Mixtape 26

I miss making you playlists for your disc drive, so I made you this. I know it’s not the same… but it’s the closest I can get. New mixtape monthly up on my spotify. Find me there at @jawnmo, and if you’re not on spotify, track list included here for you to burn to a cd and put in your 1996 jeep wrangler and turn up the volume. Have a nice weekend out there

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Everytime Pharcyde’s “Passing Me By” starts, I have a hard time not singing out the first few lines. The gritty production, the personality in the performances, there’s a reason this is a classic. There are some well-known classics on this one, including The Cure’s “Close to Me,” Kool & The Gang’s “Summer Madness,” and a deeper cut off Funkadelic’s classic album Maggot Brain, along with some hidden gems I think you should know about.

Hidden Gems

Mornin’ Dew (A COLORS SHOW) - Sunni Colón

This live recording from YouTube series “A Colors Show” was what introduced me to this artist. I love this groove and this vibe, and his vocal performance is pretty stellar

Real Life (feat. Stormzy) - Burna Boy, Stormzy

I love this chorus - it feels so good when it hits. “Real life is for livin but the price you’ve been given’s not cheap.”

Everybody’s Gotta Live - Love

Love is a great classic LA band. Their 1967 album Forever Changes is one of my favorites, and I’m not alone on that. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked it as one of the top 100 albums of all time. This is a great later track of theirs, one that Mac Miller covered on his posthumous album Circles.

Dove - Cymande

Like the previous song, this is another one from 1972. Cymande are a great psychedelic rock and funk band. This song is dripping with vibe, groove, and attitude. This is the kind of band that inspired Khruangbin’s psychedelic grooves, and when you listen, I think you’ll hear why.

TRACKLIST

1. Close to Me - The Cure

2. Mornin Dew (A COLORS SHOW) - Sunni Colón

3. Luv Is Not Enough (feat. Clear Mortifee) - Miami Horror, Forrest Mortifee

4. Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney, Wings

5. Spicy - Nas, Fivio Foreign, A$AP Ferg

6. Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang

7. Real Life (feat. Stormzy) - Burna Boy, Stormzy

8. Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde

9. Khomo Tsaka Deile Kae? - Marumo

10. Everybody's Gotta Live - Love

11. Mak Attack - Makaya McCraven

12. Better Man - Rayowa

13. In Search of Balance - Reginald Omas Mamode IV

14. Super Stupid - Funkadelic

15. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett

16. Heaven Let Me In - Friendly Fires

17. Hell N Back - Bakar

18. Nothing's Going to Keep Me Down - Yellow Days

19. Dove - Cymande