Mixtape Mondays: Swishahouse x Big K.R.I.T., Roofeeo x Hannibal Buress, Vampire Weekend x BBC & DJ Run P x MCHG
This week's Mixtape Mondays features a dope Magna Carta Holy Grail inspired mix from DJ Run P, a Vampire Weekend BBC Radio 1 DJ set, and Swishahouse's Michael '5000' Watts choppin and screwin Big K.R.I.T. Click through and get your week started right.
Titled #NewRules, DJ Run P takes listeners through the samples that make up Jay Z's (look ma, no hyphen) Magna Carta Holy Grail. Tracks from A Tribe Called Quest, Ma$e, and Adrian Younge among others are mixed in with interview snippets to create a seamless look into the influences of Hova's newest album.
1. #NewRules Samsung Intro
2. Sizzla - Solid as a Rock (Crown)
3. REM - Losing My Religion (Heaven)
4. #NewRules Samsung Heaven Interlude
5. Adrian Younge - Reverie (Heaven)
6. Jay-Z - Heaven
7. Kurt Cobain on Happiness
8. Jay-Z - Holy Grail (Feat. Justin Timberlake)
9. Nirvana - SLTS (Holy Grail)
10. Samsun Picasso Baby Interlude
11. Adrian Younge - Sirens
12. Kurt Cobain on Kids
13. Jay-Z - Jay-Z Blue
14. Ms. Jade - She's a Gangsta (Jay-Z Blue)
15. Notorious B.I.G. - My Downfall (Feat. DMC) (Jay-Z Blue)
16. A Tribe Called Quest - Sucka Nigga (Versus)
17. Gonjasufi - Nikels & Dimes (Nickels & Dimes)
18. Jimmy Norman - Gangster of Love (Somewhere in America)
19. A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way (BBC)
20. Ma$e - Feel So Good (BBC)
21. #NewRules Samsung Outro
NY-Based indie powerhouse Vampire Weekend recently put together a playlist for BBC. They throw in tracks from Isaac Hayes, Animal Collective, War and many others. In other VW news, stream their fun cover of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." Check out their mixtape over at BBC 1.
Houston's Michael "5000" Watts of Swishahouse has dropped a chopped and screwed version of Big K.R.I.T.'s freemix King Remembered In Time. Watts knows what he's doin with this remix. Stream and DL the mix below.
And an extra Mixtape Mondays bonus mix from Roofeeo chopping up that trap/bounce/call it whatchu want for an eminently listenable set, appropriately titled Call It What You Want 3. The mix is hosted by none other than the homie and stoned comic genius Hannibal Buress, and featuring artwork by the other homie and purveyor of super-illustrational madness Johnsville.Listen below: