It appears that many of you really enjoy the jazzy mixes. Well, here ya go.Dirty Water Jazz - Mixed by DJ Nes (download)
Dirty Water Jazz - Mixed by DJ Nes
It appears that many of you really enjoy the jazzy mixes. Well, here ya go.Dirty Water Jazz - Mixed by DJ Nes (download)
A-1 Records Basement
Nice little tour of the legendary basement of A-1 Records.
The Belly of the Beat from Gasface on Vimeo.
Talib Kweli on the Turntables?
I'm not so sure about this. I hate to get all Sam Jackson and all, but you don't see Jazzy Jeff getting on the mic. Before you come back with replies like Diamond D, Lord Finesse, Q-Tip etc... get down on the mic and tables. Remember that those brothers have skillz on the tables. Looking at this video, I see myself 15 years ago at my first gig. Straight deer in the headlights, in way over my head. Thoughts?
The Root Down Guide to Wu - Mixed by DJ J3
Great way to start the last week of the decade.The Root Down Guide to Wu - Mixed by DJ J3 (download)
New Birth “Honeybee”
Wu Tang Clan “Clan in Da Front”
Black Ivory “I Keep Asking You Questions”
Raekwon “Criminology”
The Sweet Inspirations “Why Marry”
Ghostface Killah “Box in Hand (Unreleased)”
Wu Tang Clan “M.E.T.H.O.D. Man”
Willie Mitchell “Groovin’”
GZA “Liquid Swords”
Gladys Knight “The Way We Were”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Baby C’mon (Instrumental)”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Cuttin’ Headz”
Wu Tang Clan “Bring Da Ruckus”
The Charmells “As Long as I’ve Got You”
Gravediggaz “1-800-Suicide (Acapella)”
Al Green “Gotta Find a New World”
Ghostface Killah “Iron Maiden”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Hippa to Da Hoppa (Instrumental)”
Gravediggaz “2 Cups of Blood”
(Untitled Instrumental)
Ghostface Killah “Daytona 500″
Bob James “Nautilus”
Wu Tang Clan “7th Chamber (Part II) (Intro)”
Raekwon “Ice Cream”
Method Man “I Get My Thang In Action”
Gravediggaz “Constant Elevation”
Allan Toussaint “Louie”
GZA “4th Chamber”
Wendy Rene “After Laughter (Comes Tears)”
Wu Tang Clan “Tearz”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Brooklyn Zoo”
Eugene McDaniels “Jagger the Dagger”
Gravediggaz “Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide”
Al Green “You Ought to Be With Me”
Ghostface Killah “260″
Wu Tang Clan “Da Mystery of Chessboxin’”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Protect Ya Neck II: The Zoo”
Wu Tang Clan “7th Chamber”
Raekwon “Incarcerated Scarfaces”
GZA “Duel of the Iron Mic”
Raekwon “Knuckleheadz”
Wu Tang Clan “Ain’t Nuttin’ to _uc_ Wit”
(Rahzel’s Wu)
Ski Beats Interview
Great interview of Ski discussing how he started making beats, the art of beat selling, the influence of his mentors, and erasing all his Camp Lo beats.
