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The Four Elements select with their 4th round pick, in the Compilation category:

DJ Spinbad - 80's Megamix (Rock The Casbah)



Tracklisting:

A1 Hall & Oates* - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
A2 Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
A3 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
A4 M (2) - Pop Muzik
A5 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
A6 Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
A7 O.M.D.* - If You Leave
A8 Human League, The - Don't You Want Me
A9 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
A10 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
A11 Go-Go's - Vacation
A12 Toni Basil - Mickey
A13 Clash, The - Rock The Casbah
A14 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
A15 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Vocals [Featuring] - Michael Jackson
A16 Sheila E. - Glamorous Life
A17 Prince And The Revolution - Erotic City
A18 Human League, The - Human
A19 Men At Work - Down Under
A20 Al Jarreau - Moonlighting Theme
B1 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
B2 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
B3 David Bowie - Let's Dance
B4 Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
B5 Madonna - Physical Attraction
B6 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
B7 Madness - Our House
B8 Mary Jane Girls - In My House
B9 David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo
B10 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
B11 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
B12 Nena - 99 Luftballons
B13 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
B14 Devo - Whip It
B15 Michael Sembello - Maniac
B16 Hall & Oates* - Maneater
B17 Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
B18 Romantics, The - Talking In Your Sleep
B19 Cars, The - You Might Think
B20 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
B21 Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
B22 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
B23 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
B24 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
B25 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Hip Hop Rmx)
B26 DJ Spinbad - Spinbad's Cry For Unity

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This is the mix CD (along with 80's Megamix Pt. 2, which is equally as awesome) that I bring on every road trip, and make sure I burn a copy for anybody I think might enjoy it or grew up listening to 80's music. It's hard to describe- on the surface many of you will look at the tracklisting and laugh. I did too when I first got my hands on it. I not only would never listen to any of these songs if I had the choice, I downright despise some of them.

But this mix (a mixtape at first, when released in the mid 90's) is something special. At the time, nobody had really done anything like this before- create a hip hop style mixtape out of non hip hop music. For those unfamiliar with what that means, what you'll hear on Rock The Casbah is beatmatching/blending (seamlessly mixing one song into the next), beatjuggling/doubling (using two copies of the same record to allow the DJ to restart part of a track, or manipulate the music into something entirely different), and plenty of scratching (most know about this skill, but Spinbad scratches plenty of pop culture samples/references/movie soundbytes over the songs in addition to his almost perfect skills as a scratch DJ).

The result is something beautiful, and still somewhat unique to this day. Even though the music is, at times, so cheesy you would normally be embarrassed to play it, I can't help but roll all four windows down and blast this album for all to hear whenever it's in my deck. It is now widely acknowledged that Rock The Casbah is "the most bootlegged mixtape in history," with only 200 original copies pressed up and dropped off at Fatbeats in NYC. It truly was ahead of its time, and still sounds fresh to this day. Probably always will.

From Spinbad's website:

The infamous Rock The Casbah '80s mixtape that started the resurrection of '80s pop music worldwide. This has been called the "most bootlegged mixtape of all time" and basically started the whole "mash up" craze. It features commercials, TV and movie snippets and tons of your favorite '80s tunes flipped, mixed and juggled turntablist style. Whether you're a die hard '80s baby or a hardcore hip hop/DJ head you NEED this in your collection. 34 tracks! What the hell are you waiting for?