DJ Stylus - The Vibe Conductor

1. Groove Theory - Tell Me (rmx.)
2. Mos Def - May-December
3. DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Slum Village - Are U Ready?
4. Les Nubians - Tabou (Roots rmx.)
5. Little Brother - Whatever You Say
6. Res - Ice King
7. Smif-N-Wessun - Recognize (rmx.)
8. Slum Village feat. Pete Rock - Once Upon A Time
9. Common - High Expectations
10. Erykah Badu feat. Common - Love Of My Life
11. Raphael Saddiq feat. D’Angelo - You Should Be Here
12. DJ Roddy Rod break
13. D’Angelo - Devil’s Pie
14. Poem-Cees - Affirmation, Baby!
15. Royal Flush - Rotten Apple (instr.)
16. The Roots feat. Roy Ayers - Proceed II
17. The Roots feat. Talib Kweli - Rolling With Heat

More live recorded, one take action from the archives.

1. Scritti Politti (w/Mr. Man & Mos Def) - Tinseltown to the Boogie Down
2. J-Live - A Charmed Life
3. A Tribe Called Quest - 4 Moms
4. Nonchalant - Take it There (Roots rmx instr.)
5. Asheru feat. Raheem Devaughn & Talib Kweli - Mood Swings
6. The Roots - Live Freestyle @ WNYU
7. Group Home - Supastar
8. Bahamadia, MC Lyte, Nonchalant, Yo-Yo - Keep On Pushin’
9. Jill Scott - Slowly, Surely (live)
10. A Tribe Called Quest - Find a Way
11. Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘88 - Tiro Cruzado (Cross Fire)
12. Antibalas - War Is A Crime
13. Minnie Riperton - Baby, This Love I Have
14. Quincy Jones - Summer in the City
15. L. - Blue Lights & Blunts (instr.)
16. Kim Hill - Summertime in Aspen (DJ Spinna rmx)
17. Opus Akoben - Amazing
18. Outkast feat. Cee-lo - In Due Time
19. Laurnea - Over and Over
20. The Pharcyde - Moment in Time
21. Donnie - Do You Know
22. Linda Williams - Elevate Our Minds
23. Fertile Ground - Be Natural

Just some hip-hop and R&B. Could have been tighter but this is a live mix from a party a while back. Enjoy the looseness.

1. Mary J. Blige - Family Affair (Pete Rock & CL Smooth rmx)
2. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Shine On Me
3. The Roots - What You Want
4. Musiq - Stoplayin’
5. A Tribe Called Quest - Doin’ It
6. Soulstice - The Reason (DJ Spinna rmx)
7. DJ Spinna feat. Ovasoul7 - Surely
8. LL Cool J - Luv U Better
9. L’il Mo - 4Ever
10. Dwele - Find A Way
11. Erick Sermon - Music
12. 2Pac - Do For Love
13. Common feat. Mos Def - Questions
14. Raphael Saddiq feat. Q-Tip - Get Involved
15. Masters At Work - Get Up
16. Faith Evans - You Get No Love
17. Slum Village - Disco
18. Ludicris - Stand Up
19. Erick Sermon - React
20. Mary J. Blige - Love At First Sight
21. Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing

My girl Kia asked me for a sexy house mix a while ago. I wanted to call it “Foreplay” when I eventually got around to putting it together. February is The Love Movement over at ProjectVIBE so I figured I’d hook up the romantic joint for them. I take no responsibility for any children conceived as a result of this mix.

1. Teddy Rok 7 - Feel (feat. Okou)
2. Bah Samba - Far Away
3. Kemetic Just - unknown title
4. Moodymann feat. Amp Dog Knight - I’m Doing Fine
5. Ananda Project - ICU (DJ Spinna rmx)
6. Jimmie Abney - Is There Anybody Here?
7. John Beltran - Your Colors (Yoruba soul mix)
8. Sade - Surrender Your Love (rmx)
9. Renovation - Antonata feat. Roy Ayers (Atjazz Remix)
10. Frank-l - Let The Record Play (Casamena Living Room Rmx)
11. Osunlade - Beloved (Main Mix)
12. Fertile Ground - Come 2 Me (Don Ray’s Docile Mix)
13. Vikter Duplaix - Sensuality (Extended)
14. Raheem Devaughn - You (DFA rmx)
15. Siji - Sanctuary (DJ Deep and Franck Roger Remix)

