DJ Apt One hails from the landmark east coast city of Pittsburgh. The home of Andy Warhol, Primanti Brothers Sandwiches and Blue Collar Drunks. He’s one half of the DJ/Production duo, Philadelphyinz, along with Skinny Friedman.

The two started collaborating on music in Pittsburgh, where they both grew up. Their moniker is a nod to Pennsylvania’s two biggest cities. “Pittsburgh people are really serious about their Pittsburgh,” says Apt One. “You can take the yinzer out of Pittsburgh, but you can’t take Pittsburgh out of the yinzer.”

“We do best by walking the line between being DJs who play what people want to hear, and doing more creative stuff and trying to take people places. We try to go all out in learning about a lot of genres that aren’t mainstream, but can be incorporated into our set.”

JIMI HENDRIX – CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC (APT ONE REMIX)

SEBASTIAN TELLIER – L’AMOUR DE VIOLENCE (APT ONE REMIX)

STILL GOING – STILL GOING THEME (APT ONE REMIX)

Apparently these dudes are cousins, hmmmmm….so if that was in ’90 this is what I envision there kids listening to now. This is a monster.

OCELOT – LO SFORZO (LOUD PIPES REMIX)

Yes Yes Y’all! Here’s the next installment of my monthly mix series I do for the dudes over at FoundTrack. Went all hip hop on this one, trying to spark up some nostalgia for the late summer BBQ’s and Labor Day pool parties. Don’t put it in your box if the shit eats tapes!

DJ KNEWJACK – REWIND THAT BACK

Day late and a dollar short with the posting but it’s well worth the wait. Following up on my REWIND THAT BACK mix on the previous post here’s some more hip hop for that ass, this time a tidbit more underground. 

Actually I just recently discovered these two neck nodders they were so undergound. No bones about it this is hip hop at its purest boom bappedist level. Just raw 88 bpm beats and a couple MC’s slinging verbals in your mouth.

The Nonce were pretty much The Cool Kids but a decade earlier. They were a duo from here in L.A. that were active in the 1990s. As part of the Project Blowed collective, working withAceyalone, amongst others, they developed a reputation for smooth, jazzy, classy production, complimented by laid-back, smart rhymes (paying homage to the Old School Rappers they grew up off of in the mid-80′s). 

East Flatbush Project is actually just one dude. Spencer “4 Hire” Bellamy. Here’s how he got things rolling…”Well I started out as a dj at the age of 9..at 11 I met legendary producer Howie Tee (Special Ed/Chubb Rock) who was also a dj at the time and I became a member of his crew Count Disco out of East Flatbush. I continued to spin up until 17… at this time I was spinning with DJ Dice(Das Efx) and DJ Scratchator (Busta Rhymes)… I didn’t have an interest in producing until I heard LL Cool J’s “Jack The Ripper.” I remember sitting on the floor in my living room staring at the radio saying “This is what I want to do.” 

Annnddd…Here’s what he has to say about how “the project” came to be…”I had beats and I knew a few mc’s so I came up with the idea of using various mc’s on my beats and calling it The East Flatbush Project. In 96, I hooked up with an artist by the name of Des and we made “Tried By 12″ which became a classic.”

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