Remember that time? You know, that time when every week it seemed that you could pick up one of those Roc-A-Fella company sleeves and just know that the record inside was gonna ignite the club that weekend. You remember that? We certainly do, and this is our dedication to that time and more importantly the crew that provided us with nothing but the livest MCs over the livest jams for at least half of the last decade. This is in no way exhaustive as there are literally too many tracks out of the ROC camp we love for one CD length mix, but these are no doubt the ones that we’ve rinsed the most. Whether in the club, the car our walkmans wherever, this is a testament to just how dope Beans, Free, Peedi, Ye, Bleek, Cam, Young Gunz etc…and of course Jay, were. Not to mention the stellar producers – Just Blaze, Kanye, Swizzy, Timbo, Rocwilder etc. that soundtracked and energised the movement. Quite simply? They had it all on lock. From club riot starter to thug sentiment, its all here in full technicolor Roc-A-Fella glory from ‘Do My…’ to ‘This Can’t Be Life‘, from ‘Flipside’ to ‘The Truth‘. The ladies were involved, the fellas were wilin’ or as Jay put it best on’ Takeover’ – “R.O.C. too strong for y’all!” So really there ain’t much more to say that the title doesn’t. We miss the ROC.

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P.S. Once again I got to say a major shout out to Superix, not only on the mix, but on the super-dope design work once again!

You already know how we feel about The Dream here at Southern Hospitality. The man is unstoppable. Plus, for me personally, has had three straight albums of the year with ‘Love Hate’, ‘Love Vs. Money’ and ‘Love King’ (yeah I know2010 ain’t over, but why fool myself). However, the bigger story is how he is locking down every aspect of the game producing and writing hits for everyone, creating stone-cold anthems for single ladies (Beyonce) and teenage lovers (Bieber) alike. Like the man says “Dream ain’t on your album? Must have caught a feeling”. It’s a rare talent to be so dope and so prolific, and as an added benefit of this is, alongside the classic solo material of his albums, we have tons of remixes, productions, reference tracks, demos and bonus cuts floating around. I collected a load of these together on my original ‘The Dream Featuring…The Dream’ at the end of last year, which was a huge success thanks to all who downloaded, blogged, shared, Twitted and most importantly enjoyed the mix. Now we return with ‘Pt.2′ and whilst some of the collaborators are similar to the first, we have some unreleased from Christina Milian (obviously) and further evidence of his classic ATL partnerships with Ciara, Luda, T.I. etc. Not to mention the subtle, but crucial differences in early versions of some of the jams that eventually made ‘Love King’. Oh yeah, plus there’s two cases of Kells and Terius on the same track, which doesn’t need any explaining.  So once again, this is my continued homage to the work of the Radio Killa, mixed all the way live from the SM5  and 100% guaranteed to increase your sex intelligence.

Enjoy!

Huge props to design maestro Superix on the smashtronic artwork (love that hue man) and general help once again!

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This is the only way to start (and finish) your weekend. By taking a shot of the long-awaited album from the most dynamic new super-group in rap! Featuring the talents of ST 2 Lettaz, Kristmas and Bentley, DB49 have blessed us all with not only a full-length release, but a fully hedonistic release, featuring Huntsville heroes like Yung Clova and G-Mane and a good dose of another SH favourite in the form of S.L.A.S.H., you can feel the energy on this one freal! Not least down to the incredible job done by the producers, particularly ATX who helmed a large part of this project. Here’s what the man had to say:

“Well here it is folks…the album you’ve all been waiting for…DB49′s “Happy Hour”!!! I had a great time working on this project…we showed our asses on this one lol. Shout out to everyone involved with the project: Codie G, CP of the Block Beattaz, ST, Bentley, Kristmas, Sazuan, S.L.A.S.H., G-Mane, John Turner, Ballers Eve, Southern Hospitality, Bossman from O’3rd Ent., man….who else…um thats all I can think of for now. If I missed anyone put your name here:________

Track list:
1. Ballers Eve Intro
2. DB49 Public Service Announcement
3. Petey Wheatstraw Interlude
4. Cheers Intro (Produced by ATX)
5. Birthday Song (Produced by Bossman)
6. 9Timesoutta10 (Produced by ATX)
7. Ready To Go feat. S.L.A.S.H. & G-Mane (Produced by Kash Kartell & Block Beattaz)
8. Designated Driver feat. Kourtney & Young Clova (Produced by InkpressAnthem)
9. Drunk Dick (Produced by ATX)
10. Cant See feat. G-Mane (Produced by ATX)
11. No Special Technique (Produced by GroundWork Productions)
12. BCBG Bitch feat. S.L.A.S.H. (Produced by ATX & 118Ent)
13. Kick Door feat. S.L.A.S.H. (Produced by ATX)
14. Deuces (Produced by ATX)
15. Outro

