Make sure you cop Issue 25 of the Connex List Magazine (www.theconnexlist.com) and look for Dj Osk's feature!

RAPMULLET.COM RATES "PETE'S, RHYMES AND LIFE" WITH A NEW STREET CERTIFIED!!

AS READ ON http://www.rapmullet.com/hiphop/hiphoprev263.htm

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	..> ..> Title: Pete's, Rhymes and Life (The Pete Rock Story) ..> ..> Review by: Big Chew Track list
It's rare these days that DJs want to tell a story with a mixtape. One of the best mixtapes ever made called The Willie Bryant Story dropped earlier this year and was supremely slept on by the masess and I fear the same will happen with this project. We didn't review that project because we had a hand in making it but that was a mistake and once I get another hard copy of that CD it will be right there with this CD in the Rapmullet listening session. So if you want to know how I feel about DJ Osk's latest project just know I hold it in regards to Willie Bryant and that should speak volumes.  Can you believe there are hip hop fans who don't know who Pete Rock is? I mean how can you be a real fan if you don't know the history? I hope this project sheds some light on Pete's influence for the new jacks. I'm giving you a few highlights but honestly all you need to do is go listen to it on the Listening Session and form your own opinion...you will be happy you did. At the very least peep the interludes and learn some shit about Pete Rock. "Pounds Up" is my shit. Pete Rock and MOP need to work on some new shit cause the Osk blend had me open. "Thick Ropes" is all head nod and neck braces. "Run" by Ghostface is a hard track to blend cause Ghost is all emotion and if you use the wrong beat it will be exposed...Osk flipped it proper and he used two beats. The Saigon flip on "Do You Know" has the ill bass...that's why I'm fucking with it. I think "On The Mic" with Big Shug and OC is a true sleeper. OC is the first official "most lyrical" if you ask me. The vibe on "New York" is the shit too...thats what a quality blend will do...make you hear a track in a totally different way. Two and three beat blends, precise transitions, and Pete Rock interludes make this a true street certifed project. Osk builds the "story" of Pete Rock from his beginning stages right up till 2007 and he does it with music. One thing that sticks out the most to me beyond anything else is that Pete Rock is soulful. His production varies but the constant is the soul vibe that each joint gives off. Some might call it "real hip hop" but it's really just the soul that your hearing, music with some meaning. (12/24/07)

as read on http://www.rapmullet.com/hiphop/hiphoprev225.htm

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	..> ..> Title: Unchained ..> ..> Review by: Big Chew Track list
I wonder how many DJs actually love making mixtapes? I mean if you don't have some sort of passion for the art then why bother. Its not going to get you rich but if done properly it will most certainly open some doors for you. One of the main reasons I listen to DJ Osk is that he takes the time to put thought into his projects and always presents himself in what I call a proper mixtape way. This project is no different.  I can't say I've always been a Method Man fan, plus I think his flow is tired. "New York" is really nothing different, don't get me started on the hook either. M*E with Styles of Beyond on "Do Dat" pretty much ate that Method Man track alive. Dude said..."and a burner that gets hotter than a Philippine Christmas"…that's hot! (Literally) The "What Now" Osk blend was fire. Sean Price and Termanology on a track is a good look. I'll admit I slept on Black Milk. "Shut It Down" has that classic vibe to it. R. Walker is hosting. If you're not familiar with dude he's a skilled Harlem MC doing his thing. Check out "Yea It's Walker" to peep the word play. "Letyourselfgo" remix might be my favorite joint on the whole CD. Evidence needs more shine on the east coast. Peep Phonte on that hook…true words people. Big Shug and Big Twin on the same track is crazy, "Legbreakers". Those are two cats you don't want to meet in a dark alley with a pocket full of money. If you still are sleeping on R. Walker peep his freestyle on track 14 and then add him to your mixtape rotation. "Southern California Sunset" is smooth, can't front; this is an anthem for the summer. Another MC cats are sleeping on is Piseas, classic MIC style with a liquid flow. Jean Grae kilt her verse on "Say Something" too…Talib Kweli keeping her sharp. I know DJ Osk doesn't have a new track that features Truck Turner! I haven't heard dude since he served cats back in 1997. "Live At the BBQ 2007" was fly tho and Mr. Turner can still rhyme his ass off. Shout to Osk for rocking "Surrender" too. I remember hearing this a minute ago, Rashid Hadee did his thing on this one and the scratched hook is classic. The bottom line is that this is a dope mixtape. It's "mixed" of course and its full of slept on bangers. This is what "mixtapes" is truly all about people. You go and find dope music, play the shit you like and make the listener hear how you hear the music. I don't care what you play if you actually mix the true heads will listen to it. They may or may not like it but they will listen and they will find and MC or two that they never heard before and become fans…and that's what a mixtape DJ is supposed to accomplish. (7/28/07)

