Has it become just cooler to post something for likes that’s forgotten about after the next 10 posts? Has it made things easier for the #instadigger (c) Butta Bros to just look at a post and then go to Discogs to buy the record without any research? Things have become less about discovery and more about turning textbook pages to your favorite collectors and scrolling down to hear what they have and buying accordingly. Over the years, the digging mixtape series has all but become non existent here in the states yet when traveling to other countries like Asia and some European, I’m often given tapes / cds by diggers who still carry on tradition of what was once the norm. The question then arose in various conversations over the years, with so many people collecting records and showing their “raers” on Instagram, why is there a lack of either online or physical mixtapes in circulation today. With this network and community of record collectors also came about creativity in the form of mixtapes, many of which were made by American diggers with the exception of the King of Diggin’, DJ Muro, these tapes where coveted pieces in the never ending quest. A whole host of names like Keb Darge, Dante Carfagna, Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, DJ Muro, The Conmen, Kon & Amir amongst a few who kept heads open and digging deeper along with online sites like Soulstrut and publications like Big Daddy Magazine.

Many of those mixes sparked listeners to dig deep in not only finding what was heard on those mixes but also to discover new things that had not yet been put on the radar. Over the last few years I’ve been heavily revisiting some of my favorite digger mixtapes as well as live recordings from some of the best funk & soul 45 slingers with deep crates.

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