Dr. Dekay "This Time Around" (Mixtape, 1999)

DL Presenets this nice double-cassette mixtape from Dr. Dekay called This Time Around. The mix tape was released in 1999 and features a ton of independent, underground hip-hop gems from artists such as Jigmastas, Slum Village, Ed O.G., El Da Sensei, Network Reps, Basement Khemist, Black Star, Oldworldisorder, Frankenstein, I.G. Off & Hazardous, Neek The Exotic, Freddie Foxxx, Natural Resource, Pumpkinhead, Arsonists, Natural Elements, Choclair, Godfather Don, Royce Da 5'9, Ill Advised and a lot more. This is another one of those essential underground tapes, dig into it below...

Eddie Ill & Dr. Dekay "Beats for Insomniacs" (Mixtape, 1998)

Classic tape, DL Presents: Eddie Ill & Dr. Dekay 'Beats for Insomniacs.' Released in 1998, this classic indie mixtape features joints from artists such as Natural Elements, Royce Da 5'9 and Eminem as Bad Meets Evil, Black Star, Mr. Live, L-Swift, K-Bomb, L-Fudge, Organized Konfusion, Common, El Da Sensei, Pumpkinhead (R.I.P.), The Last Emperor and lots more from the same cloth of independent hip-hop. Update 2025: The original link I had included got taken down, so I found another link available through Soundcloud - I haven't listened but hopefully the quality is on par with the first if you're just stumbling on this page years later. Hit the tags for other mixes from Eddie Ill & Dr. Dekay, as well as so much more. Many would call this the Fat Beats Era... I'm not mad at that feeling.