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The 18th Letter - Tomorrow @ Pop Opera, the R mix and shirt

Ive said it before but now is a good time to be a late 80s & 90s hip hop fan. Everyone from Public Enemy and EPMD to Camp Lo to Souls of Mischief have come thru town lately.

Ive said it before but now is a good time to be a late 80s & 90s hip hop fan. Everyone from Public Enemy and EPMD to Camp Lo to Souls of Mischief have come thru town lately. With no disrespect to the aforementioned, the MC performing tomorrow at Pop Opera may take the golden cake however. If the late 80s/early 90s "golden age" of hip hop can be likened to the classic rock era, Rakim is the Jimi Hendrix of the microphone. A fiend, before he became a teen. A must that he bust any mic he's handed. Came in the door, said before, never let the mic magnetize him no more....

Many of us are beyond hyped to catch Rakim tomorrow. DJ Hedspin & Sharks and Hammers are so stoked, they put together a limited edition CD x T-Shirt Package. Cop the Rakim - the R mixtape vol. 1. If anyone retailers want to get the shirt in their shop, holla @ Hedspin or Sharks and Hammers:

djhedspin@gmail.com

info@sharksandhammers.com

Track list below.

DJ HEDSPIN X SHARKS AND HAMMERS PRESENTS:

RAKIM - THE R MIXTAPE VOLUME 1.0

ERIC B AND RAKIM - MAHOGANY (WHO IS RAKIM)

AL GREEN - IM SO GLAD YOUR MINE

ISAAC HAYES - JOY

BOBBI HUMPHREY - BLACK AND BLUES

ERIC B AND RAKIM - KEEP THE BEAT

BOB JAMES - STORM KING

RAKIM - LIVIN FOR THE CITY

NAS & ALICIA KEYS FEAT RAKIM - NY STATE OF MIND

CECIL HOLMES - CALL ME

RAKIM - ITS BEEN A LONG TIME

GANG STARR FEAT RAKIM - THE MILITIA

RAKIM - WHEN I BE ON THE MIC

TAGYERIT - SUBWAY SURFING

TALIB FEAT RAKIM - THE GETTING UP ANTHEM PART 1

RAKIM - GUESS WHOS BACK

BOB JAMES - SHAMBOOZIE

RAKIM - IT'S THE R RAKIM - REAL SHIT

RAKIM - ALL NIGHT LONG

ERIC B AND RAKIM - REAL MEN DRINK (ST IDES)

BILL WITHERS - KISSIN MY BABY

ERIC B AND RAKIM - IN THE GHETTO (DRUMS MIX)

MOUNTAIN - LONG RED

JAMES BROWN - FUNKY PRESIDENT (RAKIM - JAMES BROWN INTERVIEW)

ERIC B AND RAKIM - ERIC B FOR PRESIDENT

THE JB'S - PASS THE PEAS

ERIC B AND RAKIM - I AINT NO JOKE

AVERAGE WHITE BAND - SCHOOL BOY CRUSH

ERIC B AND RAKIM - MICROPHONE FIEND (EXTENDED REMIX)

THE SOUL SEARCHERS - ASHLEYS ROACH CLIP

DENNIS EDWARDS - DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER I

NDEEP - WHEN BOYS TALK (ACAPELLA)

OFRA HAZA - IM NIN ALU

ERIC B AND RAKIM - PAID IN FULL (DEREK B'S URBAN RESPRAY)

JODY WATLEY FEAT RAKIM - FRIENDS (REMIX)

TRUTH HURTS FEAT RAKIM - ADDICTIVE (REMIX)

RAKIM - GET SOME (ST IDES)

CARL DOUGLAS - DANCE THE KUNG FU

DJ PREMIER / KANYE WEST FEAT RAKIM - CLASSIC

YOUNG HOLT UNLIMITED - QUEEN OF THE NILE

KOOL & THE GANG - GIVE IT UP

ERIC B AND RAKIM - JUST A BEAT

ERIC B AND RAKIM - DONT SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE

FUNKADELIC - YOU'LL LIKE IT TOO

ERIC B AND RAKIM - I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL (DOUBLE TROUBLE REMIX)

JODY WATLEY FEAT RAKIM - OFF THE HOOK

ERIC B AND RAKIM- LET THE RHYTHM

NATT ADDERLEY - RISE SALLY RISE

ERIC B AND RAKIM - JUICE (KNOW THE LEDGE)

ERIC B AND RAKIM - PASS THE HAND GRENADE

EUGENE MCDANIELS - HEADLESS HEROES

ERIC B AND RAKIM - COMPLICATEM (PASS THE HAND GRENADE PART 2)

ERIC B AND RAKIM - HYPNOTIC

ERIC B AND RAKIM - MUSICAL MASSACRE

JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH - ITS JUST BEGUN (HEDSPIN'S ITS JUST ABOUT TO END TRANSITION EDIT)

ERIC B AND RAKIM - WHATS ON YOUR MIND

DOWNLOAD LINK - http://www.mediafire.com/?jmnot9z2z2w555m

DJ Hedspin (Vancouver BC / Eh! Team Djs)

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