Spaced Invaders

A good friend to the Spaced Invaders, DJ Birdflu has dropped an ill, slow-grooving mixtape that is making its way around the Charleston area. I was able to snag a copy of it from him and I asked him if I could make it available to the Stone Groove listeners. The artwork for the cover was done by Birdflu with scissors and tape, the old school way, and you can check the track listing below and see that the attention to details he used in the cover is also used in the collage of music he constructs. Speaking of old school, this DJ uses nothing but vinyl. No not Serato, time coded or anything like that. Strictly original vinyl. You’ll hear the warm analog sounds, and the crackles and pops of gently worn vinyl pressings. The transitions are on point and if you play both this mixtape with DJ Scrunchyface Flatbroke’s Valentine’s Day podcast your beddy-bye time will be set with that special someone.

Tracklisting:

DJ Birdflu – What I Put On When I’m Puttin it On Your Mom
Mos Def - The Panties

Notorious BIG - Big Poppa

D’Angelo - Brown Sugar Remix

Common - All Night Long

The Roots - Silent Treatment (Kelo Mix)

Erykah Badu - Sometimes

Slum Village - Fall-N-Love

Lauryn Hill - Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You

A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum

Bird Flu - Honey For the Two Of Us

Lovage - Pit Stop

Portishead - Lots More Sour Times

RjD2 - Rain

 

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Grover Washington - Feels So Good
1975

Not only is this a great album to chill and listen to, it is one of Grover Washington’s most sampled albums. In fact, I believe every song has been sampled on this album.

The title track “Feels So Good” was sampled by Gangstarr’s very own Guru in “Slicker than Most.”

The track “Moonstreams” was sampled by DMX in his track “Slippin.”

“Knucklehead” is constantly sampled over and over again. Just listen to it and the list of songs will build in your head.

And finally last but certainly not least, Hydra. Who has not sampled this track? We’ve got A Tribe Called Quest who sampled the drums for their track “Check the Rhyme.” The Artifacts also did this on “Wrong Side of the Tracks.” Big Daddy Kane used it in “Daddy’s Home,” and Biggie used it in the album version of “One More Chance.”

 

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With all the hype going on about the new Biggie movie I went through my collection and found an unreleased Biggie track. From my understanding this track was one of them that helped Biggie get signed. It’s a real tight track. Nothing better than listening to BIG flowin over The Emotions - “Blind Alley.” Just thought I’d give all you fans something you may not heard before. Let me know what you think. Check the track below.

 

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