The year is 1991. I’m stationed in Skaggs Island, California…and skkkrrrrtttt…hold up, let me tell you the full story. Okay. In 1989, I left Fort Meade Md. and got orders to NSGA Skaggs Island, Ca. a US Navy site located about 30 minutes north of San Francisco, and 15 minutes west of Vallejo, California. I had made it California and I was verrryy happy. See, back in 1980, I had gone to boot camp in San Diego, and being in California during those short nine weeks left an very strong impression on my life and all since that time, I’d always wanted to get back. Just so happened, in 1989 I was able to secure orders to get back to Cali. I get the orders, and oh my God, I ended living in Marin County CA in a place called Novato. And let me tell you - I loved it. Fast forward to 1991 - It’s 1991. I’ve been selected to attend a special Navy program where I attend college full time for two years to get my degree and let say to you that life is great. It’s during this time that hip-hop is becoming something that I’m getting obsessed about.

• A Tribe Called Quest.
  • Formed in 1985; from Queens, NY; debuted in 1990 with the release of ‘People’s Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm’
  • Just selected recently as 2024 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Members: Jarobi, Phife Dawg (tragically passed away in 2016), Q Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Within four years, the group released four albums that are now considered some of the best music not only in hip-hop, but in all of American music.

FOR ME, HEARING A LOW END THEORY IN 1991 WAS A WATERSHED EVENT. EARLIER THAT YEAR I HAD JUST BEGUN A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM WHILE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NAVY, A SPECIAL DUTY THAT ALLOWED ME TO ATTEND COLLEGE FULL TIME FOR TWO YEARS UNTIL I GOT MY ASSOCIATES DEGREE. THERE I WAS ON THE CAMPUS OF THE COLLEGE OF MARIN …AKA MARIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GOING TO SCHOOL AND LITTLE DID I KNOW WAS HOW A TRIBE CALLED QUEST….THE X CLAN…PUBLIC ENEMY…LL COOL J…NWA, POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS AND SO MANY MORE HIP-HOP ACTS WERE GOING TO AFFECT NOT ONLY THAT TIME OF MY LIFE, BUT THE REST OF MY LIFE. IN THIS SETT IM GOING TO BE PLAYING SOME OF MY FAVE HIP-HOP FROM THAT TIME OF MY LIFE. EACH SONG RINGS WITH A SPECIAL MEANING FOR ME, CAUSE THAT TOUR IN THE NAVY WAS FILLED WITH SOME INTERESTING MEMORIES….OPERATION DESERT STORM…THE LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE…THE RODNEY KING POLICE BEATING AND THEN AFTER THE ACQUITTAL, THE RIOTS…THE CHICAGO BULLS DEFEATING THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS FOR THE THEIR FIRST OF 6 NBA TITLES (NOW DONT FORGET, IM ORIGINALLY FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND MJ IS MY MAIN MAN!.....I WAS IN CALIFORNIA DURING ALL OF THESE EVENTS. SO SIT BACK, GET YOUR FAVORITE SIP, OR ROLL UP A SPLIFF…LET’S GO BACK TO NO DOUBT, PROBABLY DURING THE BEGINNING OF ONE OF THE GOLDEN AGES OF HIP-HOP WITH ME!

