Drugs - Mixed by Soulman

Soulman's mixtapes may have been some of the most influential in shaping what mixtapes would become.  Drugs is a must listen for those who've never heard it, and worth revisiting for those who have.

One of the countless mixtapes by Soulman b/k/a Phil Stroman, vinyldealer to all the big name hiphop producers in the '00s. He flips through all the juicy bits of his massive record collection unearthing some known and unknown sample sources, this one has an eerie mysterious vibe to it.

Drugs - Mixed by Soulman

SOULMAN drugs by Pablo Discobar on Mixcloud

Here's one of the more heralded mixes from the legendary collector, Soulman.

One of the countless mixtapes by Soulman b/k/a Phil Stroman, vinyldealer to all the big name hiphop producers in the '00s. He flips through all the juicy bits of his massive record collection unearthing some known and unknown sample sources, this one has an eerie mysterious vibe to it.

Santa Clause is a Soulman - Mixed by Soulman (Phill Most Chill)

Special christmas bonanza today. Every time Soulman drops a mix I get this feeling that it might be the last one. Offliberty.com is your friend.

Whatever Happened to Yesterday - Mixed by Soulman

Very short, but very sweet unreleased Sanctuary Music megamix.

Beautiful Part 2 - Mixed by Soulman

Don't sleep on Soulman's mixes. Dude is a mixtape legend.

Beautiful Part 2 - Mixed by Soulman (download)


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Lovers and Friends - Mixed by Soulman

When Soulman mixes, we should all listen. Soulman's description of the mix below.

I'd like to say this is perfect since this is Valentines Day, but some of the songs are more on some "I lost you and we're not together any more" steez rather than some "I love you and you love me and we'll be together FOREVER" schitt. There's plenty of that too, but I'm just giving y'all that disclaimer before you play this mix for your sweetie tonight and she gets depressed and leaves your ass. Regardless, it's a lot of great music so enjoy.

Lovers and Friends - Mixed by Soulman (download)

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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.

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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.

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The Truth is Forever - Mixed by Soulman

Here's the writeup from Soulman.

"Just when you thought I was retired from the break mix game (I thought I was retired too, who knew)... I started working on this mix almost exactly one year ago and finally finished it today while the wife was at the movies with the kids watching Up (they said it was good). The original idea was to do a joint with all kinds of weird records from a bunch of different genres and countries. Somehow, it ended up being all rock records. Or at least records that would probably be filed in the rock section at your friendly neighborhood record shoppe. That's all I'll say about it, other than this is probably one of my weirder mixes- definitely maintaining the basic Soulman style but with some strange deviations from my traditional format as well. I gotta admit this is one of my favorites- I'm rarely pleased with the finished product of anything I do, but I must say that I was very happy with the results this time.
Peep it for yourself down below, and if you like it please feel free to share it with others, post it up on your blog or bootleg that schitt and sell it behind the counter at the corner bodega along with the apple blunts and loosies. It's free, do what you will with it.
P.S. - sorry but I didn't do a tracklist for this and I honestly don't even remember what more than half of these songs are... I just grabbed whatever rock records were laying around at the time and played whatever sounded half decent. Dollar bin to ultra rare psych... it's all over the place."

The Truth is Forever - Mixed by Soulman (download)

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Joint #2 Hip Hop Mix - Mixed by Soulman

Below, is the second mix from the top (pictured above). Now I'll see what I can do about the rest of the mixes labeled in the above picture.

Joint #2 Hip Hop Mix - Mixed by Soulman (download)

Soulman Plays the Breaks - Mixed by Soulman

Another lesser known mix from the man who's got so much soul he put it in the name.

Soulman Plays the Breaks - Mixed by Soulman (download)

Soulman Radio: 92-93 Beats Mixshow - Mixed by Soulman

Classic mix from the legendary Soulman. This mix (made around 92/93) has Phil Most (aka Soulman) giving you nothing but that early 90's hardcore. Like any Soulman mix, expect obscure gems mixed together in a way that you only wish you could.

Soulman Radio: 92-93 Beats Mixshow - Mixed by Soulman (download)