Since when did I look like I wasn’t in the business of making epics for you?
109 joints to kiss ’09 farewell, across 3 track-packs. (Admittedly I’m 2 weeks late, but music is love, love takes time.)
Comprised of:
-Songs lying around from last year’s mixtape potentials folders that I never got to put out (hence the coinage ‘MISStape’- witty enough?)
-Tracks collated from mid-November to the very end of December since my last drop.
-The odd uber-random gem from the Noughties here n’ there as a nod to this bygone era (I was going through some vintage folders from my teen years, never one to be stingy, i.e. unreleased Jaylib joint ‘Follow Me’, hard to find rarity fo’ ya).
Usually leave these alphabetical, but this time spent 3 and half weeks arranging & re-arranging (so thematically & sonically I’ve moulded these editions to be about love & time, whilst you should still be able to dance spastically or vibe sweetly or have the sexy sex or thug out a wee bit or just cry to it). So, honour Your Mum, listen to that sh*t in order please.
By the end of Feb or early March, I’ll have the next one/s ready. Aight my lovers?
Your Mum’s Phat Titz MARCH ’09 Edition Mixtape PART 1:
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. Ashanti – The World <— I know you’re thinking WTF, but trust me. Wait for it to kick on the hook.
2. Big Pooh – Radio (Prod. by Oh No)
3. Big Sean – Supa Dupa (Prod. by WrighTrax)
4. Bishop Lamont – Bitches On My Dick (Prod. by DJ Khalil)
5. Blu – Morning
6. Boot Camp Clik feat. Aaliyah – Night Riders (Remix) (Prod. by 9th Wonder) <– Had to draw for one old favourite.
7. BrandUn DeShay – Back Jack Do It Again
8. B. Bravo – Midnight
9. Busta Rhymes – Cut From A Different Cloth
10. Camp Lo feat.Yahzarah – Regulate
11. Cassie feat. Puff Daddy – Must Be Love <– No bullshit. Reminds of dope 90s Bad Boy. Dig them darn cowbells!
12. Cee-Lo, Janelle Monae, Butch Walker, Travis McCoy, Brandon Urie & Patrick Stump – Open Happiness
13. Chima Anya – C (Prod. by SamiYam) <– SamiYam approved, for the record!
14. Chunking – Voodoo
15. Cubic Zirconia feat. Tiombe Lockhart- I Wanna Freebase You
16. D3CCPT feat. Black Milk – Keep On (Prod. by Black Milk)
17. Daru & Rena – Keep On (Prod. by Daru)
18. Devonwho feat. Suzi Analogue – About You Redux (Dev’s LODB Mix)
19. Dr. Dre feat. T.I. & Nas – Topless (Prod. by Dr. Dre) <– Nasir returns to form dropping a classic verse.
20. Drake – November 18th <– Joint makes me wanna frisk, quite frankly.
21. Erykah Badu – Vibrate On
22. Finale – One Man Show (Prod. by Black Milk)
23. Full Crate feat. Mar – She Was Fly
24. Ghostface Killah & MF Doom – China Town Wars
25. Homeboy Sandman – Parallel Perpindicular
26. Jimmy Edgar – Turn You Inside Out
27. Kanye West & T-Pain – Flight School
28. Keri Hilson – Intuition (Prod. by Timbaland) <– A return to that exotic Timbaland shit.
29. Kid Cudi feat. Wale – Look Up In Da Stars
30. L.A.U.S.D. feat. Jack Davey & Blu – iFEEL (Prod. by L.A.U.S.D.)
Your Mum’s Phat Titz MARCH ’09 Edition Mixtape PART 2:
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No <– Out to SAS.
2. Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me
3. MeLo-X – Nite N Day (Remix) (Prod. by MeLo-X) <– Duke emits such ill energy, lyrics & flow. “Let’s cause an eclipse with our lips…” THIS is how you do a remix.
4. MF Doom – That’s That
5. Mickey Factz – Sensibility 6. Miguel – Quickie
7. Mike Posner & The Brain Trust – Halo (Prod. by Mike Posner) <– Anticipate success from this kid.
8. Muhsinah – From Here (Prod. by Muhsinah)
9. Nat King Cole feat. Stephen & Damian Marley – Calypso Blues
10. P.O.S. – Drumroll (We’re All Thirsty) <– Hardcore motherf**kers stand up!
11. Pacific Division feat. Dom Kennedy & Mykel – On Off Switch (Prod. by Cook Classics) <– The truth! We all been there gents. And if you haven’t yet, you will unfortunately.
12. Peter Hadar – Naughty Magazine
13. Promise – Money (Prod. by M-Phazes)
14. Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek) feat. Bootsy Collins – Internet Connection (Prod. by Hi-Tek) <— Have I been waiting for Reflection Eternal phase II for 10 years already? 15. Rogiérs – Fa Sho
16. Rootbeer (Pigeon John & Flynn Adams) – Pink Limousine
17. Ryan Leslie – Just Right (Prod. By Ryan Leslie) <– His self-titled debut has been criminally under-marketed. Bet you ain’t even know it’s out…
18. Slim Thug – Smile
19. Sound Species feat. Ahu – Can We Call It Love
20. Stacy Epps – Space (Prod. by Madlib)
21. Stagga – Timewarp Dub <– Follow my instructions: Put your head right NEXT to the speaker before the record starts. Play it loud. And I promise you will have a real, live, genuine, audio-sensory climax. 22. Suzi Analogue – Good Reason
23. The Dream – Kelly’s 12 Play
24. The Lonely Island – Jizz In My Pants <– LMFAO. Inspired. 25. The Prodigy – Omen
26. Theophilus London – TNT (Prod. by Machine Drum) <– My favourite record of the last 6 months. 27. TreaZon feat. Drake – Tonight
28. Van Hunt – Next Year
29. Velben – Randomness
30. XV- Everybody’s Nobody
31. Young Dro – Clean With It (Prod. by 2 Band Geeks)
Your Mum’s Shit Right Now:
Video: Theophilus London – TNT
&
Video: L.A.U.S.D. feat. Jack Davey & Blu – iFEEL
&
Video: Pacific Division feat. Dom Kennedy & Mykel – On Off Switch
Then the dope fiends came out scratchin’ and swingin’ via ibootleggedyourmum@gmail.com, mans’ cellular & on the corner (especially in the last week) to notify your pusherman they can’t live without these.
And thus made one feel like the C**t in his Fantastic name.
Here, you thugged out trainspotters. Strap down. Shoot up… it’s your most elephantine dosage yet.