Beatlemania - Mixed by J3
I'm not sure who the deejay is on this mix, but this mix of Beatles' covers is definitely worth a listen.Beatlemania (download)
Bill Cosby “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
Bud Shank “I Am the Walrus”
Ramsey Lewis “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except for Me and My Monkey)”
Nina Simone “Revolution”
Overton Berry Trio “Hey Jude”
Wilson Pickett “Hey Jude”
Dillard and Clark “Don’t Let Me Down”
Jimmy James “Good Day Sunshine”
The Mar-Keys “Let It Be”
Kashmere Stage Band “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”
Wes Montgomery “A Day in the Life”
Joyce Bond “Ob La Di, Ob La Da”
Al Green “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
Bunny Sigler “Yesterday”
Junior Parker “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Five Stairsteps “Dear Prudence”
Jazz Crusaders “Golden Slumbers”
Peter Tosh “Here Comes the Sun”
El Chicano “Eleanor Rigby”
Ramsey Lewis “Rocky Raccoon”
Eddie Hazel “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
Stevie Wonder “We Can Work It Out”
Bobby Bryant “Happiness is a Warm Gun”
Otis Redding “Day Tripper”
Booker T and the MGs “Lady Madonna”
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 “Fool on the Hill”
Soulful Strings “Hello Goodbye”
Jimmy Ponder “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Shirley Scott “Get Back”
Gene Ammons “Something”
Willie Bobo “Michelle”
Esther Phillips “And I Love Him”
Charles Lloyd “Here There and Everywhere”
Ramsey Lewis “Cry Baby Cry”
Groove Holmes “Come Together”
Junior Parker “Taxman”
Temptations “Hey Jude”
Tis the Season - Mixed by J. Rocc
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Very appropriate re-post. Merry X-Mas everybody. Original post below.Here is another Christmas leftover for those of you who didn't already download this one off of Stoneyjackson. Enjoy (or, enjoy it again).
Tis the Season - Mixed by J. Rocc (download)
Class of 86 - Mixed by DJ Revolution
All of you have really slept on this mix. Allowing the link to this mix to go dead is an abomination. Now, I'm going to give everybody a pass and assume that this link went dead because zshare sucks. However, if you haven't listened to his mix 50 times or more, you haven't listened to this mix enough.Class of '86 - Mixed by DJ Revolution (download)
01. Intro/ Just Ice - Back To The Old School
02. Run DMC - Peter Piper
03. Original Concept - Pump That Bass
04. Cutmaster DC - Brooklyn Rocks The Best
05. Divine Sounds - Do Or Die Bed Sty
06. Tricky Tee - Leave It To The Drums
07. B Fats - Woppit
08. Kool G Rap & Polo - It's A Demo
09. Stetsasonic - Go Stetsa
10. Fat Boys - Breakdown
11. Heavy D - Mr. Big Stuff
12. Biz Markie - Make The Music With Your Mouth
13. Word Of Mouth - Coast To Coast
14. The Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom
15. T La Rock - Back To Burn
16. Steady B - Bring The Beat Back
17. Just Ice - Cold Getting Dumb
18. Eric B & Rakim - Eric B Is President
19. B.D.P. - South Bronx
20. MC Shan - The Bridge
21. Dougie Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew - Nuthin'
22. Beastie Boys - Hold It Now, Hit It
23. Run DMC - My Adidias
24. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothin But Trouble
25. Ice Cream Tee - Guys Ain't Nothin But Trouble
26. Ultra Magnetic MC's - Ego Trippin'
27. Whodini - Funky Beat
28. King Tee - Payback's A Mutha
29. Original Concept - Knowledge Me
30. Ice T - Six In The Morning
31. Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
32. Salt N Pepa - My Mic Sounds Nice
33. Joeski Love - Pee Wee's Dance
34. MC Boob - Do The Fila
35. Kool Mo Dee - Go See The Doctor
36. Just Ice & DMX - Latoya
37. Sweet Tee, Jazzy Joyce - It's My Beat
38. Rodney O & Joe Cooley - Everlasting Bass
39. Eric B & Rakim - Check Out My Melody
North to South Vol. 1 - Mixed by Case Bloom
Perfect jazzed out mix for when the stress of the holidays gets you down. Below is an explanation of the mix by Case Bloom.My father is really heavy into Jazz. My childhood is peppered with Latin jazz, and the fragrant smell of leather in our home. I remember listening to Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto bored stiff. I didn’t really understand how this music was shaping my taste until at the age of thirteen I discovered hip hop. It became a sort of lens for me to examine the rest of the musical world through, and the use of sampling became a fixation. I was always intrigued to hear how my favorite producers would take a dusty old snippet, flip it, and make it new again. My favorite sounds were always those familiar jazz rifts I heard at home. As an adult I began to seek out those records, rediscover the music I grew up with and expand my musical horizons. This mix is about a lot of things for me. I look at my musical taste and how it has changed throughout the years. I look at the partnering of my father and I to establish our bag company, Tucker & Bloom. To me it’s as much about the journey in life as where you are going, even if you can’t smell the leather all the time.-Case Bloom
