The Never-Sent Mixtape Project: The Second Tape
Perhaps the only thing more frustrating than being in an unrewarding long distance relationship is knowing that the other half of the aforementioned unrewarding long distance relationship is in another country listening to Kanye West/Lil Wayne. So of course the second tape had to be a hip hop mix.
This one is heavy on the Dilla influence (more than half of the tracks were directly produced by him). After all, if you’re going to make a somewhat romantic-ish hip hop mix, don’t you want it to be filled with that smooth Detroit sound?
The liner notes were made from an old science textbook called The Wonderworld of Science, published in 1941. The pages were pulled from a chapter about “seeing light.” There are approximately 25 metaphors going on here, from basic “dropping science/hip hop” to silly relationship stuff. I really love over-thinking!
The sides of the actual tape were labeled with questions from the “homework” section of the chapter, carefully extracted with an X-acto. Take note—this is when I sliced my finger and stained my favorite t-shirt with blood. Other materials: vellum, more Letraset letters, and ultra-fine Sharpies.
Even if you don’t “like” hip hop, give this mix a try. I promise it’s 90 minutes of feeling good…
Side 1 (download it here)
J Dilla, Slum Village, Common, Terry Urban, DNS, Erykah Badu, Clipse, A Tribe Called Quest, Talib Kweli + Hi Tek
Side 2 (download it here)
J Dilla, Jay Electronica, Emanon, Gangstarr, People Under the Stairs, Notorious B.I.G., Suff Daddy, Pacific Division, Little Brother
To maintain track order (it’s especially important!), please create a new playlist in iTunes and then click and drag the folder to import.
Reblogged from swap meet..
January 08, 2011, 7:56pm Comments
