dj dAz presents: soul, rare groove, hip hop and ting'

dj dAz presents: The Creator Has A Masterplan (jazz with vocals)

1. Dee Dee Bridgewater – People Make The World Go Around

2. Roberta Flack – Compared To What

3. Claudia Acuna – Gracias A La Vida

4. Stan Getz – Saudade Vom Correndo

5. Courtney Pine – Children Of The Ghetto

6. Freddie Hubbard – Little Sunflower

7. Pharoah Sanders – The Creator Has A Masterplan

8. Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions

9. Norman Conners – Mother Of The Future

10. Donald Byrd – Cristo Redentor

Recorded and mixed live by dj dAz for Acid Daz productions. Being a follower and lover of music I always find the music that inspires me is the music that goes deeper into the soul, music that has a bigger sound and a conscious message behind it, created by people who choose to push their limits further and display the very talents that brings them back 360˚ to the understanding that we are human. It just so happens some of them can sing better than us. Lot’s of strong vocals on here and some great rhythms too. I know this is probably not the trendiest mix I ever done but these songs have been in the back of my mind for many years and yet there are still recognizable hip hop samples as used by J Dilla, The Pharcyde, ATCQ, and Stetsasonic. Peace and blessings!

dj dAz presents: UPlift (A rhythmic journey into the essence of spiritual Hip Hop and Jazz)

The Last Poets – Bird’s Word

The Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Theme De Yo Yo (Dobie Re-Edit)

Aloe Blacc – Blind World

Q-Tip – Won’t Change

Mos Def – Roses

Tom Scott & The L.A. Express – Today

Common – Inhale

Gil Scott-Heron – Lady Day and John Coltrane

The Zbigniew Namylowski Modern Jazz Quartet – Piatawka (in 5/4 time)

Oscar Brown Jr. – Afro Blue

The World's Experience Orchestra - The Prayer

Andy Bey – River Man

The Cinematic Orchestra – All That You Give

(Photo credit: Big Manny) (Photo taken at Truthseekers Radio, Friday nights from 1-3 a.m. on 90.7 kpfk fm, Los Angeles, Ca. www.kpfk.org). Shout out to Santana and the whole Truthseekers crew.

Mixed and recorded live (no edits, no over-dubs, no pro-tools, recorded in one take) by dj dAz for Sounds Of Umoja productions. The music in this mix has been rolling around in my head for many months, even years, and possibly decades. The ability to understand the similarities between jazz of the past and modern hip hop has always been something to drive my art. Even in my early days as a young yout’, jazz music was always playing in my house, classic movies were always on the t.v., and whenever I’d get home from school, there would always be an energy of welcomeness and calm like you had arrived. As I grew up and started to become influenced by hip hop in the eighties and nineties it just became a natural progression to be influenced by the very hip hop artists that used samples from their pop’s record collection for their own sound. Dad listened to Oscar Peterson, I listened to A Tribe Called Quest. Dad listened to Cab Calloway, I listened to Big Daddy Kane. So, with that being said; Big Up Pop’s, Mom’s, and family. I dedicate this to everyone, but my influences for this mix comes from the movies “The Jungle Book”, and Bob Hope and Bing Crosby’s “Road To Zanzibar”, as well as the very artists who are featured in this mix. Bless Up!

dj dAz presents: Mellow Bump Vol. 11 - from the Umoja Hi Fi Kwanzaa series!

1. 4 Hero – Conceptions

2. Yesterdays New Quintet – Sunrays

3. Massive Attack – Exchange

4. Lil’ Kim – Queen Bitch

5. Teedra Moses – Still Got Love (Instrumental)

6. Ta’Raach – Super Chocolate

7. Spacek – Eve (Jay Dee Mix)

8. Dwele – A.N.G.E.L. (Slum Village Mix)

9. Keith Murray – The Rhyme (Slum Village Street Remix)

10. Talib Kweli – Never Been In Love

11. Red Astaire – Follow Me

12. The Mighty Bop – Ride Away

13. Jamie Cullum – Frontin’

14. Esthero – Superheroes

This mix was first recorded and featured on the Umoja Hi Fi Kwanzaa series podcast page in December '08, to help feature my DJ crew UMOJA SOUNDSYSTEM and the many, many skills and musical knowledge we want to share with each other and the people around us. Umoja (meaning Unity in Swahili, is one of the Seven days of Kwanzaa), and with over fifteen years together as a collective, we thought it was only right to offer this music as a gift!. Check us out @ http://umojahifi.podomatic.com/

Wow. How to explain the beauty I maintain, with the love around and for the love of sound, this mix is dedicated first and foremost to UMOJA Hi Fi… no lie, always inspiring me to challenge my left and right ear and represent this thing here… we call it life!

