Street Team Son!

L.O.N.S.

The video treats portion of DW is about to get real nice with some exclusive stuff.
Here we go with Leaders of the New School performing 'International Zone Coaster' the remix version, live. I'm diggin how they cut up some New Birth drums for the intro. This is back when Busta Rhymes would wear those Dr. Suess hats and raaar raaar like a dungeon dragon. Lot of early 90's performances on the way, I might drop one every Sunday but don't hold me to that...

Bonus...

Forgot to throw these up...

Here's a mix from my boy Matt aka Stackswell (contributing writer on Turntablelab's blog)

and a beat CD done by your boy DJ Blueprint over @ This is Tomorrow

and while you're at it, peep Mass' interview with Fusion Unlimited

Peace

to everyone who showed support by contributing a guest post
and to everyone checking in and enjoying what's going down
Unfortunately my boy Force and I didn't get to link up to work on a post
this week, but we have something really dope planned in the future
that you won't want to miss...


Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Oh and for those of you curious, the magic number was 23.
Nothing to do with Jordan or anything really, just a lucky number for me
All of the shows offered in the contest were ripped in mp3 format
and will be posted here soon enough, so you all win.




Peace to

http://www.masscorporation.blogspot.com/
http://theessentialelements.blogspot.com/
http://www.greenlighthalo.blogspot.com/
http://musicselections.wordpress.com/
http://knowgoodmusic.blogspot.com/
http://thisistomorrow.blogspot.com/
http://www.rekordzonwheelz.blogspot.com/
http://www.weightofanickel.blogspot.com/
http://treebeats.blogspot.com/
http://dirtcastle.com/
& RELM

Stretch & Bobbito 8-21-1997

Here we go with another guest post from my boy Andyman out in Canada. He just recently started his own blog, RekordsOnWheelz, with lots of great material. Andy hit me with a classic Stretch & Bobbito show filled with treats, and some flicks of one Ecko's Stretch & Bobbito T-shirts from the mid 90's. Enjoy..

"Nes congrats on your 1 year of bloggin & thanks for reaching out and asking me to guest post! Shout out to all the guest posters thus far y'all mos def came thru with some goodies...

In appreciation I give you another Stretch & Bobbito show from 8-21-97. This show features a freestyle session with Organized Konfusion & Lord Finesse as well as some routines from Total Eclipse, Rob Swift, A-Trak & Mista Sinista. Here's to another year... Enjoy!"



Stretch & Bobbito 8-21-97
(Organized Konfusion, Lord Finesse, X-Ecutioners, A-Trak)

*updated links w/full show courtesy of Aleph/Steve B/Nobs/Philaflava


Thanks to Andyman for his post
be sure and check his site
RekordzOnWheels

Shaq

I just saw this video of Shaq cracking on Kobe during some
freestyle he was doing, pretty funny. Apparently he's losing his
special deputy's badge in Maricopa County because of language he used.
Maybe it was when he asked the crowd to join in with him repeating
'Kobe how does my ass taste?' Shaq really rubs the loss in...




What's up with ball players trying to make music and put out records? Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Jerry Stackhouse, Ron Artest, Tony Parker, etc., have all made attempts at music careers. We may have different feelings about this, but who from the NBA (or any sport) can/could really handle theirs on the mic? anyone?






One sports figure I give credit to for their music is Shaquille O'Neil. While he's not the greatest lyrically, imo, the guy had the right idea with the collaborations he's gotten into. 'What's up Doc' with the Fu-Schnickens was a nice little party joint in 1993, but what really surprised me was the quality of some of the cuts from his 'You can't stop the reign' LP from 1996. I caught a sampler from the LP back in the day and I really have to give him his props..


'The Game of Death' was probably one of my favorite joints of 1996. Borrowing it's name from Bruce Lee's final movie, the song features an appearance from Rakim, and production from Easy Moe Bee.

'No Love Lost' is a cut featuring verses from Lord Tariq and Jay-Z, with production from the Trackmasters. When I first heard the song I didn't realize Shaq was the one rhyming at the end.




One or two more guest posts still on the way...

Dirty Water Jazz

I wanted to make a mellow Jazz mix so I dug up around 2 crates worth, and used almost all of them to make this mix. Unlike the DW Breaks and Make it Funky mixes which were done in one take, this one is a little more thought out, cleaner, more cuts, and better eq'd, well hopefully. I threw on some classics (lot of stuff that's been sampled) and some other stuff you might not know.








