Week 35: Dubstep

Ok, this one is gonna get me yelled at by some people, but let's be real. Dubstep is Over. It's been over for a while.

I'm not saying it's DEAD or it's gonna STOP EXISTING, and I'm certainly not saying it's BAD...just that its time has come and gone. A year ago, Dubstep was this time-defining hyper-relevant world-dominant sound-of-the-moment, and it's quickly turning into its own cloistered, insular, largely-irrelevant-to-the-outside-world little scene (similar to what happened to Drum & Bass in 1997-8). Many of the most interesting, creative, forward-thinking producers from Dubstep have already moved on (to UK Funky / Future Garage / Post-Garage / whatever you wanna call it), so I felt it was only fitting to do a retrospective Dubstep mix.

So here's a mix with a bunch of the huge genre-defining anthems, and a lot of my own personal faves as well.

Chrissy's Year of Mixtapes Week 35: Dubstep.

1. Joker; Snake Eater (Soul Motive)
   
2. Loefah & Sgt. Pokes; Mud VIP (DMZ / Planet Mu)
   
3. Morcheeba; World Looking In (DZ Remix) (LoDubs)
   
4. Bodil / Cycheouts Ghost; Mirrorz (ROMZ)
   
5. Brackles; Rawkus (Planet Mu)
   
6. LD; Shake It (Hyperdub)
   
7. Zomby; Strange Fruit (Ramp Recordings)
   
8. Tes La Rock feat. Uncle Sam; Up In The VIP (Dub Police)
   
9. Cotti vs. Mr. Party & Jammer; Dem Fi Know (Argon)
   
10. MC Jakes & Joker; 3K Lane (Hench)
    
11. 6Blocc; Burning Dub (6Dub)
    
12. Digital Mystikz feat. Speng; Anti War Dub (DMZ)
    
13. Benga & Coki; Night (Tempa)
    
14. LV & Dandelion; CCTV (Hyperdub)
    
15. Hoodz; Clash (LoDubs)
    
16. Benga; Crunked Up (Tempa)
    
17. Joker; Digidesign (Hyperdub)
    
18. Guido; Orchestral Lab (Punch Drunk)
    
19. Monkey Steak; Ratatosk's Tree (unreleased)
    
20. Gemmy; Supligen (Planet Mu)
    
21. I.T.; Tipsy (white)
    
22. Rusko; Cockney Thug (Sub Soldiers)
    
23. Ebola; Alpha Paw (LoDubs)
    
24. The Bug feat. Killa P & Flowdan; Skeng (Kode9 Remix) (Hyperdub)
25. Cardopusher; I Need You Tonight (unreleased)
26. Dess; Sick Room (Dead Homies)
27. The Art Of Noise; Moments In Love (Caspa Remix) (white)
28. Skream; Midnight Request Line (Tempa)
29. Stagga feat. Skamma; Sick As Sin (Ultra VIP) (ElectroStimulation)
30. Kanji Kinetic; Scatter (Sleazetone)
    

NEXT WEEK: Italo Disco.

Week 34: Booty Bass

This week, as a palette-cleanser for the non-disco-fans after all the disco of recent weeks, is a mixtape of Booty Bass. The term "booty bass" really comprises a lot of genres (Miami Bass, Freestyle, Hip Hop Electro, and Detroit Electrofunk to name a few), but they're all pretty much tied together by big, 808-driven drum machine breaks topped off with raps about ass-shaking. The key differences between this stuff and, say, ghettotech/ghetto house/juke would be the breakbeats, and the hip-hop song structure.

It's easy to forget how HUGE this stuff was in the states in the '90s, but looking back on it a lot of these tracks were Top 40 mega-hits here. I've been told by a few people that this stuff never really made it across the pond, which is a shame. I guess this was our cultural equivalent of UK Garage, perhaps?

Anyway, for this tape I've left out the Detroit Electro / Electrofunk stuff, which I'll cover some other week. I've decided to focus on classics from the 90s (some well-known, others more underground), with a few 80s proto-anthems and a couple of more recent tunes as well. Enjoy!

Chrissy's Year of Mixtapes Week 34: Booty Bass.

1. MC Zeus; It Ain't A Crime
2. Jock-D; Partytime '91
   
3. Cybotron; Clear (Jose "Animal" Diaz Remix)
   
4. The 69 Boyz; Tootsie Roll
   
5. Danny D & DJ Wiz; Get On Up And Dance (Remix)
   
6. Ghost Town DJs; My Boo
   
7. Model 500; Night Drive (Time, Space, Transmat)
   
8. Sir Mix-A-Lot; Baby Got Back
   
9. Tag Team; Whoomp! (There It Is)
   
10. E.V.I.A.N. & The Atlantis Posse; Techno City
    
11. DJ Laz & Danny D; Miami El Negro (Club Mix)
    
12. Sabo; La Negra Chula
    
13. Sammie; I Like It (Remix)
    
14. Freak Nasty; Da Dip
    
15. 2 Live Crew; Get It Girl
    
16. DJ Funk; Get The Hoe
    
17. DJ Smurf; Shakin'
    
18. Splack Pack; Shake That Ass Bitch!
    
19. Playa Poncho; Whatz Up Whatz Up (A-Town Mix)
    
20. 2 Live Crew; Come On Babe (Doo Doo Brown Mix)
    
21. Quad City DJs; C'mon Ride The Train
    
22. Luke; Scarred
    
23. Splack Pack; Scrub Da Ground
    
24. Half Pint; One Leg Up
    
25. DJ Kizzy Rock & DJ Smurf; Let Me See U Ride
    
26. DJ Smurf; 4 Pt. Stance
    
27. Creep Dogg; Bounce Tha Bootie
    
28. Disco & The City Boyz; Wiggle Wiggle
    
29. Johnny Moog; Dope Love (Chrissy Murderbot Remix)
    
30. DJ Smurf; Pop That Thang Girl (Remix)
    
31. Godz Of The Quad; 2 The Flo
    
32. Luke f. No Good But So Good; Raise The Roof
    
33. Bone Thugs N Harmony; Crossroads (DJ Magic Mike Remix)
    
34. DJ Marquis; Rock This
    
35. Godz Of The Quad; Can U Feel It

NEXT WEEK: A Farewell to Dubstep.

