Mixtape Addict #109

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00:00:03: addicts.

00:00:03: show Broadcasting every day with the French.

00:00:05: connect DJ King flow.

00:00:08: Yo, this your boy Big Daddy Kane

00:00:10: With a message to all my

00:00:11: mixtapedicts.

00:00:13: This is it baby get ya fix of DJ

00:00:15: King Flow Yo yo what's up world?

00:00:18: It's your boi B.A To the Z-Dance Dillinger from The Legendary Dog Band And

00:00:29: you're in the mix

00:00:30: right

00:00:33: now

00:00:35: with DJ King Flo.

00:00:41: Mr.

00:00:42: Mixtape Attic from France.

00:00:47: I'm with the homie DJ King Flo,

00:00:51: man Keepin' it real baby Down in France or

00:00:53: Lien's.

00:00:54: Y'all know how we do Mixtape at it!

00:01:06: DJ KING FLOW!

00:01:09: Bro Stalker is one of flow but they got no show.

00:01:11: So imma grab the mic flip a strip.

00:01:13: believe its done Some shots to one that gets to draw money.

00:01:16: Check out get paid to practice.

00:01:18: Get ready and check cause i'ma track to your fret.

00:01:21: No host bar.

00:01:22: incomplete moon fakers.

00:01:23: Best to raise their back about.

00:01:24: you know I might take her.

00:01:26: If she have Imma diss her then slide If she try to rip, I got my sniff on my side Where the God hero comes and make me wait Rock it and rock, killin' your step every time On my side.

00:01:38: no front end, you see six DJs can't fly.

00:01:55: Be another,

00:01:58: see

00:01:59: the scythe

00:02:07: with ya

00:02:07: light Elves are ready, prepare for another.

00:02:10: all night Hops cause they

00:02:13: rock glocks, I'm trying to rock knocks.

00:02:17: We act like they bigger than us niggas from the

00:02:19: streets Cause we

00:02:19: stalk man deep in them

00:02:21: more beats.

00:02:22: I touched the mold

00:02:23: and grudge, cause'I

00:02:23: won't budge, weighing tough, serving down to judge where my hands come.

00:02:27: Standing there with my nappy hand on a dirty

00:02:30: gear all in one year

00:02:31: Now when my body took me up-and-down

00:02:34: with the front.

00:02:35: Is it because of boundaries or because i'm from Bucktown?

00:02:38: Who made the originally gun clap, did you gun clap?

00:02:47: In the nineteen seventy four when the children sprung to explode reached their ache for sure.

00:03:15: A child through the roof can now loan an eyeball.

00:03:17: No trap, release on this wild earth.

00:03:19: My generation

00:03:20: hit worse with my development.

00:03:22: Arrested by the government.

00:03:23: Young and negative struggling Living life got me wondering.

00:03:26: New shit I'm discovering.

00:03:28: Your son can't sleep.

00:03:29: Situations so deep, my niggas drowning in the streets and all the rapists are still And young murderers walk.

00:03:34: They got shit locked on a floor A buck.

00:03:36: fifth if you talk verbalizing hard times Find no ways to recline Dedicated

00:03:41: till they're round.

00:04:13: Look your shades genuine Eyes of all hardtimes.

00:04:29: prime time.

00:04:47: As I rewind My thoughts and reminisce.

00:05:08: Sipping O.E.

00:05:08: courts.

00:05:09: Restin' peace to ma piece Who died up in his streets.

00:05:30: Fuck Halloween treats cause ain't shit sweet And I would never be the

00:05:58: same.

00:06:00: change

00:06:08: Change, change, change Change and I will never know what's going on.

00:07:17: Bring it out To the couch to the balcony.

00:07:20: Fiend from me when i'm out your reach.

00:07:22: Keep a down piece to say the least This play of speech.

00:07:25: bad bitches pray with me.

00:07:27: Hoogahs just prayed at

00:07:28: me.

00:07:29: Had my way been wavy waving for the fame and beat of energy.

00:07:33: Them are the same as me.

00:07:34: Got a lot of shit on TK.

00:07:37: Though is was I choose from Tuesday

00:07:40: Time I choose.

00:07:41: you say We can swing an F in my, and like the Cool J

00:07:45: She feelin' my stat.

00:07:46: Uh-huh I fuck with a bot I do.

00:07:48: She said she hold me down.

00:07:49: How'd my gun from the cops?

00:07:51: She put the

00:07:51: ounces on her scale.

00:07:52: Help me bag up a block.

00:07:54: Uh-uh Wonder if she love me or love me?

00:07:56: not?

00:08:10: Yo abilities Try to tell their teachers at school They don't be feeling me.

00:08:14: DJs can't kill them.

00:08:15: They lack humility.

00:08:16: Humanities Insanity

00:08:18: fuel.

00:08:18: they grew the man in me.

00:08:20: Can't if he showing limits to my belief infinite possibilities tenements To the city limits and it's been this optic tendency to see tomorrow in the loose leaf when I improve me.

00:08:30: I Elevate the levels.

00:08:33: two peaks twin towers.

00:08:34: you mean Mickey Rex blicky against some sticky fresh too deep day one below The heavens chasing bliss of a ninth cloud.

