TROY's Degrees of Seperation Mixtape Challenge

[Philaflava]

It's been awhile since we had a successful and fun challenge. I think this one is perfect.

Below is an example and then of course the rules.

1. The Beatnuts - Are You Ready? feat. Grand Puba
2. Grand Puba - I Like It (Buckwild Remix) feat. Sadat X
3. Sadat X - Escape From New York feat. Pete Rock & Deda
4. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - In The Flesh feat. Rob-O & Deda
5. Rob-O - Stay Away feat. De La Soul
6. De La Soul - Sh.Fe.Mc's feat. A Tribe Called Quest
7. A Tribe Called Quest - Show Business feat. Lord Jamar, Sadat X & Diamond D
8. Diamond D - You Cant Front feat. Sadat X & Lord Finesse
9. Lord Finesse - Brainstorm/P.S.K. feat. KRS-ONE & O.C.
10. Dr. Dre - East Coast / West Coast Killas feat. Nas, KRS-ONE, RBX & B-Real
11. Cypress Hill - Throw Your Hands In The Air (Remix) feat. Erick Sermon, Redman & MC Eiht
12. MC Eiht - Nuthin' But The Gangsta feat. Spice 1 & Redman

Every track has to relate.
Every track has to be a collabo.
Every track should be from 1991-1996.
There has to be at least 2 westcoast tracks.
There has to be at least 1 Pete rock produced track
There has to be at least 1 De La Soul feature (could be Dove or Pos alone)
There has to be at least 1 Grand Puba song or feature
You don't have to use a following song by the last guest rapper, it can be any in the song.
12 tracks min. 14 tracks max.

You cannot use more than 1 song by the same artist/group, but they can appear multiple times.

As you see I made sure to start the following song with an artist featured on the previous. It doesn't have to be exact (see track #10) but you'll earn more points for that.

For the points. You will earn points for creativity. You'll earn points for sequencing. Bonus points for tags, covers and ease of zip files. We'll have a poll with all of the approved submissions and then crown the winner.

Deadline for the mix is 10/11 (Friday).

[step one]

Quite a tricky one but put something together at work yesterday. Will try and upload over the weekend.

[Philaflava]

Glad 1 person out of the 43 who read this has the balls to enter.

[step one]

Have noticed that there's been a bit of a change on the board over the last 12 months and it does seem to be alot of people just trying to source ridiculously obscure regional/indie joints more than anything else. I guess all the certified classics and established artists stuff has been done to death.
There definitely isnt as much rare TROY related shit finding its way online as there was 2/3 years ago though and there's a bit of a lack of general debate and discussion, which are 2 things this forum used to thrive on.

[Versive]

Great idea. Don't know if I'll have time to throw something together, but this is awesome.

[Philaflava]

Have noticed that there's been a bit of a change on the board over the last 12 months and it does seem to be alot of people just trying to source ridiculously obscure regional/indie joints more than anything else. I guess all the certified classics and established artists stuff has been done to death.
There definitely isnt as much rare TROY related shit finding its way online as there was 2/3 years ago though and there's a bit of a lack of general debate and discussion, which are 2 things this forum used to thrive on.

Could be a few reasons. Naturally, as we get older our interest change. Our responsibility change and our daily lives change in general. This place has done a great job at capturing most of the obscure shit and with our request thread still going, there won't be much more to fulfill unless somebody's hard drive crashed and they need re-ups.
But it also the reason I wanted to do this challenge because all of this we listen to and talk about daily is just recycled shit. This challenge allows us to have a little fun with it so its not some mundane. This forum is what the people make it to be. If they want all vinyl release discussions, so be it.

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

ill try it

[MistaTurk]

ok, i'll play:

tha alkaholiks - bullshit feat. king tee (west coast track)
king tee - a hoe b4 tha homie feat. ice cube & deadly threat (west coast track)
ice cube - check yo self feat. das efx
das efx - represent the real feat. krs one
krs one - build ya skillz feat. busta rhymes
busta rhymes - ill vibe feat. q-tip
a tribe called quest - award tour feat. dove (de la feature)
de la soul - en focus feat. dres & shortie no mass
black sheep - pass the 40 feat. chi ali
chi ali - let the horns blow - feat. fashion, dres, dove & phife dawg
the beatnuts - are you ready feat. grand puba (grand puba feature)
grand puba - check it out feat. mary j. blige
mary j. blige - my love remix feat. heavy d & the boyz
heavy d & the boyz - don't curse feat. kool g rap, grand puba, cl smooth, big daddy kane, pete rock & q-tip (pete rock production)

[Philaflava]

you gotta actually make a mix not a list. good list tho.

if this is too hard for folks i'll dumb it down to get more than a few heads involved.

[WiCkEd22]

you gotta actually make a mix not a list. good list tho.

if this is too hard for folks i'll dumb it down to get more than a few heads involved.

Its not that hard. I will say though, its hard for ME because I'm working on one of my own, but I'm making an actual DJ MIX using all vinyl, my two Technics turntables and Rane mixer. Its hard because obviously in a mix you need the songs bpm's to be similar. I almost have my playlist worked out and once that's done then I will record the mix and post it.

[Philaflava]

so i take it this mix will be 100% real hip-hop then? nothing but the essence dripping all over it.

[Verge]

i like this idea for a challenge since i usually try to have tracks relate somehow anyway when i play shit.

