In celebration of 2008 and the ‘New New’ 2009, The Rub’s own Ayers, Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven have selected 2 hours of their favorite songs of ’08, combining them in a nice dj mix that i think everyone will enjoy. From Qtip to Weezy, Santogold to our own J-Boogie this eclectic mix features remixes and reworks that you might never heard before. Click the banner to visit The Rub site and scroll down to the big 2008. Props to Eleven for sending this through!

01 JAZZANOVA – Of All The Things

02 CRYSTAL CASTLES – Crystal Castles

03 FLEET FOXES – Fleet Foxes

04 LOCO DICE – 7 Dunham Place

05 J-BOOGIE’S DUBTRONIC SCIENCE – Soul Vibrations

06 WOLFY vs. PROJECTIONS – The Astral Projections of Starlight

07 CRAZY P – Stop Space Return

08 MIKE MONDAY – Songs Without Words Part 1

09 THE MOLE – As High As The Sky

10 HOME & GARDEN – Domesticated

Greenskeepers’ “Top Jimmy” laced me w/ his top 10. Get with it, and be better.

1) Just Jack – Overtones(TVT Records)

2) The Presets – Apocalypso (Modular Recordings)

3) Empire of the Sun – Walking On a Dream – The Sleepy Jackson (PTY LTD)

4) Santogold – Santogold (Downtown Records)

5) PNAU - PNAU (PNAU/etcetc.)

6) Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours (Modular Recordings)

7) Miami Horror - Bravado (EMI Australia)

8) Morgan Geist - Double Night Time (Environ)

9) The Juan Maclean – Happy House (DFA)

10) Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me (Warner Music)

1) Nikka Costa – Pebble to a Pearl (Stax)

2) Noble Society – Take Charge (Lustre Kings)

3) J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Soul Vibrations (OM Records)

4) Portishead – Third (Mercury/Island)

5) Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple (Downtown Recordings/Atl)

6) Home and Garden – Domesticated (OM Records)

7) Norris Man – Know the Road (Lustre Kings)

8) Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)

9) Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair (DFA Records)

10) Estelle – Shine (Atlantic)

Keep up with Colette’s tour dates and new music by checking her myspace.

The man is busy, always something going on… but he took his time to show us his top favorites of ’08. Check it -

1) Black Spade – To Serve With Love

2) Johnson & Johnson – Johnson & Johnson

3) Roger Waters Live at Coachella

4) Tv on the Radio – Dear Science,

5) Kanye West – 808’s & Heartbreak

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6) Q-tip – Renaissance

7) Exile – Radio (Promo)

8) Raashan Ahmad – Peace Video

9) Skillz – 2008 Rap Up

10) Kid Cudi – Day N Night

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Thriller, Thelonious Onederful Esquire aka THE ONE just hit me with his new concept remix soundtrack album ‘Thrill Kill.’ Using elements and samples from Thriller, he devised a new soundtrack to go along with his favorite movie ‘The Killer’ directed by John Woo. Using samples from the legendary Thriller album, THE ONE gives us a new interpretation of the songs designed specially for scenes in ‘The Killer.’ Make sure to peep each song all the way through as the flips the beats in multiple styles and up to three times on some tracks. This is strictly for fun and promotional use only. Don’t be afraid, click the banner to download.

Happy New Year! I was digging through my itunes library yesterday and came across this little mixtape gem from Raashan Ahmad’s ‘Bootlegs, B-Sides and Rarities’. Live and Direct from Raa & Gift of Gab, they give an ode to the old school with a throwback freestyle session. Wordplay is the theme over the ‘Human Beat Box’ and the original ‘Stick Em’ beat laced with some nice Fat Boy Drums. Don’t be shy, click the banner to download.

Here it is everyone J-Boogie’s top ten picks of ’08.
Enjoy!

1. Q-Tip – Renaissance (Universal Motown)

2. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War (Motown)

3. Roots Manuva — Slime & Reason (Big Dada)

4. Clyde – Hyper Reality (Mantis Recordings)

5. Sabo & Zeb — Global Warm Beats (Irma)

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6. Fania Remixed – I Like it Like That – (Fania)

7. Ocote Soul Sounds – The Alchemist Manifesto (ESL Music)

8. Raashan Ahmad — Push (Om Records)

9. Dwele — Sketches of a Man (Koch)

10. Nikka Costa — Pebble to a Pearl (Stax)