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Visitors to Southern Hospitality will know how much we love us some good old Rap & Bullshit. Sometimes nothing else will do, and by sometimes we mean most of the damn time. However, especially when we’re partying with our longtime homie J.Bo who we’ve collaborated with on this mix. In fact, such an authority on Rap & B. we’re gonna let the man explain himself:

“The long overdue collaboration between J.Bo and Southern Hospitality has been a true labour of love, just over a year in the making… and even now, the only way to agree to a final tracklisting was to start planning volume 2 (and 3!) immediately.  A representation of one of our favourite sub-genres of all, these are the jiggy jams that brought fun and females back to the clubs.  Featuring such luminaries of the genre as Fabo, Jigga, Kells, Luda and Diddy in a musical celebration of all that is trite and trivial, frivolous and flagrant.  If the Fresh Prince is still looking for “a groove that soothes and moves romance” this ‘Summertime’ then here are 22 of em.  Long live “Rap & Bullshit”.”

-J-Bo

So there you have it, couldn’t have put it better myself.

Enjoy!

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Once again mega-props to Superix, on not only the mixing and editing skills, but also the super-fresh artwork and all round getting this release to completion!

While it may not seem like much to disciples of the Based God, the most painstakingly loyal of which will have over 1,500 Lil B tracks on their hard drives, Wiley’s release of 11 zip folders containing 202 finished songs (many of which are sure-fire hits), freestyles, demos and instrumentals, is one of the most significant events in Grime in years.

It’s also one of the most cathartic. After years of label frustration, the incontestable Godfather of Grime has now both drawn a line in the sand and created a serious buzz around his next moves, like him now reportedly making a track every day for the next two weeks and then releasing a new album.

So while we sit back and genuinely enjoy the Wiley Show as it unfolds, with a collective lust that the originator of a music scene will finally get the success he deserves, here’s our best of the #WileyZipFiles:

01. Elusive Intro
02. Playground Freestyle
03. Flipping From The Gut
04. Do My Dance
05. Bun A Likkle Weed ft. Trigga
06. Hello People ft. Kano & Chipmunk
07. What They Want
08. Don’t Hide Away ft. Rinse, Ice Kid & Mike Skinner
09. Runway ft. J2K, Mz Bratt & Brazen
10. 8BNC
11. Club World
12. Grime Daley ft. Wrigley
13. Art Of Grime ft. Breeze
14. Neva Neva ft. Wrigley
15. Still Gonna Miss
16. Money Or More Money ft. Brazen
17. Let’s Jus Say ft. Breeze, Brazen, Flowdan & Scratchy
18. Us Against The World
19. 25 Freestyle
20. Bonus: Return Of Wiley Freestyle

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Behind every real man…

…are thousands of incredible female vocal tracks. These are just some of them. As part three of the ‘Real Man Music’ series, it was time to share some of my personal female favourites. Mixed/compiled live as usual, this is still some quiet storm, emotional business from well known artists like Aretha, Kate Bush, Nina Simone etc. and perhaps lesser knowns like Karen Pree and Jaibi making it 70+ minutes of midtempo, slow and (hella) slow jams that define the music I listen to on the regular.

Kick back to this one and I hope you enjoy the music as much as me.

Real Man Music 3 – Behind Every Real Man

1. Love, Need And Want You – Patti Labelle
2. Tryin To Get To You – Valerie Carter
3. This Time Last Summer – Nancy Wilson
4. Sparkle – Aretha Frankin
5. Let’s Wait A While – Janet Jackson
6. No One In This World – Anita Baker
7. I Can’t Love Anymore – Teena Marie
8. Hatful Of Stars – Cyndi Lauper
9. You’ve Gotten To Me – Karen Pree
10. Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Roberta Flack
11. So Far Away – Carole King
12. You Got Me – Jaibi
13. He’s A Runner – Cass Elliot
14. The Wind – Laura Nyro
15. This Woman’s Work – Kate Bush
16. My Father – Nina Simone
17. Smokin Room – Chaka Khan
18. How Many Days – Syreeta
19. This Girl’s In With Love You – Dionne Warwick

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p.s. Once again I got to say a huge thank you to the homie Davey Boy Smith for hooking me up a dope cover once again, track-marking the mix and generally making sure things are right…before I’d barely had chance to even ask him. Too damn good.

