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Merasil Academy Scholarship Fundraiser Day 1 | All Vinyl Set

Did a quick vinyl set during my lunch break for the Merasil Academy Scholarship Fundraiser. Thank you Jo-ill and DJ Bitesize for having me on the Day 1 lineup. Much love to y’all for providing this kind of program for the youth and their families!  Some Friday vibes here starting off with some New Jack…

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Chat Room Get Down: Ep. 8 | Raid Among Friends Vol. 1

Short set for this segment to support our guy, JBenitez’s first DJ stream. Went all over the place here. House, Funk, Disco, Juke, and Trap hi-hat sounding vibes. Shoutout to all the DJs were were a part of the Raid Among Friends line-up here. Really dope sets all around. Thanks to everyone who tuned in,…

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Janet Jackson Tribute – (MV Set | MVMST5k: Ep. 8.1)

An all Janet Jackson music video tribute for Music Video Mix Show Theater 5000. No mic during this segment, and featured the videos at a bigger view. 

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Music Video Mix Show Theater 5000: Ep. 8 | Int’l Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day! Special feature for tonight’s stream with my favorite female R&B artists. From Floetry to Lauryn Hill, to En Vogue, TLC, and Jade. Always gotta play that Jay Dee & Lady C, “Womankind”. No music video for it, but it’s such a fire track. Also decided to headline a music video tribute…

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Crate Samplers: 03.05.21 | Cookie Scratchin’ w/The Happy Hour Fridays Crew

Did another guest slot for the Happy Hour Fridays Crew. Mostly feel good 90’s/2000’s R&B here. Thanks to DJs Rhybeats, Crowd Control, and Detect for having me last week. Thanks to everyone who tuned in, joined for a drink, redeemed some channel rewards, etc. I had a great time, had a few technical difficulties, awkward…

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Chat Room Get Down: Ep. 7 | Origin of the Cookie Reward

After a busy weekend, I felt like playing some slower tempo vibes. Soulful Hip-Hop, Neo Soul, R&B, and a few tracks I wasn’t able to fit in for the Rare Disease Day Fundraiser set. Also finally set up some random Channel Point Rewards for my channel and it turned out pretty interesting lol. When DJ…

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Rare Disease Day Bay Area Fundraiser | 30 min Raid Bullet Train

Decided to use The Chat Room Get Down as the overlay for my set during the Rare Disease Day Bay Area Fundraiser over the weekend. The 30 minute raid bullet train set felt short but I’m glad we were able to get good donations during this window! Thanks to everyone who supported the event and…

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Music Video Mix Show Theater 5000: Ep. 7 | Dancers in Music Videos Feature

Having dancers in a music video can make all the difference. Even for songs that are just “okay”.. if it has a great video, for some reason we tend to like the song a little bit more. This set featured a few Mariah Carey, Herb Alpert, and Michael Jackson videos with freestyle dancers from Elite…

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Chat Room Get Down: Ep. 6 | Uptempo Mellow Vibes

House-y mellow vibes for this one. More on the jazzy, deep side. Some new tracks by Dan Kye along with some older favorites by Nuyorican Soul, Reel People. Had to include some broken-beat goodies from the queen, Lady Alma, as well as Mark de Clive-Lowe and Kaidi Tatham.  Had to start a little later in…

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R&B, Hip-Hop, Open Format – (MV Set | MVMST5k: Ep. 6)

Recorded from my live stream but this is just the section where I’m not using the mic, tailored for background music video visuals. Warming up with some Daft Punk during the request window. A little tribute to Prince Markie Dee (RIP) to start with a dash of some 90’s Hip-Hop and New Jack Swing. Can…

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Music Video Mix Show Theater 5000: Ep. 6 | Open Format

Open Format for this week’s episode. Warming up with some Daft Punk during the request window. A little tribute to Prince Markie Dee (RIP) to start with a dash of some 90’s Hip-Hop and New Jack Swing. Can never go wrong with R&B ranging from Janet Jackson to Brian McKnight. Funky beats by  Korean artists,…

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Ghost Kicks: Samurai’s Face Melts on Mountain

Random pop-up stream with an overlay idea I’ve had on hold for awhile. Hip-Hop Instrumentals, Beats, some Modern Funk and Neo-Soul mainly for background music with visuals. Something I’d imagine would happen to a Samurai hallucinating from some poisonous darts lol. Just sitting on a mountain seeing random sh*t. Shoutout to my dude, Shyguy for…

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Chat Room Get Down: Ep. 5 | Roller Skate Jams

Roller Skate Jams ranging from Boogie, Funk, Disco, James Brown staples, and a few previews of some new 45s I just picked up recently.  As always, a big thanks to everyone who took the time to tune in, hung out in the chat, stopped by and said hi, hosted, cheered those bits, etc etc. I…

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Everything R&B – (MV Set | MVMST5k: Ep. 5)

All R&B night from this one, along with some requests from the chat. 90’s to 2000’s and a few current tracks from the past couple of years. Thanks to everyone who tuned in to vibe out. From some past college friends, dance fam, and DJs homies from the Bay, Vancouver and TO, I appreciate y’all! …

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Music Video Mix Show Theater 5000 – Ep. 5 | Everything R&B

All R&B night from this one, along with some requests from the chat. 90’s to 2000’s and a few current tracks from the past couple of years. Thanks to everyone who tuned in to vibe out. From my past college friends, dance fam, and homies/DJs from the Bay, Vancouver and TO, I appreciate y’all! Posted…

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J‑Dilla Tribute – (CRGD: Ep. 4 | audio recording)

Happy Valentine’s Day! So… I wanted to use last week’s stream to record a J‑Dilla mix just for my own dance sessions at home or listening to after. Stayed off the mic during the mix and just vibed out with everyone in the chat via keyboard style lol. Didn’t have a playlist set for this…

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Chat Room Get Down: Ep. 4 | J-Dilla Edition

All J-Dilla set of tracks I keep in rotation for my own dance practices. I wanted to record an audio version of this for dancing or listening later so I kept my mic off during the stream until the end. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and vibed out with me in the chat. I…

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Chat Room Get Down: Ep. 3 | New Jack Swing, 90’s R&B, +Jay Dee

90s R&B, New Jack Swing, sprinkled with more Dilla related vibes. Also added some new chat command features that trigger some dance GIFs on the screen. HUGE thanks to Original Videorat for his tutorial on how to do this to make a stream more interactive like his! Make sure you give him a follow at…

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Music Video Mix Show Theater 5000: Ep. 4 | Dilla & Family Tribute

Dilla’s birthday this week, so for this stream, I selected a few music videos from his work, Slum Village, collab work, related artists, The Ummah and Soulquarians, etc. Thanks everyone who hung out and even got a Hype Train going. Big thanks to Snorlocks aka Vic Tamoan who helped mod also! 

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Chat Room Get Down: Ep. 2 | Rainy Day & Funky Sounds

Because of the Bay Area weather this week, I decided to play some rainy day tracks from Eddie Kendricks, Blue & Exile, and Kerri Chandler. As well as other jazzy/funky cypher friendly jams. Good chats with the homies. Finally got my stream encoding settings optimized. No dropped frames and everything seemed to run smooth. Got…

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