Searching For The Perfect Remix: By Request

Posted on by Robbie Ettelson

Before I wind-up the Perfect Remix polls with The 45 King edition, I thought I’d give all the remixes that missed out a chance to make the final cut. Whether it was a favorite of yours that didn’t make the original eight per artist (Large Pro‘s Resurrection remixes, for example), or something from a producer or crew that didn’t have enough classics re-workings to get a round of their own, here’s your chance to nominate for the Wild Card Round. What needs to make the cut?

59 thoughts on “Searching For The Perfect Remix: By Request”

  4. Can I get some run for Cypress Hill’s “Latin Lingo (Prince Paul Remix)” please?

  5. Music Makes Me High (Remix)- The Lost Boyz ft Canibus & Kurupt.

    All of them go hard on this one specifically Canibus.

  10. Do like you said and get the Resurrection remix on there.
    DJ Spinna “Verbalize”?

  11. The remix of “illegal Search” on the B side of the “Jingling Baby” 12″ or the Beatnut’s remix of Fat Joe’s “Watch the Sound”.

  12. The white label Pal Joey remix of BDP’s ‘Question and Answer’ gets my vote.

  13. Poppa large east coast remix

    the “On the run” remixes by trackmasters

  16. Here’s an OG one: EPMD’s Get Off The Bandwagon remix. Q-Tip’s remixes for Nas’ The World Is Yours and Craig Mack’s Get Down comes to mind. I know there’s a bunch I’m forgetting. I’ll be back when I remember them.

  18. Cold gettin dumb pt 2 – Wasn’t that sort of a remix. The lyrics were still the same, right?

  20. Hello guys from London. You guys have a brilliant website, keep up the good work! The remixes which I have been looking for (ages!)are:

    1)Black Sheep- North South East West (Showbiz Remix)
    2)Mobb Deep- Hell on earth (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)
    3)Mobb Deep – GOD Pt. 3 (Godfather Mix)
    4)Slick Rick – mistakes of a woman (remix)
    5)Digable Planets – Where I’m From (remix)
    6)Diamond And The Pyschotic Neurotics – I’m Outta Here (Diamond D Unreleased Remix)
    7)Lord Finesse – Praise The Lord (Diamond D’s Mix)

    Cheers guys

    P.S.

    Arsenal for the Champions League and Premier League ;-)

  21. The Roots Silent Treatment- Beatminers remix
    Stakes is High- Spinna remix

  22. “Get Off The Bandwagon” rmx was a good one Oskamadison. How about the rmx of Das Efx “Mic Checka”.

  23. Stakes is high – Dj Spinna remix
    Watch the sound – Beatnuts remix
    Word life – Dj Celory remix

  24. Redman’s remix of Tonite’s Da Night is pure heat. The Roots’ Meiso & Proceed Beatminerz remixes are nice, too. Plus the Beatminerz remix of D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar with a G Rap verse, and DJ Spinna’s remix of It’s Gettin’ Hot by the Artifacts.

  27. Rasco – Run The Line (Lord Finesse Remix)

    and i 2nd the beatnuts mix of watch the sound.

    originals were fairly weak but the remixes were dope.

  28. Kenny Parker, what’s up? What about the remixes for KRS’ I’m Still #1 (to this day, still fire), You Must Learn, and We In There? BTW, Step Into A World did NOT need that Puffy remix but I guess it served its purpose (I Got Next going gold).

  29. Buckwild’s “Fast Life” Remix (Kool G Rap Feat. Nas) was a glaring omission from your original Buckwild post. That said, dude has a lot of dope remixes.

  30. Hmm…Pete Rock & CL Smooth-Mecca & The Soul Brother(remix),The Creator(slide to the side mix),the BIg Mama(Large Professor remix),we might have already seen this posted recently..but The Alkaholiks:Next Level (Diamond D remix)

  33. nas – one love LG remix
    cypress hill – illusions q-tip remix
    cormega – fallen soldiers alchemist remix
    too short – in the trunk DJ Premier remix
    ice-t – superfly Mantronik remix

  35. Co-sign on the Stakes Is High Spinna Mix. God Damn. Where have I been?

  36. I got another banger: Erick Sermon’s remix to Redman’s Rockafella. Can’t forget J Dilla’s remix to Keith Murray’s The Rhyme. A slept on one: Pete Rock’s remix to Grand Agent’s This Is What They Meant. And the OG of all OG remixes, possibly the first TRUE remix ever: Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jammin’ (Can’t remember who did it. Larry Smith, perhaps?. If anyone can tell me, let me know.)

  37. Another one: the remix to De La/Common’s Tha Bizness. I forgot who did that joint too.

  39. Alright, a 45 King 3-piece for y’all: Flavor Unit Assassination Squad and Rakim’s Microphone Fiend and Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em (not the club joint but the Sequence joint.) Also, Don’t Sweat The Technique (not a full remix but the Kool & The Gang drums is substituted with the Mardi Gras break. The bells went good with that bassline.)

