Tried by 12"s

A few months ago my friends over at Southern Hospitality approached me about contributing to their Twelve Twelves series, a weekly showcase of live, vinyl-only mixes, each comprised of 12 12" singles.

I said "yes" right away but it took me a while to actually get something together-- I pulled a lot of records and then wrestled with what to include, before settling on twelve songs spanning 1987-2007. (Unless I'm mistaken, I've bought exactly two new rap 12"s in the past 2 years-- the one I put in the mix and this.) About half of the mix is from the Bay Area and about half of it sounds like "Funky Worm" and about 98% of it is great rap music.

In keeping with Southern Hospitality's steez I won't provide a track listing, just a picture with the covers of the 12"s. (Scanning the 8 previous installments I can say my contribution is by far the least visually interesting one; the downside of getting lots of free 12"s in the 90s is owning lots of generic sleeves instead of picture sleeves.)

You can get the mix free here. While there, check out other installments in the series from folks like DJ Ayres, Rob Breezy, DJ Dub and Superix. You also ought to soak up some of the great new selections they feature from Huntsville, the Bay Area and elsewhere.

Oh, and, if this mix had been done for a series called Thirteen Twelves, it would have ended with this:



24/7: "24/7" (?, 1998)

Flipping "Assembly Line" or "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" is pretty much gonna make me love any record. Flipping both at the same time with the latter on slow? Game over.