names of new artists and even old artists with new albums and ask if they've heard of'em. Nope! These people have no idea. There's a lot of good new hip hop. You just have to do the knowledge and keep your ears open. These are some of my favorites from 2009 alone. Enjoy!

Click here people!!!

K Funk presents Hiss-story mixed by DJ Nikoless

This is mixtape is compiled of all demos. DJ Nikoless aka Kevin Beacham aka Formless is behind the decks on this mix here. It's nice to see that they included a track with Illogic and DJ Przm that later showed up on Przm's solo release, The Flim Flam, in 2001.

Alot of these artist I was not to aware of but after listening to the mix, it's just straight up hip hop shit. Hard beats, hard rhymes. Nothing much more to it then that. DJ Nikoless provides a his mixing skills as well as this is a "traditional" mixtape that is actually mixed together.

01. Intro - Hiss Is For You
02. Madlib - My Style Is Different... ‘95
03. The Distortionists - Retaliation ‘96
04. Kemest - One For Dah Mental ‘95
05. Stedy Serv - Lyrical Graffiti ‘99
06. Interlude: (All Natural-50 Years) ‘96
07. Definite Vacation 4 Suckas - Perfection ‘97
08. Dirte & Ope-Ski (T.S.P) - I’m Only 19 ‘99
09. PRZM & Illogic - Poisonous (How We Do) ??
10. Headshots - Look Into Our Wilderness ‘97
11. Kool Keith - You Know The Game ‘95*
12. The LO’s ft. Erick Sermon - New Haven Connect ‘95
13. Raw Elements - Blauw! ‘97
14. Of Mexican Descent - 242 ‘94
15. K Borne - The Qwest [JEL Remix] ‘97
16. Funkytown Pros - Fake Ass Hip Hoppas ‘95
17. Brain Leakage - Brain Leakage ‘92
18. S.P.O - Puttin’ Heads To Bed ‘92
19. Savage Intellect - Technique Of Fury ‘90
20. Interlude: Incredible Bongo Band - Apache ‘73
21. Masai Bey - The Untitled ‘93
22. Interlude: (Jurassic 5-Jurass Finish First Outro) ‘00
23. Interlude: HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
24. Interlude: (Giant Panda-Diggin In The Tapes) ‘05
25. Bonus Cut: Paten Locke - Auto Reverse ‘09


Check out the mix!

MHz 1st official World Premiere

Mhz 1st freestyle on Stretch and Bobbito show '98.

Man, talk about some Bustown history, well this about takes the cake. What we have right here is the 1st time that the MHz appeared on the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito show. This right here was just the beginning of many great things to happen for the hertz. This was a big step for Bustown Hiphop and the people involved to help make this happen make the story that much better (i just got an idea).

I am not going to write very much about this because I rather have someone that was there tell you the story of this night and all the events that lead up to this moment. But this is some shit that any Columbus emcee, Dj, anything hip hop related needs to download and keep in their library because this one freestyle session did alot for Columbus back in the day. I could keep going for days about this but like I said, I rather have someone else tell it that was physically there. Until then, enjoy the audio.

And much props to dj stepone for uploading this on his blog. As soon as I saw it I knew this was it. I called up the homie DJ Truskills to verify it. Once he told me that Supernatural was in the house as well, it was official.

Mhz 1st freestyle on Stretch and Bobbito 89tech9

better late then never..

Need a double dose of Nas? Well DJ Books comes thru with the medicine right here with some a nice Nasty Nas mix. The tracklisting is very strong and the mix rides well!

Download pt.1



Download pt.2

DJ LT. Dan - Jay z vs. G-Unit 2

I thru this up since 50 is still going at jay, I thought this was fitting. But this mix is from 6 years ago. Funny how some shit never changes.

What I like about this mix are the LT. Dan remixes and how this tape is not just some shit with no train of thought behind it. The tracks that are selected are quality, There is some unreleased jay, 50 before Get Rich or Die Tryin, and tying it in with the Howard Stern interview puts you back into that time when 50 was just unstoppable.

1. Howard Stern intro
2. jay z - anything lt. dan remix
3. 50 cent - many men lt. dan remix
4. jay z - murdergram
5. 50 cent - you aint no gangsta
6. howard stern interview #1
7. jay z - peoples court
8. g unit - that aint gangsta
9. 50 cent freestyle
10. jay z freestyle
11. howard stern interview #2
12. 50 cent - your life's on the line lt. dan remix
13. jay z - can't knock the hustle lt. dan remix
14. young buck - died & came back
15. jay z - marcy to hollywood
16. howard stern interview #3
17. jay z - in my lifetime
18. 50 cent - 50 shot ya
19. jay z - dead presidents 1
20. 50 cent - dead men can't talk
21. howard stern interview #4
BONUS TRACKS
22. Garcia Freestyle
23. Blah Bloomberg - from the gutta
24. Troy Walsh freestyle
25. German Luger - Come Again
26. Ice Shuler freestyle
27. Eminem - Foolish Pride

Download the mix!