00:08:41: we give Me the mic, I might move these These Crows, True Bees bow to

00:08:45: a legendary Maestro Sam Boyz

00:08:48: bury your gold round.

00:08:49: Mary goes.

00:08:50: now made it out.

00:08:51: my day ones

00:08:52: know how

00:09:08: Dedicated

00:09:09: today once Made her way from out the cold Deep trauma we came from.

00:09:58: Let us go up.

00:10:02: You know myself, you T-T-T J.K.

00:10:07: down Reclux, Sway Sock and E-Rock or Soccer Jersey in the summer, sipping wine at an event, avoiding all the

00:10:13: suckers.

00:10:14: Building with The Builders.

00:10:15: I'm learning from The Elders sharing information that

00:10:18: experience shoulders then we watching

00:10:20: them fold like lawn chairs In a summer man never caught up Like you & You dumb & Dumber, twelve on your bumper ready to run your number,

00:10:28: swirvin'

00:10:29: into rule makin it hot.

00:10:30: no wonder he's a foolio When he off that

00:10:33: darn Julio, I'll be laughing at him when i'm sippin' on the smoothie though she ask me if im still making magic in this studio.

00:10:40: TTTJ King Floor Built a globe

00:11:00: from the ground, rocks and crumbling flames.

00:11:02: Power slips to your fingers.

00:11:04: it's

00:11:04: a dangerous game Spectated in this world but my mind's

00:11:07: on the prize.

00:11:08: Why the fake eyes open.

00:11:09: no sleep for the wise.

00:11:34: The glow from the ground, rocks and crumbling flames.

00:11:39: Power slips to your fingers.

00:11:40: it's a dangerous game Spectated in this world but my mind's on the prize.

00:11:44: while I wake Eyes open.

00:11:46: no sleep for the wise.

00:11:47: New stories unfold when beliefs are your heart.

00:11:50: Bad moves cause life But the blessings of the art build the kingdom.

00:11:54: Yo just to see you fall Striking into silence I'm entering the core that's tearing My heart.

00:12:00: wisdom flowing like blood.

00:12:01: So crats in the back whispering and the fluff.

00:12:04: Is she ready to rob?

00:12:05: Man, it's taking

00:12:06: them up.

00:12:07: Full trace is deep In the devil comes a hunt For we are in the cast for my thoughts on the knives Cutting through the noise where truth

00:12:14: never survives To death takes the clean.

00:12:17: I write my last line.

00:12:18: And if that's

00:12:19: the time We gon' all see this shine globally.

00:12:28: I can't

00:12:31: feel like Carlito Burgone, the glass mixed with the cleanest but wanting

00:12:35: to speak in comedy But competing.

00:12:37: you gon' need a army.

00:12:38: I hear him chatter about being at it.

00:12:40: Abyss is on me, scheming but they just gonna clean my mind.

00:12:42: Check!

00:12:43: We count.

00:12:44: twenties and fifties.

00:12:45: keep their embassy with me.

00:12:46: They hate his style and try jacket Like Tennessee Whiskey.

00:12:49: Another lack of more relax.

00:12:51: when antenna gets sticky These niggas cap and be snackin' on glizzy.

00:12:55: All the rumble called me, I'm there with my number callin' me.

00:12:57: Had niggas crashin', out.

00:12:59: it's a grin Out the swum of bars, plumbers do what y'all, when the hooligans arrive Approach you and roogers and do ya like dude from the shop.

00:13:06: Imma proceed

00:13:07: around while you read in between the lines But keep your mind on my Jesus pieces to be alarmed.

00:13:12: So for me at mine we eatin' the litters swan In the test

00:13:15: of time.

00:13:15: we gon all see the shine Float, sure?

00:13:20: yes Ben told you I'm a trust niggas, I don't even act like.

00:13:27: i dont know him.

00:13:28: Like what nigga?

00:13:31: ZJK Glam Who's who for the bullet that stays stuck in them.

00:13:34: I found my daddy old guns they had rustin' em Lick.

00:13:36: shake ass!

00:13:37: He a mess death.

00:13:38: My nigga was a mess Man.

00:13:39: im still aint.

00:13:40: get no rest since we laid him down to rest Right hand on the wheel While Im squeezing with his left.

00:13:44: He want beef, not a chime.

00:13:46: Reason why this medics found that boy trying to breathe through her chest.

00:13:50: Nigga never was outside.

00:13:51: We only seen him on the net And its man popping off.

00:13:54: They gon see tha nigga next and ever since he found out You see that nigga get the temperature?

00:14:00: They ain't hot enough.

00:14:03: They mop a month, connect.

00:14:05: text me

00:14:05: from the boat said they docking up.

00:14:07: I can still wear it by eye before i chop it off.

00:14:10: If you ain't kid style your sheep then lunch me And not to smoke a couple rappers.

00:14:14: I got the munchies Step in my city imma show how the bruh be shit and

00:14:19: they gon' show where your mom's been.

00:14:23: Yes!

00:14:23: I am ready for the brums though.

00:14:33: Yeah!

00:14:34: I'm gonna track down this man.

00:14:42: Get back at One Piece.

00:14:46: So I used to lead a crib with one piece.

00:14:49: Pray to the gods if you want peace.

00:14:51: While one family

00:14:52: celebrate, one reaps.

