Online Press – DJ Neil Armstrong

Apple Music Hip Hop R&B Throwback mix w/ LowKey

Back when everyone was Playing Ludacris in the club, I was still playing Bill withers and 10 year old Mary j joints. So I guess I always been a #throwbackdj.

Makes sense I get to throwdown for @lowkeyuhtn and @applemusic.

Head to this link –

https://music.apple.com/us/curator/hip-hop-r-b-throwback-radio-with-lowkey/1496850492

Or just search for hip hop throwback with Lowkey in your Apple music search bar.

Specific assignment was anything between 1990s to 2017. I kept it in the last 90’s / 2000 club era hits for the most part just to make sure that it didn’t go over the average listeners heads.

Wild right what is considered a throwback. The music ages like fine wine, it just gets better with time.

Just fyi, I was handcuffed with being able to do my real thing which is blends. Why? Because the payment algorithm gets confused as hell and can’t figure out who gets what if I do my thing thing. So yet again, capitalism ruins everything.

The mix will air at the following times tomorrow (Fri, March 4th) – 2:30AM PST / 10:30AM PST / 9:30PM PST and will be up on apple music’s platform there for ya’ll to listen to on demand.

Enjoy the trip down memory lane ya’ll….

Shouts to @djjuanyto for connecting the dots.

Mon 11/22 – New Wave Heart throbs twitch stream IN REAL LIFE meetup @ RiseRadioNYC

We are bringing the virtual world to REAL LIFE .

We are doing the “New Wave Heartthrobs” twitch raid together in person at Rise Radio NYC – 57 Graham ave Brooklyn.

Everyone is welcome to join us IN REAL LIFE or on twitch like we usually do!

11/22 Monday 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST
http://www.twitch.tv/djneilarmstrong

11/30 Tonite – The last New Wave Snobs of they year – 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST

The Last NEW WAVE SNOBS of the year….

Monday Nov 30th
9 PM EST / 6 PM PST

http://twitch.tv/djneilarmstrong

November 30 8PM – joining DJ AmRo for Twitch University

Join Us at 8 PM EST at http://twitch.tv/amaniexperience if you’ve ever wondered what it’s been like for us DJs during this pandemic time. Then… head over for one last New Wave Snobs…

10/12 – 8PM PST – DJ Neil Armstrong on Myxglobal for Filipino American History Month #FAHM

In just a few hours I’ll be on the @myxglobal @twitch channel / @kumuph –

Monday 10/12 at 11 PM EST/ 8 PM PDT, where I’ll share a little bit of my story (especially about my time with Mr Carter and @adidasoriginals)

Mon 8/31 @ 3 PM EST – The last episode of Bread, Ribs, $100 Bills…

Today I start my last week of LiveStreaming in NYC. Join us at 3 PM EST/NOON PST Monday 8/31 for the very last episode of Bread, Ribs, $100 Dollar Bills . Something for you fans of Boom Bap Era Hip Hop…

7/29 – Join us for a MUSIC / DJ / entrepreneurship Zoom Q&A w Building Beats

Today Wed. 7/29, A MUSIC / DJ / entrepreneurship Zoom Q&A w/
@buildingbeats at 4 PM EST .

7/1 – Wed. 8PM – One Last All Vinyl Original Sample Twitch Livestream

One Last All Vinyl “ORIGINAL” Hip Hop Sample Livestream on July 1st 8PM

Dinner & A Mixtape Montreal Recap

Recap from Dinner & A Mixtape Montreal at Junior Restaurant

The MyMotto Web Series on MyxTV

DJ Neil Armstrong on Myxtv for the My Motto Web series.

The New York Said Podcast w/ Yours truly

DJ NA on the New York Said Podcast

Remix for All Star Weekend X V-Day – Drake X 112 Best I Ever Had

Best I Ever Had Drake X 112 Remix for All Star Weekend / Valentine’s Day

Interview on the Hundreds X DJ Neil Armstrong – Food, Music and Travel…

The homie John Pangilinan came through to the last Dinner & A Mixtape in LA and put together this interview for thehundreds.com about joining my love of music, find food and travel. Peep it.

http://thehundreds.com/dj-neil-armstrong-interview/

For the Love Of Queens – Cornerstone Mixtape #181

This released last Friday but got a bit lost in the mix of last week’s madness. No biggie, because love should be celebrated everyday. This is cornerstone mixtape #181 by the @1200squad. A mix for valentine’s day, perfect for cuffing season as this cold weather has creeped in. . For some of my superfans you might recognize this from the digital DL only ‘turndown’. Listen to it here for FREE – bit.ly/1J9IW3M

Peep the Will (PHA)Rell – Love Me Sexy Remix Video

Will Ferrell Meets Pharell for this “All Star Weekend X Valentine’s Day” Remix of Love Me Sexy.

