Author: Small Axe

Born the 31st of August the year of 1977. Paul grew up all over the United States, residing everywhere from CT to CA. It was in Dallas, TX as a teenager that he first fell in love with Hip Hop and began rhyming to express himself. He moved back to the East Coast just in time for the golden era of hip hop where he took on DJ'ing as a personal hobby. He attended college in NYC where he learned the art of beat baking from none other than Jay Marvalous himself while they worked together on various street teams promoting such records as Black Star. Today he resides in Boston, MA where he resides with his precious daughter Colette a/k/a Coco. He works as a therapeutic counselor giving back to the community and in his spare time still bangs pads on the MPC and finds great pleasure in mix tape style pod casts which can be found here on TUB!!!!!
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TUBIFY CLOUD

TUB Nation has landed on Spotify and Soundcloud!  We know, it took a while.  We are old.  Sometimes slow.  Old School.  And proud of the dimension that the site adds to the content so keep […]

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The Therapy Mixes

                                                      THE URBAN BRIGADE THERAPY MIXES     THE […]

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The Diamond Dogs Mix

                                  Pictured above is Nate the Great, from Ted Lasso, a show on Apple TV about an American Football […]

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MF, You Silly

    MF, YOU SILLY – A TRIBUTE TO MF DOOM On New Years Eve 2020 we learned about the passing of hip hop legend, Daniel Dumile better known as MF Doom. The B-Sides mix […]

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The Nuthouse Mix

    Five years is too long!  Given the absence year, and impact of the last year specifically, there may not be a more appropriate mix title than “This Side of the Nuthouse”.  Also, when […]

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The Grease Box Mix

  Now comes The Grease Box Mix.  An eclectic blend of recently released hip hop set to usher in the vibes of cooling weather and the leaves changing color.  As usual, Coco and CL are […]

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I’m Back Mix

  I’m back and it’s been too long.  Sometimes you fall off, or fall down or fall out, or you do all three at once.  What is amazing is the way that music can help […]

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Filthy Animal Mix

Let’s set 2014 off right with a fresh TUB mix! Method Man rhymes like he was dusted off some Tical again in his A$AP Mob feature. Organized Konfusion go homicidal over a Marco Polo joint. […]

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The North Pole

MistleTUB!  This Holiday season marks two years of TUB mixes!!  It has been an amazing musical journey and I appreciate from the bottom of my heart sharing it with yall and Coco. Considering the recent […]

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Second Period

Tardy for class. Same as it ever was then. A little Back to school flavor for yall. The ingredients to this mix are purposefully selected from more radio-friendly, wider-known, commercially available artists. Don’t hate the […]

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The 407’s Mix

    Salutations TUB Fam!! Better late than never, comes The 407’s Mix.  I’m focusing my commentary on the opening artist, Oddisee.  His recent release, People Hear What they See, is in my humble opinion […]

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Bodega Boston

Boston is not noted as the HUB of Hip Hop style, but beyond the cranberry pants and nautical belts and Gap tees there are a few gems, one of which is Bodega, at 6 Clearway […]

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May Day Mix

TUB Nation!!! Back at you with another bonafide, Coco laced, Small Axe coordinated mix of love for your wonderful little ear drums. This may be my favorite Intro yet. Elzhi blesses a wonderfully produced tribute […]

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The Ides of March

Tubheadzzzzzz!!!  Long overdue, belated and tardy is this mix. Lots of solid work on this that I’m real happy to share with yall. I think this mix has a much more anonymous feel than it’s […]

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The Town Mix

At long last and without further ado, a mix called The Town. I’m particularly fond of this mix, so much so that it may be my favorite of all the TUB mixes. There has been […]

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It Wasn’t Me – Evidence

  Director of Photography, I shoot people…Just a quick post to hit yall with my man Evidence doing his thing on “It Wasn’t Me” off his album Cats & Dogs (A thorough piece of hip hop if […]

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Aqua Jet 9000 Mix

This mix is special to me because we had Coco and her sisters from another mister Brooklyn and Journey in studio for it, so there is a variety of collaborated drops from the extended family. […]

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All You Lames Stay in Yo Lane

This video is classic. Dominate the bawww, the sun sweeping the moon, the running man, crack the concrete…   These cats are truly nice with theirs, serious, and of course, a bit comical.  Enjoy. (Courtesy […]

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A Mix Called Jericho

It brings me great pleasure to present a mix called Jericho. I snuck one or two commercial tracks in there. I can’t help myself, I’m a lover of all Hip Hop… “catch me in my […]