Peace to Phill Most Chill aka the Soulman for hooking me up with the drop used in the beginning. In case you aren't familiar with how things work on this site (downloads from pictures) Here is the link to the mix -http://www.hulkshare.com/en17nlvunf9c





Gangstarr - Jazz Thing

Test Your Knowledge

'Test Your Knowledge' was a mixtape I made after I bought my first 8 track, before I got any samplers. I used all the best samples I had at the time and cut, blended them up. The mix is kinda dodgey to listen to as far as sound quality and timing, but I'm just throwing up for those who remember. The A-side was all hip hop, here's the B-side, all breaks and cuts, and some old school routines...

DJ Nes - Test Your Knowledge (Side B)

Trippin' Out

Isn't it the best when your girl finds you a record spot you weren't up on? This is actually an antique place that happens to sell records, and it's 3 blocks away from her apartment. Sometimes it's the little things in life... Apparently the dude gets records in on a weekly basis as well. I went there this afternoon and pulled a Jackie Jackson for $2, and a promo copy of this gem for $5, one of Curtis Mayfield's later works that was sampled by Camp Lo... fitting for the day...

Curtis Mayfield - Trippin' Out

Knowing is half the battle...

If you don't know good music, then you should definitely check in with A-one. His blog has been one of my favorites since starting my own because he is knowledgable about hip hop from the true school as well as the hip hop of today. I don't trust your opinion about hip hop if you weren't around to see it through the 80's and 90's, no offense if this pertains to you as a reader. A-one not only brings you the classics, but he checks for the new artists that are out today and brings you the rundown of what's good and whats not from what's coming out these days. The site features quality writing and reviews, not only limited to music. A-one came through for me with some Stretch and Bobbito and Doo-Wop tapes from back in the day, some of my personal favorites as well as reader favorites... Enjoy...

Congrats to Nes on his blogs first birthday. I still remember when he first made me aware of Dirty Waters. I was happy to see a blog that highlights the DJ. Maybe I don't know the right places to go but usually when I see DJ's mentioned on blogs it's some producer DJ who has a new album out. Usually. Nes hits on everything from breaks to digging to upping mixtapes/radio shows. As a former DJ myself, I appreciate that.

In celebration I wanted to share a couple tapes I ripped from my collection at random…

This is a Stretch & Bob show from 94. I used to cop these tapes from Tape Kingz. They'd take a 90 minute cassette & fill it up so it's not the complete show or even official but it was the cheapest way for me to hear the show so I rolled with it. Highlights of this tape are freestyles from Common & some guy named Billy G aka Infinity who I don't think I've heard of before (or since). He's kinda nice. Its crazy going back & listening to this & hearing the "Stretch Armstrong Exclusive" drop over Shook Ones Part 2. If anyone knows who that "Questions" song is by hit me up, knowgoodmusic{at}gmail.com. I think it's Mad Kap but I'm not certain.

Stretch & Bobbito

Side A

Side B

I didn't do anything to try to clean up the sound on this one.

Everyone knows Doo Wop's 95 Live I & II but nobody really talks about any of the intros after that. On this tape he has Smoothe Da Hustler & crew, Heltah Skeltah & OGC, Busta Rhymes & Flipmode, Lord Finesse, Sadat X, & even Ed Lover. My personal highlight is when Busta does the reggae style. I also always liked that Uneek song. This tape came out around the time Tupac put out "Hit Em Up" & towards the end you hear Doo Wop going on an anti Death Row rant. Earlier in the tape he plays the joint he put out with King Sun (aka Sun Dullah) dissing Tupac. There's also a Nas freestyle on here that I forgot about until just now. I don't think it's exclusive to this tape though. I remember Nas had some "freestyles" over classic beats that were on every DJ's tape. I think I even had a promo tape of it that came with my Source subscription. Remember when The Source used to come with a cassette single/sampler?






Doo Wop

Side A

Side B


I didn't try to clean up the sound on this one either. And honestly, the rip is recorded a little hot. Sorry.



I invite everyone to come through my blog & grab some of the other classic mixtapes that I've ripped. Check the "Classic Mixtapes" link towards the top of the page. Again, thanks to Nes for the opportunity.

Thanks to A-One for his entry
Be sure and check out his site
Know Good Music