De'Lacy - That Look (Tsetto & Santana Mix)

Face melter. A top 5 vocal tribal track of all time. Everybody who was anyone at the time had a try at this track: Deep Dish, Hani, Mike Rizzo, and the quintessential version by tribal legends Danny Tsetto and Richie Santana. They turn drums out. HARD HARD HARD hitting drums and a nasty electro siren bring the fierce vocals of De'Lacy higher and higher. Its pure energy. Everything about this track goes off. Richie Santana was a pioneer in the mid 1990's tribal movement of New York City. Tsetto came in around the same time and was a frequent guest of Junior Vasquez's Earth. Its a 10 minutes long EPIC anthem worth taking the ride with.

De'Lacy - That Look (Tsetto & Santana Mix) 2002

Early 90's Dance Mix Pt.2

Right in time for the weekend. This is probably the most fun I've had mixing all year.



Intro by Mark Wahlberg
Heavy D & The Boyz - Now That We Found Love (David Morales Club Mix)
TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg (Ben Lieberman Mix)
Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall In Love (Shep Pettibone Mix)
Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations (Club Dub)
Xpress 2 - Say What (Junior Vasquez Mix)
2 In a Room - Wiggle It (Def Wiggle Mix)
Todd Terry - Don't Get Carried Away
Deee-Lite - Pussycat Meow (Infinity Mix)
Total - Can't You See (E-Smoove Remix)
Junior Vasquez - Get Your Hands Off My Man (Sound Factory Mix)
Madonna - Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Classic 12")
Civilles & Cole - Pride (A Deeper Love) (Let's Go Chanting)
Deee-Lite - Pussycat Meow (Saul Mojica Extended Murk)
Opus III - It's a Fine Day
Billie Godfrey - This Beat
Cut 'N' Move - Get Serious (Basement Boys Ground Level Mix)
Ultra Nate - Joy (Tee's Freeze Mix)
2 Live Crew - Get The Fuck Out My House
Runtime: 45:20

I really want to over analyze every one of these tracks, but I think this mix speaks on its own. The energy from these tracks had me in the zone. Its a great collection of house, pop, and hip-hop from the early 90's (1990-1994). Shep Pettibone, Ben Lieberman, David Morales, and E-Smoove deliver the classic piano house treatment to hip-hop/rnb singles while New Yorker's Junior Vasquez, Todd Terry, Murk and Baltimore's Basement Boys (of Crystal Waters producing fame) throw down some heavy moving drum tracks. Tracks from Deee-lite, 2 in a Room, and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch are infused with many elements and breaks now popular in many Baltimore Club records. Both versions of Pussycat Meow are amazing and had to be extended in the mix. Couldn't get enough of either mixes so I had to put both on. If you're fans of the first early 90's dance mix you'll be all over this.

Saul Mojica - Early 90's Dance Mix Pt.2

A few notes....

1) Pete Tong totally ripped off a Todd Terry track for that Madonna remix. When I heard it I was so confused. Still a hot record, but Tong....c'mon! Heard it on the last essential selection.

2) I officially brought back Bad Yard Club - In The Ghetto. People are playing and remixing the hell out of it. I'm glad people are taking a listen to house of 'the past'.

3) The Early 90's House Mix Pt. II is done!
So much fire: Heavy D + David Morales, Shep Pettibone, Ben Lieberman, Murk (early Murk still holds strong today I'm telling you, way ahead of their time), E-Smoove, Deee-Lite, Opus III, Junior Vasquez, the Good Vibrations DUB (nasty bmore house with LOL Marky Mark Intro "I want something that BUMPS in my JEEP") It clocks in at right under 45 minutes. I'll have that up later today.

Give it 2 Me (Pete Tong Dub)

What can I say about Pete Tong. He's one of my favorite people alive. He has access to the hottest beats in the world. I learned from listening to the essential selection. Back when everything wasn't on the internet I'd have to order records from all over Europe just to get my hand on some of Pete's trainspotters. He's recently started producing with UK's David Spoon who I think was behind a lot of bootleg filtered disco records early in the 2000's, but I could have him confused with another Spoon.

Tong murders all the remixes for Give it 2 Me. The vocal version is a little much for me, but the dub utilizes the right amount of vocals to refix the Neptunes produced original. If you like the European Big Room sound you'll be all over this one. This is the best Madonna rework done by someone other than Stuart Price siiinncee......thinking....that ROCKING early nyc house remix of Nothing Fails by one of the kings of NY PETER RAUHOFER which is insanely epic, not just for Madonna, but for Peter.

Madonna - Give it 2 Me (Pete Tong Dub) 2008

Madison Avenue - Everything You Need (Basoski Remix)

UPDATE: I FOUND THAT CD!!! Here you guys go in all its glory. Its just the hardest hitting filtered disco house record of all time. 7 minutes of raw Basoski rocking a sample out. Its ridiculous!!! So fucking disco.