Music is the only drug you need for your celebrations & sorrow. Escape with ya boy.
Your Mum’s Phat Titz FEBRUARY ’09 Edition Mixtape PART 1:
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. AB & Daru ft. Black Milk – On Deck (Prod. by Daru) <– Tellin’ folk to watch out for AB, vocal style reminds one of D’Angelo. Joint goes hard!
2. Ace – Sarah <– Warped lyrics! The gradual course of the narrative in this song is, frankly, f**ked. Utter genius though.
3. Ali Vegas – Everyday Iz War (Prod. by DJ Premier)
4. Ayah – They Were Lyin’ (Prod. by Nicolay)
5. Big Boi – Ringtone <– Differentiate between traditional vocoder & ‘auto-tune’. Even if this song is putting my reputation on the line. But, it’s supreme f**king Big Boi! And it’s ridiculously catchy. Tolerate it.
6. Birdman feat. Lil’ Wayne – Always Strapped
7. Busta Rhymes – Wack
8. Cesar Comanche – Hands High (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
9. Chima Anya – Clocks (Prod. by Dizz1) <– Hol’ tight Chima! Tripped out!
10. Chrisette Michele – Epiphany
11. Cris Prolific feat. Ta’Raach – People
12. Daru & Rena – Lonely Nights [The Roots Spirit Mix] (Prod. by Daru)
13. Dert – Flashback
14. Dorian Concept – Sweet Yard Sale
15. Durrrty Goodz – Party N Rave (Prod. by Dexplicit) <– For my UK dancefloor shuckers and jivers. Big’ness.
16. Dyme Def – Def2TheRecord (Prod. by Brainstorm)
17. Exile – Your Summer Song
18. Fatima feat. Cohen, Cuthead & Dorian Concept – Do I Know You <– Hol’ tight Fatima, we all behind you, none more so than Your Mum.
19. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal <– Choongness for all my snowheads & snowman molesters in the UK after our nuclear winter this week. This song is the equivalent of a Jesuit miracle. Too bloody beautiful.
20. Flying Lotus feat. Ahu & Byron The Aquarius-Roberta Flack (Original Version)
21. Food For Animals – Mutumbo Raffertie (Remix) <– Feel your eyelids peel back when the Dubstep wobbly drops.
22. Franz Ferdinand – Live Alone
23. Gorillaz – Stylo/Binge
24. Grandmaster Flash feat. Q-Tip, Jumz & Kel Spencer – Shine All Day
25. Havana – Nitelife (Prod. by Trackademicks) <– If Kylie Minogue switched to Electro-Soul…
26. Hudson Mohawke – Velvet Peel
27. Jae London – Loves Jeopardy (Message From Mars) <– Fa’ da man dem.
28. Jae London – Loves Jeopardy (Message From Venus) <– Fa’ da gyal dem.
29. Jay Electronica feat. Che Grand – Hagler (Prod. by Denaun Porter)
30. Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. – If I (Prod. by Timbaland) <– “This is for the girls who get tipsy/ But never get TOO drunk.” Preach.
Your Mum’s Phat Titz FEBRUARY ’09 Edition Mixtape PART 2:
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. Kenna feat. The Cool Kids – Loose Wires (Prod. by The Neptunes)
2. Kings Of Leon – Closer
3. Letherette – In July Focus Rite
4. Lil’ Wayne feat. Pharrell Williams – Yes (Prod. by The Neptunes)
5. Machinedrum – Me & U (Remix)
6. Mae Day – Hold On
7. Marsha Ambrosius – Get You Right (Prod. by Focus)
8. Melanie Rutherford – Refugee
9. MF Doom – Ballskin <– Metal Fingers’ return!!! New LP next month I think!
10. Miguel – Sure Thing <– Talk about a truly marketable artist. Expect success.
11. Mike Biker The Bike Maker feat. Kenna – Say Goodbye To Love (Trackademicks Remix)
12. Mikkey Halsted feat. GLC – Just Juke (Prod. by No ID)
13. Mos Def – Quiet Dog <– Thank the heavens he’s back on point.
14. Muhsinah – Scatterbrain (Radiohead Cover)
15. Nadscroic – Room Mist (Prod. by Hudson Mohawke) <– Reload, reload, reload! Gigantic! UK stand up! Scots Glitch-Crunk!
16. Nas – Fear Of Mandingo
17. Nero – Alive & Vibrant
18. The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Buff 1 – Ni**as (Astronote Remix)
19. Passion Pit – Better Things
20. Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Jamila Raegan – Go, Go, Go
22. Q-Tip feat. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon & Lil’ Wayne – Renaissance Rap (Remix) <– Q-Tip @ The Roundhouse, Camden, London, Sat March 14th, got my ticket, got yours?!
23. Raekwon feat. Ghostface & Method Man – Wu Ooh (Prod. by The RZA) <– Breathtaking Wu return to form. I needed this so bad.
24. Raheem DeVaughn feat. Ludacris – Bulletproof
25. Ruckazoid! – Exile Population Control Megawave (Remix)
24. Rusko – Woo Boost
26. The Alchemist feat. Twista & Maxwell – Hide My Tears (Prod. by Alchemist)
27. Theophilus London feat. Jesse Boykins III – Aquamilitia <– I’ve said this for a while, both Theophilus & Jesse got NEXT.
28. Trek-Life – Last Joint
29. U-N-I feat. Black Milk – Castle Vee Re-Up (Prod. by Dibiase)
30. Young Jeezy feat. Jay-Z – My President Is Black (Remix) <– “My President is Black/ In fact he’s half white/ So even in a racist’s mind he’s half right.” Hov!
Your Mum’s Shit Right Now:
Video: Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
&
Video: Raekwon feat. Ghostface & Method Man – Wu Ooh
&
Video: Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. – If I
P.S. Before you say anything. I know I spelt February wrong on the covers. I was tired. Be quiet.
Atleast I always compensate wholesomely for my lateness, right?
Hardest tape of 2009 already. Bumper pack. And one’s barely even begun. Had to call in a few industry favours to pull a couple major exclusives out the potatoe sack too (alongside the usually bangin’ bevy).
So watch out for a couple of these names/joints/sounds over the coming era, and don’t allege a dude wasn’t putting you on from way before the jump off jumped off.
My real music heads & newbies to the blog, commit to discovering more from the downloaded artists your less familiar with. And stay spreadin’ the word. Viva we viral.
Much love to Your Mum’s supreme, sexy faithful.
P.S. Headphones on.
(Respect to Mr. L.R. & his graphics steez for this editions cover above.)
