Gangstaz Need Love Too is one of the picks of the week on mixcrate.com!
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Preview the latest release from the 89 Skratch Gangstaz (DJ Snayk Eyez & DJ Pone). Available on Valentine’s Day February 14, 2011.
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In this mix, DJ Pone and DJ Snayk Eyez explore the often overlooked world of the rap ballad: where, in LL Cool J’s words, a rapper can show he’s soft as a pillow on top of being hard as steel. They start with the rap ballad that started it all: “I Need Love” by LL Cool J. They continue with rap ballads by rappers as different as the old school beat-boxing Fat Boys to some of New York’s finest in Gang Starr. They’ve included rap ballads by more mainstream rappers like M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice (who was so much into his rap ballads that they included two of them). They also went diggin’ in the crates for some unexpected rap ballad gems: E-40 (in his early group M.V.P.), Dr. Dre (in his early group the World Class Wreckin’ Cru), and they even unearthed a rap ballad verse from Big L (rest in peace).
Master P said it best - gangstas need love, too!
-DJ Pone, January 2011
The 89 Skratch Gangstaz first release in quite a while comes just in time for Valentine’s Day, 2011. Titled “Gangstaz Need Love Too” and clocking in at just under 80 minutes this mix CD expertly compiles the once popular rap love ballad; the hip-hop sub-genre kick-started by LL Cool J’s “I Need Love” in the 80’s and that for several years resulted in the final track on near every rap album being the rap love balled. Admittedly this strain of lite rap was never my favorite hip-hop trend (I preferred the dancehall and house album track trends even more) but the 89 Skratch Gangstaz’ Snayk Eyez and DJ Pone so expertly research, mix, and present this exhaustive mix (including LL’s “I Need Love”) that it stands on its own as both a historical document and the ultimate hip-hop make-out mix.
-Billy Jam (Hip Hop Slam, WFMU, Amoeba Music, New York Press)
Track list:
01. Rap Ballad Intro feat. Topkat and Hopie Spitshard
02. LL Cool J - I Need Love
03. M.C. Shy D - I Don’t Want To Treat You Wrong
04. J.J. Fad - Is It Love
05. Le Juan Love & D.J. Man - Please Stay
06. True Love - Love Rap Ballad
07. Fat Boys - Falling In Love
08. M.V.P. (E-40 and D-Shot) - Thought I Could Trust A Girl
09. Slick Rick - Teenage Love
10. M.C. Shan - Left Me Lonely feat. T.J. Swan
11. Supermacks - Players Love Story
12. M.C. Pooh - Teardrops
13. Vanilla Ice - I Love You
14. Boogie Down Productions - Love’s Gonna Get’cha (Material Love)
15. The Pharcyde - Passin’ Me By (Fly As Pie Mix)
16. Gang Starr - Lovesick
17. Big L’s verse from Stephen Simmonds - Alone (Lord Finesse Remix)
18. Tone Loc - All Through The Night feat. El Debarge
19. South Central Cartel - U Gotta Deal Wit Dis (Gangsta Luv)
20. Masta P - Gangstas Need Love
21. Doc Box & B. Fresh - Slow Love
22. Ben B. Hard - Special
23. M.C. Hammer - Have You Seen Her
24. Rob Base and D.J. E-Z Rock - Crush
25. Audio Two - The Freshest Slowest Jam
26. World Class Wreckin Cru - Lovers feat. Mona Lisa
27. Grandmaster Slice - Thinking of You
28. Mellow Man Ace - If You You Were Mine
29. World Class Wreckin Cru - Turn Off The Lights feat. Michel’le
30. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Romantic Interlude
31. Vanilla Ice - Never Wanna Be Without You
32. M.C. Brains - Brainstorming
