I had found this one listed on the web, but all the links were dead. So I did a little leg work and tracked down DJ Funkdoc (Germany represent!) who created this remix. Unfortunately we didn't connect in time for the initial post the other day.
12 Scientifik & Lil' Fame - Who Got The Props (Funk Phenomenon RMX)
Here's a nice little 38 minute mix of Nas accapellas over Madlib beats done by DJ Serv1. The only place you could get this was with issue #30 of Stop Smiling magazine in 2007. It looks like you can still order the back issue (issues? there were 2 different covers) and get the cd for a couple extra bucks. No track list included, but you'll recognize everything.
Before Gnarls Barkley, Danger Doom, The Grey Album, & bringing back Jemini The Gifted One, Danger Mouse was putting out his own hip-hop mixtapes which always included a handful of his early mash-ups or should I say blends. He released four promo mixtapes from 1998 to 2000. I hooked up all his remixes together into one folder full of Danger Mouse Remixes*. They were all well done. A blend that I really enjoy is Inspectah Deck's "Rec Room" vocals over Demastas "Feel No Guilt" instrumental. While a lot of the instrumentals used for the remixes were known to my ears, my three favorites which I included below didn't ring a bell. I think they were probably his own beats. All of you should enjoy these remixes, peep the samples below to give you a nice idea of the concept. Enjoy,
You already know what it is, but now it's better. T.R.O.Y. forum regular, vaporized, went and laced the acapellas of A.W.O.L. with some of the highly sought after Hydra Beats instrumentals. Whether you thought A.W.O.L was dope, mediocre, or garbage, you're gonna want to give this another listen right about now. It's a completely different look over these mostly mellow mid 90's soundscapes. I've had this in constant rotation for a couple of weeks now, and can tell you that this will be something to revisit often in the future.
Two tracks had to be left off because they just didn't work. And that may be for the best because we all know this hip hop thing can't be forced. My top 3 tracks at this moment are "Never Change", "Street Life", and "Chillin". I'll leave you previews of these three below the tracklist.
01. AZ - A.W.O.L. (E-Boogie blend)
02. AZ - Can't Stop (Nick Wiz blend)
03. AZ ft. Raekwon & Ghostface Killah - New York (Unsociables blend)
04. AZ - Never Change (Beatnutsblend)
05. AZ ft. Half A Mil & Begetz - Street Life (Unsociablesblend)
"This virtual face-off pits two of New York's most respected and influential crews against each other in an all-out blend war. The focus is on battle rhymes and the groups' golden era material, but there's a few exceptions. Split into two continuous parts, the tracks alternate between Wu-Tang MC's rhyming over D.I.T.C. beats and vice versa. This mix is an attempt to illustrate how evenly matched the Wu-Tang Clan and D.I.T.C. really are/were."
Wu-Tang Clan Vs. DITC Part 1 (45:30) Wu-Tang Clan Vs. DITC Part 2 (35:05) Download
Hopefully, you will all enjoy this mix. Make sure to check out Memory Man here at his Myspace. Drop a comment! It def gets my vote for 'Mix of the Year'!!
Now that you've probably already scrolled right past these words to hear the Big L joint below and scrolled back up to see what the story was behind it, here it is:
The original version of Big L's Put It On is just perfect. Sampling Buster Williams version of the Roy Ayers' penned Vibrations gave it a smoothed out, soulful appeal that made it an instant classic.
Years later, I thought more about Put It On and decided that it should have an alternate mix. A darker beat that might match his vocals in a more menacing way was what I wanted to see happen. So, at the time, I had my MPC2000xl for about 2 years and was just really starting to put together half decent tracks.
I sampled Bo Hansson's At The House Of Elrond off of his Music Inspired By Lord Of The Rings album from 1972. From what I can remember, I think I just slowed it down on the turntable and sampled a few different parts and arranged them to my liking through the MPC. Then, I took a not too known drum break, chopped it to pieces, layered some other drums over them and tapped it out on the drum pads.
I originally did this in 2004 and I wanted to recreate this to the best of my ability, so I called on vaporized from the T.R.O.Y. forum for some help. I sent him my beat and the Big L acapella and below you can hear the results. Give it a thorough listen and leave a comment, thanks.
Alright, this is NOT an official remix but it would definitely befit you to give this a listen. Here's the story behind it:
Back in between 1994 and 1996, I stumbled upon a purple Cut Chemist mix tape. It was well mixed and full of the latest material from mostly independent labels and some majors, from what I remember. What really stood out to me was this Ras Kass remix of On Earth As It Is...
Through years and years of diggin' and searching, I pretty much gave up on ever hearing it again. Then, one day while digging through a 3 dollar bin at this little record shop in Jersey City,
I found this Ill Mentality record called Lovin' U4 Dayz. I remembered the song and thought it was cool, but no big deal. But when I threw the remix for it on, I nearly fell out. It was the same exact beat as that Ras Kass I had been looking for. Hmmm.
A couple of month's ago, Markshot[from the T.R.O.Y. forum in Philaflava] uploaded all those mid 90's Ras Kass singles. On the flipside of the Anything Goes single, I saw the Acapella version of On Earth As It Is...
