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Grand Groove DJs x Original Concepts Presents: The Originals 1.5 mixed by DJ Big Jacks!
The homie James Lowe from Original Concepts Ent stepped to me sometime ago to do a promo mix for his Originals party in Toronto. I told him, yeah i’ll get it done…eventually. A year or so later, here it is finally available online and i must say i’m pretty proud of how it turned out! Peep the promo vid then download the mix and listen for yourself!
DJ BIG JACKS – THE ORIGINALS 1.5 Mix!
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DJ BIG JACKS – POPULAR DEMAND! *NEW MIX*
Here’s a little something to tide you over before the next big mix project drops! At the beginning of 2010 woman’s clothing store, Aritizia, stepped to Royale and I to make some mixes for their stores. Needless to say the response from customers and employees was overwhelming! So naturally due to popular demand they’ve asked us for more mixes! Here is one of the results of that, Big Jacks’ “Popular Demand”, filled with tons of urban treats and exclusive remixes! Also, be sure to grab DJ Royale’s “In Bloom” which is currently the featured mix on Aritzia’s site! Thanks to Committee Marco for the artwork! Grab it now and enjoy!!!
DJ BIG JACKS – POPULAR DEMAND!
Rihanna – hard (big jacks’ popular demand blend)
Rihanna – rude boy (big jacks’ bently blend)
Nicki Minaj ft. Sean Garrett – massive attack
Jay-Z ft. Santigold – Brooklyn go hard
Major Lazer ft. Santigold – hold the line (big jacks’ Brooklyn blend)
Lil Wayne vs. Major Lazer – holdin’ a milli (big jacks’ edit)
Lil Wayne ft. T-Pain – got money (big jacks’ blend)
Mavado – money changer
Tweet – oops (big jacks’ blend)
T-Pain – i can’t believe it (big jacks’ blend)
Jay-Z feat. Rihanna – run this town (big jacks’ hook blend)
Rich Kidd – soarin’ 2 heavin (big jacks’ hook blend)
50 Cent ft. Nate Dogg – 21 questions (big jacks’ blend)
Beyonce – ring the alarm (big jacks’ blend)
Mark Morrison – return of the mack (big jacks’ blend)
Serani – no games (big jacks’ boat mix)
Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain – blame it (big jacks’ biggie blend)
Beyonce vs Junior Mafia – single ladies gettin’ money (big jacks’ edit)
Beenie Man – dude (big jacks’ blend)
Janet Jackson – that’s the way love goes (dj royale remix)
Total – no one else
Mary J Blige – be happy (big jacks’ nice & smooth blend)
Keyshia Cole ft. Missy – let it go (big jacks remix)
Soul 2 Soul – back to life (big jacks’ hook blend)
Fat Joe ft. Young Jeezy – slow down (ha ha)
Notorious B.I.G. – juicy (big jacks’ blend)
Wale ft. Lady GaGa – chillin’ (big jacks’ blend)
50 Cent feat. Jimmy Spicer – i get money (big jacks’ dolla bill mix)
Collie Buddz – mamacita (big jacks’ blend)
Snoop Dogg ft. Nate Dogg – ain’t no fun
Snoop Dogg ft. The Dream – gangsta luv (big jacks’ one way blend)
Jaheim ft. Jadakiss – ain’t leavin without you
Amerie – why r u
Jackson 5 – i want you back (big jacks’ blend)
Stevie Wonder – my cheri amour (big jacks’ blend)
Marvin Gaye – sexual healing (big jacks’ blend)
50 Cent – i get it in (big jacks’ blend)
50 Cent ft. Ne-Yo – baby by me (big jacks’ hook blend)
Ne-Yo – sexy love (big jacks’ blend)
MIA – paper planes (big jacks’ blend)
Big Boi – shutterbug
Freeway & Jake One – she makes me feel alright
Snoop Dogg – drop it like it’s hot (big jacks’ blend)
Dr Dre ft. Snoop Dogg – the next episode (big jacks’ blend)
Monica – like this and like that (big jacks’ remix)
Black Sheep – the choice is yours (revisited)
Cassie – me and you (big jacks’ boom bap blend)
Gangstarr – DWYCK (big jacks’ blend)
Flo & Eddie – keep it warm
Gucci Mane – lemonade
Bozack Morris Presents “Alone Together On valentine’s Day”
Right now Valentine’s Day has been active for the past 19 hours or so, and it’s starting to be clear to me that this day effects more single people negatively than it positively effects couples. I don’t know, maybe I just happen to not hang out with the Valentine’s Day aficionado type of crowd, but the “warm and fuzzy” feeling this day promotes actually seems to invoke a lot of “cold and bitter” attitudes, even to a lot of my non-single friends.
For me personally, good music seems to sooth the soul, regardless of the temperature your mood is in. So here is a re-up of an old V-Day slow jam mix of mine from 2 years ago. Whether or not you’re rocking a romantic lobster dinner for one or a pop tart for two, here’s a sexy soundtrack for you to enjoy eating to (interpret that however you like).
