1. The Foreign Exchange – Leave It All Behind
2. Devin The Dude – Landing Gear
3. T.I. – Paper Trail
4. Elucid – Police & Thieves
5. Royce – The Bar Exam 2
6. Sene – Elevator Music
7. Exile “Love”
8. Devin The Dude – Hi Life
9. Mick Boogie – The Honor Roll Mixtape
10. Black Milk, Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price & DJ Premier “The Matrix”
Archive for DJ Low Key
.:DJ Low Key – Charts 10/7/08:.
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Saturday, 10/4 -> Catch me spinning on Basementalism’s pledge drive…Here’s a sample of my mix for it…
SATURDAY, 10/4 -> Catch me spinning on CO hip hop staple Basementalism’s pledge drive (please support college radio y’all) from 4-5 on Radio 1190. I have to spin at Guess & can’t be in the studio live, so my set is prerecorded for the first time in 6+ years of spinning guest spots on the show. Anyways, here’s the first half & tracklist, I’ll post up the second half after the show airs. And by the way, for anyone who cares, the whole set is all wax on some classic iddish.
.:DJ Low Key – Basementalism Pledge Mix Part 1 – 10/4/08:.
Mos Def “Hip Hop”
Public Enemy “Shut ‘Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)”
O.C. “Time’s Up”
Masta Ace “Sittin On Chrome”
Jaylib “The Red”
Black Milk “Sound The Alarm”
Big L “Size ‘Em Up”
Group Home “Livin Proof”
Raekwon “Incarcerated Scarfaces”
Nas “Halftime”
Mobb Deep “Quiet Storm”
Redman & Method Man “How High”
Talib Kweli “Shock Body”
Lootpack “Whenimondamic”
MF Doom “Rhymes Like Dimes”
Hieroglyphics “You Never Knew”
By request…Old School Jewels…A live DJ Low Key mix from 2003…
A good friend kept telling me I should post this live mixshow from a while back. He’s been relentless and I like it too, so here it is, DJ Low Key – Live Mixshow #19 – Old School Jewels. For those that don’t know, about 6 or 7 years back I did series of live mixshows in conjunction with my homey DJ Petey for a live365.com radio station that’s long gone and this is one of the 32 themed mixshows I recorded. With this one, I wanted to do some kind of old school set that wasn’t the same standards that everybody plays (when was the last time you heard Paris on an old school tape?). It’s 5+ years old, all wax & recorded live so it’s a little sloppier than what you guys are used to from me, but it’s got some character and hopefully it’ll either put you up on some slept on classics or you’ll hear some jams you hadn’t heard for a few years. Last but not least, big up Maria Urstad, that’s her exhibition with the boomboxes that I jacked the pic of above (no clue who she is, but the piece is super dope). Anyways, here’s the link & the tracklist:
.:DJ Low Key – Live Mixshow #19 – Old School Jewels – 5/27/03:
Boogie Down Productions “I’m Still #1 (Numero Uno Re-Recording)”
KMD “Gas Face Refill”
Schooly D “PSK
Kool G Rap “Talk Like Sex”
Show & AG and Lord Finesse “It’s Up To You”
Super Lover Cee & Casa Nova Red “Do The James”
Jody Whatley & Rakim “Friends”
Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap “Raw (Demo Mix)”
D.O.C. “Lend Me An Ear”
De La Soul, Dres & A Tribe Called Quest “Saturdays (Remix)”
Busy Bee “Suicide”
DJ Cash Money & Marvelous “Find An Ugly Woman”
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Brand New Funk”
Doug E Fresh “Keep Risin To The Top”
Pete Rock & CL Smooth “Mecca & The Soul Brother”
Main Source “Atom”
Brand Nubian “Slow Down (Pete Rock Remix)”
Gang Starr “DJ Premier In Deep Concentration”
Paris “Days Of Old”
Biz Markie “Bad By Myself”
Dana Dane “DeLancey Street”
Slick Rick “Treat Her Like A Prostitute (Beat Box Version)”
Just-Ice “That Girl Is A Slut”
.:DJ Low Key – Charts 9/30/08:.