North to South Vol. 1 - Mixed by Case Bloom (download)
Courtesy Tucker Bloom
Super Reggae Breaks - Mixed by DJ Muro
Many of you have made a pastime of complaining about zshare. Trust me when I tell you that I'm no zshare groupie. The zshare crash of 08 cost me a lot of time and effort in re-uploads. So why do I continue to use zshare? Because it's the only file hosting site that I know of that allows you to listen to a file before downloading it. Well, now I've discovered usershare.net which also allows you to listen to files before download. I'm not sure if this site is better or worse, but I'd like to hear from all you file hosting site experts. So, today will serve as a usershare.net trial run. Let this day be remembered as a momentous day in the history of pipomixes.blogspot.com.Super Reggae Breaks - Mixed by DJ Muro (download)
Best of the Decade
Here's some reading material for a Sunday morning. I don't know why, but I got inspired to do one of these "best of" lists. Feel free to tell me how dumb I am. We'll get back to our regularly scheduled mix programing tomorrow.Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of the Decade
1. Donuts - J. Dilla - I've never been a big fan of instrumental albums, but this album was absolute genius. So simple, yet so complex, this album fathered the new millennium style of loop based production.
2. Supreme Clientele - Ghostface - Top notch production + Ghost's masterful offbeat flow = classic. Just played this bad boy the other day and it played beautifully from beginning to end.
3. Blueprint - Jay-Z - Arguably Hov's best album to date. The fact that this album brought back sample based music to mainstream radio makes it worthy of this list.
4. The Unseen - Quasimoto - I know this album is going to take some heat for being on the list, but I'd be lying if I said 10 other albums got more play in my tape deck/laptop/ipod over the last 10 years.
5. Fantastic Vol. 2 - Slum Village - To be honest, I was a little let down when I first copped this album back in 2000. Not that I didn't like the album at first, but I think it was just impossible for SV to live up to the hype at the time (at least in my mind). However, this album has aged better than fine wine.
6. O.S.T. - People Under the Stairs - Another controversial choice, but this album makes the list for much the same reason The Unseen did. I'll take this album against any hip hop album from the post 2000 era.
7. Game Theory - The Roots - In my opinion, this is clearly the Roots' best album since Things Fall Apart. Top quality production, second to none lyrics, and next level sonic quality.
8. Late Registration - Kanye West - This album can't be denied. Personally, this is my favorite Kanye album. Again, Kanye gets a spot on the list for bringing sample based music back to the masses.
9. Let's Get Free - Dead Prez - Very slept on album. I'm not really sure why their subsequent releases haven't even come close to touching the magic of Let's Get Free, but one classic album is one more than most.
10. Madvillainy 2 - Madvillain (M.F. Doom & Madlib) - The original LP was dope, but the remix LP took it to a whole new level for me. I'm nowhere near a Madlib groupie (I swear), but somehow two Madlib produced albums made the top 10. More impressive, at least three other Madlib produced albums could have easily been included in this list.
Best Movies of the Decade
1. City of God - I don't know if it was the setting of Brasil's favelas, the grimy cinematography, the psychopathic nature of the movie's top villain (Lil' Ze), or the abundance of pre-teen thugs shooting each other like it was going out of style, but something about this movie completely changed the game. To boot, the top notch soundtrack didn't hurt either.
2. Children of Men - I'm a sucker for apocalyptic films. Even better if the apocalyptic movie has a powerful message. The message driven home in this movie was that nothing is more powerful than the universal hope of a better tomorrow. And if that is gone, everything begins to crumble fast.
3. Inglourious Basterds - Frankly, nobody is f*cking with Quentin Tarantino. This movie was on some next level ish. Not to mention that the "Jew Hunter" character may be the best character ever created.
4. There Will Be Blood - Never has a character and actor carried a movie the way Daniel Plainview/Daniel Day Lewis carried this classic. Enough said.
5. No Country for Old Men - Anton Chigurh is the greatest villain in movie history. Any villain who has his own perverted sense of justice and goes around killing people using a cattle air gun, is gangsta in my book.
