423 Rhyme and Reason

Time for some more hip hop, I always have a folder collecting my favorite rap tracks. Starting with RJD2 with members of Cannibal Ox and Living Legends with Aesop Rock; great collab track here. A classic because you can never have enough of tha God Rakim. Then Cypress non-album track from the Juice soundtrack. DJ Spooky with Organized Konfusion, remixed for the Subliminally Minded EP. A solid Tribe remix, then a strong collab from Ghostface and BADBADNOTGOOD. Taking it back to a memory from warped tour 96 or so when I saw the Alkaholiks, spewing their OE 40's all over the crowd. Mos Def and Talib Kweli really were one of the best pairings in my opinion, next to Method Man and Redman. Phife Dawg is someone I feel needs more props for his guest appearances, he always came in prime form. Of course, MF Doom, mad respect and sad I had neglected to include him in previous rap mixes, he's one of the best. Next is the Sofa Surfers from their Encounters album (well worth checking out). Hitting hard with Run The Jewels, I love this track and its window rattling bass. Segues perfectly into Roots Manuva on a banger here as well. Vast Aire's second appearance, followed by Dalek's second as well, both with other groups so doesn't break that mixtape rule. And ending it all with a rare novelty track, because I am a big fan of the Zelda series of games and this track really does a great job touching on several versions in that history up to and including Breath of the Wild.


00:00 RJD2 feat Blueprint, Vast Aire, Aesop Rock & Murs - Final Frontier (Remix)
04:06 Eric B & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique
08:13 Cypress Hill - Shoot 'em Up
11:45 DJ Spooky feat Prince Poetry and Pharoah Monch - Rekonstruction (Rhyme and Reason mix)
15:23 A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation (Properly Relaxed Mix)
20:25 Ghostface Killer with BADBADNOTGOOD feat Elzhi - Gunshowers
23:28 The Alkaholiks feat King Tee - DAAAM!
28:06 Black Star - Definition (What We Really Said Version)
31:26 Phife Dawg and Fu-Schnickens - La Schmoove
36:18 MF Doom - Kon Queso
40:18 Sofa Surfers feat Dalek and Dev1 - Elusive Scripts
44:48 Run The Jewels - Legend Has It
48:13 Roots Manuva - Swords n the dirt
52:49 Cannibal Ox feat Alaska and Cryptic - Atom
58:20 Dalek - From Mole Hills
63:15 Amerigo Gazaway - Hero of Time


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