Got a couple original source rare groove nuggets for your happy meal today.  It’s hotter than my nuts in L.A. this week so I figured I’d hook you up with some sure shot summer jams.  See if you can name the hip hop song that sampled these!

BENNY GOLSON – I’M ALWAYS DANCIN’ TO THE MUSIC

LEON HAYWOOD –

I WANNA DO SOMETHING FREAKY TO YOU

Two of the classiest of hip hop classics right here for you on that dubbed out B-side tip.  So raw, so simple, so so good.  These are off the 12″ that came out way back in 1986.  Nostalgia!

ERIC B. & RAKIM – ERIC B. IS PRESIDENT (DUB)

ERIC B. & RAKIM – MY MELODY (DUB)

“Hey Yo Chuck, Man!  You gotta slow down, man.  You losin’ ‘em!” – Flavor Flav

In hindsight it looks like Chuck D was literally a prophet of rage.  Way back in 1998 when the internet was young, scary and unpredictable (eh?), Chuck said “fuck the bullshit” and put out a 27 track “mega mix” of past hits, b-sides, new joints and re-mixes for free on Public Enemy’s webiste called Bring The Noise 2000.

Needless to say their label freaked out worse than your mom when she heard your 12 year old ass blasting “Can’t Truss It” and deaded the whole thing real quick fast.

Thanks to that same shady/crafty internet the scrapped project is back for all you fiends to dive in to.  Featured here are two of their classics with new twists on them.

The Bomb Squad shines brightly here while Chuck’s vocals are pushed to the background but I’m not complaining, they are indeed the illest.  If you like what you hear, g’head and grab the entire thing FOR FREE right here.

PUBLIC ENEMY – DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE (2000 MIX)

PUBLIC ENEMY – REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE (2000 MIX)

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST – THE LOVE

(NO REQUESTS REWORK)

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST – CAN I KICK IT?

(4AM SUPA BLEND)

WHODINI – FREAKS COME OUT AT NIGHT (INSTRUMENTAL)

WHODINI – IT’S ALL IN MR. MAGIC’S WAND (INSTRUMENTAL)

HIEROGLYPHICS – CLASSIC

HIEROGLYPHICS – LET IT ROLL

What do you get when you combine Biggie with that stripped down beat courtesy of East Flatbush Project?  The same thing you get when you merge the vocal ferocity of Dead Prez with the neck snappin’ crispness of Masta Ace….Ill Vibes!

Consisting of members Mr. Sonny James, DJ Skipmode, Lil Dave, Panek and Phillee Blunt, these dudes come correct with the blends and are generous enough to be giving an entire album’s worth of them away for FREE!  Read more about it and scoop it all for no dollar$ right about HERE.

ILLVIBE COLLECTIVE – TRIED BY BIGGIE

ILLVIBE COLLECTIVE – BORN TO HIP HOP

What’s up ladies?!  Got something for ya!  The two sexy members of the original Native Tongues family put it down for the females with their explosive hit “Ladies First” back in 1989 that had everyone and there little brothers checking for Monie’s debut a year later.

Right here’s the title track with a nice lil’ edit by the funky German Alkalino followed by a rendition of one the Queen’s classics off her debut, “All Hail The Queen” masterminded by Boston’s 7L who used the beat from Bobby Konders’ ’92 ragga hip hop jam “Mack Daddy” to put a Jamaican spin on tingz.  The early ’90′s ruled, huh?

MONIE LOVE – DOWN TO EARTH (ALKALINO EDIT)

QUEEN LATIFAH – WRATH OF MY MADNESS

(7L BOBBY KONDERS BLEND)

One of the original pioneers in both the M.C. and graffiti fields of hip hop, Rammellzee was a huge influence to countless young b-boys all over the world as he was a big part of two of the most important hip hop films ever: Wild Style and Style Wars.

From bombing trains with Dondi to having Jean-Michel Basquiat design the cover art to his single “Beat Bop” to rocking a quick but memorable cameo in Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise, this dude was the coolest!

Here’s one of his more famous joints which was featured in Style Wars…

RAMMELLZEE Vs. K-ROB – BEAT BOP