The Mix Tape, Vol. 1: 60 Minutes of Funk

1	Everyday & Everynight / Yvette Michele 3:31
2	Get Up / Masters at Work 1:07
3	Freestyle 2:45
4	Zulu War Chant / Time Zone 1:34
5	Loud Hangover / Akinyele 4:12
6	20 Minute Workout / DJ Kool 0:22
7	Award Tour / A Tribe Called Quest 1:30
8	Freestyle / Erick Sermon 2:07
9	Shook Ones, Pt. 2 /Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit / Mobb Deep Acappella 1:42
10	Incarcerated Scarfaces / Raekwon 2:28
11	Freestyle / The Fugees 1:57
12	20 Minute Workout / DJ Kool 0:27
13	I-Ight (Alright) / Doug E. Fresh 1:15
14	Freestyle / Fat Joe 2:07
15	Let's Be Specific / Raekwon 2:52
16	Hey Girlfriend Promo 0:12
17	900 Number / DJ Mark the 45 King 1:01
18	All for One / Brand Nubian 1:46
19	Party Groove / Show & A.G. 1:40
20	Freestyle / Busta Rhymes 2:18
21	Give up the Goods (Just Step) / Mobb Deep 3:32
22	Puff Daddy Promo 0:35
23	Freestyle 1:09
24	Freestyle / Q-Tip 1:36
25	20 Minute Workout / DJ Kool 0:15
26	Puerto Rico / Frankie Cutlass 1:24
27	Freestyle 2:11
28	Peter Piper / Run-D.M.C. 1:47
29	Eric B. Is President / Eric B. & Rakim 2:37
30	Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz / Biz Markie 0:41
31	Nobody Beats the Biz / Biz Markie 3:30
32	I Got It Made / Special Ed 1:37
33	Rock the Bells / LL Cool J 2:44
34	Droppin' Science / Marley Marl 2:13
35	Freestyle / Kaotic Style 2:31
36	KRS One Speech 4:12
37	Flex Outro 0:56

Barnes & Noble

The mix tape and the deejay are such um, fundamental, parts of hip-hop that it's a wonder no label thought of doing this sort of project before 1995. Funkmaster Flex is one of hip-hop's leading deejays, his radio show on New York's WQHT is a hip-hop house party on the air. This hour-long disc captures the flavor. There are freestyle segments from The Fugees, Q-Tip, Fat Joe & Big Pun, Erick Sermon, Busta Rhymes, Redman, Method Man, and Keith Murray. The musical highlights include jazzy R&B from Yvette Michelle, A Tribe Called Quest's classic Award Tour, Eric B and Rakim's Eric B is President, and Akinyele and Sadat X's "Loud Hangover." In contrast to the hit-filler-hit formula of many hip-hop CDs, flex provides an hour long highlight reel that doesn't lag. Martin Johnson

All Music Guide

Funkmaster Flex's The Mix Tape, Vol. 1 recalls hip-hop's past while pointing toward its future. Featuring a wide array of hip-hop styles graced by amazing freestyle raps by some of the '90s top MCs, the album sounds like a mixtape compiled from the radio and 7" singles -- there's simply nothing but first-rate music, with no filler whatsoever. Although there are elements of old-school rap as well as modern funk, the daring production and stunning rhymes make The Mix Tape a rarity of mid-'90s hip-hop -- it's a record that sounds like none of its competition. It announces itself as an instant classic. Stephen Thomas Erlewine