In 2005 we made a mix CD with a bunch of our blends, and it took off like a rocket, selling worldwide and garnering a ton of praise from music magazines and even the New York Times. So much so that a lot of people thought of The Rub as a “mash-up party” and we traveled the world playing clubs in this style. Over the next four years, we released two more mixes in the “It’s the Motherfucking Remix” series, and created a spinoff vinyl collection. As we’re celebrating our 14 year anniversary this Saturday, we thought we’d re-up the entire mix series. A huge shout out to all of our guest DJs at the party over the years who gave us remixes for the CDs, and special thanks to Nick Catchdubs and Four Color Zack for making the artwork.
DOWNLOAD It’s The Motherfucking Remix Volume 1
DOWNLOAD It’s The Motherfucking Remix Volume 2
DOWNLOAD It’s The Motherfucking Remix Volume 3
TBT this week focuses on another one of our career highlights, Rub Radio. This monthly mix can be traced back to our radio show for Scion, which made the jump over to Brooklyn Radio after a few years. It’s become a platform to showcase what’s new and exciting in our collective music worlds as well as showcasing some great music from our friends. Sometimes we even have our DJ friends take the wheel and give us a guest mix. Some choice selections from the series are below along with some links to the entire collection and a way to subscribe to the series every month. Enjoy!
Grab all the archives here: Rub Radio
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#TBT – 143 – Seratocast 37 (1-4-3 Means I Love You)
Posted: July 7, 2016 Filed under: TBT | Tags: 143, TBTTBT this week is comes from our friends from the 143 crew. This crew loves you and is all about the slow jams, love songs and R&B classics. And those vibes are laced all over this mix they did for the Seratocast mix series. As we mentioned a couple days ago, the DJ combo of Partytime, siik and SOSUPERSAM linked up to kick off this successful event series back in 2013 and they are bringing these feels to Coney Island with us this Saturday at The Coney Island Art Walls from 4-10 pm. Grab your tickets HERE. Until then, kick back and soak in the sounds of Usher, Mariah, 112, Drake and so many more favorites from this mix. This event Saturday promises to be great!
TBT this week is a quick shot back 3 years to our anniversary Rub Radio mix from July 2013. Lots of bangers on this mix and some unfortunately have become a bit forgotten in a very short amount of time. You’ve got pre Run The Jewels El-P and Killer Mike, Grandtheft and Skratch Bastid’s fantastic “Miley” tune, Drake’s quiet anthem in “The Motion” and a couple of Rub tune sightings as well. Summer is in full effect and it’s about to be that time to celebrate year 14 of The Rub. Stream and download below.
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#TBT – The Rub – History of Hip-Hop 2004
Posted: June 9, 2016 Filed under: History of Hip-Hop, TBT | Tags: History Of Hip-Hop, TBTThe History of Hip Hop 2004 by Brooklyn Radio on hearthis.at
TBT this week looks back 12 years to 2004 with DJ Ayres in the mix for this episode of our history of hip-hop series. You’ve got so much going on in this episode that’s so notable today it’s kind of crazy. “College Dropout” Kanye was all the rage but absolutely none of us knew what Yeezy would mean to music in 2016. Snoop swooped in with a massive comeback single with The Neptunes (of course) on the beat. Fabolous released arguably his best single ever in “Breathe”. Lil Jon fever was owning the clubs all over the country. Lil Wayne was showing signs of becoming more than just a Cash Money afterthought and just maybe he might be a dope rapper. And there was that collab album from Madlib and MF Doom blew everyone’s mind who heard it. That’s just scratching the surface on 2004 but you can revisit it all in full with the stream above and the DL below.
Download: History of Hip-Hop 2004 (Mixed By DJ Ayres) (right-click, save as)
artwork by Rhek (Sharks & Hammers)
Tracklist after the jump!
TBT this week is Eleven’s ode to the first ladies of Hip-Hop with his “Ladies First” mix from the summer of 2012. This outstanding mix of the female impulse in rap spans generations, vibes and styles…with many of these ladies being the first to break certain styles and sounds (i.e. see Roxanne Shante, Missy Elliot, M.I.A., J.J. Fad, etc). Clocking in at almost an hour, you’re guaranteed to come out feeling wowed by the influence of these powerful women. Even Iggy and Azealia sounded rad and super hungry in 2012. Revisit this killer mix from Eleven above or check the download link below.
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TBT this week to Eleven’s smooth as silk “Soul 1” mixtape that’s been around for quite some time now. It still sounds great to this day primarily because of the classic nature of so much of the tracklist. Blended with ease as he’s well known for doing, Eleven drops essentials from Bobby Womack, Sade, Mary J. Blige, Lonnie Liston Smith, Outkast and more like it’s nothing. Late spring soulful vibes are always very real and this mix is well worth the revisit to tap right into that mindset. Stream and download are below.
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#TBT – History of Hip-Hop 2001
Posted: May 12, 2016 Filed under: History of Hip-Hop, TBT | Tags: History Of Hip-Hop, TBTTBT this week is our History of Hip-Hop mix outlining the greatness that was 2001. It’s definitely making us feel a bit old that these songs are 15 years old now and the fact that some of these have been DJ set staples for that long just seems crazy. There is simply a flood of legendary material from 2001 in this mix from the likes of Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, Ludacris, Outkast, Eve, Nas, Mystikal and Jay-Z. The Neptunes and Timbaland were in top form this year too. It’s ridiculous how much they both provided the soundtrack for everything. Revisit this killer year in Hip-Hop below.
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TBT this week takes a look back to May of 2013 with that month’s edition of Rub Radio from 3 years ago. First glimpse at this tracklist is like “wow are these tracks really 3 years old already?”. But it’s true as Disclosure and Duke Dumont were just getting their feet planted on the global scene, Flosstradamus was just beginning to get a second life from the EDM trap explosion and it was really just an interesting thing at the time that “Blurred Lines” felt a similar vibe to “Got To Give It Up” before lawsuits in regards to the likeness were even a thing. Lots of fire in this mix though and some tracks that have really stood the test of time as there are some long term staples in here for sure. Revisit this bad boy in full and make sure to subscribe to Rub Radio below!
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Rest in peace to the greatest.