TheMeaningOfDope

(Be…let my ghetto photoshop job live, ok? lol)

This post started by accident. I was over at Kaewonder’s crib prepping for our debut this weekend under our new moniker, the Air Max Thuns and wanted to get a couple vinyl rips going for him to throw up on the site. After we listened to a couple joints, Kae had the brilliant idea that we go in on some remix shit. What started as 2-3 records suddenly became 8-9 and we just decided to go all the way with this and pop this remix thing off correctly. This is Volume 1, and trust that there will be more to come.

This is our version of what a dope remix is about. Obviously, we left off your favourite, it’s impossible to please everyone with 1 post of 13 songs. Tell us in the comments what those missing joints are for you. This was us going through a few crates and picking the first things that really jumped out at us, so the selection criteria was really only “is this dope?” and then it made the cut. I wrote/picked the odd numbers, and Kaewonder has the even joints.

If you’re in Toronto, catch the 2 of us getting our fingers dusty on some serious vinyl-only dj shit at 751 as the pre-party for the annual Manifesto Festival.

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Once again, my homie Craig from Rap Lies and Videotape has blessed us with some classic material. Ima let C take it from here…

Kid N’ Play, along with the almost-forgotten Wiz maul the soul classic Float On,” while hosting the BET music video show “Video Vibrations.” Their vamped version of this song is credible proof that the duo had undeniable chemistry and that rappers should only sing when they’re joking. Christopher “Kid” Reid seems like a natural comedian in this clip, which funnier than his entire stand-up career. His former partner, Christopher “Play” Martin also hits the right comedic notes here, but it wasn’t always that way. In her new book, Pepa of Salt N’ Pepa claims she “grabbed him by his collar and dragged him down the whole length of the table, knocking everybody’s food and drink onto the floor,” after he made some jokes at her expense. Some people, you just don’t play with.