Lyrics in post – Madvillian (MF Doom) – Accordion
I’m dumbfounded how good these mixes are. Brooklyn’s The Rub have compiled 21 volumes of hip-hop, one for each year from 1979 to 1999. It serves as an in-depth aural history of the genre. I’ve already heard about 4 tunes from 1992 I’d heard before, loved and forgotten about. The early volumes take in the birth of hip-hop with Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill Gang, Public Enemy, Spoonie G and Run DMC. Then we have early 90’s mix of gangsta rap (Ice Cube, NWA) to more conscious rap (A Tribe Called Quest, Gang-Starr) before the late nineties domination of Jay-Z, Outkast, DMX and Wu-Tang Clan. Of course, there’s plenty of forgotten gold in-between.
Thanks to Weareie for the tip.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
This, right here – your greatest ever post.
What a treasure trove, sheer dedication went into making those mixes.
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Kewl. I saved it to delicious and will open it tomorrow. It’s time to go to bed in California.
It is indeed time to go to bed here in California but damn that’s a lot of downloading to do tomorrow evening!
oh yes…. summer evenings playing frisbee. sorted 🙂
Thanks for the link nialler. Was up til 2am last night dowloading them all, was 1/2 an hour late for work this morning but when I explained the reason for my tardiness my boss was very understanding & sent me home to listen to each & every one of those babies. In a perfect world!
Cheers Nialler, i look forward to this when i get home from smelly work!
I have listened to practically nothing else since the weareie plug a few weeks ago.
people who don’t know what they’re talking about dis the gangsta era but the 92/93 mixes are f**king FIERCE.
not exactly the type of stuff you’d stick on when the in laws are over but ideal for the bus ride home after a shitty day at work.
I yam happy to you, fwends. Enjoy.
Cosmo Baker and Ayres are quite the boys alright. Very enjoyable set from Baker when I caught him in Toronto, he slew the place.
I believe that this post is what the internet was invented for.
Top, top work.
Fucking hell, you could delete everything off your iPod and just have 93-96 and you’d be set for life.
Excellent post. This will keep me happy well into my afterlife.
just stumbled across this now….what a great idea…can’t wait to listen to them.