DJ D.L.‘s been one of my personal favorite all-around DJs for some time, and this mixtape only strengthens my belief that he’s one of the most slept-on DJs in the country.

I actually went to him first to ask permission to blog about this, and he — and the mixtape — deliver solidly, as usual.

More info and tracklist after the jump.

Says D.L.:

the actual mix was done live (minus the intro) in my room late 2003, hence the reason why some of the songs are kinda long cause I was actually diggin through my record cases of early 90′s hiphop joints that I’ve used at a local hiphop jam the night before I made the mix. Mostly well known classics, some not so well known… Just good hiphop music.

And the tracklist:

01. Intro
02. Lords Of The Underground – Here Comes The Lords
03. Zhigge – Rakin’ In The Dough
04. Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours
05. A.D.O.R. – Let It All Hang Out
06. Grand Puba – 360 (What Goes Around)
07. Nice & Smooth – Old To The New
08. Original Flavor – Can I Get Open
09. Showbiz & A.G. – Party Groove (Instrumental)
10. UMC’s – One To Grow On
11. Souls Of Mischief – ’93 Till Infinity
12. Gang Starr – Just To Get A Rep
13. Leaders Of The New School – Spontaneous (13 MC’s Deep)
14. Del The Funkee Homosapien – Catch A Bad One
15. Das EFX – Freakit
16. Digable Planets – Appointment At The Fat Clinic
17. Black Moon – Who Got The Props
18. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
19. Heather B. – I Get Wreck
20. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)
21. EPMD – Rampage Feat. LL Cool J
22. Black Sheep – Strobelite Honey
23. De La Soul – Me, Myself And I
24. Crooklyn Dodgers 95 – Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers
25. Da Bush Babees – We Run Things (It’s Like Dat)
26. Dred Scott – Check The Vibe
27. Paris – The Days Of Old
28. Common Sense – I Used To Love H.E.R. (Instrumental)

Click here to download DJ D.L.’s “The Golden Era” mix.

Ah yeah. Between this and AlphaTrion’s mix, I’m ready to pretend it’s the ’90s all over again.