The Will (PHA)RELL Love me Sexy Remix

Feb 14th. Valentine’s Day and the NBA All Star Weekend converged in NYC, but so did the release of DJ Neil Armstrong’s Mixtape Warmfuzzy Part 2 – a collection of music from all over the musical spectrum celebrating that crazy little thing called Love.

One of the remixes from the mixtape is this one, Will Ferrell Meets Pharell on a track made by the ficticious Basketball Player Jackie Moon. The perfect song melding Neil Armstrong’s love of Music and Basketball.

DJ Neil Armstrong’s longtime DJ Partner DJ Daddy Dog from his crew the 5th Platoon set it to the proper visuals to bring it all together properly. Peep the video here – bit.ly/willpharell-lovemesexy

Download it here – https://soundcloud.com/neil-armstrong-3/will-pharell-love-me-sexy-remix – FREE .

If you want to pick up the brand new mix #warmfuzzypart2 head over here –

http://bit.ly/warmfuzzypart2

Listen to more samples of the new mix here:

https://soundcloud.com/neil-armstrong-3/warmfuzzypart2-final-sample-2
https://soundcloud.com/neil-armstrong-3/new-flame-love-in-this-club

Happy Vday , enjoy NBA All Star weekend!

The Ltd edition Fully Laced x Señor Sisig x DJ Neil Armstrong Pint glass available now (limited quantities)

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For those that missed out on the #DinnerAndAMixtape San Francisco event a few weeks ago, order you missed out on picking up one of these dope Pint glasses, perfect vessel to quench your thirst.

Fully Laced has very limited quantities left for y’all liquid drinkers who want to imbibe in style. Get yours now before its too late…

http://www.fullylaced.com/The-Fully-Laced-x-DJ-Neil-Armstrong-x-Seor-Sisig-Pint-Glass_p_3966.html

Counting down to the new mixtape by releasing 2 Original for free…

Mid June right around my birthday I’m releasing a new mixtape – Original part 5 . In the meantime to get y’all ready for the release I’m re-releasing the previous chapters in the “Original” mixtape series. Up next – 2 Original.

I believe I made it back in 2001/2002 . It follows the theme of the first mixtape – going back and forth between hip hop songs and the sampled music they originated from. The theme of the mixtape wasn’t anything new, discount but something like this hadn’t been done by a member of the turntablist battle community. Heavy on the scratching, all the original samples came off of real vinyl. These were the days before mp3’s and broadband allowed everyone to have the same music, so making this mixtape required some real digging.

Listen for free up top, and if you want to download a digital copy to keep for yourself, click the buy now button below (fulfillment via payloads.com)

If you want a physical copy , jest head over here – http://www.bit.ly/2original

My 40th Bday is coming up, and thefuture.fm & yours truly are giving y’all some gifts…

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There’s a lot to celebrate these days. thefuture.fm has released a preview beta version of their new website for y’all to see, and in about a month, my 40th Bday is coming up.

Instead of getting gifts though, I want to give back to my fans who have made my career what it is, and with the future.fm relaunching, this would be the perfect time to offer Original for free as a way to celebrate new milestone for both myself and the future.fm.

Hear for the first time officially, Original for digital streaming…

Original : Hip Hop songs mixed with their original sample counterparts. made back in 2001, this was the mixtape that started everything for me. It became so popular that it ended up becoming a series , dubbed the “original mixtape series”.

12 years later, i’ve gotten a lot of new fans over the years, and there are many thefuture.fm fans who have not have had the opportunity to hear it. Now is your chance.

Every week leading up to my bday in June I will be releasing another mixtape in the “original” series, so check back for the upcoming month as I open up the rest of my mixtape catalog for the future.fm followers…

If you want to purchase the mix cd just go here or click the button below.

