Mixtape Mondays: No(w)FUTUR, Pharrell, Sampha, DJ Rahdu + DJ Lexis

Mondays is always the terriblest day of the week. Unless you read Okayplayer, cause round here it's Mixtape Mondays. That goes double-sided for today, which arrived with a frosty covering of snow (here in NYC) and 3 feet of dope mixes, including new and exclusive jawns from the No(W)FUTUR crew in Paris, DJ Lexis of the Music Is My Sanctuary slash 24 Hours Of Vinyl crew (in Montreal), DJ Rahdu of the Bama Love Soul crew (in--you guessed it--'Bama) an all-Pharrell mix from DJ Mars and an all-Sampha mix from the Last Skeptik. Working from home with hot cocoa and stacks of good music, what else could you really ask for from a monday? Unless you're a resident of Denver or a Broncos fan from anywhere, in which case I guess you could ask for a lot more than you got last night. In that case, you should just listen to The Roots' entire catalog on shuffle (but not the superbowl shuffle). Everybody else, click through for the best mixtapes monday has to offer:

NO(w) FUTUR x OKAYPLAYER - No(w)FUTUR #0006 BACK TO THE FUTUR

Mr. Mass + DJ SimSima never disappoint with their selection and this 'Back To The Futur' edition of their No(w)FUTUR series is no exception. From Blu to Bishop Nehru, this is Le Shit We Do Like. Stay tuned for some more big things coming str8 outta Paris from Mass & the NF crew, and for now enjoy this wild Delorean ride. Okayplayer Presents!

BLU : THE CLEAN HAND - PROD BY PETE ROCK

TYP-ILL : GODLY BOUNCE

GANGRENE : BASSHEADS

DYNASTY : HAPPINESS (FEAT. MIKE MASS)

FREDDIE GIBBS AND MADLIB : DEEPER

MADKEM : LEMONADE WAS A POPULAR DRINK

LUKE CHRISTOPHER : THE ALPHABET

QUELLE CHRIS : WITH OPEN ARMS (FEAT. MARVWON, FUZZ SCOOTA & HOUSE SHOES)

RADIO B : INTRO PROD. BY CASHBY

DAN-E-O : CHERRY ON TOP (FEAT. MOKA ONLY & DICE AILES)

MED, BLU, MADLIB : THE BUZZ (FEAT. MAYER HAWTHORNE)

BLU & NOTTZ : BOYZ II MEN FEAT. NITTY SCOTT MC

BISHOP NEHRU : YOU STRESSIN’ - PROD BY DISCLOSURE

OBX FEAT JP - ALONE

CHUCK INGLISH - TANGERINE (FEAT. ASTON MATTHEWS & KASHFLOW)

JON WAYNE : THE COME UP PT.2

CASHIUS GREEN FEAT PHEO, DRE BIGGITY : BETAMILL PROD BY BOSSTONE

AARON COHEN : HURT ME

BLU & NOTTZ : CROOKS IN CASTLES (FEAT. ANTH'M, HOMEBOY SANDMAN, SENE & JOHAZ)

AKIR : POSSESSED

BIZZY CROOK : GENGHIS KHAN

XV : SWERVIN’

DREMUR : A FREESTYLE I WROTE DOWN

ARCHIE BANG : REWIND (PROD. BY SARGON THE GREAT)

RILGOOD : CONCRETE ROSE (FT. CHATTER) PROD. DAVE MAXWELL

BLACK JOSH : £NGLISH $HWANK (PROD. METRODOME)

DANNY BROWN : THE RETURN (FEAT. FREDDIE GIBBS)

CHUUWEE & SHAE MONEY : LIT... LOADED... LOST... FEAT. PLANET ASIA

NICKELUS F & OHBLIV : THE BURNING BU$H

JUSTO THE MC : DAMAGE DONE

GHOSTFACE KILLAH : THE SURE SHOT (PART 2) (THE BROWN TAPE VERSION)

LIVIN PROOF : RUNS HOUSE

DENMARK VESSEY : CULT CLASSIC

GUILTY SIMPSON & SMALL PROFESSOR : GET THAT PAY (SCOOBY MIX)

DJ Mars is a mixtape mondays regular and with this all-Pharrell mix he brings a guaranteed winner combining the best of timeless and timely jams from the recent Grammy kid and buffalo (hat) soldier. Whether you're a fan of N.E.R.D.-era Skateboard P or a fan of Blurred Lines-era hatzilla (or just a fan of Kelis) this mix is for you (and you and you).

