Secondhand Sureshots

Secondhand Sureshots from dublab on Vimeo.

Oh shit! I had no idea Dublab uploaded this video to the net. Goes to show that one should diversify video searches beyond youtube. Highly Recommended viewing.

This dublab documentary film by the dublab creative collective features four amazing, LA-based beat makers in a secret mission to create new musical magic from the dusty remains of thrift store vinyl.

Starring & featuring music by:
Daedelus
J.Rocc
Nobody
Ras G

Also featuring:
Brandy Flower
Richard Simpson

Produced & Directed by:
Mark “frosty” McNeill
Bryan “Morpho” Younce

Cinematography:
Saul Levitz

Editing & Motion Graphics:
Clay Lipsky

Color Correction:
Ghosttown

Sound Mixing:
Alejandro Cohen

Shot on location at Out of the Closet Thrift Stores and bedroom studios in lovely Los Angeles.

Thanks to everyone who made this film possible!

Ras G Bonus Beats MegaMix - Mixed by Kutmah

I randomly popped in the Secondhand Sureshots DVD last night and remembered this classic mix by Kutmah. Anybody know if any of this older Ras G material is available anywhere (like to actually purchase)? Highly Recommended

DJ Four Color Zack (Thre3style Champ) at Turntable Lab

Don't get me wrong, I like what a lot of deejays can do nowadays with the incorporation of various controllers, gadgets, etc.. However, I think a lot of deejays are spending too much time away from the actual tables to the degree where I'm not sure they are actually using them. This little mini set by Thre3style champion, DJ Four Color Zack, strikes a nice balance between mastering gadgetry AND turntable mechanics.

Dilla Mix Blowout

I figure today is as good a time as any to post a bunch of Dilla mixes since February will be a rap in just a few days. Please don't be confused. The fact that I'm posting these mixes in a bunch is not meant to imply that these mixes are not of the highest quality. In fact there's at least a dozen more mixes in my inbox that will likely not get a post (though those are pretty damn good as well). You're going to find mixes from the likes of Pete Rock, DJ Finesse, and DJ Rhettmatic after the jump. Not exactly chump change if you ask me. I just didn't want to fill up the entire page with Dilla mixes and read the complaints. So here are the best of the rest.

Crate Diggers: Chief Xcel (of Blackalicious)

Much love to everybody who spend a good portion of their student loan money on record shopping they couldn't afford.

Chief Xcel, one half of the Bay Area rap group Blackalicious, owns over 20,000 records in four different storage spaces. Acquiring that much vinyl requires the relentlessness of a detective and the curiosity of an art curator, as well as the ability to criss-cross the globe like James Bond.

Anyone who has made that many purchases and trades is also likely to have an equal amount of amazing stories, and that is true for Chief Xcel, who rattles off a few of his best in this episode of Crate Diggers. He starts by telling an ominous tale about hunting records at a store owned by someone he called "The Nazi," and talks further about adding to his collection in places like Rotterdamn, Brazil, Paris and Oklahoma City.

"Every record has a story," Chief Xcel says, and it's never been truer than in this episode. But Chief Xcel also colors his own history, from his friendship with DJ Shadow to his first ever-record to which punk album is one of his favorites for drums.

Solid Steel Radio Show (2/7/14) - Mixed by Gaslamp Killer

Absolutely incredible mix right here. Early contender for mix of the year. Highly Recommended.

Solid Steel (7th February) In Hour 1 we welcome The Gaslamp Killer to start off the show. It's a mix of some of GLK's favourite current alternative groups specialising in the dark psychedelic side of rock and the harder edged beat music that he loves so much. Plus a couple of world psych classics in the middle, from fast to slow around we go, always a narrative journey with GLK.
DK continues with the beautiful collaboration between Debruit & Alsarah and onto the new Mount Kimbie remix for Kelis on Ninja Tune and the current single by Falty DL. Then it's a track from the Actress album Ghettoville and into the dub mix of classic 80's Boogie from Barbara Fowler, before ending with Cottam and Instra:mental from the last few years.

