April 2012
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“Its not what you know its who you know”
– 10% talent and 90% connections. Network, build genuine relationships with people at the top of their field and learn how to bullshit with the best of them. Then you might have a chance to make it.
March 2012
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The 2007 Reginald Dennis Email
So I wrote a Hip Hop Journalism is dead piece in 2007 and a couple months later I got the below email regarding it from Reginald C. Dennis. Mr Dennis was a early writer for The Source and later founding editor of XXL. I never shared this email with anyone, not even Dimez. Not sure why but now’s a good a time as any. I never claimed to be a writer but subconsciously maybe that’s what I...
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Download: DJ Dimez - Top Gun Pt. 2
Here’s another mixtape Dimez and I did from back in the day. Not sure the date when this dropped but I remember sitting in our kitchen recording it. The Top Gun series was geared more towords the ladies….R&B with a lil hip hop in it. Not my favorite series we did but there’s some quality blends on it. We had two technic turntables and a mixer in the kitchen of the...
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Download: King Smij - Sshhhh 25: Bridging The Gap...
I have quite few King Smij CDs and this is one of my favorites. That’s why its up for download. I only have a couple more CDs I’m gonna rip seeing as this version of Rapmullet is more or less just an archive of past CDs, write ups, and Rapmullet history. Smij was a mixtape pioneer in his own right. One of the first DJs to get into doing his own DVDs he also came up with dope mixtape...
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Mixtapeology: Part 1...Branding
-wrote this in like 2009 I think. not really a fan of branding anymore. I subscribe to the fact that as long as you make extraordinary music consistently while giving the middle finger to the man you’re gonna do alright without all of the below. Its a well written piece tho and for archival purposes I figured I’d post it-
(note: if you make mixtapes for fun or for the hell of it...
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Download: John Doe (1200 Hobos) - Last Amateur
This was one of the last official mixtape reivews I did a couple years ago. John sent me the CD and everything. If you’re into perfect timing, actual DJ skills and dope music you might wanna download this one. No track list, you’re gonna have to trust me…
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http://www.mediafire.com/?dqn3jthrqno
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Download: DJ Vlad - Vlad The Butcher
This is another Re-Up joint I posted a while back before the tumblr site. Pretty much Vlad at his best before he became a douche bag “journalist” culture sucking wana-be I’ll sue your ass waste of flesh.
Track List:
1. Vlad the Butcher Intro
2. Notorious BIG & 2Pac- Ghost (remix)
3. Notorious BIG- Everyday Struggle (remix)
4. 2Pac & Jay Z- Moment of Clarity...
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Download: DJ Eleven & DJ Platurn - Over The Top
I posted this joint a couple years ago, the link is still good but the site has changed so this is what we’ll call a re-up. I love me some 80s pop/rock music and there’s some great mixes on this one.
Track List:
REO Speedwagon - Can’t Fight This Loving Feeling
Mr. Big - To Be With You (Grandtheft RMX)
Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
Billy Idol Vs. Total -...
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Download: DJ Spinbad - 80s Megamix Vol. 2
This dropped back when Spindbad was being managed by Johnny Shipes. Def not my favorite Spinbad mix but an important one none the less. The first 80s megamix was and still is a straight classic mixtape. He pulled shit off on that mix that he shouldn’t have been able to do for when it dropped. Volume two tho was def as skill-full, even more so considering improved technology, but the impact...
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Feedback: Hevehitta & DJ Unexpected - Duel Of The...
This is innovation right here. This is looking at the landscape of mixtapes and pushing forward with a new way to make it work online. The DJ mixtape EP has arrived. I love it. Six tracks and an ill concept is all I need. Throw in some skill, an intro, some break beats and the Iron Fist is complete. You guys impressed me with this one. Not just musically but the idea is top notch and the...
February 2012
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Rapmullet: The Early Years...Big Chew Version
So we want to give you a written account of the early Rapmullet years. Where it came from and how it developed. Its probably going to be a long read as both Dimez and myself will be contributing to this piece, most likely a two part story. I’m going to give you the history behind the start of the site technically and Dimez will give you more behind the scenes stuff after we first took off....
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Download: DJ Crazy Chris - Apocamix Now
This is one of the early Crazy Chris mash-up mixtapes. You can hear the potential in this one compared to years later when his projects were supremely polished. This is the rough cut of what would come later on. The concept was pretty much hip hop mashed with Vietnam/anti-war music of that time period. He pulls it off and I’m gonna be honest, with 55 tracks, this was a bitch to track out...