as read on http://www.rapmullet.com/blends/blendrev60.htm

	DJ Osk
	Title: Rzavoir Dogs Rating Review by: Big Chew
This mixtape is why you cop and are a fan of mixtapes in the first place. DJs are in the giving mood this December offering up "official" free downloads for the masses. Thanks to Osk for following suit and also for coming up with one of the tightest mixtape concepts of 2006. While other DJs are working on the same ol format of "blend city vol. 254" DJs like Osk drop memoriable mixtapes that carve out a piece of history in thier respective years. See I'm a fan of "the mixtape" more so than the "mixtape DJ". What that means is when you're shooting the shit about this game and you bring up memorable mixtapes you're talking about "the mixtape" specifically; "95 Live", "50 MCs", "Hang Em High", "Spring Tyme Stick Up", "Butta Mixin Rican", "Bittersweet", "Philmatic" and now "Rzavoir Dogz". If you're not a dumb ass you already now the concept is a play on the movie Resivoir Dogs using Redman, Kool G Rap, Lord Finesse, Big L and Big Daddy Kane as the characters and obvioulsy Osk is play clips of the movie throughout. Now that the slow people possibly understand whats going on lets get into the music. For me shit didn't get set off till Redman said "I'm like rah rah...like I had cerablepalsy" over GZA's "If Your Living In The World Today" and then subsequently Rae's "Verbal Intercourse". If you dont' know Redman was born to rhyme over a RZA beat. To hear G Raps rapid word play on "Fast Life" was bringing back memories while Osk gave "Foul Play" a whole new vibe and actual made that song sound better than the original. Lord Finesse may be lost on the new hip hop generation so next thing you know cats will think the beat for "Liquid Swords" and "Shadowboxing" are the originals for "Brainstorm". Now "MVP" has been used to death but I never get tired of hearing it. Big L's methaphors where def a head of thier time and Osk breaths new life into this old classic. When I heard "Thick" over a classic LA The Darkman beat I had to rewind it and just let me say OC is a beast people. I don't think I've ever heard a DJ use Ghosts "Assassination" to blend a song but it fits with "Put It On", although Kid Capri on the hook was and is always a little much. The thing that stood out the most to me with Big Daddy Kane's section is the fact he sounds dope next to MCs like Pun and the GZA. "Any Type Of Way" has Kane lyrically crawling all over and ODB classic beat. If you don't know "RAW" there is no help for you....Osk did the track justice tho with the remix. Like I said above....ill concept and one of the best of the year. I liked the rawness in the mixing, meaning shit wasn't always smooth or completely on beat sometimes. It gave the project character tho, especially some of those grungy acapellas and hard transitions. I can certainly appreciate the time and effort Osk put into the project. Break down the MCs used and you find some of the most classic lines ever in hip hop. Not only that it's all over RZA beats! It doesn't get much better creative wise. I know the masses will sleep on this CD considering what young cats consider "old school" these days. Regardless this is that CD you put other people up on and they bug the fuck out cause it's like finding a pound of weed on the side of the road. In this current "microwave" hip hop culture its good to know you can find some slow roasted hip hop cooked to perfection. (12/13/06)

DJ OSK's WORLDWIDE WARFARE HOSTED BY M-1 OF DEAD PREZ
REVIEWED AT THE #1 MIXTAPE SPOT, RAPMULLET.COM

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TRACKLIST

1. Intro
2. Sean Price - jamaican
3. CL Smooth - smoke in the ear (djosk blend)
4. M-1 Interlude
5. Supastition - hate my face
6. Maylay Sparks/Kenneth Masters - just get down
7. El da sensei - crowd pleasa
8. M-1 - till we get there
9. Little Vic - the exorcist (djosk blend)
10.Lyrics Born ft.Evidence/KRS-One - pack up remix (djosk blend)
11.Alkaholiks - party ya ass off (djosk blend)
12.M-1 Interlude
13.M-1 ft.Ghostface Killah/Raekwon - been through
14.Keith Murray - ain't worried about (Prod. Erick Sermon)
15.Kaze - blood thicker than oil
16.Masta ace,Wordsworth,Stricklin & Punchline - 4 brothers (Premiere)
17.Supastition ft. Phonte/Big Pooh - soul control
18.Classified ft. Royce da 5'9"/Choclair - unexplainable hunger (Premiere)
19.Craig G - new york, new york (Prod. Marley marl)
20.M-1 ft.Stic-man (Dead Prez) - Early
21.Tek - nothing's gonna change
22.M-1 Interlude
23.Blaq Poet - psycho
24.A.P. - I wish
25.Sadat X ft.Heltah Skeltah - the great diamond d
26.Kardinall Offishall ft.Vybz Kartel - E.G.G.
27.Scarface ft.Product - i'm a ...
28.Notorious BIG,Jay-Z,Nas - the best (Unreleased)
29.AZ - Animal
30.Blaq Poet - bloody mess (Prod. Alchemist)
31.Little Vic - non filter
32.Curtains - that's what it is (bonus track)