Check out the Solid Steel website here www.solidsteel.net/
and you can follow Solid Steel on Facebook and Twitter
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PART 1 - The Gaslamp Killer twitter.com/GASLAMPKILLER

Jeremiah Jae _ Horn Section GLK edit. _ Unknown
Tame Impala _ The Bold Arrow Of Time _ Modular Recordings
Dungen _ Fredag _ Kemado Records
DRB-001 _ DRUMETRICS _ Unknown
Mr. Chop _ Airhead _ Now-Again
Rustie _ Neko _ Warp
Dimlite _ SE SE SC _ Ripl Music
Connan Mockasin _ Forever Dolphin Love GLK Edit _ Phantasy Sound
Ron Grainer Orchestra _ The Prisoner 7" _ RCA
Vangelis _ Opera Sauvage _ Polydor
Unknown _ Middle Eastern 7" _ Unknown
Gonjasufi & GLK _ Kowboyz&Indians 7" _ Warp
Express Rising _ Buy Sell Tirade 7" _ Memphix
Dungen _ Satt Att Se GLK edit _ Kemado Records
Khun Narin _ Iam Phu Thai _ Unknown

PART 2 - DK

Débruit & Alsarah _ Jibal Alnuba _ Soundway Records
Caribou _ Sun (Altrice's 'Only What You Gave Me' Remix) _ City Slang
Kelis _ Jerk Ribs (Mount Kimbie remix) _ Ninja Tune
Kid Droid _ They're Coming For You (Original Mix) _ Droidsong Abstract
Falty DL _ King Brute feat. Shanghai Den _ Ninja Tune
Actress _ Image _ Werkdiscs
Barbara Fowler _ Come and get my loving (Dub Mix) _ Radar
Cottam _ Relapse _ Aus
Instra:mental _ Waterfalls _ Nonplus Records

Fact Mix 340 - Mixed by Kutmah

Perfect mood music type mix. This mix was on loop at Casa Mixes last Sunday. Enjoy

1989 Turntablism: DJ Miz & DJ Aladdin

Flash from the past here. Classic video

Beat Junkies: History of Turntablism

An older video (I'm going to guess from the late 90's/early 2000's) with Rhettmatic, Shortkut, and Babu explaining and demonstrating the evolution of different turntable techniques. Parts II & III after the jump.

The Roots Tribute: Live from the Bedroom 8 - Mr. Green

Damn, I didn't know Mr. Green got down like this on the tables. Check this link out for those of you who may scoff at the absence of turntables.

For this episode I decided to use nothing but vocals from Black Thought and Malik B of the Roots. It's kind of a mini tribute to one of the greatest rap groups of all time. I chose to use these vocals because I've always been a huge fan of the Roots and because I'm getting really excited about dropping the album "Unpredictable" with Malik B. Also because the Roots are debuting on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon!

If you watch to 2:00 minutes you will see that I invented a new
way to rock the (digital) turntables. Have you ever seen somebody pick
their digi turntables up and play them like a guitar before? Now you have.

Instrumentals:
Undefined (look out for Jem Cretes rocking over the beat)
Kings Beat (from the Freeway and Tek song)
June 2007 (from Green Future)
Unreleased Instrumental

Vocals:
"In The Ghetto (Wake Up!)" J Period feat. Black Thought, Rakim and John Legend
"Get Busy" The Roots
"You Don't See Us" The Roots
"Metal is Out' SNIPPET Malik B and Mr. Green feat. Benefit

Shout out to Pioneer/Serato for making the
DDJ- SR, a piece of equipment so dope
that I can pick it up and play it like a guitar.

Big Shout out to Dj Critical Hype for hooking up the Acapellas.

Huge shout out as always to the video master Sam Lipman-Stern on the cut. -Green

innoFader Sessions DJ Cheeba, DJ Food, & DJ Money

Scratch Pro Audio Presents the innoFADER sessions featuring the kings of cut paste DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot and DJ Food performing a live one take section of their 4 deck "Caught in the Middle of a 3 Way Mix" a rework of The Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique' album.

