Friday, March 17, 2023

Barrio Jams 1

The "Barrio Jams" mixes are named for our friend Barrio, and are the Hip-hop/Soul mixes I made for others in high school. 

Barrio Jams 1 is from the early 2000's and a (rough) re-introduction of the concept due to DVS systems like Final Scratch pro becoming available, which opened up the possibilities of recreating the mixes on turntables with digital files. Throwback to the many songs we were listening to back when they were just literally mix "pause tapes" in the 90's.



01 - A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (Remix) feat. Kid Hood, Leaders Of The New School
02 - EPMD - The Crossover
03 - Biz Markie - Spring Again
04 - N.W.A. - Express Yourself
05 - Gang Starr - Mass Appeal (Radio Version)
06 - The Fugees - Nappy Heads (Salaam Remi Remix)
07 - De La Soul - Pease Pooridge
08 - Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
09 - Boogiemonsters - Honeydips In Gotham (Monster Remix)
10 - The Roots - Silent Treatment (Kelo Mix)
11 - Too $hort - In The Trunk (Glove Compartment Street Mix)
12 - A Tribe Called Quest - Ham 'n Eggs
13 - Black Sheep - Strobelight Honey
14 - Black Sheep - Gimmee The Finga
15 - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - One In A Million
16 - Big Daddy Kane - Come On Down feat. Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes
17 - Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock Mix) feat. Pete Rock
18 - Jungle Brothers - My Jimmy Weighs A Ton

Remembering those we lost on this mix:

Phife (A Tribe Called Quest)
Kid Hood
Biz Markie (Juice Crew)
Eazy-E (N.W.A.)
Guru (Gang Starr)
Trugoy the Dove aka Dave (De La Soul)
Malik Basit (The Roots)
Leonard "Hub" Hubbard (The Roots)

Barrio Jams 3

The "Barrio Jams" mixes are named for our friend Barrio, and are the Hip-hop/Soul mixes I made for others in high school. Number 3 is literally the songs we used to listen to (or I was, and was putting on tapes) and is pretty much a "nostalgia" mix.

Mannii - Barrio Jams 3
(The "4 Captains" nostalgia mix)



01 - Fu-Schnickens - Breakdown
02 - Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
03 - Skee-Lo - I Wish (Radio Edit)
04 - SWV Anything (Old Skool Radio Version) feat. Wu-Tang Clan (Old Dirty Bastard, Method Man, U-God)
05 - Mariah Carey - Fantasy (Bad Boy Remix) feat. Old Dirty Bastard
06 - Coolio - Fantastic Voyage (Timber Radio Edit)
07 - De La Soul - Rap De Rap Show feat. everybody
08 - Shaquille O'Neal - Where Ya At? feat. Phife
09 - Gang Starr - Now You're Mine
10 - 3rd Bass - The Gas Face feat. Don Newkirk, KMD
11 - W.C. & The MAAD Circle - Ghetto Serenade
12 - Mannii - Jake's Driving feat. Vin, Jake
13 - A Tribe Called Quest - Steve Biko (Stirrin' It Up)
14 - De La Soul - Ego Trippin' feat. Shorty No Mas
15 - Goodie Mob - Soulfood (Clean Version)
16 - Nine - Whutcha Want? (Radio Version)
17 - Keith Murray (The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World)
18 - The Fugees - Vocab (Vibey Remix)
19 - Nas - The World Is Rours
20 - Black Sheep - Without A Doubt (Salaam's Mix)
21 - EPMD - The Steve Martin
22 - De La Soul - Who's Skatin' feat. everybody else
23 - Digital Underground - Doowutchyalike (Playhowyalike Mix)
24 - Biz Markie - Goin' Off + Pickin' Boogers + The Dragon


Hip-Hop celebrates 50 years in 2023; Remembering all the artists on this mix who we've lost:

Hurricane G ("1 love to the Barrio") (Def Squad)
MCA (Beastie Boys)
Old Dirty Bastard (Wu-Tang Clan)
Coolio (W.C. and the MAAD Circle)
Trugoy the Dove aka Dave (De La Soul)
Phife (A Tribe Called Quest)
Guru (Gang Starr)
Subroc (KMD)
MF DOOM fka Zev Love X (KMD)
Don Newkirk
DJ Crazy Toones (W.C. and the MAAD Circle)
Shock G / Humpty (Digital Underground)
Tupac Shakur (Digital Underground)
Biz Markie (Juice Crew)