Medium Rare.....

B-sides, white labels and remixes have always served as the "holy grail" of rap music for me. When I go digging for records, whether it be for soul, jazz, hip-hop, blues, etc. I always look for white labels, promo only releases, and remixes (and usually end up paying whatever they cost, as I simply cannot pass them up). What you have in this mix is just a few of those rare tracks that you don't hear on the regular. All are vinyl copies with the exception of the Pete Rock remix of M.O.P's "Stick to Ya Gunz" (which is a radio-rip from Pete Rock and Marly Marl's Future Flavas radio show back in '96) and Nas' "Deja Vu" (which I do have on vinyl, but the original acetate version I found on the internet had the superior sound). This mix is similar to the "sampler" that I threw together back in December as a way to hold you over until I drop the next "proper" mixtape. With regards to the next mix, all I will say is: original samples. Stay tuned.......

Note: "Deja Vu" was recorded pre-Illmatic in 1991 I believe, and contains the same verse that Nas spit on Raekwon's "Verbal Intercourse" which was recorded in 94-95. The more you know....

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1. Tha Alkaholiks - Mary Jane (E-Swift Remix)

2. Nas - Deja Vu (Acetate Rip)

3. The Roots - You Don't See Us (Madlib Remix)

4. LL Cool J - No Airplay (Dirty Promo Version)

5. Mobb Deep - Rare Species (Modus Operandi)

6. A Tribe Called Quest - Same Ol' Thing

7. Black Star - Respiration (Pete Rock Flying High Mix)

8. Masta Ace - Saturday Night Live (L.A. Jay Remix)

9. Fat Joe - Success (DJ Premier Remix)

10. The Roots - Silent Treatment (Beatminerz Remix)

11. Grap Luva - Every Man 4 Himself

12. M.O.P - Stick To Ya Gunz (Pete Rock Future Flavas Remix)

All Dilla, All Day.......

I've been working on this one for a minute now. This mix was recorded in one take, but I edited the playlist at least a dozen times. Here's the second Dilla Mix, and it's a beast. Almost two full hours of J Dilla. Like the last one, every beat on this mix was done by Jay Dee (with the exception of the Platinum Pied Pipers track and No one Knows), and a good portion feature his rhymes. Again, in no way is this definitive. I tried to showcase his various styles, including raw joints from the Ruff Draft EP, classics from his production stint with A Tribe Called Quest and even the R&B / Neo-soul tracks. Like always, some original samples sprinkled in for flavor. Turn that shit up.....

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1. J Dilla - Intro (Alternative Mix)

2. Raekwon - House of Flying Daggers (Feat. Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Ghostface, & The GZA)

3. Busta Rhymes - What Up

4. J Dilla - Make Em N'V

5. Platinum Pied Pipers - Act Like You Know (Feat. J Dilla)

6. J Dilla - No one Knows

7. J Dilla - Nothing Like This

8. Frank-N-Dank - Push

9. Phat Kat - Don't Nobody Care About Us

10. J Dilla - Kamaal

11. A Tribe Called Quest - Mardi Gras at Midnight (Feat. Rah Digga)

12. Slum Village - Once Upon a Time (Feat. Pete Rock)

13. A Tribe Called Quest - Steppin' It Up (Feat. Busta Rhymes & Redman)

14. J Dilla - Inhuman Nature

15. J Dilla - Lightworks

16. J Dilla - Two Can Win

17. J Dilla - The New

18. J Dilla - Mash's Revenge (Feat. Guilty Simpson & MF Doom)

19. Slum Village - The Look of Love

20. Barney Kessel - The Look of Love

21. The Stylistics - Maybe It's Love This Time

22. J Dilla - Baby (Feat. Guilty Simpson & Madlib)

23. Q-Tip - Higher

24. Common - Payback is a Grandmother

25. Dwele - Keep On (Feat. Slum Village)

26. Bilal - Reminisce (Feat. Mos Def & Common)

27. Brother Jack McDuff - Oblighetto (J Dilla Remix)

28. Cyrkle - The Visit

29. A Tribe Called Quest - Get a Hold

30. Singers Unlimited - Claire

31. Slum Village - Players

32. Lucy Pearl - Without You (J Dilla Remix)

33. Spacek - Eve (J Dilla Remix) (Feat. Frank-N-Dank)

34. Busta Rhymes - Genesis

35. De La Soul - Much More

36. A Tribe Called Quest - Find a Way

37. Phat Kat - Destiny (Instrumental)

38. J Dilla - Time: The Donut of the Heart

39. The Roots - Can't Stop This

40. J Dilla - One