DJ Spinbad & DJ Whoo Kid - Best of Murder Mixtape

Copped this mix I believe in early '04. Saw Spinbad's name on it so it was an instant purchase. Spinbad is easily one of the sickest mixtape dj's in the game and has been killing shit for well over a decade. What makes Spinbad standout is his cuts and skills are always on point at a time when most dj's, from the era he came from, became lazy with skill as the more exclusive mixtape dj became popular.

Don't even think twice on this, Grab this one.

1. DJ Spinbad "How We Do" Intro
2. 50 Cent Freestyle
3. Eminem Freestyle
4. Lox Freestyle
5. Nas Freestyle
6. Cam'ron Freestyle
7. 50 Cent Freestyle
8. Beanie Sigel Freestyle
9. Notorious B.I.G. Freestyle
10. AZ Freestyle
11. 50 Cent Freestyle
12. Ali Vegas Freestyle
13. Dutch 'N Spade & Gillie Da Kid Freestyle
14. Eminem Freestyle
15. Canibus Freestyle
16. Redman Freestyle
17. 50 Cent Freestyle
18. Notorious B.I.G. Freestyle
19. Pretty Ugly Freestyle
20. Tragedy Freestyle
21. Prodigy Freestyle
22. Shyne Freestyle
23. C-N-N Freestyle
24. Sticky Fingaz Freestyle
25. Nature Freestyle

Download the mix!

DJ King Flow & DJ PLK - Workin Day and Night 2

OUUH & S.O.U.L. PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: DJ KING FLOW & DJ PLK - WORKIN DAY AND NIGHT 2

We're back for the 3rd release in our mixtape project. This time we're going to take a journey tru break & sampling land by DJ King Flow & DJ PLK
Enjoy this lesson.

DJ King Flow Set:
01. Intro
02. Break 1
03. Break 2 (ATCQ)
04. Break 3 (Cormega)
05. Break 4 (Fat Joe)
06. Break 5 (People Under The Stairs)
07. Break 6 (The Alchemist)
08. Break 7
09. Break 8 (Nas, Prodigy)
10. Break 9 (Infamous Mobb)
11. Break 10 (T.I.)
12. Break 11 (Lil Jon)
13. Break 12 (Group Home)
14. Break 13
15. Break 14 (Nas)
16. Break 15 (Nas)
17. Break 16 (Method Man)
18. Break 17 (Little Brother)
19. Break 18 (Jazzmatazz)
20. Break 19
21. Break 20 (Gangstarr)

DJ PLK Set :
01. Break 1
02. Break 2 (The Product)
03. Break 3 (Pitch Black)
04. Break 4 (De La Soul)
05. Break 5 (Raekwon)
06. Break 6 (Lil Jon)
07. Break 7 (M.O.P.)
08. Break 8 (Jay-Z)
09. Break 9 (Juvenile)
10. Break 10 (Talib Kweli)
11. Break 11 (Reks)
12. Break 12 (Cunninlynguists)
13. Break 13 (Fonky Family)
14. Break 14 (Nas)
15. Break 15 (Snoop Dogg)
16. Break 16 (Common)
17. Break 17 (Chingy)
18. Break 18 (Ghostface Killah)
19. Break 19 (Statik Selektah)
20. Break 20 (NTM)
21. Break 21

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DJ Remike - Stetsasonic

This is pt.2 of the mixtape series/project that Soul started up over at original hiphop blog. This is a sure shot download.

And you say!! I am excited when the true ol skool is represented there is a lot of respect for the middle schooland new school music it's not as often that we trully go hard on the true ol skool well somebody did and what a wonderful project to select a group of their calibur before the Roots this was the first hip hop band playing live and they don't get much credit!! This group dropped around the same time Run Dmc was on fire then continued shortly into the middle school era. So for you headz that don't know now you know this is part of the collaborated mixtape project so check it out

01. Hip Hop Band Intro

02. Showtime

03. Just Say Stet

04. So Let the Fun Begin

05. Gyrlz

06. Go Stetsa

07. Wordsmith - Interlude

08. Daddy-O - Brooklyn Bounce

09. Talkin All That Jazz

10. Speaking Of A Girl Named Suzy

11. Go Brooklyn 3

12. Hip Hop Band

13. Ghetto Is The World

14. DBC Let The Music Play

15. No BS Allowed

16. Stet Troop 88

17. Daddy-O - Flowin In File

18. Daddy-O - Nobody Moves, Nobody Gets Hurt

19. Bust That Groove

20. My Rhyme

21. A.F.R.I.C.A (Norman Cook Remix)/Outro

22. The Problemaddicts - What It Seems (Remix Produced By DJ ReMike)(Bonus Track)

Download the mix!

Back into the swing of things!