Week 33: Post-Disco, Pre-House

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a tape of NY Garage (prompted by Birgitte from Norway). I went on about how that music bridged the gap between disco and house, and really paved the way for all this new-fangled 21st century electronic dance music to exist.
Meanwhile, however, there was a lot of other, more mainstream R&B that was doing essentially the same thing—just in the pop sphere. Here is a tape of precisely that—more 1980s R&B cuts that rose up from the ashes of disco to pave the way for house (and everything that followed).

Chrissy's Year of Mixtapes Week 33: Post-Disco, Pre-House.

1. Jocelyn Brown; I Wish You Would (Vinyl Dreams Records, 1984)
   
2. Gwen Guthrie; Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent (Chrissy Re-Edit) (Polydor, 1986)
   
3. Patrice Rushen; Forget Me Nots (Elektra, 1982)
   
4. George Benson; Give Me The Night (Warner Bros. Records, 1980)
   
5. Sylvester; Tell Me (Remix) (Megatone Records, 1983)
   
6. Luther Vandross; Never Too Much (Epic, 1981)
   
7. Cashmere; Do It Anyway You Wanna (Philly World Records, 1983)
   
8. Evelyn King; Love Come Down (RCA, 1982)
   
9. Kool & The Gang; Get Down On It (De-Lite Records, 1981)
   
10. Teena Marie; Behind The Groove (Motown, 1980)
    
11. Raw Silk; Do It To The Music (West End Records, 1982)
    
12. Splash; When We Touch (The Hive, 1982)
    
13. Unique; What I Got Is What You Need (Chrissy Re-Edit) (Prelude Records, 1983)
    
14. Young & Company; I Like (What You're Doing To Me) (Brunswick, 1980)
    
15. The S.O.S. Band; Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Tabu Records, 1980)
    
16. Aretha Franklin; Get It Right (Arista, 1983)
    
17. Tramaine; Fall Down (Spirit Of Love) (A&M Records, 1985)
    
18. Zena Dejonay; I've Got To Find A Way (TVI Records, 1983)
    
19. D Train; You're The One For Me (Prelude Records, 1981)
    
20. GQ; Someday (In Your Life) (Arista, 1980)
    
21. The Emotions; Turn It Out (American Recording Company, 1981)

NEXT WEEK: Booty Bass.

Week 32: Weed Songs

So I was at the all-you-can-eat sushi bar with my buddy Mega Mic, and he says to me something along the lines of the following:

"you know what's funny? you got all these weed tunes, but you don't even smoke weed!"

I think he was referring specifically to "Roll Another One" (off my last album), and "Ganja Fi Legal" (the Jacky Murda track I remixed). But regardless of whether he's talking tunes I've made/released or just tunes I own/play out, he's right: for some reason I love tracks about weed.
So here's a mix of weed anthems. I've probably dropped a dozen or so weed-related tunes throughout previous mixes, so those ones aren't on this one, but it's still pretty packed. You're probably either going to find this the most awesome thing in history, or the most tedious, juvenile yawnfest ever. Or both!

Chrissy's Year of Mixtapes Week 32: Weed Songs.

1. Snoop Doggy Dogg; Gin & Juice
   
2. Cypress Hill; Hits From The Bong
   
3. Mr. Vegas; Crack Town
   
4. Wayne Marshall & Assassin; Weed Smoke
5. EQ; Give I Di Herbs
   
6. Ziggi; Ganja Smoke In The Air
   
7. Cocoa Tea; Weh Di Drugs
   
8. Cutty Ranks; Healing Of The Nation
   
9. Yellowman; Stay With Me
   
10. Marlon Asher; Ganja Farmer
    
11. Buju Banton; Sensi
    
12. Bone Thugs N Harmony; Weed Man
    
13. Freddie Gibbs; Boxframe Cadillac
    
14. Wayne Marshall; Purple Skunk
    
15. Vybz Kartel; Visa (QV Weaver Riddim Remix)
    
16. Chrissy Murderbot f. Hawatha Hurd; Roll Another One (Tremor Dub Refix)
    
17. Wayne Marshall; The Whole World
    
18. Wayne Marshall; Gan-Ja
    
19. DJ Krome & Mr. Time; Ganja Man
    
20. Bagga Worries & Jooxie Nice; Legalise (Remarc VIP Mix)
    
21. L Double; Sess (Little Rollers Vol. 1)
    
22. Jacky Murda f. Ward 21 & Jason Sweetness; Ganja Fi Legal
    
23. Carlton Livingston; 100 Weight of Collie Weed
    
24. Mungo's Hi-Fi f. Top Cat; Herbalist
    
25. Mac Dre; I Need An Eighth
    
26. Cutty Ranks; Ganja Pipe
    
27. Prince Fatty; Gin & Juice

NEXT WEEK: Post-Disco, Pre-House.