http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1998.mp3

DMX - Get At Me Dog
DMX - Ruff Ryder's Anthem
Noreaga - Superthug
The Lox ft Lil Kim & DMX - Money, Power, Respect
Cam'ron & DMX - Pull It
Big L - Ebonics
Missin Linx - MIA
Rasheed & Ill Advised - 1.9.8.6.
Cocoa Brovaz ft Raekwon - Black Trump
Busta Rhymes - Rhymes Galore
Juvenile - Ha
Juvenile ft Manny Fresh & Lil Wayne - Back that Azz Up
Jay-Z ft Memphis Bleek - It's Alright
Cam'ron ft Mase - Horse & Carriage
Sporty Thieves - Cheapskate
Redman - I'll Be Dat
The Roots ft Beenie Sigel - Adrenaline
Big Punisher - Beware
Showbiz & AG - Spit
DMX ft The Lox & Mase - Nigga Done Started Something
Cocoa Brovaz ft MOP - Bucktown Remix
MOP - Breaking the Rules
All City - The Actual
Dilated Peoples - Work the Angles
Gangstarr ft Freddie Fox & Big Shug - The Militia
Canibus - Second Round K.O.
The Dead - The Projects
A Tribe Called Quest ft Punch & Words, Jane Doe & Mos Def - Rock Rock Y'all
Medina Green - Crosstown Beef
Slum Village ft Jazzy Jeff - I Don't Know
Pete Rock ft Inspectah Deck & Kurupt - Tru Master
Adam 12 ft Heltah Skelta & Saukrates - Ultimate Rush
Saukrates, Masta Ace & OC - Rollin Remix
Pace Won - I Declare War
Dujeous - Cinematics
Black Star - Definition
Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones
Big Pun - Don't Wanna Be A Player pt 2
Tupac - Do For Love
E-40 - I Hope I Don't Go Back
A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way
Eminem - Just the Two of Us
Self Scientific - The Return
AZ - Tradin Places
Saukrates - Father Time
Xzibit, Rass Kass & Saafir - 3 Card Molly
Outkast - Return of the Gangster
Jay-Z ft Jaz-O & Amil - Nigga What Nigga Who
Gangsta Boo - Where Dem Dollas At
Master P f. Fiend, Mia X, Mystikal & Silkk The Shocker - Make Em Say Uhh!
Mystikal f. Silkk The Shocker - It Ain't My Fault
Devin the Dude - Do What You Wanna
Outkast - Spottieottiedopalicious

BROOKLYN RADIO FIXED!
(sort of)


Get all the Rub Radio shows before we crash their servers again!

And here are all the shows mirrored on Crewcial.org (Thanks Ian!):

http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1990.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1991.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1992.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1993.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1994.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1995.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1996.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1997.mp3
http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1998.mp3


Sunday, March 2


Pictures from The Rub


Announcing The Rub at SxSW!


Wednesday, 03/12/08
Gigacrate Presents
The Rub
Cosmo Baker & DJ Eleven
Along with Nick Nack, Bird Peterson, Stareyes, Huggs, Table Manners, Enfoe, Fourcolorzak, Pretty Titty
and a day show from Carnival Beats
@ Whisky Bar - 303 W. 5th St. (@ Lavaca St.) - Austin, TX
Click here for RSVP

Thursday, 3/13/08 (early)
Burlesque Of North America Presents
Do It To It
With the All-Star Lineup
Cosmo Baker, Dave Nada, Smalltown DJs, Bird Peterson, Prince Klassen, DJ Mel & Mike 2600
@ Silhouette - 718 Congress Ave. (btw 7th & 8th St.) - Austin, TX

Friday, 03/14/08
56 Media Showcase Presents
Power 2: A Night of Revolutionary Sound
With featured performances by Chuck Treece, Power Douglas, Mint Chicks, Jneiro Jherel & Nouveau Riche
DJ sets by King Britt, Cosmo Baker, Mark Rae, Justin Paul & Lee Mayjahs
@ Beauty Bar - 617 E. 7th St. (@ Red River) - Austin, TX

Saturday, 03/15/08
SXSW Presents
Melt Festival SXSW
featuring
Cosmo Baker (The Rub, Brooklyn), Jahkoozi (Berlin), Kahn (Berlin), Shir Kahn (Berlin), Men (Le Tigre, NY) & Services (Brooklyn)
@ Karma - 119 W. 8th St. (btw Colorado & Congress St.) - Austin, TX
Doors @ 7PM

More DJ Eleven dates to be announced!

We're still rocking our History of Hip-Hop series on Brooklyn Radio but we got so many downloads that we crashed their server and they are moving to one with more bandwidth. Please tune in later in the week for DJ Eleven's excellent 1997 show.


