Come On Miss Broadway

Let's start back in 1976 when french guys had never heard about house, and Cerrone was their leader. The same bloody Cerrone that on his album covers looked like he had had a plate of coke for breakfeast and half of it got stuck on his moustache. About 25 plus some years later, Seven 30 picked up some french disco, added scratches of Flavor Flav vocals and made some real dope shit.

Seven 30, by the way, are the legendary Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz from the Bronx. Put your sawed-off shotguns in the air!

Seven 30 - Come On

La Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway (Disco Version)

Best of both worlds (pt. 3)

Another great promo only Trackmasters remix from the year 2000 that had both wannabe thugs and r&b chicks on the floor at the same time. This 12" was pretty hard to get when it was released but also a must-have for any serious urban DJ. The file is from a NM vinyl just in case anyone is wondering how worn my club copy is.

Mya feat. Jay-Z - Best Of Me (Remix)

T.I.

New single from ATL native T.I.

T.I. - No Matter What

Gucci time

Gucci Time grand opening tonight at Redrum! Don't be fooled by the "appella" in the parentheses, this version of "Nu Nu" is some serious heat when used right in any club with proper soundsystem.

Lidell Townsell - Nu Nu (Nu Appella)

This is the remix

Snoop Dogg feat. Robyn - Sensual Seduction remix 320

Best of both worlds (pt. 2)

A promo only double A-side 12" from 2001. This was one of my powerplays at the legendary Kerma, back then.

Michael Jackson feat. Jay-Z - You Rock My World (Track Masters Remix)

KALI

Two classic Bay Area independent raps from the mid 90's

City Side Crew - Kali

Dereliks - Iz On Some Other

LaughMyFuckingAssOff

After buying a sampler and a sequencing program (Cubase on the Atari) in 1992, Red Foo began to take his musical dreams seriously. He started producing local hiphop acts in LA - Dilated Peoples (first demos), Vol 10 (Pistol Grip Pump Remix UK Jazz Version) and Ahmad. Under producer name Kendal, Red Foo co-wrote and produced the gold single "Back In The Day" (original version) and 8 of 10 songs on Ahmad's self entitled album on Giant/Warner Records.

In 1994, Red Foo produced Coolio's hit "I Remember" (the west coast remix) and then formed his own group Red Foo & Dre' Kroon. The duo put out the "Balance Beam" album and did everything independent. The whole project resulted in a couple of hot singles: "Life Is a Game of Chess remix" and "The Freshest" feat. Evidence, DJ Revolution and Promise.

"Those singles charted on Billboard and we sold a lot of vinyl but we never got paid from the distributors....so we went broke!" -Red Foo

Red Foo and Sky Blu are now ready for 2008 as LMFAO. Besides their reworking of Clumsy, we recommend also that all beatnik jive turkey nerdster deejays go check out their myspace player for further material. And oh yes, the content is explicit.

LMFAO - Clumsy remix 320 kbps

LMFAO - I'm In Miami Bitch

New Missy

New Missy Elliott @ 320

Missy Elliott - Ching A Ling (radio)

Shawty Redd

Nice feeling to this one. Good to throw on after Snoop's Sedution

Shawty Redd ft. Big Gipp - Drifter @ 256kbps

Merry Christmas

"Decorate the house with lights at night
Snow's on the ground, snow white so bright
In the fireplace is the yule log
Beneath the mistle toe as we drink egg nog"

My pick for this christmas is the greatest rap remix of all time. Large Professor provided the beat plus a tight verse for the Stress remix which only appeared on the b-side of the original 12" single.

Organized Konfusion feat. Large Professor - Stress remix

Up north trip

Fyrre is out to rock tonight therefore I'll put up three songs he probably is not going to play. My up north trip to Joensuu is up next and I'm 99% sure that these tracks will appear on the playlist. Classic tracks that everybody remembers from the mid-90s Helsinki scene. I'm going in and I got my 90s hat on.

Charizma - Methods [Part 1 & 2]
Ahmad - Back In The Day remix
Pharcyde - Ya Mama

Talkin all that

One of the better house versions of hip hop songs. No more talking.

Talkin All That Jazz (old school of edits dub)

Playaz Circle

Playaz Circle with Ludacris - U Can Believe It

First quarter

As much as I wanted to talk finance and quartal economics, time series and degrees of stochastic dominance, this blog stays strictly music. What we have here is probably the best first quarter of any album ever. A shaky hands photo straight outta my crates. As Fat Joe said, LISTENNN! 320 for my Serato bitches.

Reasonable Doubt was released on June 25, 1996 after Jay-Z, Damon Biggs and Damon Dash had agreed about a distribution deal between their newly-founded Roc-A-Fella records and Priority records. The album reached #23 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold roughly three months after its release (RIAA). The platinum sales for this album in the US were certified first in 2002.

Can't Knock the Hustle, produced by Knobody from Puffy's production team Hitmen and featuring the R&B superstar Mary J.Blige, was the only one of these three that got a single release. Even its' success in the US is questionnable as it only peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK Can't Knock the Hustle however made it to U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at #35 and I remember the song being in heavy rotation on the airwaves during my London visit in the spring 1997.

Politics As Usual featured production from the Camp Lo-legendary beatsmith Ski and features a sample of "Hurry Up This Way Again" by The Stylistics.

Brooklyn's Finest was produced by the Air Force 1 connoisseur slash cousin of Foxy Brown, Rodolfo Franklin bka Super DJ Clark Kent, who sampled "Ecstasy" by The Ohio Players for this urban masterpiece. In the song Jay-Z traded verses with Bedstuy's own Christopher Wallace (R.I.P.) and this is arguably the best of the few collaborations between these two heavyweights.


Download 320kbps Jay-Z feat. Mary J. Blige - Can't Knock the Hustle

Download 320kbps Jay-Z - Politics As Usual

Download 320kbps Jay-Z feat. The Notorious BIG - Brooklyn's Finest

New Jay-Z

King back.

Jay-Z - Blue Magic [320kbps]


Jay-Z - Roc Boys [320kbps]

Push the feeling on

Tonight I will be playing at Jani Tolin aka Alfons Helsinki birthday bash with a close ally of the Network, DJ Anonymous, so it's going to be nothing but good times, memories and future. Expect to hear this classic among all other songs:

Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Extended mix) [320 kbps]

Drivin' me wild

Common is officially (and by this I mean I Used To Love H.E.R.-officially) back at it.

For those about to rock (Part 2)

Too many bullshit posts lately I figured. Hip hop is not dead is what some say. As usual they are right and I am wrong. As wrong as can be. R.Kelly still raps better than Nelly. Here's an essential 3pac of hot right now rap (even though Party Like A Rock Star is kinda old already, I still thought it would fit this post). Kanye's new album is going to be weak and do I even have to mention Curtis "Curtis" Jackson's upcoming thrash so please pay attention to the Kells song from the album of the year - Double Up. Get with the movement.

Montana Da Mac feat. UNK - Rock On
R.Kelly feat. Ludacris & Kid Rock - Rock Star
Shop Boyz - Party Like A Rock Star (dirty)

It's a world premiere

A new Fam-Lay video of an old song: Da Beeper Record.