31/10/2018

Dj Lazy K - Halloween Madness

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08/09/2018

Dj Camilo - #18 Intoxicated

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Not sure if this out on the net already or not.

06/09/2018

Cipha Sounds - Under Construction

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Shogun - World Renowned

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** UPDATE 08/09/18 Side B was taken down for copyright. The password is grimeandlime

ESE & Hipsta - Embedded Indicted #6

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Not sure who these two are - but they're from Brooklyn, and this tape from 2001 features lots of tracks you might not hear on other tapes from the time.

13/08/2018

Bigg Premiere - OK I'm Reloaded Tape #2

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Here's Tape #2 of a Rocafela mixtape from Bigg Premiere. Don't worry about the slow updates, I've just been busy s'all (etc).

28/07/2018

Buckwild - Back to School

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This tape is really good.. it starts off with a very long freestyle session, featuring amongst others Lord Finesse.. check it out

30/06/2018

Dj Capone - Heir to the throne pt. #2

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Buckwild - 12/12/92

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Scan later.

Buckwild from DITC with a tape from 92. Sure I've seen this around somewhere else before?

Kool Mike Ski - Heatwave 95

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It's summer, it's 1995 (ahem) and you have the Bronx Bomber bringing you another 90 minutes

09/06/2018

Jay Faire - Raw pt. #2

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21/05/2018

Whoo Kid - Goin' Platinum

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DS-1 - Money Cash Hoes

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Underrated DJ - check out his other tapes on here

19/05/2018

DJ Leon & Dj Madsol-desar - Hard 2 Connect pt. #1

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Dj Leon of The Fugees and Dj Madsol-desar on an interesting tape. Not familiar with either  I must admit. Sorry, just one update today - running late

12/05/2018

Dj Nel-E-Nell - Tape #14.5

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Think this DJ is from the Bronx.. I have a few others by him, but they all suffer from audio problems, but this one souunds great. The tapes from 96 as you can read on the cover, and it promises a Nas freestyle.. I think 1996 represents the last year in mixtapes where you found real variety on the tapes and DJs weren't scared to host properly, and the general feeling is just more fun, imo.

We now have a forum, I'm going to see if it's worth keeping online - check it out @ 

http://grimeandlime.freeforums.net

Cheers

10/05/2018

Whoo Kid - Club Shady

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04/05/2018

Whoo Kid - The Notorious K.I.D pt. #2

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B.C.W Ent - N.O.R.E.minatti

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Not sure if this is on the net already. I have a few copies of this, I think this is the best quality one.

SIDE A FIXED 5/5/18 password = grimeandlime

I've been told that I labelled the sides wrong.. I don't have much time to check, and between me and you, I haven't had the chance to listen to anything I've ripped since the start of this year :-(

Dj K Delight - UK vs USA

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Dj Killu Grand - Phat mixed joint pt. #3


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30/04/2018

Whoo Kid - Club Shady pt. #2

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Cutmaster C - Last Man Standing (Tape 2 of 2)

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Side B was taken down for copyright so the password is grimeandlime

28/04/2018

Cutmaster C - Last Man Standing (Tape 1 of 2)

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Link fixed 30/4/18

Dj Kay Slay - I Dare You

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Dodgy bootleg this one (and by that I mean it's been made recently..)

21/04/2018

Selecta Bam Bam - #15 De Ja Vu

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Reggae blends

Afrika Bambaata, Jazzy Jay, Mc Bug Out, Zulu Nation, Cold Crush 4 - T Connection 1980

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Whenever I post old tapes like this, I wonder if I should bother - Dutch @ Old School Hip Hop Tapes has amassed a huge collection, and I don't bother to cross reference what I post with what he has. Also in two minds about posting Afrika Bambaata material. We all have our own opinions of course, and news about the allegations surrounding him has seemingly died down for now. What's your opinion? All libellous comments welcomed in the chatbox!