Sunday, February 24


Putting the Beatnuts on our History of Hip-Hop postcard for 1997 is sort of like when the academy awarded Scorsese the Oscar for The Departed. Sure, the Beatnuts finally scored a radio hit with Off The Books in 1997, but by then hip-hop fans had been bumping them for years! But of course in the late 1990s it had only started to become possible for underground rappers to get big radio hits. It was an incredibly exciting time for hip-hop: lyricism was still in fashion but money rap was popping off as well, the whole East Coast vs West Coast war was cooling off after the murders of Tupac and Notorious BIG, meanwhile No Limit and Cash Money were rising to the top down South and the Fat Beats indy movement was providing a space for terrific alternatives to commercial rap. But let's hear DJ Eleven tell the story through records!

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Saturday, February 23


New Cosmo Baker mix free for download! "Back in the days there used to be a certain formula to doing albums - meaning there were distinctive types of records that you just had to put on your album. There was the single, the rap for the girls, the club (or hip-house) jam, the DJ cut, the slow jam, the reminisce record, the shout out dedication song at the end of the record, the list goes on and on. But for the record my favorite type of record was the posse cut. This was the record where the artist would invite some of his boys to drop verses on a song, and the end result ended up sounding like the best rap party ever. Sometimes it was a crazy combination of rappers that you would never think would even bless the same city, much less the mic. Sometimes it would end up being the jump start to a legendary career. Whatever it would be, the posse cut always brought the fire.

Here is a collection of some of my favorite posse cuts of all time. The initial list I had was much longer but in the end I had to trim it down. I had to make sure that (for the most part) the entire song played on this mix - I didn't want to leave anyone out. So here it is - let's go!" - CB

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Thursday, February 21


New DJ Ayres on GAMM records straight out of Sweden! Cop the vinyl at Turntable Lab and fine record stores all over the US and Europe. Preview the track here: James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (DJ Ayres Remix) REAL AUDIO


Tuesday, February 19


1996 is up!

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I was truly psyched about doing 1996 because that was a very special year for me and it had a lot of impact. I had just moved back to Philly from New York (proving, at least for the time being, that nobody moves away from New York - they just "fail.") I was back in my hometown with no prospects and really nothing going for me. Over the past 18 months I had been living in New York and had been working in Eightball Records, fully involved in the downtown hip-hop scene. 1995 was such a good year for hip-hop (especially the New York-centric type) and I was at the epicenter of it all. Now I didn't really know what to do with myself. I had resumed classes at Temple and then got a job at Armand's records.

Before I knew it was at the middle of it again and, for the first time in a while, independent records really started to make a lot of noise. Being a buyer at Armand's definitely helped with that, and I got the chance to get my hands on pretty much all this new shit that nobody had heard of. I started to deal with Peanut Butter Wolf (he was still just a buyer at TRC Distribution in California) so I would get all this crazy California myspace shit. Then, I re-linked up with my man Jared and started to help him with his record label, Illadelph Records. I went from being a "soundboard" for ideas for him to a semi A&R status to one of the in-house producers and a member of the Militant Mind State very shortly.

I also started to DJ again in Philly. The last residency I had was with King Britt and Dozia at Back To Basics but I left that behind. But I started again with a Monday night at Cafe Limbo playing all sorts of myspace shit as well as funk and whatnot. Before I knew it, I got a call about a new club opening up, The Palmer, and they wanted me to spin there. I went from 1 night a week 2 5 within a couple months.

So yeah, 1996 was a year or rebirth for me. It was also a very good year in music. This mix was a labor of love but it was particularly hard for me to do, in particular because there was so much great stuff that came out that year that I wanted to put on. It was so hard to pick and choose what to use from "Stakes is High," "Reasonable Doubt," "All Eyes On Me," "ATLiens," "The Coming," "Beats, Rhymes & Life," "Endtroducing," "Riding Dirty" - the list goes on and on. And that's not even including the myspace shit. So I hope I did this year justice.

Also, 1996 was the year that Dilla REALLY made an impact on me. It was '96 that I said to myself "This motherfucker right here is the REAL DEAL."

Anyways, with that, I present 1996. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it!"

- Cosmo Baker

Sunday, February 17


Cosmo Baker goes out on the road this weekend with Brand Nubian! The shows are free in Austin, Houston, Atlanta and North Carolina. Click here for mandatory RSVPS.

Friday, February 15

We got an interview with the Iron Man aka Tony Starks aka Pretty Tony from the Group Home plus Cosmo spinning an hour of all Wu-Tang, Eleven running through a ton of new dancehall and me playing a gang of new hip-hop and classic funk. Yall should know the deal by now: streaming 24/7, no downloads (sorry), up for a month or so then we got a new show coming featuring the young Catchapotomus. Listen

Wednesday, February 13


1995 is up! This might be my favorite year in hip-hop history and Cosmo went in real heavy. The thirty five cents short on my two for five overlooker! Straight like that, 1995.