6. Kill Bill Vol. 1&2 - Again, Tarantino is just in a different league. The final scene of vol. 2 was priceless.
7. Traffic - There is just something about the grimy and depressing nature of this movie that I thoroughly enjoyed. No better pick-me-up than a movie about spoiled white kids having sex in crack houses, honest (or at least trying to be honest) Tijuana cops realizing their eminent violent death, and the seemingly hopeless War on Drugs.
8. American Psycho - You feel like a bad person for enjoying such a sadistic movie, but how can you not enjoy a serial killer who is pushed over the edge by a coworker's business card.
9. Adaptation - A movie about a character writing a book about a character making the movie about the character writing a book about the movie. Confused?
10. The Departed - The Irish Goodfellas, just not as good. But good enough to make the list. This movie makes the top 5 if the editors leave those lame love scenes between Leonardo DiCaprio's character and the shrink on the cutting room floor.
Best T.V. Shows of the Decade
1. The Sopranos - The Sopranos edges out The Wire for top show due to its limitless replay value. Some loved the show for the violence, some loved the show for its one of a kind characters like Silvio Dante, and some loved the show for its intricate plots. Whatever the reasons, it's hard to imagine ever watching a show better than The Sopranos. A brilliant presentation of the American Protestant psyche where, for good or bad, providing for your family justifies everything.
2. The Wire - No good guys, no bad guys, no absolute rights or wrongs, and no simple answers to complicated questions. As a matter of fact, no real answers at all. Just a marvelous series.
3. BattleStar Galactica - Best scifi show of all time. I'll admit that it was hard not to think of Edward James Olmos as SantaAna from American Me instead of Admiral Adama, but the show was a must see nonetheless.
4. The Chappelle Show - The Chappelle Show has a special place in hip hop heaven right next to The Arsenio Hall Show. Personally, my favorite skits were the Real World and Making of the Band spoofs. However, my favorite part of the show was the musical guests that would perform at the end of each show all hand chosen by Mr. Questlove.
5. 6 Feet Under - It's been a while since I last saw a rerun episode. However, I do remember that I once looked forward to watching this show every Sunday night.
6. Breaking Bonaduce - Few things have been more entertaining than watching the implosion of former child star turned self proclaimed street fighter, Danny Bonaduce.
7. Entourage - Eric Murphy may be a complete douche bag, but the male, L.A. version of Sex and the City is always worth some good laughs. Sure, it is progressively getting worse with each season, but it still deserves to make the list.
8. Jersey Shore - The series is only two episodes deep as I write this. However, it is pure comedy watching these Jersey guidos make fools of themselves all the while thinking that they are the greatest thing since sliced bread.
9. Cheaters - If this show is fake, then Robert DeNiro has got nothin' on these actors. If this show is real, than there are way too many white trash babies that should have been aborted who grew up to be sorry excuses for an adult. The stabbing of Joey Greco is by far the greatest t.v. moment of the last decade.
10. Charlie Rose - I'm not going to get on my high horse, but I will say that intelligent conversation is a good thing.
Top 10 Mixtapes of the Decade
1. Thank You Jay Dee Act 4 - J. Rocc - My favorite mix of all time. The perfect incorporation of Dilla beats, smooth as silk mixing, and effects galore.
2. Thank You Jay Dee Act 3 - J. Rocc - This was my favorite mix of all time until I heard Act 4.
3. Original - DJ Neil Armstrong - In my opinion, this mix changed the game. This mix forced every deejay to put more production value into their mixes.
4. Blunted with a Beat Junkie - DJ Shortkut - Reggae isn't easy to mix, but Shortkut sure made it look easy.
5. Cultura Copia - DJ Nuts - Any of DJ Nuts Brazilian gems could be inserted here, but Cultura Copia is the mix I've listened to most recently.
6. Rekonstructed Elements - DJ Shortkut - There are break mixes, and then there are BREAK MIXES. This one is the latter.
7. 2Original - DJ Neil Armstrong - I actually like this one better than the first, but the original gets ranked higher because it was Original.
