The Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl  (c.1985)

Sly Fox - Let’s Go All The Way  (c.1985)

LL Cool J - Rock The Bells  (c.1985)

“I’m rhymin’ and designin’ with your girl in my lap”

From LL’s debut album Radio, recorded when he was just 17 years old.

Young MC - Know How  (c.1989)

Sample Source

Know How (1989) sampled:
Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes (1971)
Apache by Incredible Bongo Band (1973)
Fopp by Ohio Players (1975)
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) by Gary Toms Empire (1975)

Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Joy And Pain

The Message Mix - 10:33

This is one of my first recorded DJ mixes.  Nothing fancy, just some transitions I like.

Tracks in the mix:

Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Ice Cube - Check Yo Self Remix (Feat. Das Efx)
Puff Daddy - Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down Ft. Mase

Salt-N-Pepa - Gitty Up (SIMØNE Remix)

Beastie Boys - High Plains Drifter  (c.1989)

…come back tomorrow for the unexpected Sample Source

Sample Source:  Eagles - Those Shoes

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Time To Chill  (c.1988)

Sample Source: George Benson - Breezin’  (c.1976)

Beastie Boys - Paul Revere  (c.1986)

…Adam Nathaniel Yauch aka MCA (August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012)

Paul Revere  c.1986

“Now my name is M.C.A. I got a license to kill
I think you know what time it is it’s time to get ill
Now what do we have here an outlaw and his beer
I run this land, you understand I made myself clear.”

- Billboard’s 10 Awesome Adam Yauch Rhymes: Beastie Boy MCA’s Best Lyrics
 

Watch Coldplay Cover Beastie Boys’ (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party) in honor of Adam Yauch at The Hollywood Bowl, May 4, 2012 HERE

Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night  (c.1984)

…heard this when I was walking around downtown LA w/Tony Whitt today.  Whodini is still one of my favorite rap groups.

Run DMC - My Adidas

…A Song A Day request from my 9 year old nephew Adin. #thingsthatarerad 

MC Lyte -  Paper Thin

…it’s an old school hip-hop kinda Monday

Heavy D - Big Daddy (Remix) Ft. MC Gruff

…though not included in MTV’s Essential playlist, this has always been one of my very favorite Heavy D tunes.

Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011)

L.L. Cool J - Going Back To Cali  (c. 1989)
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L.L. hosts The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live, tonight on CBS.

On Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, The Recording Academy will announce nominees for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards with the “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music Biggest Night” from Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California.