?MIX? ?TAPE?

I dont stand alone when i think of what a shortage there is of solid, stellar full length lps out at the moment. and it's been like that for a while. and i'm not saying there's no good music out there. however it's just not arriving packaged with 12 strong joints in a row. enter the mixtape. corporate big boys make it seem like "the mixtape" is a brand new marketing/promotion concept stemming out of the last 10 years. WRONG! dont believe the hype. as a tike, i sat in on more than my share of grown-folk sessions where the background audio canvas was custom-pieced on 1/2 inch reel-to-reel TAPE. if crib didnt have this type of hi-fi, it just wasnt the place to be on those fish-fry friday nights. Myself? first mixTAPES i recall coppin' include: "James Brown Mix", "52 Beats", & "Rooftop Live" by Kid Capri, "Beat Kingdom" by Ron G, a few hand-me-down Latin Quarter and Fever tapes(all the classic battles/routines), etc. From there, the era of blend tapes (Chill Will from the Eastside what up!), underground radio showtapes (Stretch Armstrong show, Martin Moore, Wake Up show, etc) and freestyle flow joints rolled through. all of these phases had one main thing in common: SKILLZ. as a so-called DJ you couldnt just press a button after the last song faded, record it, and call it a MIXTAPE. Break down the 2 syllable joint MIXTAPE: Mix- meaning you actually have to program what sounds go good with what; mixing/blending seamlessly from one track to the next; cuttin'/ scratchin' (not practicin'); and all that. TAPE- the art of a mixtape was introduced on the CASSETTE (i miss 'em BADLY). we tend to use this term too loosely, but i aint trippin. You heard. i aint trippin off the fact that people make money by labeling their presentations as TAPES. i consider it a tribute to the reason so many of us are able to make money doing what we love, today (before you burned, you dubbed). Shout out to my man DJ Oakliff from Carrington's (southside Houston); dude was one of the last cats i seen blend cassettes continuously, for a crowd of hundreds (killin em back to back). Bottom line is i would love to see our generation become a little more selective of how we fed our own culture. a lot of us are cool with companies sellin us "mixtapes" that arent "mixed" (nor are they tapes, but i told u i wasnt trippin). so next time that hustler's runnin jibs on how his "mixtape" is so hot, ask 'em..."Is this really MIXED or is it a COMPILATION?" To do my part in clearing up the never-ending loosetalk, i present to you "HEIST 185 presents FROM HERE TO THERE." mixed by myself Jaekim, FROM HERE TO THERE was originally released June 2005 in hard copy form; the 1st in a series of 3 collaborations last summer between yours truly and Rue501 (on art workz) from Heist 185/Emtae Clothing Label. It was the first time headz got a hold of Sa-Ra's quirky remix of Medeski Martin & Wood's "Midnight Birds", Dwele's version of "These Words" by Natasha Bedingfield, as well as gems such as Spacek's "Eve" (Mos Def mix), and Georgia's feature on Platinum Pied Pipers' "One Minute More." And as usual, you cant hold a brotha down. u should know by now, i could care less about genres. all over the place. Keep it locked as i bless you with other installments in this series (sooner than later). PC (right-click and save-as) Mac (hold option and click) HEIST 185 presents FROM HERE TO THERE