Sigma, just played the whole thing, I gotta say you did it just right! It musta been hard to get the edits right when songs had no hook, lasted 12 minutes in original form and the BPMs were so off, but you did it seamlessly. Very impressed by this!

Yall need to download this one-of-a-kind Hip Hop mix, do not sleep on it! It's educational, funky, scratching is on point, edits are tight, loaded w/ classics and obscurities. And like your outro says, 79 is where it all began, if it wasn't for 1979 Hip Hop there would be no Hip Hop at all!

The only song on there I didn't like was that Steve Gordon and the Kosher 5. That one was probably the birth of poser Hip Hop, (Rap made very badly by non rap artists). Shortly after the explosion of Hip Hop in the early 80s, singles like that mocked Hip Hop, made people think of it like a novelty. Singles like that went on the philosophy that just about anyone can rap badly, but lets make money off rap while it's hot. Thank God that period of poser Hip Hop only lasted a few years. Luckily, you didn't play it too long, you cut it off right when it started getting corny. I can see why you included it though since there wasn't a ton of rap released that year and you wanted to be thorough.

My favorite track on there is Wack Rap by the Wackies. That normally is predominantly a dub reggae crew and while they too jumped on the rap bandwagon, they did it with class, keeping their dubby style. I really love the Bullwackies, they drop some top notch dub production, as you can probably see by the label image, don't sleep if you find their dub records.

Thanks again for sharing this with everyone here, I know there are a lot of heads that will enjoy this mix. Speaking of which, guys if you take time to download this, make sure you give Sigma some words here on this. This is a gift of music, from a dude that knows how to entertain and educate simultaneously, so please thank him if you download it and give him some useful words. We want all our DJs to feel like they can drop their mixes on this forum and get good feedback, so take a few seconds to holler.

Keep on rockin it Sigma, I'm gonna be rotating this one all summer long.

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rchecka, thanks a lot for the kind words man! It means a lot to me.

I also don't like that Steve Gordon track. I was gonna cut it shorter than that, and maybe I should have, haha.

I think my least favourite track though, is Jocko - Rhythm Talk. The backing track sounds bad - and a few of those records had session musicians replaying more well known tunes, rather than sampling - but that's just nasty, lol. His voice drives me crazy too.

I'm trying to think of a theme for another mix at the moment. It was easy with this one cos the track selection was basically handed to me on a plate, cos it was "all hip-hop released in 79", or at least, everything I could get my hands on, plus I hadn't seen an all 79 mix done before.

Anyway, thanks again for the feedback and to anyone that took the time to listen! I had a lot of fun making this, as well as some frustrating moments, haha, but it's the mix I'm most proud of to date so I'm really pleased that people are digging it.

EDIT - Oh, and it's up on SoundCloud/Mixcloud now for those that want to stream it. You can download it there too.

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^No problem mane, again, thanks for sharing that! This one's been on repeat for a while now.



...Still waiting on some of the other heads to chime in on this thread and drop some love for the Old School. (clearing throat loudly)

Tons of daily lurchers, and a lot of you reading this I know love Old School Hip Hop....

Time to come out of your dark places now and throw in some kind words for the trueschool.

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Ok, I just downloaded it. Im gonna make breakfast for my pregnant wife, then I'm going disc golfing. I tend to throw better rounds when I'm listening to mixtapes. (via a powerful small set of speakers attached to my bag) But I really throw well when I'm listening to old school hip hop tapes. I think it's something about the funky breaks that allow me to zero in and get in the zone. Anyway, the track listing looks truly dope and i'll let you know what I think soon.