Happy Heavenly Birthday James Dewitt Yancey AKA Jay Dee AKA J Dilla.  It's been 20 years since we lost one of the most innovative and influential music producers of our time.   In our annual tradition on this day, we pay tribute to the life and work of J Dilla. 

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Happy Holidays! Closing out 2025 with some amazing new Hip-Hop from Nas & DJ Premier, De La Soul, Ransom, Che' Noir, Kanye West and more. 

DJ Tactics

Day In The Sun (Gittin wit You) De La Soul ft Q-tip & Yummy Bingham
Sky is Like-Skyzoo
Fred Samuel Playground- Big L ft Method Man
Town Balroom-Che Noir & 7xvethegenius
Grounding Stars- Oh No ft Guilty Simpson, Vic Spencer & Montage One
RocMarkable- Roc Marciano & DJ Premier
You Know Where To Find Me- Pride Over Riches
Preacher Man- Ye
Live In The Flesh- Statik Selektah The Musalini & Wais P
Chaos Is My Ladder- Ransom & DJ Premier

DJ Jay-Ski

Winter - Che Noir
Orchards - Navy Blue 
No's One Stop - Oh No
En Eff - De La Soul feat Black Thought
A Cut Above - DJ Premier/Ransom
Road to Perdition - Jay Electronica
Proving Grounds - Justo the MC
Free Roleys - Westside Gunn/Benny The Butcher
Step Into The Realm - Robert Glasper/The Roots
Clones - The Roots (RIP M.A.R.S. Co-Op)
Salvation - Elcamino feat Cory Gunz & Inspectah Deck
Keep It Thoro (SkiMix) - DJ Jay-Ski/Prodigy

DJ Tactics

Go Down- Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip
Highroller-Joey Bada$$ Ft A$AP Ferg, Kelz2busy
Mo' Skillz- Monie Love
Game 7-Your Old Droog
Forgiveness- Ransom & DJ Premier
Rise Up- One Man Gang ft DJ Tactics
Want It Back- Truth
And Its Like That- Willie The Kid x Real Bad Man ft SonnyJim
Aggasi & Sampras- Lucci Loner ft Dell-P
Community Trenches-Oh No ft Kazi, MED, Blu & Roc C
Its Time- Nas & DJ Premier ft The Steve Miller Band
Kurt- Marchitect Ft DJ Trubb

DJ Jay-Ski

Around Here - Oh No feat Rah Digga & Talib Kweli
Business Merger - Hit-Boy/The Alchemist
Submachine Dreams - Hus KingPin
The Package - De La Soul
Preserved - Flee Lord feat OT The Real
DEF Chappelle - Cookin Soul/Mos Def
@RealCandaceO...Tell Us More! - Jay Electronica
Bottega Trunks - Dave East feat Stove God Cooks
GiT Ready - Nas/DJ Premier
Eddie Bauer - Westside Gunn

DJ Tactics

Ten Toes- Rome Streetz ft Conductor Williams and Jay Worthy
The Negro Peoblem- Chance The Rapper and BJ The Chicago Kid
Albany- Kev Brown
Escobar Dreams G Money Nightmares - Porta Rich ft DJ Caesar & Havoc 
Gotta Get It-Rueben Vincent & 9Th Wonder
Rap Kingpin. Ghostface Killah 
Dame Beso- Kae Hock ft Vic Mensa
The Bad Guy- D-Scribe ft  Dj Tactics 
Break Rules- DJ Aktive ft Chill Moddy & Dell-P
Glowrealah- Westside Gunn
Whose $ Da Young-Saigon & Buckwild
Amazing Adventures Of Super Jawnz- Ziki-P ft D-Scribe & DJ Tactics
Mpemba Effect- Fel Sweetenberg ft Starvin B, Finale & DJ Djaz

DJ Jay-Ski

Good To Go - Roc Marciano/DJ Premier
Crispy Dolla - Baby Blak/Ill Advised
French River - Daniel Son/Futurewave
Dutch Angle - Evidence
Candyland - Ghostface Killah
Pomogranite - Raekwon/Inspectah Deck/Carlton Fisk
Aunt Gina - Westside Gunn/Skyzoo
Mandela - Westside Gunn
Rap de Ametralladora - Joey Majors/Grea8Gawd feat Flash is Hip Hop & DJ Jay-Ski
Black Tape Song 3 - Madlib/Gza
The Exclusive (Bar Scene) - The Professionals/Frank Nitt


