JAY SWING #29 "The Champ Is Here" b/w "Rockin' On The Radio"

Tape #30 (2004). This was the last in the numbered series of mixtapes. Mostly because around this time it became hard to fill a whole tape with music that moved me. The plan going forward was to make tapes that were timeless and never got dated once the songs got old. With that said, this tape is one one of my favourites but mostly because of disc 2. Disc 1 is a straight mixtape. Frank N Dank hosted and rocked the intro over MC Breed's "Ain't No Future In Your Frontin'" (understand the Detroit connection?). There are a bunch of records that stand the test of time on this one. Kanye "Jesus Walks", Mos Def "The Edge", and Mobb Deep "Got It Twisted" are at the top of that list. Disc 2 is classic from start to finish. Moka Only rocks the intro and the tape is made up from mixes that I did on Straight Goods and recorded live off the radio - the vest of BDP, Eric B & Rakim, Gangstarr, and the Jungle Brothers. The last track on disc 2 is Bishop's "25 Beats" freestyle when dude went in for over 15 minutes off the top of his head. Easily the craziest freestyle in over 15 years of rockin' on the radio!

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JAY SWING "The Jump Off"

Tape #28 (2003). Went back to Jordan for the cover. Concise blesses the intro. The Roots "The Seed" is my cut on this tape. Most everything else is dope too, although not sure I want to hear "Magic Stick" ever again.

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thoseMFs "Dynamite!" (An Evening At The Club Vol. 3)

This tape is An Evening At The Club Vol. 3, although it really should have been called An Evening At The Dancehall. Dynamite! was a night that we did at Tokyo Lounge in 2004 that only lasted a couple months and nobody really came. You win some and you lose some I suppose. The best thing about this night by far was that we made this mixtape. Like the cover says, this tape is Reggae intensive - all classics with a splash of Hip-Hop at the end.

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thoseMFs (Flip & Jay) "An Evening At The Club Vol. 2"

Another glimpse into what we were rocking at the club in 2003. This one was done for a night we did for The Beat 94.5fm at a club Voda and it has Flip rocking the mic to give it that live from the club feeling. Musically it's more of the same - club Rap and Dancehall plus some classic R&B too.

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thoseMFs (Flip & Jay) "An Evening At The Club Vol. 1"

These mix tapes are exactly what they say they are - An Evening At The Club. Flipout and myself took our backpacks off, our gold fronts out, pulled our pants up, and put our dancing shoes on and linked some mix tapes for the club heads. We did these for a couple of club nights we were doing at the time. This one was for Bent Tuesdays at The Wild Coyote which was a pretty crazy, and when I say crazy I really mean fucking insane. This mix is filled with club rap and dancehall - all the big records from the dance floor in 2004.

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JAY SWING #27 "So Fresh & So Clean"

Tape #27 (2001). This is the first mixtape that wasn't on tape. I guess this is actually a mixcd but that name sounds wack so we'll keep calling these mixtapes. Checkmate rocks over PRT's "Rock This Funky JointIt also means no more side a & b. Musically, Dilla's "Fuck The Police" and Hov's "Takeover" are the two gems here. Mobb Deep's "Burn" is a close second.

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thoseMFs "Formula Vol. 3"

Volume 3 (2002). This tape has a little bit of Hip-Hop and a ton of Dancehall. It also has the best intro ever created courtesy of Flipout!

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thoseMFs "Formula Vol. 2"

The year is 2001 - Volume 2 of the Formula tapes. This one is a combo of new Hip-Hop and R&B (well, new at the time), classic Hip-Hop and Funk/Disco. The music on this tape is pretty much a 100% exact reflection of what we played at the night.

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thoseMFs "Formula Vol. 1"

This tape is a collabo between Flipout, Kemo and myself - aka THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS! The Formula mixtapes were done to promote a night we did at Element Sound called Formula Thursdays. It was basically a good music night - we played Hip-Hop, R&B, Dancehall, Funk & Soul. We kept it pretty real for the most part - mad fucking real actually. No BS allowed!

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JAY SWING #25 "Rap Life"

Tape #25 (1999). Concise rocks the intro on side A over EPMD's "Rap Is Outta Control" and Prev from Swollen Members blessed the intro for side B. This one has one of the all time classics from Pharoahe Monch in "Simon Says". Mobb Deep & Nas "It's Mine", ODB "Got The Money", and Mos Def "Ms. Fat Booty" all claim classic status too. Truth Enola "Ill Love" and Red Life "Pylar Sanchez" are classics in my books too - just classics that most people haven't heard.

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JAY SWING #24 "2 Tons"

Tape #24 (1999). We used the LL Cool J Radio boom box for the cover. The title 2 Tons doesn't really make any sense of reference anything specific - pretty suspect title if you ask me. Gangstarr "Full Clip" and Q-Tip "Vivrant Thing" are the stand outs on this tape. Checkmate "Devil vs. the Maker" and Saukrates "Bag The Biscuit" are equally as dope - just not quite as known.