I finally got around to putting this up almost 5 years after I first recorded it. All things in due time I guess. This was actually a mix that I did to hustle up some gigs. I took a downtempo and a house mix and put them on the same cd to try to impress upon promoters that I was versatile. I gave out a ton of these as freebies at gigs and still get inquiries about it. I had only been into house seriously for about a year at that point so if you’re a hardcore house head please don’t snicker at the naivete of the house section. Great records have long shelf lives, that’s for sure.

1. Jill Scott & Common - 8 Minutes to Sunrise
2. Ronny Jordan & Mos Def - A Brighter Day
3. Omar - Saturdays
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Like it Like That
5. Vodu 155 - Mama Dadu (instr.)
6. MoKenStef - Baby Come Close (instr.)
7. Davina - I Can’t Help It
8. De La Soul - Breakadawn
9. Common - The Light (rmx.)
10. J-Live - Play (instr.)
11. Jazztronik - From the Picture
12. Miguel Migs - Lionel’s Jam
13. Scott Grooves feat. Chris Codish - Organ Nights Part 1
14. U.C. Heights feat. Anthony Flanagan - Never Lost Faith (Original Mix)
15. Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl (Quasar Mix)
16. Incognito - I Can See the Future (Ski’sa Main Mix)
17. Turnstyle Orchestra - Latin Soul (..Not so Latin Sonic Soul Mix)
18. Blue Six - Pure (Jay’s Original Vocal)
19. MJ Cole - Sincere (Naked Music’s Jay’s Breakfast Dub)
20. The Rurals - Grey Clouds
21. Incognito - Nights Over Egypt (MAW Bonus Beats)
22. Marie St. Claire - Closer I Get (Johnick Vocal mix)
23. Willie Washington presents Paula Ralph - Ain’t No Running Away (Ricanstruction Vocal Mix)
24. Masters At Work feat. India - To Be In Love (Ricanstruction vocal)

Elliott over at ProjectVIBE.net solicited me to hook them up with some mixes. I’ll be lacing them with one new joint a month. Here’s a sneak preview of the first installment. Make sure you check out Honey, Stef Renee, Fathom and all the rest of my new colleagues in soul.

1. Rasa - When Will The Day Come
2. Common - Take it EZ (instr.)
3. Incognito - Wild & Peaceful (Kenny Dope rmx)
4. Common - Funky For You
5. Raphael Saddiq - Sky’s The Limit (Yam Who’s Spiritual Rework)
6. Sergio Mendes - The Frog feat. Q-Tip & will.i.am
7. Ty - I Want 2
8. Stevie Wonder - Love Light in Flight
9. Faith Evans - I Don’t Care
10. Flowriders - Darkness (Gen-Lon oldschool remix)
11. Patrice Rushen - Number One
12. Fat Freddys Drop - Flashback (Jazzanova’s Breathe Easy Mix)
13. Reggie Watts - Movin’ On
14. Brandy - What About Us? (Markus Enochson Electro Clash Remake)
15. The Politik - Money (Don’t Let It Catch Ya)
16. Rhian Benson - Say How I Feel feat. Slum Village & Dwele (Bugz In The
Attic mix)

Back in late ‘04 the Soul Controllers were solicited to be a part of WPFW’s new programming block that would possibly incorporate hip-hop. Here’s the demo we did. Doesn’t really resemble what Decipher is now but it’s a decent bit of listening.

DJ Stylus

Roy Porter - Party Time
Common - Heat
DJ Spinna - All Up In It
The Rebirth - This Journey In
Prince - Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Patrice Rushen - Music of the Earth
Larry Gold - Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now feat. Black Thought
Lizz Fields - When I See Love (Ty & Drew’s Lizzie’s Children Remix)
Organized Konfusion - Let’s Organize feat. Q-Tip
Till Bronner - No Fusion Generation (Mark de Clive-Lowe rmx)
The Roots - Melting Pot

DJ Jahsonic

Theo Parrish - Ebonics
Rahsaan Patterson - So Hot
Roy Davis Jr. - Someday feat. Peven Everett
Quant - Tryin’ feat. Ernesto
Alan Hoyst - Inner City Blues
Blaze - Shine
Franck Roger & M-Salem - No More Believe
Universal Principles - Inspiration and Light

This one stays in downtempo territory.