00:14:54: Always got ice above.

00:14:56: Had fiends

00:14:57: armed bigger than Tyson's walls.

00:14:59: You know the crime rate just enticed the buzz.

00:15:01: So not a film shootin'.

00:15:03: if we like your mug You ain't nothin', but a fruity cake Used to hustle on the

00:15:08: block.

00:15:09: Iceberg snoopy face.

00:15:10: My man gotta stash in every koopie tape And if I give him the worry let loose the aim.

00:15:16: A lot of trauma have sick dreams.

00:15:18: It's numb

00:15:18: too long so I can't wear ripped jeans.

00:15:21: Not Dominican but I flip

00:15:23: beans And i've been

00:15:24: getting money since sixteen.

00:15:27: It still a nightmare on Nim

00:15:28: Street and still a nightmare on Browstreet On my block where they found me They done

00:15:35: opened up the gates to let The Wild eat

00:15:38: My set.

00:15:38: make it back in one piece.

00:15:40: There is alot of Indians, But only One Chief.

00:15:44: But I'll still run down on your whip, snatch you out the front seat.

00:15:48: Fuckin' boom!

00:15:49: You through to windshield Left jab right hook.

00:15:52: how ya chin feel.

00:15:54: Now you convulsing onto floor doing windmills.

00:15:56: Big deal in Brooklyn.

00:15:57: now i know how big feels.

00:16:00: You ain't nothing but a fruity cake.

00:16:02: I ate an ass all night got da booty face.

00:16:05: Go against me, that'll be a huge mistake.

00:16:07: Beats go hard and these bars hit you through the table.

00:16:10: I might walk into her life in an invigorator.

00:16:13: I used to have fiends wait by the incinerator.

00:16:16: Fuck all that fake love.

00:16:17: Duke You been a hater?

00:16:18: You sleep on The Love Seed By That Refrigerator.

00:16:21: It's still a nightmare on Nim Street.

00:16:24: It's Still

00:16:25: A Nightmare On Browstreet

00:16:27: On my block where they

00:16:35: found me.

00:16:43: They done open up the gates and let them drown Like you and the truck.

00:17:06: my dog look the other way like Joe Pesci.

00:17:08: mama's pain You in the ditch with a pissy smell of it.

00:17:11: Let me put you into trash bag like Missy Elliott.

00:17:14: Multi-tasks, multi-syllables on a multitrack Bet.

00:17:17: I be a multi-billionaire

00:17:18: when i walk from rap!

00:17:19: You airing that flow, tearing at shows.

00:17:21: Your peak comes first unexpectedly Like Teradacto.

00:17:24: Where am I though?

00:17:25: Police say I look like a thief High end to lowercase Q style

00:17:28: Looked like a G Cookin' wit heat.

00:17:30: You act up.

00:17:31: my hands bleed Out.

00:17:32: my face need to back off like planned.

00:17:35: Fuck Hitler, I ate all the battle tech.

00:17:38: So saddle up.

00:17:38: We can face off like crackle trips Serving with the raps, murder on tracks Right around Montgomery or get that burner on my l- God, my chin deserves the sub girl.

00:18:36: I don't want you to be essential, a little like my ex-hazard.

00:19:08: Get back, hey cun Play with my asses, do some beats.

00:19:36: I don' wanna make enemies come back

00:20:07: to

00:20:12: me.

00:20:24: My opinion is that they are more than capable of getting away from me.

00:21:50: So I bust a flex at plenty

00:21:59: of

00:21:59: time, no need to keep flow.

00:22:13: This

00:22:17: world is full of vibes.

00:22:34: so I install myself.

00:22:36: calm like cards touch our art touches the source

00:22:43: and so the tree pushes game time.

00:23:03: It has to sound classic since time is volatile.

00:24:01: but apart from the youth that volates, homages sculpted as clay without being restrained by fate.

00:24:52: This is an infabulous session, you have to make the call always an impression of spiruline D. i must

00:26:19: go

00:26:24: to sport and stop the speculations.

00:26:52: No need

00:27:28: for seductors Let's get it, man.

00:27:55: It is the

00:28:21: mixtapatic radio show.

00:28:23: I'm your host King Flo all the way in France And today I have two special guests, Two legendary people in the show.

00:28:31: The beat miners In a building!

00:28:33: How are you guys doing?

00:28:35: We're good sir This is Mr.

00:28:37: Walt talking and it's an honor to be on your show.

00:28:42: Yes Sir!

00:28:42: It's an honour To have you guys.

00:28:44: man Are ya doin' Evil D?

00:28:45: I'm

00:28:47: good You know what i'm sayin'?

00:28:48: Just uh... Sheldon you know how we do.

00:28:51: Yeah sir yeah sir Got two men.

00:28:53: Summer is coming The nice days are here So we chillin', we hear man Yeah.

00:28:59: Well, yeah well you know I have a tradition in the show... ...I always ask it to hold my guests.

00:29:05: My opening question for you guys is who's your all-time favorite DJ?

00:29:12: My all time favourite DJ?

00:29:16: Wow!

00:29:17: On just a DJ aspect.. ..my all time favorite DJ Is this DJ called Tony Humphries?

00:29:27: Okay

00:29:32: He's a DJ on this club called Zanzibar.

