It feels like it’s been a minute since we’ve done a hip-hop mix, but quite honestly I haven’t come across anything quite inspiring, until now that is. Q-Tip is the shit, ’nuff said. He has a new album coming out and teamed up with Dj Dub to present an array of songs that he’s been featured as an artist or produced. This soon-to-be classic features new, classic and unreleased from Q-Tip. Artists like Busta Rhymes, Andre 3000, Kanye West, D’Angelo and more all make appearances on this momentous mixtape.

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Tracklisting:

1. Intro - DJ Dub
2. Verses From the Abstract - A Tribe Called Quest
3. Midnight - A Tribe Called Quest
4. Midnight 08 Smirnoff Signature mix - Q-Tip
5. Wild Hot - Q-Tip / Busta Rhymes
6. Oh My God - A Tribe Called Quest
7. Got Til Its Gone - Janet Jackson / Q-Tip / Joni Mitchell
8. Footprints - A Tribe Called Quest
9. The Promo - Jungle Bros / Q-Tip
10. Buddy Remix - A Tribe Called Quest / Jungle Bros / De La Soul
11. Check The Rhime - A Tribe Called Quest
12. Groove Is In The Heart - Dee-Lite / Q-Tip
13. Sh. Fe. Mcs - A Tribe Called Quest / De La Soul
14. Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest
15. Drink Away The Pain - Mobb Deep (Prod by Q-Tip)
16. Get Down Q-Tip Remix - Q-Tip / Craig Mack
17. Dont Curse - Heavy D / Kool G Rap / Grand Puba / CL Smooth / Big Daddy Kane / Pete Rock / Q-Tip
18. Make It Better - Kanye West / Talib Kweli / Q-Tip
19. A Rolling Skating Jam Named Saturdays - Q-Tip / De La Soul
20. Heels - Q-Tip
21. Abstractionisms - Q-Tip
22. I Believe - Q-Tip / D’Angelo
23. Vivrant Thing - Q-Tip
24. Can I Kick It (Spirit Mix) - A Tribe Called Quest
25. Lyrics To Go (Tumblin Dice Remix) - A Tribe Called Quest
26. Get It Together Remix - Beastie Boys / Q-Tip
27. Sucka Nigga - A Tribe Called Quest
28. Get A Hold - A Tribe Called Quest
29. Lets Ride - Q-Tip
30. One Love - Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
31. Give Up The Goods - Mobb Deep (Prod By Q-Tip)
32. The World Is Yours Remix - Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
33. In The Sun - Large Professor / Q-Tip
34. Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix) - A Tribe Called Quest
35. Glamour & Glitz - A Tribe Called Quest
36. Feva - Q-Tip
37. Practice Session - The Ummah
38. Thats Sexy - Q-Tip / Andre 3000
39. What The Fuss (Hard Remix) - Stevie Wonder / Q-Tip
40. Ill Vibe - Busta Rhymes / Q-Tip
41. Gettin Up - Q-Tip

Mike who? Mike Relmmmmmm! If you don’t know who Relm is, then consider this a backgrounder. He’s a turntablist from San Francisco and has performed with numerous artists as well as toured across the country. He’s known for his live performances, which feature audio and video mash-ups all cut and scratched live on the spot, and on Friday, Sept. 26, he stopped in on Vancouver, presented by Spectrum Events.

So I have to admit, I didn’t know very much of Mike Relm before I went to the show. I mean, besides the clips on YouTube and doing some background research on him, so I didn’t really expect too much going into the show. By the end of the show I was converted into a fan and even shook his hand (I told you Michelle it wasn’t too late) as corny as that sounds.

The show is what you see on some of the YouTube clips, but with a shit load more energy from the audience and from Relm himself as he interacts with the crowd and people are constantly jumping on stage and attempting to dance then throwing themselves for a stage dive. Oh, and did I forget to mention that he brought friends. Yeah his friends, dubbed the “Sideshow,” were two scary ass clowns, did I mention I’m afraid of clowns? The novel / movie IT, really messed me up as a kid. These “friends” were like his very own hype men, think Flava Flav to Chuck D, Spliff Starr to Busta Rhymes, Memphis Bleek to Jay-Z, except the “Sideshow” were on turntables.

Relm played a diversity of music throughout the night, mixing House of Pain, Pharcyde, Outfield, NWA, with Feist and John Lennon. The music off course was only part of the show, as he would mix in visuals from movies and TV shows such as Harold & Kumar, Office Space, Snoopy, When Harry Met Sally, Team America and Nacho Libre to name a few.

