Mixtape Monday Features Sets + Tapes From Domo Genesis x Evidence, Noonsense, Buscrates + More For The Week of January 29, 2018.
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The rappers and producers take center stage this Mixtape Monday with a slew of fun projects from Domo Genesis x Evidence, Noonsense, Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemble, 8 Track and more.
Domo teams with Evidence for Aren’t U Glad You’re U? Noonsense makes her Paxico Records debut with Fishdoll. Buscrates drops The Gadget Files. DMV collective 8 Track rewind the tape and Rochester MC Pounds’ Rules and Parameters EP gets a bump.
Berlin’s own Djeez represents for the true heads with a boom bap mix. Jay Alpha drops off an SP-404 live set for Radio Juicy with the arrival of Juicy Jams Vol. 5, Logic Marselis keeps the fire coming with Super Audio World. Osage’s AlgoRhythm 2 makes the cut and Good Food Music runs anchor with After School Special.
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Domo Genesis x Evidence - Aren’t U Glad You’re U
Domo Genesis teams with Evidence on the follow-up to his Red Corolla tape, entitled Aren’t U Glad You’re U. The 8-track project is the first of the year from Domo Genesis. Though this is primarily a solo flight, AUGYU boasts a few bars from Evidence, as well as an appearance from Phonte. There is also just Domo Genesis spitting his entire face off.
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Fishdoll - Noonsense
Beijing’s own Fishdoll pilots an otherworldly sonic journey on her 9-track Paxico Records debut entitled Noonsense.
Among scapes of hymnal tides and bubbling sea foam, Fishdoll's voice is a channel through which guided meditation flows. Breezily forthright and expressly feathery, it delivers glowing incantations layered to the brim with intricacies and harmonic euphoria, awash with feminine spirit and divine light. As pretensions melt away and your memories are transposed into surreal tableaux, these beautiful, buzzing fantasies will take you to places that are a pleasure to consider. It's a journey that eviscerates space and time, aches with phosphor colors and leaves galaxies spinning around you-- til you wake up and find you fell asleep with the TV on again.
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Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemble - The Gadget Files
Dishing up joints produced on Korg’s Gadget app, Buscrates goes somewhat minimal but no less funky on his latest offering entitled The Gadget Files. The 4-track release is an ethereal collection of beats plied with his signature “juicy analog goodness.” The lush set of tracks also conjures J Dilla’s percussion.
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8 Track - REWIND
DMV collective 8 Track follows lead single “Child’s Play” and the follow-up “Circles” with their latest project REWIND.
"The album opens up with candid clips of us just expressing our current state -whether it was a simple as wanting to go to the record store, as relatable as rent being due or as profound as recognizing moments in which our lives changed. Rewind tells these stories of overcoming personal struggles like in 'Childs Play,' dealing with relationship issues like in 'BMW (Be My Woman),' recognizing social issues within society like in 'Family Ties' and just exuding confidence in 'Dope Game.' All of this being done in 8 Track’s genre-jumping fashion that they describe as the sound of the times we live in."
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Pounds - Rules and Parameters
Rules and Parameters first made waves around Halloween of last year. The mafioso rap manifesto from Rochester MC Pounds is back in circulation following the video for his single “Francis Ford.” The 6-track EP combines gutter bars with soulful production, putting just a little more gas behind the street rap renaissance.
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Djeez - Represent
Berlin’s own Djeez is dishing up over an hour of tunes to HitYaWitThat tried and true boom-bap sound on the Represent mix. The nostalgic 90s hip-hop sound dominates the mix, which features tracks from Devaloop, Philanthrope, Ruckus, True Comers, K-Def, A.Rubik, 2Late and more.
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Jay Alpha - Juicy Jams Vol. 5
Broadcasting live from Brooklyn, Jay Alpha put in work with a live SP-404 set for Volume 5 of Radio Juicy’s signature series Juicy Jams. Packed to gills with all of the hazy, analog goodness you can handle, Jay Alpha’s 30-minute set exemplifies the beauty of lo-fi beat culture.
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Logic Marselis - Super Audio World
Logic Marselis follows the stellar Illien Rosewell collaborative project Wally Renaissance with the decidedly more laidback and soulful Super Audio World. The 9-track release is a collection of playful instrumentals that rely on a handful of soul samples and found sounds.
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Osage - AlgoRhythm Vol. 2
Just months removed from AlgoRhythm Vol. 1, Osage drops off the 7-track follow-up project entitled AlgoRhythm Vol. 2. Dishing up more synth and soul, the project boasts features from Yemi, Brielle and The Bul Bey. Dezeray Dawn is the lone holdover from Volume 1. Instrumentals round out the project, which is driven by infectious percussion and hooks. This jawn is built for the dance floor.
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Good Food Music - After School Special
Rising producer Good Food Music takes listeners on a journey through his free-form sound with the arrival of the 21-track project entitled After School Special.
Hold tight as Good Food takes you on a ride from Boom Bap (Winter Glow, Natures Paradise) to Trap (Quiet Noise) to Dance (Fall For Me) to House (Northern Lights, Contemplative Tide) and some other places that don't fit any category (Natural Wonder, Transformations). No samples were used during the making of this piece, all the vibrations you'll hear were composed by Good Food himself. Open your mind and enjoy the ride.
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Karas Lamb writes and digs for tunes you haven’t heard yet. She actually wants to listen to your mixtape. Follow her on Twitter @karaslamb or Instagram @blamblamkaraslam.
