DJ Stylus - The Vibe Conductor

1. Sade - By Your Side (Cottonbelly’s Fola Mix Edit)
2. Ocote Soul Sounds - Divinorum
3. Owusu & Hannibal - Le Fox
4. Peven Everett - They’re So Cold
5. Spacek - Getaway
6. Dwele - Pimp’s Dream
7. W. Ellington Felton - Run
8. Lanu - Shine
9. Sergio Mendes - Berimbau/Consolacao feat. Stevie Wonder & Gracinha Leporace
10. Raphael Saddiq - Body Parts
11. 4Hero - Give In feat. Darien Brockington & Phonte of Little Brother
12. Steely Dan - Black Cow
13. N.E.R.D. - Run To The Sun
14. Heavy - Do For You
15. DJ Spinna - Where’s Your Love (featuring N’Dea Davenport)
16. Yasuko Agawa - L.A. Night
17. Midnight Star - Curious

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6 FRIGGIN’ HOURS!

As my man Bill Source would say: “WOW!!!! Wow!”.

That was a lot of fun.

1. Ben Westbeech - So Good Today
2. Peven Everett - Can’t Do Without
3. Tweet - Taxi (Cab Ride mix)
4. Kemdi - Still A Dancer
5. Lathun feat. India Arie - When Love Came In (Quentin Harris remix)
6. Musiq - Thereason
7. Reel Soul & Byron Stingily - Walk Away
8. Silhouette Brown - Spread That Bruno E (Drop tha’ funk mix)
9. Aaliyah - 4 Page Letter (DJ Stylus Ruff Rider blend)
10. Ski Oakenfull - Where Did The Love Go? (Restless Soul mix)
11. Jooski feat. Cherie Mathieson - Ease Your Mind (original)
12. Fertile Ground - The Moment (Seiji remix)

1. Kokayi - Angel
2. Brand New Heavies - Forever (Soulpower remix)
3. D’Angelo - Brown Sugar remix feat. Kool G. Rap
4. Ronny Jordan - Keep Your Head Up
5. N’Digo Rose - Philthy Kadeem
6. DJ Roddy Rod - Everyday feat. Planet Asia & Chris Marsol
7. Omar - Waiting Game
8. Erykah Badu - Bump It
9. W. Ellington Felton - Come This Far
10. Goapele - Childhood Drama remix
11. Myron - We Can Get Down (Tim & Terrence Mix)
12. Biz Markie - Games
13. Sylvia Striplin - You Can’t Turn Me Away
14. Backstreet Boys - If You Stay
15. Greyboy - Genevieve feat. Bart Davenport
16. Lord Finesse - Something in the Way feat. Thelma Gyton
17. Crossrhodes - Put In Work feat. Cy Young
18. Wayna - Straight Up feat. K’Alyn
19. Waajeed - Soul City rmx feat. Nico Redd
20. Tamara Wellons - Gruve Song

It’s been a while…

This one has been sitting on ice because I wanted to tweak the transitions and selection a bit, which would essentially mean doing it over. Well, that was almost 3 months ago and I’ve reconciled myself to the fact that it isn’t going to happen. I tend to get a bit anal when I freestyle a mix instead of planning it out because I get hung up on how it could be better. There are a couple mixes in line behind #10 so I’ll stop obsessing for the sake of everyone’s iPods.

1. Kindred - So Love
2. Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Family
3. Darien - Where It’s At
4. DJ Jazzy Jeff - My Peoples feat. Raheem Devaughn
5. K-Salaam - Vieques P.S.A. (outro beat)
6. Jewel - Lemon Drops & Clovers
7. Miri Ben-Ari - Chillin in the Key of E
8. Musiq SoulChild - Buddy
9. P.M. Dawn - Amnesia
10. Lina - Come To Mama
11. Q-Tip - 4 Tha Nasty (remix) feat. Patina Renea
12. Strange Fruit Project - Get Live feat. Erykah Badu
13. Dazz Band - You Are My Starship
14. J. Dilla - We Must Be In Love feat. Pharoahe Monch
15. Robin Thicke - Got 2 Be Down feat. Faith Evans
16. The Rurals - Relax Your Soul
17. Janet Jackson - That’s The Remix (We Aimsta Win)
18. Maya Azucena - I Saw This In You
19. DKD - Brighter Day

Where’s #8? Lost in the digital ether, that one. Might be resurrected some day with another name!

Here’s a really late night one-take freestyle joint. Very mellooooow, no boogie bizniz on this session.

1. 4Hero - Take My Time feat. J*Davey
2. The 3 Foot People - On My Way feat. Linn
3. Adriana Evans - Never Say Goodbye feat. Phife Dawg
4. Les Nubians - Bebela
5. Eric Roberson - Crazy…
6. Vinia Mojica - Sands of Time (Geo’s Quintessential Mix)
7. DJ Roddy Rod - Soul 2 (unreleased)
8. Bilal Salaam - Metro Groove
9. Cooly’s Hotbox - Make Me Happy (DJ Spinna vocal mix feat. The Jigmastas)
10. Nicolay - My Story feat. Kay & Sy Smith
11. Kev Brown, Skate the Great & Rescue - Street Realism (instr.)
12. LSK - Hate or Love feat. Dwele & Slum Village (remix)
13. Domu - It’s You (Bling47 version)
14. Soul ID - Believe
15. 84 - How Y’all Feel
16. The Procussions - Move Yer Self feat. Vice Versa
17. Mya - Fallin’ remix (instr.)

1. Blue Girl - Q-Tip
2. Why - Eric Benét & The Roots
3. The Hop - Radio City feat. Bajka
4. Summertime - Mos Def feat. Esthero
5. Very First Time (hip-hop 01) - Aloe Blacc
6. Simply So (Sa-Ra Rmx) - GB feat. Steve Spacek
7. Keep On - Up Hygh feat. Phonte & Big Pooh
8. Love You Can’t Borrow - M1 feat. Q-Tip
9. Speak - Olatuja feat. Ty
10. U Better Run - Rasiyah
11. Amongst Pride - DJ Roddy Rod feat. Wayna
12. Ever (After) - Lyric L
13. The Gift Pt. II - Up Hygh
14. I’ll Be Around (Kev Brown remix) - The Spinners
15. The Light - Reel People feat. Vanessa Freeman
16. Listen For It (original vocal) - Markus Enochson feat. Ingela Olsson
17. Having Your Fun (Phil Asher remix) - 4 Hero
18. Our Time to Shine - Modern Groove Assembly

Some of my favorite current bits scattered about in here:

1. Delegation - Oh Honey
2. Three Times Dope - Funky Dividends
3. Strange Fruit Project - Remember My Face
4. Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Zeno - Fever (original & DJ Spinna BK Banger rmx)
5. Morgan Spacek feat. Raphael Saddiq - I Miss U
6. Melo - Moody Melo (Up Hygh rmx feat. Black Fist)
7. Musiq - Realove
8. V - Best Friend feat. Kev Brown
9. Space Lady - Boom Bap Girl
10. J*Davey - Private Parts (rmx feat Che Grand)
11. Sy Smith - Part of the Night
12. Peven Everett - See You Tonight
13. N’Dambi - Call Me (Yam Who rework)
14. MotionLab - Anywhere feat. Reggie Watts
15. J. Rawls feat. Aloe Blacc - Bailar
16. Black Eyed Peas - Like That feat. Cee-Lo, Talib Kweli, John Legend, & Q-Tip
17. Sylk 130 - All The Way Live feat. Capitol A

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