00:29:36: And that was in Jersey and the way he played his mixes, like his mixers were flawless then they're so smooth.

00:29:45: I kind of patterned myself after him.

00:29:48: Then on a hip hop level, maybe Jazzy Jeff?

00:29:56: Yeah, yeah.

00:29:59: All around DJ.

00:30:00: but that's what I always say about Jazzy.

00:30:01: Jeff is when you go to a party he does your DJ set He's gonna play hip-hop and rock'n roll.

00:30:10: It all makes it co-easy the way he mixes it.

00:30:13: It's crazy Right!

00:30:16: What about you Abel D?

00:30:17: Um...I definitely agree with my brother.

00:30:22: first choice You know what i'm saying.

00:30:27: I kind of patterned my, like the way I blend and all that.

00:30:32: Same with Tony.

00:30:33: Humphries did kinda make it flawless.

00:30:35: whatever no matter what I'm blending, flawless blends.

00:30:39: And on the hip hop side It's a toss up between Jeff and Kikapri.

00:30:48: Hell yeah

00:30:49: Like Kikipri...I've seen him body parties in different places but also Jeff is the same way, and Jeff it's clean.

00:31:01: Yep!

00:31:02: Jeff's style was just

00:31:03: clean.

00:31:04: so its a tie between Jazzy, Jeff & Kate

00:31:07: Caprice.

00:31:08: Yeah man that's what I always say about Kate Capric.

00:31:10: this guy never sees to amaze me like he.

00:31:13: nice on the turntables you can rock or party under Mike He can rap You can make beats Like you know.

00:31:20: The overalls are crazy.

00:31:23: Yeah!

00:31:24: He's dope!

00:31:25: Jeff still sounds like.

00:31:27: Just still sounds like he's in his twenty.

00:31:30: Yeah,

00:31:31: you know I'm saying

00:31:33: Yep It's because he still has the passion and it's blood man

00:31:36: You gotta have

00:31:39: The passion.

00:31:41: like if you don't have the passion why are you doing?

00:31:46: Exactly man exactly how do you guys like?

00:31:50: keep that passion, you know because you guys are legends.

00:31:53: You've been in the game for a while and I know as artists or DJs sometimes we get tired We have low moments but how do you manage to stay there?

00:32:03: Stay motivated and keep that passionate

00:32:06: Because this is our life.

00:32:09: First of all with fans first.

00:32:10: That's number one Will always be fans of music And fans especially of The Art Of DJing.

00:32:17: But um With fans first And this is our life, we take it seriously.

00:32:25: This how well...this what do to pay the bills?

00:32:28: Hip hop music!

00:32:33: We'll always put that first.

00:32:35: Yes sir.

00:32:37: Yeah definitely like y'all love this.

00:32:43: you know there's ain't something that we just said.

00:32:45: yo let's go and do it.

00:32:46: no..we grew into this and that's the thing about it, like you know... It comes from the heart.

00:32:55: Yep You know?

00:32:57: This is just what we do.

00:33:00: Yeah I think people are coming back to their authenticity in hip-hop.

00:33:05: People aren't stupid.

00:33:07: They know when music is authentic When the grind is real they see passion And somebody's eyes when he talks about it.

00:33:13: We're coming back because there have been so many you know, bullshit music and bullshit DJs came out of those past fifteen-twenty years.

00:33:22: And now it's getting back to the realness again!

00:33:26: What do you think about that?

00:33:28: Getting Back To The Realness Of Music?

00:33:30: I mean...the problem is we have less fans than everybody thinking how they can do what we need to do.

00:33:37: We Need To Take It Back To Actually Fans And Actually DJs.

00:33:44: You Know If can play on Serato, you should also know how to play vinyl.

00:33:51: For sure!

00:33:52: You understand?

00:33:53: I'm not saying that get your own... start your own vinyl collection from scratch like at least practice off of vinyl because when you DJ with Serato and you're DJing with your eyes.

00:34:06: When you DJ it with vinyl then you are DJ-ing with the ears which is where all started.

00:34:22: That's true right there yeah.

00:34:24: Ditto I have a mixtape question, another one for you guys.

00:34:28: I don't really know the answer to this but do people need hear it?

00:34:32: Do You Guys Miss The Mixtape Format?

00:34:45: In a physical form maybe like just having that little cassette in your hand and whole putting that cassette in and whatever.

00:34:53: I missed out.

00:34:53: but with MixCloud, and really YouTube you could find the mix tapes on that service especially with Mixcloud.

00:35:04: like MixCloud You can get all these DJ sets That you want to hear.

00:35:11: Like you might wanna hear Kick Your Breed Might Wanna Hear Boogie Blind You Might Want To Hear.

00:35:16: I don't know.

00:35:16: DJ Premier You could go find that either on MixCloud

00:35:20: or you can find it on YouTube.

00:35:22: So, everything now is made for convenience.

00:35:25: so I guess holding the original tape... ...is not a thing anymore but..you still get some music and sound from either YouTube or MixCloud.

00:35:40: What about your evil D?

00:35:44: The physicality of holding a mix-take....I missed that BUT I still do mixes.

00:35:51: I have over, uh... seventeen hundred mixes on MixCloud and i just started putting mix-i start-i have mixes now On Apple Music.

00:36:06: So..I had mixes out there.

