Mixtape Mondays: Da Beatminerz x Prince, Kardinal Offishall x Nottz Raw + New Max Tannone
In this week's Mixtape Monday, we're taking you to Canada for Kardinal Offishall's latest mixtape. Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself finds the Toronto MC lacing 15 hot beats from super-producer Nottz Raw. From Toronto we head to New York City for Max Tannone's latest genre bending mix, Mic Check 1234, a blend of hip-hop and punk classics. Lastly (but not least-ly) we head to Minneapolis by way of Bushwick, BK for Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz's Soul Power:Prince, a tribute to the Minneapolis-bred genius.
Kardinal Offishall & Nottz Raw "Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself"
Kardinal Offishall hasn't exactly had the he's been working towards over the last decade, but not for lack of quality material. The Toronto MC's solid, yet overlooked discography, is augmented by his latest mixtape, AMTRIM (Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself). With all production handled by Nottz Raw, necks are guaranteed to be sore from the beats. Kardinal is also joined on the mic by Rapper Big Pooh, Yummy Bingham, Boi-1da, Bun B, and Pete Rock just to name a few
Tracklist:
1. The Invention Of Truth
2. Get It In (B4 I Go)
3. Kill Shot
4. 1st 48
5. Wessup
6. Over 4
7. Motivation
8. Electrik Sexy
9. Mr. Parker
10. Nobody Else
11. Take it There
12. Refreshed
13. I Wish I Could Talk To You
14. Reach High
15. Murderah
Max Tannone "Mic Check 1234"
Hip-Hop and punk aren't strangers. As many know, the two made for strange bedfellows in the early 80s NYC music scene. Max Tannone's latest mixtape Mic Check 1234, seeks to re-establish the connection between hip-hop and punk with 10 tracks featuring the likes of Eminem, Dead Prez, Black Star, The Roots, Kanye West, and more mashed up with The Clash, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, and Black Flag to name a few.
If you dug any of Max's previous mixtapes (Jaydiohead, Mos Dub, and Ghost Funk to name but three), you'll dig this one!
Tracklist:
1. Hip Hop Anarchy (Dead Prez x Sex Pistols)
2. Definition Of Blitzkrieg (Black Star x The Ramones)
3. America Calling (Eminem x The Clash)
4. Police Get Busy (Black Thought x Dead Kennedys)
5. Wolves I Never Said (Lupe x The Damned)
6. Los Angeles Blues (Tupac Shakur x X)
7. Talk To The Kids (Nas x Adolescents)
8. Bring The Bars (Public Enemy x Black Flag)
9. Ante Up The Crowd (M.O.P. x Operation Ivy)
10. Youth Words (Kanye West x Reagan Youth)
The Beatminerz "Soul Power: Prince"
June is "Prince Month" on The Lesson and Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz has the essential purple mix for the month. "Soul Power: Prince" is the latest in Da Beatminerz Radio tribute mix series and features classic Prince cuts and songs he wrote and produced for acts like Sheila E, The Family, The Time, and Vanity 6.
Tracklist
1. Pop Life
2. Sign O' The Times
3. Alphabet Street
4. Gett Off
5. If I Was Your Girlfriend
6. The Screams Of Passion (The Family)
7. Anotherloverholenyohead
8. Hot Thing
9. Get It Up (The Time)
10. A Love Bizarre (Sheila E)
11. Kiss
12. I Wanna Be Your Lover
13. Soft And Wet
14. Cream
15. Girls & Boys
16. Raspberry Beret
17. Take Me With U
18. Sex Shooter (Apollonia 6)
19. Nasty Girl (Vanity 6)
20. Head
21. Let's Work
22. I Feel For You
23. Lady Cab Driver
24. Little Red Corvette
25. Erotic City
26. Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton)
27. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
28. Sexy Dancer
29. When Doves Cry
30. I Would Die 4 U
31. Baby I'm A Star