On Ice
15 Years Ago
I miss the mixtape era. From the pause mixtapes I made in high school for girls to the high concept ones we toiled over as The Bangers, there is nothing quite as fun as being held hostage by a curated selected of songs glued together to tell a story. On Ice was my ode to the golden era of hip hop. The lesser known tracks that provided the instrumental for my teen years with some blends of a handful of genre-defining tracks. If you grew up on hip hop in the late 80s or early 90s there is a good chance this will hit you right in the feels.
While I composed the mix in Ableton, the point was to recreate this mix as a 3 deck vinyl-only performance set even though we were using Serato for all of our gigs at this point. I limited myself to 3 tracks, only used records from the collection and did as little processing as possible in the program. I never actually worked this out live for whatever reason but those limitations gave this mixtape a feel different to others we put together at the time.
Enjoy!
Tracklist
- 1.Hip Hop Homage
- 2.C.R.E.A.M. (Classic Blend)
- 3.I Just Wanna Chill
- 4.The Next Level
- 5.Stakes is High (Lazy Sunday Rework)
- 6.Resurrection
- 7.Dirty Rotten Scoundrel
- 8.The New Level (Primo Lo Rejiggle)
- 9.Trippin’ Out
- 10.Halftime
- 11.Soul Travelin’
- 12.Shook Ones (Fakin’ Jax Workout)
- 13.I Like It
- 14.Not A Player
- 15.Can’t Wait (Boston to BK Blend)
- 16.Hey D.J.
- 17.Don’t Look Any Further
- 18.Rising to the Top
- 19.Love No Limit
- 20.Return of the Mack (Stickablend)
- 21.Dwyck (Punk Gangsta Bitches On the Run Mix)
- 22.Here Come the Lords
- 23.Cool Like That
- 24.Rakin’ in the Dough
- 25.Put Your Hands (O.P.P.O.G. Blend)
- 26.To the Right
- 27.Funky President
- 28.Puerto Zulu Breaks
- 29.The Waterdance
- 30.Shake Your Rump
- 31.I Know You Got Soul (Cypress Hills Beat Down)
- 32.Back to the Grill
- 33.93 ’Til
- 34.Tap the Bottle
- 35.Bow Wow Wow
- 36.Poison
- 37.Slam Before You Go To Bed
- 38.Fight the Power
- 39.It’s a Shame
- 40.Poppa Large (De La Fiasco)