//Folks get Brown in the sunshine..

//First, I just gotta pay respects to that man who moonwalks in the sky. A true genius and legend. As Chuck D said, "He's been the soundtrack to my life." Many others have written eloquent eulogies (especially Jeff Chang and Danyel Smith) and a legion of djs have put MJ tributes to tape (especially J.Rocc's live mix on Beatjunkie Radio), so I will not attempt to add to either. Instead, I am putting some unmixed MJ cds together to give to my nephews to play freeze dance to! Your legacy lives on Michael..


//For yall I have put together a new mix for the sunshine and beautiful summer weather we are having here in the Bay. No song defines that family bbq summer vibe like Roy Ayers' timeless cut "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," so in a documentarian effort I have compiled and mixed all the songs I knew of and could dig up that sampled, interpolated, or revisited those indelible vibraphones and simply perfect lyrics. I also took some liberties with a couple sun-themed blends. Much respect to Roy Ayers, and enjoy. 1neLuv..

"Folks get Brown in the sunshine" by DJ Dmadness

1. Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Roy Ayers f/ Erykah Badu
2. Turn It Up - Masta Ace Inc.
3. Dedicated - Funkdoobiest
4. Valley Of The Skinz - Trends Of Culture
5. Wake Up (Reprise In the Sunshine) - Brand Nubian
6. Proceed II - The Roots f/ Roy Ayers
7. In The Sun (D's Listenmix) - Common, Black Thought & Joi
8. Listen Up - Erule
9. Lost Souls - 2Pac f/ Outlawz
10. Sunshine - Naughty by Nature
11. My Life - Dr. Dre
12. Shines - Royal Flush
13. With or Without You (rmx) - Opio
14. Book of Life - Common Sense
15. The Sun (D's G-Unit Rmx) - Ghostface Killah f/ Raekwon, Slick Rick & the RZA
16. Everybody Loves The Sunshine (9th Wonder Remix) - Roy Ayers
17. My Life - Mary J. Blige
18. Everybody Loves The Sunshine (D's medley) - Incognito/Roy Ayers Ubiquity/D'Angelo
19. Everybody Loves the Sunshine - RAMP

//This Way 2 Our Neck Uv Da Woods..

//Reeemix! A good Kanye beat (that had a meh Kanye verse in the original) freshly laced with verses from Big Boi and Andre 3000 from a forgotten 12" single with Mystikal. Follow me..

In the state of confused
City of forgotten faith, county of the blues
Street address: generation x avenue

OutKast - "This Way 2 Our Neck Uv Da Woods (D's Blend)"

//3 The Hard Way..

//Alright, this was a coupla months ago but we still wanted to put it up: for the 3 Year Anniversary of GOLDEN, Zita and I paid homage to 3 of the dopest producers in hip hop: the RZA, DJ Premier, and Dr.Dre. It's not meant to be a "best of" mix, just a throwdown with some of our favorite records which barely samples the surface of their catalogs. I gotta say though, for all my West Coast bias I was reminded of so many classic beats by Premier! We could've gone on & on with Primo but it really wouldn't have been fair. This mix also made me think about how nowadays with so much access to music and fools circulating their rough drafts online instantly, it's easy to get caught up in the innernut hype. Yeah, the newest track on everybody's blog is cool but somebody's gotta step back and say...does it snap your neck as hard as "Mass Appeal"? Will that track still be studied and quoted 15 years later like "NY State of Mind"? Is it really a dope song? Much respect to all the artists, then and now, who focus on releasing enduring, quality music over flooding the web with instant (short-lived) gratification and disposable art.