Dj Tactics

Avon Though The Wire- Rapsody ft Madlib
Here I Am- Raf Almighty ft Jay Royale & Guy Grams
Against The World (SlvrBck Rmx) -Mobb Deep X Fel Sweetenburg
Rockin Worldwide- Mantronix Ft Just-Ice
Prayer Hands- Roc Marcianao & DJ Premier
Westside Jawn- Westside Gunn & Ziki-P
BK's Finest- Joey Bada$$ ft Rome Streetz, Kai Ka$h & CJ Fly
The Trail- Ghostface Killah ft Raekwon & Method Man
Katastwof- Che Noir & The Other Guys ft Skyzoo &Ransom
The Edge- Droogie Otis ft Killer Mike
International- Rakim ft Kool G Rap, Tristate & Joel Ortiz

DJ Jay-Ski

Railroad Avenue - Crimeapple/V Don
Daddy's Girl - Rapsody/Madlib
Estupida - Joey Majors/Grea8Gawd
Godson - Elcamino/Black Soprano Family
Take It All Away - Jaywalk & The Cadillacs/Frank Nitt
Stay Alive - Evidence
Price To Pay - Oddisee
Heel Cena - Westside Gunn
Black Tape Song 11 - Madlib
Hate Is The New Love - Baby Blak

DJ Tactics

M.T.B.T.T.F- The Clipse
Activation- Dell-P ft Teef & 4everTaylormade
Go For Broke- Kenn Starr ft Kaimbr & DJ Jon Doe
Perfect Attendance- The God Fahim ft Jay Nice
Good To Me- Reuben Vincent
We Going Up- East Coast ft Keva Hargrove, Regi Angelou &Rakiem Walker 
Boom Bap Chemist- Ziki-P of P.O.R
Students on Pills- Lyle Omolayo ft Prof Lenny A Williams
At The Door- Dell-P
F.A.M.I.L.Y- Murs

DJ Jay-Ski

Where You Go - Che Noir
Rain Every Season - Evidence feat The Alchemist
Meal Prepping - Boldy James/Nicholas Craven
Handle Bars - T.F./Khrysis/Flee Lord/Smoke DZA
Get Shot - Masta Ace/Marco Polo
Smooth Jazz - Che Noir feat 38 Spesh
Further - Guilty Simpson/Madlib
Unforgettable - Nick Grant
Chalk - Zeu$/DJ Excel
The Wordsmith Experience - Dell-P

DJ Tactics

The Omerta- Raekwon ft Nas & Enanemus
Sportin Life- Marchitech ft DJ Trubb
Pour House- Mach-Hommy ft Your Old Droog
Mirage- DJ Mirage ft Edo, Edo G, Masta. Ace & DJ Fly
Addicted- Grand Agent
Chedda Bang- Victoria ft Inspectah Deck & Method Man
P.O.V- The Clipse ft Tyler The Creater
Omega Beams- The God Fahim
Well Deserved- Dell-P ft J-Reezy

DJ Jay-Ski

The Whole Shabang - Boldy James/Nicholas Craven
Blink Twice - Che Noir
One of da Few - Dell-P
It Ain't Personal - Nick Grant
Danger Zone - DJ Sat One feat Baby Blak & Outerspace
Been a Minute - Outerspace
Play it by Ear - Drazmatik
Born Again Hooligans - Drazmatik feat Young Zee & DJ Jay-Ski
Four for 4 - Drazmatik feat Killah Cal & DJ Jay-Ski
We Won - Drazmatik/Quiet/Killah Cal/DJ Jay-Ski
Strong Language - Drazmatik feat TruWerdz
Outro (Heart on my Sleeve) - Drazmatik feat DJ Jay-Ski

DJ Tactics

Trumpets- Masta Killa ft AZ N.O.R.E & Uncle Murda
Sixers & Squires (Smoove RMX)-High & Mighty Ft Mad Skillz
Ricky Bobby- Rome Streets ft Method Man
Red Phone- Aesop Rock
Citrus Noxide- 1999 Write The Future  & The Pharcyde
The Pivot- Tracy Lee
The Rage Is Back- P.O.R ft One Man Gang
Welcome To The Carter- Lil Wayne
Massive Proportions- The God Fahim & Nicholas Craven
Just Say No- Black Milk & Fat Ray
Documents- Slick Rick ft Nas
Philly Truce- Grand Agent ft WanGi

