funny to think around the turn of the millennium, we used to always refer to conscious hip hop as "abstract hip hop" or even backpacker music.. And the more low-fi jazzy stuff seems to have been clowned around as if it's elevator music.. haha, i still get accused of listening to elevator music but it’s all good- one day they might understand it’s actually elevation music.. never needed 130 bpms to get me going.. This mix (unknowingly at the time) was a pre-curser to the JazzyHipHopSoulVibes series blending in some other sounds outside of hiphop, adding depth and diversity to the spiritually soulful vibes with jazzhop as the foundation.. i'm infatuated with the 90's early 2000's hip hop jazz samples that it may be apparent that you don't hear a lot of new music on this channel.. but besides the fact that the values and truthful sentiments echoed from decades past still resonates profoundly relevant today, the style of rapping was also different and more humble.. today i hear too many artists overly hyped, posturing, acting like a know it all with some slick word play, etc.. it's not like i hate all that stuff, but the bottom line is this "cool factor" is prevalent in so many aspects of music, it disgusts me when there's little to nothing cool about ignorance and being under mind control- no matter what degree of it there is.. Lack of real knowledge while acting like you know something cuz society taught and programmed you think and behave certain ways is not cool and it's off base to reality and Natural Law. just some thoughts from a conscientious consciousness who cares ∞∞∞∞TRACKLIST∞∞∞∞ Meditation Intro - EVS Aim High - Panacea Montego Slay - People Under The Stairs Open 'Em Up - Azeem Happiness - Dead Prez Hope - Fat Freddy's Drop Lifesize Puzzle - Eligh ft. Scarub Celestial - Elusive ft. Josh Koslow on Trumpet No Stess - Murs (3MG) Reseda - Gwizski If You Knew My Mind - Colossus ft. Simeon Space and Time - Guitar Red Six Nine - Skylab Wisest Man