Diplo rollerskates through the universe with hip-hop and no friends
by: Dylan Farella
Dec 10, 2013
Diplo‘s latest radio show offering has the jack-of-all-trades artist riding solo on a mix that’s titled for it’s expected guests. This week’s episode of Diplo and Friends features, surprisingly, no friends; no Major Lazer sidekicks, no high-profile DJs. However, Diplo has a history of delivering some of the broadcast’s better mixes all alone, and this time he’s outing a personal selection he’s dubbed the “Rollerskating Rink Mix.” Covering everything from funk to golden-era hip-hop, Diplo leaves his friends behind to bring fans the music that he grew up on. The two-hour mix for 1Xtra includes the likes of De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Beastie Boys, along with timeless tune from Dr. Dre, 2Pac, and Mos Def.
- Freestyle – Don’t Stop The Rock
- Strafe – Set It Off
- Afrika Bambaataa – Looking For A Perfect Beat
- Malcolm McLaren – Word Famous
- Man Parrish – Boogie Down Bronx (feat. Freeze Force)
- Grandmaster Mele Mel – White Lines (feat. The Furious Five)
- Queen – Under Pressure (feat. David Bowie)
- Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Games
- The Clash – This Is Radio Clash
- Blondie – Rapture
- Frankie Smith – Double Dutch Bus
- Sexual Harrassment – I Need A Freak
- Kraftwerk – Numbers
- Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock
- Gucci Crew – Sally (That Girl)
- MC Shy D – Gotta Be Tough
- 2 Live Crew – I Wanna Rock
- Splack Pack – Scrub The Ground
- Afro-Rican – Give It All U Got
- Freestyle – Jam The Box
- MC ADE – Shake It
- Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
- Young MC – Bust A Move
- De La Soul – Me Myself And I
- Eric B. – Follow The Leader
- UMC’s – Blue Cheese
- Diamond D – Stunts, B’s and Hip Hop
- Big Daddy Kane – Raw
- Slick Rick – Mona Lisa
- MC Lyte – Paper Thin
- Main Source – Looking At The Front Door
- LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
- Beastie Boys – Root Down
- Newcleus – Jam On It
- Black Sheep – Strobelite Honey
- Schoolly D – PSK
- Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy
- Busta Rhymes – Woo Ha! Got You All In Check
- Gang Starr – You Know My Steez
- Mos Def – Ms Fat Booty
- Smif-N-Wessun – Bucktown
- Nas – Halftime
- Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M
- ODB – Brooklyn Zoo
- Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Break Part II
- Audio Two – Top Billin’
- O.C. – Times Up
- Fugees – Fu-gee-la
- Crooklyn Dodgers ’95 – Crooklyn
- A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
- Lords of the Underground – Funky Child
- Das EFX – They Want EFX
- Brand Nubian – Punks Jump Up
- Gang Starr – DWYCK (feat. Nice & Smooth)
- Lords of the Underground – Chief Rocka
- Pete Rock – They Reminisce Over You ( T.R.O.Y.)
- Diamond D – Sally Got a One Track Mind
- Grand Puba – I Like It
- Souls of Mischief – From 93 Till Infinity
- Pharcyde – Runnin’
- Naughty by Nature – Uptown Anthem
- KRS-One – Step into a World (Rapture’s Delight)
- Ice Cube – Check Yourself Remix
- Warren G – Regulate (feat. Nate Dogg)
- Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
- Snoop Dogg – Gin And Juice
- Dr. Dre – Nothing But A G Thang
- Dr. Dre – Next Episode
- Dr. Dre – Deep Cover (feat. Snoop Dogg)
- Ice Cube – Wicked
- Snoop Dogg – Lodi Dodi
- 2Pac – Hail Mary
- Easy-E – Boyz N’ Tha Hood
- UGK – Front, Back & Side To Side
- Swishahouse – Still Tippin’ (feat. Mike Jones, Slim Thug & Paul Wall)
- Paul Wall – Sitting Sidewayz
- Three 6 Mafia – Poppin’ Collars
- OutKast – Southernplayalistic Funky Music
- Mystikal – Here I Go
- U.N.L.V. – Drag Em Thru The River (Bass Ass Yellow Boy)
- David Banner – Like A Pimp (feat. Lil’ Flip)
- Lil’ Scrappy – Money In The Bank
- Shop Boyz – Party Like A Rock Star
- Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em – Tell’Em (Crank Dat)
- T.I. – What You Know
- DJ Unk – Walk It Out (Remix) (feat. Jim Jones & Outkast)
- Underground Kingz – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (feat. Outkast)
- DJ Premier – Outro
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