DJ Mickey Knox – Rawkus Classics [Download]

 

Out of all the now defunct Hip-Hop labels one could ever name, pound for pound Rawkus Records stood a Mic and 2 Turntables above the pack, just on the strength of their roster of quality artists and their stellar; even seminal releases alone, if for nothing else.

Though that “house of hits” is no longer around in name per se (for various debate worthy reasons why), what undoubtedly does still remain are a great many of those artists and the indelible impact of the music they made while there. I was a huge supporter of the majority of their releases, especially the Soundbombing and Lyricist Lounge series, so running across this DJ Mickey Knox mix that highlights a slew of the labels biggest hits is real major for me.

Yeah, there’s a track or two missing but I’ll get over it and chalk it up to personal preference since Eminem’s “Any Man”, Reflection Eternal’s “The Express” and Pharoahe Monch’s “Mayor” are all part of the lineup.

This right here is Mos DefKweli-ty (yeah, you see it) textbook primer for those that were..umm….conceptually challenged when these gems first dropped.

Check the rest of the tracks below, grab the mix over HERE and get transported back to ’96 with me.

Tracklist:

01. Mos Def “Universal Magnetic”
02. Styles P. “My Life”
03. Common feat. Sadat X “1999?
04. Talib Kweli “Get By”
05. Kool G. Rap “First Nigga (Remix)”
06. Dilated Peoples “Right & Exact”
07. Mos Def “Ms. Fat Booty”
08. Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli x Hi-Tek) “The Express”
09. Pharoahe Monch “Simon Sayz”
10. Big L “Flamboyant”
11. Eminem “Any Man”
12. Bad Seed “Uhhnnn”
13. Cage “Suicidal Failure”
14. Black Star (Talib Kweli x Mos Def) “Respiration”
15. Hi-Tek feat. Jonnel “Round and Round”
16. Hi-Tek feat. Common “The Sun God”
17. Mos Def feat. Tash x Q-Tip “Body Rock”
18. Kool G. Rap “My Life”
19. Pharoahe Monch feat. Xzibit “Right Here (Remix)”
20. Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli x Hi-Tek) “Move Something”
21. Da Beatminerz feat. Flipmode Squad “Take That”
22. The High & Mighty feat. Mos Def x Skillz “B Boy Document 99?
23. Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli x Hi-Tek) “The Blast”
24. Black Star (Talib Kweli x Mos Def) “Definition”
25. Mad Skillz “Ghostwriter”
26. Shabaam Sadeeq “Are You Ready”
27. Smut Peddlers “That Smut”
28. Lyricist Lounge All Stars “Talking To You”
29. Mos Def feat. Pharoahe Monch “Oh No”
30. Pharoahe Monch “Mayor

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