“Verses From The Abstract” ATCQ

“Butter” ATCQ

“Ring The Alarm (Main)”Fu-Schnikens

“Vibes and Stuff”ATCQ

“Jazz”ATCQ

“Easy Star”Poor Righteous Teachers

“Excursions”ATCQ

“Buggin Out”ATCQ

“Check the Rhime”ATCQ

“Scenario”ATCQ

“How I could just kill a Man”Cypress Hill

“The Choice is Yours”Black Sheep

“Ring Ring Ring”De La Soul

“Tonite”DJ Quik

“Looking at the Front Door”The Main Source

“Is it Good to You?”Heavy D and the Boyz ft. Tammi Lucas

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WELL, WHAT DO I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EPISODE? IT’S ANOTHER TRIBUTE EPISODE. WOW, LIFE ALWAYS SEEMS TO THROW US THESE CURVE BALL. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I DID AN EPISODE ABOUT THE PASSING OF ONE OF MY FAVE JAZZ MUSICIANS, THE LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST, DAVID SANBORN, WHO PASSED ON MAY, 12TH. AND HERE, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, ON JUNE 13TH, ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE ALL-TIME FAVORITE VOCALISTS - MISS ANGELA BOFILL - PASSED AWAY. WOOWW….I MEAN LIKE....WOOW. TALK ABOUT THE HURT OF IT ALL. ONE OF THE THINGS THIS PODCAST ALLOWS ME TO DO, IS IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU MY LOVE OF MUSIC & THE MUSIC OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS OF MY LIFETIME. SO ONCE AGAIN, HERE I AM, SHARING SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC OF MY LIFETIME WITH YOU, FROM ONE OF MY FAVE ARTISTS WHO HAS GONE ON TO GLORY. SIT & ENJOY THIS SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MISS ANGELA BOFILL; IN LISTENING TO THIS, MAYBE IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A SPECIAL PLACE, A SPECIAL TIME, WHEN YOU SPENT TIME WITH THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE. OR MAYBE...YOU LOST THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE. ANGELA BOFILL'S MELODIC TONE & SERENADING WILL MAKE YOU RELIVE THOSE SPECIAL TIMES AGAIN. SHE'S SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS MAKE US REMEMBER OUR MOST PRECIOUS TIMES IN LIFE.

THIS MIX IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, TO SHOW VARIOUS DJ AND TALKOVER STYLES, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES . COPYRIGHT BELONGS TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS, WRITERS, PRODUCERS, ETC.

UNDER THE MOON & OVER THE SKY ('ANGIE', 1978)
STILL IN LOVE ('TELL ME TOMORROW', 1986)
WHAT I WOULDN'T DO (FOR THE LOVE OF YOU), ('ANGEL OF THE NIGHT, 1979)
ALWAYS A PART OF ME (from KIRK WHALUMS 1993 RELEASE 'CACHE')
AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING (BABY) with BOZ SCAGGS, ('TOO TOUGH, 1983)
TOO TOUGH (1983)
CAN'T SLOW DOWN (1984)
ANGEL OF THE NIGHT (1979)
TELL ME TOMORROW (1985)
LET ME BE THE ONE (1984)
TONIGHT I GIVE IN ('TOO TOUGH', 1983)
BABY I NEED YOUR LOVE ('ANGIE', 1978)
TIME TO SAY GOODBYE ('SOMETHING ABOUT YOU', 1981)
THIS TIME I'LL BE SWEETER ('ANGIE', 1978)
I TRY ('ANGEL OF THE NIGHT', 1979)

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28 JUNE 2024 EPISODE -BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - BLAZE STREET LOVES HOUSE VOL. 1
HERE WITH ANOTHER HOUSE EPISODE OF THE BLAZE STREET MUSIC OF A LIFETIME PODCAST. I’VE BEEN ON A BIT OF A BREAK LATELY, BECAUSE I’VE HAD A SORT OF ‘MUSIC BLOCK’ WHERE I WAS JUST KIND OF WANTING TO PULL BACK, AT LEAST FROM THE PODCAST, JUST A LITTLE. AND I’VE BEEN FOCUSING ON SOME VINYL MIXES AS WELL, SO ADMITTEDLY, I’VE SORT OF COOLED OFF WITH THE PODCAST. BUT IM NOT DONE! NOPE, IM NOT DONE WITH THE PODCAST, NOT AT ALL, ITS JUST THAT IM GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON THE MUSIC THAT I LOVE TO DO, WHICH IS THE HOUSE MUSIC AND ‘OPEN FORMAT’ MIXES, SO THAT MEANS THAT SOME OF MY OTHER EPISODES WILL BE MORE SPREAD OUT. ANYHOO, HERE’S THE LATEST EPISODE OF THE PODCAST, WHICH WAS RECORDED LIVE IN THE BLAZE STREET MUSIC STUDIO HERE IN MAKAHA, OAHU, HAWAII ON THURSDAY EVENING, 27 JUNE 2024. ENJOY!!