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Download: Mick Boogie - The Big Picture
I don’t have many Mick Boogie CDs laying around but for some reason I held onto this one. Suffice it to say Mick was once the undisputed mid-west mixtape king. Dude put in some serious mixtape work which catapulted him to where he is today. Like we always use to say on the Mullet, mixtapes are the foundation and if done right can and will bring you to another level. This CD right here got...
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Feedback: Camiliano - Thoughts Become Words, Words...
First impression of the project as a whole can be summed up in 3 words: grown man music. We’re both from the same generation so as a grown man I can appreciate what you have to say and can relate. Your lyrics are the most introspective I heard from you ever. You get to a certain age and start reflecting on your life. The peaks, the valleys, bad decisions and the end results that give you...
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Play It By Ear...
I have an 11 year old daughter. She loves her cell phone. I took it away for a month till she brought some of her grades up. It impacted her “social life” greatly or so she says. Now that she has it back, every weekend its all about friends. I watched her last Saturday call damn near every friend in her phone trying to find something to do. Then when nobody was around that immediate...
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Download: DJ Kool Kid - The Diesel
The Diesel series was arguably Kook Kid’s best and most creative. Big Dev was a driving force behind that tho and it showed. I remember they used to have this portable studio thing and he would run up on MCs to get an exclusive freestyle. Cats doing what they had to do to stand out. Kool Kid put in quality work over the years and carved out a nice niche for himself.
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A DJ Crazy Chris Sighting? Yup sort of...
So a few people were talking about DJ Crazy Chris who used to be a staple member of the Rapmullet community. Well I reach out to him thru email to see how he was doing and he got back to me the other day. He’s not making any more mixtapes but he channeled that creativity into his new Puppet Theater that he and some friends opened over a year ago. If there was one person on Rapmullet who...
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Download: DJ Bijal - I Love You
Bijal was an early Rapmullet supporting going back to 2004. This was probably his best mixtape too. The Rapmullet community def pulled his card tho because Bijal was of the “fake it till you make it” mentality and well he just didn’t live up to the hype he was manufacturing back then. Regardless this is a well put together CD and considering its Valentines day when else can I...
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Download: DJ Ayers & DJ Eleven - The Glamorous...
You know I love me some 80s and Ayers and Eleven might be the best at it with in that genre. I gave you The Glamorous Life so its only right to come back with part 3. Any mixtape that has Jerry and Ollies “Breakin” is the shit. Don’t front you know you wanna pop and lock. What stands out to me about the mix itself is the flow. Different tempos throughout but it works to...
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Download: DJ Rukiz - Boyz N The Hood
Found this today while I was looking for new joints to post. Rukiz is from Rhode Island and made a name for himself throughout New England. Rukiz had a great run with mixtapes for a minute. He kept a nice balance of blends, new shit, best ofs ect. This is one of those “best ofs” so to speak. This CD brings me back to a prosperous time for mixtapes too…peep all the mixtape...
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Review: Curren$y - Here
I love projects like this. 5 tracks, no filler all potent joints and he’s not scared to rhyme over some old beats either. Not only that Curren$y always seems to have perfect timing. Remember timing? Its the difference between a project getting a buzz, keeping a buzz or getting absolutly no buzz. The difference between fucking a hot bitch or going home to beat off in a dirty sock. Who drops...
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Review: Hevehitta & DJ Unexpected - Poetic...
You know Big Chew had to crash the Poetic Prophets party with a proper mixtape review. Truth be told I coughed up the $3 just so I could hear Un do an intro. I fuck with Nas and Mobb Deep tho, who doesn’t? So you say to yourself. Self, how many times can I listen to Mobb Deep and Nas? Well you listen to this project because we got some blends, we got some rarities and some breaks. Breaks?...
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Review: Chuuwee & Sundown - The Millennium Falcon
Picture Princess Leia in her prime laying on her back buck naked and you’re about to put the tip of your dick in her pussy…that’s almost like listening to this project. Obviously I’m taking some in her prime Leia pussy over this music but Chuuwee and Sundown brought it all to the table with The Millennium Falcon. I can’t say I ever heard of Sundown before this...
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Download: Rapmullet.com, Big Mike, Scram Jones, DJ...
This was Rapmullet’s first CD that dropped in 2005. Featured nothing but skilled DJs, including Scram Jones (who is a skilled DJ as well as producer and MC). If you know Rapmullet’s history you know we were champions of blends and remixes and we tried to shine the light on anything worthy at the time. To say we learned a lot about the mixtape game from this one CD would be an...