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DJ Big Jacks “Straight Goodz” Throwback on 94.5 The Beat Vancouver!
Just over a month ago I had the honour of doing a guest DJ throwback set on Straight Goodz (94.5 The Beat. Vancouver) for my people Flipout & Jayswing. They were one of the only real hip hop shows on commercial radio in Canada and I was pretty excited to play classic hip hop and soul on a mainstream platform. Sadly, the show was recently cancelled but the memories still live on through archived moments such as this. This mix is a personal fav of mine and I think you’ll like it too, so check it out!!!
DJ BIG JACKS “Straight Goodz” Throwback
AZ – gimme yours
Minnie Ripperton – here we go
Freddie Jackson – love is just a touch away
Luther Vandross – promise me
Capone N Noreaga – closer (sam sneed remix)
New Edition – a little bit of love (big jacks’ blend)
Capone N Noreaga – LA , LA
The Dogg Pound feat. Snoop Dogg – NY, NY
George Duke/WC & The Maad Circle – reach for it/west up
Denice Williams – free
Mic Geronimo – shit is real (computamix)
Jay-Z – imaginary players
Renee & Angela – imaginary playmates
Patrice Rushen – where there is love (big jacks’ blend)
Mobb Deep – temperature’s rising
O.C. – far from yours
The Notorious B.I.G. – dead wrong (big jacks’ blend)
Jay-Z – i can’t get with that
Puff Daddy feat. The Notorious B.I.G – young G’s
D.I.T.C feat Big L – day one
Children of The Corn feat. Big L – american dream (big jacks’ blend
Lord Finesse feat. Big L – yes you may (remix)
Heather B feat. M.O.P. – my kinda nigga (big jacks’ blend)
Hillfiguz – up on prospect
L the Headtoucha – too complex
Don Blackman – holding you, loving you
Camp Lo/Dynasty – luchini/adventures in the land of music
Cameo – hanging downtown
Group Home – supastar
DJ Big Jacks: Funky 4 You (UK FUNKY HOUSE MIX!)
Here is the first official mix in 2010 from your boy Big Jacks! It’s been more than a minute since I hit you with some soulful house vibes and this time I take it across the pond to hit you with a sound that’s smashing the clubs in Britain. UK Funky House! Essential for any house music head and lover of soulful funky grooves! Check it out, share it with your people and enjoy!
*grab the mix directly from the Grand Groove podcast and don’t forget to subscribe!*
DJ BIG JACKS: FUNKY 4 YOU (UK FUNKY HOUSE MIX)
Kid Cudi – day and night (crazy cousinz remix)
Meleka – go (crazy cousinz remix)
Bongo Jam – Crazy Cousinz
Egypt – In The Morning
Attacca Pesante & Shea Soul – make it funky for me
Alicia Keys – diary (metric moses refix)
Paleface feat. Kyla – do you mind (crazy cousinz remix)
Drake – money to blow (big jacks’ funky to blow blend)
Jeremih – birthday sex (donae’o remix)
Nat-Mor – i feel
Aaron Carl – oasis (nick holder remix)
Platnum – love shy (crazy cousinz remix)
Donae’o – party hard
ps. shouts to Rob @ SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY & DJ Hedspin
Vancouver’s Urban Renewal Project w/ DJ Sage feat. Big Jacks!
I have to send a fat shout to my homie DJ Sage who held me down while i was on tour in BC last week! Aside from housing me and showing me around the city he also had me do a guest set on his show The Urban Renewal Project which is a staple hip hop show on co-op radio in Vancouver. With it being the last show of the decade I decided to play some of my favourite hip hop records of the last 10 years. With only 30 minutes to do so i didn’t really scratch the surface at all but I still threw down some undeniable Big Jacks type heatery. Check it out!
http://urpradio.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-01-01T16_28_58-08_00
BIG JACKS’ SET
Prodigy – Rotten Apple
Juelz Santana – More Gangsta Music
Juelz Santana – Santana Town
Dipset – Dipset Anthem
Beanie Sigel – The Truth
Freeway & Young Chris – Line Em Up
Jay-z f/ Lil Wayne – Hello Brooklyn (Big Jacks’ blend)
Jay-Z – The Takeover
Young Jeezy f/ Jay-Z – Go Crazy (Remix)
Kanye West – Thru The Wire
Cam’Ron f/ Kanye West – Down & Out
50 Cent – Position Of Power
The Clipse – Ride Around Shinin’
Clipse f/ Cam’ron – Popular Demand
Clipse f/ Birdman – What Happened To That Boy
Game f/ Kanye West – Wouldn’t Get Far
Alchemist f/ Prodigy & Nina Sky – Hold You Down
Freeway f/ Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel – What We Do
Jadakiss – We Gon Make It
Jaylib – The Red
Jaylib – The Official
J-Dilla – Fuck The Police
J-Dilla – The $
J-Dilla – Ice
the black wrap 2009
Happy Holidays everyone! So 2009 is about to be a wrap! We would like to thank everyone who supported the BR this year and over the past years. 2009 was a good year for us from the events, to the mixes, to the award nominations and more, yet we look at it more as a gateway into bigger things for 2010. So keep on the look out for bigger and better things from the Black Rap camp in the new year.
