Time to bigup my man my mello , the UK's mixtape King , Kiss fm's Hip Hop Show host and fellow Extended Player... d-d-d-d-DJ MK!originally he gained a high status across the world as a mixtape dj, mixtape importer & distributor and authority on rare mixtapes. Now after roughly a 5 year hiatus DJ MK has finally made the decision to resume his classic mixtape series and true to form is totally up to date both with track list and mix technique, keeping the perfect balance between skills & selection. For those that may be familiar with any of the earlier editions in his mixtape series will know that DJ MK has always been about the hottest, rarest, newest and most exclusive hip hop... Back in the analog days of cassette & vinyl exclusive songs super rare promo only pressings, dubplates, exclusive freestyles ... and the trademark bigtime artist drops/jingles/idents (eg. real quote "this is big boom busta rhymes chillin with your man dj mk"). These days it would be hard to imagine anything staying exclusive or hot for longer than a week what with blogs, zshare, torrents & alike.... but he dun did it again. since his last volume, MK has smashed world tours with Roots Manuva, Dizzee Rascal & Extended Players, has had a top rating Hip Hop show on Kiss Fm since 2004 and launched his popular night Gullyver with A-Cyde.
The credentials stretch way back for MK, I grew up on his tapes and guest radio mixes back when i was gettin into dj'in as a young'n. Its exciting to know that it is possible to bring back a classic formula when updated in the right way!
this is a welcome return at a perfect time to educate the younger online crowd who may have not been fortunate to have experienced the original record shop culture & days of exchanging highly coveted cassettes.
this also makes the return so sweet because unlike all the previous volumes which were for sale and relatively tricky to track down for some.... this is available online to download FREE.
download, hit him up & comment,,, and in the meantime i'm gona stay hassling him to eventually post all the original volumes (1-16) along with some other classic mixes
DJ MK - VOL. 17 : LONDON GO HARD ... (editor @MK "...pause hahaha")
www.djmksworld.com
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