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01 NERD-MAYBE LIVE

02 SWV-Use Your Heart

03 Sade-By Your Side Neptunes Remix

04 NERD-Provider

05 NERD-Back Seat Love

06 Frank Ocean-Sweet Life

07 NERD-Ive Seen The Light

08 702-I Still Love You

09 NERD-Bobby James

10 NERD-Wonderful Place

11 Kelis-Roll Through The Hood

12 Kelis-Get Along With You

13 NSync-Girlfriend

14 Jamie Cullum-Frontin

15 Faith Evans-Goin Out

16 NERD-Stay Together

17 NERD-Run To The Sun

18 Usher-I Dont Know ft Puff Daddy

19 Usher-Certified ft Pharrell

20 Ray-J-Wait a Minute ft Lil Kim

21 Angie Stone-Everday Neptunes Remix

22 Daft Punk-Lose Yourself to Dance ft Pharrell

23 Maroon 5-She Will Be Loved Pharrell Williams Remix

24 Babyface-There She Goes

25 Pharrell-Our Father

26 NERD-Bobby James pt 2

27 NERD-Lap Dance ft Lee Harvey

28 Kelis-Keep it Down

29 NERD-Break Out

30 Rolling Stones-Sympathy For The Devil Neptunes Remix

31 NERD-The Wa She Dances

32 NERD-U Know What remix ft Santigold

33 NERD-Party People ft TI

34 Kenna-Say Goodbye To Love

35 Sleep Brown-Margarita ft Big Boi and Pharrell

36 NERD-Hot N Fun

37 Pharrell-Happy

The Last Skeptik - Sampha Mixtape

For a young artist (one to watch, in fact) Sampha has accumulated quite a catalog of sublime jams between his cameo/collabos with SBTRKT, his 15 seconds of Drake and the recent release of his throwback Sundanza project. London DJ Last Skeptik shrewdly recognized it was about time to assemble all those far-flung bits of goodness in one place, a concentrated dose of Samph-osity he calls 'Sampha Mixtape'. Here you go:

The Last Skeptik - "Waffle"

SBTRKT - "Look At Stars (MachineDrum Remix)Chairlift - Sidewalk Safari (Sampha Remix)"

SBTRKT - "Never Never" feat. Sampha

DJ Rahdu -The Diamond Soul Experience 004

New goodness from our kindred Bamas over at Bama Love Soul, covering everything from the new J-Live to the old George Duke. Stream below via BLS:

dukehugh – the world is a ghetto

j-live – money matters

joomanji – intoxicated feat joseph marks

jill scott – daydreamin’ (jerry folk remix)

rahsaan patterson – any other love

n’dambi – angel baby

joy jones – tell me how (shecky’s big drums retouch)

the stuyvesants – mistakes

the nope – the greatest

damu the fudgemunk – all green

budamunk x takumi kaneko x minismooth – yumeka makotoka (remix)

quadron – (un)average fruit (ahmed sirour remix)

question – cliche

george duke – brazilian love affair (cazal organism remix)

columbia nights – firmament (lil dave remix)

byron the aquarius – the return 2

thatmanmonkz – right on

jose james – desire (moodyman remix)

anu-sun -where did we go wrong feat auigi

ta-ku – color her sunshine

stephanie nicole – soulutionary one

abimaro and the free – mark (smith and mudd dub)

ibibio sound machine – the tortoise

mighty sceptres – siren call

nodzilla – one sweet donut

remy shand – where are we going

lauren desberg – mister magic

makaya – busta’s joint

deep jazz – naima

cid rim – fade

xolisa – until then

DJ Lexis - Music Is My Sanctuary Show #65

The Montreal posse (in the persons of DJ Lexis and Rahel Tesfai) comes through with this soulful, just-experimental-enough mix of leftfieldy hip-hop n stuff, the latest installment of their Music Is My Sancuary show. Does not come with a tracklisting Correction: now comes with a tracklisting (scroll down) but kicks off with an ill spacey beat and vocal sample Prodigy scorning/shouting out rappers who be "talking all that crazy space shit you can't even understand" from Mobb Deep's classic album (always wanted to sample that one myself). We then proceed to stacks of german and french language hiphop you haven't heard yet and with drops form the likes of Robert Glasper, you know this one has the stamp on it. Stream below via Mixcloud:

01. SupaSaiyan – Farout

02. Bolts – Shuga

03. Question – Osanha

04. Pro Era – Sol Luna

05. Chefket – Cok Güzel (feat. Amewu)

06. Soundsci – That’s Life (Instrumental)

07. Paper Tiger – Irresistible

08. Amp Fiddler – Take It

09. Rednose Distrikt – Mo’S

10. Shaw Coop – Planché

11. Bishop Nehru – Welcome (Feat. Que Hampton)

11. Fulgeance – Whut It Iz feat Fresh Daily (VECTRemix)

12. Richard Pryor – How Do You Get To Detroit?

13. 94 East – If You See Me

14. Gilberto Gil – Todamenina (Tahira Edit)

15. Moodymann – Come 2 Me

16. Orazio Fantini – Coltrane

17. SoulPhiction – When Radio was boss

18. CTEPEO ’57 – Sputnik I

19. Titeknots – Down The Drain

20. Dego & Kaidi – Acting Up On Shit That Dont Count

21. Seven Davis Jr – All Kinds

22. Jordan Rakei – Add the Bassline (Penthouse Penthouse rmx)

23. Wen – Swingin

24. Illum Sphere – One Letter From Death

25. BBNG – CS60

26. Millie & Andrea – Stage 2

27. Mr.Carmack – SMELLS LIKE

28. Spark Master Tape – All I Know

29. DVA – We Go Back

30. Jublet – Highlight

31. Andrew Ashong – Special

32. Lynden David Hall – Memories & Souvenirs

33. Psychic Mirrors – Midnight Special

34. Fatima – Family

35. John Wizards – Leuk

36. Jean Grae – So Glad It’s Over