Stakkin' Chedda

I love this guy.

Lord Sear - Alcoholic Vibes

The Return...

It's been a minute, but what can I say? Twas the holiday season and my girl got me an Xbox for Xmas, so I've been off fighting the zombie apocalypse, rescuing humanity from intergalatic threats and generally sitting on my ass for the last 6 weeks. Anyways, I've been back to finishing up ripping my hip hop doubles so we're gonna go back into time and visit some prime mid-90s LA rap. Now, Defari is not the biggest name in raps, but this was during an exciting time in the LA rap scene. We had Cut Chemist and Jurassic 5 just starting to emerge and blow up, Beat Junkies were in full swing and starting to take over the airwaves, and the whole Project Blowed scene was on fire. Lootpack, People Under The Stairs...it was a good time to like raps. Enter Evidence and the Dilated Peoples extended family. I actually got this from Defari himself, totally down to earth dude, and was working as a teacher at the time as well. This is one of my favorite Evidence beats before he got boring to my tastes, so hopefully you'll enjoy it too.

Defari - Change & Switch

Spacey Donuts

A meeting of the minds.

Spacek - Eve (Jay Dee mix)

My Way

Feelin' homesick and getting ready/looking forward to heading back for the holiday.

The Main Ingredient - California My Way

Princeps Nubae

Ahhh, sweet sweet neo-soul. These ladies were a breath of fresh Gallic air in the late 90s, and this was a great little remix from the man Spinna and the now much better known Ticklah. Enjoy.

Les Nubians - Makeda (DJ Spinna & Ticklah mix)

A Means To Be

Attica Blues were one of the better groups to emerge from the whole 'trip hop' craze in the mid-90s. We can thank the god James Lavelle for putting them on. This is one of my more coveted singles from that time because a good DJ buddy of mine at the time played the hell out of it at our weekly hip hop night, but also because it's on blue vinyl.

Attic Blues - Tender (Organized Konfusion mix)

Godfather Of Conga

It's kinda sad that there isn't that much info on Mongo Santamaria. All of the sites I went to had very short biographies and incomplete discographies at best. Dude was at the forefront of the Afro-Cuban jazz scene, and played with all of the greats. Anyways, I recently recorded a couple of LPs that my good buddy gave to me, and here is a slammin' cover of Soul Brother #1.

Mongo Santamaria - Cold Sweat