MIXTAPE MADNESS

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Young Jeezy, T.I., Bun B, Scareface, Slim Thug - Warriors Rap Figures III
Jay Z Verse (Queens Logic Harry Mix)
Lloyd Banks, Cam'Ron, Game, Fat Joe - Warriors Rap Figures IV
Young Jeezy, T.I., Young Buck, Lil Flip, Lil Wayne - Warriors Rap Figures I
Fat Joe, Big Pun, Freeway - Get Your Grind On
Styles P and Ghostface - Can't It Be So Simple
Nas w/ Papoose, Blitz - Across The Tracks
Nas - Nasdaq Season Begins `06
Kanye West with Papoose - Hey Mama (Dirty Harry production)
Krucial - Take The Hood Back (Kerry "Krucial" Brothers production)

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Cam'Ron - Oh Yes/ Mr. Postman
50 Cent and Kool G Rap - Hustler's Theme
T.I. - Ride With Me (Murder Mix)
50 Cent - Simple Ain't It (Dopeman Mix)
Nas and Killah Priest - The Saints
Cam'Ron - Do Your Thing (BDP Mix)
AZ - On My Home
Juelz Santana - Can You Count Suckers

Between the numerous Tony Starks articles at The Fader are The Warriors, which are not too far behind the several Dipset articles found off second-rate entertainment news wires, and it's OK. Although hipsters endorse the shit out of this film and anything associated with it, that's not the reason this 1979 cult classic is internationally approved.

The Warriors pioneered the "lost in the struggle" imagery that generates appeal to people of all demographics. And why wouldn't people eat up a story with 100 gangs and 10,000 hardcore members that want to Timberland the NYPD?

Dirty Harry embraces The Warriors nostalgia to package a mix CD with 100 per cent mad cow beef that deaf kids would bop to. Serious blends like Cam'Ron's "Do Your Thing" and BDP's "The Bridge Is Over" hold enough weight keep a gang of strippers happy. Take two Queens Bridge beats, HOVA's rhymes on "Go Crazy" then cut that up with Cam'Ron's "You Got To Love It" and the result is one audio headline for rap's pet beef that is titled "Jay-Z Verse."

Rappers de jour are featured on four tracks titled "Warriors Rap Figures" and these tracks are arranged according to The Warriors' trek back to Coney Island - yes, that is cool. Example, "Go Crazy" production with Lloyd Banks, M.O.P., Beanie Sigel, Sheek and Jadakiss rapping hard like the Gramercy Riffs on The Rogues.

Productions by Dirty Harry for Kanye West and Nas add two exclusives to The Warriors that cannot be found anywhere (yet). Fitting in like an adopted child is West's "Hey Mama" featuring Papoose (watch Pap and Kay Slay get ignorant) and Tre Williams. But, having this unreleased joint - pulled from College Dropout (sample clearance?) - is definitely worth having for status. Nas and Killah Priest lyrically command "The Saints" over a production that can be called boring, but will be dismissed by fans as classic Illmatic sounds. Although "The Saints" is produced by Dirty Harry and is an exclusive to The Warriors, the track can also be found on 730 Hip-Hop Disciples 15 that is hosted by Killah Priest. Another bonus on The Warriors is Krucial's "Take The Hood Back" and should be noted for that ultra-hard-gun-clapping arrangement.

It's been said that Stephon Marbury is the best thing to come out of Coney Island, but with a season average of 16.5 PPG in 2006, the Knicks' guard is being replaced by The Warriors - yes, yes we can dig it!