GURU Tribute Mix

On April 25, 2010, In mixes, By dj symptoms

If you listen to hiphop– and I mean real hiphop– chances are you’ve heard by now that the late Keith Elam aka Guru of the legendary Gang Starr has passed away. It’s sad to see since Gang Starr was one of the first hiphop groups I started following and Guru was surely one of the best hiphop artists to come out of the Boston area. He’ll live on forever as a legend for all he’s done for hiphop. I decided to put together a little tribute mix as a homage to everything he’s done for the music. It’s only a rough draft for now and I haven’t put it up for download yet, but here it is on MixCloud for streaming. Enjoy.

Gifted Unlimited Rests Undisturbed
a 30 minute tribute to one of the greats

R.I.P. Guru (July 17, 1961 – April 19, 2010)

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‘Pick It, Pack It, Fire It Up’ — Stoner Mix

On April 12, 2010, In mixes, By dj symptoms

Alright potheads, I had some spare time so I decided to make a mix of all your favorite stoner beats. It’s full of samples, quotes and scratches regarding marijuana as well as downtempo beats. Whether you smoke lots of pot or you don’t and just enjoy downtempo hiphop, you’re going to dig this mix. Make sure to check it out as this is one of my best mixes to date. Download it now just in time for 4/20!

Runtime = 52:00
Bitrate = 192kbps
Filesize = 71.5MB

TRACKLIST:
01. The Herbaliser – “The Hard Stuff” w/ cuts by DJ Symptoms
02. Outkast – “Aquemini”
03. The Luniz – “I Got Five On It”
04. Cypress Hill – “I Want To Get High”
05. The Gorillaz – “November Has Come (featuring MF Doom)”
06. Cypress Hill – “Hits From The Bong”
07. People Under The Stairs – “Acid Raindrops”
08. Thievery Corporation – “2001: A Spliff Odyssey” w/ cuts by DJ Symptoms
09. The Roots – “Act Too: The Love of My Life (featuring Common)”
10. Akrobatik – “Feedback”
11. The Merry James – “Merry James Theme”
12. Outkast – “Spottieottiedopalicious” w/ cuts by DJ Symptoms
13. Bob Marley – “Jammin’”
14. Bob Marley – “Jammin’ (featuring MC Lyte)”
15. Cypress Hill – “Everybody Must Get Stoned”
16. Krayzie Bone – “Smokin’ Buddha”
17. DJ Shadow – “What Does Your Soul Look Like? (Part 4)”
18. The Gorillaz – “Slow Country”

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Pictures section now open

On March 21, 2010, In welcome, By dj symptoms

It’s pretty slim for now since I haven’t resized many of my pictures, but I’ll be taking care of that soon and there should be a good selection in the near future. For now, there’s a couple of pictures up. You can check them out by clicking the “Pictures, etc.” link in the right hand sidebar.

 
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DJ Symptoms & Hot Business — Live @ Mo’s Place on 3/14/10

On March 9, 2010, In upcoming shows, By dj symptoms

I’ve been playing out with these guys quite a bit lately. They’re gaining a good following in the Tahoe area with good reason. You can check them out @ myspace/hotbusiness or hotbusinessband.com. The tunes are mostly improvised with a mixture of funk, rock, prog and trance. I’ll probably open up with some funky hiphop (the classics of course) and with my outgoing song, Preston comes in on the drums, followed by Bryan on the bass and before you know it Hot Business is taking it away with a jam that builds off of whatever tune is fading out. They’ve also got Jason from Saturn Rising to join them again on guitar, and their show this past Saturday kicked ass. It’s great party music, so get your drinking shoes on and come out to Mo’s on Sunday 3/14 around 9pm.

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‘Ain’t It Funky’ — 37 Minutes of Funkyness

On March 9, 2010, In mixes, By dj symptoms

After speaking to a local promoter who is looking for hiphop DJs, I put together this quick 37 minute mix. There’s a little scratch session right off the bat on the first track, moves through a few different vibes of hiphop and a couple of mashups before leaving off with some funky triphop.

TRACKLIST:

01. A Skillz & Krafty Kuts – “Roll Over Baby” (cuts by DJ Symptoms)
02. Bubba Sparxxx vs Notorious BIG – “Heat It Up” vs “Party and Bullshit”
03. Beck – “Where It’s At (Two Turntables & a Microphone)”
04. Gang Starr – “Nice Girl, Wrong Place”
05. Slug & Murs – “Breaker Down Like a Shotgun”
06. Skee-Lo – “I Wish (mix)”
07. Snoop Dogg – “Tha Shiznit”
08. Jay Z. – “I Just Wanna Love You (mix)”
09. Busta Rhymes – “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (dj symptoms mix)”
10. Eric B. & Rakim – “Paid In Full”
11. Jurassic 5 – “Monkey Bars”
12. Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye – “Just Like Music (remix)”
13. Krafty Kuts featuring Dynamite MC – “We Do This”
14. Cheb I Sabbah – “Alkher Illa Doffor (Bassnectar remix)”

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‘And Party, And Bullshit’ — Breaks & such

On March 9, 2010, In mixes, By dj symptoms

Here’s a 41-minute mix of funky breaks and house. There’s some scratches somewhere in here, maybe on song #5?

TRACKLIST:

01. Plump DJ’s – “The Funk Hits the Fan (A. Skillz remix)”
02. Fort Knox Five – “Insight (instrumental remix)”
03. Santogold – “L.E.S. Artistes”
04. The Gorillaz – “D.A.R.E. (Junior Sanchez remix)”
05. Bassnectar – “Yo (featuring Kristina Maria)”
06. Metallica – “Enter Sandman (Dirty Funker remix)”
07. Rammstein vs Dead Prez – “Du Hast (dubstep mix)” vs “Hell Yeah (acapella)”
08. Crooklyn Clan – “Don’t This Shit… (Thomas Hart remix)”
09. Apollo 440 – “Dude Descending A Staircase”
10. Stanton Warriors – “Shake It Up (featuring the Beatnuts)”

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‘DubStep in the Arena’ — 31 Minutes

On March 9, 2010, In mixes, By dj symptoms

Here’s my submission to Round One of the DJForums Dubstep Tournament. It starts off with some hiphop oriented dubstep, switches to a reggae influence then gets darker and heavier until finally ending off with some scratching over a Pixie’s remix. Tracks with an * after them can be downloaded free (320kbps) at SoundCloud.

TRACKLIST:

01. Wu-Tang Clan – “Think Differently (Hellfire Machina remix)”
02. Scam – “Put Your Hands Up”
03. High Contrast – “Racing Green (1Point5 Remix)” *
04. Sublime – “Doin’ Time (Zed’s Dead Summer Grime remix)”
05. The Prodigy – “Breathe (Numbernin6 remix)” *
06. The Prodigy – “Voodoo People (Dubstep mix)”
07. Bassnectar – “Ready2RAGE (Jantsen remix)”
08. The Pixies – “Where Is My Mind (Wally’s Dubstep remix)” *

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‘Punching Babies’ — 25 mins of METAL

On March 9, 2010, In mixes, By dj symptoms

Metal is by far the most complicated genre for mixing, as a matter of fact it’s damn near impossible. It’s the one genre I turn to when I’m looking for a real challenge. With odd time signatures, coordinated breakdowns and blast beats (live drummers fluctuate the tiniest bit in tempo which can throw off a DJ’s mixing) it’s near impossible to find tracks that will blend together. So these tracks I used weren’t necessarily the ones I would liked to have (a song by Poison the Well but nothing by Meshuggah?!), but they were the ones in similar speeds or with elements that would work together.

TRACKLIST:

01. Decapitated – “Spheres of Madness”
02. All Shall Perish – “Awaken the Dreamers”
03. Slayer – “Angel of Death”
04. Slayer – “Raining Blood”
05. Killswitch Engage – “My Last Serenade”
06. Between the Buried and Me – “The Primer”
07. Slayer – “Criminally Insane”
08. Darkest Hour – “Deliver Us”
09. Between the Buried and Me – “Alaska”
10. Poison The Well – “Artists’ Rendering of Me”
11. Shai Hulud – “Linoleum (NOFX cover)”

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welcome to djsymptoms.com!

On March 8, 2010, In welcome, By dj symptoms

Thanks for checking out my page. I’m still working and re-working out the bugs with the site, everything should be fully functional soon. I’ll have plenty of links to old and new mixes, scratch tracks and other good stuff as well as the latest info on when I’m playing out and where.

Make sure to check back soon for updates, there’s bound to be some good stuff.

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