Mixtape Monday: BC Kids vs Alberta Kids.
I grew up in a small town in the middle of BC where we did not have cable or a decent record store. The only outside source for any musical inspiration that we had was older brothers and cousins. Days would be spent taping their copies of Funkdoobiest, Too $hort, and whatever other tapes that your mom would have not been to excited about had she heard the lyrics. Here's my choice of songs that kept me out of and in trouble from grades 7 through 12.
Side A (BC Kids):
1. Doobie to the Head - Funkdoobiest
2. The Puncky Feel One - Cypress Hill
3. Smokin Stix - Coolio
4. Fuck Maritnez - 2 Live Crew
1. Doobie to the Head - Funkdoobiest
2. The Puncky Feel One - Cypress Hill
3. Smokin Stix - Coolio
4. Fuck Maritnez - 2 Live Crew
5. Gimme That Nut - Eazy E
6. Punk Bitch - Too $hort
7. Feel so Good - Ma$e ( I know it's a horrible song but in my grade 10 yr you couldn't go anywhere without hearing it)
8. Do Whatchu Like - Digital Underground
9. Keep Their Heads Ringin' - Dr Dre
10. The Gangsta, The Killa, and The Dope Dealer - Westside Connection
-Pickle
Side B (Alberta Kids):
Alberta kids were obsessed with soundracks to movies that we would never see or never understand. My tape collection was full of soundtracks to movies such as Juice, Above The Rim, The Show, and Higher Learning. Alberta kids also have a genetic disposition to love Biggie Smalls, which probably had something to do with the fact that he was a beefy guy, and Alberta is a pretty fat province. Most of us flat-out ignored Canadian and conscience hip hop until late high school, and were into a pretty decent mix of shitty west-coast Dre-offshoots and clever east-coast jams. Early Sunday evenings on CJSW were the best time to get caught up on the latest and the greatest, but some of my favorite songs were discovered on awful, thrown-together mixtapes that I'd buy with change at the HMV in North Hill Mall. Here are some of the more memorable songs that Alberta kids were obsessed with:
1. Without a Doubt - Black Sheep
2. Chief Rocka - Lords Of The Underground
3. I Need You Tonight - Junior M.A.F.I.A ft. Biggie Smalls and Aaliyah
4. Situation : Grimm - Mista Grimm
5. This DJ - Warren G
6. Big Pimpin' - The Dogg Pound Gangstas
7. Lickshot- Grand Puba
8. Caught in Da Ak - Das EFX
9. Afro Puffs - Lady of Rage
10. Ghetto Jam- Domino
~sarah p.
6. Punk Bitch - Too $hort
7. Feel so Good - Ma$e ( I know it's a horrible song but in my grade 10 yr you couldn't go anywhere without hearing it)
8. Do Whatchu Like - Digital Underground
9. Keep Their Heads Ringin' - Dr Dre
10. The Gangsta, The Killa, and The Dope Dealer - Westside Connection
-Pickle
Side B (Alberta Kids):
Alberta kids were obsessed with soundracks to movies that we would never see or never understand. My tape collection was full of soundtracks to movies such as Juice, Above The Rim, The Show, and Higher Learning. Alberta kids also have a genetic disposition to love Biggie Smalls, which probably had something to do with the fact that he was a beefy guy, and Alberta is a pretty fat province. Most of us flat-out ignored Canadian and conscience hip hop until late high school, and were into a pretty decent mix of shitty west-coast Dre-offshoots and clever east-coast jams. Early Sunday evenings on CJSW were the best time to get caught up on the latest and the greatest, but some of my favorite songs were discovered on awful, thrown-together mixtapes that I'd buy with change at the HMV in North Hill Mall. Here are some of the more memorable songs that Alberta kids were obsessed with:
1. Without a Doubt - Black Sheep
2. Chief Rocka - Lords Of The Underground
3. I Need You Tonight - Junior M.A.F.I.A ft. Biggie Smalls and Aaliyah
4. Situation : Grimm - Mista Grimm
5. This DJ - Warren G
6. Big Pimpin' - The Dogg Pound Gangstas
7. Lickshot- Grand Puba
8. Caught in Da Ak - Das EFX
9. Afro Puffs - Lady of Rage
10. Ghetto Jam- Domino
~sarah p.
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