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always: 1. 6BLOCC – Genius Of Dub <— American Dubstep?! Mindblowing.
2. A Race Of Angels – The Main Attraction
3. Busta Rhymes – Can’t Take It (Prod. by Dr. Dre)
4. Claire Macguire – Strangest Thing <— Don’t say I didn’t tell you so.
5. Common feat. Pharrell – Punch Drunk Love (Remix) (Prod. by The Neptunes)
6. Dorian Concept – The Fucking Formula
7. Dyme Def – Dreamin’
8. Fall Out Boy – w.a.m.s. (Prod. by The Neptunes)
9. Floating Points – Ligeti <— Jesus Christ. 2 Step Orchestral Glitch Hop? Wow.
10. Fly Guys – Ay Keisha
11. Hollyweerd – Wine & Dine/Love Handle
12. Hudson Mohawke ft. Nadsroic – Allhot
13. Idle Warship (Talib Kweli & Res) – Steady
14. J*Davey – End Of The World (Mama’s Back) [Snippet]
15. Jim Jones – Scarz <— If only more mainstream Hip-Hop beats had such trippy traits.
16. K’Naan – Somalia <— Deep.
17. K-Os – Zambony
18. Kanye West – Love Lockdown (Lunice Remix) <— Best remix of Love Lockdown, ever.
19. Karma Stewart – Look
20. Kid Bass feat. Sincere – Good Girls Love Rudeboys <— London funky house f**kers stand up.
21. Little Dragon – Wink
22. Marsha Ambrosius – Impossible (Prod. by Focus) <— How dope are these drums?
23. Maxwell – Pretty Wings [Snippet] <— He’s baaaaack.
24. MeLo-X – Tehas Beans
25. Mikkey Halstead – Karma (Prod. by No ID)
26. MIMs ft. The Notorious B.I.G. – Bread N’ Butter <— The next ‘A Milli’? If promoted right, possibly.
27. Mr. Vegas feat. Aaron LaCrate & Samir – Oh My Gosh
28. Naledge – Look At Them Hips
29. Platinum Pied Pipers – Ridin’ High <— For my float-away heads.
30. Pudge feat. Kissey Asplund – SynthaSizey
31. RZA feat. Rah Digga – Bitch Gonna Get Ya (Prod. by RZA) <— Rah Digga. Hardest rap b*tch alive. No prisoners.
32. Sene – BabiesNeedDaddies (Prod. by Blu)
33. Shaun Boothe feat. Amanda Diva – Music Man <— “Oh didn’t they tell you? Never fall for a music man…”
34 Siji – Here, There & Everywhere <— Soulful heads, pay attention.
35. The Carps – Compton
36. The Cock N Bull Kid – The Head <— Isn’t this girl signed yet?!
37. The Noisettes – Wild Young Heart <— This should in theory be a UK chart number 1. If it isn’t, the label failed them.
38. Theophilus London – Grey X Sage (Misty Night) Intro <— I can’t get this out my head.
39. Tiombe Lockhart – Sexy Suzy On A Sunday
40. Wiley – Off Da Radar <— Shit. Wiley can actually spit. Hard bars. Superior Grime.
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Video:The Noisettes – Wild Young Heart
& this too:
Video: RZA feat. Rah Digga – Bitch Gonna Get Ya
“A b*tch is gonna get cha’, a b*tch is gonna get cha’/
And it ain’t gon’ be pretty, now lemme paint the picture/
So we can do it hood style, by rippin’ out the slammers/
Or we can go medieval, with spears, shanks & hammers…!”
Take away women, take away London mayoral elections, take away being high in a humungous 24 hour Tesco with rabid munchies trying to decide which sustenance to purchase; the hardest decision of the year was this right here. What are the most essential tracks of the year? These are mine.
Many honourable mentions I couldn’t include, but then I intended this to be 18 tracks, then that spilled into 30, which morphed into 45, until finally I knew I had to stop the buck at 58 for ’08. But it’s taken me the last 16 turbulent days to compile this meticulously crafted playlist (see if you can catch the sonic flow, I really need to get disc jockeying already) of the songs that define a time, place and generation in 2008 from my own aural favourites. I can’t speak for absolutely everyone, but I tried my best.
As for genres? Scan the set list. Call it a spectrum. We bump without barriers.
My ethos throughout: to marry exceptional Pop and mainstream with the most revivifying Neo-Alternative and underground in the world today, and I refuse to be forced into segregating these two presumed opposing allocations. Snobs can suck a rubber johnny dummy, but then again so can ignorant commersh mugs who stay sleeping soullessly.
Regardless, Your (compassionate) Mum takes both to her bosom in mentoring. As for those with Open Mind, I facking love you (no gushing), because your love’s been as much motivation as mine to keep posting mixtapes on the low when the cyber-right-wingers rendered us near dormant back in September.
DJs, A&Rs, and individuals who work in the music industry yet remain a little wet behind the ears- particularly in Britain- get on your job before I hijack your offices & show you how to serve your vocation properly. Your self-puppetry make me very angry sometimes (no super-emo intended).
Respect to those DJs and A&Rs who have been in contact with me this year and taken note/passed on to others the more unknown or upcoming sounds + artists I’ve offered up, I see there’s still some decent cogs trying to spin influence inside the system. Lord knows, the Black Music industry especially needs assistance because there’s no major label in this country that understands how to market it intelligently. Same goes for the States, feeding us formulas. Yet with this selection I hope to prove there’s still a great deal of revival & progression in the air if not always on the airwaves.
Radio 1 or 1Xtra or Choice or one of you’s, holla at me yo (ibootleggedyourmum@gmail.com). I’ll school ’em like a John Peel for the ASBO generation!
Anyway, enough mission statements out of me.
My Favourite 5 Records of 2008 are:
1. Yaw – Where Would You Be
2. Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
3. Illa J – All Good
5. Erykah Badu – The Healer
5. Kanye West – Love Lockdown
Please take a quick moment to share your own favourite tracks of the year with us in the comments section of this post.
