Dope Beats!
LABEL: None
SERIES: Roadium Mixtapes
GROUPING: World Class Wreckin' Cru Related / 80's West Coast Electro & Hip Hop Mixes
RELEASE YEAR: 1988 (based on Dre's shout out in the middle of side 2 saying that he's making funky tapes for 1988 and wishing everyone a happy new year)
CATALOGUE NO: None
RUNOUT GROOVES: N/A
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: Cassette
COMMENTS: These mixtapes were sold by Steve Yano at the Roadium Swap Meet in L.A.
SIDE A MIX 1: DOPE BEATS! Intro Mix
MIXED BY: Dr. Dre
LENGTH: 04:44
GENRE: Hip Hop
COMMENTS: From 1985 onwards Dre created a short megamix at the start of his tapes that contained a few of the tracks on the main mixes along with many others. The tapes were worth buying for these megamixes alone in my opinion.
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
Dr. Dre Freestyle; Ice Cube Freestyle; Salt-N-Pepa - Chick On The Side (1987); Whodini - Life Is Like A Dance (1987); World Class Wreckin' Cru - Cabbage Patch (1987); Sweet Tee - It's Like That Y'all (1987); Davy D.M.X. - One For The Treble (Fresh) (1984); Schoolly-D - Housing The Joint (1987); Salt-N-Pepa - I Am Down (1987); Dana Dane - Dana Dane Is Coming To Town (1987); Dana Dane - This Be The Def Beat (1987); Roxanne Shante - Have A Nice Day (1987); Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President (1986); Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee - Romeo (1985); Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee - Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go) (1986); Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Do The James... (1987); Audio Two - Top Billin' (1987); Tone Loc - On Fire (1987)
SIDE A MIX 2: DOPE BEATS! Side 1
MIXED BY: Dr. Dre
LENGTH: 25:05
GENRE: Hip Hop
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise (1987); Sweet Tee - I Got Da Feelin' (1987); Schoolly-D - Housing The Joint (1987); Salt-N-Pepa - I Am Down (1987); Tone Loc - I Got It Goin' On (1987); Cookie Crew - Females (Get On Up) (1987); Whodini - Life Is Like A Dance (1987)
SIDE B MIX: DOPE BEATS! Side 2
MIXED BY: Dr. Dre
LENGTH: 29:41
GENRE: Hip Hop
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
Sir Jinx Freestyle; Audio Two - Top Billin' (1987); Cash Money & Marvelous - Ugly People Be Quiet (1987); Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Do The James... (1987); Jungle Brothers - Bragging And Boasting (1987); Cut King - Why It Gotta Happen To Me (1987); Just-Ice - Lyric Licking (1987); Just-Ice - Going Way Back (1987); Run-D.M.C. - Christmas In Hollis (1987)
