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When you’re stranded at your desk and you’re on the look for some beats to pump, you should take a trip to the Turntable Radio podcasts where you’ll find huge heavy beats and buckets of dope tunes. Visit them on Odeo for the mp3 downloads or their website. Photo of Birdy Nam Nam by Monsieur Haze.

Take it back to the source with this "Legendary Hip Hop Producer Marley Marl MIX":

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The MP3 download is also available. Photo by Ro Halfhide.

And if you need a bigger old school fix, check this ‘Rap All-stars’ video from the Arsenio Hall show.

Much of the work done on this site over the last week or so was done with this mixtape on loop (and it still is), so we thought it only right you cop a blast too. You might be weary of drug-pushing related rap after a barrage over the last few years, and be warned, that is pretty much the only topic here, but despite that, an old dog has been taught new tricks.

There’s no doubting that the Clipse and co. are on top of their lyric game, and here we get over 50 minutes of Pusha, Malice and their pals Ab-Liva and Sandman (collectively known as the Re-Up Gang, complete with neighbourhood nerd Pharrell) dropping hot and complex verses over some classic beats: The Corner, Daytona 500, Put You on the Game and (don’t be put off) some G-unit beats… which gain new life when these guys get hold of them, all produced by Clinton Sparks who refrains from shouting a lot and gets on with with a light touch of scratching/breakbeating.

Enough babble, here’s the music:

These mixtapes are available for free download on the Clinton Sparks website - most of the other tapes look very dodgy/boring, just head for the Clipse ones. (There’s Vol. 1 as well, which is OK, but not as good). You can also grab it from Odeo. Photo by Angry Citizen.