Jamaica been getting a lot of love in my life the past few days, so I was pleased to wake up today after a long (and much needed) nap and find this gem.

NY’s Peter Gunn has just posted a dope mix of Reggae 12″ records that he’s been collecting. In his words:

did a mix of reggae 12″s from 1976 onwards…. (as far as i know there are none from previous to 76!)… been really digging on the dub styles you hear on 12″s, as opposed to albums or 7″s, it’s a totally different approach… there is this window from like 76-79 where you get real roots style, but in a 12″ format… two nice tracks on the Guiding Star riddim here…

¬ DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Here’s the playlist:

Long Time I Don’t Smoke No Herb- Blue Boy
Write Me Your Resume- Keith Hudson
Mr. Bossman- Linval Thompson
Disco Devil- Lee Perry and the Full Experiences (repress!)
Jah Jah Star- I-Roy
Zambia Connection- Prince Tony All Stars
Soul and Devotion- Barbara Jones and Trinity
How Can I Leave- Jackie Paris
Never Stay Away- Winston Groovey
Check For You Once Girl- Edi Fitzroy
Dreadlocks Affair- Jah Woosh
Piece of The Action- Copie Copewell

Fire this up and mellow your harsh.

More info on Peter Gunn here: axischemicals.com

It’s been a busy Spring so far for the buhbOmp crew, so I didn’t get around to posting this a while back like I wanted to.

DJ Starsign, one of my favorite DJs and an incredibly talented artist and musician, has posted a new mix for Spring full of quality tunes from across the music spectrum.

DJ Starsign – Four Million Points of Light

¬ DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Featuring songs by: Daniel Wang, Nick Holder, Mock & Toof, Todd Terje, LCD Soundsystem, Vikter Duplaix, The MFA, Renegade Soundwave, OMD, American Analog Set and more…

For more on Starsign, check out the mix he did for —=(] buhbOmp radio [)=— last year.

Also check his You Are All Beautiful mix from earlier this year.

You can also catch him on myspace: www.myspace.com/starsign.

As promised, we’re bringing a stronger effort from the team this time around, with Cashless and Empanadamn rejoining Lil Tiger to bring y’all some certified Welfare heat.

(Click the song names to take you to the off-site sharing pages where you can download the tunes. For detailed instructions on how to navigate the sharing sites where we host our files, we’ve got instructions at the end of this post)

cashless | WTF FML FTW

Rye Rye – Bang feat M.I.A
“I heard the song and I had to scream. They had [her] rhyming over a hyped drum machine”. The jury’s still out for me on this cut, but I’m throwing it up because Rye Rye’s (no Ri Ri) lined herself up to take the hipster rap queen crown. Bet that.

U-N-I & Ro BLVD – Stylin
“Oh, you mad cuz I’m styling on you.” Actually I’m not mad at “Stylin”. I am bugging on how obviously Kanye West influenced the track is though. Also, did they diss The Knux? I hope so! Someone had to diss those talentless fools sometime.

Dj Class – I’m the ish feat. Kanye
I’m definitely not feeling the remix as much as I am the O.G. The Kanyelectro treatment scrubs away the hard B-More coat of the O.G. that I enjoyed. Whatever, blah. There’s a Lil Wayne and Estelle remix coming soon too (via Estelle’s twitter account). Look for “I’m the ish” to take up where “Day n Nite” left off. Becky, holleur.

UGK – Swishas & Erb feat. Sleepy Brown
Long live PIMP C. UGK4LIFE! What else needs to be said?

Eddie Kendricks – Date with the Rain (extended)
One of the OG steppers, Kendricks had a distinct voice that you can recognize from the first few notes. “Date with the Rain” is no exception. Presented in it’s extended form. Peep how Spring this feels.

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dj lil tiger | cold be damned

Q-Tip – We Fight, We Love (Remix) feat. Kanye West and Consequence
Something new here from the suddenly prolific Q-Tip, with the ubiquitous ‘Ye and the second-coming of Jarobi.

Deee-Lite feat. Q-Tip – Groove is in the Heart (Morsy Mix)
Sticking with the Q-Tip theme, Nanachill‘s DJ Morsy gives this dancefloor classic a subtle re-fresh.