DJ Jay-Ski

Keep It In The Streets - Chase Fetti
Cash Conversion - Eto & Flee Lord
Andre Agassi - Rome Streetz
Promises - Divine Crime/Jay Nice/Estee Nack
Spider Webbing Windshields - Boldy James
Torture - Team Demo/Benofficial/RJ Payne
Nothing to See Here - Evidence
Lucky Luciano (Remix) - Maylay Sparks/Conway The Machine/Chukk Rukkuz
Take Flight - Substance810/Haas Almahdi/D Styles
Memory Lane - Elzhi
Rule 4080 - Rome Streetz

DJ Tactics

Paradigms- Crime Apple & Dj Skizz
All Day With It- Willie The Kid Ft Lord Sko
King Custom- Masta Killa
The Tactiction- P.O.R
Boom Bap Material- P.O.R
Here Today- KRS-One
Always There- Chino XL
I, Goldberg- High & Mighty
Free The Culture- Grand Agent ft Grand Puba & Culture Freedom

DJ Jay-Ski

Zip Of Badu - Flee Lord/Eto/Vel Nine
Lose You - Guilty Simpson/Apollo Brown
99 Attributes - Rome Streetz/Conductor Williams
The Joy - Kanye West/Jay-Z/Pete Rock
Can't F*ck 'Em All - Mayhem Lauren
Somewhere In Between - Zeu$
Tell Me Busta - 6th Sense (Dilla/Groove Theory Blend)
50,000 Watts - MED
Funny Money - Talib Kweli/Madlib
This is What They Meant - Grand Agent/Pete Rock



 

 DJ Tactics

Talking Reckless- Pawz One ft Master CR & Blu
I Am Him- Jericho Jackson
Say Less- Boldy James X Real Bad Man
Worthy- Blu
Lets Do It Again- Wu-Tang Clan ft Mathematics, RJ Payne, Willie The Kid & 38 Spesh
Light Works- Rome Streets & Conductor Williams
Duffle Bag Hotties Revenge- Benny The Butcher ft Boldy James
Black Jack Mulligan- P.O R
Motion- The God Fahim & Nicholas Craven
Anything (I Have)- Reuben Voncent & 9th Wonder
Diane- Marchitect ft DJ Trubb
True Love- Kanye West ft XXXTENCION
Fair Warning- Jericho Jackson 

DJ Jay-Ski

The Louvre - Statik Selektah/Westside Gunn/Joey Bada$$/Stove God Cooks
Last Laugh - Jericho Jackson (Khrysis & Elzhi)/Domo Genesis/Oh No
Toxic - Benny The Bucther/Styles P
B.I.G. & Jada Freestyle - Cookin Soul
War of Art - DJ Brans/Fel Sweetenberg/DJ Djaz
Look Into The Eyes Of Fel - Fel Sweetenberg/DJ Jay-Ski
Egypt (Remix) - Westside Gunn/Doechii
Rated R - Rome Streetz/Futurewave
Drainos - Madvillain 
Players and Dons - Planet Asia
Singer's Anthem - Cappadonna
Einstein Kitchen - Westside Gunn


DJ Tactics

Dance-Blu
Break Ya Neck- P.O.R ft DJ Tactics, OMG & Marchitect
Mind Chambers- Marchitect & DJ Trubb
Gotta Know- Fat Ray & Black Milk
Casket Fresh- Diamond D ft Kardinall Offishal, Peedi Crack & Chip Fu
Mack 10 Wounds (Dj Premier Re-Do)- Conway The Machine
City Of Giants- Fokis ft Shyzoo, Torae & Cortez

DJ Jay-Ski

It Factor - Boldy James/Real Bad Man/El-P
Eight Seconds - Westside Gunn
Unfinished Business - Grafh/Sean Strange/Raekwon
Weak Won't Do - Hassaan Mackey/Apollo Brown
Don't Sleep - Invincible/Finale/Black Milk

