DJ Sloppy White has made his random late 80s rap compilation series available for free download at his website. Sure you miss out on the mudflaps and chocolate wrappers that the retail copies were packaged in, but you still get all the jams. What I’ve always appreciated about Sloppy’s tapes is that he focuses not only on big money ebay fetish items, but also lost major label remixes, bangers from rappers thought to be past their prime, and album cuts from artists you’ve written off as corny.

Peep the strange but flattering XLR8R review of Get Some: “Sloppy’s mixtapes are the DJ-mixed equivalent of random rap audioblogs like Cocaine Blunts and Hip Hop Tapes.” Has the cultural touchstone flipped already? Because last time I checked audioblogs like this one are the unmixed equivalent of uh… all mixtapes.

More documentary moves today: Old schoolish German Dutch (sorry i’m so ignorant raised on soulja boy) joint with Flash, Doug E Fresh, Run DMC, Roxanne Shante & Biz Markie, Schoolly D, etc.

I generally don’t do local event updates here, but I wanted to inform my SoCal heads about the festival premiers of two hip hop documentaries I’ve been excited about for a long time:

First up, on Feb 2nd the San Diego Black Film Festival presents the long awaited premier of “Ya Heard Me,” the worlds first New Orleans Bounce documentary. I had the pleasure of checking an advance, and it’s a impressive look at the scenes origins and current state. Here’s the review I wrote for Scratch. Features appearances Big Freedia, Cheeky Blakk, DJ Jubilee, DJ Jimi, Katey Red, Kilo, Mia X, The Showboys, TTucker and more.

Then, one week later “This Is The Life”, Ava DuVernay’s new film about the legendary Good Life Cafe open mic, premiers at LA’s Pan African Film & Arts Festival. Includes new interviews with: Myka Nyne and PEACE of Freestyle Fellowship, Chali2na and Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, NgaFsh, Riddlore, Tray-Loc & Wreckless of CVE, Abstract Rude, etc.

These are two of the more eclectic local scenes that hip hop has produced, and both have been relatively overlooked by most “historians,” so it’s exciting to see them get some shine in the form of full length films. I’ve covered both extensively in the archives, if you need to know more. Or just take my word and check them out on the strength.

Killer Mike – “Driftin’ Freestyle”
Killer Mike – “The Whole World vs. Stevie“
from Monster Sampler (Columbia, 2003)

While we’re still gushing over Ghetto Extraordinary, here are a pair of very short Killer Kill verses from this promo CD I had around when Monster dropped. “Whole World” vs. “Higher Ground”? Shit yeah.

JVC Force – “Strong Island (Blue Mix)“
from Take It Away 12″ (B-Boy, 1988)

JVC Force celebrated their 20th anniversary a few weeks ago with a full reunion on AJ Rok’s Heavy Rotation radio. The legendary Strong Island crew reunited in conversation. I haven’t gotten a chance to listen to the whole thing but allegedly they drop some cuts from the secret lost third album as well. Can an official reissue be far behind?

Click here for Part 1 & Part 2.

Uploaded the legendarily expensive “Blue Mix” which is really just a stripped down dub of the original “Strong Island,” with some extra cuts and samples. Still kinda nice.