Archive for May, 2011
Mix CD: M.E.R.C. & DJ A to the L – Daylight Marauders
May 31st
Its finally out! Check under the player below for all the relevant download links. If you’re fam – click the back cover to blow it up (pause) and see if you made it onto the artwork!
Download from Mediafire.
Alternative download link
*New link: Now you can download from Bandcamp*
UPDATE: DAYLIGHT MARAUDERS NOW CO-SIGNED BY ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD FROM A TRIBE CALLED QUEST!

UPDATE: DAYLIGHT MARAUDERS NOW CO-SIGNED BY Q-TIP FROM A TRIBE CALLED QUEST!
UPDATE: DAYLIGHT MARAUDERS NOW CO-SIGNED BY JAROBI FROM A TRIBE CALLED QUEST!
Blazin’ 102.3 Audio 05/29/11
May 30th
This week we celebrated E-Zone’s 67th birthday, and the old geezer definitely tore it down on the 1′s and 2′s. I, meanwhile, played a shitload of party break records throughout the mix – Armand Van Helden’s royalty points got a hefty increase due to my hour on the tables. Oh, and rest in peace Gil Scott Heron.
DJ E-Zone
Diggin’ In The Crates, live on Blazin’ 102.3 (05/29/11)
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01) Intro
02) Wu-Tang Clan – CREAM
03) Raekwon – Ice Cream
04) The Fugees – Fugee-La
05) Notorious BIG – Kick In The Door
06) Black Star – Definition
07) Smif & Wessun – Bucktown
08) O.C. – Times Up
09) Blahzay Blahzay – Danger
10) Prodigy – Keep It Thoro
11) Group Home – Superstar
12) Group Home – Livin’ Proof
13) Groove Theory – Tell Me
14) Lost Boyz – Renee
15) Fab Five – Lefleur Lefah Eshkoshka
16) A Tribe Called Quest – Bonita Applebum
17) Common – I Used To Love H.E.R.
18) JT Money – Who Dat
19) MOP – Ante Up
20) Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says
21) Slick Rick – Children’s Story
22) Capleton – Tour
23) Mad Lion – Take It Easy
DJ A to the L
Diggin’ In The Crates, live on Blazin’ 102.3 (05/29/11)
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01) Kim D Intro
02) Gil Scott Heron – Wiggy
03) Gil Scott Heron – Show Business
04) Armand Van Helden – A Deep Hiphop Kinda Love
05) Armand Van Helden – Crooklyn Anthem
06) Armand Van Helden – Pushem Up
07) Apache – Gangsta Bitch
08) The Lox – Ryde Or Die Chick
09) Outkast – Ms Jackson
10) Armand Van Helden – Say Yeah (Shake & Break Make)
11) Pharcyde – Drop
12) Q-Tip – Let’s Ride
13) A Tribe Called Quest – Excursions
14) Armand Van Helden – 6 Minutes Of Funk
15) Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Zulu War Chant
16) Mary J Blige – Real Love (Remix)
17) Naughty By Nature – OPP
18) Big L ft Big Daddy Kane – Platinum Plus
19) Sunshine Anderson – Heard It All Before
20) Redman & Method Man – Well All Rite Cha
21) Stezo – To The Max
22) A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation (Funky Remix)
23) Antoinette – I Got An Attitude
24) Armand Van Helden – Hot Butter
25) Biz Markie – Make The Music With Your Mouth
26) Brooklyn Slumlords – Keep It Movin’ (Movin’ Mix)
27) Crooklyn Clan – Rock The Mike
28) EPMD – Hear Nothing But The Music
29) Flavor Unit MCs – Roll Wit The Flava
30) Frankie The Pacemaker – Move To This
31) Gang Starr – Take It Personal
32) James Brown – Hot Pants
33) LL Cool J – Rock The Bells
34) Mad Lion – Take It Easy
35) NWA – Gangsta Gangsta
36) Pitch Black – It’s All Real
37) Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause
38) Street Smartz – Ain’t No Burna
39) Crooklyn Clan – Everybody Bounce
40) EPMD – Gold Digger
41) Infiniti ft Grand Puba – Will You Be My Baby (Hiphop Mix)
42) Gang Starr – Now You’re Mine
Blazin’ 102.3 Audio 05/22/11
May 23rd
Sundays means Diggin’ In The Crates means the best day of the week. Period.
