Original Patreon writeup - this was time sensitive, and I'm just posting it by means of giving you a rough tracklist and for history's sake. Nice one! X

"As if to set a precedent with the day lateness of the last one, this mix was an entire week late. A week. Can you even imagine? Ridiculous. I apologise wholeheartedly and while I don't want to drag this out and keep going on and on about how sorry I am, please know that I will endeavour to be more prepared next time. The last week caught me very unaware and I promise you, the plate was full to brimming and then the plate kept piling up despite me saying "WHEN". You don't need to hear all this though - thanks for being so patient!

A rugged and rough beginning to the proceedings this week, by way of digging out an old Japanese rap jam for ya that my man in the old record shop I used to work in put me on to. He's Japanese and always used to throw records with breaks at me and tell me "Nick-San, you must hear these heavy Japanese breaks!" - whenever he gave me the word, I would take heed because homeslice knew what time it was. He'd go on these record finding missions back to the homeland and come back with a suitcase full of heat every time. One time I think he said his suitcase was 50kg. I don't know how he managed that, or indeed how they let him through but I think because he was on a certain airline and he was Japanese they let him pass. Madness.

Anyway - that's where I get the mix name from. It sounds like the second guy says "TOUGH GUY FACTORY" and I thought that could be a cool name for this one, so here we go!

• GO FORCEMEN – 'Combo'

• RODNEY O & JOE COOLEY – 'This Is For The Homies'

• LIFESAVAZ – 'Head Exercise'

• KRIS KRISTOFFERSON – 'Casey's Last Ride' (BP edit)

• ORGANIZED KONFUSION – 'Stress' (instrumental)

• PUSHA-T – 'The Games We Play'

• ULTRAMAGNETIC MCs – 'Poppa Large' (acapella)

• ASHLYN C – 'Gold Pieces'"