So, without further ado, light up a head & headphones on, ‘Now That’s What I Call Music Two-Thousand-&-Eight’…
Part I: 1. Martina Topley-Bird – Baby Blue(Prod. by Danger Mouse)
2. Raphael Saadiq – Big Easy(Prod. by Raphael Saadiq)
3. Kardinal Offishall feat. J*Davey – Digital Motown (Prod. by Jake One)
4. Kenna feat. Lupe Fiasco – Say Goodbye To Love (Prod. by Chad Hugo) 5. N*E*R*D* – You Know What(Prod. by The Neptunes)
6. Sy Smith – Spies(Prod. by Sy Smith) 7. Miguel – Strawberry Amazing (Prod. by Miguel)
8. S1 feat. Phonte – Callin’ Me(Prod. by S1) 9. Olivier Day Soul – Spaceship(Prod. by Hudson Mohawke???)
10. Usher feat. Ludacris – That Girl Right There (Prod. by Rich Harrison) 11. Common feat. Pharrell – Universal Mind Control (Prod. by The Neptunes) 12. Proton – Laptop (Prod. by Kamikazbi)
13. Kid Cudi – Day N’ Nite (Prod. by Dot Da Genius)
14. Hollyweerd – Have You Ever Made Love To A Weirdo?(Prod. by ???) 15. Q-Tip – Gettin’ Up(Prod. by J-Dilla) 16. Black Milk – Give The Drummer Sum(Prod. by Black Milk)
17. Mr. Scruff feat. Andreya Triana – Hold On (Prod. by Mr. Scruff)
18. Ryan Leslie feat. Cassie – Addicted(Prod. by Ryan Leslie)
19. Roots Manuva – Let The Spirit(Prod. by Roots Manuva) 20. The Cock N Bull Kid – On My Own(Prod. by ???)
21. Hayzee – Mario vs. Megaman/Fanfare(Prod. by Hayzee) 22. Lil’ Wayne – A Milli (Prod. by Bangladesh) 23. Dabrye feat. Jay Dee & Phat Kat – Game Over (Flying Lotus Remix)(Prod. by Flying Lotus)
24. The Roots feat. Mos Def & Styles P – Rising Down(Prod. by ?uestlove)
25. Madlib The Beat Konducta feat. Frank & Dank – Drink Up (Prod. by Madlib) 26. Erykah Badu – The Healer (Prod. by Madlib) 27. Daru & Reggie B – Gone Away(Prod. by Daru)
Part II: 28. Rustie – Zig Zag(Prod. by Rustie)
29. Flying Lotus feat. Ahu (Dolly) – Roberta Flack (Prod. by Flying Lotus) 30. 14KT – The Violet Hour(Prod. by 14KT) 31. Brittany Bosco – City Of Nowhere(Prod. ???) 32. Stacy Epps – Floatin’(Prod. by Apex) 33. Leon King – The Digital Church(Prod. by ???) 34. Illa J – All Good(Prod. by Jay Dee a.k.a. J-Dilla) 35. Foreign Exchange feat. Muhsinah – Daykeeper (Prod. by Nicolay) 36. Kissey Asplund – Silverlake (Prod. by Dorian Concept) 37. Theophilus London feat. Jesse Boykins III – Cold Pillow (Prod . by Ricci Rucker) 38. Kanye West – Love Lockdown(Prod. by Kanye West) 39. Jazmine Sullivan – Lions, Tigers & Bears (Prod. by Salaam Remi) 40. Murs feat. Tyler Woods – Love & Appreciate II(Prod. by 9th Wonder) 41. Jean Grae – Love Thirst(Prod. by 9th Wonder) 42. Pacific Division – Women Problems(Prod. by ???)
43. U-N-I – Beautiful Day (Prod. by Diabase) 44. Termanology feat. Bun B – How We Rock (Prod. by DJ Premier) 45. Statik Selektah feat. Little Brother, Joe Scudda & Chaundon – On The Marquee(Prod. by Statik Selektah) 46. Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul(Prod. by Danger Mouse) 47. Chester French – She Loves Everybody(Prod. by ???) 48. Radiohead – Reckoner (Prod. by Nigel Godrich & Radiohead)
49. The Last Shadow Puppet – My Mistakes Were Made For You(Prod. by James Ford) 50. Late Of The Pier – Focker(Prod. by Errol Alkin) 51. Benga – 26 Basslines (Prod. by Benga) 52. Wiley – Local Lad(Prod. by Wiley) 53. Unitz – The Drop(Prod. by Unitz) 54. DJ Mujava – Township Funk(Prod. by DJ Mujava) 55. Jesse Boykins III – Pantyhose(Prod. by Jesse Boykins III) 56. J*Davey – No More(Prod. by Brooke D’Leau) 57. Musiq Soulchild – So Beautiful (Prod. by J.R. Hutson) 58. Yaw – Where Would You Be (Prod. by ???)
Your Mum’s Anthem:
Video: Illa J – All Good (Prod. by Jay Dee a.k.a. J-Dilla)
“Set your mind free, let your mind free,
That’s the past, don’t remind me,
This the present, and that’s the future,
No (negative energy) I will mute ya,
Only positive energies surround me,
Only, open minds around me,
Only, free spirits around me,
I let my vision guide me,
And, I let the rhythm find me,
I don’t panic I just work it out,
Plan A, let’s do it,
We got shit to do, let’s get to it,
It’s all good, that’s what Dilla said,
Get your shine on, get that bread…
…By the way, this is for those with a purpose,
And souls that make music with a purpose,
I’m tryna’ bring the underground to the surface.”
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
2008 mums out of 10
[This is a free promotional release- appreciate free shit.]
P.S. Game has been stepped up earth-shatteringly. This month’s exclusive hi-tech-yet-still-gutter-low-budget mixtape cover was submitted to us by the one Mr. Khazem. Respect sir.
If you think you can do better than either myself (the Don of Microsoft Paint) or the aforementioned gentleman, then get photoshopping & submit covers for all future tapes (keeping in mind Your Mum drops three palettes a month so a supply would be sweet) to ibootleggedyourmum@gmail.com where we take all enquiries and submissions for both audio or otherwise. The finest examples from our most talented and wittiest enthusiasts shall be emblazoned with due props and your own mothers will be tremendously proud of the scale of your achievements on the internet.
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. 1982 (Termanology & Statik Selectah) feat. Lil’ Fame (of MOP) – Thugathon
2. Baby J feat. Million Dan & Tawiah – Ruffneck Set The Trend
3. Blacktronics – Open Your Heart
4. Busta Rhymes feat. T-Pain – Blown
5. Charles Hamilton feat. Macy Gray – Jesus For A Day
6. Clipse feat. Pharrell – Still Got It 4 Cheap
7. Common – Sex 4 Sugar (Prod. by The Neptunes)
8. Electric Wire Hustle – Perception
9. Essensual – Lover’s Groove (Prod. by Essensual)
10. Evidence feat. Elzhi & Aloe Blacc – To Be Determined (Prod. by The Alchemist)
11. Flying Lotus – Roberta Flack (Mike Slott Reflunk)
12. Gingerrose feat. Butta Verses – Digital Bitch
13. Hudson Mohawke – Polkadot Blues
14. Humming Urban Stereo – La Barrosa 14 Horas
15. Jay-Z feat. Santogold – Brooklyn Go Hard (Prod. by Kanye West)
16. Joker – Snake Eater
17. Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland – Favor (Hovatron 111bmp Remix)
18. Ludacris – Press The Start Button
19. Matlok – Watford Gap
20. Melo-X feat. Jesse Boykins III – Keep The Faith
21. Miguel – That I Do
22. Miss Laidlaw & Mr. Zephaniah- Dreams (Prod. by Miss Laidlaw)
23. Plastician feat. Skepta – Intensive Snare
24. Sarah White – Fade
25. Slum Village – 5 Ela (Unreleased Demo) (Prod. by Jay Dee)
26. The Killers – Joy Ride
27. The Knife – Heartbeats
28. Torae – Wun Tu Thr3
29. U-N-I- Hollywood Hiatus (Cool It Down)
30. Unitz – The Drop
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Video: Jay-Z feat. Santogold – Brooklyn Go Hard (Prod. by Kanye West)
” I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them/
I jack, I rob, I sin/
Ah man, I’m Jackie Robinson/
‘Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen.”
Wow. Triple entendre of the year. Only Jay.
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
127,721 mums out of 10
[This is a free promotional release- appreciate free shit.]
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. 8thW1 – A Fools Lullaby (Could It Be)
2. Ashley Thomas – Find Me
3. Baby J feat. Wreh Asha – Could You Be More
4. Black Spade feat. Coultrain- A Lil’ Taste (Prod. by J-Dilla)
5. Common feat. Kanye West – Punch Drunk Love (The Eye) (Prod. by The Neptunes)
6. Crown City Rockers – Body Rock
7. Daru & Reggie B – Gone Away
8. Declaime – Love
9. Fatima – Wildchild
10. Grace Jones – Devil In My Life
11. Green Tea feat. AB – Y.O.U.
12. Jamie Foxx feat. Lil’ Wayne – Number One (Prod. by Just Blaze)
13. Janelle Monáe- Lettin’ Go
14. Jesse Boykins III – Amorous
15. Jon Brion – Dead To The World
16. Kanye West – Bad News
17. Kissey Asplund & DistantStarr – Car Ride (To The Future) (Prod. by Jay Scarlett)
18. Knowledge – Relief
19. Metro Area – Read My Mind
20. MGMT – Electric Feel
21. Muhsinah – Plan B
22. Musiq Soulchild – Special
23. Noul Gourdin – P.Y.T.
24. Noni Limar – Monogamy
25. Onra – My Comet
26. OP Swamp 81 – Decompose
27. Patch Adams (Blu & Sene) – ABCs
28. Robyn – Bum Like You
29. SA-RA Creative Partners – Spacefruit
30. Skillit – That Guy (Prod. by Capital B)
31. Skream feat. Warrior Queen – Check It
32. Theophilus London feat. Jesse Boykins III – Cold Pillow
33. Wes Felton feat. Bilal Salaam – You’ll Never Know
34. Wiley – Local Lad
35. Wretch 32 feat. Wizzy Wow, Tinie Tempah, Scorcha, Bashy, Sway & Chipmunk – Be Cool (Remix)
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Video: Kanye West – Bad News
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
114,359 mums out of 10
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Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. 88 Keys feat. J*Davey -Dirty Peaches
2. Alchemist feat. Evidence, Blu & Kid Cudi – Therapy
3. B.O.B. feat. Amy Winehouse – Grip Your Body
4. Baron Zen – Burn Rubber (Dam Funk Remix)
5. Bobby Creekwater feat. Cee-Lo – I’ll Be Waiting
6. Britney Spears – Mannequin <— Shut up any plum who questions this one. The hook is NEXT level, “Screeeeeeeeeaaaaaaam…”
7. Buff1 – For U (M-Phazes Remix)
8. Buffalo Drive – Shock Therapy
9. Convinced & Tunji – Goodbye Never
10. Declaime – Show Me (Prod. by Flying Lotus, I think)
11. Emanon (Aloe Blacc & Exile) – More Than You Know 12. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind OST (Jon Brion) – Bookstore
13. Flying Lotus – Camel (Nosaj Thing Remix)
14. Foreign Beggars feat. Dubbledge & Kyza – Hit That Gash (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur Remix)
15. Little Brother – Passionflower (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
16. Lowkey feat. Jon McClure, Faith SFX & Mic Righteous – Revolution
17. Ludacris feat. Nas & Jay-Z – I Do It For Hip-Hop
18. Mike Slott feat. Muhsinah – Deux Three
19. Mr. Hudson – There Will Be Tears
20. Noisses – Bond, James Bond
21. Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Coultrain – Angel (Wajeed Remix)
22. Rustie – Tempered
23. SA-RA Creative Partners feat. Erykah Badu & Herbie Hancock – Fantastic Vampere
24. Self Scientific feat. The Game & Talib Kweli – Everywhere I Go
25. Skillit – I Love Women (Prod. by Capital B)
26. Spork Kills – Black Widow
27. Tamar Davis – All I Want Is You
28. The Smiths – This Charming Man
29. Theo feat. Christian Rich – Too Young
30. Tracy Cruz – Weathered Down
31. Waldeck – Addicted
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Video: Mr. Hudson – There Will Be Tears
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
108,962 mums out of 10
[This is a free promotional release- appreciate free shit.]
You wouldn’t believe the week one’s had (somewhere between tryna’ catch a Bachelor of Arts degree, Rock The Bells with Nas, Pharcyde & EPMD, Kanye’s ‘808s & Heartbreak’ playback session, Raphael Saadiq’s gig at London’s Jazz Cafe and Glow In The Dark, whooo).
