Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie Ft. Jay-Z [Urban Noize Remix] 

Urban Noize breathe new life into JT‘s Suit & Tie single; mashing it up with William DeVaughn’s Be Thankful For What You Got (click link to hear it on A Song A Day).

Read about the interesting history of the original track HERE

The Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl  (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)

I Keep Forgetting 2 Regulate

Michael McDonald’s I Keep Forgettin’ vs. Warren G. & Nate Dogg’s Regulate

My Second Mashup:

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my buddy Blake helped me make a mash up of Gene Chandler’s Duke Of Earl and Eric B & Rakim’s Paid in Full after I’d heard a DJ mix the two songs at a party I attended.  It was so much fun doing it that we had a go with another two tunes I wanted to put together.  I am quite pleased with the result.

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

One Self - Bluebird

…I’ve been on a Yarah Bravo kick the last few days.

The Electric - Beautiful (feat. Yarah Bravo) [Memory9 remix]

…Yarah is adorable in this video

One Self - Fear the Labour

Salt-N-Pepa - Gitty Up (SIMØNE Remix)

Nicolas Jaar - Work It (Missy Elliott Cover)

Blue Scholars - Lalo Schifrin

Blue Scholars - Fou Lee

…Blue Scholars is an American hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington, created in 2002 while the members, DJ Sabzi (Saba Mohajerjasbi) and MC Geologic (George Quibuyen), were students at University of Washington.

Iranian DJ.  Filipino MC.  Dope.

Blue Scholars “Fou Lee” Music Video:

Azealia Banks - Jumanji

…The first taste of her upcoming mixtape, Fantastic (out July 4th) features tropical production from Hudson Mohawke and Nick Hook.  Also look for the May 29th release of Banks’ debut EP, 1991.  And last I read, she was still expecting to release her full-length album in September.