Jackin for Blend Tapes

As a personal tribute to Ron G, Doo Wop, and Kid Capri I completed the first of an upcoming series of blend tapes (track listing and dl link at the bottom of this post). Those familiar with these names understand the attention they deserve.

The blend tapes that I spent a lot of time listening to in the early to mid 90s were predominately R&B acapellas over Hip Hop instrumentals. They were usually done LIVE on 3 turntables. This was YEARS (well over a decade) before the term "mash up" saw the light of day.


(this interview took place in 1992)


(this Kid Capri demo also took place in '92)

At the time New Jack Swing was the big thing, and these blend tapes changed the face of contemporary R&B forever (see Mary J Blige's "What's the 411" for further proof of this) as it helped cause the shift from Teddy Riley's signature New Jack Swing over to the Hip Hop infused (i.e. utilizing more sampled breaks) genre that we know today.



...and now the tracklisting for my blend tape (download link at the end)...

1. intro
2. ol' dirty bastard "shimmy shimmy ya" acapella
mullyman "she hurtin em" instrumental
redman "funkorama" acapella
3. lil jon/swizz beats "i do" instrumental
inspecta deck "rec room" acapella
4. audio two "top billin" acapella
the clipse "grindin" instrumental
50 cent "i get money" instrumental
gang starr "speak ya clout" instrumental
5. krs one "mortal thought" acapella
the clipse "mr. me too" instrumental
6. cypress hill "phunky feel one" acapella
kidz in the hall "jukebox" instrumental
7. beyonce "halo" acapella
pastor troy "are we cuttin" instrumental
8. faith evans "love like this" acapella
nas "made you look" instrumental
9. t pain "can't believe it" acapella
pete rock "914" instrumental
10. omarion featuring gucci mane "i get it in" acapella
mickey factz "incredible" instrumental
11. maino featuring t pain "all the above" acapella
slim thug "theme song" instrumental
12. gang starr featuring nice n smooth "dwyck" acapella
public enemy "public enemy #1" instrumental
13. grandmaster melle mel "the message" acapella
ron brownz "cheese and crackers" instrumental
14. mantronix "fresh is the word" acapella
e-40 "gasoline" instrumental
15. jamie foxx "blame it" acapella
cam'ron "oh boy" instrumental
16. ice cube "it was a good day" acapella
method man & redman "mrs. international" instrumental
17. alicia keys "no one" acapella
"return of the crooklyn dodgers" instrumental

download here!