The story goes that Eminem got a hold of this mixtape and was blown away by it. Soon thereafter Curtis had a meeting with Em/Dre….and the rest is history according to wikipedia.
This mixtape has sold between 400,000-500,000 copies, which is amazing to me for some freestyles and leaked tracks from the shelved Power of the Dollar album (I have it!).
This set is missing samples for “Rotten Apple,” “Life on The Line,” and “U Not Like Me.” We didn’t include the Wu-Tang/EPMD instrumentals used for “That’s What’s Up” or “Doo Wop Freestyle.”
The set include eight tracks we haven’t featured on the site…tracklist and link after the jump.
1. “I Cry” by Millie Jackson
From the album Hurts So Good (1973)
Sampled in “Killa Tape Intro”
Producer unknown
2. “I Can’t See Nobody” by Bee Gees
From the album Bee Gees’ 1st (1967)
Sampled in “50 Bars”
Producer unknown
3. “Now That We Found Love” by B.T. Express
From the album Energy to Burn (1976)
Sampled in “Get Out The Club”
Producer Unknown
4. “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” by Loreena Mckennitt
From the EP A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (1995)
Sampled in “Be A Gentleman”
Produced by Nottz
5. “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Reuben Howell
From the album Reuben Howell (1973)
Sampled in “Fuck You”
Produced by DJ Clark Kent
6. “John Blaze” by Fat Joe feat. Big Pun, Jadakiss, Nas, & Raekwon
From the album Don Cartagena (1998)
Sampled in “Fuck You”
Produced by DJ Clark Kent
7. “Reservoir Dogs” by Jay-Z feat. Sauce Money, Beanie Sigel, & The Lox
From the album Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (1998)
Sampled in “Fuck You”
Produced by DJ Clark Kent
8. “You Keep Me Dancin’” “Ever Lovin Sam” by Odyssey [download]
From the album Odyssey (1977)
Sampled in “Too Hot”
Produced by The Dream Team
9. “Time’s Up” by O.C.
From the album Word…Life (1994)
Sampled in “Too Hot”
Produced by The Dream Team
10. “Shark Niggas (Biters)” by Raekwon
From the album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995)
Sampled in “Too Hot”
Produced by The Dream Team
11. “I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You” by Leon Haywood
From the album Come and Get Yourself Some (1979)
Sampled in “Corner Bodega”
Producer unknown
12. “Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)” by Diana Ross
From the album Diana & Marvin (1973)
Sampled in “Ghetto Qua’Ran”
Producer unknown
13. “Ooh Boy” by Rose Royce
From the album In Full Bloom (1977)
Sampled in “As The World Turns”
Producer Unknown
14. “You’re Good My Child” by Diana Ross
From the album Diana Ross (1976)
Sampled in “Whoo Kid Freestyle”
Producer unknown
15. “Romeo” by The Dynamic Superiors
From the album The Dynamic Superiors (1975)
Sampled in “Stretch Armstrong Freestyle”
Producer unknown
* Unavailable in compilation
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WTF is it w/these shitty-ass covers!?
“Unavailable”… of course!
We’ve done mixtapes before and try not to make it a practice, but this is one of my favorite 50 joints. Plus, the breaks had many of the listings (I id’ed the vocal samples tho prior to searching for the samples).
I have (sort of) “You Keep Me Dancin’” by Odyssey, but the track is corrupted and it took me a week to find that file. If any one has it hit us up. Still looking for samples for “Life on the Line” and “U Not Like Me.”
Sorry its incomplete. hahaha.
anon just leave your name…..
I’m at work. Skeme came through again with a missing song. I’m try to recomplie the set later tonight…maybe.
good shot on this one!!!!!!!!! One of my favorites too Thomas.
The sample for “Too Hot” is “Ever Lovin’ Sam” by Odyssey, not “You Keep Me Dancin’.”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/64427984ab10e847/
Thanks again SC. I had that song…so I used my copy. Post has been updated.