The Wackness Drops Their Purple Tape.

The Purple Tape. Any Hip-Hop head knows the reference immediately. When Raekwon dropped Only Built For Cuban Linx and it came out on a purple cassette, kids were blown away. Not to mention the music was next level.

Well, the upcoming movie, The Wackness, is trying to recapture that nostalgia. The movie—which follows a weed-dealing teenager in the summer of 1994 in NYC—features a soundtrack filled with classic ’90s New York rap shit that will get you in that summertime mood. It's only fitting that they gave out a special (purple) mixtape at the screenings with 35 classic joints that didn’t make the soundtrack. With acts like Biggie, The Wu, Tribe and Nas, it’s an ill collector’s item for the rap junkie who has everything. But don't worry, if you weren't able to cop the actual tape...we got the digital version for your iPods.

DOWNLOAD: The Wackness Mixtape: Part 1 | Part 2


THE A SIDE
1. The Notorious B.I.G. “Party And Bullshit”
2. Boogie Down Productions “Duck Down”
3. Brand Nubian “Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down”
4. GZA & Method Man “Shadowboxin’”
5. Gangstarr “Take It Personal”
6. Diamond D “Fuck What U Heard”
7. Intro “Love Thang”
8. Mobb Deep “Give Up The Goods”
9. Redman “Can’t Wait”
10. Faith Evans “You Used Love Me (Remix)
11. UMCs “One To Grow On”
12. Eric B. & Rakim “Know The Ledge”
13. Ultramagnetic MCs “Raise It Up”
14. Keith Murray “The Most Beautifulest Thing In This World”
15. Mary J. Blige & Smif-N-Wessun “I Love You (Remix)”
16. Group Home “Suspended In Time (Remix)”

THE B SIDE
1. Onyx “Throw Your Gunz In The Air”
2. Black Moon “I Gotcha Open (Remix)”
3. Ol Dirty Bastard “Brooklyn Zoo (Remix)”
4. EPMD “Headbanger”
5. Das EFX “They Want EFX (Remix”
6. Nas “Represent”
7. Total & Keith Murray “Can’t You See (Remix)”
8. Main Source “Fakin’ The Funk”
9. Fu Schnickens “La Schmoove”
10. Nice & Smooth “Old To The New”
11. Wu-Tang Clan “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin’ To F’ Wit”
12. Chef Raekwon “Glaciers Of Ice”
13. A Tribe Called Quest “Electric Relaxation”
14. Method Man “Bring The Pain (Remix)”
15. Pete Rock & CL Smooth “Good Life”
16. Jeru The Damaja “D. Original”
17. Lords Of The Underground “Chief Rocka (Remix)”
18. Jodecei & Raekwon and Ghostface Killah “Freekin’ U (Remix)”
19. Run DMC, Pete Rock & CL Smooth “Down With The King”


BTW. Go see The Wackness. Trust Me. It hits select theaters tomorrow.

Go See The Wackness.

Trust me. This is a dope movie. I saw a screening last night, and I was loving it from the opening scene that was set to Nas' "The World Is Yours."

For those of you who don't know, the movie is set in the summer of 1994 in New York. The story focuses around recent high school grad, Luke Sharpiro, a teenager who sells weed, hates his life, and loves A Tribe Called Quest. It's a coming of age story about a kid who is trying to find his way amongst the madness, and becomes friends with his psychologist, asn starts crushing on his step-daughter. Oh yeah, he trades weed to his drug-addicted shrink in return for sessions. The soundtrack is off the hook, all classic songs from 1994 including Wu-Tang, Tribe, Biggie, and Nas.

It's funny, it's fresh, and it's feel-good. Go see it when it hits theaters July 3.

The Wackness

"It's called Ready To Die"..

Check this new clip from the upcoming movie The Wackness. The flick takes place NYC during the summer of the year 1994. It's about a high school kid (Josh Peck) who trying to find himself and in the process sells weed, and trades dime bags for therapy with his hippy shrink, (Ben Kingsley) and then falls for his shrink's daughter. Method Man plays a Rastafari drug dealer, and the movie is laid over a soundscape of classic olden Age Hip Hop from 1994...how could you go wrong?

I'm actually looking forward to this joint. The Wackness hits limited theaters July 3rd.


Here's the trailer for those of you who don't know.