January 12, 2017

Eddie Ill & Dr. Dekay "Beats for Insomniacs" (Mixtape, 1998)

DL Presents Eddie Ill & Dr. Bekay Beats For Insomniacs Cassette 1998
DL Presents Eddie Ill & Dr. Bekay Beats For Insomniacs Cassette 1998

Classic tape, DL Presents: Eddie Ill & Dr. Dekay 'Beats for Insomniacs.' Released in 1998, this classic indie mixtape features joints from artists such as Natural Elements, Royce Da 5'9 and Eminem as Bad Meets Evil, Black Star, Mr. Live, L-Swift, K-Bomb, L-Fudge, Organized Konfusion, Common, El Da Sensei, Pumpkinhead (R.I.P.), The Last Emperor and lots more from the same cloth of independent hip-hop. Update 2025: The original link I had included got taken down, so I found another link available through Soundcloud - I haven't listened but hopefully the quality is on par with the first if you're just stumbling on this page years later. Hit the tags for other mixes from Eddie Ill & Dr. Dekay, as well as so much more. Many would call this the Fat Beats Era... I'm not mad at that feeling.