Yesterday I told you about the new Seattle Stussy store. Today I share a special downloadable treat from Stussy x Jake One called Town Biz.
You wont find any new or unreleased tracks here. No, no. no. Rather, this mixtape takes us back on a journey to Seattle’s early hip hop scene.
I am not going to pretend like I know all of the artists on this tape. I would be ultra fronting if I tried to explain who  Walt Nut is or how he was relevant to the 206 scene. But thats not the point I am trying to make, and that is not why this is an important collection of music.
This mixtape is a beatuful bridge between the artists of “back then” and todays talent who have roots to the Seattle’s C.D. and the South end. Artists such as GMK, Dyme Def, Macklemore, and D-Black. The track list even develops as such starting in 1990 and moving into the present. If nothing else it shows fans my age and younger what Seattle was and what it has become.
For any one who claims to follow and support local hip hop, this mixtape is a classic history lesson. I appreciate Jake One’s work in digging up songs of of old cassette tapes and digitizing them. Some of the tracks aren’t even stereo. A few days back on twitter I caught Vitamin D write @ Jake One
@JakeUno i’m so mad at u for trackin your mixtape in mono! u know i would’ve put a mix on that fatal track! smh.
I have been listening to this mixtape a lot lately and I know that you will enjoy it too. Whether you are from Seattle or not you will find this mixtape to be important in documenting and sharing Seattle Hip Hop.
For more background one the mixtape check out this Seattle Times Interview with Jake One About the new Mixtape.