DJ E-Zone
Diggin’ In The Crates, live on Blazin’ 102.3 (05/22/11)
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01) Special Ed – I Got It Made
02) Gang Starr – Full Clip
03) Run DMC – Dumb Girl
04) A Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhime
05) Gang Starr – You Know My Steez
06) Das EFX – Real Hiphop
07) Mobb Deep – Quiet Storm
08) Dr Dre – Nuthin’ But A G-Thing
09) EPMD – You Gots To Chill
10) DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat
11) A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario
12) Method Man – Bring The Pain
13) Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill A Man
14) Pete Rock & CL Smooth – They Reminisce Over You
15) Eric B & Rakim – I Ain’t No Joke
16) Tim Dog – Fuck Compton
17) Young Black Teenagers – Tap The Bottle
18) Naughty By Nature – Uptown Anthem
19) House Of Pain – Jump Around
20) The Afros – Feel It
21) Slick Rick – Mona Lisa
DJ A to the L
Diggin’ In The Crates, live on Blazin’ 102.3 (05/22/11)
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01) Notorious BIG – Bullshit & Party
02) Neneh Cherry ft Notorious BIG – Buddy X (Remix)
03) Stop The Violence Movement – Self Destruction
04) Black Eyed Peas – Joints & Jams
05) Eric B & Rakim – Don’t Sweat The Technique
06) James Brown – Funky President
07) Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – The Girl Had A Moustache
08) Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Poison
09) Lakim Shabazz – Get Fierce
10) Royksopp – Eple
11) Run DMC – Peter Piper
12) Notorious BIG – Mo Money Mo Problems
13) Mr T – Mr T’s Commandments
14) Pieces Of A Dream – Mt. Airy Groove
15) Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
16) Wrecks & Effect – New Jack Swing
17) Outkast – Skew On The Bar-B
18) Redhead KingPin & The FBI – Do The Right Thing
19) Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King – Encore
20) Digital Underground – Doowutchyalike
21) DJ Magic Mike – Groove On
22) Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All
23) Fu-Schnickens ft Shaquille O’Neal – Can We Rock
24) Ice T – New Jack Hustler
25) Malcolm McClaren – Buffalo Girls
26) Public Enemy – Bring The Noise
27) West Street Mob – Get Up And Dance
28) Cameo – Candy
29) De La Soul – Keepin’ The Faith
30) EPMD – I’m Mad (DJ Scratch Remix)
31) Special Ed – C’mon Let’s Move It
32) DJ Fashion – Move That Ass
33) Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
34) Billy Ocean – Carribean Queen
35) Organized Konfusion – Walk Into The Sun (Remix)
36) Dismasters – Small Time Hustlers
Blazin’ 102.3 Audio 05/08/11
May 21st
This mix happened during Mother’s Day weekend… my backlog of mixes is stacked. Tryna play catch up with getting these joints up. Staytuned.com
(What’s really weird to me is that many of the tracks that appear in this mix, also pop up in the WVFS mix that I just posted, despite them being a week and change apart. I guess when you’re winging it, your subconcious likes to lift familiar joints.)
DJ A to the L
Diggin’ In The Crates Mix (05/08/11)
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01) Foxy Brown ft Case – Touch Me, Tease Me
02) Fat Joe – Flow Joe
03) Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean
04) John Legend – You Used To Love Me (Blend)
05) Junior Mafia – Players’ Anthem
06) Keith Sweat – Twisted (Blend)
07) Black Moon – How Many Emcees
08) Kim D Intro
09) Armand Van Helden – Six Minutes Of Funk
10) Gang Starr – Manifest
11) Macy Gray ft Mos Def & Guru – I’ve Committed Murder
12) MC Shan – The Bridge
13) NWA – Express Yourself
14) Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya
15) Showbiz & AG – Next Level
16) A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
17) Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Zulu War Chant
18) Crooklyn Clan – This DJ
19) Das EFX – Freakit
20) Dr Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg – Deep Cover
21) Gang Starr – Code Of The Streets
22) Notorious BIG – Juicy (Pete Rock Remix)
23) Biz Markie – Make The Music With Your Mouth
24) SWV – Anything
25) Frankie The Pacemaker – Move To This
26) Gang Starr – Take It Personal
27) Naughty By Nature – O.P.P.
28) Onyx – Slam
29) Public Enemy – Security Of The First World
30) Tha Rayne – Didn’t You Know
31) Brand Nubian – Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down
32) Dr Dre – Let’s Get High
33) EPMD – You Gots To Chill
34) Funkmaster Flex & The Ghetto Celebs – Nuttin’ But Flavor
35) Funkmaster Flex & Nine – Six Million Ways To Die
36) Gang Starr – Skillz
37) Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing
38) Run DMC – Run’s House
39) The Beatnuts ft Big Pun – Off The Books
40) Black Moon – Who Got The Props
41) Heavy D – Who’s The Man?
WVFS Underground Railroad Mixshow Audio 04/30/11
May 21st
Again, this is going up out of sequence (V89 mixes run LONG, so it takes time to get this shit edited and uploaded.) This one caught a lot of fun up in the studio with me, Jay-C, Killa Kam and Talia, and a really dope mix – a lot of it inspired by requests over the phone and on twitter.
