Blunted Radio: Sun Ra Megamix
Megamix 2/2 from the Blunted Radio series. The volume is dedicated to Sun Ra and all the Sun Ra inspired beatmakers like Ras G, Madlib, J. Rocc, DJ Muggs, and others.
My favorite radio mix shows were Eazy-E’s Ruthless Radio, Soul Assassins Radio, Friday Night Flavas, (its successor) Fantastik 4our Show, and J. Rocc’s Adventures in Stereo (kinda sorta a successor to the Fantastik 4our Show). I used to love rolling up a couple blunts and just zoning out to the selections and mixing while listening to these weekly shows. For me, this weekly ritual was a little slice of heaven.
Back then I would dream of delivering a guest set. Those dreams faded as all of these shows left the airwaves. However, this dream deferred crusted over and delivered a mix idea (which are harder and harder to think of with every mix).
The guest mix that was never heard is here. Actually, it’s two mixes. Originally one mix seamlessly blending two, but everybody is too ADD these days to listen to anything that long so I broke it up into two mixes. The first mix is a Sun Ra inspired megamix. The second mix is a Stonesthrow megamix incorporating a lot of their left field releases blended with a few of their classics. Both mixes are filled with odes and drops from all the radio shows creating one big, stoned-out, guest megamix that never was.
Blunted Radio: Stonesthrow Megamix
Megamix 1/2 of the Blunted Radio series.
My favorite radio mix shows were Eazy-E’s Ruthless Radio, Soul Assassins Radio, Friday Night Flavas, (its successor) Fantastik 4our Show, and J. Rocc’s Adventures in Stereo (kinda sorta a successor to the Fantastik 4our Show). I used to love rolling up a couple blunts and just zoning out to the selections and mixing while listening to these weekly shows. For me, this weekly ritual was a little slice of heaven.
Back then I would dream of delivering a guest set. Those dreams faded as all of these shows left the airwaves. However, this dream deferred crusted over and delivered a mix idea (which are harder and harder to think of with every mix).
The guest mix that was never heard is here. Actually, it’s two mixes. Originally one mix seamlessly blending two, but everybody is too ADD these days to listen to anything that long so I broke it up into two mixes. The first mix is a Sun Ra inspired megamix. The second mix is a Stonesthrow megamix incorporating a lot of their left field releases blended with a few of their classics. Both mixes are filled with odes and drops from all the radio shows creating one big, stoned-out, guest megamix that never was.
Beats, Rhymes, (& the love of my) Life - Pipomixes
Last summer I revisited ATCQ’s critically panned (mostly) Dilla produced albums (“Beats, Rhymes…”& “Love Movement”) . Yes, Tribe still sounded like a group on the verge of breaking-up, but damn did those beats sound good almost 30 years later. As is the essence of hip hop and deejaying, I thought to take the beats from “Beats, Rhymes…” and “Love Movement” and repurpose them (with the help of some other Dilla joints) into something funkier.
These old Tribe beats were always gems. They just needed a little repurposing to get the proper light to shine. Probably not too different from so many of you. Like a dope beat, sometimes we all just need a little repurposing to realize our full dopeness.
While this mix was made for one set of ears (Mrs. Mixes), I’m sharing it with all of you hoping it hits in some kinda way.
This mix brings everything you’d expect from one of my mixes: layered tracks, seamless blends, and that stoned-out funk. Mrs. Mixes wouldn’t have it any other way. You’ve got to groove to that stoned-out funk to be Mrs. Mixes.
Peace to everybody who still appreciates a well crafted mix. Peace to the few of us still making them. Peace to all the repurposed gems.
Hip Hop isn’t something you do. It’s something you live.
Enjoy.
Dre Day Tape - Mixed by Pipomixes
I stopped doing “Best of” mixes years ago, but I do enjoy the challenge of getting creative within the box of a theme. I like to take the margins of that box, rework them, and create something original. That’s what I did here. All the source material is related to Dr. Dre. However, it’s mixed, reworked, and repurposed to create something new. The chaos of the uprising of 1992 to 808 drum beats and G-Funk melodies. Add some stoned out sugar and spices and you get this. Enjoy.
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