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DJ Shadow — Essential Mix

30 March 2003 · Hip Hop / Electronic

DJ Shadow recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 30 March 2003 — the 1st of their 2 Essential Mixes in the Waveform archive. It lands in the early-2000s era of progressive sounds and superstar DJs, and the set sits in Hip Hop and Electronic territory.

The mix runs through 80 documented tracks, opening with John Peel — “UK Buzz Number 3 (Sample)” and closing on Smiles — “I'm Just A Star On A Democratic Flag”.

Tracklist

  1. John Peel — UK Buzz Number 3 (Sample)
  2. Gangsta Boo — Can I Get Paid (Instrumental)
  3. Cool Breeze — Cre A Tine (Acapella)
  4. Lil Wayne — **** You (Instrumental)
  5. Tow Down / Dynamix II — Country Rap Tune (Acapella) / Give It To Em
  6. Awesome Of Course Crew — Micski Is Blasting
  7. The Underground — The Wrath Of Uptown
  8. Prince EZE & Big Fran To The 3rd — EZ Makes You Delirious
  9. Clash T — Non Stop
  10. ''Casanova — World War 3?''
  11. Robert S — Don't Dis Me
  12. ''Joe Tex — I Gotcha''?
  13. Syl Johnson — Different Strokes
  14. George Clinton & Parliament — Tear The Roof Off The Sucker
  15. Guess Who — American Woman (Guitar Riff)
  16. Led Zeppelin — Whole Lotta Love (Vocal Snippets)
  17. Citi Heet — The Saga Of Begging Billy
  18. The Brothers — You Can't Win
  19. — ? (Instrumental)
  20. Singing MC Breeze — Yodelay Dee Hooo
  21. Special K — Special K Is Good
  22. Frozen Explosion — Mack Knife
  23. M.C. Price & D.J. Trouble — The Price Is Right
  24. Tootskee & The Czar MC / Gift Of Gab — Does A Skeezer Deserve A Chance / Freestyle
  25. Stepping Stone — Rhymes Different From The Others
  26. BZ2 MCs — We're Troopers
  27. Loose J & Master Of Wax — Hi Lo Cut
  28. Einstein — The Freeze
  29. Beans — Mutescreamer
  30. Mr. Lif — Pull Out Your Cut
  31. MC Breezy Beat & DJ Quick Rick — ?
  32. — ? "Get Your Butt Back To MC School"
  33. — Sucka, Sucka.. Coz You Ain't Cool
  34. Def Dee & Scott Fresh — No Competition
  35. Super Coper & Clarence Breakers — This Is The Way You Do The Breakdance
  36. Kool D & Ultimate MCs — Freestyle
  37. Cipher Sound — Get Moved On
  38. Kool Kev — My Experience
  39. Master P — Light It Up (Vocal)
  40. Master P — Light It Up (Instrumental)
  41. Mantronix — Hardcore Hip Hop
  42. The Underground — It's Our Thing
  43. 5ive 0 Posse — Ain't That The Truth
  44. Hijack — Style Warriors Revenge
  45. Unknown Artist — Unknown
  46. Unknown Artist — Unknown
  47. Powerule — Gots Ta Get This
  48. Busy Boy — Classical
  49. 991 Volts — Time Will Tell
  50. Ed Math — Behind The Bars
  51. Raw Dope Posse — Listen To My Turbo
  52. Raw Dope Posse — Listen To My Turbo (Instrumental)
  53. Raw Corp. — Troopers On The Mic (Acapella)
  54. Unknown Artist — Buffalo Girls
  55. Davy DMX — One For The Treble
  56. Spinmasters Of Funk — Martin Luther King
  57. Jiří Korn — Akrobat (I Can't Go For That (No Call Do))
  58. Hall & Oates — I Can't Go For That
  59. Unknown Marching Band — Another One Bites The Dust
  60. Katzenjammers — Cars
  61. John Peel — UK Buzz (Sample)
  62. Sample — "Party, Party- The Hot Magazine For Cool People"
  63. Alexis Korner — Sunrise
  64. Frank Zappa — The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (Excerpt)
  65. Listening — Stoned Is
  66. Sugar Creek — Memory Tree
  67. — ? "This Planet Has Become..."
  68. American Zoo — What Am I
  69. — ? "You Cannot Disguise The Hate In Your Eyes"
  70. — ? "This Could Be Today.."
  71. Azitis — From This Place
  72. — ? (A Funky Tune)
  73. The Hunger — Trying To Make The Best
  74. Yesterday's Obsession — The Phycle
  75. Tony Church And The Crusade — Love Trip
  76. Operations — The Ever Gentle Presence (Of Your Love)
  77. Hickory Hollow — Never Happen
  78. Red Temple Spirits — Dive in Deep
  79. — ? (Instrumental Guitar Tune)
  80. Smiles — I'm Just A Star On A Democratic Flag

Tracklist source: MixesDB — the community that documented it.

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