The Rub began in the summer of 2002, as a party where Brooklynites with good taste in music could come together, get wasted and dance until the wee hours of the morning. Even in that first year, it was clearly something special, garnering praise from the Village Voice (“best party in Brooklyn to dance sweatily to smart music”), New York Press (“best party in NYC”) and many others. Ten years later, the original formula still holds true: great dance music mixed well, affordable drinks, and real people; no dress code, no bottle service and no celebrity DJs.
Building on the consistently rammed club night, The Rub turned into more than a party, taking the show all around the world, moving hundreds of thousands of records and CDs, recording legendary mixes such as The History of Hip-Hop and racking up hundreds of episodes of Rub Radio. The Rub DJs have played shows with everyone from Gucci Mane to The Chemical Brothers, DJ Premier to Justice, adapting with the times but never forgetting the foundation of hip-hop, classic disco, funk and soul.
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Best of 2022 – Selected by The Rub
Brooklyn’s own “The Rub” select their ten favorite tracks of the year in this new mix, exclusive to the Mixcloud…
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Rub Radio – Favorite Things 2022 (DJ Ayres)
It’s the return of DJ Ayres’s Favorite Things mix series, with a round up of his favorite tracks of 2022!…
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Rub Radio – History of Hip-Hop: The Producers Vol. 14, DJ Premier part 2
With most producers, part two of a “Best of Mix” would be for the rarities, the underrated album cuts, the…
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Rub Radio – History of Hip-Hop: The Producers Vol. 13, DJ Premier part 1
This summer The Rub is celebrating 20 years, so for Rub Radio we’re keeping it extremely Brooklyn with the best…
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Rub Radio (April 2022)
Lots of new rap music this month with some throwbacks / samples sprinkled in. This is Rub Radio! DOWNLOAD Rub…
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Rub Radio – History of Hip-Hop: The Producers Vol. 12, Hit-Boy
Hit-Boy is an impossible name to live up to unless you’re responsible for Jay-Z & Kanye West’s biggest hit of…
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Top 13 of 2021 – Selected by The Rub
Last but not least in the series of “Top of 2021” mixes exclusive to our Select subscribers, we have the…
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Rub Radio (November 2021)
Rub Radio is international zone coasting this month, playing our favorite new music from all over: Toronto, Montreal, Haiti, South…
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Rub Radio – History of Hip-Hop: The Producers Vol. 11, Timbaland Part 2
In our first Timbaland mix, we focused on his foundation, and in the follow up, we’ve put together a mix…
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Rub Radio – History of Hip-Hop: The Producers Vol. 10, Timbaland Part 1
The Rub is back! Tickets for September 25 are here: The Rub 19th Anniversary The Producer Series has been so…
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Rub Radio – History of Hip-Hop: The Producers Vol. 9, The Alchemist
FINALLY we celebrate the producer of some of our favorite rap records of the past 25 years, Alan the Chemist!…
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Rub Radio (April 2021)
The Rub starts things out this month with a medley of Black Rob tunes, to mourn his passing and celebrate…
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