1. Madlib – WLIB AM:King of the Wigflip
2. Murs – Murs For President
3. B.o.B. “Generation Lost”
4. Common & Pharrell “The Eye”
5. Tanya Morgan “Shake It Off (Aeon Remix)”
6. Miguel – Mischief:The Mixtape
7. Lupe Fiasco, Pharell, Q-Tip & Sarah Green “Paris, Tokyo (Remix)”
8. U-N-I “Yesterday”
9. The Niyat – Vector Prime
10. Kanye West “Love Lockdown (Oddisee’s Euro Trash Remix)”
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Something to add to your Christmas wishlist, courtesy of Mikal Hameed…
My good friend Eric Maitrepierre recently hit me up with some pics of our homey Mikal Hameed’s latest “sound sculpture” for Verve, a snowmobile/DJ booth for the label’s Verve Remixed Volume 5 release this Christmas, and now that he’s posted them on his blog I can share them with everybody else. Not only does it look cool as hell but it actually works (damn Mikal, I didn’t know you were on some super scientist ish!!!), complete with Serato and extra speakers mounted in the front. Later this year you’ll be able to check it at art shows in NYC & beyond, so make sure you check it if it comes to your town.
Check out more pics of the snowmobile & other cool stuff over at the MJH Galleries blog.
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NC’s been busy lately…New iddish from Kooley High, Edgar Allen Floe & the Foreign Exchange…
If you’ve been checking out my mixtapes then I’m sure you know I’m a big fan of what’s been going on in North Carolina for the last 6 years or so. Little Brother & the Justus League paved the way for a ton of talented MCs/DJs/producers/singers/etc from NC to get some shine and lately a there’s been a bunch of free projects coming from some of these cats that I’ve been lucky enough to build with over the years. Here’s some links to a new comp from 9th Wonder proteges Kooley High (in collaboration with WYDU, ZillaSays & Ace Jones, check the explanation here), the prequel to Edgar Allen Floe’s (check out the track he recorded for my Mixing in Action #1 tape) upcoming Streetwise album and the sampler for Nicolay & Phonte’s new Foreign Exchange album, Leave It All Behind (one of my most anticipated albums in a loooooong time), set to drop on 10/14.
Kooley High – Burn After Listening
Edgar Allen Floe – The Road To Streetwise
The Foreign Exchange – Leave It All Behind Sampler & first single “Daykeeper”
And in case you were wondering what’s was up with my closest NC collaborator, Median, just know he’s been in the lab. I’ve got some CRAZY new iddish from him, but I gotta keep it to myself for now. All I gotta say about it is trust, Mixing In Action #3 is shaping up very well.
A movement has popped off…EGU or nothing…
Please take a minute to read the story below & show a little support for the homey Che Grand. His music is RIDICULOUS and if you support the stuff I do and the music I play then I’m sure you wanna hear his album too. Anyways, check out the story below, swiped from Che’s blog, Zimbabwe For The Public, about an EGU petition started by the guys over at Rock the Dub ->
and I’m bringin my folk with me!
Few days ago I decided to vent on here, letting y’all know exactly where I’m at……
It’s not my first time.
But this time some amazing things have taken place.
Not only have a bunch of y’all been flooding my inbox with some of the most inspiring words ever BUT my dude Khal @ rock the dub took a line I wrote in jest/frustration at the time and literally did it!EGU OR NOTHING Petition – Visit/Sign
First off the fact anyone would go out of their way to make a petition is dope! and then what’s even more crazy….. PEOPLE ARE SIGNING IT!
i’m overwhelmed with emo right now :pause:
thank y’allthen my dude hit me bout 5 mins ago saying its on 2DopeBoyz which i’m really buggin out over now hahaha! i’m really appreciating this.
i don’t want the petition to come off gimmicky so i’m not going to promote it like its a song or some shit, bottomline is i have an album and i want that thing out
if you want to sign it thats love
however…..
ok, check it.. lets make it fun, i have a ton of non album material that a few cats want me to give a home.
if we can get up to the 500 mark, then i’ll drop this ZFTP 7: Breakfast @ Wimbledon Mix i’m holdin onto. i think thats only fair.