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1. Real Live "Real Live Shit"
2. Smooth Da Hustler "Broken Language" feat. Trigger The Gambler
3. Luniz "I Got 5 On It"
4. Mic Geronimo "Masta I.C."
5. Q-Ball & Curt Cazal "My Kinda Moves"
6. J-Live "Braggin' Writes"
7. The Nonce "Bus Stop"
8. B.U.M.S. "Elevation (Free My Mind)"
9. Smif N Wessin "Sound Bwoy Bureill"
10. The Click "Hot Ones Through The Ghetto"
11. Kool G Rap "Take "Em To War feat. MF Grimm"
12. Lord Finesse "No Gimmicks" Brainstorm Remix feat. O.C.
13. Mobb Deep "Temperature's Rising"
14. Mobb Deep "Temperature's Rising" (The Abstract Remix)
15. Das EFX "Microphone Master" (DJ Spinna Remix)
16. Junior M.A.F.I.A. "Players Anthem"
17. Blahzay Blahzay "Danger (When The East Is In The House)"
18. Mad Skillz "Skillz In '95"
19. Organized Konfusion "You Won't Go Far" feat. O.C.
20. Ten Thieves "It Don't Matter"
21. Black Moon "Headz Ain't Ready" (Remix feat. Smif N Wessin)"
22. Ahmad "Come Widdie feat. Ras Kass & Saffir"
23. Jay-Z "Can't Get Wit That"
24. The Roots "Silent Treatment" (Kelo's Remix)
25. Ill Al Scratch "Don't Shut Down On A Player"
26. Lost Boys "Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz"
27. GZA "4th Chamber"
28. GZA "Liquid Swords"
29. Big L "Put It On"
30. Artifacts "Dynamite Soul (Lip Service Remix feat. Mad Skillz)"
31. KRS One "MCs Act Like They Don't Know"
32. Group Home "Up Against The Wall (Low Budget Mix)"
33. Group Home "The Realness"
34. Roxanne Shante "Queen Pin"
35. AZ "Sugar Hill" (Remix)
36. Showbiz & A.G. "U Know Now" (Buckwild Remix)
37. Da Youngsta'z "I'll Make You Famous"
38. Ruggedness Madd Drama "Make U Go Crazy"
39. World Renoun "Come Take A Ride"
40. Notorious B.I.G. "One More Chance" (Stay With Me Remix)
41. Notorious B.I.G. "One More Chance" (Hip-Hop Remix)
42. Common "Resurrection" (Large Professor Remix)
43. Common Ressuerction" (Extra P Remix)
44. D&D All-Stars "1, 2 Pass It"
45. Shabazz The Disciple "Death Be The Penalty"
46. Raekwon The Chef "Ice Cream"
47. Method Man "I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By feat. Mary J. Blige" (Razor Sharp Remix)
48. Bahamadia "Uknowhowwedo"
49. Junior M.A.F.I.A. "Get Money" (Remix)
50. Junior M.A.F.I.A. "Get Money"
51. Notorious B.I.G. "Who Shot You?"
52. 2Pac "Me Against The World"
53. Young D Boyz "Keep On Poppin' The Dope Track"
54. Broadway "Must Stay Paid"
55. Lost Boyz "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Shameless"
56. Outkast "Benz Or Beamer"
57. Da Bush Babees "Remember We" (Salaam Remi Remix)
58. GZA "Shadowboxing" feat. Method Man Redman & Method Man "How High"
59. Das EFX "Real Hip-Hop"
60. Fat Joe "Shit Is Real" (DJ Premier Remix)
61. Crooklyn Dodgers '95 "Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers"
62. Big Noyd "Recognize & Realize"
63. Mobb Deep "Give Up The Goods (Just Step)"
64. Keith Murray "I Get Lifted"
65. Sadat X & Akinyele "Loud Hangover"
66. Ol Dirty Bastard "Brooklyn Zoo"
67. Mad Skillz "The Nod Factor"
68. Grand Puba "I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)"
69. LL Cool J "Doin' It"
70. Pharcyde "Runnin'
71. The Dove Shack "Summertime In The LBC"
72. The Alkaholiks "Daaam!" (Buckwild Remix)
73. Jurassic 5 "Unified Rebellion"
74. Funkmaster Flex "Nuthin' But Flava" feat. Charlie Brown, Ol Dirty Bastard & Biz Markie
75. Lords Of The Underground "What I'm After" (Sir Charles Mix)
76. Ol Dirty Bastard "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" Rakim "Last Resort"
77. Mobb Deep "Shook Ones Pt. 2"
78. E-40 "Sideways" feat. B-Legit
79. Tha Alkaholiks "The Next Level"
80. Nine "Whucha Want?"
81. Rude Riddim Experiment "Everybody Bounce"
82. Doug E. Fresh "Where The Party At?"
83. Bone Thugs N Harmony "First of The Month"
84. TRU "Bout It, Bout It"
85. Three 6 Mafia "Tear The Club Up"

Tuesday, February 12


DJ Eleven is on a North American rampage! Catch the tall guy with glasses rocking it from Las Vegas to Vancouver to Toronto and everywhere in between. Dates at myspace.com/deejayeleven


Thursday, February 7

Brooklyn Radio interviewed us about the Hip-Hop History series: how it's made, our motivations, reminisces from the 90s, our favorite MCs and producers, and a whole lot more. You can read that here.

