Apr 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM

Take your time brother, family will always be more important than these mixtapes!

 

Apr 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM

BOO!!!!!! A REVIEW OUTTA NOWHERE!!!!


Jankland - A Night At The Section Eighty

Favorites: The Rhythm of the Night, Be My Lover, My Prerogative (this may be one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard), Plastic Love, Never Too Much, Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me

RIPPER ROO’S RATING: 10/10!!!!!!!!

This was an extremely easy review to make as I’ve heard most of these songs, and all of these songs are amazing and probably some of the best songs ever made. I mean seriously, My Prerogative is so f---ing good. I try to respect people’s opinions but if you don’t like this song there might be something wrong with you. This funky s--- takes over my soul and got me pulling off dance moves I ain’t ever seen or done before. s--- seriously got me moving like a r-----.



I tried to find things to nitpick so I could bring the score down but I just couldn’t do it. This tape is an undeniable 10/10. I don’t even have to think about it, it’s an instant classic. Lots of variety and a Kate Bush song that isn’t Running Up That Hill? Holyyyyyyyy! These city pop songs are f---ing legendary, I mean what a f---ing genre. I can’t get enough.

Seeing Luther Vandross on here is awesome as he’s really been on my mind lately ever since Kendrick Lamar’s Luther song. What a legendary artist and song on here. The cover and title of this mixtape is really fitting, this tape is some legendary s--- to dance to. It’s stuff like this that is really starting to make me think this era was the peak of music. Thank you for this mixtape this s--- was good af @AOTWClub

 

Apr 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM

@Ripper Roo - Ripper Raw

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God d---. What a bumpable f---ing mixtape. This is such an amazing collection of songs, the playlist does exactly what I hoped it would when I first saw the tracklist. It effortlessly distills the very essence of the golden age of hip hop into a mere 16 tracks. The final result is a very cohesive and smooth set of tracks that are nearly all hits and no misses.

My review today might be a tad shorter than usually because I’ve been f---ing swamped at work this past week, but I’ll do my best to list some of my favorite songs and what I enjoyed about them.

First of all the opening, Rakim track, is a song I haven’t heard in its entirety in a long while. Hearing it again was very nostalgic. Rakim’s flow gotta be one of my favorites ever. Also the scratching on this track does so much for me.

Far From Yours is an insanely great song too. Great flows, killer bars and an insane instrumental with a great chorus by Yvette Michele. I feel like O.C. definitely influenced a ton of jazzier rap from the 2010s and onward. Certain motifs and sounds on this track remind me of one of the Heart tracks by Kendrick lol (maybe it was sampled? Not sure rn.)

Smooth Operator was definitely one of my favorites on here. The minimalistic, yet heavy hitting beat proves itself a great base for Big Daddy Kane’s verses. I love his demeanor and the way he introduces the hook with his lines. The instrumental breakdown is fly as h--- too.

I never really listened to Jeru the Damaja, but Ya Playin’ Yaself goes so, so, SO hard! Great flow, classic beat, and sick oneliners. This one caused me to have a permanent stankface.

Loved A Friend by KRS-One, too. This is such a special song. This beat is one of my favorites I’ve heard in years. A lot is to be said about the flows too; great combination of catchy and hard-hitting spitting. Subject matter is very endemic for this era too. Replayed this one so many times. 10/10

I said it alread but lemme repeat myself real quick: What I’m Here 4 by g--- Starr absolutely f---s !!! Such an insane track. Guru is too good at this rapping s---, it is absurd how effortless his verses sound. I need to get into more g--- Starr cause this one blew me away.

Double Trouble is a classic tune from a classic album. Still hits as hard as it did when I first heard it. Prime Mos Def was a different f---ing beast, he kills it on this. I absolutely love The Roots!

Closing the tape out with such a powerful Biggie track was a great decision! Suicidal Thoughts and Ready To Die are tracks that, to me, showcase how much potential Biggie truly had. He’s a literal wizard when he’s just spitting his s--- but to me he truly shines on tracks such as these where the dark subject matter brings out a very different side of him. Absolutely legendary song.

The tracks I listed were my personal highlights, and after listening to the mix for 4 times, I found myself bumping these for atleast 5 more times each. There is a lot of iconic s--- on this tape and that is what made it so memorable to me.

Although there aren’t any real skips or misses on this mix, there were a few songs that did not grab me as much as the others did. I found tracks like Hey Young World, Get Down, and Hard Knox a bit harder to connect with. These are my only ‘complaints’ with this playlist.

Fantastic mixtape man! Loved being transported to this era of hip-hop. Even though the genre went a long way since those times, these songs still stand on their own as great hallmarks of rap. I have a lot of full albums and discographies to catch up on after listening to this tape, so I’ll thank @Ripper Roo for the mix and drop a

9/10

@AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau

 

Apr 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Thank you so much!!! This is great to hear as I really wanted to make something people play over and over

d--- this is a real compliment And the scary part is this isn’t even scratching the surface. This era of hip hop is an absolute treasure trove!

Oh h--- yeah, it’s very nostalgic. Plus, it immediately makes me think of New York. When music does that you know it’s great. Rakim even has another dope song on this same album that really evokes New York as well called “New York (Ya Out There)”. Rakim is a legend.

It’s nice to see someone really talk about this track, I feel like it wasn’t mentioned a ton. I love that I came across this song. I can definitely see what you mean when you say it influenced jazzier rap. I tried looking at Kendrick’s Heart series on Genius to see if this was sampled but it wasn’t in the sample credits. It definitely makes sense though and it would be dope to sample this.

Same! Great description of the track! Big Daddy Kane another legend

I know right? I can’t believe I never heard of this guy before. That’s what I mean about this era of hip hop. Good s--- can just come out of nowhere.

KRS One another legend and you’re absolutely right this song is elite

All absolute fax. Love g--- Starr, Mos Def, The Roots, Black Thought, etc. absolute legends

I honestly added this song only maybe a few days before the mixtape came out. It was on my mind the whole time making the mixtape but I didn’t know where to fit it, and I thought it might be too obvious of a pick. But like I’ve said before I’m a sucker for sad endings so I thought this would be the perfect track. I’m glad I made that decision though because it seems you and others really enjoyed it. It’s a shame Biggie was taken from us so soon.

Thanks a lot man. It sounds like I really achieved my mission with this one and this whole experience with this mixtape has been very validating. It’s beautiful that this is motivating you to check out more of these artists and albums.

 

Apr 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM

Huge respect for these in depth reactions to the reviews btw. Love to see continued discourse on the tape(s).

 

Apr 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM

Thank you bro, same here. I love the discussion, that’s what this is all about. Plus I think I’d feel weird if I didn’t respond to the review in some way, I even respond to the negative reviews

 

Apr 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM

I keep dropping tapes when I’m busy as f--- and can’t fully in depth reply to y’all but just know I appreciate y’all’s reviews big time