  40. Common – Doonit (Madlib Remix)
    Gangstarr – Ex Girl to the Next (Primo(?) Remix)
    Public Enemy – Nighttrain (Pete Rock Remix)
    L.O.N.S. – What’s Next (Large Pro Remix)
    MC Eiht – Thuggin It Up (Spinna Remix)

  41. Pardon me if I’m flooding this joint but I gotta get ’em in as soon as I think of ’em. Junior Mafia’s Player’s Anthem remix. Clark Kent murdered that Minnie Riperton joint on that.

  42. MOBB DEEP – “SHOOK ONES PART 2”

    ^^ shit would probably win the entire thing. according to Havoc he holds that as a remix to the first track.

  43. i would also like to nominate:

    BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS – “WE IN THERE” (ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD REMIX)

  44. mc eiht – geez make the hood go round
    dilated peoples – work the angles remix

  45. Yet another OG banger: NWA’s Express Yourself remix. To this day, Dre’s hardest shit.

  47. Yet another OG banger: NWA’s Express Yourself remix. To this day, Dre’s hardest shit.

    Erick Sermon’s remix to Redman’s Rockafella.

    Comment(s) by oskamadison

    ^ +1

  48. pete rock + grand agent shit was cold.. when i heard the original i was like “what the??” good one @oskamadison.. for some new heads.. “mars” rmx by de la ft. blu is cwazy..

  50. The original mix of “Niggas Don’t Give a Fuck” by the Dogg Pound from the “Poetic Justice” soundtrack. It has a Bobby Womack sample “Woman’s Gotta Have it” that was rejected for sample clearance. Far nicer, though, than the cut that… well… made the cut! and the 12′ Mix of Preacher Earl’s “Return of the Body Snatcher” would be lovely.

  51. Are we judging these by how dope the track is – point blank. Or, do we have to consider it’s quality in comparison to the original?

    Anyway, given all Unkut hatred from Jigga, I’m not all that surprised nobody mentioned it, by how about the “In My Lifetime” remix.

    And, what about the “On the Run” Remix, by I guess Dr. Butcher. Also, I might as well ask this question here – I remember having a version of this track on a mixtape back in the day that was slightly longer and had a few extra lyrics and some slightly different lyrics – anybody know what I’m talking about? (That tape also had the original version of Method Man with the third verse on it – ahh, memories)

    Has the “I Gothca Opin” remix been mentioned in any of these earlier rounds? If not, put in on the board. I recall “Buck em Down” being mentioned.

  52. check yo self-ice cube/fast life-kool g rap vinyl reanimators remix/illusions-cypress hill muggs remix/whateva man-redman/freaks of the industry-digital underground/street life-intelligent hoodlum/guess who’s back-rakim vinyl reanimators remix/caught in the middle of a 3 way-beastie boys/crossover-epmd trunk mix/yes you may-lord finesse/wu-banga-wu-tang clan

  54. @Big $yk,

    What’s up, my dude?

    Digglah, I Got Cha Opin, don’t know how I forgot that joint. If you’re going there with In My Lifetime, you might as well throw La, La, La in there too being that it was basically a remix to Excuse Me Miss. Also, anyone ever peeped 9th Wonder’s Black Album remixes? Dirt Off Your Shoulders was ill as fuck.

  56. Buckwild’s “Fast Life” Remix (Kool G Rap Feat. Nas) was a glaring omission from your original Buckwild post.

    If you mean this one it was remixed by Salaam Remi (info). It need the add though.

    Another cracking remix is Eclipse’s version of OC’s Born 2 Live.

    Here’s another: the D-Smooth remix of G. Rap’s ‘Bout That from DJ Rhettmatic’s Exclusive Collection.

    Does anyone know if the version of Saukrates feat. Common Sense – Play Dis that appeared on Jazzy Jeff’s Hip-Hop Forever III was official or just his blend. Either way, it brought it to life!

  58. This is pretty hard to find but I just recently copped the 12″ last week. It’s the Buckwild remix to “Guess Who’s back” – Rakim from the 18th Letter LP. There’s another remix on the 12″ called the Prophecy Remix but I can’t recall who produced it off hand.

    Otherwise there’s the Can’t Stop the Prophet Remix – Jeru
    The World Is Your Remix – Nas
    All of the Remixes from Enta The Stage
    Rockefella Remix – Redman
    Punks Jump Up To get Beatdown Remix – Brand Nubian
    Buddy remix – Native Tounges

  59. 3 X Dope – No Words REMIX
    Boostin’ Kev – I’m A Booster REMIX

    Don’t know who did them, but they are both so so dope.

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