Tuesday Six - 6th March , 2011 (Oddisee Special)

We have the Auckland Oddisee jam comin' up this Saturday, so what better week to offer up my favourite 6 tunes from the man himself.

Great producer.

Dope MC.

Highly underrated.

One. Oddisee - 'Hip-Hop's Cool Again' (Produced by Oddisee)

Two. Oddisee - 'Clara Barton' Produced by Oddisee)

Three. Georgia Anne Muldrow feat. Prince Po - 'Get Up' (Oddisee's Gogo Remix)

Four. DJ Jazzy Jeff feat.Oddisee - 'Musik Lounge' (Produced by Dj Jazzy Jeff)

Five. J-Live feat. Posdnous & Oddisee - 'The Upgrade' (Produced by Oddisee)

Six. Oddisee feat. yU - 'Still Doing It' (Produced by Oddisee)

Hit the song title for audio links :)

I am honoured to be DJ'ing for him this Saturday when he performs his MC set. If you're in the area, come on down!

Details HERE.

'High Noon II' x Auckland City w/ Oddisee

Pretty hyped about this one. 

Oddisee is dope and we have a mean local line-up which I am lucky enough to be included in.

Oddisee is an undercover hip-hop beast who has produced for the likes of DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ken Starr, Talib Kweli, DTMD, as well as putting out into the world his own high quality beats and rhymes.

His latest release 'Rock Creek Park' was inspired by the one and only Donald Byrd.

Check it out, and if you happen to be around NZ and Oz over the next couple of weeks, be sure to check out the man all the way live!

Classic Mix x DJ Jazzy Jeff - 'The Vibe I'm On'

I used to love this tape (yes, cassette tape!) way back. I thrashed it so much I had to make another couple of copies just to preserve what deserves.

My old DJ pal DJ Dozer put me onto it and it made me want to make mixes just like it. In fact, to be honest I've been known to bite some of the blends from it in my own DJ sets over the years!

Have a listen, it'll take you all the waaay back to 1998 when it was made and the joints that were then super-fresh.

I just love Jeff's simple, old-school but extremely effective mix style; and then there's his classic cutting and scratching techniques. Magic.

So, take a trip back to the late 90's in a hip-hop fashion while a DJ master steers the good ship Cassette.

Enjoy.

DJ Jazzy Jeff - 'The Vibe I'm On'

Intro-(samples “Summer In The City-Quincy Jones)
Lauryn Hill “Lost Ones” BLEND
Common Sense – “Communinism”
-interlude-
Mos Def – “Universal Magnetic”
Shawn J Period, OC, Ras Kass “Action Guaranteed”
Diamond D & Sadat X with C-Low, Severe & K-Terrible – Feel It
Nas “One Love” BLEND-”I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are”-Grand Puba ’95)
A Tribe Called Quest “Stressed Out Remix”
A Tribe Called Quest “Get A Hold”
A Tribe Called Quest “Jam”
A Tribe Called Quest + Busta Rhymes “One, Two”
A Tribe Called Quest “Award Tour”
De La Soul “Breakadawn”
De La Soul “Stakes Is High” / BLEND
Channel Live + KRS-One “Mad Izm”
Interlude
Eminem “’97 Bonnie & Clyde” BLEND
The Fugees “Fugee-La” BLEND
Interlude-
KRS-One “Hip-Hop vs. Rap”
Organized Konfusion “Somehow Someway”
Interlude
Gang Starr “U Know My Steez”
Dialated Peoples “Work The Angles”
Limitless “Fat Free” BLEND “I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Kenny Dope Remix)” -Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown 1997)”
Camp-Lo + Trugoy of De La Soul “Sparkle”
Mos Def, Q-Tip, Tash “Body Rock”
“Time Bomb”
Roy Ayers “Searching”
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth “Searchin’
Tom Scott “Today”
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth “They Reminise Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”
A Tribe Called Quest “Pad And Pen”
DMX “Where My Dogs At?” BLEND-”Summertime ’98″-JJ&TheFP
Main Source “Lookin’ At The Front Door”
A Tribe Called Quest “Hot 4 U”
A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, & Redman “Steppin’ It Up”
Outro

Monday Five - 6th September, 2010

I suspect that none of my readers fall into the category below, but after the usual round of idiots at the weekend, and following the insane story about DJ Jazzy Jeff getting kicked off mid-way through a set at a DJ AM tribute gig (I suggest AM would be turning in his grave on that one! R.I.P) in a Las Vegas club...

...I have this to say:

To the people that request an artist/song (in 2010 it's Lady Gaga usually) when I'm playing a live set, then ask, "Well, what do you have then?!" when I politely tell them that Lady Gaga is shit and I don't have any...

I AM NOT A JUKEBOX!

Oh, sorry I meant I am not an i-Pod. You're too young to know what a jukebox is.

This is what I like and I play what I like.

One. Pursuit Grooves - 'Whisper'

Two. Johnson & Jonson - 'Hidden Bonus Track'

Three. Exile - 'In Love' (Kan Kick Remix)

Four. Prince Rama - 'Storm Worship' (Sun Araw Remix)

Five. Catcall - 'Swimming Pool' (John Mehndelson Remix)