Nujabes – Remembering The Master of Jazzy Hip Hop (Video)

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Nujabes, aka Seba Jun, is a Japanese DJ and Hip Hop producer that mastered the combination of classic hip hop sound infused with a jazzy melody to create some of the most chill tunes known to mankind.

His library is extensive and it’s all dope. When going through his collection, it is not uncommon to fall in love with one song and play it out until you are forced to move on to the next jam only to fall in love all over again, which results in hours of great listening.

I first came upon his work through Samurai Champloo and I’ve been hooked ever since.

He passed away at the age of 36 in a car accident, but has already reached a level of immortality through his music.

The first video is a mix of tracks, untouched from various Nujabes albums. The next two is a mix I found on the Cookie Monster Galaxy podcast which takes a lot of his work and adds a lil bit of flavor, still the main beats and melodies are there, but its nice to get a fresh sound from some sweet sounding Nujabes classics.

If you’re feeling the beats, let me know in the comments section and I’ll post more work from Nujabes.

 Nujabes

Tribute Mix Off of Cookie Monster Galaxy Podcast

Breakbot – Funky Disco Mix Sets (KJ Song Rec)

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I’m back with some more music from “Funky Jesus”! These Breakbot mix sets will take you back to that disco era with funky bass lines and smooth dance grooves.

Breakbot is sick with his transitions as he flows from song to song seamlessly. Just try not to bust a move while listening to these mixes, Breakbot is sure to get your body rocking.

Breakbot Mix Sets

Dance on Glass Mix 03

Blue Wheels Journey

DJ Babu – Beat Juggling, Blind Alley Routine (Video)

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DJ Babu’s Blind Alley Routine at 1997 ITF

DJ Babu is a hip hop legend. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of watching Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies or The Visionaries perform live with Babu then you know how live a show feels with a DJ like Babu working the beat instead of simply pressing play and letting the track run behind the vocals.

DJ Babu, is a Filipino-American DJ and producer. One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples (alongside Rakaa, Iriscience and Evidence), Babu is also a member of the Beat Junkies DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo the Likwit Junkies.

Babu has won multiple competition titles Including the Vestax World Championships and multiple ITF titles. As a revered battle DJ he has appeared in and hosted numerable videos. DJ Babu is famous for redefining the art of beat juggling during the 1997 ITF/Beat juggling category competition, when he first performed his “Blind Alley” routine. Under the name “The Turntablist”, produced perhaps the genre’s most popular battle record, 1996’s Super Duck Breaks, which sold over 10,000 copies.

DJ Babu Scratches and Performs Blind Alley Routine For Fellow DJs

DJ Babu shows off his skills for other DJs on this radio show by scratching over the beat before jumping into his Blind Alley Beat Juggling routine.

Top 10 Chilled Out Samples in Hip Hop History (Video)

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DJ Funktuall presents Volume 27 of his Hip Hop Sample breakdown series. In this Chilled Out Edition, DJ Funktuall gives you a history lesson on the original samples and the proceeding songs that used them.

Top 10 Chilled Out Samples in Hip Hop History Track List

1) Mother Nature – Albert Jones

Be-Intro – Common

2) A Little Fugue for You and Me – Enoch Light

No Escapin This – Beatnuts

3) Risin to the Top – Keni Burke

Keep Risin’ to the Top – Doug E. Fresh
Around the Way Girl – LL Cool J
Smooth Operator – Big Daddy Kane
I Wanna Rock – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Take You There – Pete Rock & CL Smooth
U Da Man – Black Moon
Love No Limit – Mary J. Blige
How to Roll a Blunt – Redman
Rap Phenomenon – Notorious B.I.G. w/ Method & Redman
I Pioneered This – MC Shan
(Lately) I’ve Been Thinking – Common feat. Sean Lett
Fat Rat – Grand Puba
Straight from Da Ghetto – Lost Boyz
Born to Live – OC
Paradise – LL Cool J feat. Amerie

4) Mind Blowin Decisions – Heatwave

How to Flow – Nice & Smooth
Mind Blowin’ – The D.O.C.
Mind Blowin – Pete Rock w. Vinia Mojica
Keep Risin’ to the Top – Doug E. Fresh
Stressed Out – ATCQ w/ Faith Evans

5) Distant Lover – Marvin Gaye

Spaceship – Kanye West

6) Don’t Look Any Further – Dennis Edwards

Hit Em Up – 2pac feat. Outlawz
Time to Go – King Sun
Cappucino – MC Lyte
Quitter – Eminem
Get Money – Junior MAFIA
Final Chapter ~ He’s Dead – Scarface
I Beeped You – Father MC
and the bassline to PAID IN FULL
and this just in: Way of Life – Lil’ Wayne

7) Why You Treat Me So Bad – Club Nouveau

I Got 5 On It – Luniz
Satisfy You – Puffy feat R. Kelly

8) Wildflower – Hank Crawford

Shorty Wanna Be a Thug – 2Pac
Drive Slow – Kanye West feat. Paul Wall & GLC
No One’s Iller – Eminem feat. Bizarre, Swifty & Fuzz

9) Winter Sadness – Kool & the Gang

Picture Me Rollin – 2Pac

10) Never Gonna Stop – Linda Clifford

Street Dreams – Nas
All Eyez On Me – 2Pac