And P.S. make sure you download Che Grand & DJ Low Key – Limited Edition:The Fixtape over in the mixtapes section if you haven’t already. It’s the official Che Grand late pass.
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Blu & Exile at the Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona…
A few days ago, the homeys Blu & Exile flew out to Barcelona to lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy. They broke down everything from how they linked up to playing the MPC to their philosophies on collaborating with so many other artists and more in a 75 minute long session. For those of us not to be so lucky as to be attending the Academy, you can check out the video over at the Red Bull Music Academy web site. Ex playing the MPC live (watch what he does with the Herbie Hancock joint around 25 minutes in) and the talk of Below the Heavens live with a band in 2009 alone is worth checking it out. And, uh, check out that Blu & Exile “Blu Collar Workers” video that I co-executive produced (big up Eric Maitrepierre) & cameod in earlier this year, it’s got a co-sign from Kanye and almost 60,000 views on youtube.
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Monday, 9/29 -> FREE Murs show in Boulder…First 200 people get in free…Contest to skip the line below…
MONDAY, 9/29 -> Come celebrate the release of Murs’ major label debut, Murs For President, with a FREE show (alongside Infinite Mindz & DJ Chonz) in Boulder at the B-Side Lounge (2017 13th St). The show is completely free, on a first come, first served basis and knowing Boulder, I imagine the line will be thick early so come out early (doors are at 9) if you’re serious about seeing the show. If you don’t feel like lining up on Pearl Street, you can call in to Basementalism or enter the contest below to win spots on the list and skip the line. P.S. I won’t be spinning but I’ll be in the house supporting Murs & the homey Chonz. If you’re interested in coming out and not waiting in line, e-mail contests@djlowkey.com with the name of the DJ crew that me & Chonz are a part of to be entered to get spots on the list and to skip the line/ensure you’ll be able to get in.
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Wake Your Daughter Up interview with DJ Low Key…
Props to Trav over at WYDU, his blog is super thorough and he stays on top of shit. It’s no wonder he was featured in Vibe Magazine as one of the top 30 hip hop sites on the web. Anyways, we linked up earlier this year for an interview and he recently hit me for a follow up (to be posted soon). Anyways, here’s the intro, catch the part one of the interview over at WYDUBlog.com ->
If you think you’ve heard of DJ Low Key before, you probably have. I kid him all the time and call him the Denver Mick Boogie, but give him time and he’ll be the next Mick Boogie. Low Key is one of the top club DJ’s in Denver as well as a fixture on the city’s hip hop scene for more than six years, doing shows, opening for out of town acts, and down with the well known regional crew Basementalism (who does a wicked radio show out of Boulder). The past year or so, he really started making a name for himself, first as mixing Justus League MC Median and his “Relief in the Making” mixtape that dropped before his dope “Median’s Relief” LP from last year. He was voted the “Best Hip Hop DJ” in Denver by the alternative press Westword Entertainment Mag. He also mixed the “Tanya Morgan presents Ilwil – Beat Thieves 2” that dropped earlier this year. He was the tour DJ for the first half of the Tanya Morgan, Hieroglyphics tour that zigged zagged across the nation. He was the executive producer for Blu & Exile’s “Blu Collar Worker” video, where my man gets all P Diddy’d out and makes cameos all up in the video (at the record store and at Exile’s crib). And he has MORE stuff on the way (I just can’t say what yet, but it’ll be HUGE). So if you don’t know him, you NEED to know him and that’s what I’m here to help with.
Check out the interview at www.wydublog.com (one of Vibe Magazine’s top 30 hip hop blogs)…
