THEMIXLAB Podcast #36 – P.S.A. (Part 1)

Originally released back in the Fall of 2007 this double-disc mixtape “Public Service Announcement” (PSA), brings more dope Hip-Hop tracks. All selected, cutted & mixed by 2 DJs that live & breathe Hip-Hop….JFresh-One & Jnx The Kemist! This mix is known as Part 1 with Fresh on the set. Stay tuned for the next episode, #37, for Part 2 with Jnx behind the tables! Enjoy this podcast & God bless!

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NEW! - THEMIXLAB Podcast #26

Keeping the podcast rollin’ as usual with QUALITY hip-hop! Welcome back to The Mix Lab as we hit into the summer. Here you can enjoy the latest episode…#26. Subscribe, download, and turn up your volume to this mix….all for FREE! We have a mixture of old & new within this 33 minute mix (brought to you by DJ JFresh-One). Also stay tune for a special tribute mix on the next episode by Jnx The Kemist.

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The DJ in Hip-Hop - Interview with Kid Capri & DJ Revolution

New Podcasts for The Mix Lab and LabJamz!

Here we go again! Start downloading for FREE and subscribe for more! On this piece, we got 2 new episodes…one for The Mix Lab (episode #16) and one for LabJamz (episode #4). Of course you’ll hear the finest selection of REAL Hip-Hop music and classic jams from back in the day. On the set is DJ JFresh-One.

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Here is the List for The Mix Lab episode #16:
1. Jay-Z & J Dilla – Change (JFresh-One Remix)
2. JFresh-One - Intro (featuring J Dilla – Expensive Whip)
3. DJ Honda feat Mos Def – Magnetic Arts
4. X-ecutioners – XL
5. Doug Evans – Gift of Gab
6. Jay-Z & DJ Jazzy Jeff – Hustle Knockin’
7. Jurassic-5 – Respect The Thin Line
8. The Ambassador – God Is In Control
9. Nomis – If I Could
10. Skyzoo feat Talib Kweli & Reks – When I Rhyme
11. DJ JS-1 feat OC & Pharoah Monch – Ridiculous
12. Ques – HOPE (For The Better)
13. Insufficient Funds – Positive Elevation
14. J Dilla – Kjay and We Out

NEW EPISODE - The Mix Lab Podcast #15 - Now Playing!

Droppin' another mix here at The Mix Lab! This is Episode #15 brought to you by DJ JFresh-One on the set. Doing what we do best, of course, mixin' it up and bringing peace! In this episode JFresh hooks the podcast up with some more new and classic joints of REAL hip-hop...stuff that's rarely played on radio. In this set we got: Little Brother, Blu & Exile, Dilated Peoples, EMC & Nicolay, Tribe Called Quest, Dudley Perkins, BlackStar, Mos Def, Gang Starr, Rakim, Common, J Dilla, and The Ambassador with Cross Movement.
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Backspin' To The Future - Old School Hip-Hop at LabJamz.com

LabJamz Episode #3 is mixed and spinned by the original DJ JFresh-One. On this podcast we got some classic jams from The Mix Lab and formulated to an Old School vibe. That's gonna be our focus for LabJamz now, strait out classics and old school flavor that's been missin' nowadays! Of course we still gonna represent our main podcast over at themixlab.net, but we wanna officially announce that LabJamz.com is our throwback podcast featuring Old School Hip-Hop and R&B classics. We got plenty more to come so relax and enjoy this starter mix. "Backspin' To The Future"

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NEW The Mix Lab presents...LabJamz.com! A new podcast channel.

What up all my hip-hop heads supportin' The Mix Lab! A little surprising to some, but I wanna announce to all of you that we launched a new podcast channel. Its an additional channel for other type of shows or mixes. Don't get it twisted, THEMIXLAB.NET is still our main home and website. This new one is just a bonus.

LabJamz.com will be used to publish old school hip-hop, mixshow specials, uptempo hip-hop, R&B, club, funk, soul, slow jams, and more. Whenever creativity strikes we'll post it there. Be sure to subscribe and download for free.

Plus, continue to support TheMixLab.net where we represent REAL Hip-Hop! WE HAVE MUCH MORE PODCASTS ON YOUR WAY! Even one in a few minutes!

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The Mix Lab Podcast #12 is now playing!

Here we go again! The Mix Lab brings you another episode to enjoy! This installment #12. JFresh-One & Jnx The Kemist cuts in some classics, new music, few mixes and a little more words of thought. Enjoy another radio-style show of real hip-hop.

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NEW! Episode #11 Now Playing on The Mix Lab!

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The Mix Lab brings you another hour long episode with The Audioholics Crew! JFresh One & Jnx The Kemist takes a different approach to the podcast with a little radio-style.

In this episode you might not catch that signature mix, but you still hear good classics and new joints including Del La Soul, J Dilla, & Statik Selektah. Plus, you be able to hear more words from the DJ's themselves as they just wanna kick it with the listeners.

Stay tuned for more episodes to come (we promise)and get to know the crew!

