Shouts my homegirl Mahsa for putting me on to this. UNDRCRWN presents DJ Jazzy Jeff “He’s The King, I’m the DJ”. This is pretty self explanatory, a legend paying tribute to a legend.
I like that they flipped they flipped his classic album cover as well.
Click to Download and for Tracklisitng
-Arrogant Roy
Shout out to my longtime homie DJ SURREAL SOUND and the whole REAL GOOD fam. As he brings you the first installment of his new mixtape series “SURREALISM”. If you were at the “Raise It Up” fundraiser this past weekend you probably got a copy or seen this CD floating around the room that night.
SURREALISM the Soul Edition includes tracks from SWV, Maxwell, John Legend, Blue & Exile, Foreign Exchange and many others. This mix is nothing but feel-good vibes, I suggest you do not sleep on this.
Click here to Download and for tracklisting
-Arrogant Roy
Alright so basically I heard Freddie Mcgregor ” I Was Born a Winner” while I was driving, and caught a vibe. Usually I let it pass and forget about it later, this time i acted on it (which i should do more often) and came up with this.
ROYALE SESSIONS #2: RANDOM LOVERS ROCK
SO SEXY – OLIVIA (GG A BORN WINNER REFIX)
FREDDIE MCGREGOR – I WAS BORN A WINNER
UMBRELLA – RIHANNA (GG SELFISH GIRL REFIX)
SELFISH GIRL – RIHANNA
MY TIME – BARRINGTON LEVY
I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH – WAYNE WADE
FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST – KASHIEF LINDO
NO AIR – JORDIN SPARKS FEAT CHRIS BROWN (GG LOVE BUMP REFIX)
COME OVER – ESTELLE
NO OTHER LOVE – JOHN LEGEND
SO GONE – MONICA (GG LOVE NO OTHER REFIX)
SHOW IF OFF – BERES HAMMOND
CAN’T STOP A MAN – BERES HAMMOND
WONDERWALL – OASIS (GG STILL IN LOVE REFIX)
I’M STILL IN LOVE – SEAN PAUL FEAT. SASHA
NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN – SEAN PAUL
NO ORDINARY LOVE – ALAINE
ALL BECAUSE OF YOU – MARQUES HOUSTON (GG SEASONS REFIX)
SHOW ME THE WAY – KIM DAVIS
EASY – KELLY MAKEDA
BROWN SUGAR – D’ANGELO (GG ROCKSTEADY REFIX)
WALK AWAY FROM LOVE – BITTY MCLEAN
If you have not yet, make sure you subscribe to the Grand Groove podcast and get the mixes sent directly to your iTunes.
ENJOY!
- Arrogant Roy
We had the privilege to catch up with Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg while he was in town for Rock the Bells. We touched on subjects such as HOT 97, Meeting Maxwell, Jim Jones, Juan Epstein and … Big Jacks’ passport!? A very funny and dope interview, don’t sleep y’all.
-Arrogant Roy
The launch of Mixtape Mondays continues with a new mix from the taller half of the Grand Groove DJs…
Grand Groove/Toronto’s own DJ Big Jacks meets up with The Rub/NYC’s own DJ Eleven for a like minded mix of late 70’s/early 80’s funk, disco, and boogie. Plus tons of original samples sprinkled throughout! Enjoy!
DJ Eleven & Big Jacks – GREAT MINDS
grab it from the GG podcast http://grandgroovedjs.com/podcast
or direct link here (right click “save as”): Great Minds.
*** BIG JACKS ***
The Bar Kays – You’ve Made A Change In My Life
Goldie Alexander – Spend My Life With You
One Way – Shine On Me
Larry Graham – Sooner Or Later (Big Jacks’ edit)
Dayton – The Sound Of Music (European mix)
Kleeer – Tonight
The Funkacise Gang – Funkacise
Ritchie Family – All Night All Right
Kashif – Lover Turn Me On
Dayton – Out Tonight (Frankie Rodriquez’ Nightly Club Mix)
Unlimited Touch – Searching To Find The One
Final Edition – I Can Do It (Anyway You Want)
Vernon Burch – Get Up
Carrie Lucas – Dance With You
Gaz – Sing Sing (Big Jacks’ Edit)
*** DJ ELEVEN ***
Carmen – Time To Move
The Sylvers – Reach Out
Dcup – To Be In Love
Aretha Franklin – Jump To It
Lenny Wiliams – You Got Me Running
Carl Bean – I Was Born This Way (Instrumental)
Chic – Soup For One
Chaka Khan – Fate
Chic – Chic Cheer
Nick Straker Band – A Little Bit Of Jazz
Northend featuring Michelle Wallace – Happy Days
Geraldine Hunt – Can’t Fake The Feeling
Orange Krush – Action
Teena Marie – I Need Your Loving
***
Shouts to Bozack on the artwork!!!
–Big Jacks
Welcome to Mixtape Mondays, we set it off with a New York Mixtape Pioneer, G-BO THE PRO.
In this three part in-depth interview G-BO gives us a little background lesson of his contribution to the mixtapes and how he feels about our tribute to his classic mixtape.
For more info on G-Bo the Pro, hit him up
www.twitter.com/gbothepro
www.myspace.com/gbothepro
-Arrogant Roy
As DJ’s the mixtape plays a vital role in our lives. At first the mixtape is a source to hear the newest music, also to hear the creativity of other DJ’s and eventually influence how we develop our sound as a DJ. As we find our sound, the mixtape now becomes a media for us to showcase our creativity and as a promotional tool as well.
What makes the mixtape so special, is that it is a genuine product that comes straight from the artist (dj) to the listener. No commercials, no video, no image, just the music. The best A&R on the best record label will NEVER reach the listener like the mixtape does.
The purpose of “Mixtape Mondays” is to showcase the mixtape culture, both past and present. You find everything from Classic Mixtapes, New Mixtapes, interviews with other DJ’s and those who contributed to the mixtape culture.
Now sit back and stay tuned as we at Grand Groove drop some gems on you, and no need to get your tape decks ready, we already got that covered 
-Arrogant Roy
**P.S we are also accepting your classic mixtapes, if you have that favorite mixtape you haven’t listened to in years and need it digitized.
Contact: deejayroyale@gmail.com
One of my favourite house records of 2009 finally has a video, and it’s sho nuff funky! I’m really excited to hear the rest of this Duck Sauce project when it’s released at the end of the month. From what I know the project consists of Armand Van Helden and A-Trak making disco influenced house music (think late 90’s-early 2000 filtered house/french touch sound ie. Daft Punk, Stardust, Modjo) using Van Helden’s record collection. Personally I feel this soulful sound has been missing in a lot of the electronic music of today, so if this lead single (b/w “you’re nasty) is any indication of what’s in store then i’m all for it!
The full length Duck Sauce EP drops Oct 26th but look out for “Anyway” on an upcoming Big Jacks electronic mix as well as the original funk sample for the song on the forthcoming DJ Eleven+Big Jacks mix collabo!
–Big Jacks
*Shouts to Committee Marco for the ill design*
