Mixtape Mondays: KJ Butta, Gilles Peterson, DJ L'Oqenz

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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

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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]

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