Date:Posted By:Category:blog, Hip Hop, throwbacks

DJ RONDEVU ON THE TRACK – CAN YOU FEEL IT

When I was younger The Fat Boys were one of my favorite groups. They were actually the Disco 3 when I bought their first 12” single. I spent hours trying to emulate the beat box sounds of Buffy and replaying their amazing songs. Years later I produced a track for Das Efx sampling one of their songs to pay homage to them as well as Larry Smith, the criminally slept on producer of the original Can You Feel It. You don’t want to do too much to a classic but I put a few touched to the timeless original beat to create the Das Efx version which was made to be a feel good, throwback type of song. Check it out below and don’t be afraid to do a break dance move or pop lock while listening. 😃#RealHipHop

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Date:Posted By:Category:blog, Hip Hop, remixes, throwbacks, videos

2 Pac feat. Mary J Blige – All That I Got Is Mama(Video)

Wow! Was it really over 10 years ago that I made this remix? Where is the time going?? At this time rapmullet.com had djs shook and putting their best foot forward with their mixtapes or hiding and hoping not to be exposed. Websites dedicated to mixtapes, or rather mix cds, were pulling in heavy traffic and making somewhat household names of business minded djs hustling their products. Mixtapes could be found anywhere from websites, record stores, gas stations, clothing stores, sidewalk stands and more. Mixtapes even had their own segment on MTV. This was a special time in the mixtape industry. Here is a remix I did that was featured on The 4 Horsemen Pt 3. I’ve been planning to do some video mixes to some of my classic remixes and here is one I put together the other day. Enjoy.

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Date:Posted By:Category:blog, Featured, Old School, Reggae, remixes, throwbacks

Feelin Irie 6

If you’ve never been to a competitive sound clash please believe it is quite an exciting experience. Since discovering dancehall and Bob Marley in the mid 80’s I’ve loved reggae music. In the early 90’s I became a fan of sound clashes after listening to sound systems like Black Cat, Firgo Digital, Stone Love, Silver Hawk and my hometown favorite from East Ny Brooklyn, King Addies. I really appreciated the creativity and effort that went into making the exclusive dub plates these sound systems would play. You would have an artist remake a popular song, often to a different “riddim” or instrumental from the original, and customize the words to give props to the sound system and it’s members. They would be played in a competition against other sound systems to see who could have the most original and/or exclusive dubs and get the greatest response from the crowd. I even began to make reggae remixes and press them on dub plates to play at my gigs and made custom remixes for many other sound systems.

Feelin Irie is a series where I try to bring elements of a sound clash to a mixtape. From the exclusive remixes to the speeches from the mcs it plays out differently from your typical mix. Enjoy and feel free to flash your lighter and give some “forwards” Available now in the cd shop

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Date:Posted By:Category:blog, Hip Hop, throwbacks, Uncategorized, videos

I Want My MTV Back

Once upon a time there was a revolutionary channel that broadcast music videos, all day everyday. WTF happened? Can you remember the last time you actually saw a music video on MTV? Now the only things you can see on there is “reality tv” where we gets looks inside the lives of knocked up trailer trash that had to drop out of high school or fist pumping guidos that will die of skin cancer within 15 years. I’m not going to lie. Jersey Shore is one of my guilty pleasures. In an almost sadistic way I enjoy watching these shows sometimes. Shheeeeit, I wouldn’t mind getting $100,000 an episode for a camera crew to follow me and my crew around acting the fool but I digress. The ratings for these shows are outrageous so there will be no end to it anytime soon but what about the music?

MTV’s sub station BET is very similar. What happened to the music and exposing new artists and groups to the world. I know I’m sounding old here but “back in the day” lots of new groups and sounds made their debut on BET. They still have 106 & Park but that is basically the videos of the same 10 songs played on the radio all day. Now its mostly cheesy sitcoms, infomercials and religious programming. Rap City was a staple of urban television for the youth but that was phased out. I was fortunate enough to be invited as the guest on Rap City 5 times while they were on the air.
Do check out some highlights above.

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