Category: CRC Live Mixes

Here’s 47 minutes of old Chicago rap records. Track listing to follow soon. Download: CRC Early Chicago Rap Mix

Fun fact I discovered recently – M.O.P.’s ‘Victim of the Ghetto’, first heard on the Marxman Cinema compilation, was originally slated as the final song on First Family 4 Life. After I included it on this week’s mix, it’s pretty clear that the song itself fell victim to the same fate as Da Lench Mob’s…

Here’s an hour of Select Records stuff that I rate, focusing on some of the less well-known releases as well as a few old favourites. Some great edit and dub versions in here, because as someone who focused my meagre funds on buying albums as a youf, I still marvel every time I find an…

How is it that the inserts on these old bootlegs are always printed on the thinnest, facsimile-grade paper available? Cost savings, obviously. In this particular example, they author has gone all-out, managing to squeeze-in cutting-edge slang such as ‘hottest joints’, ‘phat reworking’ and referring to dedicated rap fans as ‘heads’. Here’s an hour of some…

Before he was a judge on the Danish X-Factor, Soulshock was getting busy on the proverbial wheels of steel as a DJ and remixer. Here’s an hour of his best rap stuff. Download: Soulshock Remixes Mix

King Tee will always be a firm favourite at CRC HQ, on account of having Act A Fool stuck in my Walkman for months when I was in high school. If I recall correctly, it was one of those metal TDK tapes that weighed as much as a can of 7Up, and I had Def…

Going to try and knock these one-take vinyl mixes out once a week, since this is the closest I think I’ll ever get to podcasting or whatever you want to call it. Here’s an hour of unauthorised Mobb remixes, white labels and guest appearances with rapper dudes who wanted some of that magic thun dust…

A salute to a classic rap chart. Illustration by Aeon Hand. Download: Harry Allen’s 12 All-Time Favourite Underacknowledged Hip-Hop Cuts