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. 88 Keys feat. Kid Cudi – Ho’ Is Short For Honey
2. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
3. Beyonce – Diva (Prod. by Bangladesh)
4. Black Milk – Tronic Summer
5. Brittany Bosco – City Of Nowhere
6. Busta Rhymes – Conglomerate
7. Camp Lo – Nah Right
8. Charles Hamilton, Asher Roth & B.O.B. – Change Gon’ Come
9. DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Baby Blak & Pauly Yamz – For Da Love Of Da Game
10. Durrty Goodz – Switching Songs Part 2 (The Good Ol’ Days) <— Strictly for my old skool UK heads!
11. EPMD – Listen Up
12. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Tarik
13. Invincible feat. Finale – Don’t Sleep (Prod. by Black Milk)
14. J*Davey – Finer Things (Bossin’ Up)
15. Jay Electronica – Exhibit A (Transformations) (Prod. by Just Blaze)
16. Jay-Z – History (Prod. by Kanye West)
17. Justin Timberlake – Magic
18. (Track I’m not titling because of label leeches)
19. Kid Sister – Get Fresh
20. Lalah Hathaway – Naked Truth
21. Magda Sinit – Mista Notice Me
22. Onra – Dreams
23. Pardon The Stranger- Happy
24. Peche Noire – Cacahuete
25. Random ft. Rashid Hadee – If It Weren’t For Bad Luck
26. Rena – You (Prod. by Daru)
27. Roy Davis Jnr. feat. Peven Everett – Gabrielle
28. Seal – A Change Is Gonna Come
29. Skillit – Skeen (Prod. by Capital B)
30. Stagga feat. Skam – Sick As Sin
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Video: Britanny Bosco – City of Nowhere
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
101,723 mums out of 10
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As a minor favour for the wonderful Kyri at R2 Records, Nike and radio producer Becky Jacobs I thought I’d just drop this podcast featuring Your Mum’s dearest, Kissey Asplund. It’s predominantly vox-pop, though guaranteed to enlighten of the young lady’s future manoeuvers alongside other avant-garde individuals.
Both the stunning ‘Silverlake’ and sombre ‘Snowfall’ are available to download by clicking —> here.
When the Air Max launched in 1987, it was a revolution. It became an instant classic, on and off the track.
Three years later this legacy led to the Air Max 90, which took its original concept literally to the max. The frame around the air was designed to add support but was brightly coloured to bring even more attention to the radical design of visible air. You couldn’t miss it.
Over time, the Air Max 90 evolved from a lightweight running shoe into original expressions of style on different playgrounds, at different latitudes. It was an energy that couldn’t have been predicted. The Air Max 90 eventually became an icon adapted by athletes, performers and artists.
The AM90 Sound is the documentary of this journey, a tribute to a true icon. Legendary photographer Shawn Mortensen traveled across Europe, intercepting (or following) the frequencies of eight young music talents who share the Air Max 90 attitude in a genuine and personal way. From Paris (Sefyu) to Berlin (F.R. + Rampa), from Rome (Rodion) to Stockholm (Kissey Asplund), London (Maniac), Barcelona (Golden Bug), Amsterdam (Shinedoe), up to Moscow (Mujuice): each city with a different style, voice and landscape: Each artist a different soundtrack.
In this AM90 Presents, Swedish signer and musician Kissey Asplund takes us on an audio tour of Stockholm, where we hear from collaborators, friends and even hear from Kissey’s dad! Kissey fills us in on the experimental vibe to her vocals and the motivations behind the ethereal musical collage of Neo Soul, Abstract Broken Beat, Jazz and Deep House that makes up the Kissey style. Plus, we get a guided tour around her bedroom studio and all the kit she used to build her AM90 dedicated track, ‘Silverlake’. Legendary portrait photographer, Shawn Mortensen was on hand to document the process in celluloid and presents his experience of the artist and the city from behind the lens in his ‘Snapshot’ feature.
Props to the aforementioned. And all/any uber-sexy Europeans.
You know why I’m up & you know what I’ve followed…
Was this the first Hip-Hop election? If so, I think Hip-Hop won.
My highest respect and admiration goes out to those of you who stood in line for hours (yes, I’ve been moved and I saw the images of our cousins across the puddle) to unanimously express yourself through democracy. Understand that you did that for us too and I have heartfelt hopes this’ll be a beacon for my people in London and other UK cities, especially those from ethnic or disadvantaged backgrounds by psychologically encouraging them to stop f**kin’ giving in and really persevere in this country against both explicit and closet bigotry.
I only ever want things to be like the way we here love our music: Progressive.
And Fantasticunt couldn’t come up with a more customary manner for Your Mum’s offspring to celebrate than to give you one of the tightest joints, off now one of my favourite LPs of this decade (‘The Renaissance’ replay counts is THAT severe), by a most beloved artist… the ORIGINAL flip with epic intro from perhaps the greatest politician we’ve ever witnessed. Please don’t let us down Barack.
Halloween Halloween. Hurray for the Devil and Dracula, poor bastards only get one official night a year.
If you’d any idea how boggling it’s been to compile the third volume of bangers & beauties for October. In the space of 3 days new Q-Tip masterwork ‘The Renaissance’ and Illa J’s Dilla-doctrine ‘Yancey Boys’ descended from Heaven as winged classics (impossible feat in this age of corrupt science and lost faiths) and I had to make the near insurmountable choice of selecting only 1 joint per set for your following presentation.
My own vital criteria for these tapes must be met though or else shit’ll just get outta control, trust me, as I fall upon/sift though hundreds of new songs + dozens of albums every month looking for the prime cut (aswell as combing a couple older pieces for a little hark back). Still I hope I’ve picked the sweetest cherry off each of those aforementioned LPs. Let me know if you disagree, if you have your own favourite. Aswell as always letting a brother know which joints got you buggin’ out the most even if you simply leave the artist/s and track name/s in the comments.
Oh & for the record, Foreign Exchange’s Leave It All Behind and Black Milk’s ‘Tronic’ are f**king tremendous aswell. October 2008: astonishing month for fresh long players from old favourites, thankfully devoid of the usual sophmore or veteran let downs. In fact, hasn’t this year just been incredible for next-level music and evolving sounds?
I go to bed content this very moment, and by the next installment hope we (the world) will have a new Black (technically Beige or Taupe) President and not a crazy b*tch in office one heartbeat from the button tryna’ blow up Russia. My American readers and listeners, make us UK heads proud and put in a vote on behalf of your humble sound-servant Fantasticunt.