This week we bring you two hours of the finest rap music from 1994. Mixed by DJ Ayres. Enjoy!

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Tuesday, February 5


Pictures from The Rub - Saturday, Feb 2


Monday, January 28


Every week we hit you with another year - this week we stepped up to the plate and knocked it out the box! 93 was the year of "Enter the 36 Chambers," "Midnight Marauders," "Intoxicated Demons," "Bacdafucup," "Enta Da Stage," "Doggystyle," "Buhloone Mind State," "Return of the Boom Bap" and so many other classic albums. Mixed by DJ Ayres. Enjoy!

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Friday, January 25

Three big releases debuted on iTunes this week: I Like Make Dance, Kick Out the Jams and The Chedda EP. . For the DJs, get the high quality WAVs or MP3s from Turntable Lab:


Digital Downloads: I Like Make Dance, Kick Out the Jams, Chedda
Vinyl: I Like Make Dance, Kick Out the Jams, Chedda


Tuesday, January 22


Hip-Hop History continues with 2 hours of bangers from 1992, mixed by DJ Eleven!
Stream at BrooklynRadio.net / Download / Podcast


Tuesday, January 15

Veronika and Ayres are proud to announce the birth of Nina Zielinska Haxton! She came a little early but she's beautiful and healthy so she'll be able to come home as soon as she gets her weight up a little.








Wednesday, January 9

Brand New from me and Tittsworth's T&A label: <a href="http://turntablelab.com/vinyl/217/1698/36525.html">The Chedda EP is the number one record on Turntable Lab, while Tittsworth's new solo joint The Afterparty is holding it down at number two and my solo joint I Like Make Dance is number three. Tittsworth, Klever and I will be rocking at Studio B this Saturday night. Total domination!


Satellite Radio listeners, be sure to check out the T&A label showcase on XM digital radio this week on the In-Deed show: Wednesday at 10pm ET, with encores: Thursday at 2pm ET and Friday at 6am ET. Big up Gavin for making it happen!


Brand new on vinyl! The Chedda EP, featuring cheesey club hits remixed by Tittsworth, Ayres, Dave Nada, Top Billin (Helsinki), Million $ Mano (Chicago) and DJ Dub (London). Buy it now at Turntable Lab!


DJ Ayres I Like Make Dance EP out on Vinyl now! Digital EP available on Gigacrate.com. New remixes of Black Box "Everybody Everybody," Twista & Pharrell "Give It Up," Lidell Townsell "Nu Nu," 4 Hero "Mr Kirk's Nightmare" and Masters at Work "Work." Vinyl includes bonus Kid Sister - Pro Nails remix

What's good, y'all. We're back at it again, and I'm pleased to say that we've picked up our "History Of Hip-Hop" series again this year.

We started the series with 1979 and took you on a journey though the first decade of hip-hop as seen through the eyes of The Rub. In no way is this to be considered a "Best Of" but more of a collection of personal favorites and songs that we feel really represented the year properly. But guaranteed you will be getting some of the best hip-hop songs ever created.

And so with no further hestiation, let's get to it!

Stream at BrooklynRadio.net / Download (Right Click "Save Target As")

Go to our Radio Page to download the first 11 years of Hip-Hop History, from 1979 - 1989.

Brand New from Ayres and Tittsworth's T&A label: The Chedda EP is the number one record on Turntable Lab, while Tittsworth's new solo joint The Afterparty is holding it down at number two and my solo joint I Like Make Dance is number three. Tittsworth, Klever and I will be rocking at Studio B this Saturday night. Total domination!


Satellite Radio listeners, be sure to check out the T&A label showcase on XM digital radio this week on the In-Deed show: Wednesday at 10pm ET, with encores: Thursday at 2pm ET and Friday at 6am ET. Big up Gavin for making it happen!


Brand new on vinyl! The Chedda EP, featuring cheesey club hits remixed by Tittsworth, Ayres, Dave Nada, Top Billin (Helsinki), Million $ Mano (Chicago) and DJ Dub (London). Buy it now at Turntable Lab!


DJ Ayres I Like Make Dance EP out on Vinyl now! Digital EP available on Gigacrate.com. New remixes of Black Box "Everybody Everybody," Twista & Pharrell "Give It Up," Lidell Townsell "Nu Nu," 4 Hero "Mr Kirk's Nightmare" and Masters at Work "Work." Vinyl includes bonus Kid Sister - Pro Nails remix

Pictures from The Rub New Year's Eve by Ian Meyer


Pictures from The Rub Warehouse Party II with Max Glazer and Waajeed

FOOLS GOLD x THE RUB!



DJ Ayres interviews Nick Catchdubs and A-Trak about their new record label. Read it here. Plus DJ Ayres mixes it up with an hour of music from Fools Gold and exclusive remixes from Nick, A-Trak and the rest of the Fools Gold camp. The mix:
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Whattup?

