GOLDEN MIXES VOL.2: Hip Hop Heroes by DJ Zita (42:33)

• Genres: Breaks, Hip Hop
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This all-vinyl mix is DJ Zita's half of GOLDEN MIXES VOL.2 Hip Hop Heroes, the sophomore release in a collaborative series with partner Dmadness. (Stay tuned for Vol. 3 releasing in April 2010.)

What is a hero? Zita & Dmadness answer that with a heavy crate of not just classics... but a vinyl fossil record of hip hop's most transcendent moments: witness as Pharoahe Monch narrates the flight of a stray bullet in first person; Mos Def places a stethescope to the sternum of the city; an up north inmate reads a letter from his main man Nasty Nas. With fierce Cali femcee AIMA escorting, Z&D mix, cut and blend to life the era when MCs dedicated entire songs to their DJs...when a hip hop artist could actually be somebody's hero. But at the end of the day, as dead.prez assert, "It's bigger than hip hop"..and as Andre reminds, "Heroes eventually die." Slap Vol.2 in the boombox and bob your head as you make a list of your own heroes - hip hop or not.

1. Hip Hop (Golden Remix) - Aima the Dreamer
2. Proceed III - The Roots feat. Bahamadiah
3. The Score - Fugees
4. One Love - Nas
5. Shimmy Shimmy Ya - Ol Dirty Bastard
6. Tried By H.E.R. - Common Sense & The East Flatbush Project (DJ Zita Remix)
7. Runnin' - The Pharcyde
8. Nickel Bags - Digable Planets
9. Breakadawn - De la Soul
10. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
11. You're a Customer - EPMD
12. Check the Rhyme - A Tribe Called Quest
13. Dwyck - Gang Starr feat. Nice and Smooth
14. Jam Master Jay - Run-D.M.C.
15. Rock the Bells - L.L. Cool J
16. Sometimes I Rhyme Slow - Nice and Smooth
17. Don't Sweat the Technique - Eric B. and Rakim
18. Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy
19. It's Bigger Than Hip Hop - Dead Prez

For the entire mix, go to http://djzita.com/mixes.html or http://www.thegiantpeach.com/djzita.aspx

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