I have just release a new mixtape The Other Coast Got Something To Say through the Danish skate-brand, store and record label Pasteelo with 45 of my favorite 90’s West Coast and Southern hiphop track from my personal vinyl-collection plus one Danish from 2001 - all blending seamlessly together for this two hour long journey into a time pocket of a unique scene and culture within hiphop.
It will be celebrated with a releaseparty at Pasteelo today from 17-22, where I will play two hours of the same style of hiphop + the legend Nicky Guerrero will come an spin from 20-22 after me.
Even though a lot of people consider me a boom bap head and a backpacker, my favorite hiphop has always emerged from the South and West Coast of the States – especially from ’94-’97.
And spending a lot my time in the western part of Aarhus - Aarhus V - when I was a teenager also exposed me to what most people were listening to there if they listening to hiphop - the gangsta rap and G-Funk.
Most of my favorite rappers are from there and although there are some ignorant lyrics – which you can easily find among New York rappers as well – this is where storytelling was always an important part of the lyrics.
It’s not just the storytelling that artists like Eightball & MJG, UGK, Scarface, Dru Down and many more perfected, it’s also about the musicality and the sound. Back then the G-Funk had way more bounce and the flows were to me way more exciting. So the mix has mostly focus on the sound and finding songs that not only fit well together, but also represents and portraits the scene and sound that I wanna present. So it’s also a lot of deeper cuts and I have a feeling that only a select few in Denmark will know all of the tracks in this mix.
The mix is also a tribute to the skate videos coming out of my hometown Aarhus, both in the earlier days but certainly also in newer times, from the likes of VX8000 and Doggs4Life, where you can as easily hear a track from Dru Down, Ice Cube or Tru as you can a Pete Rock, Sean Price or Biggie cut.
R.I.P. to Skt. Anna Gade and Manual!
Tracklist:
- 20-2-Life - Ghetto Life feat. Klondike Kat
- TRU - Another Day, Another Dollar
- UGK - 3 In The Mornin’ feat Big Smokin’ Mitch
- Dru Down - Rescue 911 feat. Yukmouth
- Lil’ Sin - Money Situations
- Lil 1/2 Dead - 12 Pacofdoja feat. Chaos, Hostyle & Quicc 2 Mac
- King Tee - Money feat. Dr. Dre & Dawn Robinson
- Eightball & MJG - Pimp In My Own Rhyme
- Ant Banks - Straight Hustlin’
- Luniz - Live Yo Life feat. Dru Down
- Tela - Suave House feat Lokey, NOLA, O.C., Loc, Khadabi, Ona-One & Thorough
- Menace Clan - Mad Nigga
- Dubee - Mackin’ Is My Duty feat. Shaquennah
- 187 Fac - The Frontline
- South Central Cartel - All Day Every Day
- Rakim - It’s Been A Long Time (Suave House Remix) Instrumental
- WC & The Maad Circle - West Up Acapella
- New Breed Of Hustlas - Boone Docks
- E.B.W.D - Coping With Reality
- E-40 - Rapper’s Ball feat. Too $hort & K-Ci
- Foesum - The Ultimate Collaboration feat. Lil’ Wayne, Twins & Juda Ranks
- Group Therapy - East Coast / West Coast Killas
- Ganksta C - Stepchild
- Mass 187 - 187 4 Life
- Nutt-So - Keep Mobbin’ On feat. Jay-R of YGB
- Bloods & Crips - Steady Dippin’
- Seagram - Gangsta Livin’
- Mad CJ Mac - Come And Take A Ride feat. Poppa LQ
- Spice 1 - Recognize Game feat. Ice-T & Too $hort
- Paris - Whatcha See?
- Mac & A.K. - Major League Ballin’
- South Central Cartel - Hit The Chaw
- Twinz - 4 Eyez 2 Heads
- Infinite Mass - Caught Up In The Game feat. Lalomie Washburn
- Conscious Daughters - Somethin’ To Ride To (Funky Expedition)
- C-Funk - Get Off My Sack
- Hittman - Last Dayz feat. Dr. Dre
- Watts Gangstas - Wanna B
- Watts Gangstas - Wanna B Remix
- WC - Give It Up
- Havoc & Prodeje - To Be A G feat. 2N
- The Dogg Pound - Dogg Pound Gangstaz
- Tesz’ - The Knock
- Big Mack - Tru 2 This
- Goodie Mob - Soul Food (Crazyhouse Remix) feat Eightball & MJG
- U$O - Vi Ved Hvordan Man Gør Det feat. L.O.C. & Vagn Luv
