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Classic Material Edition#9 (1995)

By Chris Read (MusicOfSubstance)

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Edition #9 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1995. The output of '95 arguably typifies what is often referred to as the 'mid 90s sound', with filtered and layered grooves accompanying crisp programmed drums at a tempo generally far lower than in previous years. The general trend for decreasing tempos peaked in '95 with a significant proportion of single releases barely breaking the 90bpm mark.

1995 is also notable for the rise of a darker more melancholy production style with even the darkest of backdrops (Mobb Deep's Shook Ones Part 2 for example) scoring as unlikely club hits. There were of course also a host of more typically upbeat club tracks, Blahzay Blahzay's 'Danger' and ODB's 'Shimmy Shimmy Ya' being good examples.

The Classic Material Edition #9 party takes place at the City Arts and Music Project in London on Saturday 16th July with special guests Matman and Daredevil (ITF / DMC Champs).

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Featuring tracks by Mic Geronimo, Suprême Ntm, Masta Ase Incorporated, Chris Read, Mobb Deep and more

Classic Material Intro Buy By Chris Read	1
Intro Buy By Das Efx	2
I Like It (Instrumental) Buy By Grand Puba	3
Theme #3 Scratchapella Buy By Chris Read	4
Masta I.C. (Instrumental) Buy By Mic Geronimo	5
Dedicated (Acapella) Buy By Funkdoobiest	6
Fades Em All (Pete Rock Remix Instrumental) Buy By Jamal	7
A Certain Special Skill (Instrumental) Buy By Mark B Feat Mcm	8
Here It Is Buy By Das Efx	9
Can’T Have Nuttin (Instrumental) Buy By Das Efx	10
Caught Up In The Game Buy By Bushwackas	11
Tout N’Est Pas Ci Facile Buy By Suprême Ntm	12
Danger Buy By Blahzay Blahzay	13
Time For… Buy By Show And Ag	14
Don’T Shut Down On A Player (Acapella) Buy By Ill And Al Skratch	15
You Won’T Got Far Buy By Organised Konfusion Feat O.C.	16
Long Jev (Vocal) Buy By World Renown	17
Long Jev (Instrumental) Buy By World Renown	18
Resurrection 95 (Acapella) Buy By Common	19
You Know Now (Buckwild Remix) Buy By Show And Ag	20
Searching (Remix) Buy By Pete Rock & Cl Smooth	21
Searching (Remix Instrumental) Buy By Pete Rock & Cl Smooth	22
Bomdigi (Acapella) Buy By Erick Sermon	23
Phat Kat Ride (Instrumental) Buy By Masta Ase Incorporated	24
Terror Buy By Masta Ase Incorporated	25
Give Up The Goods (Instrumental) Buy By Mobb Deep	26
What I’M After (Acapella) Buy By Lords Of The Underground	27
What I’M After (Bonus Beats) Buy By Lords Of The Underground	28
Who Ra Ra (Instrumental) Buy By Funkdoobiest	29
4 Better Or 4 Worse (Acapella) Buy By Pharcyde	30
Crooklyn Dodgers Part 2 Buy By Chubb Rock, Masta Ase And Special Ed	31

Davide Portela

6 months ago

Amazing mixes dude, keep it up!

Penny Arcade

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lush stuff. Hip-hop got me into record collecting and now just going back and filling in the gaps from my favourite era, so these mixes are great (and useful!). Cheers!

Francesco DeSensi

9 months, 1 week ago

These classic material mixes of yours a great. They have amazing flow to them.

jamurai

9 months, 3 weeks ago

'What I'm after' over 'Give up the Goods' is dope!

Dave Mumford

10 months ago

hi chris, ur on fire man!!! loveing them more and more can't wait till the next one keep up the good work bud dwarf ;@))

Brian Lovett

10 months, 1 week ago

Your mix made me sign up for the site.. It's poppin on here!

Billy Emsley

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Love it Chris, anotha concise and intelligent compilation from a heavy year for hip hop. Also, once again moulded together in your usual immaculate manner. Good work fella!!

Zulm

10 months, 2 weeks ago

you ill mo' fo'.

01D

10 months, 2 weeks ago

back in the years, 1995 was a good year in case of Hip Hop....THX

Chris Read (MusicOfSubstance)

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Another disclaimer for the nerds and train spotters: Firstly, World Renown's 'Long Jev' has never officially been released as far as I know but should have been released in '95 were it not for label issues and was present on many House of Hits mixtapes / radio shows from that year. I managed to get hold of a copy to include here because I love the track but the audio quality is not as good as I would like it to be.

Secondly, Pharcyde's '4 Better or 4 Worse' was on their 1991 'Bizarre Ride' album but the acapella was also issued as a bonus track to 'Runnin' from their 1995 'Labcabincalifornia' album. However, I've not been able to see for sure if that release was actually from 1995 or a later issue - I've given the track the benefit of the doubt.

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