Brooklyn DJ and producer J.PERIOD (The Hamilton Mixtape) is renowned for his “audio-biography” mixtapes—featuring icons like Nas, Q-Tip, De La Soul, Lauryn Hill, and The Roots—which have solidified his reputation as a top-tier producer, a trusted collaborator, and a groundbreaking musical historian. His long-running performance series J.PERIOD Live Mixtape transforms the traditional Hip-Hop stage show into a high-energy moment of record, captured live on stage in one take. The Mixtape Assassin returns to Damrosch Park again in 2025 for a concert show of deep cuts from two powerhouse rap bands whose hits made them universally known and whose talent has kept them in the game for over 30 years: the innovative West Coast group The Pharcyde and the Afrocentric southern collective Arrested Development.