Week 16: Hardstep

My buddy kyleklip (who you may remember as the dude who requested the New Jack Swing tape) asked me for a hardstep tape, so here is a hardstep tape.
"BUT WHAT IS THIS HARDSTEP OF WHICH YOU SPEAK?!" I hear you asking:

Well back in the early-mid 1990s you had this thing called Jungle (I know I'm going way slow but some people have catching up to do). It was a sped-up british rave subgenre revolving around heavy bass, lots of reggae & hip hop influence, and a ton of really intricate drum programming—taking a drum loop, chopping it up, and rearranging it into infinite different permutations. Super-fun and energetic, but all that variation in the drums made it a bit of a daunting dance style to the uninitiated.
DJs picked up on the fact that this stuff could be tricky to dance to; by 1995 you had some people streamlining those drums to make something a little more dancefloor-friendly. They preserved the heavy bass, amped up the hip hop influence, and streamlined the classic jungle drumwork to something a little more danceable without completely homogenizing or sanitizing it (that would happen later). They called it hardstep (among other things), and it lasted from about 1995-1999. I really love this era of stuff, so when Kyle suggested the mix I couldn't resist. Here goes!

Chrissy's Year of Mixtapes Week 16: Hardstep

1. Rude Bwoy Monty; Warp 9 Mr. Zulu (Heavyweight Mix) (Ganja)
   
2. Remarc; Single Finga Killa (Suburban Base)
   
3. Pharoahe Monch; Simon Says (Roni Size & DJ Die Remix) (Rawkus)
   
4. DJ Zinc; So Damn Fresh (Remix) (Ganja)
   
5. Evil vol. III; Mad Real (white)
   
6. DJ Dextrous; This Situation (Subversive Records)
   
7. Dr. Octagon; Blue Flowers (DJ Hype Remix) (Mo'Wax)
   
8. DJ Krome & Mr. Time; Hip Hop Ride (Tearin' Vinyl)
   
9. Shy FX; Bambaataa (Funksta Revisited) (Ebony)
   
10. Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott; Beep Me 911 (Ganja Kru Remix) (EastWest)
    
11. Wosh & King Tut; Throat (Joker Records)
    
12. DJ Phantasy; .44 Mag (Easy Records)
    
13. DJ Zinc feat. MC GQ; Bring The Danger (Tru Playaz)
    
14. Prisoners of Technology; Trick of Technology (Fresh Kutt)
    
15. The Fugees; Ready or Not (DJ Zinc Remix) (white)
    
16. Capone; Massive (HardLeaders)
    
17. Timebase; War Zone (Tearin' Vinyl)
    
18. Dillinja; Muthafucka (Fire Fox Relick) (Philly Blunt)
    
19. DJ Hype; On That Dust (Regulators Remix by Dextrous & Teebone) (Ganja)
    
20. Mos Def; Universal Magnetic (IQ Collective Remix) (Rawkus / Trouble on Vinyl)
    
21. Mental Power; Deep Soul (Formation)
    
22. Dred Bass feat. The JB; World Of Music (Remix) (Back II Basics)
    
23. The Dream Team; Scandalize (Joker Records)
    
24. DJ Zinc; It's Like Dat (Remix) (Frontline)
    
25. Aphrodite; Woman That Rolls (Urban Takeover)
    
26. DJ Rap; Hardstep (Proper Talent)

NEXT WEEK: Philly Soul / Philly Disco.