Throwbacks...

I have just tracked down this tape. I first heard it on Westwood back in 96.
It was from the Bad Boy series, Puff had seen the power of mixtapes early, and had released a series where he hosted them and had a popular DJ (Doowap was among the other spinners used) This installment was mixed by Stretch Armstrong of the Stretch and Bobbito show on WKCR. Which was famous for it's in studio Freestyles and no censorship (Big L's "98 Freestyle" was taken from this show).

The tracklisting is pretty amazing, and this is the first time I had heard pretty much all of these songs this is what I miss the most about the so called "golden era" all of these joints are on the SAME TAPE, coming out within a few weeks of each other..One nice way to look at it though, most of the acts on here bar one or two still have huge careers.



http://rs297.rapidshare.com/files/131438409/StretchArmstrong.zip
01. The Lox & The Notorious B.I.G. - Freestyle
02. Nas, Kamikaze & Cormega - On The Real
03. Das EFX & Mobb Deep - Microphone Master (Remix)
04. M.O.P. - Raise Hell
05. The Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
06. Redman - Funkorama
07. Blahzay Blah - Danger Part II
08. Jay-Z - Dead Presidents
09. AZ - Freestyle
10. Jay-Z - Freestyle
11. Foxy Brown - Freestyle
12. The Fab 5 (OGC & Heltah Skeltah) - Leflah
13. Big Noyd & Prodigy - Recognize & Realize
14. LL Cool J - Doin It

Side B:
01. Puff Daddy - Intro
02. Total - Someone Like You
03. D'Angelo & AZ - Lady (DJ Premier Remix)
04. The Lost Boyz - Renee (Remix)
05. R. Kelly & The Notorious B.I.G. - Be Happy
06. Total, Foxy Brown, Lil Kim & Da Brat - No One Else (Remix)
07. Redman - Freestyle
08. Busta Rhymes - Freestyle
09. Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah
10. Wu Tang Clan - Winter Warz
11. Mobb Deep - Still Shinin
12. Ghostface - Motherless Child
13. Erick Sermon - Maintain
14. OC - Love & Affection

Side A -