ALSO AVAILABLE NOW IN DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FORMAT – $6.50, immediate secure download – just click the Buy Now button below to purchase. (fulfillment through payloadz.com, delivered as a zip file)

For valentine’s Day we gonna turn down…

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Another mix for valentine’s day and everyday. This one is all ‘new’ artists and music. No song is over 5 years old. I often here folk complain about the state of new music. There is still great stuff out there, you just have to look for it ;)

I ran into a lot of technical difficulties today, so for until 10 PM Eastern Standard Time I will streaming the new mix FREE via thefuture.fm After that, it will be available via Subscription to thefuture.fm and also via Digital Download at the DJ Neil Armstrong website. In the meantime, enjoy the free stream….

How Style Wars helped me make Warmfuzzy and the All Out King mixtape series

After I did the Sweeet Series, clinic I had this bright idea to try to make 6 mixtapes in 6 months. I was going to call it the “All Out King” mixtape series. I did end up making the series, tadalafil but it took me about 7 years to finish.

lf you specialize in one thing,
you really can’t call yourself an all-out king. – min one from style wars

This quote from Min one became the whole idea for the new series. I was going to showcase my range of music knowledge by creating mixtapes of different genres. To be the music equivalent of a graffiti all out king.

And from this quote, Warmfuzzy, Filthy, Extraordinary, Oscillate Wildly, Music For When Nobody’s Looking and Original All Out king were Born. Each mixtape part of the same series BUT of very distinctive genres / subject matter. At that time it wasn’t that common place. You were not going to here De La Soul and the Cure on the same mixtape, unless it was in like a kitchy/campy sort of mash up way. The intent of these mixes was to keep the original integrity of the music and figure out how to connect everything.

First up in this was my valentine’s day mix warm fuzzy. We just gave it an official release via thefuture.fm

Shouts out to Haena Kang who did the artwork for the whole mixtape series.

If you like what you hear now, you can purchase a physical copy of the mix by clicking the “add to cart button” , the perfect gift for a music lover for Feb 14th and everyday.

You can also purchase the complete Sweeet 10 Year Anniversary Boxset by clicking here.

G-bo the pro & Rei Double R inspired me to make the sweeet series…

Sweeet Part 2 , site the “sequel” to sweeet . I put that in quotes because, technically Bittersweeet is the sequel… but whatevers. At some point I guess there will be a bittersweeet part 2 etc etc. Like spin-offs from tv episodes. Think of it like that.

If you haven’t heard it yet you can hear it hear via thefuture.fm.

I made sweeet part 2 in 2009, and previous to that the last mixtape (oscillate wildly) I made was in like 2006. So It had been a 3 year hiatus between creative projects, and 7 years since the 1st sweeet dropped.

In between that period a lot had things had happened. I was already on tour with Jay-z. Mash-ups were no longer the buzz, and dubstep had just reared its head for the early adopters to jump on.

With Sweeet part 2 I wanted to bring back some nostalgia and really tie the 1st two mixtapes together. So first I used a picture from the same batch of photos for the cover. In case you were wondering, the baby pictures used for all my covers are pictures of me as a child. Yes, I was wearing a plaid suit coat.

The next thing I did, was contact G-Bo The Pro.

Now for those of you who don’t know, G-bo and his old partner Rei Double R were responsible for some amazing mixtapes and a great influence on yours truly. So much so, that on the liner notes of sweeet, I shouted them out. They inspired the whole style of djing that I did for Sweeet. As time went on I actually got to meet both of them, and eventually was able to call my heroes peers.

g-bo the pro

For sweeet part 2 , I enlisted the help of G-Bo, to do a drop for the new mix, to tie everything together and to give homage to one of the guys that inspired me to do what I do . His appearance can be found at about 4:24 of the mixtape , where he tells ya’ll that we’re “Blending, not Mashing”. This was the first time I had ever used a “drop” on one of my mixtapes.

Big shouts to these two mixtape pioneers. If you’ve ever enjoyed anything I’ve done, you can thank these guys for paving the way.

Follow them at:
facebook.com/djreidoubleR
www.gbothepro.com

Twitter:G-Bo The Pro
Twitter:Rei Double R

Sample of the new Valentine’s Day Mixtape ‘Turn down…’ – Drake x Montell Jordan…

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and DJ Neil Armstrong is at it again, online with a new mixtape to provide the soundtrack for your Feb 14th .

As always, look Mr. Armstrong likes to bridge the gap between the old and the new.
This is the intro sample of the mixtape , malady extended out into a “full length” mp3, downloadable for free – a remix of Drake’s Hold on we’re going home .

