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Only a select few tape DJ's from the 90's or any era can say that they truly had a huge impact on their own genre, let alone another. Maybe only one man can honestly and fully claim that he single handedly, through his interpretation of music and DJing, that he created and helped mold what is now modern day R&B. In the 90's a young man hailing from Harlem, NY now known to his loyal mixtape fans and patrons as Ron G AKA "the youngest in charge", burst into the collective minds and ears of mixtape fanatics and hip-hop culture fiends alike. He, in his magnanamous inginuity and creativity spawned the birth of a new Hip-Hop sub genre. The sound he created would later be loosely coined as "H&R Funk", and it can be described basically as putting R&B vocals over Hip-Hop beats (a blend). It was too perfect. Ron G at the tender age of 16 had figured out how to appeal to both the young and old, the gritty thugs that wanted to cool out and smoke an L, and the ladies who wanted to relax while playing something new and smooth. It was the perfect medium, and to me still is. Ron G quickly gained noteriety for his blend tapes and his new style was copied to no end. Eventually it would become the blueprint backdrop sound that would take many a 90's artist/group like Mariah Carey, Next, 112, Total, Blackstreet, etc., etc., to the top. Ron G is the architect behind it all people, and most kids never knew about him.....I don't know what's sadder the fact that he is virtually unknown for his fantastic work back in the day or that he's now a producer for guys like Omarion, R.Kelly and B2K. I'm glad he's getting his money, and he'll always be the man, but I wanna new blend tape from duke damnit! Mix 15 is pretty much everything I've described about Ron's style. In true classic form, Ron delivers "Mix 15"; a R&B blend tape which is perfect groove music, that really transcends any label. This is Hip-Hop people....and it's the beginnings of modern R&B. The duality is so ill. That's why he was blowing people's fucking minds in the 90's and every boom box for 15 blocks in every direction in NYC was blaring his tapes. Sit. Listen. Take notes. Peace!
-BIG D O
Side A
http://www.mediafire.com/?2nbxvjtnbme
Side B
http://www.mediafire.com/?03s0ywgny5x
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