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’95 Live
Mixtape Memories, Music, The Good Old DaysFor your throwback listening pleasure, here’s DJ Doo Wop’s incredible ’95 Live Pt. 2 mixtape, featuring exclusive freestyles by KRS-One, Redman & Keith Murray, Mobb Deep, AZ, Smif-N-Wessun, and many more. Plus classics by Biggie, Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes, and everyone else that was killing it back in 1995. Props to my boy Brandan with the upload, stream/download in one pop above.
Related: Mixtape Memories with DJ Doo Wop
Damaja Demos
Music, The Good Old DaysOh wow, this is kinda crazy. Jeru the Damaja just posted his first demo tape on Soundcloud, complete with three recordings from ’91-’92 produced by the late great Guru. I of course recognize the verses and vocal sample on “Dirty Rotten,” but the other stuff is definitely new to me. All praises due to the God Jeru—I was just listening to Wrath of the Math last week!
2000 Seasons
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Nonce, Please
Music, The Good Old DaysA few weeks back, I posted an old The Nonce video in response to a Juan Epstein episode where it was brought up in conversation. And now, it looks like the good people at Dope Folks Records will be releasing a collection of unreleased Nonce rarities this year.
It’s funny, I recently got my hands on an unreleased Nonce collection of their early ’90s stuff titled Advanced Regression, and this “Scopen Out The Honeys (Remix)” was on there. There’s another one out there, too, called The Right State of Mind, which is made up of songs they recorded around 1997. Yes, I’m a Nonce head, so I’m psyched to see that these joints are finally going to get an official release. Stay tuned, and enjoy some serious Southern Cali throwback rap goodness above.
RIP Yusef Afloat.
D’Angelo in D.C.
Music, The Good Old Days, VideosI saw D’Angelo at Constitution Hall back in 2000 after Voodoo dropped, and it was one of the greatest concerts I’ve ever been to. But this particular footage is from 1996, and features him running through tracks off his debut Brown Sugar, and laying down some silky covers, too. Enjoy.
P.S. I saw my dude Preezy post on Twitter that he likes Brown Sugar over Voodoo, and I had to jump in and agree, comparing the two to Nas’ Illmatic and It Was Written. Both are classics, but…what do you think? Comment if you give a shit, if not just watch the video above it’s all good haha peace.
Peaceful Man
Music, The Good Old DaysSome random roots reggae for you to enjoy, courtesy of the legend Freddie McGregor. Shouts to my dog DJ Destro for putting me on to this years ago, still one of my favorite reggae songs ever. Oy!
Listen Up
Music, The Good Old DaysHere’s a ’94 throwback I saw posted on Twitter yesterday by L.A. rapper Erule. Man, I hadn’t heard this song in years! Talk about random fire from the Golden Era. Listen up.
A Pair of ’90s Rap Gems
Music, The Good Old Days, VideosThe first Juan Epstein podcast of 2016 doesn’t feature a guest, but rather Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg playing random rap songs from the ’90s and 2000s. And of the lot that they pulled out, there were two in particular that I was pleasantly surprised to hear—Kwest Tha Madd Lad “101 Things To Do While I’m With Your Girl” and The Nonce “Mix Tapes.” Both are personal favorites from my high school days, off albums that I still have in my CD collection (I have The Nonce single on vinyl too). Peep the Kwest video above and The Nonce one below, and listen to the full Juan Epstein episode HERE.
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