SONGS PLAYED HERE ARE BY THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS. THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL DJ MIX COMPILED AND CREATED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

FEEL THE DEEP (ORIGINAL MIX)MOE TURK

COME AND GO (KEEMIX MAIN MIX)HAKEEM SYRBRAM

DRIVING (SNEAKY ALIEN’S SUB DREAM MIX)EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL

REVIVAL (JOVONN TOUCH N GO DROP

REMIX)KEITH LORRAINE, JOVONN

GENE’S FIRST BASS DUB (ORIGINAL MIX)MASTER’S AT WORK

CONNECTIVITY (MIGS JAZZY TOUCH REVISION)MIGUEL MIGS, URSULA RUCKER

SUMMER BUMMER (REMASTERED 2014 MIX)CRAZY P

AIN’T NO HALF STEPPIN (ORIGINAL MIX)ZIGGY FUNK

INSIDE MY MINDDEEPLOMATIK

POWER (EXTENDED VOCAL)CJ COOPER, SUKI SOUL

HE IS (JIMPSTER REMIX)THE SUNBURST BAND, DAVE LEE, ZR, JIMPSTER

NEVER KNEW (SANDY RIVERA’S CLASSIC MIX)

KINGS OF TOMORROW, APRIL MORGAN, SANDY RIVERA

BEFORE YOUOLIVER DOLLAR, ADMN, APROPOS

BELIEVE IN A BRIGHTER DAYKELLI SAE, MICHAEL GRAY

DANCE WITH YOUCARRIE LUCAS

YOU DON’T KNOW MEARMAND VAN HELDEN FT. DUANE HARDEN

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HOW DO I START, THIS EPISODE IS A BITTERSWEET EPISODE FOR ME. ONE OF MY FAVE MUSICIANS, SAXOPHONIST DAVID SANBORN, PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, MAY 12TH, AT THE AGE OF 78. SANBORN HAD BEEN IN A BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER, A BATTLE THAT HE FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY SINCE 2018.
FOR ME, IN MY LIFETIME, DAVID SANBORN WAS ONE OF MY FAVE MUSICIANS BECAUSE HIS MUSIC WAS WITH ME ALL DURING THE 22 1/2 YEARS I SERVED IN THE US NAVY. I CAN REMEMBER ALL THE WAYYY BACK TO 1981….WHEN I GOT STATIONED IN MISAWA, JAPAN. ONE OF MY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS HAD DAVID SANBORN’S HIDEAWAY ALBUM. I WAS ALWAYS HANGING OUT WITH MY MAN, WE’D BE LISTENING TO ALBUMS FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON END. AND THIS WAS ONE OF HIS RECORDS. I CAN REMEMBER LISTENING TO THIS RECORD AND I JUST BECAME ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZED AND FASCINATED WITH SANBORN’S DISTINCT SAX STYLE. I THINK IT WAS FROM THERE THAT I BECOME A HUGE FAN. OVER THE YEARS I ADDED QUITE A FEW OF HIS CASSETTES, ALBUMS, & AND CD’S TO MY COLLECTION. MY WIFE AND I GOT TO SEE HIM IN 2014 WHEN HE CAME HERE TO HAWAII TO PERFORM AND IT WAS AN AWESOME SHOW. SINCE DAVID’S PASSING THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY TRIBUTES FROM HIS PEERS AND FAN’. IF YOU’RE A FAN OF DAVID SANBORN’S MUSIC AS MUCH AS I AM, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, I HIGHLY ENCORAGE YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND READ THEM. DAVID SANBORN WAS AN ARTIST WHO’S LEFT AN EVERLASTING LEGACY AND FOOTPRINT ON THE WORLD OF MUSIC .

