Mr Eps Drops A Nice CLASSIC Mix

Wow. This is an epic mix by Hip Hop Sessions and No Half-Steppin' Crew DJ Mr Eps.
Loads of classics and underated tracks (and some new 'uns to me) as well as smatterings of some great movie dialogue keep things chugging along nicely.
There's a newer, shorter mix from Mr Eps I saw he dropped the other day that I need to check out as well.
BLAMMM!

01  Schoolly D - PSK
02  Gang Starr - Who's Gonna Take The Weight
03  Biz Markie - Make The Music With Your Music
04  Stezo - It's My Turn
05  Eric B & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke
06  T La Rock - Breaking Bells
07  Roxanne Shante - Bite This
08  Lords Of The Underground - Chief Rocka
09  MC Lyte - Paper Thin
10  Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
11  EPMD - Gold Digger
12  Demon Boyz - Vibes
13  Kobolt 60 - Kaos From Order*
14  Caveman - Cool (Cos I Don't Get Upset)
15  Standing Ovation - Shakaphobia*
16  Hijack - Style Warrior
17  Bushkiller - Music in Motion*
18  London Posse - Pass Me The Rizla
19  MC Mell 'O' - Wize
20  The Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle
21  Main Source - Looking At The Front Door
22  Showbiz & AG - Can I Get A Soul Clap
23  Lord Finesse - Party Over Here
24  Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Go With The Flow
25  Ultramagnetic MC's - Feelin' It
26  Grandmaster Melle Mel - Drug Wars
27  Organised Konfusion - Walk Into The Sun
28  The Jaz - Rhymes From Da Funny Farm*
29  Eric B & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge)
30  Chubb Rock - Treat Em Right
31  MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock
32  Freshco & Miz - We Don't Play
33  Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up, Kane
34 Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Creator
35  Force - Pure Power*
36  2 The Top - The Rhythm I Give 'Em
37  Hardnoise - Untitled
38  Atorie - It's My Time
39  MC Krazee A - Into The Music
40  Hijack - Doomsday Of Rap
41  Cash Crew - Ghetto Circumstances**
42  Merlin & Bomb The Bass - Megablast Rap
43  Skeleton - Disattach Ya'self**
44  Black By Demand - Cant Get Enough*
45  Tuff Crew - My Part Of Town
46  Ultramagnetic MC's - Watch Me Now
47  JVC Force - 6 Feet Back On The Map
48  Roxanne Shante - Have A Nice Day
49  Schoolly D - Saturday Night
50  Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype
51  Eric B & Rakim - Microphone Fiend

n.b. I've missed out a couple on the list as I've not heard them before so please feel free to enlighten me.
*Thanks to Just-1 for filling in some of the blanks
** And Mr Eps for the remaining spaces ;-)

March 2012 ABU! Takeover Show - DOWNLOAD

It was the ABU! Takeover show last night hosted exclusively on my man, Waxer's Disco Scratch Radio.
I hope you managed to get into the chatroom for some if not the whole shebang. There were a couple of new names, too so good to see that.
 
Remember I want your choices for the Album Spotlight. Send two cuts from an album that you love. Big shout to Hayhooooooooe for his MC Shan flavour this month - even though all Juice Crew talk is strictly prohibited at the moment.
Good looking out to Howard CRAZE for the UTFO request - really good to hear that again. I have an old mouldy Mango Pineapple Kiwi Chupa Chup lollypop (that I found down the side of one of the kids' seats whilst cleaning my car the other week) with optional fluff ready and raring to go to anyone who knows Kangol Kid's last verse in 'Hanging Out'.

Let us know if you have a request for April's show. Come on, challenge me!

Send all correspondence to: ageingbboysunite(AT)yahoo(DOT)com


Tracklisting in the Comments below.



Listen to the show on the mini-player just below or right-click and save by clicking HERE to download the show for later.

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop – The Next Lesson Mixtape – DJ Sharp & DJ Icewater

Last year I read the book 'Can't Stop, Won't Stop' by Jeff Chang which is about the proper history of hip hop.
Some of it is rather challenging - especially the later chapters - and does tend to go too much into the socio-economics a little too much. However the early chapters are especially rewarding and the section on gangs is enlightening as well as eye-opening.
However I didn't discover that there was a CD to go with the book until after I'd finished reading it so I leapt onto ebay and managed to find a sealed copy for just 99p. You don't necessarily need to read the book to enjoy the album as the cd is more or less a self-contained history lesson to music.


