Happy Presidents Day everyone! Many of you in the US are off work today - lucky you! The OKP hustle continues on though! So while you're loafing about at home, turn up your speakers, and click through for tribute mixes to Mary J Blige and Donald Byrd, as well as the third episode of Headspace Radio!
Twenty-three years after making her debut on Father MC's "I'll Do 4 U," Mary J Blige has solidified her place in R&B and hip-hop history. This mix comes from KJ Butta's set at Devil's Pie LA's tribute to MJB at LA's Verdugo Bar and is full of all the album tracks, remixes (oh God, the remixes!), and guest appearances that made Mary J the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.
TRACKLIST:
Can't Knock The Hustle - Jay-Z ft. Mary J Blige
Leave A Message - Mary J Blige
I Am (Acapella) - Mary J Blige
Sweet Thing (Daddy Hip Hop Mix) - Mary J Blige
What's the 411? - Mary J Blige feat Grand Puba & Notorious BIG
Dolly My Baby(Hip Hop Mix With Mary J Blige) - Super Cat
Everything (Darkchild Remix) - Mary J Blige
I'm Going Down (Remix Version) - Mary J Blige
I Can Love You - Mary J Blige
Mary Jane (All Night Long) -Mary J Blige
Love No Limit (remix) - Mary J Blige
Check It Out (feat Mary J Blige) - Grand Puba
All that I Got is You (Remix Hook) – Mary J Blige
Beautiful (Black Star Remix) - Mary J Blige
As (With Mary J. Blige - Full Crew Mix) - George Michael
Ooh - Mary J Blige
Be Happy - Mary J Blige
Reminisce - Mary J Blige
Reach Out (hook) – Mary J Blige
You Remind Me (Remix) - Mary J Blige feat Greg Nice
I Love You (Remix) - Mary J Blige ft Smif and Wessun
You're All I Need - Method Man feat. Mary J Blige
Neva Been Remix - Mary J Blige
All That I Can Say -Mary J Blige
Didn't Mean - Mary J Blige
You Don't Have To Worry - Mary J Blige
Everything (So So Def Remix) - Mary J Blige
Real Love - Mary J Blige ft. Biggie
You Bring Me Joy - Mary J. Blige
Back To Life - Mary J Blige
No More Drama Remix - Mary J Blige
All My Love - Mary J Blige
Break Up To Make Up2 - Mary J Blige
Deep Inside Remix feat Mobb Deep - Mary J Blige
Everyday It Rains - Mary J Blige
So Lady - Mary J Blige
Sincerity ft. DMX - Mary J Blige
My Love - Mary J Blige
My Life - Mary J Blige
The music world suffered a great loss recently when jazz trumpet master Donald Byrd passed away. Leave it to Gilles Peterson to craft a perfect tribute. Focusing on Byrd's acoustic sessions, Peterson's tribute features all those numbers from his bop years that endeared him to jazz enthusiasts before he threw them all for a loop with his jazz/funk excursions in the 70s.
TRACKLIST:
1. I’ve Longed & Searched For My Mother
2. Here I Am
3. Fuego
4. Ghana
5. Janine
6. You’re Next
7. French Spice
8. Christo Redentor
9. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
10. Slow Drag
11. Blackjack
12. Mustang
13. Kofi
For episode three of Headspace Radio, DJ L'Oqenz whips up a dope mix of tracks highlighting some of the underground hip-hop and soul you may have missed out on. You might want to have a neckbrace handy. This is neck snappin' music.
TRACKLIST:
1. Bobbi Humphrey - Chicago, Damn
2. Darryl Reeves - Coldstone
3. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Zulu
4. THEESatisfaction - Need
5. Joey Bada$$ feat. Capital STEEZ - Killuminati
6. Ben Jamin & Proflogik - Orgone Pyramid
7. The Underachievers - Lepohard Shephard
8. Smash Brovaz - Paper Planes
9. Five Steez - Yard Nigga Rap [Prod. By by Damien]
10. Nas - Daughters
11. Lancecape & Korry Deez - Napalm
12. Robert Koch - Follow Birds
13. Theo 3 Ft. DJ Eclipse - Trust [Prod. By Tone Mason]
14. Jneiro Jarel feat. Cilla K - See Them Cry
15. Ta-Ku - Masaya
16. Diamond District - I Mean Business
17. E DOT - Cabfare [Prod. By Nick Brongers]
18. Joey Bada$$ - Waves [Prod. by Freddie Joachim]
19. Wildcookie - Jackson Miles
20. Slum Village - Forth & Back [Prod. By Dilla]
21. LordQuest feat. Promise - Still In Line (Wait)
22. Baatin - Marvelous [Prod. By Black Milk]
23. Probe Dms - Of & On Love
24. Maylee Todd - Hieroglyphics [Tall Black Guy RMX]
25. niteowlnaps - Untitled
26. Tiron & Ayomari Ft. Yummy Bingham - All My Love
27. Julien Dyne - Koln3
28. Amerie - Fall in Love [Sam Champ RMX]
29. Staycen & Koen - Never Too Late
30. Little Dragon - Feather
31. Jay Dee - Nowadayz Instrumental
32. Zubz - Get Out
33. Black Thought - Please Don't Go
34. Elle Varner feat. J Cole - Only Wanna Give It To You
35. DJ Center - In A Song Ft. Middle Child (DJ Spinna RMX)
36. Robert Glasper Experiment - Move Love [Koen RMX]
37. Big Boi - CPU feat. Phantogram
38. J Wyze - Proverbs & Herbs
39. 1000names - She Loves Purple Mornings
40. Robert Glasper Feat. Solange & The Roots [?uestlove's Twice Backed RMX]
