Alright, so I’ve been holding off on posting a Mixtape Monday session that featured the numerous American Gangster Remixes out there for several reasons. One of them being that I wasn’t really feeling any of them, quite a few if not most were just loops with the acapella playing over the loops. That ain’t my steez. I wanted something where someone actually sat down and composed the shit. My prayers were answered when I came across the Real Live Gangster remix by K-Def. K-Def has been in the game for awhile, as far back as doing production work with Marley Marl for Lord of The Underground. He’s kept a pretty low profile, doing a few songs for Ghostface and one for Diddy recently, but K-Def is the real deal. My favorite tracks are: Roc Boys, I Know, Party Life, Ignorant Shit…fuck it the whole album is crack.

The second one is a concept album and an interesting one at that. Titled Shawn Carter vs. Tony Starks: The American Iron Man. Vancouver’s own Dj Chong Wizard decided to feature Jay-Z’s American Gangster rhymes over Ghostface’s album Ironman and vice versa. Surprisingly this concept really worked out in the end. But don’t just believe me, download both these mixes and have a listen for yourself.

Download K-Def’s Real Live Gangster
Download Dj Chong Wizard’s Shawn Carter vs. Tony Starks: The American Iron Man