The OFFICIAL Mid-90s Mixtape Thread

moyo wrote: »

Fool I told u, don't nobody give a ? about these old ass mixtapes but u.... Lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OmTMB3kuNU

“B.I.G. was always coming to my house, and he would always tell me about 2Pac. That was his homie. He was like, ‘Yo, Pac’s letting me open up for him. Why don’t y’all come support me?’ And the club I think we went to was called the Country Club, on 86th Street between 2nd and 3rd. I really was down there to see B.I.G. perform, and I wound up meeting 2Pac. And I was like, ‘Man, ‘Brenda’s Got a Baby,’ and ‘Keep Ya Head Up,’ this kid is dope.’ I was a fat dude wishing I had tattoos, like, ‘Damn, I gotta get skinny.’ Pac was the man. I was fascinated with his image.

“Me and my mans ran up on him and were like, ‘Yo Pac, we’re true fans. Is there any way we can get you on a Ron G tape?’ And he was like, ‘Man, I heard of you through my ? Biggie!’ At that time, he was from New York, but he was still running in Baltimore and L.A. and all that ? . But he was a fan of what I was doing, and what I was doing for other rappers.

“One day he called my manager like, ‘Yo, I’m in town. Where y’all ? at?’ [My manager] gave him the address like, ‘Come up.’ Ten minutes later, he knocked on my door. He had four dudes with him—Stretch, and three other dudes I didn’t know. And he was like, ‘Make me a beat, man.’ After a while that was my thing.

“At the time, I was looking at TV, and I was seeing how 2Pac was going through so much drama with the cops, and having problems. And I was like, ‘I want a track with the ambulance going back and forth.’ And I was whispering like, ‘Yo, you got that?’ Like it was a drug sale, letting people know that I got that heat, which was 2Pac.

“And then he came on there like, ‘Follow if you feel me/I think ? is trying to ? me/picturing pistols, spitting hollow points ‘til they drill me/Keeping it real, and even if I can conceal/My criminal thoughts, preoccupied with keepin’ steel/See ? is false, sitting in court, turn snitches/They used to be real, now they petrified ? /I’m trying to be strong, they sending armies out to bomb me/Listen to Ron, the only DJ that can calm me.’ After that, I was like, ‘Whooo!’ And that was the [verse that ended up on the] Big L joint [‘Deadly Combination’ from The Big Picture, which I also produced].

“After that, he was like, ‘Yo yo G, I’m out.’ And I was seeing him on the phone a little bit, but I wasn’t really paying attention because I was trying to mix the beat real quick so he could take it. And at two o’clock in the morning, I was looking at the news, and I seen that he was shot at Quad Studios. And I was [shaken] by that, like, ‘Damn, I hope he know I had nothing to do with that, because I love Pac and the Outlawz.’ It was a crazy time in my life.

“Then two weeks later, I ran into the Outlawz in Jersey, and they were like, ‘Yo, 2Pac know you ain’t got nothing to do with it. Pac sends his love.’ So I was like, ‘Okay,’ and I felt free from that. I wouldn’t hurt my ? for nothing. I’m a true fan, and I’m as real as I can be, too. It’s a blessing. It made me a part of history, though, in my own unique way. I had police knocking on my door for like three weeks straight, like, ‘Do you know anything?’ I’m like, ‘Nah. I don’t know. I’m just making beats.’

“I put [the 2Pac freestyle] out maybe three weeks after [he got shot], because I was still kind of shook behind that. I was like, ‘Damn, I don’t want people feeling some type of way. Let me wait until I get a response.’ Then once the Outlawz said [everything was okay], I was like, ‘Aiight, cool.’ After that, I knew I was meant for more than just doing beats. I was meant to be a part of this hip-hop history. And that’s when I started saying, ‘Let me do creative things, more than just mix tapes.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNyrJhvro2o