Z&D Tag-Team Midnight Mix: 3 THE HARD WAY
DJ Zita & Dmadness
Live at GOLDEN Apr 18 2009

THE RZA
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit
Wu-Tang Clan - Shame On A Ni**a
Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You
Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
Wu-Tang Clan - Can It Be All So Simple
Method Man f/ Mary J Blige - All I Need
Raekwon f/Method Man & Cappadonna - Ice Cream
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
Raekwon - Incarcerated Scarfaces
Wu-Tang Clan - For Heaven's Sake

DJ PREMIER
KRS-ONE - MCs Act Like They Don't Know
Gang Starr - You Know My Steez
Nas - NY State Of Mind
Jay-Z - D'Evils
Show & A.G. - Next Level (Nyte Time Remix)
Common f/Bilal - 6th Sense
Nas - Nas Is Like
Gang Starr - The Place Where We Dwell
Crooklyn Dodgers '95 - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers
Gang Starr - Full Clip
Gang Starr - Mass Appeal
Gang Starr - Take It Personal
Gang Starr f/ Nice & Smooth - Dwyck
Gang Starr - Skillz
Jeru the Damaja - Come Clean
Nas - Memory Lane

DR.DRE
N.W.A. - Express Yourself (Remix)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin & Juice
Dr.Dre f/ 2PAC - California Love
Dr.Dre f/Kurupt & Nate Dogg - Xxplosive
Erykah Badu - Bag Lady
Bilal - Fast Lane
Sam Sneed f/Dr.Dre - U Better Recognize
Dr.Dre - Keep Their Heads Ringin'
Dr.Dre - F*** With Dre Day
Dr. Dre - Still DRE

//And yes, I know that Dre didn't do the Sam Sneed beat, Sam did. My bad. By the way, we retired the Midnight Mix suckas! Archives here...look for more newness coming to GOLDEN because the only constant in life is change. 1neLuv..

//Thoughts at a Thousand Miles per Hour..

I always wanted to do a half-time blend of one of the greatest songs ever, the Kast's "Bombs Over Baghdad," since it's so fast. So I made two: a reggae version over the superior Dave Kelly "Gangster's Anthem" riddim which I plan to use for my OutKast-meets-reggae mix, and a crunk slowjam mix over Lil Jon/Luda/Ursh's "Lovers & Friends." Like a million elephants and silverback orangutans:

OutKast - "B.O.B. (Dmadness Gangsteriddimix)"


OutKast - "B.O.B. (D's crunk slowjam mix)"


Can't wait to play some "different ish" like this at me & Z's upcoming new monthly, Looking for the Perfect Beat, departing July 4... 1neLuv

//Dmadness' Breathing Apparatus..

//A lil something for all those coming off a tough week
Everyone working nights and weekends
All my peoples tightening up in the recession
To folks dragged down by drama
People with car problems
Had stuff stolen
Can't find their keys
Or caught a chest cold
All fam on their way to see someone in the hospital
All djs making do with busted gear
And most especially
All my educators almost done with the school year
BREATHE!

Dmadness' Breathing Apparatus (Mini-Mix #3)
1. Blackalicious f/ Saul Williams - "Release pt.2"
2. Black Star - "Respiration (Dr.Luke Remix)"
3. Mystic f/ Donell Jones - "Breathe (Better Days)" <- prod by Kanye
4. Common "Inhale"
5. J.Rawls f/ Venus Malone & Wordsworth "Inhale,Exhale"
6. Q-Tip - "Breathe & Stop"

..1neLuv

//Hey Mama..

{the lighthouse at Point Reyes}

Miss you mom. Love you!

Goodie MOb - "Guess Who" (Arista, 1995)

//Let's Take It Back to the Old School!!

presents...


REVERSE

Friday, April 24th
With Your Faithful Residents

DJ MPENZI


& DMADNESS


$5 Cover B4 12
RSVP@ Knowmadicdjs@gmail.com
General Cover $10

Always Old School Hip Hop and R&B

Friday, April 24th
Levende Lounge SF
1710 Mission St. @ Duboce

//And since you made it to the bottom of the post, here's a treat! Allergies, drastic weather, restless kids... let the Biz tell it. 1neLuv..

Biz Markie - "Spring Again" (Warner Bros, 1990)