Rub Radio (Brooklyn Radio)

It’s the return of DJ Ayres’s Favorite Things mix series, with a round up of his favorite tracks of 2022! From grimy bars to smooth Afrobeats, disco to UKG, Ayres selects a little bit of everything! You can catch him live at The Bell House (including NYE!), more info at ITSTHERUB.COM.

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DJ Day – Within

With most producers, part two of a “Best of Mix” would be for the rarities, the underrated album cuts, the B-sides. But with DJ Premier, The Rub could do 10 of these and never run out of bangers! Gang Starr Foundation represents heavily of course, plus Nas, Biggie, Jay-Z, KRS, Rakim, and street anthems from Screwball, Royce Da 5’9″, Rah Digga and Krumb Snatcha.

For more Rub Radio producer mixes including J Dilla, Madlib and Prince Paul, and the year by year History of Hip-Hop mixes, visit: http://www.itstherub.com/category/history-of-hip-hop/

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Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean

This summer The Rub is celebrating 20 years, so for Rub Radio we’re keeping it extremely Brooklyn with the best of DJ Premier! This is just part 1, with stone cold classics from Gang Starr, Biggie, Nas and Jay-Z plus personal favorites by CNN, The Lox, D.I.T.C., Griselda and more.

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Gang Starr – Just to Get a Rep

Lots of new rap music this month with some throwbacks / samples sprinkled in. This is Rub Radio!

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DJ Shadow – 6 Days

Hit-Boy is an impossible name to live up to unless you’re responsible for Jay-Z & Kanye West’s biggest hit of the last 15 years. And that’s to say nothing of his hand in SICKO MODE, a song which has 1.6 BILLION WITH A “B” streams on a single streaming service (which will not be named here). From crafting Beyoncé anthems to recently producing two entire Nas albums single-handedly, the California native has more than earned his moniker.

DOWNLOAD Rub Radio – History of Hip-Hop: The Producers Vol. 12, Hit-Boy

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A$AP Rocky – Goldie

Rub Radio is international zone coasting this month, playing our favorite new music from all over: Toronto, Montreal, Haiti, South Africa, Nigeria, Jamaica, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Belfast, London, Atlanta, Memphis, Queens, Philly, Newark… Grab your passport and let’s go!

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Fireboy DML – Peru

In our first Timbaland mix, we focused on his foundation, and in the follow up, we’ve put together a mix of absolute bangers from the height of his career. #1 hits for Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, 50 Cent, Omarion and Bubba Sparxxx, plus lesser known tracks with MIA, Shawnna, Jeezy and more.

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Omarion – Ice Box (co-produced by The Royal Court)

The Rub is back! Tickets for September 25 are here: The Rub 19th Anniversary

The Producer Series has been so much fun to work on, and our newest entry is nothing short of magical! In hindsight, Timbaland is universally accepted as the gold standard of hip-hop and R&B production, but when he first came out of Virginia Beach in the 1990s, it was like an alien had landed on Earth, bearing otherworldly technology. The double-time drum patterns, the beatboxing, the sample flips, the synthesizers: he was truly speaking a different language. In Part 1, we’ve featured many of his early hits with Missy, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Nas and Ginuwine, with a sprinkling of forgotten gems from Tweet, Ms Jade, Nelly Furtado and Pastor Troy.

Be on the look out for Part 2, coming at the end of September!

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Aaliyah – Are You That Somebody (OG + Supafriendz Remix)

FINALLY we celebrate the producer of some of our favorite rap records of the past 25 years, Alan the Chemist! The breadth of this man’s career is remarkable: he started out in The Whooliganz in the early 90s, made big waves in underground hip-hop with beats for Dilated Peoples, became Mobb Deep’s in-house producer, and went on to craft hits for Jadakiss, Eminem, Nas, Cam’ron and a whole lot more. Unlike most of his peers, in 2021 he still releases at a breakneck pace, with Griselda, Action Bronson, Curren$y, Earl Sweatshirt, and the list goes on. And he raps! It was almost impossible to boil this all down into a 40 minute mix but we did it.

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Jadakiss – We Gonna Make It (ft. Styles P)

The Rub starts things out this month with a medley of Black Rob tunes, to mourn his passing and celebrate his artistry.  Then it’s a set of new music from Conway the Machine, FKA twigs, Tierra Whack, BROCKHAMPTON and more.  Be sure to also check out DJ Ayres’s Ruff Ryders mix from earlier in the month, which includes a ton of DMX, at http://www.djayres.com/2021/04/07/ruff-ryders-mix/

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1. Black Rob Medley (R.I.P.)