OldSkool Hip-Hop Mix

noreply@blogger.com (algar71) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:54:00 +0000

Finally got some time to put together a quick OldSkool mix. It has some of my favorite rappers including Biggie, Tupac, Cube, Dre, Snoop, Cool J, Jay-Z, Busta and some others. Hope you like.

OldSkool Hip-Hop Mix [Explicit Lyrics]

Cardio Mix

noreply@blogger.com (algar71) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:30:00 +0000

I’ve mostly bar-tended the past 15 plus years, but I did some DJ work for a while, as well. I played a couple of spots in Coconut Grove, Florida for a few years, nothing major, while still bartending the whole time. Both places were mainstream format as far as music, “stick to the hits”; “Top 40 only”, was the mantra for each place. My heart was in House music and Hip-Hop, so it wasn’t as much fun as I had hoped it would be and decided to just stick to bartending full-time. Don’t get me wrong, if I would have been able to get a gig at a club, say, on South Beach, with a House or Hip-Hop music format, I’d have been all over it, just didn’t happen.

Anyway, I still DJ at home as a hobby. It’s mostly for my own enjoyment, but I make workout mixes for friends who are personal trainers or spin instructors, as well as some of my familia. Even so, I don’t really have an audience to gauge reaction with, I just check out the dance/club charts for the U.S. and Europe, then hit Beatport.com, and grab the ones that I like best. I mix what I would want to hear, if I was out clubbin’, like way back in my party days. Geez, didn’t wanna be too long-winded, so to sum it up quickly, I grew up break-dancing and listening to Hip-Hop, then partied for years on South Beach (Groove Jet, Liquid, Fat Black Pussycat, Blue, Shadow Lounge, etc.) listening to House music. Those are my main influences when I’m mixing.

I made a small mix a couple of weeks ago, in hopes of motivating myself to workout, which of course I haven’t (grrr, no time) yet. It’s a 40 minute house mix intended for cardio. When I get some time, been super busy, I’m gonna put together an Old School Hip-Hop mix next, hopefully in 2 or 3 weeks.

Cardio Mix

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OldSkool Hip-Hop Mix

Cardio Mix

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