8. Sex Machine - J. Rocc - The truth is that I could give all ten spots to J. Rocc's mixes, but that wouldn't be much fun would it.
9. Best of People Under the Stairs - DJ Foodstamp - It may not make your top 10 list, but this mix has been in regular rotation for the last few years.
10. The Pharcyde Mix - Bobby Evans - This mix is so good that it made my top 10 even though I'm not much of a Pharcyde fan.
Biggest Douche Bags of the Decade
1. Kobe Bryant - Tiger Woods made one hell of a late run, but Kobe's body of work over the decade cannot be denied. Tiger may have been outed by every b-level whore on the planet, but Tiger never did this....
Nor did Tiger Woods ever get booed in his hometown as he received the All-Star Game MVP trophy. And Jim Grey never made Tiger Woods' eyes water-up after getting booed in his hometown (fast forward to the 7:29 mark). Unfortunately, I can't find the Jim Grey interview.
Finally, Tiger Woods never got combo'd by "Sugar" Chris Childs.
Kobe Bryant and Chris Childs Fight
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2. Tiger Woods - Cheating on your wife is never a good idea. Being a billionaire sports icon who cheats on his wife with floozy waitresses and club promoters while text messaging them like some schoolboy who's never been laid, makes you a straight douche bag.
3. Every College Football Analyst Who Could Not Remove Their Lips from Tim Tebow's Scrotum - The Tim Tebow ball washing fest that occurred from 2006-2009 was simply out of control. Watching grown men drool over a 21 year-old virgin like he is the second coming is very awkward.
Part II coming soon...
Best of Fondle 'Em Records - Mixed by DJ Foodstamp
Happy Re-post Friday! Original post below.If you're a fan of this site, then you were probably a fan of Fondle 'Em Records. Here's an excellent mix of most of the cream of the Fondle 'Em crop. Nice blends, sharp cuts, and no overkill. Below is an explanation of the mix from Foodstamp himself.
"Okay, so if you’re not familiar with the Fondle 'Em imprint, here’s your chance to, as Clinton Sparks says, "Get Familiar." Baller, sneaker guru, and hip-hop visionary Robert "Bobbito" Garcia killed the game back in the mid-90s when he started this label. Not only did he bring us DOOM (he also practically saved Mr. Dumile), but Bobbito sniffed out some of the illest global talent to release on this "vinyl only" (sans Operation: Doomsday and The Cenobites) label. By no means is this mix a conclusive "best of" Fondle 'Em; however, some of my favs are as follows. Camu Tao (R.I.P.) drops it ridiculously on "Camu" and of course I had to bless you with one of my favorite 12" releases of all time by Mr. Live. Yeshua Da PoED, GRIMM, Juggaknots and J-Treds also come with the fiyah; but, for real, this label reminds me of what hip-hop used to sound like and maybe someday artists will revisit this successful formula (please). Seriously though, Bobbito’s morning shit does more for hip hop than most of us will in a lifetime."
Best of Fondle 'Em Records - Mixed by DJ Foodstamp (download)
Flea Market Funk Live 45 Mix - Mixed by Mr. Supreme
Mr. Supreme always comes correct, and this mix is no exception. Expect nothing but funky breaks on this one.Flea Market Funk Live 45 Mix - Mixed by Mr. Supreme (download)
Large Pro Tribute Mix - Mixed by DJ Dynamix
Large Pro is too often left out of that Pete Rock and Primo is the "greatest of all time..." conversation.Large Pro Tribute Mix - Mixed by DJ Dynamix (download)
A Boom Bap Continuum Mix - Mixed by DJ Clockwork, 2Tall, and Kper
What a pleasant surprise. I've been battling this cold all weekend when I decided to open my email for the first time in a few days. What do you know, my man Joey Strats from Just for Kicks Design hits me off with this gem of a mix. If you're like me, you probably haven't heard of any of these three deejays before. However, do not let lack of name notoriety dissuade you from listening to this masterpiece of a mix. Highly recommended.A Boom Bap Continuum Mix - Mixed by DJ Clockwork, 2Tall, and Kper (download)
Live Left Over Mix - Mixed by DJ Rhettmatic and Bobo of Cypress Hill
Rhettmatic on the cut and Bobo on the percussion.Live Left Over Mix - Mixed by DJ Rhettmatic and Bobo (download)
Do-Over
Rekonstructed Elements - Mixed by DJ Shortkut
The mix for this week's re-post is in my top 5 of mixes posted on this site. Original post below.No tracklist on this one, but trust me when I tell you that you don't need one on this mix. Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Shortkut mixes and I have to say that he is definitely slept on (at least by me) as a mixtape deejay. I always knew he was nice with the battle routines, but I overlooked how smooth his mix-sets are. Enjoy.
