Hour 2
Creative Swing Alliance - “Strasbourg”
BazisBeats - “365 Days Of Night”
My Family feat. Taylor Jackson - “Fifty Fifty”
Yellowtail - “Bushwick Summer”
Summary - “Crack It Open”
Sarah White - “Fade”
HybridJazz - “Benh Jorge”
Arch_typ feat. Rosina Kazi - “Luge Del Sol”
Inverse Cinematics - “Bossaffair”
Masoul - “Live at Tomb 37″
Nappy G - “Fight The Power (Extra Crispy Remix)”
Crazybreed feat. Colonel Red - “Do The Right Thing”

Hour 1

Blaqstarr - “Bang Hard”
Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s - “Blow Your Head”
Sebastien Tellier - “Roche”
Peter, Bjorn and John - “Inland Empire”
Sambo -”Woman”
Fat Freddy’s Drop - “The Camel”
Mike Relm, Morningwood, The Gift of Gab - “Bodyrock”
TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio - “Omak Besar”
Dave Cortez feat. The Moon People - “Happy Soul With A Hook(DJ Format Remix)” (Fania)
Freq Nasty vs Bassnectar - “Viva Tibet (East and West mix)”
Doomtree - “Game Over”
Lykke Li - “Everybody But Me (disJokke Remix)”
Stacy Epps - “Who Knows”
Public Enemy - “Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)”
Caballeros Con Desuento - “El Frances”

Hour 2

DJ Mujava - “Township Funk” (Warp)
Crookers - “Embrace the Martian feat. Kid Cudi”
Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80 - “Fire Dance”
DJ Day - “A Place To Go To” (Brownswood)
Valentina - “Slap You in the Face”
Grand Pianoramaz - “The Hook (DJ Spinna Alternative Mix)”
Slakah The Beatchild - “Enjoy Ya Self V2″
Q-Tip - “Gettin’ Up”
Mike Relm - “Tron”
Flowering Inferno - “Death of the Revolution”
Marvin Gaye - “Sexual Healing (Emynd’s Second Line remix)
Marvin Gaye - “T Play It Cool”
Michael Jackson - “Remember the Time (siik remix)”
Simbad - “Soul Fever feat. Steelo” (Rawfusion)
Temptations - “Message from a Black Man”

Just recently, my headphones finally broke.  I have been looking for a new pair of dj headphones.  While I was looking, I came across these headphones called Beats by Dre.  Yes, you heard correct headphones designed by Dr. Dre.  The headphones are manufactured by Monster (the same people who make the monster cables).  The headphones have been getting critical praises, and $350 I surely hope so.

Dre, who for three years collaborated with Jimmy Iovine, chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, and audio “connectivity” company Monster to create the Beats, says his goal was to give people a way to “hear what the artists hear and listen to the music the way they should — the way I do.”

However, I don’t know if I’m ready to pay $350 for headphones unless I come into some small windfall, but I can dream.

Hour 1
Isaac Hayes - “Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic”
El Guincho - “Palmitos Park”
Natural Self - “The Rising feat. Andreya Triana” (Tru Thoughts)
Muja Messiah - “What’ This World Coming To [feat. Slug of Atmosphere]” (Black Corners)
Roots Manuva - “Again & Again” (Ninja Tune)
Santogold & Diplo - “I’m A Lady [feat. Amanda Blank]” (Mad Decent)
Flowering Inferno(Quantic) - “Cuidad Del Swing” (Tru Thoughts)
Bronx River Parkway [feat. Jose Parla] - “La Valla”
Charlie Dark & Roger Robinson - “Prayers for Angry Young Men” (Brownswood)
Eva Be - “No Memory of Time [feat. Joe Dukie]”
Paul White/Bullion - “Get Familiar”
Edwin Birdsong - “Rapper Dapper Snapper”
Zaki Ibrahim - “Computer Girl”
The Bug - “Insane [feat. Warrior Queen]”
Esau Mwamwaya, Santogold, MIA & Radioclit - “Get It Up”