[WiCkEd22]

so i take it this mix will be 100% real hip-hop then? nothing but the essence dripping all over it.

Act like you already know...

Anyways, here's the 14 joints I selected which will be mixed one of the next few nights and then posted before the deadline...

01. Deda Baby Pa feat. Pete Rock - Press Rewind [Prod. by Grap Luva - 1995] BBE/Rapster EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF (LP)
02. InI feat. Pete Rock & Mekolicious - Fakin’ Jax (Rude Youth Mix) [Prod. by Pete Rock - 1996] Elektra 12”
03. Pete Rock & The Large Professor - The Rap World [Prod. by Pete Rock & The Large Professor - 1996] Big Beat HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SOUNDTRACK (LP)
04. Mad Skillz feat. The Large Professor and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest - Extra Abstract Skillz [Prod. by The Large Professor - 1995] Big Beat FROM WHERE??? (LP) Promo 12”
05. Del The Funkyhomosapien feat. Pep Love and Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest - Undisputed Champs [Prod. by Del - 1993] Elektra 12"
06. A Tribe Called Quest feat. Busta Rhymes - One, Two Shit [Prod. by A Tribe Called Quest - 1994] Jive 12”
07. Busta Rhymes, Coolio, Redman, Big Mike, The Notorious B.I.G. & Bone Thugs N Harmony - The Points (Mista Lawnge’s Points) [Prod. by Mista Lawnge - 1995] Mercury/PolyGram 12”
08. 2Pac feat. Dat Nigga Daz & Kurupt of The Dogg Pound, Method Man & Redman - Got My Mind Made Up [Prod. by Dat Nigga Daz - 1995] Death Row/Interscope ALL EYEZ ON ME (LP) Promo 12”
09. Eddie F. & The Untouchables feat. Heavy D, 2Pac, Grand Puba, Spunk Bigga & The Notorious B.I.G. - Let’s Get It On [Prod. by Willy Gunz & Eddie F. - 1994] Motown “LET’S GET IT ON” THE ALBUM (LP)
10. Queen Latifah feat. Treach of Naughty By Nature, Heavy D & KRS-One - Rough [Prod. by Tony Dofat - 1993] Motown BLACK REIGN (LP) 12”
11. Naughty By Nature feat. Rottin Raskalz, Cruddy Click & Road Dawgs - Klickow-Klickow [Prod. by Nature By Nature - 1993] Tommy Boy 12”
12. The Flavor Unit MCs feat. Treach of Naughty By Nature, Chip Fu of Fu-Schnickens, Freddie Foxxx, Kid Capri, Queen Latifah, Heavy D, D-Nice & Dres of Black Sheep - Roll Wit Da Flava (Kid Capri Bounce Track) [Prod. by Kid Capri - 1993] Flavor Unit/Epic 12”
13. Fu-Schnickens feat. Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest - La Schmoove [Prod. by A Tribe Called Quest - 1992] Jive F.U. DON’T TAKE IT PERSONAL (LP) 12”
14. Chi-Ali feat. Dres of Black Sheep, Dove of De La Soul, Fashion of The Beatnuts & Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest - Let The Horns Blow ’92 [Prod. by The Beatnuts - 1992] Relativity Promo 12”

- Every track has to relate = Yes, check everything in bold.
- Every track has to be a collabo = Yes.
- Every track should be from 1991-1996 = Yes.
- There has to be at least 2 West Coast tracks = Yes, #5 Del and #8 2Pac.
- There has to be at least 1 Pete Rock produced track = Yes, #2 InI.
- There has to be at least 1 De La Soul feature = Yes, #14 Chi-Ali.
- There has to be at least 1 Grand Puba song or feature = Yes, #9 Eddie F & The Untouchables.
- 12 tracks min, 14 tracks max = Yes.
- You cannot use more than 1 song by the same artist/group, but they can appear multiple times = Yes.

[Y@k Bollocks]

We did one of these a while ago I recall. FuckYou entered - that's how long ago it was... Some dope mixes. Will try and find mine.

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

what constitutes west coast track? main artist or feature?

[Philaflava]

by artist.

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

here's my mix

was more difficult than i thought it would be and it didnt turn out exactly as i wished but i think its aight
http://www.mediafire.com/download/1abai ... llshit.zip

[Philaflava]

Any others?

[Philaflava]

You won. You had what it takes and thats why you're a winner in more ways than one. Good mix, like the Southern start too.

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

that's a bit anticlimatic. thanks for checking it out though. it was pretty hard. i tried it thisand that way and everytime it was done i saw one of the features was missing. had the cutoff been 98 it would've been so much easier because of soul survivor but as it was pretty tough

[Philaflava]

that's a bit anticlimatic.

isn't it always though? bottom line, some people talked the talk, you walked it homie.

[WiCkEd22]

that's a bit anticlimatic.

isn't it always though? bottom line, some people talked the talk, you walked it homie.

haha I just didn't have time this past week to actually RECORD the mix. It is what it is...

But if I had recorded the mix, what do you think of mine??? Just curious...

[Philaflava]

I think on paper it looks cool. But that doesn't really mean much.

[step one]

Didnt get round to doing mine as couple of the joints I wanted to use I didnt actually have on MP3 (or even on vinyl in one case!) which f'd up the process a bit