PROLOGUE
1 D-Sharp Just Can’t Stop

SIPPLE OUT DEH
2 Kingston /73 – Lyrics Born
Zen’s in this time mix
3 Ballistic Affair – Leroy Smart
War ina Babylon – Max Romeo
Leggo – Jah Lion
Black Vest – The Upsetters
4 Dub Explosion – Lyrics Born
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo

BLOOD AND FIRE, WITH MORE MUSIC
5 Bronx ’68 – Lateef the Truth Speaker
6 War and Peace – The Gangs of the Bronx
7 Ghetto Brother Power – Ghetto Brothers

DJ KOOL HERC MAKES A NAME
8 A Creation Myth – Joyo
D-Sharps Back to Sedgewick Mix
9 Fencewalk – Mandrill
I Wouldn’t Change a Thing – Coke Escovedo
You’ll Like It Too – Funkadelic
Son of Scorpio – Dennis Coffey
Give It Up Turnit Loose – James Brown
Kool is Back – Funk Inc.
10 Call Me Herc – DJ Kool Herc
Shaft in Africa – Johnny Pate
11 The Start of Something Big – Joyo

SOUL SALVATION
12 BAM POWER! – Pow Wow & Jazzy Jay
Bambaataa’s Theme – Afrika Bambaataa
13 Bam’s Faith – Afrika Bambaataa & Jazzy Jeff
14 Live at the Bronx River – Lisa Lee

FURIOUS STYLES
15 The Summer of ’79 at the T-Connection - Grandmaster Melle Mel
16 Three Anonymous Rappers – Lyrics Born
Good Timing – DJ Icewater
17 Hip Hop on a records!?!! – Chuck D
D-Sharp’s Hip-Hop on Wax Supreme B-Boy Mix
18 Rapping Ain’t No Thing – The Boogie Boys
Philosophy Rappin’ Spree – Super 3
19 Superappin’ – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Rapping & Rocking the House – Funky 4 + 1 More
At the Party – Treacherous Three
Daisy Lady – 7th Wonder
Expansions – Lonnie Liston Smith
Dance to the Drummer’s Beat – Herman Kelly & Life
It’s Just Begun – Jimmy Castor Bunch

1982 ETERNAL
20 Worldwide Understanding – Crazy Legs
D-Sharp’s at the Roxy Mix
21 At the Dixie – Fantastic Five Freaks
Rapture – Blondie
Jazzy Sensation – Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
Mt. Airy Groove – Pieces of a Dream
22 Going Downtown – Popmaster Fabel
23 The Reagan Era – Kool Lady Blue
Genius of Love – Tom Tom Club
Here Comes That Beat – Pumpkin All Stars
The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

THINGS FALL APART
24 The Other Planet Rock – Chief Xcel
Indio Danca Na Roda – Curumin
(Quannum Exclusive)
25 Cokane in My Brain – Dillinger
26 Rick’s Ready Rock – Chief Xcel
27 The Batteram (Commercial Version) – Toddy Tee

WHAT WE GOT TO SAY
28 The Ultimate Black Melting Pot – Chuck D
D-Sharp’s Whylin’ On The Island Mix
29 Strong Island – JVC Force
Pump That Bass (Get a Little Stupid Yo..) – Original Concept
30 The Name That Changed Everything – Bill Stephney
Don’t Believe the Hype – Public Enemy
Eric B. is President – Eric B. & Rakim
It’s My Thing – EPMD
It’s My Turn – Stezo
Rebel Without a Pause – Public Enemy
I Ain’t No Joke – Eric B. & Rakim

THE CULTURE ASSASINS
31 West Coast Poplock – Ronnie Hudson
32 Uncle Jam’s Army – Gift of Gab
33 Things Done Change – Gift of Gab
34 The New Blues – Gift of Gab
35 Murder Rap – Above the Law
Ya Better Bring a Gun -King Tee & Mixmaster Spade
Gangsta Gangsta – NWA
Rhyme’s Too Funny – Compton’s Most Wanted
How Ya Livin’ – Low Profile
Ruthless Villain – Eazy E & MC Ren
Feck Tha Police – NWA

GONNA WORK IT OUT
36 Risking it All – Joyo Velarde
37 A Vision of Peace – Daude Sherrills
38 Peace Treaty (White Label Mix) – KAM

NEW WORLD ORDER
39 The First Coast – DJ Kool Herc
40 Revelation Time -Lateef The Truth Speaker
41 Cell Therapy – Goodie Mob
42 A New Generation – Lateef The Truth Speaker
Icewater’s Better World Mix
43 If – Maroons
44 Last Trumpet Remix – Lyrics Born
(Quannum Exclusive)
45 Cade O Mocoto (Essa Coisa) – Curumin
(Quannum Exclusive)

Download Can’t Stop Won’t Stop – The Next Lesson Mixtape – DJ Sharp & DJ Icewater 

Buy Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Book from Amazon

ABU Takeover Show THIS Thursday

It's nearly the end of the month, folks. And every LAST Thursday is Ageing B-Boys Unite! day on Disco Scratch Radio. 2 hours of that quality hip hop that you haven't heard in ages.

