DJ Battle "The City's".......Harlem Vs The Bay Area (Yay Area dub)

[eastbay510]

Born and raised in the bay and love most of the songs on the mix..it was some classics I wish were on there though.. I feel some songs could have been cut a little shorter (2 verses and a hook at the most) that way you can mix more songs in there.

It as far as the better mix iI went with Harlem ... Everyone is gonna have dope songs but I vote based off the smoother transitions. Where it sounds like an actual mix and not just going from track to track on iTunes but I know that shit hard to master though.

Only thing with the Harlem mix is A$AP kinda kills the groove when they songs come on I know they from Harlem. It they shit sound too southern compared to the other Harlem representers.

Good job by both though.

 

[Beta]

I know for a fact at least 4 people didn't listen to the mixes and voted for Harlem

 

[Stew]

I shouldve put all the Boroughs against each other in Rd1 lol ahh oh well.

 

[eastbay510]

Name names then

 

[Beta]

Name names then

5 grand, John B, lucien, cybertron

I'm sleep though

 

[TonyDubbz]

Shit fucked up that niggas just vote without listening makes what we do seem pointless at the end of the day. Crazy thing is if they listened to them joints they'd prob really fuck wit em and wanna download em

 

[eastbay510]

I dunno what it is.. Is an hour too long to sit and listen to for some people or what?

 

[5th Letter]

I dunno what it is.. Is an hour too long to sit and listen to for some people or what?

Laziness and not caring enough to listen to the mixes.

 

[RickyRich]

good job and respect for taking your time to do the mixes

 

[ChillaDaKilla]

I think I'm done with mixes for awhile

 

[Turfaholic]

Dubbz was all over the place. Alot of Big L & Rocky. It was over for me when "Breathe, Stretch, Shake" came on. That was produced by Rick Rock, a Bay Area producer. Transitions weren't crisp. Alot of jumping between time periods. Alot of tracks with non Harlem artist.

If you're not up on Bay Area music you won't see that @HerbalVaporCapers mix told a story. It was a timeline of Bay Area music. From Mob Music to Hyphy. I can tell he played it safe too.

But to be fair, I can see why it was stated Harlem is only a neighborhood. The Bay mixtape had San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward, Vallejo, & Pittsburg.

I think alot of people voted based on familiarity

 

[eastbay510]

At first he suggested just an Oakland mix but we all thought everyone else wasn't familiar enough with Bay music to desperate the Bay by cities so we just included it as a whole

 

[Turfaholic]

Not gonna lie... once victory started I voted Harlem

You voted based on adlibs?

Diddy adlibs only thing Harlem about that song

 

[BedStuy]

Name names then

5 grand, John B, lucien, cybertron

I'm sleep though

@Beta

incorrect stupid motherfucker

Like Diddy said, "don't make an ass out of ya self assuming" because "You Don't Know Me.... ohhh noo"
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[Beta]

My Harlem listening experience...

1. The first voice I should hear should not be biggie lol plus i thought maybe you only had diddy's small verse but nah you had biggie's too

2. I'm like "okay that was a rough start for me, what else he got?" Nigga follows up with a Jay-Z verse on welcome to nyc...I'm like this nigga man...plus i didn't like the song choice

3. I was amazed when even after the discussion we had and this nigga asking me like he was gonna tweak some shit that dubbz kept the whistle song

4. Wasn't enough dipset representation and the mix in the last half lost its swagger imo

5. Atleast he had charles hamilton still

But despite all of that he did a great job mixing and had I not been looking forward to this mix and wasn't under the assumption that he changed shit I woulda probably voted Harlem. It just wasn't hard enough imo

 

[its....JOHN B]

I skimmed through them I'll admit I was looking for who was more skillful in actual mixing, you don't have to count my vote I just don't have time to listen to all these mixes, I'm starting to think you should shorten them to a half hour

 

[its....JOHN B]

And around the 30 minute mark on the Bay mix got me thinking I might of made the wrong choice, shits banging

 

[Beta]

Somebody make a mix for me!!! Please! I'm deadass!

 

[HerbalVaporCapers]

Dubbz was all over the place. Alot of Big L & Rocky. It was over for me when "Breathe, Stretch, Shake" came on. That was produced by Rick Rock, a Bay Area producer. Transitions weren't crisp. Alot of jumping between time periods. Alot of tracks with non Harlem artist.

If you're not up on Bay Area music you won't see that @HerbalVaporCapers mix told a story. It was a timeline of Bay Area music. From Mob Music to Hyphy. I can tell he played it safe too.



But to be fair, I can see why it was stated Harlem is only a neighborhood. The Bay mixtape had San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward, Vallejo, & Pittsburg.

I think alot of people voted based on familiarity

Pretty much no 40, Husalah or Federation on this mix. Wanted to make something the whole IC could rock with, but yeah I left a lot of shit off even from SF to keep the mix flowing.

I may just have to fuck around and make a mix just for us bay cats after this.

And I know you were geekin when that Barney came on

 

[5th Letter]

I vote for the Bay. And I hate a lot of Bay Area music but that mix was much better put together than the Harlem mix. Harlem mix is dope though.