On Feb 14th, Neil Armstrong will be releasing the mixtape exclusively via thefuture.fm – http://www.tinyurl.com/djnaxthefuturefm.

If you happen to be in NYC Wednesday Feb 12th, come thru and hear a sneak peak of the new mixtape a few days early and have a early valentine’s day dinner at Fat Buddha in the LES for his “Dinner & A Mixtape” event.

Peace out Jay Leno show…

Another one of our tv icons is moving on to their next chapter. One of my fond memories was getting to perform on his short lived “Jay Leno” Show during my run with Jay-Z . If y’all remember, treatment this was right after the infamous Taylor Swift incident with Kanye West at the VMA awards.

Peep the whole performance below…

Rihanna Jay-z y Kanye Wes Run This Town Perfomance en The Jay Leno Show from Rihanna Argentina on Vimeo.

Smoove – the mixtape that got me known as a “Mash Up” DJ…

The countdown to Valentine’s Day continues, cheap with the official digital streaming release of Smoove via thefuture.fm.

If you’ve been under a rock for the last 13 years and haven’t heard it yet, here it is for your listening pleasure.

This is one of my early mixes where I started incorporating a larger music spectrum . Led Zeppelin all of my love, mixed with the instrumental from Biggie’s One More Chance for example. For a lack of a better label, this got me known as a dreaded “MASH UP” DJ.

I’ve never really liked that term, but I understood. The time was different. So crazy how different things are today. In 2014, some of the grammy’s best performances were “mash-ups”. Like Imagine Dragons x Kendrick Lamar.

The influence of hip hop, of Hip Hop Djing culture on music as a whole is pretty amazing.

Bittersweeet got me my first meeting with Damon Dash & Rocafella records…

Today for the first time Bittersweeet is available officially via digital delivery. Its been floating around the internet for quite some time now, ailment but because of thefuture.fm everything is all nice and legal, viagra AND I’ll be able to get all the artists that are featured on the mixtape payed ;)

Thinking back I would say that Bittersweeet was probably my favorite mixtape that got me a lot of attention… which was pretty strange for the time period. My background was as a battle DJ. A Hip Hop DJ. So I was supposed to play Wu-Tang. Definitely not love songs.

But I always dared to be different, sickness and this mixtape ended up in the hands of some pretty important folk.

Among those people was a person named Ashley Nicoles, who at the time happened to be Damon Dashes and Jay-z’s personal assistant. Through him I imagine, the mixtapes made their way up the rocafella food chain, and according to word of mouth stories they ended up in the hands of Mr Carter, and Damon Dash.

In fact, I had a meeting via Ashley sometime in 2004 with Damon Dash, which for me being a turntablist DJ was just a crazy unimaginable eye opening experience. It was a very short conversation. Damon was in the middle of a lot of business, he said “I like your work”, and kept it moving.

After that, I got a call from another music executive at Rocafella, Mr Kenny Burns, who was running “RocMusic” – the rocafella label with “non”hiphop artists. We had a longer meeting, and I ended up making this mixtape, that never really came out, because right around the time it should have come out, was when Rocafella records fell apart.

Now this is in the age before twitter, before social media was so crazy. This was before camera phones and smartphones, pre selfie era. So I don’t have much documentation of what went down. All I have is what I remember, and this cover of the Rocafella mixtape that I made that would never be released.

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Here’s another blast from the past – A review by one of the “DJ” magazines that was around called Tablist.

So that was my first encounter with Rocafella Records, and unfortunately at the time it wasn’t the greatest experience. I made this mixtape, put a lot of work and effort and time into it, had delusions of grandeur of maybe working with one of rocafellas artists , and then… nothing.

Years later, in 2008, I ended up Djing for Mr. Carter. Sometimes Nice guys don’t finish last ;)

And now, for those who haven’t heard it yet, or haven’t heard it in years –

Digital Streaming of the whole DJ NA Catalog courtesy of the future.fm

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The foundation of my career has always been making mixtapes, and I was never able to get them officially online for digital delivery because of the legal issues… until now ;)

I’ve joined thefuture.fm , a digital platform that allows me to not only stream my mixtapes legally, but also gets the artists whose music is on my mixes paid.

From thefuture.fm website –

We built a platform for you to listen to all the best mixes in the world. For you to discover new music. For you to enjoy music non-stop. For you to find high quality music in every genre. We want to give you the most professional DJs; DJs that not only play at the most exclusive events, the best clubs and the biggest festivals around the world, but also up and coming producers scouted from all over the net.