MY FAVE DAVID SANBORN ALBUMS:
DOUBLE VISION (WITH BOB JAMES, 1986)
HIDEAWAY (1980)
VOYEUR (1981)
STRAIGHT TO THE HEART (1984)

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4TH LOVE OF HOUSE & SOUL, VOL. 3!! Back this week with another episode of some funky, smooth and riveting house music. I went through the crates for this one, not going too classic but just digging enough for a little smidget of some disco and lots of souful house for you this time. I think I have several tracks by one of my fave producers and DJ's, Sean McCabe up on this one and I'm looking forward to be featuring him in an upcoming sett. I wanted this sett to get you in mindset of summer's coming soon so its time to let you heart's rhythm cut loose and let your inhibitions begin to run free! IT'S TIME FOR SOME HOUSE MUSIC, BABY!!

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You Know How to Love Me (Joey Negro Mix)- Phyllis Hyman, Joey Negro

A Magic Night (Miggedy's Full Dizko Slapz)- Mortimer Snerd III

Let the Music Take You (The Klub Head Mix)- Alexander Hope, Blaze

Sixth Sense (The Realm Mix)- Funky, Nuzu Deep, The Realm

Can’t Stop (Michael Gray Remix)- Reel People, Angela Johnson, Michael Gray

Still Standing Here (Sean McCabe Remix)- Madeeha Mubarak, Sean McCabe, DJ Mixjah

All Night (M+M Mix)- Katzuma, John Morales

Rocket Love (Sean’s Rocket-Funk Remix) - Sean McCabe, Dannis Winston, Lem Springsteen

Lose My Mind- Jose Nunez, Shawnee Taylor

Giving You the Light (Remix)- Joi & Scibi feat Nahalia

Thanks to You (Tedd Patterson Vocal) - DJ Spen, Tracy Hamlin, Tedd Patterson

Thinkin I’m Beautiful (Sean McCabe Vocal Mix) - Stephanie Cooke

Do That (Sean McCabe Vocal Mix)- Sean McCabe, Mike City

Let Us Shine (Honeycomb Mix)- Louie Vega, Elements of Life, Josh Milan

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OKAY, SO WHAT AM I DOING THIS WEEK. WELL, I’M BACK AT YOU WITH ANOTHER HOUSE MUSIC SET. AGAIN, MY LOVE OF HOUSE MUSIC REALLY LAID DEEP INTO ME BACK IN 1997, WHILE I WAS STATIONED HERE IN HAWAII. IN LATE SUMMER THAT YEAR, I WAS ON THE AIR FORCE BASE EXCHANGE…JUST HANGING OUT AND DOING SOME SHOPPING…AND I SAW A CD CALLED ‘TAKE HOME THE CLUB’ MIXED BY DJ TONY HUMPHRIES. DURING MY BEGINNING DAYS OF DJING BACK DURING MY TOUR IN FORT MEADE MARYLAND, IN 1985, 1986, I HAD HEARD SOME HOUSE MUSIC ON SOME MIXTAPES THAT A FRIEND OF MINE HAD SHARED…HE WOULD GO HOME TO PHILLY AND BRING BACK MIXES HE HAD RECORDED FROM NY RADIO AND PHILLY RADIO….NOW, I WAS JAMMING TO ALL KINDS OF STUFF DUING THIS DJ PHASE AND HOUSE WAS IN MY EARS, BUT I DONT THINK IT REALLY STUCK WITH ME. WELL IN 1997, AS I WAS JUST THEN BEGINNING TO GET BACK INTO MAKING MY OWN MIXTAPES THIS MIX BY TONY HUMPHRIES JUST SEEM TO OPEN UP MY FREQUENCY WAVES TO A WHOLE NEW UNIVERSE OF MUSIC THAT I HAD NEVER BEEN TO…AND THAT’S WHERE MY CURRENT JOURNEY OF HOUSE MUSIC BEGAN AND IT’S STILL GOING.

