DJ Nu-Mark - Hands On

Last week I brought ya'll one of the illest, "best of" Buckwild mixes out there....this week, in that same spirit I bring you the much overlooked "Hands On", DJ Nu-Mark's lone mix CD (we need another one Mark!) that is an interesting and eclectic mix, well suited for anything, especially ambient background music at a dope hole in the wall typa lounge or just grade A stereo fodder for getting together with ya peoples.

From Beatnut's instrumentals and Electric String Orchestra's to mellow Latin grooves and a nice helping of indie undergrounder's, the man that rose to stardom DJing and producing for the incomparable Jurassic 5 blessed us with this smooth mix about 5 years back. There's something here for any and every kind of hipster music head; vinyl hounds, instrumental fiends, recovering mid 90's back pack rap fans....you will all find yourself reaching for this mix when push comes to shove. It's a bit top heavy with foreign emcee's, but to their credit, every one of them brings their "A" game. Music from guys that call central Europe and Australia home isn't the model for a successful mix, but Nu makes it work....somehow......

Finding a way to make it all mesh is what powers "Hands On". I mean where else are you gonna find a mixtape that features 70's Psych-Funk alonside MF Doom? It all should be enough to draw in the staunchest of critics....

To cap everything off, Nu-Mark and J-Live bless us with the then (2004) new joint "Brand Nu Live" that along with 3 other joints he produced on here, almost makes you wish that Nu would've just scrapped the whole mix idea and just got a bunch of his emcee friends like J-Live together and had them spit over his beats.....Nu, along with DJ Premier, Kev Brown, DJ G.I. Joe and a few others is now on my official "must do a compilation style album" Petition list.....

-BIG D O










01 - Intro
02 - Eddy Senay - Down Home
03 - Tony Luisi - Rubber Bumpers
04 - Paz - Laying Eggs
05 - Rex Brown Company & Wersi Electric String Orchestra - Hot Track
06 - Organized Konfusion - Fudge Funk
07 - Jeru The Damaja - Intro (Life)
08 - Jeru The Damaja - Perverted Monks In The House (Skit)
09 - Group Home - Intro
10 - Beatnuts - Skit
11 - Blendcrafters - Melody
12 - DJ Nu-Mark feat. Chali 2na - Coming Through
13 - Vitamin D - No Good
14 - Prophetix - True Urban Grit (T.U.G.)
15 - M.F. DOOM aka Viktor Vaughn - Saliva
16 - Shurik'n - Samurai
17 - Schlechta Umgang - Crew Song
18 - DJ Nu-Mark feat. Key Kool of Visionaries - Hands On
19 - Brad Strut feat. Bias B & Lazy Grey - A Good Thing
20 - All Time High - 68 And I Owe You One
21 - Beathoven - Raw Chille
22 - Ray Cooper & Barry Morgan - Impulsion
23 - DJ Nu-Mark feat. J-Live - Brnd Nu Live

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