In case you happened to have missed it, you can hear their original full length mix here

Pioneer DJM-900 Demo by J. Rocc

J.ROCC - Stones Throw Presents BROADJ Special... by puqis

This is about as good as it gets for those who really want to study the technical aspects of how J. Rocc executes his sublime mixes. The mix is an outstanding cross genre selection of music that has J. Rocc going all out on mixer efx (given it's a promo for Pioneer's DJM-900). You can study to your heart's content every knob turn and fader crossover, but I doubt anybody will be able to duplicate the end product. Highly Recommended

DJ Delgaldo at the 45th 45 Session

One of Delgado's sets at the 45th 45 Sessions party. Jern Eye is on the mic, Platurn, Enki, Mr. E, and E da Boss are the other residents, Danny Holloway and Natasha Diggs were the special guests. Find them every third Friday night at the Legionnaire Saloon in Oakland! More on the web at www.the45sessions.com.

Big L 5/30 Tribute - Mixed by DJ Soul

Recorded in 2009...

1. Intro (Part 1) feat. Lord Finesse
2. Intro (Part 2) feat. Funkmaster Flex & Nas
3. Principle Of The New School (Freestyle)
4. Yes You May Remix feat. Lord Finesse
5. DJ Premier Interlude
6. MVP (Live From Amsterdam)
7. Ebonics
8. Internationally Known feat. OC
9. Hit It (unreleased)
10. I Shoulda Worn A Rubba aka The Clinic (unreleased)
11. American Dream feat. McGruff, Mase, Cam'ron & Bloodshed
12. Sandman 118th (Freestyle)
13. Games Females Play (unreleased)
14. School Dayz (unreleased)
15. The Devil's Son (Live From Amsterdam)
16 .Times Is Hard On The Blvd (unreleased)
17. Day One feat. Diamond
18. Interlude feat. Fat Joe
19. The Enemy feat. Fat Joe
20. Street Struck
21. Interlude feat. Bobbito
22. 95 Freestyle feat. Jay-Z (Live on WKCR with Stretch Armstrong & Bobitto)
23. Uptown Connection aka Danger Zone feat. Mase & McGruff
24. Lord Finesse Interlude
25. How Will I Make It (unreleased)

Acts II & IV

Somebody told me the other day that they've never seen The Godfather. Silly me just assumed everybody on the planet has seen both I and II hundreds of times like me. With that in mind, here are Acts II & IV just in case you've never listened to either. Act IV after the jump.

Sucker for Love Volume 3 - Mixed by Mike Who?

Here is a public service announcement. Avoid by all means spending your Valentine's Day being herded like cattle, getting bad service, and being over charged for some corny Valentine's Day special at some restaurant. Instead, spend your Hallmark holiday like the Mixes household; watching the ever so romantic season 2 of House of Cards (available Friday), followed by a recorded episode of last Sunday's True Detective. With this kind of romantic ambiance, there's no way Mrs. Mixes won't be craving for some lovin' by 10pm. Right around then the mood will be just right for this wonderful mix.  Feel free to ignore my advice, but you'll be sorry.

The 3rd and Final Volume in a series which has been way too much fun putting together. Large up to Acclaim for running the premiere.

www.acclaimmag.com/music/premiere-…ker-love-vol-3/

Big Thanks to Pauly from www.welldressedvandals.com for the artwork!

