Looking for Mid 90s Underground Hip Hop Mix

RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,779 Posts
edited March 2009 in Strut Central
Feeling 95-98 Underground Hip Hop lately. Are there any mixes out there that bring the obscure shit?Thanks.
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  • kubkub 46 Posts
    the "cold cutz remixes" mix by dj js-1 and spinbad

    "5 deadly venoms" (tony touch, premo, pf cuttin, mister cee, evil d on the selections)

    stretch armstrong "underground railroad"

    ron g mixes

    also check out the doo wop mixes

    the list goes on and on


  • AKallDayAKallDay 830 Posts
    ugh i have so many...every tony touch and early clue and more...have to have to convert my cassettes soon, just went through them actually. i don't know the best way though, but when i do it i will share:





    ha there's a pearl jam tape and a floppy disk in there oh shit!



    overwhelming task

  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    Uggh... Nice Watch Presents The Backpack Rap Collection

    Not exactly obscure--I think a lot of people on this board (including me) once owned all these 12"s--but might hit the spot.

  • coldcutscoldcuts 388 Posts
    Here's a mix to check out. I remember downloading it from the Vinyl Exchange board a few years back. I dont have any information on it unfortunately. Maybe someone can identify it as far as who made it.

    Part 1

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/575661805bf57771/

    Part 2

    http://www.zshare.net/audio/57566329ec1243ad/

  • the_dLthe_dL 1,531 Posts





    overwhelming task

    can i use this photo for my next mixtape please?

  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    There's a dude on here who's been ripping his old hip hop mixtape tapes and putting them up on his blog. ??


    Anyway, this place should sort you out Raj - http://ittakesanationofmillionstoholdthissac.blogspot.com/search/label/Mixtape

  • grandpa_shiggrandpa_shig 5,799 Posts
    im not sure if its serg from here but theres a west coast underground mid 90s mix called golden state warriors i think. i remember it having some good underground heep-haaaaaop.

  • AKallDayAKallDay 830 Posts





    overwhelming task

    can i use this photo for my next mixtape please?


    sure.

    that messy heap reminds me of tasks unfinished.....need to convert!

    anyway yeah cool no doubt, just give me a finished copy!

  • BreakSelfBreakSelf 2,925 Posts
    My favorites were always the first few Eddie Ill and DL mixtapes. Anybody have these digitized? I've been looking for ages.


  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    Who's got that old DJ Shiite with the Xzibit off the wall freestyle on a Radio Shack computer mic?


  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    im not sure if its serg from here

    Different Serg, but I thought the same thing too.

  • grandpa_shiggrandpa_shig 5,799 Posts
    yeah, i thought to myself when i met him, damn he got sexier.

  • B-Cause and I did a 90's indie mix about 3-4 years ago. We didn't put it out because it was lacking.

    I might have a CD-R somewhere of it. If so, i'll upload it.

  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    G-Writah said:
    Who's got that old DJ Shiite with the Xzibit off the wall freestyle on a Radio Shack computer mic?

    6 years later, anyone?

  • JectWonJectWon (@_@) 1,654 Posts
    Whoa...there was a time on SoulStrut when you could request 95-98 era underground Hip-Hop and not get made fun of?

    Must've been nice.

  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    JectWon said:
    Whoa...there was a time on SoulStrut when you could request 95-98 era underground Hip-Hop and not get made fun of?

    Must've been nice.

    If that was the benchmark there would be no posts on here ever.

  • JectWonJectWon (@_@) 1,654 Posts
    G-Writah said:
    JectWon said:
    Whoa...there was a time on SoulStrut when you could request 95-98 era underground Hip-Hop and not get made fun of?

    Must've been nice.

    If that was the benchmark there would be no posts on here ever.

    Alright, fuggit....

    Posted another one of these in the 'music you're feeling' thread:

    Tony Touch Tape 58, 1998:
    https://www.mixcloud.com/pablopila/tony-touch-underground-express-58/

    This dude has a TON of good ones:

    https://soundcloud.com/firstnameralph

  • RishanRishan 454 Posts
    Debonair P - Debonair Blends. There are a few real good ones in this series:

    http://gentlemansrelief.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2014-12-14T13:51:00-08:00&max-results=7

    Doesn't play out the full songs though, in case that might be an annoyance to some...

  • prof_rockwellprof_rockwell 2,867 Posts
    AKallDay said:
    ugh i have so many...every tony touch and early clue and more...have to have to convert my cassettes soon, just went through them actually. i don't know the best way though, but when i do it i will share:

    overwhelming task

    I've been going through and converting all the tapes of my college radio show and using this:

    http://www.amazon.com/AGPtek®-Portable-Cassette-Converter-Headphones/dp/B005NGJLYW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436036991&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+cassette

    Quality is questionable, but then again, so are the source material. At this point just having them digitized is more important to me.

    I've looked at some of the conversion services out there, and they are $$$.

  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,095 Posts
    cassette deck headphone out ~to~ mixer in ~to~ laptop w sick soundcard



    i'm currently converting an old ep of The Prophecy (ciut). it was a Formation takeover from the late 90s. Shy Fx and Navigator! DJ SS! Playing Visions-era John B white labels!

    i would check out your old show if you share, rockwell!

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Why convert? Just listen to the tapes.

    If you need digital versions you can "buy" them.

  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    Why convert? Just listen to the tapes.

    If you need digital versions you can "buy" them.

    That's the best part about tapes - they are all a little bit different. Unless you are copying straight store bought copies which serves no purpose.

    Mixtapes, or tapes made off of the radio, or tv, or whatever. Sometimes listening to a mix or something off the radio is as interesting as the music itself.

    Not to mention the numerous additional mixes and b-sides they use to throw on CASSINGLES.

  • prof_rockwellprof_rockwell 2,867 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    Why convert? Just listen to the tapes.

    If you need digital versions you can "buy" them.

    Before I bought the player I linked to from amazon above, I didn't even have a cassette deck anymore. Tapes also degrade and break. I've already had to repair one of the recordings of my radio show.

  • serch4beatzserch4beatz Switzerland 521 Posts
    not "underground mix" per se but stretch played a lot of indie rap

    https://mega.co.nz/#F!h4xwSBhI!IeccXUVNZPZBoWf-DiOBHw


  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,778 Posts
    Vin Roc [em]Reconstruction[/em] - there was a 320 of this on a blog a few years back that I lost, but Mixcrate suggests if you're a member there is a download option...

    http://www.mixcrate.com/vinroc/reconstruction-volume-1-part-1-12246

  • caicai spacecho 362 Posts
    serch4beatz said:
    not "underground mix" per se but stretch played a lot of indie rap

    https://mega.co.nz/#F!h4xwSBhI!IeccXUVNZPZBoWf-DiOBHw

    Wow. I wish i had the time to listen to these.

  • the_dLthe_dL 1,531 Posts
    there was a great blog a while back with heaps of Japanese mixtapes of classic 90's hip hop, I'll see if I can dig it up
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