Sucka DJ’s beware! The L22Fam’s first and long-time DJ, Flipstyles (Richard Candela), is back on the “wheels of steel” (do people still call it that? LOL). Over the years Flipstyles has blessed us with murderous cuts on several Deuce Deuce classics such as “For the Record”, “The Truest”, “The Chief”, and most recently “The New Weapons”. Earlier this week, he posted up a YouTube video of him effortlessly scratchin’ a sample like it was business as usual, and I have to admit it was definitely a nostalgic moment for me personally.

Left: 1998. Right: 1999.

Along with “the Queen” Leschke (LOL!), my man Flipper has been there with me since day one. From walkin’ to our local Sav-on to make ‘color’ copies of our cassette tape albums, to stayin’ up late nights with my ass in the dead heat of summer to record a whole album in one damn take. On & off the stage, the homie always had my back on those tables, and I was always confident enough to tell you “that’s my mothafuckin’ DJ”. But shortly after high school, Flipstyles was forced to sell his mixer and turntables, and I have to say that was a very sad day in L22’s history. As dedicated and talented a DJ that guy was, I’m sure we shared the same amount of devastation when he sold his hard-earned equipment.

Left: 2002. Right: 2001.

So finally, 8 years later I decided to give him a pair of broke ass 1200’s that were sold to me, and told Rich straight up they were his as long as he could get ‘em fixed. Besides, those tables woulda been worth squat in the hands of an emcee such as myself, and I wouldn’t just give 1200’s away to someone if that person didn’t possess the skills my man Flipper did. Now why is this such a big deal to me? When people talk about the greatest Hip Hop duos of all time, you hear the likes of Eric B. & Rakim, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Gangstarr, and so on. And what do they all have in common? Each of those groups had one deadly emcee and one wicked ass DJ. In 1997, it was MistaMil & Flipstyles. Today, I’m proud to say the name still remains. “Once Again” baby! Go get’ em Rich!! – Mil

2002.

*NEW MUSIC* MistaMil & XL Middleton – “The New Weapons” (2010)
Produced by MistaMil (off the upcoming album The Owners Choice)

*DEUCE DEUCE CLASSIC* MistaMil ft. Flipstyles – “For the Record” (2003)
Produced by MistaMil (from MistaMil’s Off Center of Attention LP 2005)

For more music go to our ‘Listen’ page to hear all of the L22Fam’s latest music as well as memorable classics! Follow our blog as we will often update you with the latest news and new music. And please don’t hesitate to leave a comment!

Whattup World!  It’s ya boy MistaMil, Big Mil, Ram Mahn, Goodness Gracious, The Brown Hope, Mr. Perfect in the black silk underwear here to tell y’all that L22Records.com is officially back online and better than ever!  As promised, the new format of the website will be a blog (since that seems to be ‘the thing to do’ nowadays LOL) and will feature news, music, videos, and all that other good stuff as we will update this often.  The site is still somewhat in construction so bare with us.  We’re hoping to get a bio and photo page going in the near future.  In the meantime, you can check out all the classics (haha) on the ‘LISTEN’ page.  There you’ll be able to listen to songs in their entirety instead of the snippets on our media player you see on the side.  Also feel free to leave comments.  We’d love to hear from ya!

As y’all may know, I’ve been out the music loop for nearly 4 years since Def J and I released The Owners Mixtape in 2006.  You’ve probably also been wondering what happened to my second album Lost In Chinatown, which was 50% complete when I decided to take a break.  I’m setting Lost In Chinatown aside to work on our current project The Owners Choice, the followup to our 2006 The Owners Mixtape.  I felt the need to put out a project that would bring us back to where we left off, instead of putting out another solo LP without having anymore relevance in the scene after 4 years of being gone.  This is definitely a project that I owe to the fans.  Below is a taste of what’s in store for 2010!

*NEW MUSIC* MistaMil & XL Middleton – “The New Weapons”
Produced by MistaMil (off the upcoming album The Owners Choice)

To all of our close friends and dedicated fans that have stuck with me & the crew over the years, we truly appreciate your loyalty and support.  4 years missing in action is a very long time, and it took a lot, physically and emotionally, to make this comeback even happen.  You’ve probably heard Def J and I boasting about L22’s return in the last year or so but it never really came through.  Well, I’m here now to make it official … MistaMil, Def J & the L22 Fam are back!  Meesh is on board.  FlipStyles.  Berretto.  RP.  Even the homie Mr. Clean.  I’m even bringin’ back some old friends from our early days for our upcoming project.  I promise you that we will deliver the goods you’ve all been patiently waiting for.  So please stay tuned: bookmark us, subscribe to our feed, anything!  You will not be disappointed!

L22010 and beyond b*tches!  Now play that British Bulldog theme song dammit!

- Mil