Mike Who Sucker For Love Volume 3

Tracklist

1. Mike Who Sucks Intro
2. Pattern Select – Suff Daddy
3. Yearning For Your Love – Gap Band (King Most Redirection)
4. Still Love You – Vanilla
5. Never Gonna Stop – Linda Clifford
6. Hey Love – Stevie Wonder
7. Searchin – Roy Ayres
8. Searching – Pete Rock & C.L Smooth
9. Brown Sugar – D’Angelo (Heartbreak Sound Rework)
10. Trippin Out – Curtis Mayfield
11. Was It Something That I Said – Sylvester
12. Put Out My Fire - Lamont Dozier (skit)
13. All I Need – Method Man & Mary J
14. Ms Fat Booty – Mos Def
15. Got To Be Your Love – Greyboy feat Sharon Jones (Paul Nice Mix)
16. Pure Love – Randy Maverick
17. All This Love – El Debarge
18. Two Can Win - J Dilla
19. Tainted – Slum Village feat Dwele
20. The Light – Common (Instrumental)
21. Open Your Eyes – Bobby Caldwell
22. The Light – Common feat Erykah Badu (Remix)
23. What You Won’t Do For Love – Jessie Ware
24. If I Was Your Girlfriend – Prince (Vadim Remix)
25. I Wanna Love You Down – Jade
26. Around The Way Girl – LL Cool J
27. Thinking Of You Lord Echo
28. You Should Be Mine – Roger
29. Send Me Your Love – Born Jamericans
30. Hold Yuh – Gyptian
31. Abrazame – Los Rakas ( Uproot Andy Remix)
32. Adorn – Miguel ( Sammy Bananas Bootleg )
33. Me and You – Dominic Pierce
34. You Know What’s Up – Donell Jones (Instrumental)
35. I’m Dreaming – Christopher Williams
36. Baby – J Dilla ( DJ A1 Edit)
37. Kenny Does Gap Band Outstanding - Frankie Does Deep
38. Keep On Lovin Me – The Whispers (Fingerman Edit)
39. You can’t Run From My Love – Stephanie Mills
40. Messages From The Stars – Rah Band
41. If You Want My Lovin – Evelyn King
42. Smooth Operator – Sade (skit)
43. My first True Love Affair – Jimmy Ross
44. Love To The World – The Gaff (Edit)
45. Love’s Gonna Get Ya – UK Players
46. Be Your Girl – Teedra Morris (Kaytranada Extended Edition)
47. Elibean's Lament – Eli Escobar
48. I Need You Tonight - Punkin Machine
49. Sunshine Of Your Love – Spanky Wilson
50. Let's Lovedance Tonight – Gary’s Gang (Danny Krivit re-edit)
51. Poetic Justice – Kendrick Lamar feat. Drake
52. I Love Beyonce – Ta- Ku
53. She Said Ok – Big Boi
54. I’d Rather Be With You – Bootsy Collins
55. Use Me – Bill Withers
56. Come Live With Angel – Marvin Gaye
57. Honey Dove - Lee Fields & The Expressions

Lord Finesse East Village Radio Mix (9/22/10)

Classic Lord Finesse mix on East Village Radio from 2010.

MadDILLAIny - Mixed by DJ Skarface

I know exactly what you're thinking and I'll stop you right there. I wouldn't post the mix if I didn't think DJ Skarface brings something new to the table here. The mix is superb. The real mystery is how did he get/make all those Doom acapellas.

The King James Version Vol. 2 - Mixed by House Shoes

Listening for the first time as I type. Volume 1 gets constant play at the Mixes household. In fact, Volume 1 is Lil Mixes preferred soundscape as she throws her oatmeal to the floor. I see no reason for Volume 2 to disappoint. Enjoy.

Update: So far (15 minute mark) it's clear that House Shoes dug into the more obscure Dilla crates for this one. Highly Recommended.

Act 1 - J. Rocc

I posted Act III last week and mentioned that I was debating whether Act III or IV was J. Rocc's best. Somebody posted that Act I was the best of the crop in their opinion. I have to admit that I haven't really listened to Act I much since 2006. I stand by my Act III/IV claim, but damn Act I is smooth as silk. BTW, word on the tweet is that House Shoes is going to drop King James Vol. 2 Monday. I will post it as soon as it hits the net.

8 Years Later

Eight years ago today James "J. Dilla/Jay-Dee" Yancey passed away. Like many talented individuals before him, dying young catapulted Dilla's name, art, and image to cult-like status. The last eight years have seen a lucrative industry emerge in the name of celebrating Dilla's music, life, and legacy. The fandom has reached such proportions, that I even stop myself from listening to too much Dilla for fear of being a part of a "trend" I've come to be annoyed by. How do you like that, a connoisseur of Dilla production since his early work with Pharcyde and official fan since first hearing Slum Village in 1999; feeling guilty for listening to "too" much Dilla.

