Comments on: What Is Hip-Hop’s Greatest Mixtape?

By: bryant

bryant — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:40:27 +0000

hey hit up if you got that old school Ron G back in 89 or 90 been looking for it for ever.

By: James asutin

James asutin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:02:44 +0000

naw yall tripping DJ Clue Show me the Money 1 and 2 or Clumanatti i guess who you liked Im a Firm LOX Dude

By: Bills

Bills — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:29:53 +0000

Can’t decide. I love all the clue joints from around ’95 to 97′, ’98. The Doo Wop sh!t 95 Live was beast. So were the 50 mc’s joints. I f?ck with anything that showcased early to late 90′s hip hop. The best era of rap music if you ask me.

By: donaleski

donaleski — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:19:08 +0000

TONY TOUCH 50 LIVE MC’S WUS THE REALEST EVA, IT WAS STRICTLY THE HIP HOP ELEMENTS IN FULL EFX… BUT SO MANY OF DEM ARE TRULY GREAT, DJ PREMIER – NEW YORK REALITY CHECK 101, BIG MIKE & TEFLON – BAD NEWS; DR. DRE LIVE @ THE RODIUM; EVEN FUNK FLEX 60 MIN. OF FUNK VOL.I WUS ILL; ETC… THE LIST GOES ON… BUT NOWADAYS A LOTTA MIXED AINT MADE IN THE TRU WAY, DEM DJS DEM GOT CD’S (WHUT?), STOOPID REMIXES WIT DEAD RAPPERS / SO CALLED FAKE COLLABOS – NAH THAT AINT RIGHT…
SO ANYWAY TONY TOCA RULES DIS CYPHER N ITS COMPLETE!

By: 5 Grand

5 Grand — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:57:05 +0000

I’d have to go with Doo Wop 95 Live just for KRS One’s “Ah Yeah”.

HOWEVER, there’s one tape that hasn’t been mentioned yet that is the granddaddy of all mixtapes.

Christmas Rappers Convention 1981. That’s the tape where Kool Moe Dee dissed Busy B. Yeah, I know its not a “mixtape” per se, but back in the day that tape circulated throughout the 5 boroughs.

There’s alot of old school shows that got circulated back before rappers had albums.

Cold Crush vs Fantastic (1982/3)
Cold Crush – Harlem World 1982
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4 – Live at the Audobon (1978)

Otherwise, I’d say the Green Lantern Notorious BIG Rap Phenomenon CD comes in second behind Doo Wop’s 95 Live.

By: upset the setup

upset the setup — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:25:41 +0000

tony touch 50 mcs. CLASSICO

By: 357 NYC

357 NYC — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:55:16 +0000

Doo Wop had an ill old school tape two..old joints with new freestlyes from the bounce squad. how bout some Snagglepuss joints!!

By: CashRlue

CashRlue — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:19:37 +0000

95 Live …. Because you got mixtape pre 95 live and post 95.. just on the impact on the culture that tape change the game completely … list was tight minust the last two …if you going to include q-bert need to put up any of the dj neil armstrong tape with the breaks… as far as the dj vlad dirty harry and green latern i admit dope but not the dopest mix,i gotta give it up to S&S OldSchool Pt 1 (1994) I actually debated with S&S one night how dope it was he said his equipment was fucked up and it sounded shitty and he like PT 2 better but overall song arraingement and placement I picked PT 1…and oh yeah Ron G king of blends

By: B.C. Thunderthud

B.C. Thunderthud — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:54:06 +0000

I’m gonna skip the vote as well, not having heard the doo wop but having heard a lot about it.

The q-bert tape was the first tape I actually bought, when it first came out. My top choice would be Eddie Def’s first Hemp Lords tape, also the first Roc Raida joint and any of those early Rob Swift tapes (although they sounded particularly terrible), I’d include one of the old Mix Master Mike tapes but they’re all so similar I have to mark them down.

That Signify tape is a great pick too, along with Mr. Dibbs’ Turntable Scientifics in a similar vein. That Cash Money comeback tape too along with Z-Trip’s B-Boy Breaks vol. 3.

Also Roc Raida’s new version of 52 Beats is great.

By: Stylez

Stylez — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:01:33 +0000

You got to throw some Double R & G Bo the Pro on that list.

By: digglahhh

digglahhh — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:08:10 +0000

I agree with DanJ about 95 live being overrated, and for the same exact reason he gives.

Also, co-sign on who ever nominated Double R and G-Bo. You can get the whole series box set off G-Bo’s Myspace page, btw. Agent 106 The Black Jedi killed every one of his intros.

Tony Touch, Power Cypha gets my vote from the choices here. Nine killed that shit.

My personal favorite though would have to be Unknown and Mekalek “Ain’t No Love.”

By: done

done — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:16:46 +0000

haroon and vincent thought of some classics.
i can think of doo wop- best of freestyle sessions volume 1 off the top of my head.

best mixtape part 2?

By: Mothra Jones

Mothra Jones — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:36:08 +0000

For me personally, the most influential mixtapes are Cut Chemist’s “Rare Equations” and J-Rocc’s “Syndromes” mixes. Both are done really well, and exposed me to a world of old breaks.

Drake? Stop playing. Mood Muzik? x2.
Street Albums are way different than mixtapes, and shouldn’t be confused.

By: BlueHayze

BlueHayze — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:41:15 +0000

Gotta C/S with Ausar on that Kid Capri Old School Part 2 …… That joint was a monster.
Ron G # 8 & 11
DJ Juice # 19 & 24
Chill Will from the eastside # 4 & 5
DJ Fashion Birthday tape (He had all the hottest mixtape djs drop a mix on his tape, that was a good look)

Well, I voted for Live ’95

By: dan blanco

dan blanco — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:36:55 +0000

No JR Ewing mixtapes?

Not even queens kingz?

Stop it son!