| Snapshot | Show Title/ Description | Date Posted | Downloads |  | Welfare Radio Vol. 35
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: A few weeks back on February 10th Welfare Radio, like many others, paid homage to J. Dilla with a set in honor of the late great. I know, I'm such a conformist, but who could really resist? Anyway, what I thought was more important was celebrating the fact that Ma Dukes and fam got some control over Dilla's estate, name, and hopefully publishing rights and all that. My whig literally split last year when I read that article in Vibe exposing the typical industry and judico-politricks by the former executors of the estate. Hopefully this will give Jdilla.org some push. So bump this show, light it up, and show some love. I'm sure this show is probably all the same stuff from all the Dilla shows I had done before, but this time it's all wax. Anyway, on a complete side note, Nate Robinson on the Celtics anybody? I just want someone who can block Shaq. | 2/24/2010 | 544 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 34
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: I will tell you what, there is nothing that I love more than vinyl (don't tell my wife or dogs). It's weird, when I first got Serato back in 2005 my vinyl addiction came to a halt. Well, I really stopped buying new stuff (indie or mersh) and came out w/ the attitude that as the music waned in quality I didn't really want to have it on wax cluttering up my crib (I mean, who needs 50 Cent and Ja Rule records or the sub-par underground ish lining your studio?). I still believe this. I still think that most of the music that comes out these days is only worth the space it takes up on a hard drive (remember, I said "most"). Nobody will give a f*ck about 99.99% of it in ten years (maybe 10 months???). While I'm bummed that not too much hip hop is made on vinyl 12-inch singles, if at all, I'm not going to lament it or cry about vinyl being dead. In fact, vinyl is alive as all hell in the secondhand market...you can thank the Kiwis at Serato and the people at Rane for this instead of pointing fingers...
Seriously, one of the most important things about music is circulation; when people hoard or covet musical objects, it tends to maybe only benefit them for selfish reasons. Go to your local record shops (if they are still open), eBay, or the next record fair and you'll see that all those dope "golden era" 12-inches are out there for sale and at a reasonable price. In the digital age, those old jawns simply aren't as scarce anymore; DJs have trimmed the fat from their collections, sold them entirely, or quit the game, disheveled by all the sucker "microwave" DJs out there (you can also thank Serato for that). So, you may ask, "Stamp, why the diatribe?" Simple, I copped a good grip of this week's show at a busy local Eugene record show (or a second copy of joints I could only buy one of waaay back). Man, record collectors, ya'll got to spend less money and time on wax and more on hygene...I trenched through fart clouds produced by aging metal heads, the armpits of the douches looking for import Rolling Stones records, and the nasty dragon fire breath of the white-kid soul nerds who live on coffee, cigarettes, and the dream that they'll find The Invaders LP, to pick up some of these records. To be honest, I spend way more dough now on wax now than I did in vinyl's "heyday"...maybe you should too (Rane and Serato will get my thank you letter soon). | 2/5/2010 | 495 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 33
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: Man, with so much effed up in the world right now it's sad that my descriptions of these shows are usually about sports, the sh*tty radio station setup (this is actually that new exclusive topical ish) and the douchebagery displayed in sections of American culture - not anything related to the music itself. This week I figured out that I'd tie it in a bit. First off, it was nice to see the Celtics beat the Magic on Xmas but the next week was sad; this show features the "2009 Rap Up" by Skillz, which I think is one of his most on-point in a minute; then, well, word up to 2K10; and yes, I watched the MTV countdown show in moderate disgust on my DVR (ahaha) after my NYE gig at like 4AM; and man, there is no way I can front on one of the greatest pieces of cultural anthropology in decades: MTV's "Jersey Shore" and the most skilled turntablist I've seen since DJ Craze in DJ Pauly D!!! No wonder UNICO wants it off the air; hip-hop DJs and turntablists should demand the same for different reasons.
