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.
Wow. This is what happens when you have a demo fiend like K Funk, and an acclaimed radio show host/dj like Kevin Beacham, on the same forum. Exclusive demo mixtape anybody?! I can absolutely co-sign that this is a great listen all the way through and will be looked back on as a classic mixtape to many people.
Personally, I love demos and this should not fall short of any of your expectations if you feel the same. Everything is in the best available quality. No radio rips or skips or pops anywhere in sight.
*In case you were wondering, this Kool Keith cut was actually released on that Unreleased Sex Style Archives in 2009. You can cop that here.
Kev Beacham would like to shout out the following:
Alyssa Nikole, Tina & all her family, Quincy, Mom & Dad, Tif, Chris, Mikey (stay strong!),
Tif, Leon, Messiah, Ari, The Gashs, The Beachams, The Current & Redef Radio Listeners,
K Funk, Philaflava, Boogs (for the Dilla quote), J Pratt, Surge Hands Of Time, Aaron Low
Budget, RSE, IPR, all the artists who have sent me demos over the years and everyone
who listens and enjoys!
-Thanx For The Vocal Samples: U.T.F.O, Slick Rick, James Brown, Whodini, Ultimate Choice,
GMF & Furious 5, T La Rock, King T, Cella Dwellas, Ultra Sonic Man (Spider-Man), Nonce,
D.O.C, Ronnie G, Just Ice, Ugly Duckling, Danny Michel, KRS One, Sir Mix A lot, Super
Lover Cee, Large Professor (Main Source), De La Soul, 4Ever Fresh, J Live, Public Enemy,
J Zone, Notorious B.I.G, BDP, King Sun, Chill Rob G, ?? (J Dilla) & Black By Demand
K Funk would like to send shout outs to:
Kevin Beacham, schenectadyfan, soopacee, Jaz, Verge, The Big Sleep, Philaflava,
Ed Catto & The Freestyle Professors fam, DJ Prime Time of Finsta Bundy, DJ Mike Nice,
DJ JS-1 and for everyone else who is still holdin' it down!
I was actually waiting on a few tracks before I finalized this but I won't continue to bore you with semantics. Let's get right in to the mix, it's definitely more east coast heavy this time around but I feel it complete that proper summer blend I was going for. Enjoy! --Philaflava
Sounds Like The 90's (Volume 8)
1. Statik Seletah - Critically Acclaimedfeat. Lil Fame, Saigon & Sean Price 2. Nut-Ragous - NYC To LA feat. Jay Rock 3. Slaughterhouse - Microphone (prod. Alchemist) 4. Uncle Murder - Summertime Shootouts (prod. DJ Premier) 5. French Montana - New York Minute (Remix) feat. Jadakiss, Lil Cease, Mic Geronimo & Noreaga 6. Rakim - Holy Are You 7. DJ Honda - Magnetic Arts feat. Mos Def 8. Atmosphere - Feel Good Hit of The Summer 2 9. Luckyiam - Sumpthin 2 Say feat. Imani & Pep Love 10. Raekwon - Flying Daggers feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & Method Man 11. J Dilla - Reality TV feat. Black Thought 12. Nino Bless - Boom Bap Shit feat. Skyzoo, Ras Kass, Rhymefest & Scram Jones (prod. Madlib) 13. Havoc - Always Have A Choice 14. Tame One - Freedom of Speech 15. Young Chris - Last Two feat. Freeway & Beanie Sigel 16. Freedie Gibbs - How We Do ('93 Til Freestyle)* 17. Ras Kass - Mike Jacks*
Peace and props to Kalel for knocking out this cover last minute and incorporating my idol (Rickey) on it. Big shout out to Strategy for taggin' and bagging this mix properly so you all could have little pretty images and proper tags for each track. Peace to the T.R.O.Y. and Steady Bloggin' fam. We run this blogosphere rap shit!