January 2012
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The Middle Man
Avoid the middle man at all costs. That includes signing with a major record label. They are essentially middle men at this point. And they are becoming obsolete. You think that major will get your record on the radio and get you on TV and they might but that doesn’t mean you will be a success. That’s old world media that major label access used to control. Its manufactured ...
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Download: DJ Dimez - Crills And Bills
Back when Dimez and I owned Da Spot records Dimez dropped his own mixtapes. I think we did about 5 or 6 tapes (I was the enginer, lol). Crills And Bills dropped sometime in 1998. Obviously this wasn’t the cover we used and I don’t remember what the cover was because it was on tape as all the joints Dimez put out were on casette. Around this time Dimez was getting a ton of bootleg...
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Da Spot Records
If you don’t already know Dimez and myself used to own a Record Store called Da Spot Records. It was open from 1996-2000 and it was our education in the mixtape game. I found these pics digging thru some old boxes. Hopefully I can find the pics of the front of store and some of the DJ Booth which was just below the second picture. On Fridays we would shut down the store about 7PM and Dimez...
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Download: DJ Dexterity - Reggae Classics Vol. 1
This is arguably one of my most prized mixtapes of all time. I don’t even listen to the original. I listen to a burnt copy in my ride. I’ve listened to this mixtape so much my 11 year old daughter can recite it word for word with perfect timing. In my opinion the greatest reggae mixtape ever made. Classic after classic. I know every little nuance of this mix. I could recite it in my...
December 2011
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Download: Black Chiney - Willy Chin Again
I’m not much of a reggae fan unless you’re talking the classics, however this CD right here is fire. I’m thinking this dropped around 2006. Its 71 tracks of perfect timing, blends, remixes and hot shit for the time period. I can’t say I ever listened to another Black Chiney CD but without a doubt Willy Chin Again is a classic.
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November 2011
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Download: DJ Rondevu - Godbrothers 2
Rondevu is easily top 5 mixtape DJs of all time for me. Nas is my favorite MC so I had to post this joint. Not only is the intro something to be hold the mix is a lesson in proper timing. Not a super rare CD but must download none the less.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?8beo7cz16e6wb26
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Download: Chill Will - Fruit Flava Masterpiece #7
And we’re back! No fancy words or a need to get brolic up in here. We know what we do and so do the people that matter. This download right here tho? This is another joint I cop’d from classicmixtapes.com back in 2000. Chill Will is a true mixtape legend. Put in work for years and even did a bid behind this mixtape game. Get fruity one more again and see what you missed out on in...
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Download: DJ Lazy K - (The Original) Butta Mixxin’...
Dimez and I sold this joint in our mixtape shop back in the mid 90s. Butta Mixxin’ 1 & 2. I didn’t keep our orignal masters but I did cop this in early 2000 from the now defunct classicmixtapes.com. You’ve probably seen this online from Tape Kingz but that joint is just tape #33. This right here is the first original Butta Mixxin’ Rican tape. You can tell by the track list the...
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Download: Pen Game Proper
With it officially being Hoodie Season and all this seems like the proper mix to provide adequate fall theme music. Can’t remember when we first dropped this but its a straight up and down east coast banger. Track list is below… DJ Daddy Dog Rapmullet Intro Cormega - Verbal Graffiti Notorious BIG - You’ll See Mobb Deep - One Mil Herb McGruff - A Train Uptown Kool G Rap - The Realest Nas - Clue...
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Download: Trapper John M.D - Woodgrain Soul:...
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Download: Dirty Harry, Billy Bill, Dexterity, Bigg...
Another slept on mixtape overshadowed by the other 5 Deadly Venoms. I don’t own this on tape either. I cop’d it on CD from a website called classicmixtapes.com. They had a site in the early 2000s and sold quite a few classic mixtapes on CD. They hit up Rapmullet in 2004 I think it was cause they wanted to sell their domain and mixtape collection which was pretty deep. At the time it...
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Download: Beastie Boys & DJ Green Lantern - New...
If this isn’t a classic then I don’t know what is.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?w87x71caw6jn4un
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Download: DJ Muggs - Rock Superstar
Haven’t seen this one too much online. Probably a pioneering project in the mash up genre. Not sure why I kept this CD around because I don’t listen to it much but it has its place in the mixtape hall of fame…where ever that may exist.
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http://www.mediafire.com/?6otvunhj3d8dvci