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Mittwoch, 14. Okt 2009, 15:00 bis 16:00 Uhr
2009-10-14 15:00:00 2009-10-14 16:00:00 (Jugendradio)
Hip-Hop History: 1996 (mixed by DJ Ayres, DJ Eleven & Cosmo Baker)

title The Rub dudes have been doing the world an undeniably necessary public service in recording their The History of Hip-Hop series of weekly mixtapes. If you haven't checked for them - and I know from conversation that many of you already have - do so. They're unsurprisingly excellent: impeccable selection, flawless mixing.

But my favorite thing about these mixes is the fact that hearing hip-hop's finest grouped not by region or style but by year means that every record is uniquely contextualized. They all fit together in a way that I'd forgotten from my ever-advancing vantage point. They are of a piece, just like they were when you lived through them.

Thus a year like 1996 - the latest installment, mixed by Cosmo Baker - is especially potent for me. I was a freshman in high school when '96 started and a sophomore when it ended. 15 years old. This was the year I got my first pair of turntables, djed my first parties, drank 40s, kissed girls - all while listening to these songs. Listening to them so hard, like only someone of that age can.

So besides the all-encompassing nostalgia that submerges me when tracks like the Dutchmins' "Get Your Swerve On" hit - I mean goddamn, I haven't heard this record in damn near ten years, despite having once obsessed over it - I realize that Cosmo, Eleven and Ayres are in fact performing crucial curatorial duties here. Cosmo's expert mix can't help but take on an archival air; the songs put together become a true history, painstakingly chronicled. (Cue Indiana Jones: it belongs in a musem!) And it takes me home - back to age 15, in Buffalo, excited and ready for life - in such powerful ways.

Tracklist

  1. Chubb Rock & Biz Markie "No Rubber, No Backstage Pass"
  2. MC Eiht "You Can't See Me" (DJ Spinna Remix)
  3. Mac Mall "Get Right"
  4. Outkast "Elevators"
  5. Royal Flush "Worldwide"
  6. Shyheim "Shaolin Style" feat. Squig
  7. UGK "You Don't Know Me"
  8. Jay-Z "Cashmere Thoughts"
  9. Lil' Kim "Queen Bitch"
  10. M.O.P. "Brownsville"
  11. Company Flow "8 Steps To Perfection"
  12. Nonchalant "5 O'Clock"
  13. Bushwackas "Caught Up In The Game"
  14. Dutchmin "Get Your Swerve On"
  15. jungle Brothers "How You Want It (We Got It)" (Native Tongues Remix)
  16. Busta Rhymes "Everything Remains Raw"
  17. Adagio "The Obvious Joint"
  18. Capone -N- Noreaga "LA, LA" (Kuwait Mix feat. Mobb Deep & Tragedy Khadafi)
  19. Sadat X "Stages & Lights"
  20. The Arsonists "The Session"
  21. Royal Flush "Rotten Apple"
  22. Ini "Fakin' Jax"
  23. J-Live "Braggin Writes" (DJ Spinna Remix)
  24. Redman "Pick It Up"
  25. Too Short "Buy You Some" feat. Erick Sermon
  26. Sleestak'z "Ruination"
  27. Absent Minded "Childs Play" (Left Stranded Mix)
  28. Biz Markie "Studda Step"
  29. Natural Resource "Negro League Baseball"
  30. A-Plus "All I See"
  31. Artifacts "The Ultimate"
  32. Jay-Z "Friend Or Foe"
  33. East Flatbush Project "Tried By 12"
  34. Al Tariq "Peace Akki"
  35. Fugees "Fu-Gee-La"
  36. Scarface & Facemob "Skrilla"
  37. Concrete Mob "Boiling Point"
  38. Dr. Octagon "Bear Witness"
  39. Constant Deviants "Competition Catch Speed Knots"
  40. Jeru The Damaja "Ya' Playing Yaself"
  41. Nas "Street Dreams"
  42. 2Pac "Toss It Up" feat. Danny Boy, Aaron Hall & KC & Jojo
  43. Lost Boyz "Renee" (Mr. Sex L.B. Fam Version)
  44. Large Professor "Ijuswannachill"
  45. De La Soul "Stakes Is High"
  46. Dark Sun Riders "Dark Sun Riders" (Ultra Jazz Remix)
  47. Young Zee "Juice" feat. Rah Digga
  48. Mobb Deep "Hell On Earth (Front Lines)"
  49. Just Ro "Confusion" feat. Common
  50. The Roots "What They Do"
  51. Da Fat Cat Clique "Live From Fox Valley"
  52. Keith Murray "The Rhyme" (Jay Dee Remix)
  53. Busta Rhymes "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" feat. Rampage The Last Boyscout
  54. De La Soul "Big Brother Beat"
  55. Money Boss Players "Games"
  56. Real Live "Day You Die"
  57. LL Cool J "Summer Love"
  58. Big Noyd "Usual Suspects" (Stretch Armstrong Remix)
  59. Nine "Lyin' King"
  60. Kool G Rap "Fast Life" feat. Nas (Norfside Remix)
  61. Redman "Rock The Spot"
  62. Heltah Skeltah "Lehflaur Leflah Eshkshoka"
  63. Bounty Killer "Change Like The Weather" feat. Busta Rhymes & Junior Reid
  64. Jigmasters "Beyond Real"
  65. Da Bush Babees "The Love Song" feat. Mos Def
  66. Outkast "2 Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)"
  67. The Almighty RSO "One In The Champer (The RSO Saga Pt. 2)" Spice 1 "Why You Wanna Funk?" feat. E-40 & The Click
  68. Westside Connection "Bow Down"
  69. 2Pac "Picture Me Rollin'" feat. Syke & C Bo
  70. The Pharcyde "Runnin'" (Jay Dee Remix)
  71. A Tribe Called Quest "1nce Again"
  72. Masters At Work "Get Up"
  73. Lost Boyz "Get Up" (Remix)
  74. Foxy Brown "Get You Home"
  75. Greg Nyce "Set It Off"
  76. Mac The Maniac "What Goes Up" (Remix feat. Chubb Rock & King Just)
  77. Lil' Kim "Big Momma Thing" feat. Jay-Z
  78. DJ Krush "Meiso" feat. The Roots
  79. A Tribe Called Quest "Get A Hold"
  80. Ghostface Killah "Daytona 500"
  81. Ghostface Killah "Iron Maiden"
  82. DJ Shadow "The Number Song" (Cut Chemist Remix)
  83. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony "Crossroads"
  84. Crucial Conflict "Hay"
  85. Do Or Die "Po Pimp" feat. Twista
  86. UGK "One Day"
  87. Eightball & MJG "Listen To Me Now"
  88. Coolio "Gangsta's Paradise"
  89. B-Legit "Ghetto Smile"
  90. Akinyele "Put It In My Mouth"
  91. Goodie Mob "Cell Therapy" feat. Outkast
  92. G. Dep "Head Over Wheels"
  93. Camp Lo "Luchini (This Is It)"
  94. 2Pac "Hail Mary"