Wax Poetics Mix by Monk One – Big Fun In The Big Town

There’s a load of good mixes about at the moment: this one is Monk One doing a mix themed around the classic 80s hip hop documentary, Bram Van Splunteren’s Big Fun In The Big Town, that has recently got a DVD release from Five Day Weekend.

This is really well put together, using excerpts from the film along with tracks from the era. As with everything that’s on WWHD this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. If you’ve never seen the film in question it’s definitely worth checking out. I may have to get the DVD as I’ve only ever seen it off a fuzzy VHS cassette. If it’s got some decent bonus footage then I’m definitely in.

 

Behind The Beat: Late 80s hip hop BBC TV programme

Here are some clips from a programme I used to watch when I was a youngster – Behind The Beat, part of BBC 2′s youth programme schedule called DEF II that was Janet Street Porter’s brainchild. Other programmes that they showed was Snub TV, Rapido and Dance Energy. It was also the slot to watch The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air -around 6pm on weekdays. I used to have a lot of the Behind The Beat episodes on video tape but I think they’ve all gone now. Watching the Public Enemy at the Hammersmith special while eating my dinner turned my 11 year old brain inside out.

Massive shout out to Gizmo from Skratchworx and TheOriginal808Beats for putting these clips up on Youtube.

DJ Hudson live at TBL Feb 2010: Disco, funk and boogie mix

Here’s the first two parts of the last session at The Bottom Line, a disco/funk/boogie night that is now on hiatus. There’s a few jumps and what not during the mix which is due to having a Bilal from House Party situation – if someone was dancing to near to the right turntable it jumped. I’ve been having a few Bilal from House Party situations recently. I had to tell a woman with a bad 80s poodle perm to stop bumping and grinding so close to me as she kept bumping the table. Anyway, here’s the links and tracklists.

DOWNLOAD TBL FEB PT 1

DOWNLOAD TBL FEB PT 2

Tracklist for part 1

You’re Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else – Jones Girls

Breakwater

Let Me Do It – Halo

Johnson Jumpin’ – Johnson Products

Level 42

Feel So Real (Won’t Let Go) 12″ – Patrice Rushen

Heart’s Desire – Don Blackman

Theme Song From ‘which Way Is Up’ – Stargard

Margo’s Kool Out Crew – Death Rap

Keep Her Happy – Phillip Wright

Can You Handle It – Sharon Redd

Such A Feeling (Part 2 & 3) – Aurra

Tito – Red Astaire

stick together (theo parrish re-edit)- minnie riperton

Tracklist for part 2

This Is Something For The Radio (Rap Remix) – Biz Markie

Extra T’s – ET Boogie

You are the one – AM-FM

Cuttin’ It Up – L.T.D.

Dazz – Brick

Weak at the Knees – Steve Arrington’s Hall of Fame

Drop The Bomb – Trouble Funk

Atomic Dog – George Clinton

Strategy – Archie Bell & The Drells

Watching You – Slave

Inside Out – oddysey

Maximus Party

Standing On The Top – The Super 3

Hips – Mtume

Self Made Millionaire 12

South Bronx – The Bottom Line