Soul Mix 3

Soul mix time.  This mix is a little laid back, lots of falsetto smoothness.  At least in the middle section.  Samples below.

First up Sly, Slick, & Wicked and their track, "Confessin' A Feelin."  This is a live version and it's on point!!  Pretty perfect, it's super chilled out but executed so well, don't forget it's live, I like how it sounds like it's recorded at a party, the light chatter in the beginning while those first vocals drop are awesome.  Like I could just stumble onto these dudes at a backyard pool party or something.  Check them out below.

Sly, Slick, And Wicked- Confessin' A Feelin (Live)


Next up is Tommy McGee with, "We Ought To Be Together."  Check out this awesome write up on Ear Fuzz. That's where I got the track from, apparently the vinyl goes for thousands of dollars.  Both cuts from the 45 are on this mix.

Tommy McGee- We Ought To Be Together


One more from the falsetto, smooth, laid back section.  It's your boy Mayer Hawthorne doing a cover of, "Thin Moon" by his fellow Stones Throw family member, James Pants.  They did this trade off cover thing where Mayer did this song and James Pants did, "Green Eyed Loved."  A little bit about him, "Mr. Pants is a purveyor par excellence of that unmistakable “fresh beat”: 80’s Soul, Electro Boogie, Early Rap, New Wave, & Post-Punk Disco, all of which can be found on Welcome where James plays drums, keys, guitar and sings."  His whole profile can be found here.





Mayer Hawthorne- Thin Moon (James Pants cover)


Soul Mix 4 is in the bag and I actually think it's better than this one but this should be fine.  You just have to get in the right mood and headset.  It picks up a little bit at the end but most of it is chill out type jams.  Rent a big ass Caddy and roll somewhere with the top down.


Soul Mix 3

Pop Rocks

No, not those deliciously combustible sugar nuggets that killed Mikey, but a delightfully accessible (for once) pop and rock mix by yours truly. I realize that many of my previous mixes were a little hard to swallow, so this time I elected to keep it simple and fun. One caveat: halfway through I start to rock out a bit, but bear with me and things get easy breezy once again. And for you Soul heads, the last track is a fantastic and hard to find Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings cover of Shuggie Otis's "Inspiration Information". Enjoy!

Pop Rocks Mix

The Musical Wanderings Of a Baby Bush pt. 3

Episode 1
Episode 2
So I dabbled in the rappity hop for a bit but then I entered my cocoon and emerged a "rocker" with requisite Kurt Cobain hair.  *Tucks bangs behind ears*  Party on Garth.  I was getting down with the grunge, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, basically anyone who was on MTV and VH1. 

Nirvana- Love Buzz

The Beatles, Hendrix, The Doors, Aerosmith,behind the jump.

MURS: The Hardest Working Man in Hip Hop

Somebody please give MURS a tub of hair relaxer and a comb because he is "the hardest working man in show business". After a slight hiatus from his Warner Brothers deal, MURS is back and with a fury. He'll be dropping 10 albums, in 10 months, each with 10 tracks. The first album, titled Fornever is produced by the 9th Wonder and scheduled to release on March 30th. The MURS and the 9th wonder; a combination as classic as peanut butter and jelly, biscuits and gravy, sex and candy. The first single, 3:16 Part 2, is basically a story of all that happened between their original collaboration in 2004 and where they are now.

Hear that track and More behind the jump.

Yes Homo Pop Princess Mix 2

Guess what?  The new Yes Homo Pop Princess Mix is here. I can tell you are excited.  This version is a little more pop princessy than the last one. There are actually some songs on it that I don't really approve of, buuuut it's for the ladies. *Curtsies* They love the GaGa, personally she scares the shit out of me. I want nothing to do with her or her music.  Seriously what the fuck is going on here?  People tell me she is actually a good musician.  I say, you could tell me she sounds like the end result of a Sam Cooke/Otis Redding love child who copulated with the spawn of Aretha Franklin and Al Green's beh-bay and I still wouldn't want to hear what she has to say.  I just don't get the packaging.  Look at her next to Beyonce.  Beyonce doesn't need to make herself look punchable, she just sings.  I can respect that.  That other madness just frightens me.

Lucky for you guys I am willing to put my kettle of seething anger to the side and dip my toes into that murky cesspool known as the top 40. Don't say I never did anything nice for you. I actually have never heard the original of this song, I'm sure it's great...so this will be on the mix.



Find out what else and grab the download link behind the jump

The Musical Wanderings Of a Baby Bush pt 2

Episode One

Somewhere along the way I started listening to rap, my favorite rapper was Young MC.  My mom approved of this because Young MC did not cuss and he had songs about Principal's Offices.  Kind of like how my mom also approved of Macguvyer because, "He doesn't use a gun he uses his brain."  Watch it nerd. *Points at Mom again*  I bumped the shit out of this album. I could to this day still get down with, "Pick Up The Pace."  "Rock and roller/ Coca Cola / Hot like soda/ Rollin' like a boulder."  What the fuck does hot like soda mean?  I think you are doing it wrong Young.  "Soo you take the coke, put it in the sun, leave it for a couple of hours, then when it's done you shake it up and open it right?"  Maybe he was just like a young kid friendly version of Damon Dash.   I just listened to the song and whoever posted those lyrics online was off, I think he says hot like solar, which makes more sense.

Young MC- Pick Up The Pace


More music after the Jump

Best of 2009

This two-disc mix is inspired by Pitchfork's Best 100 Tracks of 2009. When I agreed with their choices, I included the track, and if I disagreed, I either added an alternate track by the same artist or I put in some of my personal faves from last year that Pitchfork decided to snub. The first mix is the more upbeat tracks, and the second is the more mellow, emo-y stuff. Let me know if there are any glaring omissions. Btw, I did not include any hip hop; although I have my favorites, I leave the hip hop mixes up to DJ Greybush. For now....

Best of 2009 Vol.1

Best of 2009 Vol.2