Pure Elementz - March 2025

DJ Tactics

Armani Section- DJ Premier & Roc Marciano
Elephant In The Room- Smif N Wesson
Fathers Of Civilization- Busta Rhymes f Tobe Nwigwe
Jesus Arms- Benny The Butcher f 38 Spesh & Busta Rhymes
Catfish- Doechii
Get With It- Diamond D f Sadat X
Zack Morris Phone- Curren$y & Harry Fraud f Bruser Wolf
The Mosque- Dave East
Jesus H Christ- Tragedy Khadafi
Pipe Line- Logic & Oddisee
Return Of The Verses- P.O.R f Marchitech
Acts 1.5- Saba & No I.D

DJ Jay-Ski

Sovereignty - Che Noir
One Ways - Daniel Son
My Truth - Napoleon Da Legend/JR Swiftz
Nazaret - Benny The Butcher/Dano
Rome Streetz - Space X - Rome Streetz
055 - Westside Gunn/Stove God Cooks
Medina - Smif-n-Wessun/Pharoahe Monch
What I Been Saying - Joey Majors/Black Soprano Family
Maxwell's Peacoat Collection - Willie The Kid/Real Bad Man
Mega - Baby Blak
Everything Designer - Madlib/Your Old Droog/Boldy James
Don't Wait - Demrick/Jake One
My Contribution - D'Wyze feat DJ Jay-Ski



DJ Tactics

Losing Your Mind- Kanye West
Stop Playing With Me- Saba & No I.D
U Can Get It- Snowgoons f Lords Of The Underground
Next 2 Bloww- P.O.R f DJ Tactics
We All Win- Kae Hock
Native Sons Pt 2- Talib Kweli f Maseo, Black Thought,PosD, Mike Gee, Afrika Baby Bam & Busta Rhymes
Keep On Steppin- Diamond D f Lady Luck,Camari & Boog Brown
Mandingo- Wu Tang Clan & Mathmatics
Boiled Peanuts- Doechii
Power- Benny The Butcher f El Camino

DJ Jay-Ski

Driven (Rmx) - Drazmatik/Q-Bon/Confucius/Killah Cal/Quiet/Truwerdz/PaceWon/DJ Jay-Ski
Raining Sledgehammers - Napoleon Da Legend/JR Swiftz/DJ D-Styles
Shitty Coffee - Baby Blak/Skrewtape/IKnowBrasco/DJ Jay-Ski
Brick By Brick - K-Prez/Snowgoons
1st Of The Month - Snowgoons/Dell-P/DJ Illegal
Finders Keepers - Skyzoo
Right Over Left - Nowaah The Flood/Giallo Point
Broken Wishes - Hus Kingpin
Keep Killin - Pardison Fontaine
No Brain - Madvillain

Happy Birthday J Dilla!

If you're in the Philly area on 2/22/25, we'll be at The Khyber Pass (Upstairs) from Noon until 5pm for "DAYTIME DONUTS". Come through!

DJ Tactics

Heroes- Macklemore
Two Tens- Cordae ft Anderson.Paak
Lalala- Redman ft Method Man
Go Fat Boy- Nems
Chopsticks- Roc Marciano & Alchemist
Shangi La- Snoop Dogg & Dr Dre
Esoteric- Skyzoo
Heart Pt 6- Kendrick Lamar
Choke Em- Drag On
Asteroids (Joe Cool Rmx)- Rapsody
Egomaniacs- Ice Cube ft Busta Rhymes & Killer Mike
Motion Man- Porta Rich ft DJ Caesar
New Dreams- Apollo Brown & CRIMEAPPLE
4orty4our- Z-Lyrical of P.O.R

DJ Jay-Ski

True Love - Roc Marciano
Drive By - Rome Streetz
Hold You - Conductor Williams feat Benny the Butcher & Wiz Khalifa
Requiem - Willie The Kid & V Don
Verbiage of God - RJ Payne
Rewind - Hus Kingpin & 9th Wonder
Break Bread - Raz Fresco & Dibia$e
National Treasure - Busta Rhymes
Every Single Day - King Magnetic
Courtesy Call - Skyzoo feat Chuck D
Pearls - Madvillain
Heyyy!! - D'Wyze feat DJ Jay-Ski
Elevated - Joey Majors feat Big Yount/Flash is Hip Hop/Eto/Klicko


