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Got a chance to take my first trip to New York this summer. I spent a lot of time looking for records with no specific bias to genre, just good music. But what I kept finding was foundation reggae and dancehall tunes. Here are a few favorites, 100% vinyl...
Half Pint-No Sound Like My Sound
Dennis Brown-Queen Majesty
Horace Andy-Skylarking
Dennis Brown-Johnny Too Bad
U Roy-Your Ace From Outer Space
Delroy Wilson-True Believer
Gregory Issacs-Mr. Brown
Rock Steady With Flo And Eddie-Pearl
Sly Dunbar-Mr. Music
Alton Ellis-Sinners Gonna Weep
Sugar Minott -Play On
Johnny Osbourne -Nightfall
Toyan-Spar With Me
Bad Brains-I & I Survive (Dub Version)

One side of a cassette tape, all vinyl, just like how I would do when I started djing (the photo above is of my first mixtape recorded in 2000). Celebrating 10 years doing something that has brought me endless joy...

Intro/Alchemist-Mega Interlude
J Dilla-Timeless (Inst.)
Slum Village-Fall In Love
Dwele-Too Fly
The Alkaholiks-All Night (Inst.)
Soul Shakers-Shakers (Inst.)
Camp Lo-Swing
Large Professor-Jus Wanna Chill
MF Doom-Vinca Rosea
Marvin Holmes & Justice-All Night Into Day
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns-Four Play
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble=Sankofa

Summertime in Oakland, this is the Soundtrack In My Head...

Tracklist
Lee Fields & Sugarman & Co.-Stand Up
Alchemist-Shine (Inst.)
Statik Selecktah-Life Is Short (Inst.)
Lee Fields & The Expressions-Truth, Deception, & Lies (My World Remix) [feat. Aloe Blacc]
J.Cardim-Its Gonna Come Again
Brother Ali-Don't Look At Me Look Around
Don Cannon-Way of Life (Inst.)
Jay Dee-Get Down (Inst.)
Madlib-The Frontline (Liberation)
Zion I-Check It Out
Kev Brown -Say Sumthin
El Michels Affair-Incarcerated Scarfaces
Spec Boogie-Cornbread, Earl & Me
Mr. Chop-Straighten It Out

I have been wanting to put together a mix in celebration of my favorite holiday, Halloween, for years. Finally got around to it. Grown folks, let your inner child out to this mix by DJ BASTA.

Midnight Funk Tracklist

1. Serge Gainsbourg-Teleobjectivisme
2. Bo Hansson-Attic Thoughts
3. Giorgio Moroder-Midnight Express
4. J. Dilla-Sum Spooky
5. Mantronix-Get Stupid Fresh
6. I.M.P.- I'm Rollin'
7. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde-Freshest Rhymes In The World
8. Latyrx-Lady Don't Tek No
9. Herbie Hancock-Ready or Not
10. Dam Funk-Burgundy City
11. DST ft. Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin-Mean Machine
12. Roger-In The Mix
13. The Professionals-The Godfather
14. Eugene Blacknell-Space Funk
15. Serge Gainsbourg–Discophoteque
16. Funkadelic-Doo Doo Chasers (Instrumental Version)
17. KidManSuperBoy-A Burglar Story

Mix from Roots and Branches Oakland State of Mind Block Party 7/19/08. Featuring music from K'ua Aloha, Bumpitythump, Gemz, Banger Bananas, Big Hurt, Rev. Phil Lewis aka Motorcycle Mike, and Gulliermo Galindo. Reocrded and mixed by DJ BASTA.

Soundscapes, conversations with neighbors and beats made by up-and-coming producers on 60th Street in Oakland, California. Recorded and mixed by DJ Basta. (This is an authentic representation of our street and is not presented in a clean version).