Side A, 1999This mixtape might just as well have been called “Anthemness”, as famed house DJ Roy Davis Jr. smoothly rolls through a handful of 1999’s biggest house tracks, the first half of ’99 anyways; coming up under the tutelage of icons like Lil’ Louis & Farley Jackmaster Funk, Roy developed a leaning towards uplifting and soulful house tracks that are often heavy on the vocals---but don’t be fooled, as the switch around 13 minutes into this mix shows you, he can take things deep into the ghetto real fast, and I mean that as a compliment! This tape is filled with tunes which beg to be heard while surrounded by the concrete & glass skyscrapers of an urban metropolis, hard beats for big city streets, the kind of filtered disco madness that, sadly, isn’t heard much in house music anymore.