Wayne Marshall – Blame De Weed
Because it had to be done. Wayne Marshall gives Jamie Foxx’s Blame It a hit of that good shit.

Teedra Moses – I Think Of You
I think folks are sleeping on Teedra Moses. This is the tune that closes out her Complex Simplicity album from a few years ago, and it’s a really touching and personal number. The actual song comes in at about the 1:40 mark, but Teedra’s opening words and the snippet of gospel at the beginning give the song its proper context. This song makes me want to hug my mom and never let go.

Sam Cooke – Mean Old World
Just a beautiful tune from the master, Sam Cooke, off of his Night Beat album.

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empanadamn | Yeah Yeah Nos | Serato-ready

Wale “Chillin'” (Feat. Lady Caca)
After all the foot work in his Nike boots, Wale got signed to Interscope and is slated to release his album Attention Deficit this summer. A preview of the album, “Chillin'” features Lady Caca as she shits all over the track in her best M.I.A. impression. :*( Come on, dawg!!!

Jamie Foxx “Blame It” (Ted Smooth Blend Feat. T-Pain)
Here’s a different take on a club favorite. Switch it up and get it crunk on dem hoez.

Cam’ron “Cookies & Apple Juice” (Feat. Bird Lady)
Killa! First with the compelling “I Hate My Job” and now this one, Cam is back. And it looked like a Dipset reunion was in the works when Jim Jones reached out to Cam on the Funk Flex show on Hot 97 with hopes of getting the crew back together and taking over. Cam responded with a negatory, and chunked a deuce out the roof of his Camborghini while driving away.

The-Dream “Let Me See The Booty (Feat. Lil’ Jon)”
The litmus test for the shorty with the winning assets. Lil’ Jon puts some extra sexy on it.

Lil’ SNS “AIM So Crazy” (Feat. DJ Webstar)*
Son of Harlem’s mixtape DJ S&S, Lil’ SNS does his thang over a blitzkrieg of AIM sound bites courtesy of DJ Webstar. This one takes me back to the many lonely hours logged on AOL instant messenger before I discovered the sound setting preferences. Bound to give all the AIM heads / chatroom predators a seizure.

* We don’t actually have a downloadable version of this tune yet, but we still wanted to put it on your radar anyway.

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Don’t forget to check out our Welfare archives.

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** DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS **
We host all our Welfare downloads off-site, so what you need to do to download them is to click on the song name in the post, and then look for a download link on the page that that takes you to.

We mostly use divShare, so for divShare follow these steps to download the songs:

– Click on the name of the song. That will take you to a divShare page.

– On the divShare page, look for the black circle with an arrow pointing down. Below that arrow is a link that says “Download original”. Click that link and after a few seconds, the download should start automatically.

That should do it.

If the file is hosted on some other site besides divShare (like ZShare or MediaFire or something) then just look for a link on that site’s page that says download. When you click on the download link, it will probably do something similar to divShare and make you wait a handful of seconds before it starts the download (or offers a specific link to the download).

Hit us up in the comments if you need further instruction. We’re here to help. Thanks.

DJ Sun invited me drop a set at weekly institution that is ROCK STEADY MONDAYS @ The Flat. It’s always an honor to spin at RSM, and it will be an extra honor because DJ Sabo from NY is scheduled to headline with Sun that night. Gonna be a fun night. Info below:

[[ ROCK STEADY MONDAYS ]]

MONDAY | 27 APRIL 2009

@ The Flat
1701 Commonwealth St.
Houston, TX 77006
713.521.FLAT

[[ DJ SUN ]] :: Houston
( Soular Grooves )

featuring special guest:

[[ DJ Sabo ]] :: NYC
( Sol Selectas )

and an early guest set by:

[[ DJ LIL TIGER ]] :: NYC
( —=(] buhbOmp [)=—, Haterzville, touch&feel:radio, Soular Grooves, Parakitachi )

9p-2a | FREE FREE FREE | No dress code

Frank, of Voodoo Funk fame (we’ve written about him before), has put together another incredible collection of African heat, this time on the Nigerian Disco tip:

¬ Frank (Voodoo Funk) – Nigerian Disco Mix (DOWNLOAD IT HERE)

He made this as part of a promo to secure a new gig in Brooklyn, which you can read about here. I def gotta make it to that.

