I hosted the August 2009 Diggin Sunday, which goes down every 3rd Sunday at Tribal Cafe in Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles. I themed it “Respect Thy Elders: Hip Hop Samples.” The problem was that no one came through until 4pm and I DJ’d myself for 3 hours straight. The diggers that came were Waxstyles, Spiwrit, nPrevail, and Paul. It was a small group but it turned out good. I recorded almost all of the sets that were played that day and put them on here for you all to hear. I also recorded a mix inspired by the Diggin Sunday theme, as well as a set that I didn’t get to play that day. Everything was done in one take, mainly live. Check it.
Damn, I got a shitload of vol. 1s up on this blog. I need to start making vol. 2s, or better yet, vol. 3s to be one step ahead of myself, haha j/p. This mix is actually a beginning for mixes that highlight my favorite regions in music. Philly is obviously one of them, but I also dig a lot of stuff from Oakland, Houston, New York, and so on. So let’s fire it up with Philly.
Ahhhh, Philly. I love Philly. It’s chill and beautiful like San Francisco but the city has way more history and tradition going on that has way more to offer than tourist photo ops. I hate Philly. I hate that people do not care about the homeless. I hate that a lot of the people are hella rude and don’t give a fuck about anyone except themselves, the Eagles, the Phillies, the Flyers, and the 76ers. Philly scares me. Philly is fucking grimy and I don’t feel like I can turn a corner without looking over my shoulder twice. People don’t give a fuck about authority. People smoke on subway platforms like its an everyday thing while in LA and SF we sneak in bites of our breakfast burritos on our way to work. Almost every neighborhood outside of the Centre City is hood. Rappers claiming north and south Philly, where the fuck are we supposed to go?
All in all, I liked Philly. I liked the history. I liked the Universities. I liked the weather (it snowed when I was there). I liked the transit system. I like the music and in the end that’s all that matters.
1. Tuff Crew – My Part Of Town
2. Three Times Dope – In Effect
3. Charli Baltimore – Lose It
4. Young Gunz – Grown Man
5. Beanie Sigel – Remember Them Days feat. Eve
6. DJ Jazzy Jeff – Brand New Funk ‘07 feat. Peedi Crack
7. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Brand New Funk
8. Gillie Da Kid – Get Down On The Ground
9. Eve – Cash Flow feat. T.I.
10. Jake One – The Truth feat. Freeway & Brother Ali
11. Beanie Sigel – Go Low feat. R City
12. Young Gunz – Rich Girl feat. Juelz Santana
13. Reef The Lost Cauze – The Sound Of Philadelphia
14. The Roots – Clones
15. Jedi Mind Tricks – I Against I
16. Young Gunz – No Better Love
17. Beanie Sigel & Freeway – Roc The Mic
18. Da Youngstaz – Illy Filly Funk
19. Da Youngstaz – Mad Props
20. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble
21. Peedi Crack – My Hood Is Greezy feat. Q-Tip & Cassidy
22. Freeway – Take It To The Top feat. 50 Cent
23. Eve – Satisfaction
24. The Roots – What They Do
25. Jill Scott – Hate On Me
26. Musiq Soulchild – Buddy
Short lived but forever funky, New Jack Swing seemed like a blur in history due to its quick creation and complete extinction within less than a decade. It was urban, but at the same time pop, while always staying very soulful and upbeat creating an all around dope sound. Songs that often used very similar kicks, snares, and drum rolls were matched with lyrics on subjects from courting a honey, looking for that someone special, love, and promiscuity. No matter what the songs’ subject matter was about, the music was funky, the singing was on point, the rhymes were hype, and the dances were fun.
The Come Up Crew homie, DJ Siik, also created a nice New Jack Swing mix that was recorded live at the last Come Up party which is included in this post as Guilty Pleasures Vol. 3.5. You may hear a repititon of tracks but don’t worry about it, you haven’t heard these songs in a long time and they are worth listening to twice.
I implore you to go back and give New Jack Swing a re-listen. Bring back memories from the good old days. Go watch House Party and it will all come together. You will be rocking Cross Colours and Karl Kani in no time.
1. Strafe – Set It Off
2. Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
3. Tony! Toni! Tone! – If I Had No Loot
4. Heavy D & The Boyz – Somebody For Me
5. Guy – I Like
6. Hi-Five – I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
7. Al B. Sure! – If I’m Not Your Lover feat. Slick Rick (Remix)
8. Another Bad Creation – Iesha
9. Boyz II Men – Motown Philly
10. Bell Biv DeVoe – Do Me
11. TLC – What About Your Friends
12. Wreckx-N-Effect – Rump Shaker
13. Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
14. Blackstreet – Booti Call
15. Al B. Sure! – Off On Your Own
16. Bobby Brown – Every Little Step
17. New Edition – A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes)
1. Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel
2. LL Cool J – Around The Way Girl
3. Hi-Five – I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
4. Jade – Don’t Walk Away
5. SWV – Right Here
6. Toni Braxton – Give You My Heart feat. Babyface
7. Bobby Brown – Something In Common feat. Whitney Houston
8. G-Wiz – Teddy Bear
9. Teddy Riley – Is It Good To You feat. Tammy Lucas
10. Keith Sweat – I Want Her
11. Michael Jackson – Remember The Time
12. Guy – Groove Me
13. Portrait – Here We Go Again
14. Joe Public – Live And Learn
15. Full Force – Ain’t My Type of Hype
16. Janet Jackson – Because of Love
17. Big Daddy Kane – I Get The Job Done
I put this shit together hella quick. 15 minutes to put together a 30 minute mix. I skip through the songs to points where I want mix so creating a set is much faster than performing a set. I pretty much made the set and then recorded it all within and hour or so.
I have been looking for new challenges in the sets I put together and I got a lot of things in the works from reggae-rock to Latin music. This mix includes a lot of the alternative music I used to listen to but have neglected in the last few years. So expect more of this genre testing and hopefully you’ll enjoy what I put out.
1. Stereo MCs – Connected
2. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
3. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
4. Colin Monroe – I Want Those Flashing Lights
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
6. Linkin Park – Cure For The Itch
7. Maroon 5 – Nothing Lasts Forever
8. Kanye West – Heard Em Say feat. Adam Levine
9. John Mayer – Clarity
10. Aerosmith – Rag Doll
11. Oasis – Wonderwall
12. Beck – Loser
13. Smashing Pumpkins – Today
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
