Vol. 5, # 23: The Last Session (1 of 2)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peace, @Large here. This is a kite. This episode is podcasted in two parts. This is part one. You may have heard the rumours by now or you may just flat out know... that this is the last episode of The Dope Joints! Hip Hop Mixshow. This is something that I both regret and am relieved to have to inform you of. I'll get to why in a minute. In the meantime check out DJ Stress', Kinetik's and my Winnipeg Hip Hop Mixshow history, so far... - DJ Stress was part of a Hip Hop Mixshow with the Aftermath Sound Crew back in 1995, which cablecasted from the University of Winnipeg. - DJ Stress, Dialog and Sunil aka Francois scored a mixshow they called The Stress Files which aired Saturday nights from the fall of 1996 to the spring of 1997 on Envol CKXL 91.1 FM from the Franco-Manitobain Cultural Centre. - DJ Stress, Dialog and Mr. Ness scored a mixshow they called Hip Hop 101 which aired Wednesday nights and later Friday nights starting in September 1998 at UMFM CJUM 101.5 FM Campus & Community Radio at the University of Manitoba. DJ Stress and Mr. Ness eventually went on to other things and myself and later Kinetik joined the show. - Dialog & I scored a second mixshow dubbed Hip Hop 201 by Jared McKetiak who was our program director at the time (and later/currently our station manager). Hip Hop 201 aired Thursday afternoons starting in September 1999. - I left Hip Hop 101 due to artistic differences in the spring of 2004 and started The Dope Spot Hip Hop Mixshow which aired Wednesday nights. - The Dope Spot began syndication on Hip Hop Fundamentalz courtesy of DJ Prizmatik. - I started podcasting The Dope Spot on www.podomatic.com in the spring of 2005 under the direction of DJ Prizmatik. - The Dope Spot began syndication on www.mixlawax.com courtesy of Lord Faz. - Call Signal co-hosted The Dope Spot in the spring of 2005. - Students of DJ Brace; Mista Banks and DJ Climax joined The Dope Spot in early 2006. - I ended The Dope Spot in the spring of 2007 to settle into a house with my girlfriend and then get married. - Kinetik took over and changed the name of Hip Hop 101 to The Joints! - Kinetik initiated our reunion and in the fall of 2008 we combined The Dope Spot and The Joints! to create The Dope Joints! Hip Hop Mixshow. Kinetik also unearthed DJ Stress around this time. - The Dope Joints! Hip Hop Mixshow aired it's final episode on July 25th, 2012. We had to end our run of college radio Hip Hop mixshow after 17 years due to many smaller reasons that all stemmed from one, and it waits for no man... TIME. We didn't just come down to the show each week and freestyle it. We'd spend each week collecting and reviewing music so that only the dopest joints we came across would not only get played, but get played properly. This was easier at first when... - we were just in school or only working part time - getting serviced meant the label or distributor had to have bank enough to not only produce enough vinyl to give some away but that they'd actually mail it to your crib (imagine how many broke willy zero record sale fakers would get weeded out if we had to go back to this system!) - There was a community of Hip Hop Mixshows that included legends that inspired if not scared you to do your best The end of the radio show isn't the end of the podcast. We'll post mixes when we can but nowhere near as regularly as we have been. You would've already realized that something was up since we haven't been podcasting weekly since last year. Ever since this "Hip Hop is dead" bullshit mentality surfaced I've been countering it with "Hip Hop didn't die, you got lazy!" I feel there's never been as much good Hip Hop out there as there is today, tomorrow there'll be even more and the next day even more. In the same way there's also more bad Hip Hop out there than ever before. It takes real effort to not only find the gems in the crates but to even know what crates to look in. Hip Hop needs torch bearers. Please do what you can to promote Hip Hop music that is made in the essence; creative, positive, talented, original and dope sounding. Kinetik's "Psychedelic Soul Shack" will continue Saturdays 11 PM to midnight central on UMFM CJUM 101.5 FM in Winnipeg, MTS Cable Channel 718 in Manitoba and online at www.umfm.com/listenonline. Stay up on it at http://www.mixcloud.com/psychedelicsoulshack/. Stay up on his grisly discoveries at http://thegrislydiscovery.blogspot.ca/. DJ Stress is talking about starting and Old School Hip Hop show on UMFM next year. Radio is part of Rukus45's genes. Bundown Sound System has taken over our Wednesday 10 PM to Midnight central time slot with their fuelGOOD Radio. Who knows what the future holds? I'm going to end this blurb with a list of thank you's that I can conveniently add to over time as I realize who I forgot. If you feel you should be on the list and I missed you, I apologize. ABOVE ALL THE BIGGEST THANKS GO OUT TO THE FANS AND LISTENERS OVER THE YEARS, I say this often "we do this for y'all." The most satisfaction I get out of doing the show is when heads hit me up to thank me or to talk about the music we play. It makes the hustle worthwhile. The second biggest thanks goes out to the artists who's music we played. The quality of the music you created forced us to find ways to share it because it was too good to keep it to ourselves and quite literally we couldn't have done it without you. Special thanks to the following for being a part of the last episode... Rukus45, Rob Crooks, Daily, Missey M, DJ Grasshopper, Allan Lorde, Gamma Krush, 007 and Jared McKetiak. Check out Episode #10 of Daily's "Behind The Mic" which was recorded at UMFM during the last episode... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPoNVEjR158. Thanks to... UMFM CJUM 101.5 FM, Jared McKetiak, Michael Elves, Liz Clayton, Steve Brown, Born in the Break, Tone Arm Tactics, Sweet Dreams, The Sunday Night Cruise Show, Hip Hop Bistro, Joel Chevrefils from Songs That Sing, Paul, Jeff, Scott, Ian & Mike from Jam It On The 1, The Invisible Man & Warren from Right On Time, Podomatic, CKUW, Jello aka Jay Boogie & Sweet Diva from The Lounge, Suhni Sea & Mic Check, Mama Cutsworth & Stylus Radio, CFRO, The Urban Renewal Project, DJ Sage, CFMU, Dope FM, Daddy J, UWSA, Ted Turner, Brennan McIntyre. Park-Like Setting, Fermented Reptile, Frek Sho, Mood Ruff, Shadez, Your Brother In My Back Pack, Magnum K.I., The Fucking Retards, The Bruise Brothers, Moonshine Kru, Bundown Sound System, Deep Cave, The Happy Unfortunate, Winnipeg's Most, River City Knight Riderz, Sleeping Giants, Built Under Thought, Speeddial 7. DJ Hunnicutt, Mcenroe, Nestor Wynrush, Steve St. Louis, DJ Co-op, Darko, Birdapres, Sun Zoo, Rep-One, DJ Hipnotic, Quess aka Athavale, Dialog, DJ Brace, Call Signal, Mista Banks, Max aka DJ Climax, Co-Wrekt, Hobs Sputnik, Tank Wonderful, John Smith, Pip Skid, Gruf, Ismaila, Shazzam, Spoof, Ishq Bector, Reefill, Dow Jones, Odario, Ofield, Len Bowen, Eclipse, Big Casino, Yy, Saratonin, The Gumshoe Strut, General Gyst, DJ Kutdown, Fenom, Mikel "Echonawmik" Rondeau, Influence, Big Greezy, Buzzmad, Rupness Monsta, Cypha Diaz, Quadratik, Lucious, Malcolm J, Envoy, M-Kaps, Kidd Kane, Zeek Illa, Hendo, Abomination Colossal, Fini, Livin Proof, Darkhouse, Nereo, Illicit, Visions, Alter, Adam Hannibal, Big Bear, Broms, 40 Oz., Charlie Fettah, Jon C, Jon Cleveland, Thomas Quinlan, Tom De Geeter, DJ Prizmatik, Hip Hop Fundamentalz, Lord Faz, www.mixlawax.com, Ethex, Superstar Quamallah, L.I.F.E.Long, Rob Rothschild, Sean King, Adrian Arjona, RULER, Rene Boulet, David Haynes, Jonathan France, David Holgate, Simple Steve, Morph, Hip Hop Gremlins, Barry Arkley, Narcotic, The Dharma of Dope, Gnar Lee, Cass, Benz, Winnipeg Jules, Grant Paley. Brent at Just Entertainment, Jess at Co-Sign Collective, Double-J and Lee L'Heureux at Foundation Media, Papa D at Brick Radio Promo/Records, Dan Shores at CPP Marketing & Promotion, Shareef Hakeem at Black Fist Radio Promo, DJ RIQ at Shocksound Promo, Darryl Rodway at Urbnet, Troy Neilson at Brockway Entertainment, Semp Rok at Public Wizard Inc., DJ Episode & The CEO at Late Night Promotions, Radio Promo Chica Kate Wolfson. Peanuts & Corn Records, Your Brother Records, Vagrant Hobby, Foultone Records, Marathon of Dope, Balanced Records, Heatbag Records, Deadbeats Entertainment, Hand'Solo Records. Chris Andow at Advance, Luis Cordona at Long & McQuade, Adam at Long & McQuade/Mother's/Gordon Price Music, Rob Tremblay, Jai (R.I.P.), Stefan, Pat Lazo, Kevin Trosky, Dave Dub-L, The Attic, The Wax Museum, SK8, The Urban Bakery, The Vinylist, Music Trader, Into The Music, Petrified Sole, Nyce Records, The House of Cold Cuts, The Graffiti Gallery, J. Fox's, Byron Cooke, The Braemar Bakery & Village Restaurant, Stamina... you! The Dope Joints! Hip Hop Mixshow Vol. 5, # 23: The Last Session Part 1 of 2 Length: 134 Minutes Mountain Brothers - Galaxies (going out to Dave Haynes) Screwball - Seen It All (going out to Barry Arkley) DJ Stress in the mix (40:32): Rascalz - Funky Needs (Instrumental) Busy Bee - I Don't Play Chill Rob G - Dope Rhymes EPMD - So What Cha Sayin' LL Cool J - Droppin' Em Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock Dis Funky Joint D&D All-Stars - 1, 2 Pass It (going out to Justin Seweyestewa) @Large in the mix (86:46): D.O., Arabesque, G-Stokes & Slakah the BeatChild - Just Forfeit People Under The Stairs - Trippin At The Disco Mass Influence - Nightime Groove Jorun - Jorun's Way Rob Swift - Rabia - 2nd Movement El Da Sensei - Crowd Pleasa Shuman - Rap Critic Marco Polo & Masta Ace - Nostaligia King Solomon & Pase - Solomonic J Dilla - Won't Do DJ Numark & Large Professor - When You Sleep NYG'z - Policy Edo. G - Sayin' Somethin' BLEE & Lightheaded - Bridge Dope Joints! Hip Hop Mixshow with @Large, Kinetik the Jointman, sometimes DJ Stress and when we're lucky... Rukus45 http://dopespot.podomatic.com from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, MB Wednesdays 10 PM - Midnight Central on UMFM CJUM 101.5 FM and MTS TV Channel 718 in Winnipeg, streamed on www.umfm.com and syndicated on www.mixlawax.com requests: (204) 269-UMFM .mp3s: thedopejoints@gmail.com