00:36:09: so And i still do a mix sets for you know um You know put them online though For everybody.

00:36:19: Plus, you know I'm being on Twitch and all that.

00:36:24: That's the new mixtape right there.

00:36:27: So every week me and Mr.

00:36:29: Walt we drop a mix every week.

00:36:38: so it still to me is just now.

00:36:40: its not in physical form.

00:36:42: Yeah, it's in a different format now.

00:36:46: The one thing I really love about mixtape is not only the mix itself but also that being a platform for new artists and producers to be heard.

00:36:56: because back on mixtapes days when you didn't have any problems with copyrights... You could rock any piece or rap about anybody even if they were offending somebody.

00:37:12: The me personally I miss, you know the mixtape being a platform for new hollies to be heard.

00:37:18: Right!

00:37:20: Yeah... You know it's the gift and the curse y'know?

00:37:24: Like you can still do that.

00:37:27: You could still do like..the only thing stopping was YOU.

00:37:30: Yep yep.

00:37:31: Y'know like its still-that platform is there people are doing the same things.

00:37:37: just y'know.

00:37:38: once again i said this not in physical form.

00:37:42: Yep, you

00:37:44: know

00:37:45: so it's still out there.

00:37:46: You just gotta dig for it.

00:37:47: Yeah for sure.

00:37:48: and that's good That your in-your guys like you are putting out the mix on mixed cloud Of course which is palpable about also using to new ways of streaming Like twitch not going live and all that.

00:37:58: So that's one way to keep dead that spirit alive with a new modern twenty-twenty six technology.

00:38:05: Right

00:38:07: if the one thing I will say is this And I've been saying this and say it again.

00:38:15: In order to keep hip hop alive, in order to what we do live... ...we have to embrace new technology because they're trying to phase out the old technology so that somehow we can embrace the new technology and bring the old rules into a new technology.

00:38:38: You know, it's like I remember when Serato first came out.

00:38:41: Oh that's not...Oh Serato is wack!

00:38:44: Yo this that in the third and blah blah blah but rec companies wasn't making their records.

00:38:52: Even when CDJs came out they was trying to stop making records And if a DJ doesn't have music he's useless.

00:39:03: So, you know we what?

00:39:04: We have to do?

00:39:05: is You know like we have to just embrace the new technology with the old world rules.

00:39:10: It's like for instance.

00:39:11: We all use Serato We all used serato.

00:39:15: We are using CDJs We use what we use But I'm still gonna cut scratch manipulate those records The same way i do on turntables.

00:39:25: then at the Same time I can Still go back To my vinyl which me and won't do All the Time and do the same thing.

00:39:33: Like, it's to a point where you don't know if we're on turntables or if were on Serato unless your looking.

00:39:40: Yup!

00:39:41: If you are good DJ anyway then you can rock anything.

00:39:44: And I remember watching a video of DJ Ace cut Lutonet.

00:39:48: he was scratching with tiny controller like that like a tiny controller looks like

00:39:54: this super

00:39:56: small and cutting the

00:39:57: shit out of him.

00:39:57: It's funny cause he made, when did that video?

00:40:02: I went and actually got...I ended up getting one of those controllers.

00:40:07: Like thats the controller When Im on a plane flying somewhere.

00:40:09: Thats what i practice on And its like yo at end of day.

00:40:16: you see how he manipulated That.

00:40:19: We have to do same thing You know?

00:40:22: Cause think about it If beatmon has come out to France To Do A Party I would rather be able to bring my whole record collection than just two or three cases of records.

00:40:34: That way we could rock an abundance music for y'all, you know?

00:40:40: Because that's the main difference with Back In The Days is like carrying all those vinyls man!

00:40:45: They can paint in the air sometimes.

00:40:47: and now we have Serato so it has thousands... tens of thousands of songs for a party.

00:40:53: so you can rock anything and it actually boosts your creativity sometimes.

00:40:59: Of course, like when we rock with Serato I look at that more as we're mixing but also producing because y'know if i wanna cut up the Elvis break instead of it being like im at a party where my records are going.

00:41:18: ohhh thats a hole.

00:41:19: You know what I'm saying?

00:41:23: Yeah, man.

00:41:24: But I have another... My third mixtape had a question for you, man is to you guys What makes it great mixtapes?

00:41:34: Well, Imma be real.

00:41:36: Imma DJ snob.

00:41:38: So that's right.

00:41:42: I look at certain DJs like once you hit them turntables you gotta come

00:41:48: correct

00:41:49: so you can't come on the turntable And be half-assed, because then I'm gonna give you the dirtiest look.

00:41:56: Imma look at somebody to fucking make it laugh in your face and stuff like that... ...and i will be quick to tell ya' That wasn't it bro!

00:42:05: I mean im not the greatest DJ but I take this DJ shit real serious.

00:42:11: So he says hes NOT THE GREATEST?

00:42:15: I'm telling you Like thats how serious I take it.

00:42:18: And I think if all around mid-state, your transition got to be tight.

00:42:24: Your blend's gotta be tight If you scratch it, your scratch has gotta be like.

00:42:29: my thing is rehearsal.

00:42:30: You should rehearse this before you do It.

00:42:34: I'm a hundred and one advocate

00:42:39: for

00:42:40: rehearsal.

