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 Ayers, 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
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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.
this mix is dope!
The volume one is amazing, I prefer old school rap to 90’s. Where can I find volume 2 to 10?
nice to see the return of old rap wednesday… a personal fav for me.
ahhh classic the sound of real hip hop era. great post
@ Robin P.:
Get the links for Vol. 1-11 on Soul Strut.
I’m sure links to download the 12+ mixes will show up soon, or if you just can’t want.. if you know how go to into BrooklynRadio’s source code and pull out the download link you’re golden. But I don’t want ‘em to be mad at me so I’m not sayin’ more than that just yet.
bumpsdick> Thanks for the link! Actually for the mixes from 11 to 15 you can add them to your Itunes podcasts. This is grand!
This shit is popin’ its so hotttttttttttt. Tight post ya’ll.
This is one of your best posts ever.
Amazing soundtrack, iv listened to half of them already since im a hardcore old skwl hiphop fan, you should include more big L, pun, MOP, wu-tang etc.. ol dirty bastard’s brooklyn zoo is amazing as well. couldnt of u had fit Rakim
Amazing soundtrack, iv listened to half of them already since im a hardcore old skwl hiphop fan, you should include more big L, pun, MOP, wu-tang etc.. ol dirty bastard’s brooklyn zoo is amazing as well. couldnt of u had fit Rakim
anyway
I *salute* you, well done (Y) !!!! 10/10 bringing the joint back
@ (LIVETag:) Glamp:
The mix above is restricted to tracks released in ‘93. Big L recorded his first track ‘Devil’s Son’ and dropped it independent. It wasn’t until years later with ‘Put It On’ and ‘Live Stylez ov the Poor and Dangerous’ that he had a lot of tracks in his catalog.
Same with Pun and MOP. Most of the stuff you’re listing is sure to end up in future mixes covering the mid to late nineties.
Just checked this mix and it’s off the hook. Thanks a lot for posting! Digging through the previous ones now …
Anyhow, if any of y’all are into the instrumental side of classic hip-hop, jazz, and funk, check out some of my mixtapes at http://glen.coates.googlepages.com/mixtapearchive. Full of classic joints from Pete Rock, Tribe, De La, James Brown, and the list goes on. TL from the latest installment follows. Thanks again for posting!
01. Jhelisa - Friendly Pressure (Acoustic)
02. Barry White - Playing Your Game, Baby
03. Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo
04. Presto - Cosmic
05. UTD - My Kung-Fu
06. Pete Rock - What You Waiting For?
07. Terranova - Chase The Blues (Domecracker Remix)
08. Bob James - Nautilus
09. Bjork - Come To Me
10. Nicolay - Indian Summer
11. Sylvia Striplin - You Can’t Turn Me Away
12. Bahamadia - Interlude
13. Arsonists - Flashback
14. DJ Spinna - Beat #5
15. Quasimoto - Put A Curse On You
16. Presto - Keep Movin’
17. Pete Rock - A Little Soul
18. Jill Scott - Brotha
19. Large Professor - Have Fun
20. Dynamic Syncopation - Homing In
21. Black Moon - How Many MCs?
22. DJ Mitsu - Music Mate
23. Craig Mack - Get Down
24. Mos Def - Freestyle
25. Harvey Lindo - The Here And Now (Instrumental)
26. The Mighty Bop - Ride Away
27. James Brown - The Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)
28. Katalyst & Ru C.L. - Let The Music Talk (Glen’s Now I Know My MPC’s Re-chop)
29. St. Germain - Sure Thing
30. Masters At Work - I Can’t Get No Sleep (Choice Hip-Hop Mix)
31. The Foreign Exchange - Come Around (Instrumental)
32. Daft Punk - Something About Us
33. Jamiroquai - Blow My Mind
34. J Dilla - Two Can Win
35. Horace Brown - One For The Money (Instrumental)
36. Erykah Badu - Love Of My Life (Glen Coates Remix)
37. Plutonic Lab - Reminisce
38. Jaywalkers - Language Of Music
39. Large Professor - IJusWannaChill (Instrumental)
40. De La Soul - Dinninit
41. Gripper - Jazz Cop (LP Mix)
42. Falcon & Sleepy - Lifestress (Instrumental)
43. Rae & Christian - The Hush (feat. Texas)
44. Glen & Ewan Coates - Requiem (feat. Kyla Sexton)
Whoops, the link in that last comment is borked … it’s http://glen.coates.googlepages.com/mixtapearchive
thank you so much for posting this!
its basically 2 hours of geniuis.
total respect.
I agree one of the best posts ever. Keep it tight
Absolutely fucking insane mix
Getting high has never been better
Wow, GREAT post! Keep em coming.
you can download volume 1-21, years 1979-1999 on
“http://www.itstherub.com/radio.htm”
there all dope, and free
peace out