90's Tapes Presents : VANSERNU #01

 

It's DJ/Producer Vansernu's turn to drop a nice selection of independent records from the '90s. For those who don’t know him yet, Vansernu hails from South Korea and runs the independent label blaqLotus Records. Enjoy the mix! Peace

Mixtape : VANSERNU - BURNDAHGROUND / WHY DJ GOT TWO COPIES II - 2025

Avantgarde Vak a.k.a VANSERNU of blaqLotus Records is back with 2 brand new mixtapes entitled "BURNDAHGROUND" & "WHY DJ GOT TWO COPIES II", both available on physical format.

" BURNDAHGROUND ‘25 is a 90-minute analog odyssey into the depths of 90s underground hip-hop. Curated and mixed by Avantgarde Vak a.k.a. VANSERNU, this mixtape resurrects the raw, dusty spirit of forgotten 12”s, indie test presses, and long-lost cassette joints—tracks that lived in crates, not charts.

From the grimy backstreets of NYC to the hazy corners of the West Coast, this set digs deeper than your average boom-bap fix. Featuring Mister Voodoo, MF Grimm, Godfather Don, Concrete Mob, and a host of unsung legends, each cut bleeds texture, grit, and soul. Expect razor-sharp lyricism, tape hiss, saturated drum loops, and the unmistakable crackle of vinyl.Side Phat flows jazzy and meditative—hip-hop for midnight headphones and rainy streets. Side Def flips the switch with aggressive streetwise anthems and warehouse cipher energy. Both sides, however, stay rooted in that uncompromising, lo-fi essence. 

No filler. No gimmicks. Just pure, unfiltered underground sound—for the heads who never stopped diggin’. " - courtesy of blaqLotus Records

Phat side

1. Da Noe Doe Network “Yes, Yes Y’all” 

2. Mister Voodoo “Hemlock” 

3. Aboriginals “Keep It Hot” 

4. Posneg “No Doubt” 

5. L-Swift “How Itz Going Down” 

6. MF Grimm “Do It For The Kids” 

7. Brothers Of The Mind “Rough & Tough (Nitetyme Version) 

8. Shortie No Mass “U Like My Style (Remix)” 

9. Lace Da Booms “Cut That Weak Sh?? (Remix)” 

10. 8-Trak, The Hermit & Hi-Tech “Book Of Death” 

11. The Nonce “Good To Go” 

12. Blank Fasiz “What Chu Know” 

Def side

1. Hollow Point “Clickz Like Gunz” 

2. Foundation & Rezidue “Don’t Get It Twisted” 

3. Da Germ “Letz Give It Up (Dome Of Power Mix) (Inst.) 

4. Mental Illness “Amazin’s Not Playin’” 

5. Sparrow Movement feat. One Speaker Supreme “Armageddon” 

6. A Chosen Few “Word Perfect” 

7. Concrete Mob “Casino” 

8. Godfather Don “Connections” 

9. Puppets Of Chaos “New & Improved” 

10. The Soho Crew & Puerto Rock “Kakalaka Raw!” 

11. Stikken Moov “Fatality” 

12. I-Power “Rudf Draft (Remix)” 

13. C4 feat. Jac Pot “No Doubt” 

14. Droopy Eye Crew “Most Deadliest Of All Games” 

15. Mr. D. Original “Five Feet Deep” 

16. Raw Division “Language Of Drumz (Remix)” 

17. Brainwash 2000 “Next Shi?” 

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 "A 90-minute live mix straight from the crates. Back in the day, real DJs didn’t need a laptop. Just two copies of the same 12” wax and the skills to flip it for 90 minutes straight. We took it back to that era — diggin’ through the rawest underground joints and illest rhyme spitters from the golden age of boom bap. BEOMSUU & VANSERNU locked in. One take. No edits. That’s hip-hop. "Still flippin' two of the same record. One ain't enough." " - courtesy of blaqLotus Records

Side A mixed by BEOMSUU 

1. Supernatural "Buddah Blessed" 

2. Jeru the Damaja "Me or the Papes" 

3. Group Home "The Realness" 

4. Jamal "Fades Em All" 

5. Jamal "Fades Em All (Pete Rock Remix)" 

6. Keith Murray "This That Shit" 

7. Redman "Funkorama" 

8. Da Grassroots "Drama" 

9. Cella Dwellas "Perfect Match" 

10. Mannish "Chain Letter" 

11. Lord Finesse "Gameplan" 

12. Saukrates "Father time" 

13. Smif-N-Wessun "Wontime" 

14. Jeru The Damaja "Come Clean" 

Side B mixed by VANSERNU 

1. Trybal-men “Money To Make” 

2. Showbiz & AG “I’m Not The One (Original Mix)” 

3. Big Red & Dimond D “How They Want It” 

4. Numskullz “Enough Of That” 

5. Love ‘N’ Props “Nobody Knows My Name” 

6. Kapone “Who’s Blowing Up Far Rockway” 

7. Camouflage Large “Cocbacda 9” 

8. M.F. Grimm “Get Down” 

9. Main One feat. O.C. “Droppin Gramma (Nick Wiz Mix)” 

10. The Beatnuts “Hellraiser (Remix)” 

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Mix : Def Killah - Unda Chroniclez Vol.4

 

Avantgarde Vak a.k.a VANSERNU of blaqLotus Records is back with the fourth volume of his Def Killah - Unda Chroniclez series.