00:42:41: in practicing I practice every day.

00:42:43: I've been DJing since nineteen.

00:42:44: seventy seven practice till this day, twenty-twenty six.

00:42:50: I still practice every week.

00:42:53: i practice

00:42:54: yeah got to gotta stay in shape man it's like boxing.

00:42:56: Yeah!

00:42:57: This is uh...this is a dojo.

00:42:59: you gotta make sure

00:43:01: that

00:43:02: your on point Like I said anyone who's hitting those turntables You've gotta be on point especially if you're playing out..I know there one girl right?

00:43:10: This girl she been DJing.

00:43:13: She tells me she the DJ.

00:43:14: But I say yo, i've known you for like five six years.

00:43:17: You never DJ once Why?

00:43:21: You don't know.

00:43:22: You're on dj.

00:43:23: why you don't send me none of your mixes.

00:43:25: i'm gonna be real

00:43:26: because they scare of you.

00:43:27: Yeah She said she I interrogate her and it says you motherfucking right.

00:43:31: I interrogated Because when you get on the turntable you supposed to be correct.

00:43:36: That's that One time there was one DJ who is deejaying right?

00:43:43: Not for his name but he was deejain.

00:43:46: He passed away too.

00:43:47: He was DJing though, right?

00:43:49: And his mixers were awful.

00:43:51: Damn!

00:43:52: We we're at a club and I had DJ Scratch with me.

00:43:58: so DJ Scratcher's on the stage with him... ...and i'm in the crowd.

00:44:02: So every time he would do a fucked up Mitch.. ..I'd look at Scratch.

00:44:07: And Scratch wouldn't put it head down because you know that I keep looking to make them

00:44:13: laugh.

00:44:14: But I was severely saying to Strat, yo that's your man.

00:44:17: Make sure you're a man is correct.

00:44:20: Go help your man

00:44:21: out!

00:44:23: Yo... Me?

00:44:25: I practice like i practice-I don't.

00:44:29: I don't practice sets.

00:44:31: I practice um.. I call them scenarios.

00:44:35: Okay

00:44:35: Like I'll practice with maybe three or four rec-i'll do a thing of three and four records Then I'll do another thing for three and Four Records.

00:44:42: And then our practice spend like a good amount of time just scratching.

00:44:48: To keep my scratches tight.

00:44:50: and

00:44:51: you know, when I get on the set what i do is...a kind-of freestyle because every scenario's different.

00:45:02: When you walk into a club You don't know What they want to hear?You Don't Know What's going On.

00:45:10: so you got to be able to drop in And make sure Whatever that first record you drop is That racket

00:45:18: yep

00:45:18: to keep them glued for the whole set.

00:45:21: Yep,

00:45:23: so that's one of the reasons I don't practice sets.

00:45:27: But like I said.

00:45:27: I practiced Like I'll take a record right let's say mama said knock you out and i'll make A routine with that racquet okay?

00:45:36: I'll sit there And be like makeup every possible routine I can With that record.

00:45:41: So when I drop it in a set When I look at the crowd, I know which routine i'm going to.

00:45:48: What cut am gonna do?

00:45:51: Like always have choices like go here or there and that's how.

00:45:57: That is a skill you know To be able to know where are you going?

00:46:01: because a lot of DJs they get lost it too much Too many songs so They don't Know what to Do.

00:46:06: It's like a scenario.

00:46:08: You follow that lane

00:46:12: There certain records Pop off anywhere in the world, you know Agree for president is one of those records.

00:46:21: You can play that at any hip-hop party and it will pop off.

00:46:24: Yep

00:46:25: So you know your key records?

00:46:28: How to drop those records keeps people engaged.

00:46:34: Like the one thing I tell people DJing is entertainment.

00:46:37: It Is!

00:46:39: You have put on a show like my brother.

00:46:41: What we'll get on there.

00:46:42: get on the mic be like catch.

00:46:45: no it's him you know.

00:46:48: and then at the same time, The same way he could talk on the mic is the same as his skills in the turntables.

00:46:53: And I come from that school so i'm the same way.

00:46:59: Yes sir

00:46:59: yes sir You know?

00:47:00: That was just how its

00:47:03: done.

00:47:03: Oh yeah man.

00:47:04: Well your guys been there for a while.

00:47:05: Your guys are legends For decades still here Still represented for the culture, even out there overseas.

00:47:13: We know who you guys are.

00:47:15: You've been putting to crazy work man Not only being DJs but also as a production duo.

00:47:23: So we're gonna talk about that.

00:47:24: I recently dropped a project with John Brown The Rapper.

00:47:29: It's pretty dope.

00:47:30: when i played some records on this show Can you tell me what was your process behind it?

00:47:35: How did you connect together?

00:47:39: Every once in a while I'll put out uh, a post.

00:47:43: i'm looking for people to work with.

00:47:45: you know and stuff like that.

00:47:46: we're selling beats.

00:47:47: And when we were looking For People To Work With so he replied to one of the posts... ...and We worked on The Business Part Of It Out ,I sent him A Beat.

00:47:56: He sent me back this song.

00:47:58: um..i listened to his song.... ..And I was Like.

00:48:03: You Know This Is Really Dope.

00:48:04: So I Contacted Him And I Said Listen Man!