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. Adventure Time – This Dome Is Our Home
2. Black Milk feat. Colin Munroe – Without You
3. Carlos Nino & Lil’ Sci feat. Prince Po – Honor, Courage & Karma (Prod. by Flying Lotus I think)
4. Elucid – Mannequin (Dead Fresh) (Prod. by Hudson Mohawke)
5. Exile – In Love
6. Fki feat. Badio – Get Open
7. Fly Guys (Kay & Donwill) feat. Che Grand & The Luv Bugz – I Think
8. Foreign Exchange – Sweeter Than You
9. Illa J – All Good (Prod. by J-Dilla)
10. Jesse Boykins III – Pantyhose
11. JimiJames – Bitchin (Prod. by Kareem Riggins)
12. John Robinson feat. Tiffany Paige – Expression (Prod. by MF Doom)
13. JoLeon DaVenue – Lisa Farenheit (Prod. by JoLeon DaVenue)
14. Leon King – The Digital Church
15. Ludacris feat. Lil’ Wayne – Last of a Dying Breed
16. Miguel Jontel – Overload
17. Mr. Dibiase – Fine Tuning
18. Mr. Scruff feat, Andreya Triana – Hold On
19. Murs feat. Tyler Woods – Love & Appreciate Part II (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
20. Musiq Soulchild – So Beautiful
21. Now On – Marbles
22. Oddisee feat. Nikki Jean – Tell The Truth (Prod. by Oddisee)
23. Oh No feat. Stacy Epps – I Can’t Help Myself
24. Onra feat. Hazel – Super Genesis
25. Physical Sound Sport – Nigeria Game
26. Q-Tip feat. Raphael Saadiq – We Fight, We Love
27. Ryan Leslie – Quick Sand
28. Sophia Fresh feat. Kanye West – What It Is
29. Tettorybad feat. Fatima – Unite
30. Yo Majesty – Hott
31. Zomby – Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Goin’ out to every dude, because of THAT one particular woman. A familiar tale for our entire species and an instant UK Soul-Hop classic evoking the most loveliest latter-day Tribe vibes.
Video: JoLeon DaVenue – Lisa Farenheit
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
99,458 mums out of 10
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One love and respect as always to sources + connects (regular rotationalists as SoulBeautiful, Nah Right, 2 Dope Boyz, Blind I, Fresh Selects, Moovment & Universoul amongst many hardworking others).
Thanks also to those e-mailing in exclusives to me personally at ibootleggedyourmum@gmail.com, sincere thanks for your viral smarts, I’ve got alot of DJs and tastemakers locked onto my blog picking shit for their shows across the world. Oh and not forgetting the A&Rs, apparently they rock with Your Mum too…
Tracklisting In Alphabetical Order As Always:
1. 9th Wonder & Pete Rock feat. Kev Brown – Always
2. 50 Cent – Get Up
3. Black Spade – Actioneer (Wajeed Remix)
4. Charles Hamilton – Lacey Duvalle <— Finally, an ode to my favourite porn star.Thumbs up Charles.
5. Christian Rich – The Shit
6. Clara Hill Meets Vikter Duplaix – Paper Chase
7. Coki – Spongebob
8. Dilated Peoples – The Last Is First (Prod. by The Alchemist)
9. Eternia feat. Torae & Ms. Davis – Nowhere No More (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
10. Jamie Lidell – Little Bit of Feel Good
11. Jammer feat. Badness – The Message
12. Jazzanova feat. Phonte – Look What You’re Doin’ To Me
13. Jazmine Sullivan – Lions, Tigers & Bears
14. Kanye West – H’less
15. Katalyst feat. Stephanie McKay – Say What You Feel
16. Madlib – Suffer (Concentration)
17. Miguel – Strawberry Amazing
18. Mr. Oizo feat. Uffie – Steroids
19. N.E.R.D. – What’s Wrong With Me
20. Nametag – Pipe Down (Prod. by Black Milk)
21. Petey Pablo feat. Timbaland – Ringtone (Prod. by Timbaland)
22. Proton – Laptop
23. Ras G – Overcast 78 Beat
24. Royce Da 5’9 – Shake This (Prod. by DJ Premier)
25. Simply Cherry feat. Tone Trezure – Favor Part 2 (Prod. by Daru)
26. Spectac & 9th Wonder – Mama Say (Midimarc Remix)
27. Statik Selectah feat. Little Brother, Joe Scudda & Chaundon – On The Marquee
28. The Luv Bugz – Guadalupe
29. U-N-I feat. Evidence, Big Pooh, Aloe Blacc, Fashawn, Mickey Factz, Theo & Kes Kaos – Beautiful Day (Remix).mp3
30. Vampire Weekend – Ottoman
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Video: Statik Selektah feat. Little Brother, Joe Scudda & Chaundon – On The Marquee
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
83,574 mums out of 10
[This is a free promotional release- appreciate free shit.]
…because of the (minutely) confusing layout, some of you haven’t noticed a new mixtape for the first third of the new month has been posted up just below. Over 800 people still checking every day for an update (my gratitude still) might wanna look a teeny weeny bit harder.
Read just below to make sense. Shall be a frequent occurence.
October, Part 1 (more coming indefinitely until I die), do download for enrichment, and don’t be silly.
It may have to be a strictly mixtape affair for a little while as I lay low from the cyber-pigs (like being forced into exile and occasionally sending back an emblem of hope to the people, *cue dramatic score*).
Expect approximately 3 volumes a month, on average 30 elite jawns per drop. I spend a long time compiling a finely-balanced, wholesome mixture so be sure Your Mum’s still dedicated to keeping her heads across the galaxy well fed. Vowed.
Content loyalists, you know what to expect from Fantasticunt’s mixtapes by now: underground, overground, outerspace.
Click, download, unzip, bump, wig out, research the artists you’re feeling, tell ya mans dem/gally dem/all dem.
As always, feel free to leave comments on whichever tracks/performers/producers you’re moved to mull on and perhaps we can kick a conference- just a thought.
One love and respect as always to sources + connects (regular rotationalists as SoulBeautiful, Nah Right, 2 Dope Boyz, Blind I, Fresh Selects, Moovment & Universoul amongst many hardworking others).
Thanks also to those e-mailing in exclusives to me personally at ibootleggedyourmum@gmail.com, sincere thanks for your viral smarts, I’ve got alot of DJs and tastemakers locked onto my blog picking shit for their shows across the world. Oh and not forgetting the A&Rs, apparently they rock with Your Mum too fam…
“Can’t nobody hold me down, ohh no, I got to keep on moooving.”
Still here & still twitching motherbitches.
Content loyalists, you know what to expect from Fantasticunt’s mixtapes by now: underground, overground, outerspace.
Click, download, unzip, bump, wig out, research the artists you’re feeling, tell ya mans dem/gally dem/all dem.
This months third & final installment of Your Mum’s legendary palette… a monstrous 33 from A through to Z that you need in your life be you hardcore Hip-Hop head, jump-down Jungalist or symphonious Soul sweetheart. As always I’ve thrown in a couple new exclusives you shan’t find anywhere else- consume well.
One love and respect as always to any original mp3 sources + connects.