For those of you who might not know, The Rub does our weekly internet radio show Rub Radio brought to you exclusively by BrooklynRadio.net. This week's mix is a 60+ minute tribute to one of hip-hop's greatest producers, Mt. Vernon's one and only chocolate boy wonder, Pete Rock



Pete is arguably one of the most influential musicians of hip-hop and I have a sincere love for the music this guy has done, and the sound he singlehandedly created, so I made a mix featuring some of my favorite recordings and productions of his.

I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed making it - Cosmo Baker, November 2007

Brooklyn Radio & The Rub Present: Cosmo Baker "P.R., Take 'Em To The Bridge"

1. Brother Jack McDuff "Electric Surfboard"
2. El Michaels Affair "The P.J.'s feat. Raekwon The Chef" (Pete Rock Remix)
3. Redman "Gimme One"
4. The Jackson 5 "2-4-6-8"
5. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "Appreciate"
6. Black Star "Respiration" (Pete Rock Remix)
7. Pete Rock "The Game feat. Raekwon The Chef & Prodigy"
8. Pete Rock & Large Professor "The Rap World"
9. Rahzel "All I Know"
10. Pete Rock "1 Soul Brother"
11. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "It's Not A Game"
12. All City "Priceless"
13. Pete Rock "Half Man Half Amazin' feat. Method Man"
14. Pete Rock "We Roll feat. Jim Jones & Max B."
15. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "The Main Ingredient"
16. Public Enemy "Shut 'Em Down" (Pete Rock Remix)
17. Pete Rock "Niggas Know feat. D Dilla"
18. Slum Village "Once Upon A Time feat. Pete Rock"
19. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "Back On The Block"
20. Bob James "Take Me To The Mardi Gras"
21. Sporty Thievz "Street Cinema 2" (Pete Rock Remix)
22. I-n-I "Props"
23. Pete Rock "Da Villa feat. Slum Village"
24. Lou Donaldson "Pot Belly"
25. Heavy D "Blue Funk"
26. The Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy" (Pete Rock Remix)
27. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "Shine On Me"
28. The Sylvers "Stay Away From Me"
29. Run DMC "Down With The King"
30. Das EFX "Jussumen" (Pete Rock Remix)
31. A.D.O.R. "Let It All Hang Out"
32. Ernie Hines "Our Generation"
33. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "Straighten It Out"
34. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"
35. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "The Good Life"
36. House Of Pain "Jump Around" (Pete Rock Remix)

CLICK HERE TO STREAM AUDIO

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PODCAST

The Rub boys in the building tonight, oh what a feeling, I'm feeling life! We're back out on tour this weekend, hitting up seven cities in the next few weeks before coming back to settle down for the holidays. Tell your out of town people to look out for us on the road, and be sure to check out new Rub radio shows every week on BrooklynRadio.net.



Thursday, November 8
The Rub at Club Firestone, Orlando, Florida

Friday, November 9
The Rub at Czar, Tampa, Florida

Saturday, November 10
The Rub at Beauty Bar, Austin, Texas

Friday, November 16
The Rub at Sonar, Baltimore, Maryland

Saturday, November 17
The Rub at Transit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Friday, November 23
The Rub at Darkroom in Chicago, IL


Sunday, November 25
Ghostface Killah, Rhythm Roots Allstars and DJ Ayres in Houston, TX

Monday, November 26
Ghostface Killah, Rhythm Roots Allstars and DJ Ayres in Atlanta, GA

Tuesday, November 26
Ghostface Killah, Rhythm Roots Allstars and DJ Ayres in Raleigh, NC

Saturday, December 1
The Rub
Ayres + Cosmo + Eleven
Special guest DJs Dave Nada & Queen Majesty!
Door by Rahnon
Southpaw
125 5th Avenue, Park Slope, BK

Monday, December 31
The Rub New Year's Eve at Southpaw
$40 advance tickets include food and champagne









Halloween Pictures - Flavorpill / Galapagos


Pictures from The Rub November with Smalltown DJs


Pictures from The Rub October with Co-op & Hunnicut

Friday, September 14



New Vinyl - The Rub Party Medleys Vol 1

Eleven and I were djing together on two turntables in Boston a few months ago and we were going back and forth a lot and we started running out of options for real vinyl to play while switching computers. I said "somebody should make a record for switching computers, one record that never leaves your bag, with stuff everyone plays, at a bunch of different tempos."

This is what we came up with, four party medleys on one EP. The one record for Serato DJs that never leaves your bag. The 6 minute medleys are linked with quick 2 bar acapella skits so you can play each side for 12-13 minutes through if you need to, say if your computer crashes or you have to run to the bathroom. The songs are quick mixed, playing for about a verse and a chorus each, with no fancy West Coast production extras (sorry LA hip-hop dudes), just regular NYC quick mix party style. If this sells well, we'll be doing more like it with different types of music.