00:48:07: I Like How You Sound Sound Dope On The Beat And I've never done this before, but i was like yo We should do more work together because I feel Like there's a connection in it.

00:48:17: and that conversation went from actually recording a few songs to Actually recording the project and putting the projects together.

00:48:25: It Was comfortable working with him.

00:48:27: he is A really dope gentleman.

00:48:29: He um...he uh...He takes it seriously.

00:48:34: Um..it was really great work on him.

00:48:37: we had some quality

00:48:40: stuff That

00:48:41: we came

00:48:42: out with.

00:48:43: Nice, nice.

00:48:43: Yeah What can you tell about that?

00:48:45: He will be like the connection to a new album they just dropped.

00:48:49: Oh man listen When Walt told me he said yo you know I'm an artist You know cause we don't walk without the kite and everything.

00:48:58: And John hit him back and walked to direct it with them.

00:49:02: Walt came up here say yo this is artists.

00:49:04: i think hes dope.

00:49:07: I want you to check them out.

00:49:08: and when Walt played the joint for me, I was like yo this is dope.

00:49:12: You know?

00:49:12: Like Walt initiated it whole situation And y'know It's an honor just working with him.

00:49:21: Yes sir He's a dope MC

00:49:23: But he's the type of person that you enjoy workin wit Because there's no stress There's straight creativity and it works.

00:49:32: Yeah, I like the vibes on there.

00:49:34: It's not only one vibe we can hear sometimes in albums it is mainly one mood.

00:49:39: When i heard of the projects its crazy.

00:49:41: you know different types of tracks.

00:49:43: You have some hard shit and soulful stuff Some tracks that make your think about life.

00:49:50: so Its dope man, definitely dope.

00:49:53: I recommend people to check this out.

00:49:55: I wasn't aware of John Brown The Wrapper before And now I am, i'm spinning the record.

00:49:59: so you know everybody has this and make sure to go.

00:50:01: check out that project.

00:50:03: Did you guys do any physical copies or anything like that?

00:50:07: Tell people where they can support them.

00:50:12: What?

00:50:13: Like tell other people about it... Hold on!

00:50:16: I think

00:50:16: we lost walk.

00:50:17: Walk?

00:50:18: No I'm here.

00:50:19: Oh easy, easy.

00:50:20: You could go to Fatbeats.

00:50:22: if you want physical vinyl copies Go to fatbeats.com.

00:50:27: They're selling physical records.

00:50:29: OK,

00:50:30: dope.

00:50:31: And that's very rare too for them to sell the vinyl around a time when the record comes out digitally and that's dope!

00:50:41: What you think about there like the return of vinyl?

00:50:45: It is crazy.

00:50:46: I went in store couple months ago.

00:50:49: it was all vinyls.

00:50:50: All i've seen at the store were like sixteen or seventeen years old kids.

00:50:54: That was crazy.

00:50:56: Yeah.

00:50:56: but here are things though like us who continuously buy vinyl, vinyl never left.

00:51:02: Vinyl just became a little smaller and in the smallest store.

00:51:08: but vinyl has always been here.

00:51:09: you know what I'm saying?

00:51:11: But vinyl is not... A record isn't going to go to platinum on vinyl alone.

00:51:16: You know what i'm

00:51:18: saying?!

00:51:18: But vinyl was still around for the hedgehog because music sounds warmer And it sound more.. Like In your face from vinyl like the digital stuff

00:51:31: is cool

00:51:32: but digital was made for convenience where the vinyl.

00:51:36: it's a warm sound and beautiful man.

00:51:38: so now vinyl

00:51:39: never left.

00:51:40: It just been here.

00:51:41: I saw before me in evil may records we used to work on record stores.

00:51:45: yeah, though.

00:51:46: So

00:51:47: the records We seem like uh The rise and fall of the record by directors or the vinyl always been there.

00:51:56: Yes sir its being here.

00:51:57: But we've seen like um i'm talking about like in the head of young people and all that, like ten years from there you know they weren't really buying vinyls.

00:52:06: And now it's becoming the popular thing again

00:52:10: because vinyl was more for an old hat kids.

00:52:16: these kids remember to read The Label.

00:52:20: we enjoyed reading The Labels.

00:52:22: I'm gonna tell you straight up.

00:52:24: i always look forward thank-yous and shout outs because I wanted to see who's affiliated with whom.

00:52:30: So when we started making records, it was important that our shout-out list... ...was fucking on point!

00:52:36: Because when we did Bracelet Impact, i put effort into my shout out lists like.. My Shout Out List Was Like Yo I'm gonna make the best shout out list ever.

00:52:48: You know what I'm saying?

00:52:49: I used to look at gangsta covers and like public enemy and all that stuff.

00:52:54: And I used to look at their shout-outs, you know what?

00:52:56: I'm gonna try make my shout out just like

00:52:58: theirs.".

00:53:02: Yeah it's yo!

00:53:04: Like always was a...I've read the credits.

00:53:06: yeah..like

00:53:08: i would buy whatever cassette I'd bought when an album came out.

00:53:13: I'll buy two copies of the album in a cassette then I will take the cassette open the cassette up put into my Walkman listen on The Way Home And while I'm sitting on the bus or train, I'm listening to songs reading the credits.