DJ Tactics

All Alone- Cordae
No 1 Headband- Lupe Fiasco
Eddie Ebbew 2- Kae Hock
The Return- Living Legends ft Aesop Rock,Blu, Chino XL, Kool Savas, Planet Asia, Tigy, Vast Aire & 2Max
Sister Act- Che-Noir
Lord Digga's Revenge- Talib Kweli & Madlib
Real Bad Man- Fat Joe
Delay The Drama- Punchline Acadamy ft Styles P & Blazin
Dynomite- Redman ft Sheek Louch
I Love U- Daz Dillinger
Set In Our Ways- El-Da Sensei , MentPlus & DJ Irons

DJ Jay-Ski

Necessary Cherry - Conductor Williams feat Wiki
Attention is a Drug - Tash
Black Widow - Rome Streetz feat Westside Gunn
Brick Lesnar - Rome Streetz
Capital Gains - Daniel Son/Finn/Pro Dillinger
Zig Zag Zig - Roc Marciano/The Alchemist
Tiny Jean Pocket is for your Spotify Money - Chris Crack
Whatchu Givin' - St. Yims/RJ Payne/Don Michael Jr
Too Foul For Primetime - Stu Bangas/A-F-R-O/Apathy
Sermon - Madvillain
Ride On - Maylay Sparks/Defari/Sondro Castro/Snowgoons
Unusual Styles - Maylay Sparks feat Chief Kamachi & DJ Jay-Ski

Back in the building! DJ Jay-Ski and DJ Tactics bringing you new music from Blu & Exile, The Alchemist, Talib Kweli, J.D.P., Dell-P, Chip-Fu and so much more. Also, DJ Tactics recently sat down with Common and Pete Rock.  Enjoy!

DJ Tactics

I Can't Make This Up- Dell P
I Know- Termanology ft Skyzoo & Nim K
Ghetto Speak- Wale
It's Workin- Talib Kweli & J Rawls
Like Us- Chip Fu
One Beer (Madlib Rmx)- MF Doom
Patti (Remix) Pop Buchanan ft Reks
Still Rich- Kae Hock
The Truth- Azomali ft Blu
Bosses- Diamond D Ft Sauce Money & Lord Tariq
This Man- Common & Pete Rock

DJ Jay-Ski

The Genius - 7xvethegenius/Keisha Plum
Authenticated - Bless Picasso
Off The Grid Freestyle - NugLife
The Weigh-In - Apollo Ali
Across the Universe - A-F-R-O feat Blu & 60 East
Undisputed - Blu & Exile
We Outside - Talib Kweli/J. Rawls
Flair - Mute Won/Jay Nice
Superman - Diamond D
Jesus Arms - Benny The Butcher/Busta Rhymes/38 Spesh
Still Infinite - Sinopsis/Kooley High/Oddisee
Legal Dope - J.D.P.

DJ Tactics

TurnStyle- Talkib Kweli & J Rawls ft Skyzoo & Buckshot
Adaptive - Team Demo ft Kurious & G Dep
Drug Plots- DJ Dreadeye ft Method Man, Termanology & Inspectah Deck
Climb To The Max- J-Love
Most Real- G-Squared ft Mic Geramino & Royal Flush
Runnit Back- LL Cool J ft Busta Rhymes
Cream (Ziki-P Remix) Wu-Tang Clan
I Gave Me Power- Merc ft Khemist
Intergalactic Love Choir- Kae Hock
Death B4 Dishonor- Diamond D ft Static Selectah & Fatman Scoop
Stellar- Common & Pete Rock
Common & Pete Rock Interview Pt 1 (Dilla) 

DJ Jay-Ski

Peas & Onions - Apollo Brown/Planet Asia
Minnesota Fats - The Alchemist/Action Bronson
Chucks/Suga & Buttaz - Blu & Exile
Fast Life - UFO Fev/Fredro Starr
Auntie Rita - Rei The Imperial
Keep Going - Shad/14KT
Midnight Madness - Napoleon Da Legend/DJ Rhettmatic
Scientology - The Alchemist/Havoc
Native Sons - Talib Kweli/J. Rawls
Common & Pete Rock Interview Pt 2