Mixtape Mondays: Falcons on Diplo & Friends fro BBC 1Xtra
Mixtape Mondays is upon us, kids, and if your monday started anything like my monday then WE GON' NEED SOME BEATS. Luckily we have a new mix from Okayplayer Top 14 Artist To WatchFalcons, putting down post-Timbaland future r&b on BBC 1xtra's Diplo & Friends show, Marley Marl reuniting with the Chocolate Boy Wonder Pete Rock as well as Clark Kent and Kevy Kev for a Mt. Rushmore of a throwback moment on In Control Radio, Uproot Andy and DJ Ushka reinventing New York with their magical urbanism, DJ Lexis and the not-evil geniuses behind Music Is My Sanctuary curating a collection dedicated to the mighty indie Stones Throw Records, Brothers In Arms applying their automatic scratching machine to your nu-disco itch, LargeUp schooling us on Trinidad Carnival with a soca-centric soundtrack and Paul Pre running through some of our other favorite new artists to watch. Don't wait--click true and let these capable selectors get your Mixtape Monday back on the right track (s) immediately.
On this cameo for the latest installment of BBC 1 Xtra's Diplo & Friends Radio, Falcons runs through a grip of futuR&B, kicking off with Kaytranada, rinsing lots of his fellow 14er Sango and even his own remixes for the likes of M.I.A. Along the way Yung Falcs provides a window into the hotbed of musical intrigue that is L.A. right now--so true. Watch for more from this cat, er, raptor soon both on Okayplayer and in Austin, Texas...stream below, scroll down for tracklist.
Tracklisting:
Kaytranada - You're Late - Unreleased
Ludacris - The Potion (Instrumental) – Def Jam
Falcons – Sumbody – Free Download
Falcons – Be Quiet - HW&W Recordings
Arnold - 100 Dreams (i Luv Your Girl Rmx) – Free Download
Falcons – Cell - HW&W Recordings
Odb - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Mr. Carmack Remix)
Djemba Djemba - I Just Go (Falcons Remix) – Jeffrees
Falcons - Vroom – Free Download
Asia Cruise - Boyfriend (Falcons Remix) – Free Download
Panama - Always (Wave Racer Remix) – Future Classic
Ldru - The Tropics – Future Classic
Rustie - Starttt - Unreleased
Ginuwine – Pony - Epic
Waka X Ginuwine - Hard In The Pony (Oneman Edit) – Free Download
Sango - Baile Somebody - HW&W Recordings
Sango - BB Don't Cry (It's Gon' Be Ok) – Free Download
Billionaire Black - Hella Thots (Iceboi X Lil Texas Edit) – Free Download
Falcons - 2me - HW&W Recordings
Ciara feat Mike G - Oh! (Falcons Remix) – Free Download
The Freshest X J Cole X Missy Elliot - Nobodies Perfect (Falcons Remix) – Free Download
Trey Songz - Neighbors Know My Name (Tk Kayemba Remix) – Free Download
DJ Bark Lee - M.O.N.I.C.A.
