Did you know that Eddie Van Halen Played guitar on Beat it?

A couple MJ mixes for today:

DJ Soul posted this insanely good mix by DJ Jaycee (Of The Aphilliates & Ludacris’s DJ): MJ -the soulful years mix. Download Here

and DJ Ayres has a dope MJ mix as well from the Rub crew’s show on Brooklyn Radio

Dj Ayres Michael Mix Tracklist:
Maybe Tommorow
Never Can Say Goodbye
I Wanna Be Where You Are
The Love You Save
Dancing Machine
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
Up Again
We’re Almost There
I Can’t Help It
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
Workin Day and Night
Get On The Floor
Lovely One
Baby Be Mine
Say, Say, Say
Human Nature
The Lady In My Life
Dirty Diana
Another Part of Me
Remember the Time
In The Closet
Who Is It
You Rock My World (Remix)
Butterflies
Download Here

Scotty B (unruly Records) b-more mj medley…..for the djs…thumps hard in the big room.
Download Here.

And a non michael mix for everyone who just wants to hear new club rap….by Erik Devereux & Rico Uno who run a monthly in Vancouver called Re-UP….(isn’t there a couple streetwear stores named that??)
Download Here.

1. Lil’ Jon Intro
2. F.L.Y – Swag Surfin’
3. Rich Kids & Young Dro – Patna Dem
4. Kirby Tha Hottest – White Friends
5. Rich Kids – Wassup
6. Yung LA feat. Young Dro – Let’s Have Party
7. Travis Porter – Black Boy White Boy
8. Hurricane Chris – She’s Fine (Halle Berry)
9. V.I.C. – I Love Hoes
10. Juney Boomdata – Assume Da Position
11. SupaSTAAR – Head & Shoulders Accapella
12. The Queenz Boyz – Tenderoni
13. Mouse On Tha Track – Rubbin’ On My Head
14. Payso – Top Tranzformin’
15. Wayne Wonder – It’s Life (Ole Geezer)
16. Tifa & Natalie Storm – Talk Of The Town (Ole Geezer)
17. Mr. Vegas – Born Celebrity
18. Taranchyla feat. Yellow Spider– Cyan Dance
19. Elephant Man – Nuh Linga (Look Gal)
20. Assassin – Dem Nuh Want No Gal (Look Gal)
21. Sizzla – Gal Dem Sittin’ (Disturbia)
22. Capleton – Follow Mi (Disturbia)
23. Busy Signal – The Ol’ Chair
24. DJ Webstar – Dancin’ On Me
25. D-Lo feat. E-40 – No Hoe Remix
26. Ron Browz – I Promise
27. New Boyz – You’re a Jerk
28. Ward 21 & Timberlee – Give It Up

I met the filmakers behind the excellent indie documentary Freestyle: the art of rhyme in 2002 when backpackers still had some semblance of record sales -Def Jux was laying down bladerunner beats topped with innovative eMCees(cold vein deserved 10 mics) and not yet an overstuffed roster of C- talent, soundbombing 2 was still fresh in memory, Dan the Automator was churning out diverse projects(w/ Mike Patton!?), Kid Koala was writing a book,…. before dilla became an above ground legend and heads were open enough for a label like anticon to have success.   

Kevin Fitzgerald (aka DJ Organic) had been filming and editing the project for 8-10years at this point and he was travelling the world screening one of the many final edits.   I helped him out with the Boston screening and I want to say Thank You for letting me assist in his amazing labor of love.

The Film’s centerpiece is the (arguably best)battle between Supernatural and Craig G at the now legendary Lyricists Lounge (video below, complete w/ Sir Bobbito intro).

I now present to you,  my pick for BOTH the BEST AND WORST Freestyle Battle of All time:

if you got through that,  here’s the remix

and the milli remix

spotted by Greg of MISHKA .  

Eli obviously has physical disability ( MC Envy says he “should stop rapping and stick to walking cripple”),  he falters  for a painful silence, but when the beat comes back in, he comes HARD with two of the best punchlines I’ve ever heard in a freestyle  - “You like Rosie Odonell at a bisexual bridal shower.”   That is tenacity – to come from so far behind, drop all your shit on the floor, entirely lose your flow and then just come back swinging with elbows and uppercuts until the opponent is dead.   That’s why this is the best freestyle battle of all time.