For real, this is what DJing has come to? Is the audience that dumbed down that this dude is getting burn, paid, and pie (of the hair version), while some of the dopest DJs out there play for a few drink tickets or have had to quit the game altogether? Man, it was just 10 years ago on MTV that I watched DJ JS-1, Slynke, and Skribble kill it for the 15 minutes before the ball dropped in 2000, live as all hell. Now, Lindsey Lohan and everybody w/ some sort of cultural brand is DJing somewhere or even faking mixing to a pre-fab iPod mix half-naked. I'm perplexed. Welcome to 2K10 suckas...where do you think DJing and music will be in ten more??? | 1/8/2010 | 710 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 32
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: Hmm, Celtics are winners of 11 straight; Sox just made two good signs in the offseason; and the Pats are seemingly lost; but tis the season for sure!!! Aside from that, it's holiday time, which means time to buy stuff (hopefully from UGHH.com). Be like me, shop on the Web; or, get really faded and go to the mall on Saturday afternoon to peep consumption junction for yourself on some bug out ish; or, listen to this version of Welfare radio (maybe some sort of hybrid). But yeah, don't know what was going on in the radio station and the levels on this, but such is life (our decks are hard wired a bit oddly so each channel doesn't respond right when you go through the mixer). Honestly, who cares about all that clean sound perfectt type ish. Anyway, hope ya'll have a stressless holiday. I need doubles of most these joints, so hit me up if you got wax for sale. | 12/18/2009 | 504 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 31
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: Have you been missing Welfare Radio? Is your life not complete without it? Do you hate it? Do you not give a f*ck? I've sort of been feeling all of these, but I've finally gotten it together enough to bring you a new installment of the show with the hopes of being more regular with it. The new plan is for me to record my "real" weekly radio show (also called Welfare Radio) that I do out here in Eugene, Oregon, give it a little edit love to it, and then put it in your ear piece with some regularity. My "real" radio show is straight up analog: I use all vinyl all the time and do so on some busted college station setup. So, the new version of WR will come complete with all the skips, the make-shift blends and juggles, and sometimes way-off levels - truly a section 8 masterpiece. I cut out all of my diatribes and the William Nelson pro-ganja PSAs, but leave in all the other mistakes, so it's less of a polished "Serato" mix. Ahahaha. | 12/2/2009 | 705 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 30
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: First off, Kanye, man, if you were making dope music you could have pulled off that little song and dance the other night at the VMAs. For real though, dude ain't nothing but a fish stick eating gay fish!!! Second and more important, as a little kid in 1984 I was introduced to b-boyin' through a news report on "Wild Style." Soon thereafter, I got to see the film and then one of the neighbors taught me how to toprock. After this, I was subsumed with the dance, and, of course, hip hop music. So, this show goes out to the b-boys and b-girls out there!!! Mad love to all the dancers out there who respect this form of dance at its core and aren't just about acrobatic power moves. Most of these joints are latin soul and breaks - tracks I never got to get down to when I was a kiddo (for lack of knowledge, resources, etc.) - but I also threw in some MJ, Af Bam, Stevie and The Gap Band for fun. If you break, you can just put this edition of Welfare Radio on and let it fly; if not, just enjoy the drums! | 9/17/2009 | 862 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 29
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: Michael Jackson was a huge influence on me growing up, but maybe in a different way than most. When I was five years old I saw MJ grabbing his junk on television as part of his choreography. A couple tugs on the old nilly to a spin move was the sickest dance move I had ever seen and I new I needed it in my repertoire. I worked tirelessly to grab my fruit basket with precision. But I was no dancer. No, MJ's patented move became my rebuttal to authority: "Stamp, clean your room"; "Stamp, go to the office"; "Stamp, go apologize" were all answered with a series of razor sharp nut grabs and me spinning and then running away. It was perfect! So perfect, that even last year when I got married and we did a dance number to "P.Y.T." I strong-armed myself in front of 250 people.
Okay, so I thought it'd be dope to do an MJ tribute show like every other sucker out there; but, instead, I'd rock the hip hop joints that sample MJ and the Jackson 5. Motivation slipped, and now your left with this luxurious edition of Welfare Radio. In all reality MJ did a lot of dope shit and you have to respect that, even if the media and his pops really tweaked him out. Plus, he made grabbing your sack to a legitimate dance move. | 6/28/2009 | 1205 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 28
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: There comes a point in your sports fandom when you know that you've reached an all-time low, which, of course, follows crying into your Paul Pierce jersey and trying to punch a hole in the wall only to selectively hit a 2x4 stud. This pit is when your team has been eliminated from the playoffs and all you can do is root AGAINST teams. Although the media and the NBA want a Bron/Kobe Finals, I'd rather eat a fresh batch of turd than have to watch my two least favorite teams battle it out and then one of them get a banner. I've hated the Lakers since Magic's sky hook, and Kobe just adds fuel to the fire. While Cavs fans actually love their star (Lakers fans, c'mon you know you dislike bitch ass Kobe) and they've always sucked so much balls that I could really give an eff about em, I still could never get behind them bringing home a title to the place they call a city. All my fan bitterness aside, go Nuggets and Magic! I mean seriously, I can't believe I even uttered those words, but I cannot not watch the playoffs, so I'm stuck. Man, I wouldn't even be diatribing like this if KG stayed healthy and we'd be hanging banner 18! Anyway, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay late edition of Welfare Radio here. Occasionally I do a mix featuring new heatrocks; this is one of those shows. | 5/26/2009 | 1150 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 27
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: I'm currently on my 9th college spring break and I ain't doing sh*t but surfing the web and watching ball. This is not The Grind and there is no DJ Skribble or Eric Nies, and especially no bikinis in rainy ass Oregon. The only thing I got in common with most students' break is the binging component. Anyway, the NBA playoffs are upon us and KG is back baby. The C's are gonna beat on people in the playoffs while Cavs will be exposed…mark my words. This edition of "Welfare Radio" is as random as its description, but features some of the joints I've been bumpin' lately (can you tell that I'm musically stuck somewhere?). Enjoy this edition and Buckwild remixes that I had to pepper in. | 3/24/2009 | 1756 |
 | Halftime Radio Show - 11th Anniversary Pt. 1
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Part 1 Of 2. | 3/4/2009 | 1610 |
| Halftime Radio Show - 11th Anniversary Pt. 2
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Part 2 Of 2. | 3/4/2009 | 787 |
| Live From HeadQCourterz Pt. 1
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Part 1 Of 2. | 2/27/2009 | 690 |
| Live From HeadQCourterz Pt. 2
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Part 2 Of 2. | 2/27/2009 | 490 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 26
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: The last two years around February 10th, I've done J. Dilla tribute shows to celebrate the late great. However, is that shit played out? Has Dilla just become this commodity for everybody to make some skrilla off of? Is every 16-year-old "head" out there who now sweats Dilla, claiming to be a fan since his 1st Down days (which is just nonsense), really just adding to this commodification? Is a Dilla tribute show totally cliche in 2K9?