Fluke Nukes - Wetter 1.4
Ty Dolla Sign - Paranoid (Falcons & Dj Hoodboi Remix)
Dj Hoodboi & Trippy Turtle - Marvin Gay & Chardonnay
Sweater Beats - Feel Me (Falcons Remix) - Symbols Recordings
Falcons - I Can Do What I Want - Unreleased
Toni Romiti - Miss Me (DJ Sliink Remix Ft. DJ Bake) – Free Download
Lido Lido Ft. Muri - Lost (Stwo Remix) - Unreleased
M.I.A. - Yala (Falcons Remix) - Unreleased
Asap Ferg Feat. ASAP Rocky – Shabba - RCA Records
SoDrumatic - Dance For You - Free Download
Hip-hop father figure Marley Marl recently staged a joyful reunion with his In Control Radio cohorts Clark Kent, Kevy Kev and his protegé Pete Rock, originally known as the Chocolate Boy Wonder. This mix gives new meaning to the tagline "Golden Era Radio." History in the (re) making. Stream below:
The Music Is My Sanctuary crew come with not one but two new goodies for us: first off DJ Lexis drops show #66 in the MIMS mix series, but we also get a conceptual playlist in the form of '18 x 18'--a dedication to Stones Throw Records wherein 18 music connoiseurs including Anthony Valadez, Marc de Clive Lowe, Shigeto, Mochilla, LeftO, Skratch Bastid, Akalepse, Kaytranada & more run down 18 of their favorite releases from the legendary indie on the occasion of their 18th anniversary, not to mention the screening tour for the film My Vinyl Weighs A Ton (which documents the labels rise) arriving in Montreal this Wednesday, March 5th (MIMS is co-presenting, get info/tickets here). Hit the links below to get all the peanut buttery goodness:
>>>Stream DJ Lexis - MIMS Show #66
>>>MIMS 18 x 18 Stones Throw Playlist
NY tropicalista Uproot Andy demonstrates his mastery of nu-cumbia and takes us through a gamut of international sounds from Afro-Colombian to Ethiojazz on his new Que Bajo mixtape for Vice/Noisey. Stream below, scroll down for tracklist and hit Vice for the full interview if you ablo the español.
1. Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto - Manolo (Uproot Andy Remix)
2. Los Cojolites - Luna Negra (Uproot Andy Remix)
3. Konshens & J CapriPull Up To Mi Bumper
4. Munchi - El Desaparecido
5. Dillon Francis & DJ Snake - Get Low (uproot cumbia de los estados edit)
6. Mahendra Kapoor - Sada Vasda Raje Panjab (Uproot Andy Remix)
7. Aidonia - Pon Di Cocky (Djemba Djemba Remix)
8. Estrellas de la Kumbia - Camino a Colombia (Uproot Andy Remix)
9. Sage the Gemini - Gas Pedal (RGGDs Remix)
10. Ya yo no soy un pelao (interlude)
11. Yellow Claw x DJ Snake x Spanker - Slow Down
12. Schachthofbronx x Sabo x Nadastrom - Negra Linda
13. Rayven Justice - Slide Thru (Chief Boima Remix)
14. Mulatu Astatke x K'naan x Mos Def - America (Uproot Andy Remix)
15. Tomas Barfod - November Skies (Jerome LOL Remix)
16. QQ - One Drop (Deejay Theory Remix)
17. Dubbel Dutch - Rare Earth
18. ya yo no soy un pelao
19. A Tribe Called Red - Look at This
20. Grupo Socavon - Homenaje a Justino (Uproot Andy Remix)
21. Les Rapaces - Bassoue (Uproot Andy Remix)
22. Di Delas - Meus Amigos
21. Gyptian - Nah Let Go (Brosill Remix)
Photo by Nabil Rahman.
In a similar vein, DJ Ushka winds through the sounds of Crown Heights AKA the world with a mix of soca, kuduro, dembow and other "foreign brown" sounds. The mix was created to accompany a feature on Ushka in Open City mag penned by none other than sometime OKP and LargeUp contributor Rishi Nath, exploring the space where her musical selection interwines with her grassroots activism and touching on gentrification, "global bass" and ghetto orientalism. Get an excerpt and an on-camera clip below and then click true for the full piece:
Can you talk about how music and politics meld in your mixtapes?
The title “Foreign Brown” came out of a conversation I was having with my friend Mariana, a Venezuelan artist who goes by MPeach, and we were talking about citizenship—she’s a Venezuelan citizen, I’m a Sri Lankan citizen—and how we’ve been in the States for like hell-a-long! It’s very difficult for me to go home. I need a tourist visa to go home. So I said to her, “Man, it’s like being foreign-brown no matter where you go.” That’s where the title came from. We both were like, “Oh my god, that should be a mixtape title!”“Foreign Brown” is really eclectic. It starts with a song about La Migra, about immigration custom enforcement, it was made by a friend, Lido Pimienta, a Columbian vocalist living in Toronto. I really wanted to connect my politics, themes of migration, to other themes including colorism, alienation, immigration, but also just make a fun mixtape to dance to.
