♫♪  DJ Z-Trip - BBC Radio 1Xtra Hip Hop Takeover Mix

The tracklist speaks for itself:

The Troubleneck Brothers - “Back to the Hip Hop” (Instrumental)
Stetsasonic - “Go Stetsa I”
Myra Barnes & James Brown - “Message from the Soul Sisters (pt. 1)”
Above the Law - “Freedom of Speech”
The Notorious B.I.G. - “Party & Bulls***” (Ratatat Remix)
Tropkillaz - “Listen to the Bass” (Z-Trip’s Mantronix Remix)
Brillz & Z-Trip - “808 in the Trunk”
Clipse - “Grindin’” (Rumiez Twerk Remix - Z-Trip Re-Twerk)
Roni Size - “Who Told You”
Too $hort - “Blow the Whistle (Instrumental)”
Spoonie Gee - “Spoonie is Back”
Ice Cube - “Jackin’ 4 Beats”
Tim Smooth - “Jackin’ fa Beats”
Talib Kweli & Z-Trip - “So Fresh”
Herbie Hancock - “Rockit” (Chali 2na Freestyle)
Jimi Hendrix & Method Man & Busta Rhymes - “What’s Happenin’ / Crosstown Traffic”
Memphis Black - “Hey Joe”
King Fantastic - “Lost Art of Killing (ACA)”
dead prez - “Bigger Than Hip Hop”
Stevie Stone - “The Reason (Acapella) (feat. Spaide Ripper)”
Run the Jewels - “Get It” (Z-Trip Remix)
LL Cool J - “The Do Wop”
LL Cool J - “I’m Bad” (Z-Trip Remix)
Danny Drive Thru - “Virtua Rap”
Que Billah - “Colors” (feat. The Cool Kids)
Ice-T - “Colors”
Cristo - “Ice T Please”
Hardnoise - “Untitled (ACA)”
De La Soul - “Tryin’ People”

All I’ll add: anyone who appreciates the usually unacknowledged De La Soul classic “Tryin’ People” as much as I do is alright in my book. Stream Z-Trip’s 45-minute BBC Radio 1Xtra Hip Hop Takeover Mix below.

• Z-Trip: http://djztrip.com

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