Monday Mixtape Vol. 60

Sadly, another short post from me - I just got back from Cabo and have to get back on a flight to Dallas in 10 hours, so time is limited tonight!

Anyways, in the near future I'd like to post something about Bon Iver's new album since I saw him at The Fox in Oakland recently. It was just one of THOSE concerts. One I will remember for a very long time because it really showcased his brilliance beyond even my lofty expectations. His reinterpretations of songs from albums are crazily complicated and stunning to hear live because some are such huge deviations from the originals. Others have slight changes that are memorable. He even reinterpreted his new songs!

I started watching a ton of live Bon Iver videos thereafter to see any more of Justin Vernon's patented falsetto. I'll get to those in another post. 

In the meantime, please enjoy my favorite hilarious song of the year, "Shoes Off," a song about taking shoes off at various airports. Heems - from Das Racist - is one part of this wacky duo along with another British rapper, Riz MC, propel the floozy beat and flow in style. Just love blasting this song. I also included my favorite Das Racist song as well because it's another ridiculous beat and song.

Pond is an offshoot of some members from Tame Impala - mainly their drummer, Jay Watson. I loved their last album and this song gives me some serious hope for their upcoming one.

G Perico is an up and coming West Coast rapper bringing back that 90s G-Funk type of sound, reminiscent of Dre's debut he Chronic. 

Amber Coffman was in the Dirty Projectors and made this dreamy solo track which provides some anticipation for what she has in store for her solo album. Should be good!

I'll get back to the new Bon Iver album soon and some really really cool live performances by him. If he is ANYWHERE near you, GO SEE HIM! 

Playlist - That's a Rap, Vol. 1

There's been an ever expanding list of rappers over the past few years that have brought rap back to the forefront of music for me. Sometimes I wax poetic and think of the good ol' days when A Tribe Called Quest and Biggie (amongst so many others) were making the best rap music imaginable. But now there are rappers influenced by them, their sounds, the culture, and everything in between, spitting out their own rhymes. This is the best rap has been since those golden days in the 90s - just listen to Kendrick, Drake, A$AP Rocky, and Kanye. 

I finished Volume 3 of this playlist series today, but I thought it might make more sense to start from the beginning!

I made this playlist back in 2012 as I was discovering a number of my favorite rappers today, such as Childish Gambino, Kendrick, A$AP, Schoolboy Q, and Joey Bada$$. These were primarily my favorite songs by these guys at the time, and I'm hoping for those not as well versed in rap (or those who might have given up on rap for a bit) that this playlist will be a primer for the next two volumes I'll put up in the next few weeks or so!