I've got a feeling I'm not the only one stopping himself from listening to too much Dilla. However, I suggest those of my ilk take a step back and consider the big picture for a moment. As annoying as it may be at times, the fandom that Dilla's music has generated since his death is overall a good thing for hip hop and music. I have 19 year old college kids coming into my office asking me about sampling techniques and where they can buy an MPC because of Dilla. Sure it's annoying that their music knowledge of Dilla's work often goes no deeper than Donuts, but everybody has to start somewhere. Most of the next generation of hip hop heads will learn about Tribe, De la, Slum Village, Madlib, Pharcyde, D'Angelo, The Roots, etc. through Dilla. These same heads "in progress" will learn about sampling, record diggin', chopping, etc.. because of their Dilla fandom. Due in large part to Dilla and the legacy that his young death combined with his extraordinary talent generated, the hip hop music that you and I fell in love with and still love to this day, will live on for one generation more. That is a very good thing. So the next time you find yourself getting annoyed by some new jack wearing a "Dilla Changed My Life" t-shirt, ask yourself; aren't there much worse things to have your life changed by?

SP Shit Volume 4 - Oslo SP Ensemble

I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is more of a beat tape than an actual mix. Whatever it is, it's some smooth, laid back, grimy SP beats/remixes that I think you will all enjoy. So listen and enjoy.  If you're yearning for more SP beats, you can always go HERE for the don dada of SP mixes.

Psychedelic Breaks & Nuggets - Mixed by Dexter

The title pretty much says it all other than how freaking good this mix is. Enjoy.

Dexter's "The Trip" is out now on gatefold LP this week! We celebrate the release with the limited mixtape "Psychedelic Breaks & Nuggets" which is out today on C60 Casette. 200 copies only. Rare tracks from the psychedelic years edited & mixed by Dexter from original vinyl pressings. Artwork by Gizem Winter.
Only available at the MPM Store www.mpmmailorder.com

For track list: go out and get yourself a tape!

Rhythm Roulette: Mr. Green

Very likely my favorite Rhythm Roulette episode to date. To be honest, I had to google Mr. Green to get his production credits (Jedi Mind Tricks and R.A. Rugged Man to name a few). Regardless, I really like his setup along with his workflow (similar to what I think I would do if I made beats).

Winter (mixtape) - Mixed by DJ Ian Head

I can't get enough of these Ian Head mixes.  They are so simple, but they are the essence of hip hop IMO.

Took me a second to get to this one. This winter has been a little hectic, but in a good way: the collision of work with school with travel to see family and friends. In-between, digging and stumbling between crates continues to be a constant. Besides my usual NYC adventures I was back in Portland for a couple weeks, and a quick day of almost getting caught by the polar vortex in Chicago - but still somehow managed to make it to the record store for an hour despite 2 feet of snow and freezing temperatures. This chaos the past couple months, combined with the ice-cold temperatures, has worked to create a bit of a bizarre tape, with more of a "rock" style edge. I tried to keep it eclectic as usual, and give a broad sampling of a few things I've dug up these last few weeks. All vinyl. No tracklisting, just holler if you need that science.
I'd also like to say RIP to Amiri Baraka and Pete Seeger. Both had a profound effect on the ways I view and listen to music and politics.
I hope everyone is staying warm.
- DJ Ian Head

Act III - J. Rocc

It goes without saying that this mix has been posted here before. However, I have long felt that Act 4 is J. Rocc's greatest mix, with Act 3 a close second. After listening to Act 3 several times over the weekend, I'm beginning to reconsider. Either way, 2 absolutely classic mixes. You be the judge (not that they need to be compared).

Step Brothers (Alchemist & Evidence) Interview (The Cut)

These The Cut interviews never disappoint. This episode has KB!Mean from The Cut stops by Alchemist's studio and does an interview about the new Album "Lord Steppington". This interview is raw, uncut, funny and filled with some insight on the interaction of the Step Brothers