Download: New De La Soul side project - First Serve

Whenever I start getting sad about the state of hip-hop these days I pull out my old De La Soul records and remember why I got into hip-hop in the first place.  De La hasn't put out a release since 2006's The Grind Date but its members have been active collaborating with groups like Gorillaz and have had various side projects.  Recently 2 of its members, Posdnuos (aka. Jacob "Pop Life" Barrow) and Plug 1 & Plug 2 (aka. Deen Whittier) have formed a new project entiled, First Serve.

 They have plans to release a full album in April and in the meantime released a new downloadable mixtape called The Goon Time Mixtape via Soundcloud which you can grab below.  It's been a while since I've seen some House of Pain or Ini Kamoze make their way into a mixtape.

First Serve - The Goon Time Mixtape

Tracklisting:

1 - First Serve - We Made It Interlude
2 - First Serve vs Aloe Blacc – Pushin’ Aside, Pushin’ Along
3 - Notorious BIG vs De La Soul – Whatchu Want
4 - Krs-ONE vs 2&4 –
5 - Jay-Z – 99 Problems (Prodigy Remix)
6 - First Serve vs Run DMC – The Work/Walk This Way
7 - Run DMC vs Jason Navins – It’s Like That
8 - Theophilus London – Girls Money
9 - 2&4 vs Akil (of Jurassic 5), Busta – Must B The Music (Remix)
10 - First Serve vs Eminem – Move ‘Em In, Move ‘Em Out
11 - Lupe Fiasco feat. MDMA – Coming Up
12 - Cee-Lo – Bright Lights, Bigger City
13 - Grand Master Flash – The Message (2&4 Mash Up)
14 - Mystikal -Bouncin’ Back
15 - Jurassic 5 – The Influence (2&4 Mash Up)
16 - Redman vs Dj Quick – Get Dirty (2&4 Remix)
17 - IAM – La Saga (2&4 Mash Up)
18 - First Serve – Must B The Music
19 - The Beatles vs Joan Jett vs Cypress Hill vs House Of Pain vs RATM – Mash Up
20 - BB King – Boom Boom Boom (Remix)
21 - De La Soul – Say No Saturday
22 - Nas – Made You Look (Remix)
23 - Ini Kamoze vs Naughty By Nature – Here Comes The Hotstepper
24 - First Serve – Move ‘Em In, Move ‘Em Out (Demo Version)