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Tying in with CJSW’s Record Store Day, this week we dug deep into the crate and selected the finest records for an all-vinyl show. And by “dug deep into the crate and selected the finest records,” I mean I grabbed the nearest stack of records and brought ’em to the station and tried to put together a show. My vinyl collection is in various states of disorganization and I never managed to get it quite organized since my move nearly 2yrs ago. Now that I’m moving to a bigger place in a few weeks, I’ve got high hopes of finally getting things straightened out so that the collection is more er, accessible . Look out for more vinyl in the coming months.

Anyways, going back to vinyl does seem a bit of a step back, I’ve gotten used to the convenience and tricks with Serato, but there’s a lot of gems I never managed to get off of those nice black platters and into 1’s and 0’s.

The Fat Beat Diet, April 14th 2011 (mp3 – 54Mb)

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This one starts out with some nice drum’n’bass before settling into some hip hop via dancehall. Had to drop a bit of Mobb Deep after reading about the latest sample discovery (check the anatomy of a sample). Then dropped a few off of Ghostface Killah’s recent Apollo Kids album, which I’m groovin’ on of late.

The Fat Beat Diet, April 7th 2011 (mp3 – 49Mb)

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Definitely feeling in a mellow mood this week, a decision was made to keep the BPMs on the slower side of things for the most part, although I did flirt with some more uptempo stuff towards the middle of the show. Couldn’t really help myself because I’m loving the Sinbad remix of Ty’s Heart is Breaking so much recently. Managed to get myself back into relax mode by the end of the show though. Still, any show where I can play Massive Attack’s Teardrop (which holds special significance for me) and some Portishead is a pretty fun show in my books. Also, don’t sleep on the Jamie XX vs Gil Scott Heron collabo which started off the show – Personally I think the whole album is an improvement on Heron’s original.

The Fat Beat Diet, March 24th 2011 (mp3 – 81Mb)

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No show for the 10th, as I was still in Oregon.

This week’s show saw me starting off by paying my respects to the recently departed Melvin Sparks and Nate Dogg.

Then we rolled through some recent and not so recent hip hop and stuff.
The Fat Beat Diet, March 17th 2011 (mp3 – 55Mb)

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In March, I took a road trip down to southern Oregon for a couple of weeks. Staring down the barrel of an 18 hour drive, I figured I’d best make a mix to speed things along. Speed things along, indeed. This mix had me pushing my little jalopy much faster than I probably should have (this, and the latest work form Cobblestone Jazz also). Hopefully it can do the same for you.

The Drive Mix by beatdiet

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Recently, I was listening to Chris Read‘s 1989 mix as well as DJ Food’s 1989 mix. Chris Read, one of my favourite DJs, had recently put out this incredible retrospective of hip hop, spanning 28yrs and 800 tracks from 1979-2007 called The Diary. While “hip hop through the years mixe”s are not necessarily a new concept (heck, I think I played Jaguar Skillz? ?Hip Hop Odyssey‘ mix a few years back and included it as part of some Funding Drive bonus discs), I thought I’d revisit the concept for this year’s Black History month and hit you up with some hip hop through the years.

1989

A great year for hip hop, this was the Golden Era’s twilight years.

The Fat Beat Diet, February 3rd 2011 (mp3 – 55Mb)

1992

The West Coast comes into its own with Dr Dre’s The Chronic.

The Fat Beat Diet, February 10th 2011 (mp3 – 55Mb)

1994

Another landmark year in hip hop hailed alternatively as the last great year in hip hop and the year hip hop was reborn.

The Fat Beat Diet, February 17th 2011 (mp3 – 61Mb)

2001

The Fat Beat Diet, February 24th 2011 (mp3 – 54Mb)
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Shit’s getting ridiculous, I’m almost a month behind. Anyways, here’s the show from January 27th. Some nice UK beats (Dubstep, UK Garage, and I don’t know what to call what Ramadanman does…), then some mostly new hip hop.

The Fat Beat Diet, January 27th 2011 (mp3 – 55Mb)

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This week, I happened to be out of town for the launch of Slop Press, a site headed up by a few friends which centers on food and food culture. One of the founders had asked me to put together a mix for the launch since the venue (Walrus in Vancouver) was too small for a DJ. No worries, I said, and proceded to make a mix full of as many food-referencing songs as I could. One the radio, you probably only managed to hear the first 55 minutes, but here it is in its full 75 minute, ahem, glory (glory is far too strong a word to describe this mix, but I hope you enjoy it anyways…)

The launch was a huge success and the place was completely packed for hours. The 2 food trucks catering the party were having trouples getting more than 6′ in the door before their trays were emptied. Definitely a fun time.

Sloppress.com Launch Mix by beatdiet

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