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DD0622 Dusk Dubs - Stuart NicetraxUK

[ Stuart NicetraxUK ]

Podcast: Dusk Dubs
Artist: Stuart NicetraxUK
Title: DD0622
Style: Hip-Hop
Time: 94 Minutes
Date: 2020-03-01

Dusk Dubs returns with another incredible journey through sounds. As always, our guest provides us with music that has a special place in their memories and in their souls. Music that moves them, that invokes images of sunrises, sunsets, good times and good people. We then play each record, in full, giving it breathing space and allowing it to shine.

This week we welcome back Stuart NicetraxUK to the Dusk Dubs family.

Stuart has put together two volumes for Dusk Dubs, this week its a journey through his Hip-Hop collection, the following week will be House.......

“I've buying records since I was 14 when I got my first paper round and have been buying ever since

First DJ around 18 as an indie DJ in Birmingham then went to the Snapper club at the Hummingbird on a Friday night and heard acid house and Balearic mixed with Indie dance and was hooked. From there went to plenty of raves including Amnesia House, Perception, Energy, Blackburn Raves and many more I can’t remember but have a bag full of flyers somewhere. Also went Ibiza for a summer in 91 and Tenerife during winter, so plenty more clubbing. Other highlights including numerous visits to Hacienda, Shelly’s, Venus and Zap club plenty more I cant remember. Also spent some great night at the free parties with DiY including the infamous CastleMorton weeklong rave.

Went to San Francisco in 1994 for a holiday, went back in 96 and stayed until 2004 working at Tweekin records and playing at all the major parties including Sunset, Bulletproof and up and down the state, in a state.

Since being back started Nicetraxuk record label and brought Mark Farina to East Village Shoreditch for his first gig in London for 5 years or more back in 2012. I feel like I have gone full circle as I am now happy collecting old and new records. Moved to the countryside so no playing out anymore.

This is my second Dusk Dubs volume and I am grateful for getting the chance (thank you guys ) to put these volumes together. For DJ Bookings er…. Give me a shout and I will see what I can do !!!!!!!!!

So I put together a bit like the old mix tapes we used to do a selection of hip-hop and house which was a task I never really thought about as there is no way I could whittle it down to my favourites. So this is what jumped off the shelves and they are all great records.”
[[ Stuart ]]

You can find him HERE:

soundcloud.com/stuartnicetraxuk
nicetraxuk.bandcamp.com

Hip Hop Mix (Side A)

Tracklisting

1) Ll Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Not much to say but absolute killer- which the whole family sings in the car including the 3 yr. old Lucy.

2) Stetsasonic - Talkin All That Jazz (Dominoes Instrumental Remix by Daddy-O)
I used play a lot of small rooms in SF it was part of the DJ circuit you did both, so always good to throw down a good instrumental – good rework of another classic I loved from back in the day and still today.

3) Blackalicious - Rhymes for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind (Melodica Album)
This is one of my all time favourite Rap Albums and Acts- I still play this a lot in the car the whole album is great, got a lot of this when in San Francisco as they are Sacramento boys.

4) Kool Keith - Black Elvis (Black Elvis/ Lost in Space)
Oh my god,, I really got in to Kool Keith living in San Francisco - just a genius and love his take on rap music

5) Dr Dre Still Dre- Couldn’t really do a hip hop mix tape without Dre and Snoop- just great music.

6) Roll Deep - Let It Out
To be honest was in America when they came about- but just really liked this and don’t really know much about them, good to see Uk Rap back then.

7) Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up, Kane
I first heard this on a Hacienda tape from 89 and was hooked on it from that first listen

8) Blackalicious - The Fabulous Ones
I did say didn’t I, just love this rap band

9) Eric B & Rakim - I Got Soul
I stumped for this even though I pulled 'Paid In Full' off the shelves as well, they were just ground-breaking to this kid from Birmingham.

10) Guru - Le Bein, Le Mal (Jazzmatazz Vol 1)
When this came out I shared a flat with some old friends from our Ibiza days and this was played a lot accompanied with plenty of skunk weed.

11) EPMD - So Watcha Sayin (Out of Business)
Another album I really got into while living in the states.

12) Roots Manuva & Charli 2na - Join The Dots
OK so I met Rodney after he signed for Ninja tune in 99 in Hackney during a fleeting visit back to the old country, through a good friend, a year later he walks in our local bar in SF and we drank and drank, he was putting this album together I think. I have never seen him since but I love his music and buy all his albums vinyl or digital- (Charli 2na we will come to him soon).

13) Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Another classic from my years of growing up and early school years of trying to break dance badly.

14) Brand Nubian - Drop The Bomb
Not sure on this one just another record on the shelf, probably from those playing the hip hop rooms in SF.

15) NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Just loved and still love this band - proper gangster rap and amazing music.

15) Gunshot - Reign Of Terror
My Mrs got me on to this when I came back to Uk 04 and met her a few years later, she also collected records and told me to listen to this as I had never heard of them, so there you go.

16) ATCQ - Show Business (The Low End Theory)
Another rap band I love and collect all their albums and play them to death.

17) KRS-One - Sound Of Da Police
Just one of those tunes that always puts a smile on my face.

18) Roots Manuva - Too Cold
One of my favourite trax from Mr Rodney.

19) ATCQ - Can I Kick It
No need for words, just brilliant hiphop/rap.

20) Jurassic 5 - Sum Of Us
Another band who I really got into during my time in San Francisco- really good music.

21) ATCQ- Scenario (Remix)
I think this is in the top 5 all time favourite hip-hop/rap trax.