Niggas saying Escobar Season is back. He's been on his dean with the last batch of leaks, and this one is no exception. Heatrock from the moment it drops. Nas said that Heavy D dropped this track off to Salaam Remi for him to rip. Fucks with this. Lyrics and other, um, info via MissInfo.
When I heard that Heavy D had passed away last week, it had me trippin' on elementary school memories. Heav was one of the true stars within the Hip-Hop game, if you look at how his music crossed over, as well as his different acting opportunities. He's got a grip of classics in the chamber, and I was literally going through Heavy Hitz like "damn, Heavy had it". Crazy how the act of not remembering your past can make you forget things like that. In any case, I figured a tribute mix would be needed, outside of Mister Cee and DJ Premier and the other selectors out there. I know Heavy came through when the New Jack Swing phase of Hip-Hop and R&B was in full effect, and my UK bredren DJ Cable is big on that '90s flavor, so I asked him to sort out a tribute mix for RTD. This one came about pretty quickly, track-wise, and the final mix landed in my inbox overnight. 52 minutes of funk, spanning a number of Heavy's tracks, as well as features that he's done for both Michael and Janet Jackson, among other bits. Spread the word on this one, forreal. And once again, Rest In Power, Heavy D. And a big shout to Squincy Jones for knocking out the artwork for us.
Looks like I haven't had to post a DJ Premier tribute mix since the Guru 1 Year Anniversary throwdown on Hot 97 this past April. I wasn't even thinking about him doing a tribute mix to Heavy D, and this one just popped up via DJ Premier Blog (full tracklist is over on Mixcloud). About 44 minutes of that funk. The rockthedub-presented DJ Cable tribute to Heavy D should be dropping this week (tomorrow?) as well, so keep an eye peeled for that one.
Just logged onto Facebook and saw this piece that Kasso posted; he was a featured artist at a Graffiti battle and knocked this one out in five hours.
Some more Heavy D tributes have hit my inbox since Santi Junior refixed Heav. Hit the jump for video tributes and remixes.
Good to see the homey Santi Junior sorting out the tribute THUGSTEP for the fallen homey Heavy D. He picked a good'un as well, as the reggae vibes fit well over this HEAVYWEIGHT Tunnidge riddim. Pretty sure this was one of Heav's last singles, and showed a bit of a different vibe with the full-fledged Dancehall jawn. Reminds me of Yellowman, actually. Let that boy sing. #RIPHeavyD.
I'm fucked up off of this news, and was really uncertain about this news, but with TMZ, Rolling Stone and ABC News confirming it, I'm sad to say that Heavy D passed away at 44 years young. When he really started taking off, I was about 9 or 10 years old, and spent mad time watching Yo!, Rap City, Video Music Box and all of the other spots that showed Hip-Hop videos (as I was too fucking young to cop 
