Freddy Fresh – The Rap Records - The Mastermix

this is Will!!! from the FIERCE Posse!!! hey! we're on disc #3.. lol

Thanks for the nice comments. You will absolutely freak when you hear the amazing multi edits and blends done on this project by the Saxon Scoundrels (MP3 Genius and Andy Halstead "Ictus" out of the UK and there is a multi edit of the dub of the famed CDIII - Get Tough track by Steve "The Razor" Picardi that is so mindblowing that it really needs to be heard to be believed and its exclusive to this Japanese CD release. This project took over 1 year to complete. There are posters in the triple pack of each record used. Worth its weight just for the dope poster and edits!!

Just as a general comment, Freddy Fresh is one of the greatest DJs of all time, without a doubt. One of the marks of a great DJ is that their mixes sound as if they've selected only tracks from a very specific subgenre, but when you step back you realize that what they've done is selected from a huge amount of tracks the very few that have some kind of sonic or emotional quality in common, and this shared quality is more often than not something that would not have been noticeable to anyone else. Add to that perfect mixing, and not the kind that follows a formula, but that is based on a perfect FEELING for the tracks and flow; Freddy takes this to another level, mixing in only the choicest moments of the tracks (when you hear the unmixed versions of the individual tracks, you often come away thinking that the original artists and producers might not have understood what made the track great as much as Freddy does), layering it up with bits of other tracks and his own tweaks and original elements which take things to an entirely different level so that the mix becomes something much, much more than the sum of its parts.

To see these qualities in their most succinct form, I strongly recommend Freddy Fresh presents B-Boy Stance. Once you've begun to absorb that, move on to this. I won't try to comprehensively detail the components of this mix, especially as I can't think of any other DJ that's even attempted something like this that I could use as a point of comparison, let alone accomplished it so successfully. Just know this: the individual mixes on these three discs match up against any other mix that's been put on wax or disc or any other format, and contain extremely rare as well as common but underrated hip hop tracks, mixed to perfection in that style that only Freddy can do, and that highlights a strain of hip hop and DJ music that no matter what level of familiarity you think you have with the genre will seriously open up your mind and your ears. For reals: get this gem if you can, cuz this thing will be sought after for a LONG time to come, and who knows how long it's going to be around for.

This is a brilliant master-mix by none other than B-Boy legend, Freddy Fresh. As some might know, Freddy wrote a fantastic book called "The Rap Records", which was a comprehensive guide to collecting 12" singles from the classic era of hip-hop/rap (1979-mid 1990's).

This mix (with the help of Leeds duo, the Saxon Scoundrels) is pretty much a fantastic summary of some of the greatest and most underrated hip-hop jams from the 80's and 90's (and a few scant 00's tracks thrown in too), plus throws in a few more familiar jams such as Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys and "Here Come The Girls" (not that Sugababes version!) by Ernie K Doe.

I highly suggest you go out and find this 3-part mixtape (it will be quite rare one of these days), as there are also some real dope jams from Freddy's son in law - The Conductor Crucified on this CD thrown into the mix as well (probably one of Minnesota's greatest MC's).