Thee Traffic Jams Series II
LABEL: None
SERIES: Roadium Mixtapes
GROUPING: World Class Wreckin' Cru Related / 80's West Coast Electro & Hip Hop Mixes
RELEASE YEAR: 1984 (based on the tracks in the mix)
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: THEE TRAFFIC JAMS SERIES II Part 1
MIXED BY: Dr. Dre & D.J. Yella (as The World Class Wreckin' Cru D.J.'s)
LENGTH: 15:04
GENRE: Funk/Soul/Electro/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:
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1984); Prince & The Revolution - Erotic City (1984); Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music (1983); Aleem featuring Leroy Burgess - Release Yourself (1984); Captain Rapp - Bad Times (I Can't Stand It) (1983); Klymaxx - The Men All Pause (1984); World Class Wreckin' Cru - Surgery (1984); Hashim - We're Rocking The Planet (1984); Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (1983)
SIDE A MIX 2: THEE TRAFFIC JAMS SERIES II Part 2
MIXED BY: Dr. Dre & D.J. Yella (as The World Class Wreckin' Cru D.J.'s)
LENGTH: 15:02
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:
Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire (1984); Grandmixer D. St. - Megamix II: Why Is It Fresh? (1984); Spyder-D - Smerphies Dance (1982); Kurtis Blow - A.J. Scratch (1984); Whodini - Big Mouth (1984); Dimples D. - Sucker D.J.'s (I Will Survive) (1983); Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - Request Line (1984); Whodini - Five Minutes Of Funk (1984); Malcolm McLaren & The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals (1982); Run-D.M.C. - It's Like That (1983); Run-D.M.C. - Jam-Master Jay (1983); Run-D.M.C. - Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) (1983); Davy D.M.X. - One For The Treble (Fresh) (1984); Run-D.M.C. - 30 Days (1984); Run-D.M.C. - Wake Up (1984); Run-D.M.C. - Hard Times (1983)
SIDE B MIX 1: THEE TRAFFIC JAMS SERIES II Part 3
MIXED BY: Dr. Dre & D.J. Yella (as The World Class Wreckin' Cru D.J.'s)
LENGTH: 15:04
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:
Kurtis Blow - Basketball (1984); Run-D.M.C. - Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) (1983); Malcolm McLaren & The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals (1982); Fat Boys - Fat Boys (1984); Kurtis Blow - A.J. Scratch (1984); Malcolm McLaren - Hobo (Scratch) (1983); Fat Boys - Jail House Rap (1984)
SIDE B MIX 2: THEE TRAFFIC JAMS SERIES II Part 4
MIXED BY: Dr. Dre & D.J. Yella (as The World Class Wreckin' Cru D.J.'s)
LENGTH: 15:09
GENRE: Hip Hop/Funk/Soul/Electro
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:
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters - Big Butt (1984); U.T.F.O. - Roxanne, Roxanne (1984); Ice-T - Killers (1984); Run-D.M.C. - Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) (1983); Roger - So Ruff, So Tuff (1981); Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep (1979); Willesden Dodgers – Jive Rhythm Trax 122 B.P.M. (1982); World Class Wreckin' Cru - Surgery (1984); Chris 'The Glove' Taylor & David Storrs with rap by Ice-T - Reckless (1984)