That's when my dumb ass realized there never was an officially released remix of it and that Cut Chemist must have blended the Ras Kass vocals over the Lovin' U4 Dayz Remix instrumental.
In discogs, it says that the original version of Lovin' U4 Dayz was produced by Nick Wiz and that the remix was freaked by Prince Ad. But you can never tell with discogs since their information is usually submitted by sellers.
Preview:
Ras Kass - On Earth As It Is... (remix -blended by vaporized)
Do you remember the Nas "I Am" blends that we posted weeks ago? Well, T.R.O.Y. regular Vaporized just recorded a new Nas blend tape. This time, he mixed Nas's acapellas over beats from The Large Professor. It was a perfect match as Nas started his career on Main Source's debut Breaking Atoms. The last time they collaborated together was on "Stillmatic" so it was nice to hear Nas over new sh*t from The LP.
I'd love to see an album by Nas fully produced by Large Pro. While it may not happen, you can listen to Vaporized's incredible blends in the meantime.
01 - Nas - You Know My Style - (Large Pro blend) 02 - Nas - I Can...(Large Pro blend) 03 - Nas - Nastradamus (Large Pro blend) 04 - Nas - Mastermind (Large Pro blend) 05 - Nas - The Set Up (Large Pro blend) 06 - Nas ft.AZ - The Flyest (Large Pro blend) 07 - Nas - The World Is Yours (Large Pro blend) 08 - Nas - Purple (Large Pro blend) 09 - Nas - Made You Look (Large Pro blend) 10 - Nas - Got Urself A Gun (Large Pro blend) 11 - Nas ft.AZ - Life's A Bitch (Large Pro blend) 12 - Nas - If I Ruled The World (Large Pro blend) 13 - Nas - Shootouts (Large Pro blend) 14 - Nas - Dance (Large Pro blend)
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest mixtapes ever! Released in 2003, "The Best of Big Daddy Kane" was mixed by J.Period & hosted by the man himself, Big Daddy Kane. It featured classics like Ain't No Half Steppin', Warm It Up , Taste of Chocolate, etc. Then you have a few blends using classic beats alongside with the dope rhymes of Kane. You also get freestyles, rare remixes, guest appearances, Kane telling stories, etc... I suggest that you burn a copy for you car right now!
This mixtape was cut into 57 tracks so click here to see more information about the tracklist as it won't fit in this post.
A good blog is like a good blend - key ingredients in correct proportions yields nothing but flavor. And there is no better basis for a successful hip hop blog than a thriving, organic community of aficianados, vinyl pack rats, DJs, producers, and assorted hip-hop junkies. We have a real treat for you today. This one that actually escaped my notice for nearly a month, and it's a crying shame.
"word up. never really felt most of the beats on the original of 'I Am...', so I got the accapellas and remixed the whole thing using beats from Godfather Don 'Hydrabeats vol.3' and Mark the 45 King 'Grooves For A Quiet Storm'...only made this for fun for myself to bump, but it turned out doper than expected so I thought I'd upload, if anyones interested, peep... " -- forum regular Vaporized
Yes indeed ... I Am in its commercially released form is an abomination, the malformed product of a nauseating marriage of greed and cynicism on both the artistic and business end, and it ushered in Nas' decade-long descent into obsolescence. Vaporized took it upon himself to replace the overproduced mediocrity of the commercial release with some choice minimalist beats from Godfather Don and 45 King. Needless to say, the final product is superior to the poorly aged P.O.S. that was the commercially released version, and as resident yachtsman Drizzle suggests:
"putting shit like nas is like and you won't see me over dark minimal godfather don beats gives a whole new shape/direction to the song and in some parts a completely different context to the lyrics."
I had found this one listed on the web, but all the links were dead. So I did a little leg work and tracked down DJ Funkdoc (Germany represent!) who created this remix. Unfortunately we didn't connect in time for the initial post the other day.-cover.jpg)
Here's a nice little 38 minute mix of Nas accapellas over Madlib beats done by DJ Serv1. The only place you could get this was with issue #30 of Stop Smiling magazine in 2007. It looks like you can still order the back issue (issues? there were 2 different covers) and get the cd for a couple extra bucks. No track list included, but you'll recognize everything.-magazines.jpg)
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Do you remember the Nas "I Am" blends that we posted weeks ago? Well, T.R.O.Y. regular Vaporized just recorded a new Nas blend tape. This time, he mixed Nas's acapellas over beats from The Large Professor. It was a perfect match as Nas started his career on Main Source's debut Breaking Atoms. The last time they collaborated together was on "Stillmatic" so it was nice to hear Nas over new sh*t from The LP.
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest mixtapes ever! Released in 2003, "The Best of Big Daddy Kane" was mixed by J.Period & hosted by the man himself, Big Daddy Kane. It featured classics like Ain't No Half Steppin', Warm It Up , Taste of Chocolate, etc. Then you have a few blends using classic beats alongside with the dope rhymes of Kane. You also get freestyles, rare remixes, guest appearances, Kane telling stories, etc... I suggest that you burn a copy for you car right now!
NAS I AM BLENDS: GODFATHER DON VS. 45 KING [CLICK TO DOWNLOAD]
