This month we threw together a mix of our favorite 2 Chainz verses, from his first big hit with Playaz Circle in 2007 all the way through his solo records and collabos with DJ Mustard, Kanye, Drake and Major Lazer.
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Escort – Animal Nature
Posted: November 5, 2015 Filed under: Friends of The Rub, Rub Radio, TBT, That New New
Escort’s new album Animal Nature just dropped and (surprise surprise) it’s phenomenal. Here’s a link to iTunes so you can buy it immediately. Their evolution over the years has been a real treat to follow, from explorations in sweet disco to early 80s to house, all filtered through their impeccable songwriting and arrangements. Shit is just fun.
A couple of summers ago we did a party together at The Bell House, and leading up to that, a mixtape. If you missed it, there’s no better time than to revisit.
Escort x The Rub by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
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Rub Radio (October 2015) by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
You know him, you love him, ladies and gentlemen, Prince Klassen!
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The Rub’s Best of New York Mix
By Raspberry Jones
Distance—or lack thereof. It helps narrate the eight million stories of New York’s organized chaos flow. What qualifies as an invasion of privacy elsewhere, is a New Yorker’s way of saying, “excuse me.” The roars of a crowded life: Learn to exist atop one another, yet figure out how to live on your own. Make sure to cherish personal space, thoughts, experiences—but don’t get precious about sharing them on every street-corner, rush-hour subway, or club dance-floor. To survive, keep the things you love close and protect them; though don’t forget to brandish them sharply when expressing your individuality. Especially, when expressing your individuality amongst your people.
Inevitably, your people will have an anthem, a rallying call. His and her people will too. Most New Yorkers do. “Their” song or “their” artist, one long ago taken stock of, and never the twain shall part. Getting your own isn’t hard—it’s a town built on music. There are as many personal anthems in this city as there are clubs, and as many clubs as posses, each at a conscious arm’s length from the next—different neighborhoods, different strokes, and so on. Separate but equal, they sometimes call it—which is, frankly, bullshit—but it does offer an educated musical consumer a limitless choice of which rally to call his/her own.
Though on occasion, they all rally together. Arm-lengths shorten, the separation falls away, yours and theirs becomes ours—and the city sings with one voice, dances on the same beat. This pretense of musical U-N-I-T-Y mostly lasts no longer than a New York minute, an oasis. Yet when it does come around, the city transforms into that mythical place you read of in books, the one you were moving to. This one song engulfs your every move. Your local DJ sets off the dance-floor with it. The midnight jeep boys blast it, keeping you awake. The Garden blares it during time-outs—and maybe some jock choreographs a dance to it. Now the bartenders, the baristas, even the bros. It grows tiring. The oasis dissolves. Though its memory remains, residue retained on the tip of your tongue and on your breath, stuck in your ear forever.
The New York Anthem is a category. Look it up! Impervious to distance—or lack thereof—folding time and space, triggering memory, defining careers. Ask Frank or Liza—or O.C. Each generation gets the one(s) it deserves. Not a sentimental journey, but utilitarian in its emotional and rhythmic output. Just like the city that it serves.
Best of New York 2000-2015 by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
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#TBT The Rub – Rub Radio July ’12
Posted: July 30, 2015 Filed under: Rub Radio, TBT | Tags: TBT, the rub
So as The Rub celebrated year number 13 last weekend with an amazing event, it only makes sense to #TBT to 3 years ago where the first decade was put in the books. On the July 2012 Rub Radio mix, Ayres and Eleven mixed so many different styles of fire current records incredibly well (like always), showcasing a couple of Meek Mill sightings, funny enough. On top of it all, Just Blaze was the guest for the year 10 celebration and he’ll be headlining The Rub’s first jump off at Verboten coming up in just 2 weeks on Friday, Aug. 14th.
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Clubfeet – Last Words (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
Fashen – Ecstasy
A.Dd+ – Mary Go (DJ Eleven remix)
Santigold – Disparate Youth
T.I. – Go Get It
Rick Ross ft. Meek Mill – So Sophisticated
Driicky Graham – Snap Backs & Tattoos
Meek Mill ft. Young Chris – House Party
Kanye West – Mercy (RL Grimes & Salva Edit)
David Banner x Baauer – Like A Harlem Pimp (Steve1der Blend)
Juicy J ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne – Bandz A Make Her Dance
Yuna – Live Your Life (DJ Ayres & Scott Melker Remix)
Rihanna – Where Have You Been (Jr. Blender Reggae Remix)
Hot Chip – Look At Where We Are (Major Lazer Remix)
Para One – Empire
Ginuwine – Pony / 50 Cent – Ayo Technology (instrumental)
The-Dream Feat. Pusha T – Dope Chick
Frank Ocean – Pyramids
New tasty summer mix for Black Scale clothing from #itstherub up now. Stream and download below.
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Rub Radio (May 2015) by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
This month we hop into the Delorean and fire up the flux capacitor for a quick romp through 80s synth-pop, new wave and post-punk.
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XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
Fine Young Cannibals – Johnny Come Home
Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
Ministry – I Wanted To Tell Her
Depeche Mode – Behind The Wheel
Information Society – Lay All Your Love On Me
Real Life – Send Me An Angel
Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hangin On
Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
New Order – True Faith
Duran Duran – The Wild Boys
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
Frida – I Know There’s Something Going On
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Human League – Mad World
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Check The Technique Vol.1 by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
We have a special edition of Rub Radio this month as Ayres and Eleven have put together the prequel mixtape to last year’s Check The Technique 2. In addition, we’ll be celebrating author Brian Coleman and his books Check The Technique Volumes 1 & 2 this coming Saturday at The Rub along with our very special guest, DJ Evil Dee.
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