Not really a remix though, it would be considered a sample. It's not a remix like how they have "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" and then the "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye Remix". There weren't
mixtapes back in 94-95. Wasn't it Bad Boy that came up with the idea to make remixes to songs? And it was definitely well after Ready To Die.
How is the "One More Chance" remix that blew up a "sample" of the version that appears on
Ready to Die? Does the same apply for DJ Premier's remix of "Machine Gun Funk?"
What about all the other classic remixes of the early '90s and late '80s? "Scenario (Remix)?" "Stress (Extra P Remix)?" All of the
Illmatic,
Enta da Stage remixes? "Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)?" "Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)"? "Nappy Heads (Remix)", "Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling)?" The fucking "Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness Remix)?" These are hip-hop hits, I'm not even digging in the crates here.
Mixtapes have been around since the '80s. What self-respecting head isn't familiar with Kid Capri, DJ Mister Cee, Doo Wop, and Ron G? LMAO at there not being mixtapes before the mid-90s. DJ Clue got his big break doing a mixtape for Bad Boy in the early '90s. A huge load of Biggie's street buzz came from Mister Cee's
Best of Biggie Smalls mixtape.
I'm shaking my head hard here.