Needle Drops

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02/10/23 • 78 min

Every 6 months or so, I spend a weekend cleaning and ripping my old vinyl. I had forgotten about my last session for a long time and upon rediscovering the project folder I realized there was a decent selection of '90s gems in that batch and a mixtape was born.
Rip Chain: SL-1210MK2, M44G (JICO Stylus), Scarlett 2i2 DAC, Audacity
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Miami Drop Mix)
Debbie Deb - I'm Searchin' (Short Vocal Version)
Pam Russo - It Works For Me (Drumapella)
Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There? (Just Get Up and Dance Edit)
Vanessa Williams - Running Back to You (Radio Edit)
Corina - Summertime Summertime (Spanglish)
INOJ - Love You Down
City Boyz - Get 'Em Up
Hypnotone - Dream Beam (Original Mix)
Joeski Love - Pee-Wee's Dance (Instrumental Dub)
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells (Original Version)
Queens Brooklyn Connection - This Is Called Hip Hop (Instrumental)
L. the Head Toucha - Too Complex (Street)
Kwest Tha Madd Lad - Lubrication (Safe Sex Radio Version)
Obscure Disorder - Maintain the Focus (Dirty)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Retaliation
Most Wanted ft. Pras - Ain't No Stoppin' (Album Version)
G. Simone - Music for the '90s
Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor (-8 on My Technics)

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A collection of edits and reworks by the impeccable Casual Connection. Australia, stand up!
Ginuwine - Pony
Horace Brown - Shake It Up
Next - Too Close
Usher - U Make Me Wanna
Eve - Who's That Girl
Fat Joe ft. Ashanti - What's Luv
Mya - Case of the Ex
Naughty by Nature - Feel Me Flow
Adina Howard - Freak Like Me
Aaliyah - Back & Forth
Mariah Carey - Make It Happen
Brandy - Full Moon
Cassie ft. Timbaland - Way Me & U Are
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Casual Connection - The Magic
Blackstreet ft. Janet Jackson - Girlfriend Boyfriend
Bow Wow ft. Ciara - Like You
Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland - Dilemma
Craig David - Fill Me In
Mary J. Blige - Everyday People
Coolio - 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)
Craig Mack - Flava in Your Ear

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Real ones know how special Phil Collins is, but here’s a little starter pack. I gave it a lofi treatment to keep things interesting, like finding a dodgy Type 1 cassette mixtape from 1985.
Turn It On Again
Just a Job to Do
Misunderstanding
Taking It All Too Hard
That’s All
Man on the Corner
I Missed Again
Dance on a Volcano
Mama
Robbery, Assault and Battery
Squonk
Follow You Follow Me
Abacab
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