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DJ Chris Read – Notorious BIG ‘Ready to Die’ 20th Anniversary Mixtape

September 12, 2014 Jim Steps

This Saturday (13th September) marks the 20th Anniversary of the release of one of hip hop’s all time classic albums, The Notorious BIG‘s seminal Bad Boy Records debut LP ‘Ready to Die’. In celebration of Biggie’s massive classic, 1994’s Ready to Die, DJ Chris Read, Wax Poetics and WhoSampled present the Notorious BIG ‘Ready to Die’ 20th Anniversary Mixtape! If you can remember going to a real record store and buying this on vinyl when it came out twenty years ago, congratulations, you’re old like us! (RIP, Beat Street Records, Brooklyn!) Well, anyway, you’re welcome, hip-hop fans. Don’t forget to … Continue reading DJ Chris Read – Notorious BIG ‘Ready to Die’ 20th Anniversary Mixtape

Aasim – Walking On The Stars

June 4, 2013 Jim Steps

They say real bad boys move in silence. Aasim is no exception to this rule. Already making waves through out New York’s underground circuit, Aasim has been quietly positioning himself to become a leader of rap’s new generation. And it’s about to pay off. Aasim first began rapping at the age of 12 and signed to Loud Records at age 17, learning the craft from masters of the game such as Big Pun and Dead Prez. Eventually the deal fell through, having never released any material through the label. Grind Music soon became his home but in 2004 Puff Daddy … Continue reading Aasim – Walking On The Stars