Whut up my people it’s Thursday Throwback time and this week we bring you a mix by the “Bay Representer” DJ Haylow, the same cat who did yesterday’s Legendary Premier mix. This one is called The Golden Era Remixes. Check his concept behind the mix in his own words after the cut…
There’s usually a reason why I make every mixtape I make, but this one deserves a bit of an explination. Now, I’m not one of those cats that can’t get over the fact that it’s no longer 1993, and that the state of Hip Hop is getting worse on a daily basis, BUT like most Hip Hop listeners young and old, I appreciate the Golden Era for molding me as a person and shaping the current “Hip Hop Rennisance”
I started DJing in 1997, and that’s when early 90’s Hip Hop was being preserved as best it could, and I was also a vinyl junkee. Buying 12″ was a weekly thing, and frankly, I’m not sure if singles were really being pushed on any format. With that being said, if an artist had a remix of a song, SOMETIMES it would be a bonus track on an album, but usually the only way you could get it is on the 12″ single, or CD single (which Im sure no one was buying). THAT was the importance of the DJ, and THAT was the importance of collecting vinyl. If you were a HUGE Hip Hop fan, and bought every album that came out, and loved the music, there were a lot of remixes that weren’t available to you. Or if you’re a youngster that grew up a couple years after I did, these remixes may have got lost, erased, and forgotten. So Im throwin it back, bringin to the light music that only DJs would be available to DJs, vinyl collectors, and the truly extinct maxi-cassette single collectors. I’m also shoutin out the DJs that carried the vinyl and spent hours in the record stores. I also intentionally made this Mixtape have that throwback 90’s sound, so this one is geared for the O.G.’s and the New School heads
When you remember the Golden Era, don’t for get the REEEEEEMIIIIIIXXXX!!!
1. Masta Ace Inc – Saturday Night Live (LA Jay Remix)
2. Ol Dirty Bastard – Brooklyn Zoo (Lord Digga Remix)
3. De La Soul f. Common – The Bizness (1996 Vinyl Reanimator Remix)
4. J-Live – Braggin Rights (Dome Cracker Remix)
5. Tribe f. Faith Evans – Stressed Out (Raphael Saadiq Remix)
6. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Searchin’ (Remix)
7. The Roots – Silent Treatment (Beatminerz Remix)
8. Craig Mack f. Q-Tip – Get Down (Q-Tip Remix)
9. Buckshot LeFonque – Music Evolution (DJ Premier Remix)
10. Biggie Smalls – Machine Gun Funk (DJ Premier Remix)
11. Kool G. Rap f. Nas – Fast Life (Neptunes Remix)
12. Grand Puba f. Sadat X – I Like It (Buckwild Remix)
13. Pharcyde – She Said (Jay Dee Remix)
14. Boogie Monsters – Recognize Thresholds…(Stressless Remix)
15. The Nonce – Mixtapes (1926 Sunday Night Remix)
16. Jay-Z – In My Lifetime (Big Jaz Remix)
17. Outkast – Elevators (DNP 86 Remix)
18. The Fugees – Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix)
19. Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By (Fly as Pie Remix)
20. Lost Boys – Lex, Coups, Bemaz, & Benz (Dat Nigga Remix)
21. AZ – Gimme Yours (Erick Sermon Remix)
22. Nas – The World is Yours (Kev Brown Remix)
23. Outkast – Players Ball (Video Remix)
24. Tribe – O My God (Remix)
25. Ras Kass – Anything Goes (Remix)
26. Common – I Used to Love H.E.R. (9th Wonder Remix)
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This mix is straight up dope. Word to the mutha!
I love this idea……..One question, I thought the 9th wonder & kev brown remix’s were done within the past few years (maybe 5yrs). Did 9th do an offical remix to this when “resurrection” dropped back in the day??
“5. Tribe f. Faith Evans – Stressed Out (Raphael Saadiq Remix)”
What is this little number?? that could only be dope as sin!
Mike, The Kev Brown, Neptunes, and the 9th remixes are NOT official remixes. Those are some joints I mixed for the CD.
Haleen! Keep doing ya thing son! I see ya. Don’t let folks forget about the Golden Era of Hip Hop.
A job well done w/ this one DJ Haylow. This was jus too sick/dope/classic!
Really dugg your Premier tribute as well!
Definatly gonna be checkin anything you put out!
Haylow – this is hot BUT the “Golden Era” was ‘86-’88