But there would be no life if it wasn’t for my family, so I dedicate this to them too… I got mad crew in the form of friends that have supported me since back then, so a big shout out to you!. And up next is my boo… I recorded this mix for you, I’m so, so blessed for us to be two, you keep me true… so true, Alisa I love you!!! :0)

ldj dAz presents; 100% Soul – Heavy Soul Vol. III

The Art Of Noise – Moments In Love

Isaac Hayes – Ike’s Theme

The Main Ingredient – Summer Breeze

Edwin Starr – Easin’ In

Cymande – Genevieve

Stevie Wonder – Golden Lady

Steve Parks – Movin’ In The Right Direction

Marvin Gaye – Anger

Ben E King – Supernatural Thing

Curtis Mayfield – Kung Fu

Leon Haywood – I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You

The Fatback Band – Feed Me Your Love

Funk Factory – Rien Ne Vas Plus

Rose Royce – Still In Love

Ahhh yes, Bless!!! Recorded and mixed live using 100% original vinyl, the next mix in the evolution of dj dAz and it’s a summer scorcher, keeping it “Hotter Than July”, this mix features some of my favorite chunes (skips and all) that I’ve had the pleasure of listening to over the years, all the while appreciating the sick rolling bass-lines, crunchy drums, Fender Rhodes melodies, and sweet soul vocals, this mix is straight pimpin’, so much so, that I’m sure if snoop dogg heard it, he’d be proud to bump it in his Snoop Deville Cadillac. Chuuch!

dj dAz presents: Mellow Bump

Outkast – Prototype

Mad Lib – Cold World

BG – Love Song For Strings

Sa-Ra – Hollywood

Flying Lotus – Tea Leaf Dancers

Erykah Badu – Soldier

Cooleys Hot Box – Make Me Happy

(DJ Spinna Mix)

Lupe Fiasco – Kick, Push

Jneiro Jarel – Do Yo Thang

Dangerdoom – Mince Meat

Jay-Z – Lucifer (Black Jays Remix)

A Tribe Called Quest – 4 Moms

Scritti Politti – Tinseltown To The Boogiedown

Cappadonna – ’97 Mentality

Slum Village – I Don’t Know

Peace and bless... coming to you live from the coast that's the West.. Dis here mix a likkle vibe I like to like to call Mellow Bump. Representing the laid back California attitude me, myself and I live on the daily in Los Angeles... Mellow Bump keeps it movin' like pistons on a Ferrari. This mix is filled with enough rhythms and beats to bump loudly in the car on your way to the club, throw on during a backyard jammie jam, or just straight-up rock it on your lap top while at work!. Wherever you choose to be, the Mellow Bump is where its at, ya dig?.

dj dAz presents: Beautiful

1. Lamb - Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix)

2. D'Angelo - Lady

3. Erik Rico - It's Too Far Away

4. Lauryn Hill - Like Water (Feat. Common, & Black Thought)

5. Tekitha - You (Remix)

6. Dabrye - Magic Says

7. Sa Ra Creative Partners - Glorious

8. DJ Jazzy Jeff (Feat. Raheem) - My Peoples

9. Jneiro Jarel - Breathin'

10. Dwele - Down Jimmy

11. Platinum Pied Pipers - I Got You

12. The Roots (Feat. D'Angelo) - The 'Notic

13. Raphael Saadiq - Sky's the Limit (Yam Who? Remix)

14. The Rebirth - Got Your Madness.

Big Shouts To My L.A. Peoples, and Very Good Friends Who's Music Inspired Me To Put This Mix Together. Eric Rico. Loslito and Noelle of The Rebirth, and Taz Arnold of Sa Ra Creative Partners. Also Big Up To The Soulpeople and Soul Children DJ Crews For Keeping This Style Of Music Alive In The L.A. Clubs. Cali Iz Active!!!!

Recorded Live And Mixed By dj dAz (Umoja Soundsystem) Using 90% Original Press Vinyl. This Mix Holds A Special Place For Me As It Is Named After The Club BRASS, I Used To DJ At In The Late Eighties, Early Nineties. I Was Invited To Spin A Weekly Early Set At BRASS (L.A.’s First Acid Jazz Club) By The Clubs Creators; DJ Marques Wyatt, EMC=O, And Paul Stewart… Every Sunday Night For About 3 Years, BRASS Became At That Time, The Place To See And Be Seen In The Los Angeles Music Scene… As I Would Spin My Early Set Of Jazz, Soul, Rare Grooves, And Native Tongue-esque Hip Hop I Would See In The Crowd, The Likes Of Mike Tyson, Queen Latifah, Tony, Toni, Tone, Fishbone, MC Jamalski, And Various Other Movers And Shakers Getting Down To The Sounds Of dj dAz, Marques, EMC=O, and Paul Stewart a.k.a. DJ P. Photo Taken During A Cypher/Freestyle Session Between Queen Latifah and MC Jamalski Live @ Brass Circa 1992. photo (c) by Josh LittmanDuring That Time The BRASS Crew Would Continue To Make Moves By Booking, Promoting, And Spinning Shows For Sade, Jamiroquai, The Roots, Digable Planets, Guru’s Jazzmatazz, Roy Ayers, And Many Others. BRASS (As A Crew) Were Directly Responsible For the Signing, Marketing, And Development Of The Brand New Heavies, The Pharcyde, And Masta Ace, Inc To Delicious Vinyl Records, Helping To See These Artists Careers Blossom Into Fruition…. DJ J-Rocc Of The Beat Junkies/Stones Throw Records Asked Me A Few Years Back If I Would Be Interested In Doing a Brass Event With Him Involved… Sorry J, I Slept On That One. Holla Back, And Lets Get Sump’n Goin’.The Sounds You Are Hearing Now Are A Reflection Of What I Used To Spin During Those Days… I Would Mos’ Def’ Like To Shout Out Marques Wyatt, EMC=O, Paul Stewart, Delicious Vinyl Records, Nate Scott, Lano Brazil, Cid Hernandez of the soulpeople, the Cahuenga Posse (you know who you are)… the Village Idiots, Giant Step NYC, and everyone else who was there… Good Times, Seen!And Oh Yeah… When We Would Dig For Records Back Then, We’d Cover The Labels Up So No Biters Could Catch A Glimpse Of What We Were Playing… So For This Pod-Cast I Will Not Be Posting A Play List… But Holla At’cha Boy And Leave A Comment To Let A Brother Know Y’all Are Listening, And I Might Be So Gracious As To Send You The Track List….

