The crew called Diggin’ in the Crates, usually shortened up to just D.I.T.C., have been holding it down for years. DJ Nice Rec has compiled their best songs and mixed them into a nice hour long set accompanied by our banter which is some of the silliest yet!

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An hour and some change dedicated to Tupac Amaru Shakur. Nice Rec gives the man his just due on this one. Come quick see…

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That’s an old school pic right there…

What’s good everyone?

We took a week off after the best of 2008 episode so that we could give ourselves some rest after putting out 3 episodes in two weeks, and also to give Nice Rec more time to complete our next episode: Crew of the Hour – Def Squad. We’ll be recording Saturday, and plan to release the episode on Tuesday or Wednesday, as usual.

We’re also going to check out Notorious tomorrow. I initially had very low expectations for this film, but it’s actually getting pretty good reviews. Roger Ebert even gave it 3 out of 4 stars!

In the meantime, check out this interview with DMX from jail. Shout out to Miss Info.

First off, I hope you are enjoying Anything But Rap #1. Ross Reilly really threw me off guard when he sent me the sets, I was expecting something in the vein of what Rob Hart did last year (more indie punk-ish), but this is better than I could have imagined! Me and my arrow…

I have always prided the J. Pitts Show in being able to keep things diverse, and Anything But Rap #2 is no different. Ross will probably get angry for saying this, but the episode felt very “hippie-ish.” I think I could play this for my Father and he would nod his head in the same way that I nod my head anytime I hear new Blu or Royce!

With that said, our next real episode will be No Limit Records. Yes folks, we are going from Madlib to Master P in one fell swoop. Remember what I said about being diverse? We are even going to release an exhaustive gallery of cover art for you to marvel at (Big Bear is just ridiculous).

However, before the No Limit episode we are going to continue our tradition of releasing our Bonus Tur-Funk-En episode. On Thanksgiving you’ll be able to logon to this site and download approximately 30 minutes of DJ Nice Rec spun funk and soul. For those that don’t like our talking, you’ll can skip right past the first few minutes and get right to the music.

As for the rest of the year, we have a few things cooked up. Of course, we have our end of the year Casey Kasem style countdown, but we are also hoping to have a live podcast from a bar sometime next month. You will get to see just how Nice Rec gets down for live crowds. Also, be on the lookout for out next regular episode, which will contain a Binkis Records set, celebrating the music of frontman Jax who died recently. If you’ve never heard of Binkis, just listen, we’ll do them justice, we have been fans for years.

Oh yeah, episode 75 is the Def Squad. Any Redman fans out there?

I love Halloween, it’s my favorite holiday. This year was rather mild compared to the past couple of years. First and foremost, I was the only one of my friends who dressed up in a costume. I straightened my hair a la Katt Williams (big shout out to Lydia for the help!), put on some platform shoes, and went out as some combination of a disco/pimp daddy. If you didn’t know me, you probably wouldn’t think I had dressed up at all, but the effort was there. See the pic above for how my straight hair looked.

Next year, I’m pretty sure I’m going to be Link, but I say this every year and forget. This time I am publicly posting my intentions so that I will remember.

- Episode 067 was recorded this past weekend. It will be out on Tuesday or Wednesday. We run down the events at Scribble Jam, and play some jams. I got especially rowdy with it this time, I am sure you guys will love it!

- Episode 068 may be a regular episode, or it may be our second installment of our Anything But Rap series. Big shout out to Ross, our guest DJ for the episode.

- I just spent the evening writing posts for the week, so stay tuned to the blog, I should have new stuff daily. Maybe even multiple posts.

Chea!