17/04/2018

Cutmaster Belly - That's Who I am

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Great Blends DJ who I sadly don't have any more tapes of. Enjoy

Dj Fantasy & Jay Exclusive - By Any Means Necessary

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06/04/2018

Dj Kool Kid - The Jump Off

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Dj Triple C - Bronx Warz pt. #2

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Dj Smitty - #104 No Haters Allowed

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Spot the typo

01/04/2018

Dj Capone - Witness to The Mob

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Dexterity - Underground Reggae pt. #25

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Dj Fantasy - Feelin' the pain pt. #4

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25/03/2018

Dj Green Lantern - Attack of the Crate Diggaz

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70 minutes :(

Rated R - Niggaz done started something

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I thought I'd already posted this way back when, but it turns out I had posted part #2.. Here's part #1

22/03/2018

Dj EFN - Volume #14

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Here's a tape from Dj EFN, who is well known for co-hosting the drink champs podcast with NOREAGA nowadays

Dj Frank Cee - 2 in 1

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2 tapes in 1 from NYC's Frank Cee

08/03/2018

Dj Kasper - The Phantasm

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Did Queens have the best blend Djs? Here's a DJ I'm not familiar with, but as he's friends with Big Bills Adventures, you can be sure it's worth a download. This is just one example, imagine how many other (hundreds?) of thousands of mixtapes like this remain unheard :(

Smij Mc Bee - Laid Back

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J-Love Not On My Level (The Continuation)

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Dexterity - Best of Buju Banton

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Side B was taken down for copyright, the password is grimeandlime

Dj Super C - Black Funk RNB

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T-Boy Gold - He's back pt. #2

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I know nothing about this DJ aside from where he's from (Pennsylvania). I found him on Facebook and wrote a message to him but no reply as of yet.

Scian Smooth - Trunk of Treats pt. #16

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Not sure if this is #14 or #16 (check the cover)

01/03/2018

J-Love - Nas' Finest pt. #1

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Cutmaster C - Shit Ain't Sweet

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Dj Capone - The Jump Off

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Dj Kool Kid - Diamonds Are Forever

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R&B

27/01/2018

1st Klass - Phat Trax pt. #1

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In the spirit of all things mixtape related I dug deep and pulled out one of my favourite mixtapes that I own. The DJ is 1st Klass, and it's a must download. Sadly I can only share an old rip I made from 2014, as the original tape has started to break down. They aren't forever - no media is. They are slowly rotting away. 

Now...

There has been lots of talk recently about online sellers of mixtapes.

I'll state firstly that if there is a "truth" out there as to who is who, and the ethics of what they are doing, I don't know what it is. I'd also like to say that to date I've never sold a tape on ebay, nor do I plan to in the future - to date I've "made" under $40.00 through donations (an amount that wouldn't usually cover buying two mixtapes from ebay, let alone adding in shipping and so on, but an amount I am still very humbled to receive, despite whining about it in what is already a long sentence)

I'll try and keep it brief m8s -

Always be cautious when buying tapes online.

Accept that most of the mixtapes you can buy on ebay will have a questionable provenance (are you buying a copy of a download of a tape that was a copy of a copy of a copy of the master tape? lol)

Learn to look out for what a "legitimate" mixtape looks like. Sometimes shops will have made different covers for a mixtape. Maybe you are buying a tape kingz release of a tape that was also sold with a Harlem Music Hut cover. Whatever. Have a look at examples of covers posted on here, and the tapes themselves too. Does the tape you just bought look amazingly fresh, despite it being a Kool Out tape from 1993? Did you buy a Jazzy Joyce tape from from 1992 but on the cover she is clearly in her 40s?

Question everything about an auction. Realise that when you send someone a tape, and they promise not to post it online, that they might then trade it with someone else, and so on and so on.

Hip hop music isn't my culture. Mixtapes aren't my culture either. I was born in 1986 in London, and I've never set foot in America. I know next to nothing about mixtapes - I just started this website as I wanted to contribute for all the mixtapes I listened to that others had shared on the internet, that educated me on a music I found I had a real love for (people like tape masta, S.O.U.L, Chris French, illzdatapecollecta, Dj Step 1 from O.B.4.ZS.L, tape diggers, Dj Marioka, Brandan from Recognise the real and countless others I am doing a disservice to by not remembering off the top of my head.)

Hip-hop mixtapes as they were known are dead. The community of people who enjoy mixtapes like these is shrinking everyday. It relies almost entirely on content - we need to hear these mixtapes. We want to download them and keep them. If things are bad behind the scenes, then people will end up alienated and jaded. And that will prove counter productive to all of us who like mixtapes.

It is our right to scrutinise ebay sellers, but that only goes so far. It doesn't stop people selling things online. Speak out when you feel things are wrong, but think before you buy that item on ebay. Tell a friend to tell a friend about this website. Or just give them the link to http://www.f-yourmixtape.com/ (has everything beautifully organised and covers multiple sites)