Vinyl Reanimators Remix Compilation

I zipped up all my favorite Vinyl Reanimators remixes into a single collection. Very cool mid-90s sample-based production. The verses themselves are almost all mid-to-late 90s new york favorites, so you'll probably recognize at least a few of them. The cool thing about these tracks is how divergent they are from the originals.

The original Rakim song had a beat that had all the boisterous pizazz and overwrought drama of a DMX song and as a consequence, Rakim's laid-back, jazzy flow always sounded out-of-place and forced on the track. This was a shame because the verses were among the best he'd written since going solo. But The Vinyl Reanimators fixed him up with a smooth beat that matches his flow much more convincingly than the original ever did.

The Fast Life remix is another example of Vinyl Reanimators upgrading a formerly corny song that happened to have quality verses, though I still prefer the Salaam Remi remix overall.

The Jeru track might actually be my favorite. The drum pattern is radically different from the original, it actually sounds like more of Jeru's stressed syllables land on drum hits than they do on the original. They use the same spaced-out sample as Pete Rock's Raekwon/Masta Killa track from 2008 to great effect, they also incorporate a sound effect at the end of every bar in the first verse that almost sounds like a faulty engine trying to turn over. This, coupled with the erratic drum pattern, gives the remix a chaotic and urgent feel that is in stark contrast to the smooth and relaxed mood of Premier's original beat.

These are imaginative, inventive remixes that any fan of 90s new york shit should check out.

Artifacts Art of Facts (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

AZ Doe or Die Vinyl Reanimators Remix

Brand Nubian Keep Bubblin' (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

Brothas under Madness aka BUMS Take A Look Around (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

De La Soul f. Common The Bizness (1996 Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

Ghostfaced Killah Daytona 500 (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

Group Therapy East Coast-West Coast Killas Vinyl Reanimators Remix

Jeru the Damaja Ya Playin' Yaself (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

Jungle Brothers How ya want it Vinyl Reanimators Remix

Kool G Rap Fast Life (Vinyl Reanimators remix)

KRS One Step into a World (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

L The Head Toucha Too Complex

Mic Geronimo Unstoppable Vinyl Reanimators Remix 1997

Mobb Deep Drop A Gem On Em (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

Nas Affirmative Action Vinyl Reanimators Remix 1997

Nas Feat. R. Kelly Nas Will Rock [Street Dreams (Remix) (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)]

O.C. Born to Live Vinyl Reanimators Remix

Rakim Guess who's back (Vinyl Reanimators Remix #1)

Rakim Guess who's back (Vinyls Reanimators Remix #2)

Redman Whateva Man Vinyl Reanimators Remix

Tha Alkaholiks Hip Hop Drunkies (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

A Tribe called Quest Stressed out (Vinyl Reanimators Remix)

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The Best NaS Remixes In My iTunes Library

If you like NaS at all, you should probably download this. These are the best remixes/blends of NaS songs that I've found over the years. Beats by DJ Premier, J Dilla, RZA, Dr. Dre, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Havoc, The 45 King, RJD2, Large Professor, MF DOOM, DangerMouse, Kanye, 9th Wonder and even Al Green are all featured here. If you especially appreciate a certain song in the compilation, let me know and I will send you a link to the album/mixtape it came from.


✓ Affirmative Action Vinyl Reanimators Remix 1997
✓ Blaze Another Fifty (L.O.P. Remix)
✓ Book Of Rhymes (Blend)
-Uses the 10 Crack Commandments Beat
✓ Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been DJ Premier Remix)
✓ Come Get Me
-Same MF Doom beat from 9 Milli Bros off of Fishscale
✓ F.E.D.S. II
-A Street's Disciple verse over Still Tippin, surprisingly great.
✓ Fast Life Feat Nas (Norfside Remix)
✓ Fast Life feat. Kool G. Rap (Supa Star)
✓ Freestyle Paper Planes
-M.I.A. + NaS
✓ Halftime (Butcher remix)
-A subtle, grimey remix by Arsenal
✓ I Can...(Large Pro blend)
✓ I Make It Like That Part II
-Uses Ambitonz as a Ridah (Tupac)
✓ It Ain't Hard To Tell (Dilla Blend)
-Uses Starz from Jaylib's Champion Sound
✓ It Ain't Hard To Tell (Large Professor Remix)
-A classic
✓ It Ain't Hard To Tell [Dangermouse Nas Is Like Blend]
✓ It Ain't Hard To Tell Remix
✓ It Aint Hard To Tell
-Uses RJD2-Produced Saliva off of MF Doom's Operation Doomsday
✓ It Aint Hard To Tell (Danger Mouse Remix)
✓ It's Mine feat. Mobb Deep & J
✓ Just To Get A Thief
-Uses Gangstarr's Just To Get A Rep with Thief's Theme
✓ Last Day Feat. Nas (March 9 Remix)
-Uses RZA's Criminology beat off Only Built
✓ Last Real Nigga Alive (9th Wonder Mix)
✓ The Last Real Nigga Alive (Blend)
-Uses KRS ONE's MC's Act Like They Don't Know
✓ Life's a Bitch (Delay Remix)
✓ Life's a Bitch (Start From Scratch Mix)
-Uses The Game's Start From Scratch
✓ Made You Look (Apache Remix)
✓ Made You Look (J. Period Remix)
-Uses Shook Ones
✓ Made You Look (Large Pro blend)
✓ Made You Look / Love And Happiness (Ft. Jadakiss and Ludacris)
-AL GREEN!
✓ Memory Lane Remix Demo DJ Premier
✓ Nas Will Rock Pete Rock Mix
✓ New York (Heart of the City)
-Uses the Kanye beat from the Jay-Z song
✓ NY State of Mind 2 45 King remix
-Sweet blend by Vaporized using the beat that was the first draft of Eminem's Stan
✓ One Love (Original Q-Tip Mix)
✓ Represent Remix Demo DJ Premier
✓ Rewind (Mind Playing Tricks)
-Uses the Geto Boys beat
✓ Salute Me (Blend)
-Uses Gang Starr's Above The Clouds
✓ Silent Murder
-Not a remix but a dope track cut from his second album
✓ Stillmatic Intro (Remix)
✓ Street Dreams
-MF DOOM blend
✓ Take it in blood alt verse
✓ Thief's Theme
-Uses The Red from Jaylib's Champion Sound
✓ The World Is Yours (Juicy Beat) (Stackhouse Recordings Mix)
-Brief blend using Biggie's Juicy
✓ The World Is Yours (Large Pro blend)
-Very low-key, very cool
✓ The World Is Yours (Tip Remix)
-Q-Tip
✓ 95 Ferenheit

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EDIT:

I left this one off like a damn fool. But everyone should hear it anyway.