Thank you to Sway along with DJ Wonder, dB, Heather B et al for having us play live on Sirius XM. Listen to the set here. and download here.
New mix of disco and house with our friends Escort, to gear up for our party Friday night. Head on over to Complex for the full writeup and tracklist.
SeratoCast Mix 6 – The Rub by Serato on Mixcloud
Our friends at Serato asked us to rock volume 6 of their new Seratocast series. We kept it in the vein of our monthly Rub Radio mix, with new music from every corner of our crates, plus we debuted our new single, which comes out in August. Given all the twists and turns, we think it flows remarkably well. Big shout to Prince Rakeem for providing the intro material.
xo The Rub
The Rub – We Invented Serato (feat. RZA)
Cam’ron & A-Trak – Dipshits
Grandtheft & Keys N Krates – Keep It 100
Popcaan – Hustle (feat. Pusha T)
T.I. – Turn It
Lstreetz – Informants
RL Grime & What So Not – Tell Me
Trippy Turtle – Trippy’s Theme
James Nasty feat. Pork Chop – Do It (Tittsworth Remix)
A-Trak + Milo & Otis feat. Rich Kidz – Out The Speakers (Caked Up Remix)
Sub Focus – Close (Grandtheft Remix)
Spankrock – Gully
Nadastrom – Fallen Down (Justin Martin Remix)
La Roux – Let Me Down Gently (Playless Remix)
The Rub feat. Tatiana Owens – Bring On The Love (Freestyle Mix)
Jim-E Stack – Reassuring
Smalltown DJs – See Thru (The Slow Waves Remix)
FKA twigs – Two Weeks
Lana Del Rey – Pretty When You Cry
Prince – Diamonds and Pearls
We’re on vacation until June 26th, so no Rub Radio this month. In our absence, there’s no better time to revisit 31 years of Hip-Hop History mixes:
Hip-Hop History by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
Listen to all the Hip-Hop History mixes here.
Bonus Beat
Is that Freedom Rock? Well turn it up! Get groovy with Summer of The Rub:
The Rub – Summer Of The Rub by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
The good folks at Do Androids Dance let us take over the turntables for the latest episode of their terrific mix series! Here are our favorite new house, disco, UK garage, trap and twerk records, bookended by a couple of classics by Frankie Knuckles (R.I.P.). Tracklist at Do Androids Dance or after the jump.
Rub Radio – March 2014 by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
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Tracklist:
Beyonce – Drunk in Love Remix ft. Kanye West
Katy Perry – Dark Horse Remix ft. Juicy J
Maino – Watch Me Do It ft. T.I. & French Montana
Juvenile – Pay The Rent ft. Jeezy & Yo Gotti
YG – My Nigga Remix ft. Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Rich Homie Quan & Nicki Minaj
DJ Kay Slay – ‘90s Flow ft. Ghostface, Raekwon & Sheek Louch
Marco Polo – Emergency Man ft. Malcolm & Martin
Jack Beats – Beatbox
Odysseus – Hold On ft. Ruby Goe
Danny Torrence & Richard Beynon – All I Gave To You (Prince Club Into The Future Radio Edit)
Sammy Bananas – Never Say
Chromeo – Come Alive ft. Toro Y Moi (Le Youth Remix)
Pharrell – Come Get It Bae ft. Miley Cyrus
Blaqstarr – Supastar 2.0
Major Lazer – Aerosol Can ft. Pharrell
Justin Martin – Buggin’
Scottie B – Find A Way
Sevyn Streeter – It Won’t Stop ft. Chris Brown
Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and with it another tide of randy, amorous DJ mixes cleverly hoping to capitalize on the trending topic and incite libidos around the world. Well, you can forget about all those cheesy basslines and sultry vocals, because we have an R&B mix to end all R&B mixes. The Rub has carefully assembled Luv U Better, an hour-long set, jam-packed with early 2000s R&B joints from top-shelf vibe dealers like Brandy, Ashanti, R. Kelly, and Aaliyah, which you can stream and download above.
Nina Sky – Intro
Brandy – What About Us
Ashanti – Only You
Cassie – Long Way 2 Go
Kelis – Caught Out There
Rell – It’s Obvious feat. Jay-Z
Joe – Stutter (Double Take Remix) feat. Mystikal
SWV – Can We (Get Freaky Tonight) feat. Missy Elliot
Aaliyah – Come Back In One Piece feat. DMX
Keyshia Cole – I Changed My Mind
Faith Evans – You Gets No Love
Ryan Leslie – Just Right feat. Snoop Dogg
Mary J Blige – Back 2 Life 2000 feat. Jadakiss
Mariah Carey – Heartbreaker Remix feat. Da Brat & Missy Elliot
Joe – Ride With U feat. G-Unit
Babyface – There She Goes
Faith Evans – Burnin Up (Just Blaze Remix) feat. Freeway
New Edition – Hot 2 Nite
Jaheim – Just in Case
Mario – Let Me Love You
Musiq Soulchild – Just Friends (Sunny)
Raphael Saadiq – Still Ray
Lauryn Hill – Ex Factor
R-Kelly – When A Woman’s Fed Up
Jaheim – Could It Be
D’Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel)
Rub Radio – January 2014 by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud
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Yup. It’s Mixtape Monday–New Year’s Edition! Q: What makes this monday different from all other mondays? A: You don’t need a stack of the newest and true-est mixtapes to get you through the grumpiest day of the workweek with your sanity intact. You need that one ultimate Mother Of All Mixtapes to provide the soundtrack to your New Year’s Eve loft party. Or romantic NYE for two on a beach in Bali. Or meditating on top of a Mayan pyramid in Tulum waiting for the sun to rise on Quintana Roo. Or trying to keep your sanity intact while you watch the ball drop on a TV in your step-parent’s rec room in Blawnox, Pennsylvania. Or WHATEVER craziness you are planning to get into at 12 midnight, December 31st, 2013.
That’s why we have foregone the usual Mixtape Monday format and teamed up with DJ Ayres and DJ Eleven–collectively known as The Rub and known to be the residents of what may be New York City’s purest dance-party party (it’s called The Rub). Don’t nobody want you to show off your obscure library records when the ball is fittin’ to drop on 12 midnight, and Ayres and Eleven kept it true to form and eschewed music show-offery for a pure selection of the year’s bangers from Drake to Disclosure to their own productions with dancehall queen (and shameless Larger Upper) Natalie Storm, all mixed in the signature Rub style. Plus they threw in a little Prince for the annoying music nerds hanging around the DJ booth to make requests (hi, that’s us). Without further ado, Okayplayer presents The Rub’s official New Year’s Eve Mixtape, 2013. Press play to enjoy below–and look for the free download to drop like a glowing crystal orb sometime between now and midnight tomorrow! Happy New Year.
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