A1. 80s Medley listen (Prince - Kiss, Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, Rolling Stones - Miss You, Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That) ~ 112 BPM
A2. House Medley listen (Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You, Robin S - Show Me Love, Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On) ~ 122 BPM
B1. Crunk Medley listen (Lil Jon - Bia Bia, Lil Scrappy - No Problem, Ludacris - Move Bitch) ~ 80 - 90 BPM)
B2. Dancehall Medley listen (Shaggy & Rayvon - Big Up, Shabba Ranks - Batty Rider, Cutty Ranks - A Who See Me Dun, Mr. Vegas - Heads High)

Buy The Rub Party Medleys Vol 1 EP at Turntablelab!

Thursday, September 6


Be sure to check out "It's The Remix" feature in the September issue of URB, with The Rub, A-Trak, Benzi and more. (read the whole article here)


Tuesday, September 4


Some flicks up from The Rub on Drink Moloko's website


Our friends at Fat Lace Magazine (RIP) started Fat Lace Blog!


Thursday, August 30

Sabbath in the Park was amazingly evil, a great note to end the summer on. Pictures:




Gillian's Pictures




Chubby Cox's Pictures


Tuesday, August 21


Photos from the Pool Party up on Pitchfork.
More at the Turntable Lab blog.


Monday, August 20

Brand new mix:

Buy it at DJAyres.com or Catchdubs.com or Turntablelab.com.

Download / Stream / Track List

A few years ago Milk Bar in San Francisco approached me and Nick about setting up a rotating residency - every month would be me or Nick plus a special guest, so for example Nick and Low-Bee one month, me and Paul Nice the next, Nick and Morse Code the next, and so on. We threw around a few ideas for themes and I came up with Super Friends, and Nick liked it because it meant he could flip comic book covers on the flyers, and he came up with a super hot logo. We went out and DJed the first party and it went well. Milk liked the name and flyer concept so much they decided to make Super Friends a weekly, with resident DJ Vin Sol. Nick continued to design the Super Friends flyers but our monthly residency wasn't to be. It's all love though. I'll be back out at Milk in October for the first time in almost two years to DJ at Morse Code's CD release party.

Nick and I have been talking about doing a mix CD together for a long time, and when we finally got our shit together, the vibe we agreed on was dance rock records - some new wave, some punk, some newer electro shit. We did it as Super Friends because even though we aren't as involved in the party as we originally planned to be, we did come up with a hot concept and Vin Sol and Morse Code are our people and were into it. Another person I have to acknowledge is Scott from Ten Deep - he and I were planning on doing a rock mixtape, but we're both so busy all the time it never came together. I got a few of these records from him when we were planning the Ten Deep mixtape.

So here it is finally, enjoy.

We got two huge outdoor parties this weekend and next weekend! Come ride out the dog days with The Rub:

Sunday, August 19
McCarren Park Pool Party
Live sets by Kid Sister, Cool Kids, Ghostland Observatory, Yacht
DJ Sets all day by The Rub & The Baltimore Bass Connection with a ton of surprise guests! This is going to be so crazy!
3PM - 7 PM
directions


Saturday, August 25
Sabbath in the Park 4!
Live Black Sabbath cover band Sabracadabra!
Hosted by The Rub
Black Sabbath all day. BYOB.
$3
3 PM - 10 PM
The Yard is at 400 Carroll btwn Bond and Nevins in Brooklyn

Download Cosmo Baker's Wicked Mix 666 right here ! Over an hour of Black Sabbath with exclusive Sabbath in the Park interviews!



Our first magazine cover!