I don't know the answers. But, instead of doing a Dilla show I decided to just pepper in some of his beats and set this edition of Welfare Radio off with "Nothing Like This." This edition includes some of my old favs from Lord Finesse and Ice Cube, plus new bangers from Rae and Ghost, Prodigy, The Beatnuts, and Royce. Download this and bump it in your ear buds!!! | 2/8/2009 | 2027 |
 | Underground Classics Vol. 3
DJ's: DJ Tommee
Description: It's been a while since Volume 2 and it's due time I got back to the grind with another show. This one's a little bit shorter, but includes more tracks that are again significant (in my opinion) to the path that has become underground hip-hop today. Everything from Big L's dope verse on "Enemy", to Paradigm's grad school infused style, M.F. DOOM's re-emergence, Siah and Yesh, Ugly Duckling's first joint, Planet Asia - it goes on. Have you noticed also that Godfather Don is on each volume so far? If you don't know, you better ask somebody… I also got a few inquiries asking about digital media and Serato, etc. I use Serato for most of my live shows, but each underground classics show is all vinyl. | 2/6/2009 | 3558 |
| Halftime Radio Show - Best of 2008 - Freestyles!
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Here's some of the best verses from artists that came up to the show throughout 2008. A nice collection of the hungry up and coming emcees trying to leave a mark in this game as well as the veterans that still show us why they've lasted this long. | 1/21/2009 | 1097 |
| Halftime Radio Show - Best of 2008 - Songs!
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Well it was supposed to be the Top 30 joints we played last year, but there was a debate on when two of the songs were "released" so we decided to leave them off. Either way this list is some of our favorites from 08 played in no particular order. | 1/21/2009 | 1372 |
| Welfare Radio Vol. 25
DJ's: DJ Food Stamp
Description: Oh my god damn, it's Xmas time! Your sonic gift: A "Best Of" Fondle 'Em Records. What do I want from Santa: the Lakers to get effed in the A by the "Big Five"!!! Okay, so if you're not familiar with the Fondle 'Em imprint, here's your chance to, as Clinton Sparks says, "Get Familiar." Baller, sneaker guru, and hip-hop visionary Robert "Bobbito" Garcia killed the game back in the mid-90s when he started this label. Not only did he bring us DOOM (he also practically saved Mr. Dumile), but Bobbito sniffed out some of the illest global talent to release on this "vinyl only" (sans Operation: Doomsday and The Cenobites) label.
By no means is this mix a conclusive "best of" Fondle 'Em; however, some of my favs are as follows. Camu Tao (R.I.P.) drops it ridiculously on "Camu" and of course I had to bless you with one of my favorite 12" releases of all time by Mr. Live. Yeshua Da PoED, GRIMM, Juggaknots and J-Treds also come with the fiyah; but, for real, this label reminds me of what hip-hop used to sound like and maybe someday artists will revisit this successful formula (please). Seriously though, Bobbito's morning shit does more for hip hop than most of us will in a lifetime. | 12/28/2008 | 1546 |
 | Gator$ -N -Fur$: A Monthly Mixshow (December Gator: Dead Broke)
DJ's: J-Zone
Description: J-Zone & Chief Chinchilla took 2 months off from the Gator$-n-Fur$ Mixshow to promote their Live @ The Liqua Sto album and while the record was fun and fresh, their current situation isn't. Like anything else, money (or lack thereof) has created a rift between these two knucleheads. The economy is screwing just about everybody at the moment and Zone and Chief are just 2 of millions of...screwcipients. In December 2008 they're Dead Broke! But will their financial woes and ensuing beef permanently destroy 21 years of friendship and 18 months of musical partnership? Is this the end of Gator$-n-Fur$? Highly possible. Can they reach an understanding? Let's hope so.
If they don't reconcile and this is the last show, they both want it to be known they greatly appreciate your support over the last 18 months. If they do reconcile, hopefully we'll see them back in the studio together soon. Survive the hard times or suffer with them with the Dead Broke! mixshow. Billionaire or broke, enjoy the mixshow. | 12/6/2008 | 1486 |
| Rap Is Outta Control Pt. 1
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Part 1 of 2. | 10/19/2008 | 1998 |
| Rap Is Outta Control Pt. 2
DJ's: DJ Eclipse
Description: Part 2 of 2. | 10/19/2008 | 1140 |
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