>>>Read More (via Open City)
Nguzunguzu – Skycell
Future Brown – Wanna Party (feat. Tink)
Nicki Pla – Tu Si Grita (Banginclude remix)
Dubbel Dutch – Deepa (vocal mix)
M.I.A – Y.A.L.A (Mike Q remix)
French Fries – Coconut (feat. Bambounou)
Kerwin Du Bois- Press a Button (Coconut Shell Riddim)
Dj Yirvin & Dj Cypress – Huaynoquenhio
Familia Tm- Sá Mátimba
DJ Sbu feat. Zahara – Lengoma
It's Carnival time in Trinidad right ya now and true to wining form, LargeUp delivers a soca-centric edition of their own Mixtape Mondays column. Kick off with Private Ryan's Soca Brainwash mix and click true for 2 more. While you're up you're going to want to read their "Rules Of D Road" and master the do's and DEFINITELY DO NOTs of wining.
>>>Rules Of D Road: The Do's & Don'ts Of Winin' (via LargeUp)
Zo spotted this '4000 Lovers' mix from Paul Pre over at BlindiForTheKids, released to celebrate hitting his goal of 4000 followers (how many followers do you need to start your own religion?). Apparently Pre's devotional rites demand the sounds of Nzungunzungu, Kelela, Le1f, Ab-Soul and Sango which adds up to quite a ministry (of sound). Stream below, scroll down for tracklisting.
Tracklist:
01. Nguzunguzu – Foam Feathers
02. Kelela – Keep It Cool (Prod. Jam City)
03. Esgar – Slash
04. Brownz – Think
05. BMB – Needtrill
06. JMSN x Ab-Soul – You’re Gone (IAMNOBODI Remix)
07. Le1f – Jack (produced by FaltyDL)
08. Rami.B – HomeWorks
09. Sango – Memory Loss (Zuper Remix)
10. Thomas White – Killah
11. Silkie – Preacher’s Pain
12. Om Unit – Nagual
13. Eprom – Super FX
14. Salute – Diamond Glares
15. Grá – Hypnosis
16. Nangdo – Hear What
17. Jenovah – Lovers
18. We Sink – Blackspot
19. Jordan Rakei – Add the Bassline (Evil Needle Remix)
20. Sango – Por Tudo
21. Lone – Dream Ache
We ride out to the sounds of Brothers In Arms stepping away in the triangle between house garage and nu disco. The seamless and soulful transitions from Chris Brown to George Benson to Quadron are relevatory but we were already on board with any tracklist that ends on the words 'featuring Jeanette "Lady" Day'. Stream below, scroll down for tracklisting.
Darius & Crayon - Alicia
Satin Jackets vs. Aaliyah - Rock the Boat
Zimmer - Galapagos
Banks - Warm Water (Snakehips Remix)
Crayon - Give you Up feat. KLP (Darius Remix)
Chris Brown - Fine China (B. Bravo Remix)
Destiny's Child - Bug a Boo (Ganz Remix)
Sharon Redd - Can U (LNTG Rework)
Brother in Arms - Movin'
George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (Shit Hot Sound System Re-Rub)
Vanilla - Suede
Pherotone - My Baby (Mr.Nu & Deepjack Tropical Breeze Remix)
Brother in Arms - Jamaican Gyal
Quadron - Hey Love (Classixx Remix)
Gwen Guthrie - Nothing Goin On But The Rent (Melo Rework)
Brother in Arms - Hot 4 U
Modjo - Lady (Kaytranada Remix)
Honom - Shape (BIA Kuff EDIT)
Mat.Joe - Heart To Find (my love is the shhh)
LouLou Players, Kolombo - Touch Ur Body
Moon Boots - C.Y.S.
Zhu - Moves like Ms Jackson
Gorgon feat. Yasmin - City Real
Celsius - Incoming
Rook Milo - Bleached
LKiD - Light it Up
Cosmo Baker & Grandtheft - Find A Way feat. Jeanette 'Lady' Day