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Monday, August 6 Our weekend was great, how was yours? Cosmo Baker at The Guggenheim (First Fridays party) Cosmo Baker at The Guggenheim Cosmo Baker at The Guggenheim (roll over) The Rub at Southpaw The Rub at Southpaw From Barcelona at the Pool Party Pool Party crowd ??? at the Pool Party Blonde Redhead at the Pool Party (photo by Anna G Dickson) Blonde Redhead at the Pool Party (photo by Aaron Headley Heavy Summer Rotation: Tuesday, July 31 I was out on tour opening for Ghostface all last week. It was a little bit of a challenge because I didn't play any dirty south hip-hop, house, club, 80s or whatever else I'm used to playing, but I had fun with real schitt hip-hop and classic soul and reggae. It's pretty awesome getting a room full of backpackers to sing along to Gloria Jones "Tainted Love." Ghost at Highline Ballroom in NY, photo by Ian Meyer - prints for sale at Crewcial.org. (more pictures here). Cappadonna killed it with those long breathless verses from Winter Wars and Daytona 500. When he's 48 bars in and still going the crowd just loses it. Rhythm Roots Allstars unloading from the bus. These dudes kill it live, staying faithful to the original Ghostface instrumentals and freaking shit like Nautilus, No No No and La La Means I Love You. The old guy is our bus driver; he's normally the driver for Good Charlotte. My bunk on the bus is the size of a coffin but has its own DVD / CD / radio player. Scion puts us up in four star hotels but we don't even sleep there. To get from St Louis to Minneapolis for example we had to leave at like 3 AM so the hotel was just a really expensive place to shower and change clothes after the show. Mike the 2600 King showed me around Minneapolis and took me to the Burlesque Design studios. Wezz and Mike were printing MF Doom posters. Kid Sister & Sam brought me cupcakes for my birthday in Chicago! Monday, July 23 Our first magazine cover! Saturday, July 21 The Rub European tour is going swimmingly, thanks for asking! Just one day left then we'll be home for a couple of days. I have to say the highlight so far was playing with Sinden, Switch, Kool Keith and South Rakkas crew at Fabric. So nuts! Sinden, me & Dow Jones of South Rakkas Crew Switch More pictures soon-ish. Eleven and I won't be back in time for McCarren Pool Party Saturday so Cosmo is holding it down along with Kennan & Mikey Palms so go! I'll be at Highline Ballroom Monday with Ghostface but I think the RSVPs are already full up. But in the meantime check out the video for Escort's "All Through The Night." Monday, July 16 Polaroids from The Rub up on IThinkYoureSwell.com Wednesday, July 11 Be sure to check out the newly redesigned Brooklyn Radio. The Rub's weekly show is now available as a podcast! This week we put up me and DJ Soul's best of Ghostface mix, Chamber Music! I have some tour dates coming up at the end of the month with Ghostface: Monday, July 23 Ghostface Killah / DJ Ayres 431 West 16th Street Highline Ballroom, NYC free! rsvp here Wednesday, July 25 Ghostface Killah / DJ Ayres 6504 Delmar Blvd Blueberry Hill, St Louis free! rsvp here Thursday, July 26 Ghostface Killah / DJ Ayres 1308 4th Street SE Varsity Theater, Minneapolis free! rsvp here Friday, July 27 Ghostface Killah / DJ Ayres 3730 N. Clark Street The Metro, Chicago free! rsvp here stream / podcast (weekly MP3 downloads) / buy the CD Be sure to check out the homies Wale and Nick Catchdubs on their brand new mixtape: Download Monday, July 9 The Rub 5 Year Anniversary at Southpaw, July 2007 More pictures from The Rub anniversary, by Drink Moloko Monday, July 2 Music you should buy: DJ Ayres, Tittsworth, DJ Eli, A-Trak & Bamabounce Ultimate T&A is the new EP on me and Tittsworth's label. It's all Baltimore Club remixes of funky 70s jams from the likes of Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Jimmy Castor Bunch and more. DJ Too Tuff - The Wreckshop Mix (Look for the Buy Now button under About DJ TOO TUFF on the right side) Listen: http://www.zshare.net/audio/2469873300b099/ Cosmo wrote a page in Wax Poetics about a Tuff Crew 12" about a year and a half ago and their DJ, Too Tuff, got in touch with him and came to see us play with A-Trak in Philly. Since then he's started to make a comeback. Dude was a really innovative DJ in the 80s and this mixtape, made in 2007 but featuring mostly raer hip-hop from the late 80s / early 90s, is fucking phenomenal. I don't know most of the music on here but it's all really really good. Neighborhood Romeo EP Listen: http://www.turntablelab.com/assets/audio/20936/178884.ram This is an EP of Disco edits by Smalltown Romeo aka Wax Romeo aka Neighborhood Romeo and it's on some Metro Area 2007 shit, sort of reminds me of some of the stuff Eli is doing. Sinden & The Count of Monte Cristal - Beeper 12" Listen: http://www.turntablelab.com/assets/audio/20933/178952.ram I've been playing this one everytime I DJ for the last 4 months or so. For my money it's the best song of the year so far. Drugs, Drugs, Drugs, Drugs. Speaker Junk - Foxxy 12"Listen Trevor Loveys (1/2 of Speaker Junk, formerly 1/2 of Switch) is playing with me and Walter Meego and James Fucking Friedman at Hiro Ballroom this Tuesday July 3rd at Kurrupt aka The Rave Pt 2. Foxxy is a fairly straight ahead house remix for Jimi Hendrix "Foxy Lady" but it's a fucking workhorse. Such a perfect breakdown. If you dig the wobbly house stuff, Organ Grinder (Loveys & Sinden) dropped last week and it's pretty crazy too. Friday, June 22 Cosmo just dropped a new summer mix called Feeling Good. Download that for free here. I'm in