Hour 2
Noro Morales - “Saona (Gilles Peterson & Simbad remix)” (Brownswood)
Sistars - “Inspirations (Innocent Sorcerers remix)”
Aaron Jerome - “Late Night Mission” (BBE)
DJ Ayres - “La Da Dee (2007 Baltimore Club Remix)”
Santogold - “L.E.S. Artistes (Gramzilla remix)”
Jackson 5 vs. Dre Skull - “I Want You Back (DJ Skeet Skeet edit)”
R.E.M. - “Nightswimming (Kissy Sell Out B-More re-edit)”
Radioclit - “Secousse (Mumdance remix)”
Tricky - “Council Estate (Drums of Death)”
The Faint - “A Battle Hymn For Children”
Wale - “Nike Boots”
Stacy Epps - “Floatin’”
Big Quarters & Mux Mool - “Dragon Princess”
Aby Wolf - “What U Waiting 4 [feat. Omar Bliss]”
Kid Cudi - “Heaven @ Nite”
Isaac Hayes - “Hung Up On My Baby”

Listen

Hour 1
Jahdan Blakkamoore - “3 Go Round Payola”
JahMason - “IToldYou”
Erick Gonzales - “Oludumare”
Afefe Iku - “Bodydrummin”
Grupo Los Reyes - “Un Lamento Hecho Cancion”
Makossa & Megablast - “Kunuaka feat. Subrinah”
Ocho - “Hot Pants Road”
Nuyorican Soul - “Sweet Tears”
Teddy G/Sarah White - “Shock talk”
Joe Bataan - “Ernestine”

Hour 2 (Special Guest Mix from Sarah White)
Jill Scott - “Crown Royal”
Imani Uzuri - “Her Holy Water”
Jneiro Jarel - “Brooklyn Mood”
Pursuit Groove Remix - “Sheila Proper”
Res - “You know what” (demo)
Skymark feat Steve Spacek - “How you gonna feel”
Deckstream - “Five Alarm”
Heavy - “P.R.I.Tt.Y Boy” Arch_typ feat Sarah White - “I wanna be with you”
Dhundee feat Michele Amador - “Light of day”
Ge-ology - “Guilt Junkie”
4Hero feat Jack Davey - “Take my time”
Muhsinah - “Only and Always”
Flying Lotus feat Dreya - “T

First Hour
Adele - “Hometown Glory(High Contrast remix)”
JTodd - “xxdreamvoidxx”
Santogold & Diplo - “Guns of Brooklyn” (Mad Decent)
Valentina - “It’s Guilt Trip (Heatwave refix)”
Pete Rodriguez -”I Like it Like That (Aarone Jerome)”
Lykke Li - “I’m Good, I’m Gone (Black Kids Remix)”
Dilla Ghost Doom - “Sniper Elite feat. MF Doom” (Stones Throw)
Emiliana Torrini - “Me and Armeni”
JTodd - “Stop Foolin”

Guest DJ Mix from Gabriel of The Heatwave

Z Mavado - “Overcome”
Mr Vegas - “Mus Come A Road”
Lady Chann (Suncycle) - “Baby Chann”
YT, Million Stylez, Mr Williamz, Blackout JA, Iverse & Jah Knight - “Champion Sound”
Jah Dan & Matt Shadetek - “Go Round Payola (The Heatwave Special)”
Yungun - “Dirty Talk (The Heatwave Special)”
Lil Wayne & Mary J Blige - “Just Fine”
Durrty Goodz - “Boom Boom”
Natasja & Mr Lexx - “The One Night”
Roots Manuva & Toddla T - “Buff Nuff”
Dr Evil - “Fluffy”
Sean Paul - “Pleasure”
Busy Signal - “Wine Up Pon Me”
Mad Cobra & Tina Nunez - “Like This”
Bling Dawg - “Licky Licky”
De Tropix - “Oi”
Elephant Man & Lieutenant Stitchie - “What A Mighty God”

Second Hour
Guest DJ Mix from DJ Retroblast

Audio coming later this week.

