Some of those old new mixtapes
I was gonna make a long rambling intro explaining the concept of ‘old new’ mixtapes by referencing Ghostface’s Biscuits intro, you know the bit about banana nutrament and being smart dumb? But then I realised only about 3 people would know what I’m on about and this post is gonna be long enough as it is. So old music new twists is the basic gist of this post. There done and dusted in one para.
First up is Memory Man’s Wu tang VS D.I.T.C tape which is totally self explanatory and totally amazing. What could be more perfect as a blend than Ghost and Rae going over Diamond D beats and Big L dropping 16′s on Rza joints? Anything that blends better than that is already a controlled substance for sure. All I can say is read the tracklist download and enjoy.
1. Da Mystery of Soul Clappin’
2. C’mon, Fall Back or Protect Ya Next Level
3. Breaker, Breaker, Fuck What U Heard
4. Can I Take It Back to Daytona 500, Yes, You May
5. Step to Criminology
6. You Know I’m A Bad Mutha, I Spend It on Pain
7. More Than One Way to Shimmy
8. Thick Guillotine
9. NYC Hold Ya Head
10. Time Ain’t Nuttin’ Ta Fuck Wit
11. Release Yo Secret
12. Capicu Bellz Work Is Neva Bad
13. Strictly for the Uzi
14. Size Up the 4th Chamber
15. Flow PLO
16. Success In Hand
17. Add On Day
18. Return of the Buck 50
19. Mighty One
20. Shadow Water
21. You Can’t Front on the Bizarre
22. Put It On Incarcerated Scarfaces
23. Brooklyn Score
I love Green Lantern, no homo/pause/proceed as he would say himself (I follow him on twitter so know this is true). Ever since he did the Nas tape and GTA IV soundtrack he has been on a roll and he shows no signs of er slowing his roll. This tape however is made great by Joell Ortiz’s lyrical dexterity, all round 90′s knowledge and chameleon flow.
For those that don’t know Ortiz already, he has been steadily making a name for himself on the underground after an initial buzz that saw him signed to the majors and then dropped. He is now lyrically bonafide and part of 1 of the most exciting conglomerates in hip hop Slaughterhouse, which also includes lyrical heavyweight Royce 5″9.
Back to Covers the Classics though which is a high speed ride through some of the defining moments of 90′s hip hop revamped by Mr Ortiz for 2009. The interesting thing here is Joell goes over the old beats and often imitates the original flow, rides off the original lyrics or simply redefines the original like on Rican Ebonics 09 an update on Big L’s classic. The cover of the tape is amazing too, just makes me wanna dig through my old shoeboxes full of cassettes.
01. Intro
02. Rappers Delight (feat. DJ Enuff)
03. Know The BK Ledge
04. Somethin for Hot 97 (feat. DJ Camilo)
05. Strictly the Bizness
06. Treat Me Right
07. Industry Enemy #1
08. Brooklyn Children’s Story
09. I Can’t Go Broke
10. Live At Cooper Day BBQ
11. Uptown Anthem
12. U.N.I.T.Y.
13. T.R.O.Y.
14. Primo Tribute
15. Just To Get A Check
16. Mass Appeal
17. Act Like They Don’t Know
18. The Whut (Animal Shit)
19. BK Get Money
20. Got My Mind Made Up
21. Drop A Gem On ‘Em
22. Intercourse
23. Cell Therapies
24. High Roller
25. Brooklyn Ghetto Child
26. What They Do (Root’s Tribute)
27. Renee’s Revenge
28. Goin To Miami (feat. DJ Khaled)
29. What Happened To Hip Hop
30. 4,3,2,1
31. Recognize
32. 24HRS
33. Rican Ebonics 09
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Posted: July 22nd, 2009 under Music.
Tags: covers the classics, DITC vs Wu Tang, joell ortiz, mixtapes, Wu
Comment from pristyles
July 24, 2009 at 9:23 am
Yo… who the fuck brought me this chocolate shit, man?