Dark Down
at the turn of the millennium hip hop was over 20 years old and main stream. luckily there was an underground alternative created by cats who made hip hop because they had to. whose free expression wasn’t concerned with Billboard and bling; only a passion for hip hop… and it shows.
photo : Derek Smith
* the darker side of a two part mix originally aired on Brave New Waves, CBC Radio, 2/21/02.
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Tracklist:
- Swollen Brain Fish – The Shape Shifters – Shape Shifters (1999)
- Digi Destruction – Projecto – Hiero Imperium (2001)
- Saboteur (Roots Manuva version) – Amon Tobin – Ninja Tune (2000)
- F*ck Rap – Antipop Consortium – 75 Ark (2000)
- Shock Therapy – Atmos – Vecta / Mo’ Wax (2001)
- Foxwood’s – Mike Ladd – Ozone Music (2001)
- Grey – cLOUDDEAD – Big Dada (2001)
- Instrumental 4U – Reachout – Oh-Eye Records (1999)
- Amethyst Rocks – Saul Williams – Immortal (1999)
- Will I Get Shot By A Dope Fiend? – Third Sight – Disgruntled Records (2001)
- Sneak Preview – Mr. Lif & Murs – Def Jux (2001)
- Put Your Quarter Up – Slug, Aesop Rock, MF Doom – Molemen Inc. (2001)
- Super Brooklyn (inst.) – Cocoa Brovas – Duck Down Records (2000)