Mixtape Mondays: DJ Spinna x Mark de Clive Lowe, Shad & Midnight Rockers Express

We’ve been deluged with so many good mixtapes ’round here this week that I’m gonna have to start rolling them all into one post and calling it Mixtape Mondays, LargeUp-style. For this trial run we got some bangers to set it off and keep you soundtracked up right through to the hollerdaze (hold on, we’re almost there, y’all). Let’s go:

Shad – Besides: In dude’s own words: “a 25-minute mix of some of the guest spots I’ve done on other projects over the past couple of years. Mixed by my man, the former DMC and Scribble Jam Champion, DJ TLO.” Download below and get a track-by-track breakdown including links for all the individual songs on Shad’s blog.

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DJ Spinna - The Best of Mark de Clive Lowe: What else you need to know really? “34 tracks of MdCL productions, remixes and collaborations with Kenny Dope (Masters At Work), DJ Spinna, Phil Asher (Restless Soul), Zed Bias and more.” Stream below and if you like what you hear (oh yes. You will like it.) cop MdCL’s disc Renegades on iTunes while you’re up.

Us & Them – Midnight Rockers Express: Songs From the Modern Age, NYC 2001-2003: This latest in the MRE podcast/mix series from OG FADER editor Lee Harrison and DJ Greg Poole is in many ways the perfect Okayplayer mixtape. Running down rare versions of the essential work of some OKP mainstays (Cody Chestnutt, Mos Def, Jay-Z x The Roots) as well as some sleeper agents (Roots Manuva, DJ Shadow, El-P) this shit will make you grumps realize how much great music has already emerged from our young millenium. Check the tracklist after the jump to see what I mean (stream or download below).

MRE SONGS FROM THE MODERN AGE / NYC 2001-2003 by Midnight Rockers Express

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Us & Them – MRE: Songs From the Modern Age, NYC 2001-2003:

Intro
Yeah Yeah Yeahs_”Modern Romance”
Liars_”Dust That Makes The Mud”
A.R.E. Weapons_”Don’t Be Scared”
El-P_”Deep Space 9mm”
Le Tigre_”The Empty”
The Strokes_”Hard To Explain”
The Libertines_”Don’t Look Back Into The Sun”
LCD Soundsystem_”Give It Up”
White Stripes_”Hello Operator”
Roots Manuva_”Dub Come Save Me”
DJ Shadow feat. Mos Def_”Six Days”
Cam’Ron feat. Juelz Santana_”Oh Boy”
Cam’Ron feat. Jim Jones and Juelz Santana_”Come Home With Me”
Jay-Z_”Ain’t No Love”_edit w/The Roots live
The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt_”The Seed 2.0″
LCD Soundsystem_”Losing My Edge”
Headman_”It’s Rough”
The Rapture_”Olio”
Kaos_”Lessons In Love”
Playgroup_”Make It Happen”
The Streets_”Weak Become Heroes “_Royksopp remix
The Rapture_”House Of Jealous Lovers”_Metro Area remix
Dizzee Rascal_”I Luv U”
Sia_”Little Man”_Wookie remix
Jammin’ aka DJ Zinc_”Kinda Funky”_Wookie remix
The Streets vs DJ Zinc_”Has It Come To This”_Stanton Warriors edit
Wookie feat. Lain Gray_”Battle”
Mos Def_”Umi Says”_dub version
Cody Chesnutt_”Smoke And Love”
The Strokes_”The Modern Age”_live