Help Making A Mixtape

[Ras Kass' Toothpick]

Every two years I make a serious mixtape.  I make three volumes (90 minutes each).  I've begun the grulling task of listing, selecting and sorting out the songs.  I prefer it have different songs then the previous installment but I'm willing to keep on about ten of them.  


Here is my 2002 tracklisting to give you an idea:

Volume One - Side A   
I Ain't No Joke - Eric B. & Rakim
Nas Is Like - Nas
Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest
Who Got Da Props? - Black Moon
Phone Tap - The Firm
Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' - Wu-Tang Clan
Hell On Earth - Mobb Deep
Teenage Love - Slick Rick
Year 2000 - Xzibit
My Mind Playin' Tricks On Me - Geto Boys
Charlie - The Last Emperor

Volume One - Side B
Boom - Royce Da 5'9"
Raw (Remix) - Big Daddy Kane
Mass Appeal - Gang Starr
93 'Till Infinity - Souls Of Mischief
Nuthin' But A "G" Thang - Dr. Dre
One Step - Killah Priest
Dead Wrong - Notorious B.I.G.
Incarcerated Scarfaces - Chef Reakwon
Oral Sex - Ras Kass
Jasmine - Black Rob



Volume Two - Side A
It Ain't Hard To Tell - Nas
The Dream Shatterer - Big Punisher
Ms. Jackson - Outkast
Road To The Riches - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
The M.G.M. - Wu-Tang Clan
Second Round K.O.    - Canibus
The Bitch In Yoo - Common Sense
The Takeover - Jay-Z
Ether - Nas
Dollars & Sense - DJ Quik
Hit' Em Up - 2Pac

Volume Two - Side B
Keep It Thoro - Prodigy
Straight Outta Compton - NWA
I'll Buss 'Em U Punish 'Em - Canibus & Rakim
You Gots Too Chill   - EPMD
Oooh - De La Soul
Tha Game - Pete Rock
Unbelievable - Notorious B.I.G.
Black Ice - Goodie Mob
I Seen A Man Die - Scarface
Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z
Publicity - Gza/Genius
The Grand Finale - The D.O.C.



Volume Three - Side A
Stillmatic (The Intro) - Nas
Girls, Girls, Girls - Jay-Z
Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz - Biz Markie
Ain't No Half Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane
On, Onsite - Kurupt
If I Get Locked Up - Eminem & Dr.Dre
They Reminise Over You (T.R.O.Y.) - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Music - Erick Sermon
The Watcher - Dr. Dre
Secret Wars - The Last Emperor
Quiet Storm - Mobb Deep

Volume Three - Side B
Nature Of The Threat - Ras Kass
The Truth - Beanie Sigal
The World Is Yours    - Nas
Stan - Eminem
Deep Cover - Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg
Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest
Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep
Eric B. Is President - Eric B. & Rakim




Now I've put together I list of songs (see the next post).  I wanna keep a good variety of artists and content.  I'm looking for songs that I might have missed, advice on songs selection (for example, for Royce Da 5'9", "My Life" or "King Of Kings" or which track from Enta Da Stage).  And even track order (which would be a good song to finish, to start, etc.)  Pretty much any input.

[Ras Kass' Toothpick]