00:53:29: Mm-hmm.

00:53:31: and always because I was...I am a gear nerd like i want know what studio you recorded at

00:53:40: right?

00:53:41: Right!

00:53:41: What

00:53:42: samplers used?

00:53:44: who's your engineer?

00:53:45: yeah

00:53:46: im into that too.

00:53:47: Like where do we record it?

00:53:50: cause majority of studios are in New York.

00:53:53: So we were like, oh I want to go this studio and do that just be a part of

00:54:09: the vibe.

00:54:10: It makes you realize like the work behind music.

00:54:13: Now with streaming it's different, but when we actually see the credits... You can see all of the works behind it.

00:54:18: Like who made the artwork?

00:54:19: Who is the engineer and who was a producer!

00:54:22: And then there are the lyrics or even sometimes you have the full numbers in your studio.

00:54:26: And crazy thing about the stream

00:54:28: that sing now.. It does have information but majority

00:54:34: at this time is wrong.

00:54:38: I remember, always wanted to make a site and the site would be called credits.

00:54:44: You know what I'm saying?

00:54:45: But nobody turns in credits now which is bad.

00:54:48: Right yeah people don't turn credit in.

00:54:49: Cause

00:54:49: that's not even the reason why they didn't make this site cause no body turned in credits.

00:54:52: like because if that was the case i'd have been made the site.

00:54:55: you go on there see the credits for any album.

00:54:59: That's your dope idea!

00:55:00: You should do it.

00:55:00: Yeah but y'know what People don't... They don't make the credits No more.

00:55:05: Just throw an album together And then throw it up and yo that's it.

00:55:09: Yeah, I think it's gonna change.

00:55:12: Let me say with the return of Vynus you can see those things back again.

00:55:15: So keep my fingers crossed.

00:55:16: this is going to come back man.

00:55:19: Hopefully

00:55:21: yeah and we only have a few minutes left in this interview man.

00:55:24: And now you guys probably inspired a lot of people including myself.

00:55:29: What could you tell your fans across the globe whether its Europe America Asia all that?

00:55:35: what Could You Say To Those People

00:55:36: To The Fans For Chaining?

00:55:38: That's us period or?

00:55:40: Like to all the people that have been supporting The Beat Minds over these years.

00:55:44: Yo, thank you so much!

00:55:48: People like y'all made me and my brother's dream come true because we were once... I mean we still are fans.

00:56:01: We'll always be fans.

00:56:03: So when we would get someone album-like i remember When raising hell came in and we would be like yo, I want to beat like run DMC

00:56:14: or

00:56:15: when Any jungle brothers records?

00:56:18: I mean oh y'all these guys were ill.

00:56:20: ba-ba-ba Bands made it to what made us.

00:56:24: so me and evil could actually Be those guys right.

00:56:29: We can make records week each day across the planet Like we're in Bushwick.

00:56:34: Right you know We used only DJ locally.

00:56:39: But because of hip-hop and the support, love that we get from people who supported us.

00:56:44: We got to travel across the

00:56:46: globe

00:56:48: around a world for DJs To do something that we loved Do something like...we started in the eighties And were still going into two thousands.

00:56:58: You know what I'm saying?

00:56:58: Were just doing it on block party level.

00:57:00: Oh!

00:57:01: Bring our equipment out Now where we're born across the planet.

00:57:05: Yeah

00:57:06: man.

00:57:08: So thank you so much for that.

00:57:10: like.

00:57:11: we're very, You know We were very humble when it comes down to that but also.

00:57:16: We know on the production level and a DJ levels We could bust.

00:57:20: majority of people asked me where we just don't go around.

00:57:25: I agree.

00:57:25: I agree

00:57:26: Don't go round saying this.

00:57:28: no, I'm saying like everybody gets they can't send a sign.

00:57:31: so you know we just We, like I said we're fans first and

00:57:40: will always be fans first.

00:57:42: What about you Evil D?

00:57:43: You know.

00:57:44: thank you to the fans Thank you to supporters.

00:57:52: Without y'all with nothing As long as your support is there We are going continue To do The damn thing.

00:58:05: those records that make you pop your head like crazy and lose it, lose control.

00:58:11: And we're gonna continue to tear these parties, these DJ sets and all of that, tear everything down because we are hip-hop.

00:58:23: We are

00:58:23: hip hop.

00:58:26: That's the world of the hand right there, that defines the beat-minus for real man.

00:58:31: You guys been here a while.

00:58:32: you are hip hop for show man!

00:58:34: Thankyou man!

00:58:35: Thats why I had to have you guys on the show and we have young people listening too.

00:58:40: so if they're not aware all your work do research go online check out the credits go and check the history of The Beat Miner, super dope man.

00:58:52: So thanks guys for your time.

00:58:54: I really appreciate it!

00:58:55: And make sure you send me all new music that should drop...I got to help him with John Brown already but any news stuff he has sent in my way so i can speed up on showman.

00:59:04: Thank You so much man!

00:59:05: Your show is great man.

00:59:06: thank you so much for having

00:59:08: us!

00:59:08: Thank you man, I appreciate it.

00:59:10: Alright my man!

00:59:12: Take care you guys.

00:59:13: peace!

00:59:13: No

00:59:15: doubt!