Madonna - Give it 2 Me (Pete Tong Dub) 2008

Mark & Samantha Ronson

I'm doing this post from the parking lot of the Blue Springs Lanes in Blue Springs, Missouri home of American Idol's David Cook (who sucks balls). Will finish up this post on the Ronsons later. Long story short, I got one of my computers back from the feds after years of trying to get it back and it had some remixes I got from S. Ronson awhilllllle ago. Here's a copy of Mark & Samantha's Get High Mixtape. I'm not about to type out the tracklisting right now, but its got remixes by the Ronsons and tracks by Kayne, De La Soul, Prince, Dirt McGirt, Jay-Z, Michael Jackson and Beanie Seagle. Rare as hell. Samantha ironically forgot she even made this.

Mark & Samantha Ronson's Get High Mixtape

Tracklisting

Dirt McGirt - Lift Ya Skirt
Beanie Sigel ft. Rhymefest, Cam'ron, and Samantha Ronson - Wanted
The Dramatics - In The Rain
Mobb Deep - Got It Twisted (Samantha Ronson Remix)
Wang Chuang - To Live in Die in LA
Robert Palmer ft. Biggie - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Samantha Ronson Remix)
Prince - I Feel You
Beastie Boys - Check It Out (Samantha Ronson Remix)
Beastie Boys - Triple Trouble
The U.N. - Get Ya Bitch
Fiona Apple ft. Mos Def - Limp (Mark Ronson Remix)
Outkast - B.O.B. (Samantha Ronson Remix)
Modest Mouse - Float On
Floaters - Float On
Pharrell ft. Jay-Z and MJ - Frontin (Samantha Ronson Remix)
Jay-Z - One and a Million
Daniel Mariweather - Pot of Gold
Kayne West - School Spirit
Linda Lyndell - What a Man
The Roots - Stay Cool
De La Soul - Ego Tripping Pt. 2
Tom Scott - Today (Mark Ronson Remix)
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y.
Rhymefest - Breakdance
Samantha Ronson - Built This Way (Remix)
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (Samantha Ronson Remix)
Player - Baby Come Back
Yung Wun ft. David Banner, Lil Flip, and The AM - Tear It Up (Mark Ronson Remix)
The AM - Spell Bound
Beanie Sigel - Purple Rain
The Dramatics - In The Rain

So whats with all the Roc-A-Fella on this mixtape? In 2002 Samantha Ronson was the first 'rock' act signed to Jay and Dame's label. And how did the step kids of the guitarist from Foreigner sign to one of the biggest rap labels in the world? Dame Dash hired Charlotte Ronson, Samantha's twin sister, to help design a line through Roc-a-Wear when he discovered both Ronson's musical talents. Samantha was slated to release an album in 2004 titled Red produced by herself, her brother, and Dallas Austin, but was shelved permanently when her single "Pull My Hair Out" received little radio airplay. She parted ways with the label and continues to DJ around the world. Why is she relevant today? Well...she's not. She's received more press extinguishing Lindsay Lohan's firecrotch than her brother Mark winning the Grammy for Producer of the Year. I got a CD-R of mash-ups by Samantha, but a third of them are over an early instrumental version of MJ's Rock With You. I mean if anyone really has a use for that over Maroon 5 I'll put it up, but hey thats on you. Here's a remix of 99 Problems that sample "Pull My Hair Out".

Jay-Z - 99 Problems (Samantha Ronson Remix)

I'm not a huge Mark Ronson fan so lets just assume he got to where he is because his mom married a famous dude and lets call it even. His first major label production was off of Nikka Costa's Everybody's Got Their Something. She was one of those overhyped MTV buzz clips that didn't make a dent anywhere except during the credits of whatever season of Real World/Road Rules challenge they were on in 2001. The single was heavily sleeped on as the world wasn't quite ready for Mark's white girl doing their best black vocalist impressions until about a year ago. Its a solid rock/rnb number worth the listen.

Nikka Costa - Like a Feather (Prod. Mark Ronson)2001

Nu Shooz

I Can't Wait is one of the best songs to come out of the 80's. Its one of those songs I lose myself in every time I hear it. How do you even classify this one? Its an early style hip-hop based pop record. The first time I saw a picture of John Smithand Valerie Day of Nu Shooz it took a second to put together that those guys were making these records. I wish I heard this song out more often.

Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait 1984


Nu Shooz will always be remembered for I Can't Wait. They actually had another chart hit with their second single Point of No Return. I like this better than I Can't Wait. I have the 7 inch in my jukebox right next to Two of Hearts in the 80's section. Its freestyle-dance record from Portland, Oregon and its GREAT. Just as good as the Expose track of the same name.

Nu Shooz - Point of No Return



Another great RnB dance record by Nu Shooz. The song of full of freestyle, rnb, and hip-hop elements not to mention there's an awesome guitar solo in it which gives the track a Nile Rodgers produced sound.

Nu Shooz - Don't Let Me Be The One

Their album Poolside has another gem or two worth checking out if you dig anything you've heard so far. They had a lot of chart success with the album and was one of the better hip-hop/dance records of the 80's. One reason though I don't think they weren't as popular as they could have been is their music videos. The I Can't Wait video is a surreal bore and the Point of the No Return video looks like an SVA student's senior thesis on tennis shoes.