Artist   Song

Eric B. & Rakim   Eric B. Is President
Eric B. & Rakim   Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix)
Eric B. & Rakim   I Ain't No Joke
Eric B. & Rakim   Microphone Fiend
Rakim   The Mystery
Rakim   Waiting For The World To End
Big Daddy Kane   Raw (Remix)
Big Daddy Kane   Ain't No Half Steppin'
Big Daddy Kane   Young Gifted & Black
Big Daddy Kane   The Man: The Icon
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo   Road To The Riches
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo   Streets Of New York
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo   Ill Street Blues
Biz Markie   Vapors
Biz Markie   Make The Music With You Mouth Biz
Marley Marl   The Symphony
Slick Rick   Children's Story
Slick Rick   Mona Lisa
Slick Rick   Hey Young World
Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew   La-Di-Da-Di
Boogie Down Productions   South Bronx
Boogie Down Productions   My Philosophy
KRS-One   MCs Act Like They Don't Know
Ultramagnetic MC's    Travelling At The Speed Of Thought (Remix)
Ultramegnetic MCs   Ego Trippin' (MC's Ultra Remix)
Ultramegnetic MCs   Ease Back
A Tribe Called Quest   Check The Rhime
A Tribe Called Quest   Award Tour
A Tribe Called Quest   Electric Relaxation
A Tribe Called Quest   Scenario
De La Soul   Me, Myself & I
De La Soul   Stakes Is High
Prince Paul   A Prince Among Theives
Main Source   Live At The BBQ
Brand Nubian   One For All
Brand Nubian   Slow Down
The Last Emperor   One Life
The Last Emperor   Secret Wars I
The Last Emperor   Do You Remember?
The Last Emperor   Meditation
The Last Emperor   Single Mother
RJD2   June
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth   The Good Life
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth   They Reminese Over You
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth   Back On The Block
Pete Rock      Tha Game
Gang Starr   Mass Appeal
Gang Starr   You Know My Steeze
Jeru The Damaja   Come Clean
EPMD   You Gots To Chill
EPMD   It's My Thing
EPMD   Headbanger
EPMD   So What Cha Sayin'
Erick Sermon   Music
Redman   Pick In Up
Busta Rhymes    Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
Canibus   Second Round K.O.
Onyx   Last Dayz
Sticky Fingaz   Money Talks
The Beatnuts   Off The Books
Big Pun   The Dream Shatterer
Terror Squad   Whatcha Gonna Do?
Immortal Technique   Dance With The Devil
Immortal Technique   You Never Know
Non Phixion    Black Helicopters
Black Rob   Jasmine
Notorious B.I.G.   Who Shot Ya?
Notorious B.I.G.   Dead Wrong
Jay-Z   D'Evils
Jay-Z   Dead Presidents
Jay-Z   Heart Of The City
Wu-Tang Clan   C.R.E.A.M.
Wu-Tang Clan   Can It Be All So Simple
Wu-Tang Clan   Triumph
Wu-Tang Clan   Can't Go To Sleep
Audio Two   Top Billin'
Ol' Dirty Bastard   Brooklyn Zoo
Gza/Genius   Cold World
Gza/Genius   Publicity
Gza/Genius   Breaker, Breaker
Gza/Genius   Auto Bio
Chef Raekwon   Wu Gambinos
Ghostface Killah   Wise
Ghostface Killah   Ail That I Got Is You
Killah Priest    One Step
Nas   Memory Lane
Nas   Undying Love
Nas   Dance  
Nas   You're A Man
Nas   I Gave You Power
Nas   Doo Rags
Mobb Deep   Give Up The Goods
Mobb Deep   Shook Ones Pt. II
Mobb Deep   Quiet Storm
Mobb Deep   Hell On Earth
Capone-N-Noreaga   T.O.N.Y.
Lost Boyz   Renee
Black Moon   How Many MCs?
Smif N Wessun   Sound Bwoy Bureill
Brother Ali   Picket Fence
Common   The Bitch In Yoo
Royce Da 5'9"   My Life
Royce Da 5'9"   King Of Kings
Eminem   Stan
Eminem   Till I Collaspe
Eminem   The Sauce
Eminem   I Remember
Eminem   Nail In The Coffin
Eminem   Lose Yourself
Obie Trice   Don't Come Down
The D.O.C.   It's Funky Enough
NWA   Gangsta, Gangsta
Dr. Dre   Nuthin But A "G" Thang
Dr. Dre   Lil' Ghetto Boy
Dr. Dre   The Message
Snoop Doggy Dogg   Gin And Juice
Snoop Dogg   Just Dippin'
Tha Dogg Pound    New York, New York
Tha Dogg Pound    What Would You Do?
Tha Dogg Pound    Respect
Daz Dillinger   It Might Sound Crazy
Warren G   Regulate
Xzibit   Paparazzi
Xzibit   The Foundation
Ras Kass   Nature Of The Threat
Ras Kass   The Evil That Men Do
Ras Kass   Van Gogh
Ras Kass   Interview With A Vampire
Ras Kass   Remain Anonymous
Souls Of Mischief   93 Till Infinity
DJ Quik   Dollars & Sense
2Pac   Hail Mary
2Pac   Keep Ya Head Up
Geto Boys   My Mind's Playin' Tricks On Me
Scarface   Hand Of The Dead Body
Scarface   My Block
Devin The Dude   Doobie Ashtray
Outkast    Elavators
Outkast    The Whole World
Outkast    A Day In The Life Of Benjamin Andre
Little Brother    The Listening
Goodie Mob   Cell Therapy
DJ Muggs   When The Fat Lady Sings

[We Fly High]

those are some weird mixtapes. u got some selections that dont really fit with each other. i dont see how xzibit year 2000 would fit on mixtape one side A. i mean you have some sick songs, but you need to re-arrange them better.

[Noon Bank$]

Ive made like 5489564 mixtapes in my life....It makes no sense to me anymore. My friends at school would buy them-- thats it. I made like $30 out of all the mixtapes I sold.

[Trauma-san]

Man, you're fuckin' weird, why approach making a mixtape like it's a fucking mathematical equation?  "Every Two Years, I decide by cross-referencing the sales along with a listenability number I assign by first rating the song on first listen, then rating the song approx. 2 weeks later on my Bose sound system in my car.  If the rating of the original listen is higher than the rating of the Bose Test, I decide to place said song into category C.  Category C has slight preference over Categories A, B, E-G, with each being weighted in alpha-numeric order, starting with Z, to make it fair"

[Ras Kass' Toothpick]

Man, you're fuckin' weird, why approach making a mixtape like it's a fucking mathematical equation?  "Every Two Years, I decide by cross-referencing the sales along with a listenability number I assign by first rating the song on first listen, then rating the song approx. 2 weeks later on my Bose sound system in my car.  If the rating of the original listen is higher than the rating of the Bose Test, I decide to place said song into category C.  Category C has slight preference over Categories A, B, E-G, with each being weighted in alpha-numeric order, starting with Z, to make it fair"

Are you retarded or something?
It's called variety.  Maybe I don't want 15 mixtapes with all the same shit on it.