
As Pete Rock stated ever so eloquently, "This I dedicate to those mixtapes I hate/Exclusive sh*t/It holds no weight/Put your skills on the plate/Backspin to '88. W ell, Well, Well After signing with Bad Boy, the Lox started gaining a bigger buzz off the strength of their first single Well, Well, Well featuring Kasino, which appeared on DJ Clue’s 1996 mixtape Show Me the Money.
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Clue? definitely knows how to move the crowd and does serve up another installment of exclusive material, but he implements little of the turntable manipulation that makes DJs so vital to the art of hip-hop. Clue? makes feeble attempts to refresh cuts like "That's the Way" featuring Mase, Foxy, and Fabolous Sport and "I Like Control" featuring Missy, Mocha, and Nicole Wray, leaving them virtually untouched. Meanwhile, EPMD and the Def Squad play hot potato on "It's My Thang '99" and Raekwon lends his lyrical swordmanship to "Brown Paper Bag Thoughts." Like any mixtape or soundtrack, you have to accept the good and bad with a grain of salt. Jayhovah touches down, lending his labelmate a hand, combining forces with Ja-Rule for some "Gangsta Shit." Mobb Deep and Big Noyd are at it once again on "The Professional," as they are merciless on a fiery, violin-laced number from Vic. Aiding Clue? in his quest for the Clueminati, Nas revisits his Illmatic roots with "Queensfinest." The pairing of Cam'Ron, Big Pun, Noreaga, and Canibus on "Fantastic Four" is worth mentioning solely for the hypnotic verse Canibus delivers. Recognized worldwide for reinventing the art of the mixtape, Clue? enlisted some of hip-hop's biggest guns for his major-label debut. Check out the Song of the Week below.Now rolling with Roc-A-Fella y'all, Clue?'s days of slinging tapes on your neighborhood corner are all but over.
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Bill Goldberg’s historic undefeated streak ended at WCW Starrcade 1998 in December (#FROHorsemen) with this song technically coming out in February 2001.Having a flatline sound on the hook (as well as gunshots) is one of the most late 90’s/early 00’s mixtape things ever.Some of the tracks contain tags (DJ drops) or they are not CDQ. Many of these tracks are outstanding and not to be missed Legendary is the fourth volume of The Lost Albums series.Many hours were spent making sure The Lost Albums contains the highest quality version of each song.

This leads to this week’s Song of the Week: DMX‘s “Who’s Next (X-Clue-Sive)” off DJ Clue‘s The Professional 2 project. Nas has an incredible catalog of unreleased and rare material that has never appeared on any of his official albums. Just like everybody in the last couple of weeks, I too went through a moment of going through DMX’s discography (R.I.P.
