This Old Rap Wednesdays column has fallen off lately, and I apologize. “Old rap” is the genre I’m most knowledgeable about and profiling an artist always spirals out of control—in my mind—and further when I sit down to write. So, truth be told, I put it off as being overwhelming.
But this, this is too nice to pass and no long-winded bios apply—just hours and hours of slammin’ rap jams. The also knowledgeable cats Ayres, Cosmo Baker & DJ Eleven, collectively known as The Rub, are back at it again with with the continuation of the “History of Hip Hop” series for BrooklynRadio.net, this time tackling hip hop’s “golden era”. The 1990s! We were all over the first installments of the mix series that broke up the favorite tracks of 1979-1989 into mixes chronologically, year by year. Now, beginning this month, the lesson continues! Here’s last Monday’s Brooklyn Radio installment: ‘History of Hip Hop Radio: Volume 15′. Digging deep into 1993. We love this shit. Mixed clean & professional.
Tracklist:
- Souls of Mischief – 93 Til Infinity
- Cypress Hill – Insane in the Brain
- Black Moon – Who Got Da Props
- Lords of the Underground – Chief Rocker
- Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
- M.O.P. – How About Some Hardcore
- Beatnuts – Psycho Dwarf
- Onyx – Slam
- Run DMC – Down with the King (feat. Pete Rock)
- KRS-One – Sound of the Police
- Fat Joe – Flow Joe
- Masta Ace, Incorporated – Born to Roll
- Snoop Doggy Dogg – The Shiznit
- MC Breed – I Gotta Get Mine (feat. 2pac)
- De La Soul – Breakadawn
- A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
- Leaders of the New School – What’s Next + Large Pro Remix
- Nubian Crackers – Do You Wanna Hear It (feat. Artifacts)
- Funkmaster Flex – Six Million Ways to Die
- KRS-One – Outta Here
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien – Catch A Bad One
- Casual – I Didn’t Mean To
- Ice Cube – You Know How We Do It
- Domino – Getto Jam
- The Nonce – Mix Tapes
- Freestyle Fellowship – Inner City Boundaries
- BO$$ – Deeper
- 2pac – Keep Your Head Up
- Redman – All Night Long
- Tragedy aka Intelligent Hoodlum – Grand Groove
- Wu-Tang Clan – Can It Be All So Simple
- Jeru tha Damaja – Come Clean
- Big L – Devil’s Son
- Ultramagnetic MCs – Two Brothers with Checks
- Beatnuts – Reign of the Tec
- KRS-One – Hip-Hop vs Rap
- 2pac – I Get Around (feat. Digital Underground)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin and Juice
- Ice Cube – Check Yo Self (feat. Das EFX)
- Too $hort – Don’t Fight the Intro
- RBL Posse – Bammer Weed
- Tha Alkaholiks – Only When I’m Drunk
- LL Cool J – Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag
- Wu-Tang Clan – Method Man
- Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin’ to Fuck With
- De La Soul – Ego Trippin’ (Part Two)
- A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
MP3: The Rub - History of Hip Hop Radio: Volume 15: 1993 [115:13 | 105.5MB]
It’s something proper that ought to be in a gold-foiled boxset and sold to sleepy-eyed credit-worthy B-boys on late infomercials—but they’re not! They’re free! And they’re some of the funnest mixes around. The Rub, thank you!
Be sure to check Brooklyn Radio to stay up ‘The Rub Radio’ and other hot mixshows.
And visit, The Rub on MySpace to tell ‘em they know their isht.
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