After the Purple One and The Abstract brought down the House of Blues in Vegas, it was only a matter of time before the two would collaborate on a track:

Prince – Chocolate Box (feat. Q-Tip)

Shoot the J. SHOOT IT.

Yesterday Luciano was charged with harboring a fugitive.

Let’s hope everything works out for the best.

Them boys @ XXL sat down with the greatest rapper alive (Bun) and that guy whose name I always forget. Who? Mike Jones. Who? Mike Jones! Who knows more about Houston rap? You or them?

Brush the dust off the Jansport, turn up the volume, and let the debatery begin.

Pittsburgh duo Rec One and DJ Nugget are letting their affection for Premo‘s signature boom-bap sound be known to the world with their latest mix:

Rec One & DJ Nugget – Salute DJ Premier – Best of DJ Premier Part 1
DOWNLOAD THE MIX HERE

I can’t agree that all these tunes qualify for the label “Best of,” but, you know, opinions are like bad credit …

Regardless, it’s an interesting collection, and the mix is well put together:

Tracklisting
1. Rec One in Deep Concentration
2. Krs-One – MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know
3. Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean
4. Blahzay Blahzay – Danger ***
4. Blahzay Blahzay – Danger (Premier Remix)
5. Rakim – New York (Ya Out There)
6. Nas – Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park)
7. D&D All Stars – 1,2 Pass It
8. Fat Joe – Dat Gangsta Shit
9. Group Home – Supa Star
10. D’Angelo – Devil’s Pie
11. Memphis Bleek – Hand It Down
12. AZ – The Come Up
13. The Crooklyn Dodgers – Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers
14. All City – The Actual
15. The Lox – Recognize
16. Raekwon – Sneakers
17. M.O.P. – Stick To Ya Gunz
18. Guru ft. Mendoughza – Back 2 Back (Rec One & Nugget Back 2 Back Interlude)
19. The Notorious B.I.G. – Unbelievable
20. The Notorious B.I.G. – Kick In The Door (Rec One & Nugget Group Home Remix)
21. Gangstarr – Work
22. Gangstarr ft. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx – The Militia
23. Freddie Foxxx – Lazy!!!
24. Freddie Foxxx – The Lah
25. Nas – Nas Is Like
26. Black Eyed Peas – BEP Empire
27. Das Efx – Real Hip-Hop
28. Royce Da 5’9 – Boom
29. Gangstarr – Battle
30. Kingz Kounty – 718
31. Pitch Black – It’s All Real
32. Snoop Dogg – The One and Only
33. Capone-N-Noreaga – Invincible
34. Ras Kass – Goldyn Chyld (Instrumental over Premier’s Peace Of Mine Interlude)
35. Janet Jackson – All For You (DJ Premier’s Top Heavy Remix)
36. Christina Aguilera – Still Dirrty
37. Sonya Blade – Look For The Name
38. Rah Digga – Lessons Of Today
39. Paula Perry – Extra Extra
40. Group Home – serial Rap Shit (R.I.P. Interlude)
41. Big L – The Big Picture (Intro)
42. Big L ft. Big Daddy Kane – Platinum Plus
43. Big L – On The Mic (Rec One & Nugget Classic Gangstarr Remix)
44. Gangstarr – Full Clip
45. Nas – N.Y. State of Mind
46. Sauce Money – Against The Grain
47. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ten Crack Commandments
48. The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Redman & Method Man – Rap Phenomenon
49. Das Efx – No Diggedy
50. Jay Z – A Million and One Questions
51. Royce Da 5’9 – Hip Hop
52. Arrested Development – Ease My Mind (DJ Premier Remix)
52. Kanye West, Nas, Krs-One & Rakim – Classic (DJ Premier Remix)
53. Gangstarr – You Know My Steez
54. Buckshot Lefonque – Music Evolution
55. DJ Premier Outro

*** It’s already been pointed out that this isn’t a Premier beat. But, Rec and Nugget put in work, so they get a pass.

Update: The mix was re-upped with the correct version of “Danger.” The download link and the playlist have been corrected.