9pm, Thursday 29th March 2012 http://discoscratch.co.uk/radio/

Juice Crew Allstars Gig - CANCELLED

Bastards.

The Hip Hop Sessions with DJ JUST-1 and REPO - DOWNLOAD

Here's the show from the other evening.
DJ Just-1 with some goodies as always for the first hour. I was guesting for the second hour and dropped a little bit of Golden Age, some West Coast electro and some hot-off-the-press DJ Format action from his new album, Statement Of Intention (you HAVE to buy this record, I'm tellin' ya!)
Plus, new for this month is a brand-new ABU Takeover theme tune and I brought in some special jingles, too.
Come on, let's cold act ill and get retarded!


JUST 1

01  Big Daddy Kane - Get Into It
02  Robert S - Don't Dis Me
03  Freddy B & The Mighty Mic Masters - It's Hyped
04  Grandmaster Caz - I Do Work
05  Loose J And The Master Of Wax – Hi Lo Cut
06  Priority One - This Stage Is My Stage

07  Jollirock The Black Prince Ft Phill Most Chill - Don't Miss Me
08  BDP - You Must Learn
09  Ultramagnetic MC's - Kool Keith Housing Things
10  Latee - No Tricks
11  Just Ice - Going Way Back
12  Eric B & Rakim - Move The Crowd


REPO

01  Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep
02  Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix)
03  Black Moon - Who Got The Props
04  3rd Bass - The Gas Face
05  DJ Format - Dope Pusher

06  Grandmixer Dst & The Infinity Rappers - Grandmixer Cuts It Up
07  The Knights Of The Turntables - We Are The Knights
08  The 2 Live Crew - What I Like (Scratch Mix)
09  Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - New Kids On The Block
10  Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Streets Of New York
11  Dilated Peoples - Work The Angles
12  KMD - Nitty Gritty (Dog Spelled Backwards Mix)  


192 kbps version: http://www.mediafire.com/?94tvbuezmu9xs9h   (165MB)

320 kbps version: http://mbf.me/Lq5P7  (268.3MB)

Dondi - Like

My funky fresh, homeboy in the flesh, Mr LG of Style Warrior almost made me fall off my chair this morning when I saw he had posted this incredibly dope and astute little piece on his site.
A nice observation on the legendary NYC writer, DONDI and his monologue during the classic Style Wars documentary mashed-up with a certain social network.

Style Warriors Revenge

Blog recommendation time......

My man WARZ has been supplying quality treats for x-amount of time now and has reached a year with his site Style Warriors Revenge. Check the completely-dope logo above.
This has the official ABU! seal of approval so stick it in yer Favourites or whatever RSS reader you down with because you don't want to really miss out on anything.

The last post I did -which was Mr Thing's Superstar Mix - was smashed n' grabbed live and direct from WARZ so big props to the man. Braaaapppp.

Link-a-rama

Mr Thing Adidas Superstar 35th Anniversary Mix

This is a great little mix by -ex Scratch Pervert Mr Thing in honour of Adidas' Superstar footwear - the b-boys' footwear of choice. Did you know that they've been going since 1970?
Anyway, check this out. It's got some classic cuts all mixed and scratched in top style.

DOWNLOAD

Tracklisting

01  Intro
02  Here We Go - Run DMC
03  Run's House - Run DMC
04  Sucker MC's - Run DMC
05  Peter Piper Instrumental - Run DMC
06  I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Bird
07  Melting Pot - Booker T & The MG's
08  Boogie Down Bronx - Man Parrish
09  Hip Hop BeBop - Man Parrish
10  Play That Beat Mr DJ - G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid
11  You're Gonna Get Yours - Public Enemy
12  Go Stetsa - Stetsasonic
13  4 Ever My Beat Instrumental - Stetsasonic
14  Top Billin - Audio Two
15  I Got It Made - Special Ed
16  Supastar - Group Home
17  My Adidas - Run DMC

ABU On The Hip Hop Sessions Tonight With DJ JUST 1

Tonight (Tuesday) at 10pm tune into Future Radio for the weekly Hip Hop Sessions with DJ Just 1 and Mr Eps and this week's special guest is yours truly.
This is an all-vinyl, live show so you cannot afford to miss it.
Brap.

http://www.futureradio.co.uk/

No Half Steppin' Jam February 2012

Norwich's very own Paranoid Parker has graciously uploaded the latest installment of footage from the monthly No Half Steppin' series of jams.
Look closely and you'll see me spinning some electro beauties as well as some Golden Age 'bangers'.
The guy with the moves near the end of the video is the afore-mentioned legendary Paranoid Parker - who incidentally is the cameraman, too - who practically IS the embodiment of hip hop in Norwich.
Look and learn, flower.

No Disco Scratch Tonight

Due to technical issues, there will sadly be no Disco Scratch Radio Show tonight.
We shall all be forced to *shudder* talk to our other halves for two hours.