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JAY SWING #23 "Giant Size"

Tape #23 (1998). I'm a Michael Jordan stan, a sneaker head, and this was my 23rd tape. Add Mars Blackmon and a title that makes sense and this was the easiest cover concept to come up with! The top dog on this tape is hands down Mobb Deep "Quiet Storm". This is the bootleg version that doesn't have the chorus in it which for my money is how it should have stayed. Eminem & Royce "Nuttin' To Do", Pacewon "I Declair War", and Nas "Nas Is Like" are all close seconds. I couldn't tell you who Da Matrix or Deadly Snakes are but apparently I thought enough of them in '98 to put their songs on this tape. Either that, or a record rep got at me and promised some drops or exclusives from an a-list artist in exchange for giving this groups some burn - maybe both actually. Doesn't matter though because this tape is all about that cover art! (Air Jordan 1's, 3's, and 4's are the three illest sneakers of all time)

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JAY SWING #22 "On Top Of Thangs"

Tape # 22 (1998). For the intro to the intro this tape has a snippet from Hard Copy (or one of those "news" TV shows) that talks about Vancouver and how it is all about sex, weed, and debauchery. Funny shit. Checkmate and Concise handle the intros again and Virus handles the cover. Looking back on this tape it was loaded with heat and holds up selection wise better than most. Pete Rock & Deck "Tru Master", High & Mighty "B-Boy Document", Noreaga "Superthug", Red Lide & Saukrates "Yaga Ya Ya", and Em & Dre "Guilty Conscience" are my favourites on this tape. Gangstarr & M.O.P. "1/2 and 1/2", Xzibit "Shroomz", Council "On Top Of Thangs", Tha Superfriendz "Are You That Somebody", Jay-Z "Hard Knock Life", Whoridaz "Get Lifted", Redman "I'll Be That", Brand Nubian "Don't Let It Go To Your Head" and La & Rae's "Spring Water" are also stand out records. There probably could be more if I gave this tape another listen too. This one is loaded.

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JAY SWING #21 "Slang Eiditorial"

Tape #21 (1998). This cover is detailed right down to the fine print. Virus again and again. The tape marks the first time Concise blesses an intro when he rocks over a Diamond D beat with Checkmate. This may be my favourite into of any of these tapes. Dilated Peoples win favourite record on the strength of Revolutions cuts on "Work The Angle". He just destroyed every record with scratches that came before him and made artists step their scratch chorus game up on every record that came after this song. Literally some next level shit. Cocoa B's "Black Trump" and Gangstarr & Inspekta Deck "Above The Cloud" come a close second. The tape has a couple of recordings of Rahzel from a show he did in Vancouver too. Exclusives!

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JAY SWING #20 "Guess Who's Back?"

Tape #20 (1997). Virus comes through on the cover art again. I think this was going to be a cover of Elements Mag but we never finished it. I'm sure there is a floppy disc somewhere with half the mag done. Kardi hit me with an intro on this one as well as All About Us. Lots of big records on this tape. Rascalz "Northern Touch" and Gangstarr "Ya Know My Steez" are the favourites. Nas & Large Pro "One + One", Noreaga "Blood Money", Jay-Z "A Million And One", and Reflection Eternal "Fortified Love" are all a close seconds.

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JAY SWING #19 "Who You Wit?"

Tape #19 (1997) and I got cover the ill cover courtesy of AA Crew's Virus! Choclair rocked the side A intro and All About Us handled side B. My favourite records on this tape are Mobb Deep's "Young Luv", CNN's "Thug Paradise", and Kardi & Red One's "Make It Happen".

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JAY SWING #18 "Whatever Man"

Tape #18 (1997). This is the tape that the original version of "Northern Touch" is from - minus Kardi, Choclair, and Thrust. This version is just Rascalz and All About Us rocking over the BT Express break. CNN's "T.O.N.Y", and KRS's "Step Into A World" are my favourites on this one. Whoridaz "Taxin", Tha Liks & ODB's "Hip-Hop Drunkies", and Buckshot's version of "I Ain't No Joke" all are honourable mentions. Biggie's "Hypnotize" is still in regular rotation and was also the biggest track when I made this tape - which was the same week Biggie died.

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JAY SWING #17 "Can I Get A?"

Tape #17 (1996). All About Us handles intro duties again. Jay-Z's "Feelin' It" and Mobb Deep's "G.O.D Father Pt. III" are the favourites. Saukrates "Rollin'", Redman's "That How It Is", and Frankenstein's "The Rain Is Gone" all get honourable mention. Don't remember who Mad Fanatic is or their song whatsoever - some incredibly underground 90's underground shit I assume.

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JAY SWING #16 "The Remedy"

Tape #16 (1996). My dude R-Love rocked the intro over a Kemo remake of Kool G. Rap's "Road To The Riches". Large Pro's "I Justwannachill" is def my favourite on this tape. Hillfiguz "Up On Prospect", Kardi's "On Wit Da Show", M.O.P.'s "World Famous" and Ghost's "Iron Maiden" all get honourable mention. Covers getting fancier too.

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JAY SWING #15 - Get Live

Tape #15 (1996) and I guess I lots this cover too. This one had some live recordings from The Alkaholiks show at the York Theatre. It also has All About us rocking the intro again and me rocking doubles of Ghost's "Daytona 500" for way to long. Fav records on this one are M.O.P. "Stick To Ya Gunz", Checkmate's "Static", Outkast "Elevators", Concrete Mob "Boilin' Point", Nas' "The Message", Common's "The Bitch In Yoo", Natural Elements "Shine" Honourable mention: De La & Mos Def "Big Brother Beat", CNN's "Stick You", and Rakim's "Remember That". Nothing wack. Need to find that cover!

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