Rekonstructed Elements - Mixed by DJ Shortkut (download)
Hip Hop Freaks - Mixed by Omega:NYC
BlendingNationSound brother #2 bringing you all the hip hop that you know and love.Hip Hop Freaks - Mixed by Omega:NYC (download)
Omega:NYC
Alchemist Interview
Weed, Jay-Z's bounced check, and future projects with Oh No and Evidence, all in a days work when interviewing Alchemist.
Thes One Interview
Thes-One discusses first meeting Double K , vinyl, and all of the resources available to independent artists.
Da Villa Chronicles - Slum Village
T3 discusses the making Fantastic of Vol. 1 & 2. If nothing else, make sure to watch part 2 to see Slum Village performing with the Roots as their backup band.
Part II
Part II
Selecta Funk Vol. 2 - Mixed by DJ Uilson
Just trust me and listen.Selecta Funk Vol. 2 - Mixed by DJ Uilson (download)
1 - Super Erotica - Erotic Rhythm (Macumba)
2 - Super Erotica - Jungle Fever
3 - Super Erotica - Le Couple
4 - Waltel Branco - Meu Balanço
5 - João Donato ( A Bad Donato ) - Straight Jacket
6 - Free Sound Orquestra* - Tarcisiu´s Theme
7 - Ed kennedy * - I´ll Never Fall In love Again
8 - Orquestra CBD - Tema da Zorra
9 - Raulzito & Impacto 8 (Raul de Souza) - Cantaloope Island
10 - Azymuth - Melô da CuÃca
11 - Waltel Branco - Luar do Sertão
12 - Claudia - Vai Baby (Peter Gunn)
13 - Bertrami e Conjunto Azimute (Azymuth) - Pela Cidade
14 - Marcio Montarroyos - Makaha
15 - Airto* - Zuei
16 - Azambuja @ Cia* - Tema de Azambuja
17 - Wanderlea - Ginga da Mandinga
18 - Airto fogo* - Black Soul
19 - Helio Matheus - Boi da Cara Branca
20 - Odair José* - Nunca Mais
21 - Claudia - Poeta do Medo
22 - Trio Mocotó - O Xamego de Iná
23 - Tamba 4 - Samba Blim
24 - Super Som T.A - Agora Chega
25 - Tony Bizarro - Não Vai Mudar
26 - Marcos Valle - Mentira
27 - Eumir Deodato - West 42nd Street
29 - Paulinho da Costa - Toledo Bagel
Come to Me Softly - Mixed by Soulman
Below is what Soulman had to say about the mix.Come to Me Softly - Mixed by Soulman (download)
Told you I'd be back... and here I is with another Soulman mix. This is really more of a Best Of Archaeologists compilation type joint... I'm just putting my name on all of 'em from now on (why not?). No cutting and scratching, just playing some music I like.
This is another one of those mixes that's been sitting around unfinished for a long azz time- probably a couple of these songs I wouldn't have put on the mix if I did it yesterday just because I've heard them on too many other people's mixes. But who cares... I like all the selections regardless if I heard them a hundred times before or if they're still new to my ears. Like a wise dude once said, the truth is forever. Besides, I think it's a pretty decent mosaic of uncommon and commonplace, rarefied and somewhat routine. Soul, psych, jazzy, modern, whatever's clever.