Alright. So here is my new mix I made. On some "how it used to be done," I did this in 1 take in 2 parts. Might not make much since but regardless, I did it live because that's the way I like to do shit.

Not going to get much into it. Download the mix and if you dig it, spread the word. If it doesn't float your boat, thanks for at least taking the time to listen!



1. Mr. Cee tribute to Mr. Magic intro
2. Cormega - Make it clear
3. J. Cole - Dead Presidents 2
4. K-V f/Royce Da 5'9", Pace Won & DJ Noize - 5'9 Won
5. skyzoo - penmanship
6. Guilty Simpson - Stress
7. vandalyzm & finale - watch n***as
8. sha stimuli, Freeway, Young Chris - Moveback
9. De La Soul - LA LA LA
10. Keyel - Cold Soda
11. Busta Rhymes, J. Holiday - Hits for days
12. Jay Z - Thank You
13. Royce da 5'9 - Oct. 20th
14. Ali Vegas, Torae - Lost
15. Raekwon - Walk with me
16. Fly Union, Willie da Kid - Great
17. Joell Ortiz - 50 for the people
18. Ghostface - not your avg. girl
19. Freeway - Blogger
20. Beanie Sigel - All for it
21. ARES - Ain't no way
22. Zero Star - Like me
23. Kam Moye - Lets be honest
24. Greenhouse Effect - Getting There!

Download!!!

Im still here OL' SKOOL!

So this mixtape shit is just getting bigger and better and more people are sharing their collections and stories. I absolutely love it and so I thought I would add my 2 cents. Started out cool but as time went on, it just seemed harder for me to commit to adding quality post on this blog. So I took a step back. One thing I was more focused on is uploading mixtapes from cassette but damn that takes forever. If I can get 90 mins. to spare, im taking a nap or working on music. Only few of yall out there know how crazy my schedule is and how crazy it gets around Ohio St. football season.

In the past few months I have moved all of my music into storage which was a huge mistake. I wanted more room but come to find out, I rather just have all the mess here. So that means my mixtapes and mix cd's are there and im just too lazy at the moment to make a few trips to get them here. I rather just do it all at once.

But I have started to get back into the swing of things of late and getting this music a full go again. So that means you will see some post here very soon and also a few mixes I have made recently.

but big shout to all the heads that are just flooding the net with great mixes.... tapemasta(who just will not stop...dude is p diddying this shit), pipomixes, ol skool rules, soul, diggers union, dj step one, rekordz on wheels, ... too many to name. I check all mixtape sites as much as possible.

Looking forward to contributing soon.

DJ BOOKS - THE JUICE CREW!

Soul over at originalhiphop.blogspot is starting up a mixtape project and linking up with other mixtape blog sites to represent current mixtape dj's that are sticking with the o.g. basics of the mixtape art.

So to start things off is DJ BOOKS who has dropped a handfull of nice mixes this year. Definitely someone to keep checking for when they drop a new tape.

This tape here is a concept tape of the JUICE CREW. Can't get any fresher then this. One of the sickest crews compiled in the late 80's and here is the mix that captures all of the greatness that it was.

do yourself a favor and download this mix!

ghostface mix for contest

There is a Ghostface mix contest going on over at Philaflava. I figured, wtf? Why not? You can only use 10 ghostface tracks pre 2001. Shit, that wouldn't be hard to come up with a crazy playlist.

So I went to my storage unit, found my milkcrate of wutang records, dug thru some mp3 files, and I came up with 10 of my favorite ghost tracks or verses of all time.

Here is the info on the contest.... click for info!

and here is the link and tracklist for my mix, which is a live mix by the way!

DL the Mix!!

1. ice cream live (from high school high release concert)
2. ghost deini original
3. wildflower
4. rainy dayz remix
break
5. real live rmx
6. wisdom body
7. all i got is you rmx
8. childs play
break
9. stand up
10. jumpoff

Enjoy!

THE DREAM TEAM! 9severe "the intro"

So I typed up a lil review on this tape on microsoft word. Come to find out it's a trial version and I can not copy and paste. So I refuse to retype that shit up, to hell with that. So if you want to check the words and the tracklist for the tape, download the word file!

big shouts to all the mixtape bloggers out there. The cassette to digital heads. Let's keep it moving.

word file that includes the tracklist

get the tape here!

Best of Bernies Open Mic

This right here is a tape I made in 2002 from the tapes I recorded down in the Bernies Basement in the year of 2001. This tape captures alot of the fun we had down there and just the spontaneous events that would happen in the rat hole.

This tape includes freestyles and battles from the mhz, flip the early riser, metro, phizz ed, aqword, przm, bru lei, cj the cynic, plead da 5th, andrew bagadonuts, envelope, ak, and a gang of other folks who grabbed the mic on these nights.

Good stuff right here. Listen to this and remember the good times we had in the Basement and if you did not have a chance to ever make it to Bernies, at least you can listen and feel the good vibes that made these sunday nites so special.

Best of Bernies Open Mic!