Galt MacDermot is easily one of my favorite soul-jazz pianists/organists of all time. After discovering "Duffer" on a breaks compilation about a decade back, I decided to snatch up whatever I could find. Fortunately, a good portion of his late 60s/early 70s albums and soundtracks had been repressed: "Woman Is Sweeter", "Shapes Of Rhythm", "Cotton Comes To Harlem", etc. Also, Galt released the amazing "Up From The Basement" compilations in early 2000, and both volumes were entirely composed of unreleased tracks, including an alternate version of "Duffer"!
Unfortunately, I had a difficult time tracking down his 1971 masterpiece "The Nucleus". The Chicago-based record store "Dusty Groove Records" was purchasing 'em from Galt's dead stock at a rate of ten per order, and I was always late on the draw. What made it worse is that Dusty Groove wouldn't let you reserve a copy in advance! I'd search ebay and see it going for upwards of $100 (most likely from sellers who purchased numerous copies from Dusty Groove). Eventually, I got fed up with the BS and decided to contact Galt himself. I was able to snatch up three copies of "The Nucleus" at $25 a piece, as well as two copies of his classic "Hair Cuts" LP from 1969 (instrumental renditions). I also purchased a gang of others, including "Ghetto Suite", "Isabel's A Jezebel", "Two Gentlemen Of Verona", "The Karl Marx Play", etc. Suffice to say, I was a very happy man.
Galt's late 60s/early 70s catalog remains largely untapped in terms of sampling potential. Here's a good portion of what's been utilized up to this point (although my cut-off period for all things hip hop related is right around 2001/2002, so you'll have to excuse me for not being familiar with artists that have sampled Galt in recent years).
Galt MacDermot - Samples 1. Galt MacDermot - Golden Apples Part II 2. K-Def - Galt Is Loose (Instrumental) 3. Jay Dee - Mash (Instrumental) 4. Galt MacDermot - Cathedral 5. MF Doom - Pennyroyal (Instrumental) 6. Galt MacDermot - Bedroom 7. Beatnuts - Uncivilized (Instrumental) 8. Galt MacDermot - Stockyard 9. Quasimoto - Return Of The Loop Digga 10. Galt MacDermot - Harlem Medley Pt. I 11. Quasimoto - Discipline 99 12. Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold 13. J-Live - The Truth 14. Gangstarr - Werdz From The Ghetto Child (Instrumental) 15. Galt MacDermot - Space 16. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah (Instrumental 17. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah (Worldwide Remix Instrumental) 18. MF Doom - Cinquefoil (Instrumental) 19. Galt MacDermot - Ripped Open By Metal Explosions 20. Artifacts - C'Mon Wit Da Git Down 21. Galt MacDermot - Duffer 22. Galt MacDermot - If Our Love Is Real http://www.mediafire.com/?kzn1zmemvom
Preview:
Galt MacDermot - Golden Apples Part II
Galt MacDermot - Cathedral
Galt MacDermot - Bedroom
Galt MacDermot - Stockyard
Galt MacDermot - Harlem Medley Pt. I
Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold
Galt MacDermot - Space
Galt MacDermot - Ripped Open By Metal Explosions
Galt MacDermot - Duffer (Bonus Track)
Galt MacDermot - If Our Love Is Real (Bonus Track)
As a bonus, here is the amazing "Hair Cuts" LP that I purchased from Galt himself back in 2001. I remastered it with click repair.
Galt MacDermot - Hair Cuts (1969) 1. Aquarius 2. Sodomy 3. Donna-Hashish 4. Easy To Be Hard 5. Where Do I Go 6. Don't Put It Down 7. Hare Krishna 8. Good Morning Starshine 9. Let The Sunshine In http://www.mediafire.com/?fmctmryysxm
Obviously, hit up google for out-of-print Galt records like "The Nucleus", etc. Also, make sure to purchase everything that has been repressed over the past decade. If you're a fan, then you owe it to the man. Hell, I've probably contributed at least $300 to his cause!
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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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