1. Ripe143 “Stress” (Inst.)
2. Zoodizoo “Physical Form”
3. Duane E “Fuckem All”
4. Combined Operation “Underground Rails”
5. True Headz “Ill Styles”
6. E. C. Illa “You Know The Sound”
7. Brainsick Enterprize “Stick to the Plan”
8. Triip “No Tricks in 96”
9. The B. L. U. N. T. E. D. Crew “Strumblin”

Mix : Def Killah - Unda Chroniclez Vol.3

 

Avantgarde Vak a.k.a VANSERNU of blaqLotus Records is back with the third volume of his Def Killah - Unda Chroniclez series.

1. Thingz of Nightmares - The Ballad of Red (Inst.)
2. Big Ric - Knockem Out
3. Starvin Art Clique - Poetry
4. The Missing Link - Ghetto Input
5. The Madness - So Many Suckas
6. Mood - Not Goin’ Pop
7. Triflicts feat. Mista Sinista - Im Terror
8. Jagged Edge - Who Rocks Em Harder
9. Vaughn Smith feat. Big Ish - Black Cezars

Mix : Def Killah - Unda Chroniclez Vol.2

 

Avantgarde Vak a.k.a VANSERNU of blaqLotus Records is back with the second volume of his Def Killah - Unda Chroniclez series.

01. Godfather Don - Creepin Instrumental
02. Godfather Don - Do My Thing
03. True Headz - Back 2 The Essence
04. Hez - The Bullshit
05. Sparrow The Movement - Armageddon feat. One Speaker Supreme
06. Double L - Peeps In Da Ground Instrumental
07. The Unfound - Different Flava
08. Vaughn Smith - Brings Wreck
09. Laster - Off Balance Instrumental
10. DA F.E.N.C.E. MEN - Head To Head

Mix : Avantgarde Vak a.k.a VANSERNU

 

Here are some 90s Hip-Hop Vinyls Live coming straight from South Korea, mixed by Avantgarde Vak a.k.a VANSERNU of blaqLotus Records. Enjoy ! 

1. Nick Wiz “Slate” (Inst.)
2. Original “Hey Mr. M.C.“
3. Technical “Stress”
4. Combined Operations “So Cold”
5. Starvin Art Clique “Charm City”
6. Tainted Mindz “Killadelphia”
7. Silent Onez “East Meets West” (Inst.)
8. Mental Dimension “Verbal Format”
9. Onyx “Most Def” (Inst.)

1. Intro
2. Cover “Underground Flow (Remix)”
3. 108 Dragons “We Can Get Together”
4. Quiet Mob “Red Light Green Light”
5. The Candy Store “Jewels Heist”
6. A.D. “N.Y.C.”
7. 4 Horsemen “Crime”
8. Dead Poetz Society “Klockuz”
9. True Headz “Hip Hop Headz”
10. Reckanize / Mr. Sta Puff “Hip-Hop Don’t Stop”
11. Lo Down “Fright Night”
12. Mr. Jig (of B.O.D Click) “I’ll Get Ill”
13. Sparrow The Movement “Flows Of Death”
14. Ruggedness Madddrama “Forreal”
15. Blackstract “Diary Of A Mad M.C.”

1. Reggie Capers “Servin’ Mcs”
2. Bredrens “Keep It In Ya Area”
3. Fundamentals “Monkey King”
4. Jamani “Ya’ll Know My Steló”
5. The East-Flatbush Project feat. Payday “A Madman’s Dream”
6. Big O “Shmoov Wit Da Ruffness (Gamemaster Mix)”
7. Drama Klub “Hear No Evil”
8. Otropic T(h)ree “Time To Get It On (O.T. Remix)”
9. Centa Of Da Web “Zone 2 Tha Tone”
10. Senswif “Maintain”
11. I-Power “Seen A Vision Part 2”
12. Silhouette “The Storm”
13. Brass Tacks “Hidden In Sight / Hidden Insight”
14. Mood “Hustle On The Side (Remix)”

Avantgarde Vak - BLAQ PITCH VOL. 3 - 2021

 

The Korean beatmaker Avantgarde Vak is back with the third volume of his Blaq Pitch series. The 46 minutes cassette contains 14 tracks fully produced by Avantgarde Vak on AKAI MPC60II.

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Mixtape : VANSERNU - BURNDAHGROUND 2021

 

CD / K7 - 2021 - blaqLotus Records 

Vansernu drops his latest Mixtape untitled "BURNDAHGROUND", 60 minutes of 90s rare indie hip-hop records, mixed live.

Available on CD (30 copies) & K7 (20 copies)

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