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Day By Day (Vocal Mix)- HALLEX M, BONGI MVUYANA, ATJAZZ

Don’t Look Down (Vocal Mix) - Turbojazz, Sean McCabe, Monica Blaire

Something About You (Extended Mix) - Gabriel Deb, Jessie Wagner

All The Things You Are (Louie Vega Remix) - Tony Momrelle, Louie Vega

Stay This Way (Mark Francis Remix)- Opolopo, Angela Johnson, Mark Francis

Mystery of Love (DJ Mel ReGentryfication) - Mr. Fingers, DJ Mel

Home (Vocal Mix)- Atjazz, Shea Soul

Believe (The Layabouts Vocal Mix) - Nathan Haines, Shelley Nelson, The Layabouts

Enchanted (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix) - Franck Roger, Shawn Chappelle, DJ Spinna

Summer Breeze (Raw Artistic Soul Remix)- N'dinga Gaba, Sahffi, Raw Artistic Soul

Good Feeling (Atjazz & D-Malice Vocal Dub) - Dominique Fils-Aimé, Atjazz, D-Malice

Mighty Power of Love (Mood II Swing Vox Mix) - Leee John

Angels (Crackazat Remix) - House Gospel Choir, Morgan, Crackazat

SAVE ME - Kings Of Tomorrow, Lorenzo Mancillas, Amber Liekhus

Feels Like Home - (Frankie Feliciano Ricanstruction Vocal Mix)

MdCL, Ovasoul7, Frankie Feliciano

My Heart Belongs To You (Groove Assassin Extended Remix) - Melba Moore, Groove Assassin

Lose My Mind (Original Mix) - Jose Nunez, Shawnee Taylor

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BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS THE 'JUST A MIXX' SERIES. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN US DJ'S JUST WANT TO GET ON THE DECKS AND LET ER RIP! IN THIS MIX, I WENT BACK, DUG THROUGH THE CRATES AND PULLED OUT SOME HIP-HOP THROWBACKS AND UNDERGROUND HITS! REMEMBER, ITS JUST A MIXX SO LET'S GO!

PLAYLIST

IT WAS A GOOD DAY (SELECT MIX) ICE CUBE

UP CARDI B

DIPSET ANTHEM THE DIPLOMATS FT. JUELZ SANTANA & CAM’RON

GHETTO JAM DOMINO

BACK IN THE DAY

DIFFERENT AZ

COMPTON’S LYNCHIN COMPTON’S MOST WANTED

THE BLOCK IS HOT (SNIPZ MIX) LIL WAYNE

I NEED A BEAT LL COOL J

NO DIGGITY (ALL STAR RMX) BLACKSTREET FT. DR. DRE & QUEEN PEN

YOU BRING ME UP KI-CI & JO-JO FEAT SNOOP DOGG

MY MIC SOUNDS NICE (SELECT MIX) SALT & PEPA

OUTTA CONTROL (RMX) 50 CENT FT. MOBB DEEP

THIS DJ WARREN G

JAZZ (WE GOT) A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

PASSIN ME BY THE PHARCYDE

BALLIN PROJECT PAT FT. CASH MONEY

STEP INTO A WORLD KRS ONE

CHECK THE TECHNIQUE GANG STARR

MADE YOU LOOK NAS

COLD GETTIN DUMB JUST ICE

MASS APPEAL GANG STARR

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SO WHO ARE RUN DMC? Run-DMC is originally born and raised in Hollis, Queens, New York City, formed in 1983 by Joseph Simmons (aka “RUN”), Darryl McDaniels (aka DMC) , and Jason Mizell (AKA JAM MASTER JAY). Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture and especially one of the most famous hip hop acts of the 1980s. One of the most important things about Run DMC pioneered music, is that they took hardcore rap from a hardcore underground street sensation to to a pop-cuture leading status. And it should be noted that during the time that Run DMC debuted on Profile Records in 1984, that right across town in New York City, Run or Joseph Simmons brother, Russell, was co-founding what would become one of the most influential labels in the history of music, in Def Jam Recordings, along with his college friend, Rick Rubin. One thing of note that I have to mention, is tragically, Jam Master Jay, a founding member of Run DMC, and a pioneering DJ at the birth and early stages of hip hop, was tragically murdered in his Queens NY music studio in 2002. The case had remained unsolved until 2020, when two suspects were arrested, and earlier this year, 2024, both suspects were convicted in his murder. Along with Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, and Public Enemy, RUN DMC pioneered new-school hip hop music and helped usher in the golden age of hip hop, which is still debated to this day as the best era of hip hop ever! The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the MC and DJ relationship. In 2009, Run-DMC became the second hip hop group (after Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, 2007) to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2016, the group received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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