Happy Monday, Okayplayers. If your Sunday was anything like mine, you’re regretting all the junk food you ate during yesterday’s Super Bowl (BALTIMORE RAVENS! WHAT!??!?!). But there’s nothing like some dope music to take your mind off the bubbleguts. Take the first half of the February installment of Wax Poetics‘ DOPE Digital Cassette. If that’s not enough, Skratch Bastid & Cosmo Baker revisit the songs they listened to most in 2012. If you require even more, then maybe DJ Matman‘s New Jack Swing mixtape will get the job done.
DOPE x Wax Poetics – “DOPE Digital Cassette February 2013 Side A“
Wax Poetics Magazine and DOPE continue their Digital Cassette mix series with this collection of tracks from some great acts on the verge of becoming your next musical obsession. Check out tracks from Kendra Morris, Kiah Victoria, Ro James, Kevin Madison and more!
TRACKLIST:
“Thinking of You (Frank Ocean Cover)” – Kiah Victoria
“Concrete Waves (DJ Premier 320 Remix)” – Kendra Morris
“Girls” – Young Whisper feat. HB Wellington
“Neon” – Ro James
“Baii Fwah” – Kevin Madison
“Treasure” – Alex Ramone
“High” – Saidah Baba Talibah
“Twisted Summer (DEMO)” – White Gallery
Skratch Bastid & Cosmo Baker – “Songs We Listened To A Lot in 2012“
We may be well into February already, but let’s go back to 2012 one last time with Skratch Bastid & Cosmo Baker. The duo put together this excellent mix of the songs they listened to most in 2012. So what were they listening to? Everything from Santigold to Tammi Terrell to Paul McCartney to Killer Mike apparently. Musta been a great year for them!
TRACKLIST:
Santigold “Disparate Youth”
Kendrick Lamar “Backseat Freestyle”
Tnght “Higher Ground”
R. Kelly & Kanye West “To The World”
Tammi Terrell “All I Do Is Think About You”
Charles Bradley “Heart Of Gold”
Howard Tate “How Come My Bulldog Don’t Bark”
Dr. John “Kingdom Of Izzness”
Lucy Pearl “Without You” (Remix)
Frank Ocean “Forrest Gump”
Miguel “Adorn” (Sammy Bananas Bootleg)
Onra “Love”
Mono/Poly “Needs Deodorant”
Cerrone “Hooked On You” (Kon’s Sir Own Nitetime Edit)
Rhye “The Fall” (Maurice Fulton Alt. Edit)
Pelifics w/ Electric Youth “Wish It Could Last”
Lindstrom “Ed-Ged-Osis” (Todd Terje Extended Edit)
Mystikal “Hit Me”
Action Bronson & Riff Raff “Bird On A Wire”
Future “Turn On The Lights” (Ryan Hemsworth Bootleg)
Beastie Boys “Looking Down The Barrel”
Paul McCartney & Wings “Jet”
A Tribe Called Red “Electric Pow Wow”
Dirty Ghosts “Ropes That Way”
Jai Paul “Jasmine”
Allah “Las – Sandy”
The New Royales “Today”
Mario Casto Neves & Samba S.A. “Candomble”
Echodroides “Ursa Major”
Killer Mike “Reagan”
Freeway “Early”
King Tee “Louis XIII”
Nas & Large Professor “Locomotive”
Do Or Die “Po Pimp”
Rick Ross & Andre 3000 “Sixteen”
Jean Carn “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head”
The Jacksons “This Place Hotel”
Hipnotic “Are You Lonely”
The S.O.S. Band “Just The Way You Like It”
Prince “She’s Always In My Hair”
Terry Callier “African Violet”
Martin L. Dumas Jr “Attitude, Belief, Determination”
DJ Matman – “The New Jack Swing Mix“
New Jack Swing was the sound of my childhood. As a kid, I kept up with everything the godfather of New Jack Swing, Teddy Riley, did, and anything that came out on Uptown Records was a must-have! That’s why DJ Matman‘s The New Jack Swing Mix found its way into my heart. Featuring classics from LL Cool J, Guy, Keith Sweat, Ready For The World, MC Lyte, Father MC and many more. If you can make it through this mix without getting up to do the Running Man or the Roger Rabbit, you have way more self-control than I do.
TRACKLIST:
Wrecks N Effect “New Jack Swing”
Keith Sweat “I Want Her”
Bell Biv DeVoe “BBD (I Thought It Was Me)”
Heavy D & The Boyz “Somebody For Me”
LL Cool J “Around The Way Girl” (Untouchables Remix)
Chubb Rock “Lost In The Storm (Marley Marl R&B Remix)
MC Lyte “Ice Cream Dream”
Christopher Williams “I’m Dreamin”
Father MC “Next Stop Uptown” (feat. Christopher Williams, Jodeci, Heavy D, Mary J Blige, Buttnaked Tim Dawg)
Ready For The World “Yo That’s A Lot Of Body”
Guy “Teddy’s Jam 2”
Guy “D.O.G. Me Out” (Remix)
Guy “Groove Me”
Big Daddy Kane “Groove With It”
Boyz II Men “Motownphilly”
Michael Jackson “Can’t Let Her Get Away”
Bobby Brown “Get Away”
Bobby Brown “My Prerogative”
Teddy Riley feat. Tammy Lucas “Is It Good To You” (Black Radio Mix)
Jeff Redd “I Found Lovin”
Johnny Gill “The Floor”
Johnny Gill “Rub You The Right Way” (Remix)
Basic Black “She’s Mine”
Tony Toni Toné “Feels Good”
Johnny Kemp “Just Got Paid”
Janet Jackson “Alright” (Remix)
Jodeci “It’s Alright”
R. Kelly & Public Announcement “She’s Got The Vibe”
Redhead Kingpin & The FBI “Do The Right Thing”
Guy “My Fantasy”
Bell Biv Devoe “Poison”
Wrecks N Effect “Rump Shaker”
Hi Five “She’s Playing Hard To Get” (Clark Kent’s Supermix) (feat. Jay-Z)
Rude Boys “My Kinda Girl” (Deep Hip Hop Mix) (Feat. Jay-Z)
Christopher Williams “Every Little Thing You Do” (Remix)
TLC “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg”
Blackstreet “U Blow My Mind” (Remix)
SWV “I’m So Into You” (Remix)
Al B Sure “If I’m Not Your Lover” (Remix) (feat. Slick Rick)
Bobby Brown “On Our Own”
Tongue N Cheek “Encore”
Soul II Soul “Keep On Movin” (Teddy Riley Remix)
The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop… Read More
Navy Blue leads our spotlighted albums of the week. The Brooklyn rapper released his impressive… Read More
In a new report, Forbes revealed that hip-hop's first billionaire, JAY-Z, now has a net… Read More
After 26 years of anime series Pokémon, Pikachu and Ash Ketchum star in the latter's final… Read More
Alternative rap wordsmiths Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA have released their debut collaborative album Scaring the… Read More
On Thursday, Navy Blue released his Def Jam Recordings debut LP Ways of Knowing, fully… Read More