The working title on this was "Spring Mix" because most of the stuff is light and breezy and soulful... unfortunately I'm like a couple of season changes late on the release date and I didn't feel like waiting until next March to drop it, so here it is. F--- it, autumn is pretty breezy too, right? I can see the leaves falling in the background while sipping a mug of hot apple cider and vibing out to this schitt. Hope y'all like it, and if not I got another one in the chamber that may be ready by this weekend as well. Happy turkey day to whoever's celebrating it and peace to everybody else too.
Courtesy Soulman
Who is Bobbito Garcia?
Great interview with Bobbito discussing a wide range of topics and experiences. Bobbito may be many things, but one dimension is not one of them.
On Track Volume 2 - Mixed by Kon and Amir
Another heavyweight mix for re-post Friday. I was reading the comments on the original post of this mix from a year ago and forgot about the requests for a Pipomixes t-shirt. If my man Derek from Manifest is reading, what do you think?On Track Vol. 2 - Mixed by Kon and Amir (download)
Secondhand Sureshots Discarded Vinyl - Mixed by J. Rocc
You are really missing out if you haven't yet picked this mix up from the Stonesthrow website. Don't freak-out Stonesthrow police, the link goes straight to your site. The mix is nothing but dollar record bin finds from L.A. area record stores.Secondhand Sureshots Discarded Vinyl - Mixed by J. Rocc (get mix here)
Beautiful - Mixed by Soulman
It's always a treat when the legendary Soulman drop another gem for us. Below is Soulman's explanation of the mix.Beautiful - Mixed by Soulman (download)
I was at the Old Country Buffet (one of my favorite eating spots- I'm cheap) awhile back and I noticed one of the employees, a barely legal if even legal at all young dude, hitting on a customer, a cute late 30-ish older woman. She rebuffed his advances, claiming that she was too old for him. Young dude, undeterred, stared her in the eye and calmly replied "I know what I like." Gotta give it to the youngin'- swag for days.
That's kinda how I feel about psych rock, which is my current favorite genre of music to listen to. I probably don't really know a damn thing about psych- every time I look up info on a psych album online, the reviews rarely sing the praises of the songs on the album that I like the most. They'll talk about the genius of some song on the lp that I'm not familiar with, then I'll go back to the record to listen to this song and be like WTF is this? Obviously I'm not hearing it from a true psych enthusiasts' perspective. Which I guess makes sense, since I'm a black first generation Hip Hop dude... I didn't grow up on Zep or Sabbath or the Beach Boys or Zappa or even Hendrix. I grew up on James Brown and Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder and the Furious 5.
Yet and still, I know what I like. Music with soul, music that touches you somewhere deeper than the epidermis. And any real music head knows that soul isn't just found on albums that have pics of dudes with afros on the jacket. I hear the soul in Aretha Franklin but I also hear it in Rachmaninoff's 2nd. In fact, "hear it" isn't the best way to put it- I feel it. That's what music is all about, man... people can tell you all day that this is the hot schitt, this is what's banging now, whateva whateva, but it doesn't matter. Music isn't a popularity contest, it's not about soundscan numbers, it's only about what you feel or don't feel. No matter what I say about something being THATREALSCHITT, if you can't feel what I'm feeling then it's a waste of time even trying to explain it.
So anyway, enough of my yadda-yadda-ing. Yes, it's true- I'm dropping another new Soulman mix a mere three days after the last new Soulman mix. Guess the hiatus is officially over, eh? This one, entitled Beautiful, basically picks up where The Truth Is Forever left off. Just playing a bunch of soft, mellow psych songs that I really love. Familiar folky stuff that the Vashti Bunyan and Linda Perhacs fans out there may already know and love but also some other very nice tunes that only the most hardcore psych dudes are gonna be hip to. This joint may be too light for the more gnarly real schitters, and my Hip Hop real schitters can probably just fuggetaboutit, but I'm hoping folks will dig this (Beautiful Pt. 2 and maybe even Pt. 3 are on deck already, so if y'all are feelin' it more will be dropped ASAP). Thanks for listening.
Courtesy Soulman
Many Styles Vol. 4 - Mixed by DJ Smiles Davis
A different kind of mix, but a good different kind of mix.Many Styles Vol. 4 - Mixed by DJ Smiles Davis (download)
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