DJ A to the L
The Underground Railroad, live on WVFS 89.7 (04/30/11)
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01) The Saganites – The Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean
02) Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want
03) Clipse ft Fabolous – Comedy Central
04) Freeway & Jake-One ft Birdman – Follow My Moves
05) Company Flow – End To End Burners
06) Beastie Boys ft Nas – Too Many Rappers
07) Biz Markie – Pickin’ Boogers
08) Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy
09) Craig Mack – Get Down (Q-Tip Remix)
10) Depakote – Elbow Grease
11) E-Rule – Listen Up
12) Ed OG & Da Bulldogs – I Got Ta Have It
13) Foreign Exchange – Take Off The Blues
14) Jay Dilla – Make Em NV
15) Johnny Guitar Watston – Superman Lover
16) Mad Skillz – The Nod Factor
17) KRS-One – Step Into A World
18) Lord Finesse – Return Of The Funkyman (Primo Remix)
19) Mike Zoot ft Black Star & Consequence – High Drama Part 3
20) Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Pt II
21) Mobb Deep ft Bob Marley (AKA Bob Deep) – Shook Ones Pt II (Remix)
22) Mykill Miers – Who Am I?
23) Nas – Nas Is Like
24) Pharoahe Monch – Tooley Crew Personified
25) Queen Latifah – UNITY
26) Reef The Lost Cause – Big Deal
27) Beastie Boys – Hold It Now, Hit It
28) Consequence – Caught Up In The Hype
29) Crooklyn Dodges – Crooklyn (Mighty Mi Remix)
30) Dave Ghetto – Hands High
31) Damu The Fudgemunk – The Leo Part 1
32) LONG ASS MIC BREAK
33) Biz Markie – Nobody Beats The Biz
34) 2Pac – I Get Around
35) Kid Capri – The Apollo
36) KRS-One – Outta Here
37) MC Ren – Mayday On The Front Line
38) MC Shan – The Bridge
39) Mykill Miers ft Freddie Foxxx – Wanna Be An Emcee
40) Roddy Rod – Beat 02
41) Rodney P – The Hot Style
42) Showbiz & AG – Next Level (Remix)
43) Beastie Boys – Johnny Ryall
44) Black Moon – Buck Em Down (Remix)
45) Black Sheep – Flavor Of The Month
46) ANOTHER LONG ASS MIC BREAK
47) Dr Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg – Deep Cover
48) LL Cool J – Eat Em Up L
49) Notorious BIG – Juicy (Pete Rock Remix)
50) Questlove – Philip Michael Thomas Flip
51) Q-Tip – Q-Tip For President (Freestyle)
52) Soulkast ft DJ Premier – Premiere Salve
53) The Roots – Guns Are Drawn
54) A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation (Funky Remix)
55) Armand Van Helden – Hot Butter
56) Beastie Boys – Sure Shot
57) Count Bass D – Take Control
58) E-40 ft Clipse – Quarterbackin’ (DJ Quik Remix)
59) Gang Starr – Take It Personal
60) J-Live – MCee
61) James Brown – The Boss
62) Lil Vicious ft Doug Fresh – Freaks
63) Niamaj – YaGotta
64) The Roots & John Legend ft Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Our Generation (J.Period Remix)
65) A Tribe Called Quest – 1nce Again (Jackin’ 4 Beats Remix)
66) The Fugees – Nappy Heads (Remix)
Blazin’ 102.3 Audio 05/01/11 (Beastie Boys Special)
May 9th
With the release of the Beastie Boys new album, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2″, it was only right that we paid proper tribute to the careers of the greatest clear rappers to ever do it. #TeamClearPeople
DJ A to the L
Diggin’ In The Crates Mix (05/01/11)
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01) Beastie Boys – Lookin’ Down The Barrel Of A Gun
02) Beastie Boys – High Plains Drifter
03) Beastie Boys – Rhymin’ & Stealin’
04) Beastie Boys – Hello Brooklyn
05) Beastie Boys – Pass The Mic
06) Beastie Boys – Slow And Low
07) Beastie Boys – 3 Minute Rule
08) Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want
09) Beastie Boys – Posse In Effect
10) Beastie Boys – Professor Booty
11) Beastie Boys – B-Boys Makin’ With The Freak Freak
12) Beastie Boys – Car Thief
13) Beastie Boys – Paul Revere
14) Beastie Boys – Remote Control
15) Beastie Boys ft Nas – Too Many Rappers
16) Beastie Boys – Hold It Now, Hit It
17) Beastie Boys – Jimmy James
18) Beastie Boys – Johnny Ryall
19) Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn
20) Beastie Boys – She’s Crafty
21) Beastie Boys – Sure Shot
22) Beastie Boys – Time To Get Ill
23) Beastie Boys – Mike On The Mic
24) Beastie Boys – Get It Together
25) Beastie Boys – Shadrach
26) Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
27) Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
28) Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
29) Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
30) Beastie Boys – Egg Man
31) Beastie Boys – Sounds Of Science
32) Beastie Boys – Girls
33) Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right To Party
Daylight Marauders drops May 31st. Here’s a new promo vid…
May 9th
MERC & DJ A to the L came together to re-create a classic album in Hip-Hop history, A Tribe Called Quest’s “Midnight Marauders”. They added their own twist to the project and called it “Daylight Marauders”. The two hip-hop heads both agree that Tribe’s album is one of a kind and are using this project to extend a salute to just how much Tribe’s masterpiece meant and still means to them.
(And here’s the first promo video we made…)
Daylight Marauders from See Gee Films on Vimeo.