Listen

Hour 1

Wale - “The Perfect Plan”
Q-Tip -  “Gettin Up”
Ave.To - “Cuba Libre”
The Dynamics - “7 Nation Army”
Marlena Shaw - “California Soul (Diplo Remix)” (Verve)
Muja Messiah - “Growing Pains” (Black Corners)
No Surrender - “Young World”
DJ Mujava - “Township Funk” (Warp)
Santogold - “L.E.S. Artistes (Gramzilla Remix)” (Mad Decent)
Daedelus - “My Beau ft. Paperboy & Erika Rose”
Vampire Weekend - “Oxford Comma (Burntpiano Edit)”
Ratatat - “Falcon Jab”
Black Kids  - “Listen to Your Body Tonight”
Me & You - “United States of Africa” (Tru Thoughts)
Bird Peterson - “Big Country” (Flamin Hotz)
Thunderheist - “Jerk It”
Flying Lotus - “Rickshaw” (Warp)
PRGz - “Alabama”

Hour 2

Kid Cudi - “Heaven at Nite”
Jackson Conti - “Berimbau”
Hi Perspectives feat. Kissey Asplund - “Faster”
A Tribe Called Quest - “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo (Norman Cook Remix)”
Zaki Ibrahim - “You Choose”
Carlos Nino & Lil Sci - “Higher” (Shaman Work)
Jovian - “Grenadine Girl” (Solos)
Me & You - “Evan Vultures Cry” (Tru Thoughts)
The Bug - “Angry Feat. Tippa Irie”
Jonathan Frost - “I’ll Wait  For You”
N*E*R*D - “You Know What” (Star Trak)
Fonzworth Bentley - “Everbody feat. Kanye West, Andre 3000, Sa-Ra”
Spoon -  “Don’t You Evah (DJ Amaze & Alan Astor Mix)”
Eliot Lipp - “The Outside” (Mush)
Cannonball Jane - “Breaker Breaker”
Creature - “Brigitte Bardot”

2008 is the year of the mixtape. From Wale to Talib Kweli to the king of the mixtape Lil Wayne, this year has seen some real good mixtapes. Some of the mixtapes are better than some ‘official releases’.  Cleveland based Kid Cudi’s “A Kid Named Cudi” mixtape is definitely no different.  I am currently listening to it right now, and I am quite impressed.  “Embrace the Martian” and “Heaven at Nite” are two of my favorite tracks of the mixtape. Go grab it and let me know what you think.

Kid Cudi - “Heaven at Nite”
[See post to listen to audio]

Crookers feat. Kid Cudi - “Embrace the Martian”
[See post to listen to audio]

Listen

First Hour (Mixed by DJ Don Cuco)

Ancient Astronauts ” 36 Hours (Fort Knox Five Remix) ”
Datarock  ” Fa-Fa-Fa ”
Yoav ” Club Thing (Aaron LaCrate’s Gutter Mix) ”
Starkey ” Let You Go ”
Panthers ” Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Disco Dub) ”
Rhythm & Sound ” Poor People Must Work feat. Bobbo Shanti (Carl Craig Remix)
Wiley  “50/50″
dj marky & xrs ” lk feat. stamina mc ”
Tortured Soul “Why (DJ Spinna Remix)”
Motor City Drum Ensemble ” Get Slapped Up ”

Second Hour (Mixed by DJ Tarik)

Tabi Bonney - “Beat Rock”
No Surrender - “Godda Get It”
Seun Kuti & Egyptian 80 - “Mosquito Song”
Bun B - “If it was Up to Me feat. Junior Reid”
Daedelus - “Fair Weather Friend” (Ninja Tune)
Doomtree - “Drumsticks” (Doomtree)
Jahdan Blakkamoore - “Pure Riddim”
Ayro - “Bounce (DJ Spinna remix)”
Esau Mwamwaya  - “Chilombo”
MGMT - “Electric Feel (Justice Remix)”
Retro Kidz - “New Era”
Pursuit Grooves - “Too Much Time”
Crookers feat. Kid Cudi - “Embrace the Martian”
Dessa - “Sadie Hawkins” (Doomtree)
Tawiah - “Broken Heart”