First we brought you Era Of The Six, a compilation of classic songs from the kings of Memphis during their underground reign…

But now it’s time to turn it up six hundred and sixty six notches with ‘Six Much Posse’, a collection of the crunkest, buckest, most animosity filled posse songs you’ve ever heard in your life, from the undisputed posse song champs: Three 6 Mafia, HCP, Prophet Posse, friends, former friends and future enemies.

Play this loud.

Enjoy.

This officially unofficial compilation is brought to you to make you do like Paul says and buy their old shit.

01. Hypnotize Camp Posse – ‘We Bout To Ride’
02. Project Pat ft. Three 6 Mafia – ‘Break Da Law 2001′
03. Three 6 Mafia – ‘Gangsta Niggaz’
04. Lil Wyte ft. Hypnotize Camp Posse – ‘Get High To This’
05. Juicy J ft. Hypnotize Camp Posse – ‘Mafia Niggaz’
06. Frayser Boy ft. Hypnotize Camp Posse – ‘H.C.P.’
07. Three 6 Mafia ft. Killa Klan Kaze – ‘Be A Witness’
08. Three 6 Mafia ft. Lil Fly, La Chat & MC Mack – ‘Mystic Styles’
09. Gangsta Boo ft. Hypnotize Camp Posse – ‘M-Town Representatives’
10. Three 6 Mafia ft. Prophet Posse – ‘Step Up, Run Up’
11. Prophet Posse ft. Pastor Troy, Yo Gotti & Koopsta Knicca – ‘Rollin With My Posse (Remix)’
12. Prophet Posse ft. Gangsta Boo, Koopsta Knicca, Indo G, E Gutta, Kelo & Scarfo – ‘Yeah Hoe’
13. DJ Paul ft. Hypnotize Camp Posse – ‘King Of Kings’
14. Juicy J, V-Slash, Lil Reno, Kid Kash, Insane, Kash & Trakz – ‘Robbers, Killas & Thieves’
15. Gucci Mane ft. Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Yung Joc & OJ Da Juiceman – ‘Never Too Much (Remix)’
16. Project Pat ft. Three 6 Mafia, The Kaze & T-Rock – ‘Whatever Ho’
17. Project Pat ft. Hypnotize Camp Posse – ‘Fuckin’ With The Best’
18. Playa Fly ft. Minnie Mae Mafia – ‘Damn What A Nigga Say’

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The ‘Twelve 12s’ series is back again for its twenty second installment. Back This time with another crew member from our favourite Tokyo DJs, The Threepee Boys. We already had our man Donsta’s mix that you may have checked, if not grab it here, next in line we have Y.O.K.O. who has this incredible mix for us. Be warned! He’s dug real deep for this very slick live vinyl mix of soul, disco, funk & early rap, most of which we guarantee you’ll never have heard before.

When Y.O.K.O.’s not spinning at various spots around the Tokyo area, you can catch he’s manager of the very dope ‘Coconuts Disk‘ record store in Tokyo’s Yoyogi area, which would explain his vast knowledge of everything vinyl related! So, you’ve heard about the man – now check out his mix!

In case you missed the first twenty one instalments from Rob, Superix, James Lebens, DJ Ayres, DJ Dub, DJ Hudson, Matt Evans, Spin Doctor, Matthew Africa, Cosmo Baker, DJ Eleven, Big Jacks, Drew Huge, Donsta. J-Squared, Superix, 7L, Rookie, DJ Co-Op, Superix & Matt Evans – you can still catch them here and watch out for another ‘Twelve 12s coming very soon…

For tracklisting and running order – see the cover

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Droop-E is the Boy/Bay Genius no doubt. I guess being the son of E-40, he had little choice but to be an uncompromising, creative, forward thinking original. But seriously, who else has produced so many trunk-rattling, dreadlock shaking, stupid doo-doo-dumb records as Earl Stevens Jnr. whilst still in their teens? Who else could flip a Bjork sample (cleared by her goddamn self no less) in such an insane manner, and still keep that Bay Area slap? Droop-E has already etched himself indelibly into Bay Area and hip-hop music’s history, yet he still remains defiantly the future.