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Listen to Episode #8 - The Mix Lab

NEW EPISODE #8!!! Welcome back everyone! Its been a little while since the last episode. Hope you enjoyed it. Big shouts to Jnx The Kemist.

Now for this episode we were in the Lab again and cooked up another mix. Honey Sunshine help selected the tracks while JFresh One mixed it up on the 1's & 2's. This one is a smooth groove type of mix. Its got a little bit of some Soul and R&B.

Sit back, enjoy & stay tuned in for more!

God bless y'all!

Diddy Blames DJs For The Fall of Hip-Hop

Well, almost everybody knows who Puff Daddy is or Diddy Boppity Doo Di Doo La La or whatever he claims to be. Just recently in the news in MTV and HiphopDx.com, the Bad Boy head hancho himself put blame on DJs on why the state of Hip-Hop is where it is at now. This bad boy seems to be bitter or butt-chapped because maybe some kid did not press play on his last album.

This is what Diddy had to explain during an interview with MTV: "People have figured out the formula when they make records for radio, and DJs ain't DJs no more. DJs don't break records no more. DJs don't play album cuts. DJs play what is going to move the crowd. DJs, they don't expose you to the newness. That was the DJs' thing. Hip Hop is in a recession also. It's not dead, it's definitely way better than where it was at, as far as with 'Ye, T.I. and with Jeezy. It's so much great stuff out there, the responsibility has to come with the DJs."

This dude has gone mad! Plus he is also in the making of his new album and he will have (yes another) new sound. Just as rumored about his new approach to the autotune/vocoder bandwagon, he claims to do something "new & different" from everybody else with "electro hip-hop soul." Here is another remark from this brother:

"Right now, I'm working on my record, and it'll be out in the end of summer. It's feeling good. It's different. I'm creating a new sound. It doesn't sound like anybody else's stuff out there. With that comes a risk. I'm excited about the risk. I do have a beef a little bit with the game right now. I think Hip Hop has lost its risk-taking quality. Everybody goes to the comfort zone. It doesn't have that risk anymore. You're not like, 'What is that?' when you hear that record anymore."

Well, Mr. Combs, if you happen to read this let me tell you something. I am a DJ. Not just a regular DJ, but a DJ that spins and supports the true essence of Hip-Hop. I admit that there is a lot of lazy wanna-be DJ's out there. Including wack unknown ones or popular no-skilled DJs like Khaled. A lot of DJ's are just as bad as some rappers, labels, fans, and the media. Its the whole movement of the culture period. The majority are influenced by a whole different definition of "hip-hop." BUT there is no reason to be pointing fingers at the DJs alone for the sake of where hip-hop is at right now. Business cats like yourself are the ONE of the reasons hip-hop is dying in the mainstream. You talk just like the rest of them corporate demons.

Listen, Diddy, don't overlook the real culture of hip-hop and especially don't put blame on the foundation of it all. We are supposed to move a crowd just like a REAL emcee should and expose the crowd with not just "new" music, but with real music that has a positively-moving message. Diddy invested on this mainstream radio pop culture. Puffy, if you are really gonna do something new and different, why don't you get off T-Pain's lap and spit a real song like a real MC should while a DJ is cuttin' up the breaks. If changing hip-hop back to way it is supposed to be is your concern, then REALLY do something about it. Don't jump in the bandwagon like everyone else and then claim that you are not. Plus, in my opinion, hip-hop is not better than where it was. Sorry TI, Kanye or Jeezy ain't helpin' either.

And one more thing, Puff, if there is a risk to be known then that will be actually playing one of your records. Here is a suggestion for your new album's title, Press Stop, Then Eject.

Keep it real. Hip-Hop 101. God Bless.

Jay-Z Dropping New Album, "The Blueprint 3"

Yeah, I'm pretty sure y'all know already, Jay-Z is talkin' on dropping his new anticipated album Blueprint 3. It is not breaking news especially with tons of websites and blogs posting up the news faster than a Jehovah Witness rings a door bell. Also, you will or may have found and heard leaks from the album (Brooklyn Go Hard, Swagger, History - sound familiar?).

Jay told MTV recently, "For me, the process of making an album is difficult with so many things going on. And me, I wanna make it beyond and above. I'm gonna take my time with it. I don't have any quotas, and that's a good thing. It may be too freeing. It's a good thing and a bad thing. You know, I think I need some restrictions. 'Cause if I had restrictions, I would have done it in three weeks. I would have made what I believe to be a great piece of art." Plus, not only would this album be Jigga's last on Def Jam, but would have the majority of it produced by Kanye West. Let's hope he don't put his heartbreak on the record....Jay don't need to be robotized!

Jay also mentioned about 'Ye working on some tracks for the Blueprint 3 recently. "He wanted to do a few more joints, so he kinda pushed it back. Now we're gonna go in and just work on some more records. So I got some more stuff to kill it with! I think [Jay pushed the album back because] 'Swagger' just did so incredible. We wanted to go up [and make sure] everything was on that level."

Well, we all just gotta sit back and wait for this next Jigga chapter to be released. Just keep your ears peeled and drop any info on the status in the comments.