But we didn’t stop there. We also created technology that doesn’t exist anywhere else. Technology that lets you learn what songs you’re listening to, and buy them if you love them. Because we’re streaming only for one reason; so that we can track the songs that get played and pay royalties to the artists who’s music you enjoy.

Helping you find the best music
Promoting the DJs who curate it
Hooking up the artists who made it

That’s what we’re about.

Pretty sweeet huh? ;) And speaking of sweeet, thefuture.fm’s first project with me involves counting down to valentine’s day .

As part of my new partnership with thefuture.fm , we are counting down to Valentine’s day by digitally releasing all the cds in the Sweeet 10 Year Anniversary gift set, culminating with a brand new Valentine’s Day Mix available exclusively on thefuture.fm

So for the very first time, officially available for digital distribution via thefuture.fm , we present to you Sweeet.

If ya want to bring a copy home to your significant other , it is still available for purchase, just click the add to cart button below .

And for those who HAVE TO HAVE it on your iPhones, iPods, iPads, zunes (remember those??) droids or bberrys, well, you can purchase a immediate secure digital download right here – Just click this buy now button below. (NOTE:fulfillment through payloadz.com, delivered as a zip file)

digital DL via paypal

Finally, the official Digital release of Sweeet via thefuture.fm

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As part of my new partnership with thefuture.fm , click we are counting down to Valentine’s day by digitally releasing all the cds in the Sweeet 10 Year Anniversary gift set, nurse culminating with a brand new Valentine’s Day Mix available exclusively on thefuture.fm

First up to bat, the first mix that spawned the rest – Sweeet.

You guys should know the deal.

Here it is , for the first time available OFFICIALLY via digital streaming –

TRACKLIST
1. Bernard Wright – ‘Who Do You Love’
2. Hall and Oates – ‘One On One’
3. Mtume – ‘Juicy’
4. Stevie Wonder – ‘As’
5. Wayne Wonder – ‘No Letting Go’
6. New Edition – ‘A Little Bit Of Love’
7. Gap Band – ‘Outstanding’
8. Color Me Badd – ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’
9. Midnight Starr – ‘I’m Curious’
10. Mary Jane Girls – ‘All Night Long’
11. Bobby Caldwell – ‘Open Your Eyes’
12. Bobby Brown – ‘Every Little Step’
13. Bill Withers – ‘Lovely Day’
14. Nu Shooz – ‘I Can’t Wait’
15. New Kids On The Block – ‘Please Don’t Go Girl’
16. Sade – ‘By Your Side’
17. Lenny Kravitz – ‘I Belong To You’
18. Bobby Brown – ‘Rock Wit Cha’
19. The System – ‘Don’t Distrub This Groove’
20. Stevie Wonder – ‘Overjoyed’
21. Raydio – ‘You Can’t Change That’
22. LL Cool J – ‘I Need Love’
23. The Jets – ‘Crush On You’
24. Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam – ‘I Wonder If I Take You Home’
25. David Grant & Jaki Graham – ‘Could It Be I’m Falling In Love’
26. Shalamar – ‘Night To Remember’
27. Evelyn Champagne King – ‘Love Come Down’
28. Emotions – ‘Best Of My Love’
29. Cherrelle – ‘Saturday Love’
30. Michael Jackson – ‘Rock With You’
31. Heatwave – ‘Always And Forever’

If ya want to bring a copy home to your significant other , it is still available for purchase, just click the add to cart button below .

And for those who HAVE TO HAVE it on your iPhones, iPods, iPads, zunes (remember those??) droids or bberrys, well, you can purchase a immediate secure digital download right here – Just click this buy now button below. (NOTE:fulfillment through payloadz.com, delivered as a zip file)

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2014, some reintroduction is in order, courtesy of Balling on A budget

Even when I was with Jay-z, thumb a lot of the current social media environment was still in its infancy. I’ve gained a lot of new followers on Facebook, for sale twitter, instagram who don’t really know all my history.

To start off 2014 right, allow me to reintroduce myself courtesy of http://www.ballinonabudget.tv , my folk from the Land Down Under. I was there in Australia recently for adidas and the Brooklyn nets, but I actually did this interview 2 years ago while I was in town for carbon Festival.

Just FYI – we got to do this interview with the beautiful gold coast in the background…

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