The Rub "It's The Motherf#cking Remix" (Volume 2, 2005)

The Rub: It's The Motherf#cking Remix Volume 2 (It's The Rub) is mash-ups galore. As the original review read in Remix Magazine (1/06), "It's a pleasant surprise to find mixtapes that are exactly that - mixed. And DJ Ayres' comp is mixed with a fluid exactness that mirrors the nonstop dance party that is The Rub - a collection of mash-ups the likes of which you'd find at the long-running monthly party held at Southpaw (R.I.P.) in Brooklyn. DJs such as A-Trak, Mark Ronson and Diplo blend the likes of Marvin Gaye, Talking Heads and Billy Joel with Mobb Deep, TI and Crime Mob to accentuate moods and take things in altogether new directions. A highlight here: DJ Crooked's Jay-Z "Hey Papi" vs. A-ha "Take On Me." Genre bending shit, listen to something different below...

The Rub "Check The Technique, Volume 2" (Mix)

Brian Coleman is a noted music journalist and historian, with four nonfiction books to his name: Buy Me, Boston: Local Ads & Flyers, 1960s - 1980s; Check the Technique Volume 2; Check the Technique; and Rakim Told Me, in addition to hundreds of freelance articles in publications including XXL, Scratch, The Source, Wax Poetics, URB, CMJ, and many more. To commemorate the upcoming release of his Check The Technique Volume 2 book - "25 classic albums from the '80s and '90s are lovingly and extensively profiled by acclaimed rap journalist Brian Coleman in this impressive volume, making it mandatory reading for all Hip-Hop junkies" - DJ Ayres and DJ Eleven of The Rub selected records from the new book for this dope mix of classic records. Listen to The Rub's throwback mix below...

The Rub "Hip-Hop History" (1994-1995, Mixes)

Cosmo Baker, DJ Ayres, and DJ Eleven of The Rub now present their history of hip-hop series on BrooklynRadio! After a tour of the 80s, the crew dug into the genre as it became a pop culture phenomenon in the 90s. Starting with the jazzy samples of the Native Tongues movement in the early part of the decade, with groups like A Tribe Called Quest and the Jungle Brothers, the series moves into the gangster pop of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry. Theres plenty of Biggie, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, club classics, forgotten singles, the start of the indie era with Rawkus, and flavors from different parts of the country as the genre expanded to the South... (Updated in 2019: some original links I'd posted were removed by their respective streaming sites, so I had to update and consolidate a bunch of posts, but with new info and links, you can still enjoy this timeless music, presented by The Rub. This is Hip-Hop History). Here's 1993, 1994 and 1995 below...