In the meantime as we look back at 09, in case you missed some of the things we had put down, we present to you “The Black Wrap 2009,” a collection of the best mixes the BR put down this year. From 70s soul, to 80s boogie, to 90s r&b and more, the Black Rap camp put down a diverse range of flavour for you and yours. In case you missed any, here is your opportunity to catch up!
The Black Wrap 2009 package consists of:
- * Grand Groove “Ol’ School R&B Flava’s” Mix
* Black Rap Presents “The Discotechnology Sessions: The 101 Mix – Mixed By Bozack Morris” Mix
* Black Rap Presents “The Discotechnology Sessions: The Sure Shot – Mixed By Big Jacks” Mix
* Big Jacks & DJ Eleven “Great Minds” Mix
* Bozack Morris Presents “Black Zodiac” Mix
* + a bonus mix from the “Backroad Radio” throwback archives featuring some slept on 90′s r&b bangers with a hip hop influence mixed by Bozack Morris
A 551 MB file with over 6 hours of good music that should help make your holiday season happier!
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The UK’s Southern Hospitality Presents: Twelve 12″s feat. Big Jacks!
***BIG shouts to my homie Rob over at Southern Hospitality and the whole crew. I’m honoured to be a part of this series. I won’t say anymore you can read what they wrote***
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The ‘Twelve 12″s’ series is back once again, for the (rather coveted) twelfth instalment, and this time representing for Toronto it’s – Big Jacks!
Big Jacks has been rocking spots all over the U.S. and Canada for the last decade, as well as holding it down on T-Dot radio every week, bringing his love and knowledge of music to the world. He’s also opened up for some of the greatest names in hip-hop – A Tribe Called Quest, Dj Premier, Krs, Pete Rock to name a few and has toured alongside Jigga’s current DJ Neil Armstrong (another SH Fave we may add). Not only that but he even DJs and programs the music for a large women’s clothing chain! Now that is ‘versatility’ (don’t worry, you’ll get the reference when you’ve copped the mix). Anyway, I’m sure you’re all familiar with his work after the incredible mix with DJ Eleven ‘Great Minds’ that we featured here a couple of weeks ago, which finds Big Jacks tearing through the 80s groove with an ear and skills few have. In fact, an ability that comes from not only a genuine feel for music but years of digging through the racks to find those absolute gems, as I’m sure rap historians out there will appreciate after taking one look at the cover! As well as the aforementioned Nyborn (still my most wanted rap 12″!) you’ll find some more random, but classically dope records like Sir Ibu’s ‘I’m The Peacemaker’ and ‘Bizzie Boyz ‘Hold The Lafta’. This is heaven to people who, like me, love that late 80s/early 90s rap sound and a perfect kick off to the week. Incredible stuff.
In case you missed the first eleven instalments from myself (Rob), Superix, James Lebens, DJ Ayres, DJ Dub, DJ Hudson, Matt Evans, Spin Doctor, Matthew Africa, Cosmo Baker & DJ Eleven – you can still catch them here and watch out for another ‘Twelve 12s coming very soon…
For tracklisting and running order – see the cover
–Big Jacks
ps. *cool points to anyone who can name the entire tracklisting without googling!*
bozack morris presents “black zodiac” – the sounds of 70′s love
If you know how I get down, you know I love my slow jams. Two years ago, I began working on this Black Zodiac project which consisted of some of my favourite 70's soul slow jams. Unfortunately I never got around to finishing it, even though it gained some positive feedback in its unfinished form. After two years on the backburner, I never touched it until now. In fact what you hear now is basically the unfinished version. Regardless I didn't want to keep it in the vaults for much longer, so here it is, Black Zodiac, the sounds of 70's love. Nothing fancy, just that good old soul music.
This is your opportunity to take it back to that 70's love groove. So invite an intimate friend over, light up the incense, grow a full set of pubes, play this on the highest volume and enjoy!
Let me know what you think.
Download here: http://www.zshare.net/audio/6752519892464675/
Or here: http://black-rap.com/bozack_morris_presents_black_zodiac.mp3
big jacks x dj eleven “great minds” mix!
Grand Groove/Toronto’s own DJ Big Jacks meets up with The Rub/NYC’s own DJ Eleven for a like minded mix of late 70’s/early 80’s funk, disco, and boogie. Plus tons of original samples sprinkled throughout! Enjoy!
DJ Eleven & Big Jacks – GREAT MINDS
grab it from the GG podcast http://grandgroovedjs.com/podcast
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Big Jacks x DJ Eleven “Great Minds”
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