please settle down...

have a drink, and relax. I mean, you're at a bar. you should be havin' fun. there's no need to get in my face with your request. no need to get agro with me. yes. yes, i understand that you are very passionate about whatever it is you are trying to tell me when i have headphones blaring in one ear and a monitor blaring in the other. what? what??? sorry i didn't catch that. oh, now you're REALLY frustrated with me. seriously. look. i'm sorry. i'm sorry your mother didn't hug you enough. i'm sorry your girlfriend didn't love you enough. i'm sorry that you don't know how to have a good time in a bar, and i'm sorry i don't play requests. now please. please settle down, have a drink and relax...

ug. some of these dudes need to lay off the muscle milk and red bull.

anyway, on with the subterranean beats of the week. this week's blubeats come from a bus driver turned producer turned super hero with british accent. part hip-hop, part funk, part rock, part jazz, part soul, part james brown incarnate and all awesome, dj format makes some of the best beats this side of a fried egg, and collected here are his collaborations with some seriously sassy mc's.

we know something - dj format & jurassic 5

3 feet deep - dj format, abdominal & d-sisive

viciuos battle raps - dj format & abdominal

separated at birth - dj format, abdominal & d-sisive

the place - dj format, chali 2na & akil

the hit song - dj format & abdominal