So, much like my Rick Rock, Mr. Lee mix and others, this is my dedication to one of the most exhilarating, avant-garde and  hardcore producers out there…as always mixed all the way live from SM5. Now a man, Droop-E is seemingly, and quite incredibly only hitting his stride, if his mind-blowing work on his dad’s recent ‘Revenue Retrievin’ albums are anything to go by. As I always say I coulda EASILY done more than one volume of this mix (hence the Vol.1), but with this I’ve just tried to include a range of his tracks, both in tempo (I coulda just done a 100-110bpm mix without even thinking and it woulda been ill) and age, to provide a snapshot of someone who has constantly reminded me over the last 6 or 7 years, why I love this damn music! As expected then, you have Earl Snr. in his guiding cameo role featured heavily throughout the mix along with the awesome Sick-Wid-It new-wave like Turf Talk, Cousin Fik, The Mossie, his sparring partner B-Slimm etc. as well as Bay legends like B-Legit, Too Short, San Quinn and Mike Marshall, to name just a few. Taken from a mixture of classic West Coast albums like ‘West Coast Vaccine’, ‘Disobayish’, ‘Da Bidness’ etc., some random joints by perhaps lesser known artists, and of course the definitive Sick-Wid-It compilations, I hope you get more than a taste of Droop-E’s magic, whether he’s producing high-octane Hyphy jams like ‘Go Ignant’, or musical, reflective odes to the trials of life like ‘Gotta Get Betta’.  I even squeezed in one of his tracks that samples Sade, a true favourite of both mine and the man himself.

Basically he can do it all. So hit download and enjoy more than a little sample from one of the most exciting producers in the game. Like I already said, he’s just getting started…

Droop-E – The Bay Genius Vol. 1

Mixed Live From SM5 By Rob Pursey

1. Sav Out – Turf Talk feat. Ya Boy and Bailey
2. Where My Neighbourhood – Cousin Fik, K.D. Stunts, E-40
3. Real Hood – Hot feat. Turf Talk
4. Money Ain’t Trippin – Laroo, E-40
5. Don’t Let The Glasses Fool You – Droop-E & B-Slimm
6. Bloow – DBz feat. Droop-E & B-Slimm
7. Spend The Night – E-40 feat. Laroo, The DBz, Droop-E & B-Slimm
8. Shown Out – E-40, B-Legit, Laroo
9. You Know – Dem Hoodstarz feat. Goldie Gold
10. Broke Niggas – Turf Talk
11. Ahhhh Shit – E-40
12. Buffalo – Cousin Fik feat. E-40 and Rankin Skroo
13. Get On My Hype (RMX) – Messy Marv feat. Bay All Stars
14. Meet The Dealers (RMX)– Big Rich feat. Ya Boy, Bailey, YK and San Quinn
15. Go Ignant – The Mossie feat. E-40 and Turf Talk
16. Popos – Turf Talk feat. E-40
17. Real Talk – Young Buddah
18. Young Rich Kid – Sky Balla
19. Can’t Nobody – Messy Marv feat. Too Short and Lucci
20. Back In Effect – Money Gang
21. Burdens Of His Youth – P.S.D., Keak Da Sneak and Messy Marv
22. Gotta Get Betta – E-40 feat. Mike Marshall and Suga T
23. Bonus: Pharmaceutical Outro – E-40

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Massive props goes out to the SH Crew – DJ Superix as always on the super-fresh artwork and Davey Boy Smith on trackmarking for your listening pleasure.

Ok, so you know we had to re-up this mix for this weekends incredible weather here in the UK!

Southern Hospitality Present: Summer BBQ Bangers!

Tracklist:
01: ‘Intro’ – Southern Hospitality
02: ‘Summer Breeze’ – DJ Quik
03: ‘Feel Me Flow’ – Naughty By Nature
04: ‘The Dirty B Side’ – Da Brat (feat. The Notorious B.I.G.)
05: ‘Summertime’ – DJ jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
06: ‘Players Ball (Extended Mix)’ – Outkast
07: ‘Big Pimpin’ – Tha Dogg Pound
08: ‘Loungin (RMX)’ – LL Cool J
09: ‘You’ – Lucy Pearl (feat. snoop doggy dogg)
10: ‘Happy People’ – R-Kelly
11: ‘Let’s Get It On (RMX)’ – Marvin Gaye
12: ‘Love’s In Need’ – Blackstreet
13: ‘Get On Up’ – Jodeci
14: ‘Right Here (Human Nature Mix)’ – SWV
15: ‘Tell Me What You Like’ – Guy
16: ‘All Night Long (RMX) – Mary J Blige (feat. LL Cool J)
17: ‘You Know How We Do It (RMX)’ – Ice Cube
18: ‘This Is The Shack’ – The Dove Shack
19: ‘Summertime (It’s All Good)’ – Ill Al Skratch
20: ‘This DJ’ – Warren G
21: ‘It’s Supposed To Bubble’ – UGK
22: ‘Back In The Day (RMX)’ – Ahmad
23: ‘Old Time’s Sake’ – Sweet Sable
24: ‘Another Summer’ – 213
25: ‘Fabulous’ – Jaheim

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Simple really.