dj dAz presents: Ill Spiritual (A Hip Hop Blend)

1. Yah Supreme – Full Circle

2. Bahamadia – True Honey Buns

3. Camp Lo – Luchini

4. Shadez Of Brooklyn – Change

5. Reflection Eternal – Memories Live

6. Masta Ace – Beautiful

7. The Basement Khemist – Everybody

8. Mobb Deep – Give Up The Goods

9. Nas – Purple

10. Common – U, Black Maybe

11. J Dilla Feat. Common and D’Angelo – So Far To Go

12. Q-Tip – Things U Do

13. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth – The Main Ingredient

14. Organized Konfusion – Stress (Large Professor Remix)

15. J Dilla – Make Em NV

16. Mos Def – Fear Not Of Man

17. Mos Def – Hip Hop

Mixed Live by dj dAz (Umoja Soundsystem, Los Angeles, Ca). Peace Party People… Right Here Is Another dj dAz Pod-Cast Classic… Using Original Vinyl Only (Yeah That’s Right!, I’m Ol’ Skool, All The Way Down To The Vinyl Skip Half Way Through This Mix)… But Umoja Soundsystem Like To Keep It Movin Like Amtrak!. So Sit Back, Roll a Blunt, And Reminisce To This Here Boom Bap, Ill Spiritual, Like A Miracle Blend. Brought To You Courtesy Of The Man Called D-A-Z-, Coming Straight Outta Cali’, Pushin’ A Infiniti (And That’s Real Talk)!. Bless!

dj dAz presents; Heavy Soul Vol. 2

1. Kool And The Gang - Summer Madness (Live)

2. Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling

3. Teena Marie - Portuguese Love

4. Maze (Feat. Frankie Beverly) - Joy And Pain (Live)

5. Faze-O - Riding High

6. Don Blackman - Holding You, Loving You

7. The Futures - Ain't No Time Fa Nothing

8. Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes

9. Mike James Kirkland - Hang On In There

10. Arnold Blair - Trying To Get Next To You

Recorded and Mixed by dj dAz July 30th, 2007. I Wanted To Match This Mix To The Summertime Feeling Of What It's Like Here In Los Angeles On This Particular July Evening.... 70 Degrees.... Humidity @ 76%.... Extra Brownie Points To Anyone Who Can Tell Me What Hip Hop Producer Sampled Don Blackman's "Holding You, Loving You"?.

1. Mobb Deep - Temperature's Rising

2. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - One In A Million

3. Diamond D. Feat. Sadat X. and Lord Finesse - You Can't Front

4. The Beatnuts - Hit Me With That...

5. A Tribe Called Quest - The Jazz

6. Souls Of Mischief - Never No More

7. Del Feat. Q-Tip, and Pep Love - The Undisputed Champs

8. Raekwon Feat. Ghostface, and Nas - Verbal Intercourse

9. Brand Nubian - Allah U Akbar

10. Bush Babies - Gravity

11. The Pharcyde - 4 Better Or 4 Worse

12. Blackalicious - Swan Lake

13. Brand Nubian - Step To The Rear

14. Diamond D - Yo, That's That Shit"

15. Organized Konfusion - Walk Into The Sun (Bill K. Remix)

16. Soho - Hot Music

I got a special few people I would like to dedicate this to... first off... my mo'fckn nickuh DJ Cokni O Dire', DJ Rob One, Al Jackson, John Lieu, Chris Vargas, B.J., T-Love, Skatemaster Tate, Bigga B, Carmelita, Jimmy Jam, The Baka Boyz, Big Boy, Fuzzy, Scheme Team, DJ Higher, Mark Luv, King Emz, Smooche Cat, Micah 9, Aceyalone, The Pharcyde, A.J., Bleu, Kaiu.... and if you're wondering why I only mentioned these folks, its because we all used to rock together at Lava Carro on Hollywood Blvd in like 1992... Ya Heard Me!