He really rocked the whole show from beginning to end, but here are highlights for me, and judging from the response of the crowd, were:

• When he freaked it hard on his MPC and did his drums live on the spot
• He played his song and accompanying video for “Everytime”
• Dropping Damian Marley’s “Welcome to Jamrock” remixed by Relm, the drums on the mix he played were hard as hell and had a bunch of folks in the back dancing, including yours truly
• In one of his video clips he had a sign that read, “If John McCain wins the election, I’m going to marry a Canadian Woman” ‘nuff said.
• Outfield’s chorus from “Your Love” mixed in with NWA’s “Quiet On Tha Set”

As his show ended, the crowd cheered and wanted an encore and he didn’t disappoint. He came back and ended the show with John Lennon’s “Imagine” which lead to one more song, Feist’s “1,2,3,4”, but not the original, again he laced the tracks with some ill drums and made it pretty nasty, in a good way.

Overall a great show and great energy from Mike Relm and the crowd, I definitely have to give props to Sean from Spectrum Events for hooking us up at Killahbeez with some media passes. Check out www.spectrum-events.com for upcoming events.

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David Thai
www.killahbeez.com

PS: Pictures are here on Flickr.

Second single for Ne-Yo called “Miss Independent” which is off of the upcoming Year of the Gentleman. His second album is scheduled to drop on September 16 with the first single “Closer” being released back in April. The video is directed by Chris Robinson, who has done videos for Usher, Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Nas and many other artists. The video also co-stars some beautiful women, Keri Hilson, Gabrielle Union and Lauren London.

Two remixes and a new song dropping for your listening pleasures. First up is the remix of Erykah Badu’s song “Real Thang” featuring the Re-Up Gang, these dudes have been hella busy and just on everything. Definitely building up that hype before their album drops. Next is a remix from Lloyd for the song “Around The World”, which I actually quite liked the original, now he’s back with a remix with a ton of rappers, unfortunately he thought it was a good idea to bring on Dj Khaled…”WE DA BESSSSSST!”. Enough already god damn it!

Erykah Badu Ft. The Re-Up Gang “Real Thang” (Tumbling Dice Remix)

Lupe Fiasco “Where Do I Go”

Lloyd Ft. Dj Khaled, The Game, T.I., Young Joc, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, Young Dro, Pitbull & Busta Rhymes “Curtain Call”

Just Blaze drops a mixtape featuring over 50 tracks from the early 90’s. The mix is dope, but there is a bit of talking on it, which I’m not a huge fan of, but hey this is Just Blaze. Features a ton of tracks from artists like Main Source, A Tribe Called Quest, Naughty By Nature, Black Moon, Das Efx, Big L, Mobb Deep and more. Tracklist is after the jump and download link below.

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New video and latest single from Alicia Keys’ called “Superwoman”, which is off of her album As I Am. This latest video was directed by Chris Robinson, whose been in the game for a minute now and has done videos for Nas, Big Pun, T.I., Busta Rhymes as well as a handful of Alicia’s previous videos.

The scene starts with Alicia singing and playing the piano in a dark room. After, the clip moves on and sees the singer playing many different roles as an astronaut, business woman and even pharaoh. The idea of the video is to give a dedication to all the women in the world for their strength and effort.

It’s been said that this is the fourth and final single off of this album. Have a look at the video and tell us what you think. Is it me or does Alicia Keys + Glasses = Soooooo Hot!

A grip of new music for you folks to check out. Two new joints from Busta Rhymes off of the upcoming album Blessed. New tracks as well from Obie Trice, Jadakiss, Bishop Lamont and a track from Canadian artist Kardinal Offishall.

Busta Rhymes ft. Lil’ Wayne & Ludacris “Throw It Up” (Produced by Cool N Dre)

Busta Rhymes “I Got Bass” (Produced by Bangladesh)

Obie Trice “So Much Drama”

Bishop Lamont “Grow Up” (Produced by Dr. Dre)

Kardinal Offishall ft. Clipse “Set It Off”

Jadakiss “Don’t Start Nothin’”

A few new joints from Nas and one from Obie Trice. Obie is one of my favorite MCs, he’s probably one of the most underrated. According to his song it seems as though he’s off of Shady / Interscope records.

Nas “Nigger Hatered”

Nas ft. Busta Rhymes “Fried Chicken”

Obie Trice “The Giant”