Listen

Hour 1
Bloc Party - “Mercury”
Invincible - “In the Mourning”
Ratatat - “Dura”
P.O.S. - “Stand Up(Let’s Get Murdered)”
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - “Planet Rock”
PPP - “On A Cloud ft. Karma” (Ubiquity)
Little Jackie - “The Stoop”
El Hijo De La Cumbia - “La Mara Tomasa” (ZZK)
Santogold - “Shove It (Toy Selectah Refix)”
88-Keys - “Just Like A Man ft. Guilty Simpson”
Zaki Ibrahim - “Lost in You”
The Carps - “Heaven Gates Hell’s Flames ft. Cool Kids”
Flying Lotus - “Tea Leaf Dancers (Rae Davis remix)”
J*Davey - “Sloow” (Interdependent)
PPP - “Angel(Instrumental)”
Kudu - “Let’s Finish (Sinden remix)”
Mickey Factz - “Up High”

Hour 2
Mulatu Astatke And His Ethiopian Quintet - “I Faram I Faram” (Worthy Records)
Kenny Dorham - “Afrodisia” (Blue Note Records)
Harold McKinney - “Ode To Africa” (Ubiquity - Luv N Haight)
Deodato - “September 13? (CTI Records)
Sons And Daughters Of Lite - “Ju Ju’s Door” (Luv N’ Haight)
David Axelrod - “And The Angel Said Unto Them” (RCA)
West African Cosmos - “Wuye’ Wuye’” (Strut)
Enrico Rava - “Pupa O Crisalide” (Right Tempo)
Azymuth - “Right On” (Milestone Records)
Cortijo Y Su Maquina Del Tiempo - “Gumbo” (Soul Jazz Records)
Tenorio Jr - “Nebulosa” (Mr. Bongo Records)
Caldera - “Himalaya” (Capitol Records)
Sun Ra - “Moon Dance”

Our man Jon Jon just hit us up to a new video from Minneapolis rapper Muja Messiah.  It is from his forthcoming album “Thee Adventures of a B-Boy D-Boy”.  Patriot Act features Rhymesayers artist I Self Devine.

Muja is deep within a Minneapolis hip hop scene that has been caustically deemed college-rap, his voice rears songs that are blatantly street-centric, pushing thought and innovation alike with his critical take on Bush’s administration (”Patriot Act”) and his M.I.A. “Paper Planes” mash. – Culture Bully

With his underground hit “Patriot Act” that Muja earned national notoriety. The song’s brazen critique of President Bush and American foreign and domestic policies — “I’m supposed to be threatened by al Qaeda when I was always afraid of America first, the birthplace of some of the worst terrorists on this earth… Should I blame FEMA or blame Halliburton? I’m'a push the envelope like Bush did the votes, like Bush sniffing coke, but hey, nobody’s perfect” — are what landed him a coveted endorsement in December’s VIBE Magazine as one of the “51 Best MySpace Rappers,” a part of their first-annual nationwide survey.

- Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Enjoy//K

* Check out:
Aqeel -
Has his Freaktape out now
( thanks Take for letting me know )

Melo
Check "Too Good "

* Beatmakers:
Hayzee

Dj Sam Champion

Riow Arai

Eliphino

Lukid

* Themesongs:
Batman 60ies (org)

The Man From U.NC.L.E

* Release:
Dwele - Sketches of a man

* Mixtape:

Blockbass from Connecticut - Fidelity mixtape for Trueradio

* Release I’m gonna check out:
BlockBass - Fideltity

* Label:
Flogsta Dancehall

* Dj:
Kerri Chandler

Johan Netz

Musicperson I will miss:
Esbjorn Svesson (rip)

Kissey is: Sunday morning

Our girl Kissey Asplund has been making waves around the world now.  Now she has just been featured on Current TV’s (Al Gore’s TV station) daily fix.  She is definitely representing the Sweden soul scene! Much respects.  Don’t forget to check out her posts here. PS: Do Not Sleep on Kissey, I repeat Don’t Sleep y’all!

please stop by Erik Rico ‘ s tomorrow nite (saturday) at the Mountainbar. He and Lifenotes worked really har on this The thing that is making me so exciated is that Fatima (some of you might have seen her comments on here , other’s check the post on MyManHenri’s ) is going to PREFORM and Soulpeople is involved too. So if in LA. GO go GOOOOO! swedish saying = “you can hit two flies in a wham!”

Love//K