Montreal and DJ Eleven is in Texas this weekend but there are a bunch of things going on in NY including the first McCarren Park Pool Party, outdoors and free in Williamsburg / Greenpoint. We're djing at four of the parties this summer starting July 8, and the lineups are all great. Check the whole schedule here. -Ayres Wednesday, June 20 New 3 hour Rub Radio streaming on Scion's broadband internet radio. On future shows, we'll have interviews with Ghostface, Chromeo, A-Trak, Andy Smith, Jazzy Jeff and a whole lot more! New Press: The Rub in Envy Magazine Ayres and Tittsworth in Swedish Paper Monday, June 18 Scandinavia was really nuts. The Rumble in Malmo in particular was just an incredible party - I don't think I've ever seen that many people go nuts to Baltimore Club in my life. To give you an idea, the biggest song of the night was DJ Class "Stop Snitching!" All the parties were great - shout out to Sampo in Helsinki, Jaywalker crew in Oslo, Jonny and Sanna, Saurabh and my man Stefan in Stockholm and of course Sweet Fred and the Discobelle crew in Malmo. Tittsworth murdered it everywhere we went, and I just tried to keep up! We literally didn't sleep at night the whole time we were there, just a few afternoon naps to battle the 21+ hours of daylight everyday. Helsinki photos here, more photos coming. So now I'm home playing catch up for a few days, then heading up to Montreal on Friday. Saturday, June 9 Still going on the old tapes! Here is a classic Big L tribute mix from Radio 1 in 1999. Max Glazer (Federation) on the mix, Tim Westwood on the mic. Big L was an incredible rapper and was just about to blow up when he was killed. I was always a huge DITC fan growing up and I felt like Big L really took the styles pioneered by Lord Finesse to another level. It really hurt when he was murdered, it felt like losing a friend. Especially because, as Max said, Big L was a genuinely good person on top of being a great artist. Big L R.I.P. Thursday, June 7 Ayres & Tittsworth on MTV in Canada YouTube link / Daily Motion link Ayres & Tittsworth mixin it up for Discobelle (free download) Ayres and Tittsworth live in Sweden, Finland and Norway next week Saturday, June 2 More Kid Sister pictures, this time by Scott Furkay. Also - The Rub is tonight! With Haul & Mason! Get there early (11ish) to avoid a long line. Wednesday, May 30 Photos from Shirts and Skins (The Rub & Kid Sister) by Ian Meyer More photos from Shirts and Skins, by Ward Tuesday, May 29 PF Cuttin - Da 4 Oh (download side a) (download side b) I'm gonna keep putting up old tapes as I have free time. This is one of my favorites, from PF Cuttin. He is the dj and producer for Blahzay Blahzay (any hip-hop head worth his salt remembers the mid-nineties hit "Danger" "when the East is in the house, oh my god, danger!"). Anyhow I don't have the cover anymore but this must have come out in 1997 because he starts it off with an exclusive from Wu-Tang Clan's second album. PF Cuttin is a beast with the doubles but he was also really ahead of his time with the drops and effects. Most DJs then weren't putting that much work in on mixtapes. I assume this was recorded with a digital hard disc recorder and not a computer - I don't think many DJs were using Pro Tools to record mixes yet since most computers didn't really have enough memory. Monday, May 28 I run myself ragged touring and working all the time but then something big will come along and make me realize it's all paying off. This summer I'll be playing shows with Ghostface Killah, TV on the Radio, MIA, DJ Drama, Peedi Crakk and a bunch of other performers I look up to. The Rub is doing Fabric in July, which has been a goal for a really long time. I was interviewed on MTV Live in Canada with Tittsworth, The Rub just shot our first magazine cover, our internet radio show is getting 60,000 downloads a week, and we are doing guest slots on XM and Sirius sattelite radio in the next few weeks. The Rub is celebrating our 5 year anniversary at Southpaw in July. It is still so strange to me when I get stopped in the street by fans who recognize me, or asked to sign posters at shows - I really don't feel like that dude. But I'm really happy and proud of what we've accomplished so far and I'm amazed by all the opportunities that are coming along this year. - Ayres Sean Dorgan took pictures of Tittsworth, Ayres & Zebo at Smartbar in Chicago. Scott Furkay took pictures of Tittsworth, Ayres, Wax Romeo and Smalltown DJs in Calgary. And here are all the pictures from the tour in one place. Wednesday, May 23 Kid Sister & The Rub this Saturday at Canal Room! Check out Kid Sister's Myspace Page for her music - this is going to be a banger! May 26, 2007 Shirts and Skins The Rub + Kid Sister Hosted by Jelly NYC and Impose Magazine Canal Room 285 W Broadway NY, NY $10 or $8 with RSVP (rsvp@jellynyc.com) 10PM - 4AM Tuesday, May 15 Monday, May 14 Tonight Eleven and Ayres go in heavy in a reggae fashion with Queen Majesty from 6-8pm on East Village Radio! Get ready for two hours of Jamaican music and promotion of the dancehall compilation Rub Up and CD release party at Sway - vodka and airhorns! Rub Up CD Release Party DJ Ayres & DJ Eleven Hosted by Oxy Cottontail Sway - 305 Spring St. Manhattan Free entry + free CDs + free Vodka 10:00 - 11:30! Friday, May 11 Ayres & Eleven quoted in an article about DJs in the New York Observer Thursday, May 10 The Rub has a show on Scion's internet radio thing! Go to scion.com/broadband/, click on Radio 17, then click on The Rub. This is a three hour show, different from Brooklyn Radio. 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