1. Vivian Green - Keep On Going
2. Common feat. Pharell & Q-Tip - Come Close (rmx.)
3. Critically Acclaimed - Wallflower
4. Slum Village - I Don’t Know
5. The Roots - The Good, The Bad & The Desolate
6. Jill Scott - Brotha
7. Little Brother - Altitudes
8. Lowrell - Mellow Mellow, Right On
9. Roy Ayers - Ain’t Got Time
10. Father’s Children - Hollywood Dreaming
11. Break
12. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - I Got a Love
13. Pete Rock & Large Professor - The Rap World
14. Blackstar - Respiration
15. DJ Spinna - Galactic Soul
16. Jurassic 5 - Thin Line
17. People Under the Stairs - Acid Raindrops
18. Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne
19. Courtial - Losing You
20. De La Soul - Ring, Ring, Ring
21. The Whatnauts - Help Is On the Way
22. Loose Ends - Slow Down
23. A Tribe Called Quest - After Hours
24. Tracey Lee - Stars in the East
25. Mary J. Blige - All That I Can Say (instr.)
26. Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin’
27. Slum Village - Players

Sezy liked this one so much she wanted to host it. Big ups on the new baby!!

1. Earth, Wind & Fire - Caribou
2. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
3. Jay Dee - Dreamy
4. Cooly’s Hot Box - What a Surprise (Spinna rmx.)
5. Mista feat. Ceelo Green - Blackberry Molasses (Organized Noize rmx)
6. Blackalicious - Swan Lake
7. Ultra Naté - Twisted
8. DJ Krush feat. Mos Def - Light
9. AZ - Rather Unique (instr.)
10. Glenn Lewis - Beautiful Eyes
11. Shaun Escoffery - Livin’
12. The Roots - Sacrifice
13. Minnie Riperton - Wouldn’t Matter Where You Are
14. Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive (Theme Song)
15. Antibalas - N.E.S.T.A. (Never Ever Submit To Authority)
16. Soulive - Liquid
17. Bobby Hutcherson - Montara (Roots rmx.)
18. Will.i.am - Lay Me Down
19. Freeway - Alright (instr.)/Tasha Holiday - Spread My Wings (vocal)
20. King Britt feat. Bahamadiah - Transcend
21. Talib Kweli - Get By
22. De La Soul - Watch Out
23. Grand Puba - I Like It
24. Jay Dee - Get Down

I saved six live mixes from the Wednesday night residency I had at Rendezvous Lounge a couple years ago. When you hear the record skip, someone either bumped the table or was dancing too hard.

These jonts have been sitting on my hard drive the whole time, occasionally burned on cd to share with friends. I’ll get them all up here eventually. Here’s #1.

1. Soulive - Tuesday Night’s Squad
2. A Tribe Called Quest - Description of a Fool
3. Q-Tip - Feelin’
4. Cru - Just Another Case (instr.)
5. Mystic feat. Talib Kweli & Kam - The Life (rmx)
6. Brand Nubian - Travel Jam (instr.)
7. Jamiroquai - Black Capricorn Day (Slum Village rmx.)
8. Davina - Comin’ For You
9. Critically Acclaimed feat. Cy Young - Flashbacks (rmx.)
10. Will.i.am - Ev Rebahdee
11. The Roots feat. Jill Scott - Complexity
12. Mos Def - Brown Sugar
13. Floetry - Floetic
14. D’Angelo feat. Redman & Method Man - Left & Right
15. DJ Krush - Big City Lover(rmx.)
16. Dwele - A.N.G.E.L.
17. Choclair - Mach 4
18. Hi-Tek feat. Mos Def & Vinia Mojica - Get Ta Steppin’
19. Digable Planets - Dial 7 (Axiom of Creamy Spies)
20. Amel Larrieux - I n I
21. Donnie - Cloud 9
22. Donnie - Do You Know
23. Rare Essence - No Ordinary Love