1. Aaliyah – We Need A Resolution (Lunice Remix)
2. Alicia Keys & Jack White – Another Way To Die
3. Blue Sky Black Death & Jean Grae feat. Chen Lo – Threats
4. Busy Signal feat. Rye Rye & M.I.A. – Tic Toc
5. Count Bass D – Can We Hang Out Tonight
6. Devin The Dude – El Grand Nalgas
7. DJ K.O. feat. Phonte, Wordsworth, K-Hill & Masta Ace – Ladder Of Success (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
8. DJ Muggs & Planet Asia – Pain Language
9. Esthero – Superheroes (Afta-1 Remix)
10. Flying Lotus – LTWXRMX (Remix of Dilla’s Lightworks)
11. Folk & Stress feat. Vast Aire – Beatrix
12. Full Crate – On The Tip
13. Genesis – Cheddar Puff Dream
14. Heltah Skeltah – Twinz
15. J Kwest – Let’s Go
16. Jimmie Reign – Be The One
17. Keri Hilson feat. Lil’ Wayne – Turning Me On
18. London Elektricity – Billion Dollar Gravy
19. Malik Yusuf feat. Kanye West & Adam Levine – Promised Land
20. Nicholas Ryan Gant – My Melody (Remix)
21. Plastic Little feat. MF Doom – More Tongue, Less Teeth (Nosaj Thing Remix)
22. Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Karma – On A Cloud
23. Q-Tip – Request
24. Robin Thicke – Dreamworld
25. Teefa – First Time
26. The Cool Kids – Fresher Than You
27. The Hawthorne Headhunters – She Wanna
28. The Knux – Hard Days Night
29. TI$A (of Sa-Ra) feat. Major – Back Up On The Track
30. Tony Williams feat. Dakota Grey – Hey Boy Hey Girl
31. TV On The Radio – Stork & Owl
32. W. Ellington Felton – She Devil In The Garden (Prod. by Kev Brown)
33. Zo! – Nights Over Egypt
Your Mum’s shit right now:
Video: The Cool Kids – Fresher Than You
Fantasticunt mixtape rating:
44,349 mums out of 10
[This is a free promotional release- appreciate free shit.]
As she sits on some cyber-McCarthyist’s blacklist ready to be regularly targeted, they found an excuse to shut her down again a few days ago (this time because of the Lupe Fiasco ‘Paris, Tokyo’ Remix that was obviously intended for dispersal through the blogs, what fools).
For that and my absence over the last few days I apologise to the loyal legion. I literally had to beg to get the blog back online or atleast visible though my capability to post wasn’t restored until today. It’s not actually WordPress’ fault (respect goes out to the noble WordPress homie who helped me out over the last few days), they’re just heavily pressurised to enforce this bullshit by individuals like Jeremy Banks, The (gung-ho) Head of Anti-Piracy.
Now you’ve already heard my complaints before, so if you want to examine the opposition- how’s this for a fucking world exclusive, suckahs, time to bait them up…
I’m going to highlight or underline any statements, claims or wording I find laughable…
“Dear Sir/Madam,
I am contacting you on behalf of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the record companies it represents. The IFPI is a trade association that represents over 1,400 major and independent record companies in the US and internationally who create, manufacture and distribute sound recordings (the “IFPI Represented Companies”).
Under penalty of perjury, we submit that we are authorized to act on behalf of the IFPI Represented Companies in matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.
We have learned that your WordPress.com service is hosting the above blog pages on your network. The blogs referred to are offering direct links to files containing sound recordings for other users to download, including sound recordings by the artists Oasis, T.I., Daniel Powter, Snow Patrol and Kanye West. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned or exclusively controlled by certain IFPI Represented Companies.
We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
We assert that the information in this notification is accurate, based upon the data available to us.
We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove the infringing links from your system or that you disable access to the infringing links, and that you inform the blog operator(s) of the illegality of his or her conduct.
We also note that under WordPress.com’s Terms of Service, Automattic, Inc. will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website (as defined in the WordPress.com Terms of Service) by repeat infringers of copyright.
Our top priority is to prevent the continued availability of the IFPI Represented Companies’ content on the internet. Unauthorized copies of sound recordings that are freely available, especially pre-release recordings, cause substantial damage to the IFPI Represented Companies every hour and day they remain available. In sending a notice in this form, as required by Automattic, Inc., we are seeking to ensure that infringing content is removed from the internet as quickly as possible through your
cooperation. However, please note that we do not admit that we or the IFPI Represented Companies are responsible for detecting infringing material and notifying you of it. We also do not admit that you are within the protection of the DMCA safe harbors or that prompt removal of links according to this notice is sufficient for you to avoid potential liability under applicable copyright
laws, though it may mitigate your exposure.
You should understand that this letter constitutes notice to you that this site operator(s) may be liable for the infringing activity occurring on your service. In addition, your company may also be liable for any resulting infringement. This notice does not constitute a waiver of any right to recover damages incurred by virtue of any such unauthorized activities, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are expressly reserved.
You may contact me at IFPI, 10 Piccadilly, London W1J 0DD, United Kingdom or email Notices@ifpi.org, to discuss this notice.
We await your response.
Yours faithfully
Jeremy Banks
Head of Internet Anti-Piracy
IFPI
10 Piccadilly
London
W1J 0DD
United Kingdom
Email: Notices@ifpi.org”
These guys are worse than Team America: World Police. How out of synch with the system and even the artist’s own strategies can this waste-organisation possibly be? I’m glad they’re based in London, I think I’m going to have to engage in conflict or atleast go knocking on some glass panels.
Do the rest of you see what I’m dealing with now? Gimmie a few days. I’ve got a fresh Your Mum’s Phat Titz September Edition PART 3 mixtape with 33 tracks just sitting here begging to be whored to the masses. Hol’ tight, I gotchu’.
Another world exclusive (smugly gettin’ used to these).
In his own words, “Hip-Hop has evolved. I grew a beard for this shit.”
Rising London emcee Chima Anya (of duo GTA) shot me over his cocky bars-for-bar assault over a barnstorming Hud-Mo heater. Official son. Pure hot rocks.
And would you believe that by day Chima’s in the medical profession? Ha, the secret lives of rappers. Hol’ tight Doc, pimp nurses and push that penicillin.
Whispered to a couple o’ my close heads yesterday that I was intending to unveil a midweek world exclusive today.
I kid not.
This is a fresh-off-the-stove melting pot (not single-track, individual mp3s) masterminded by tastemaker Jay Scarlett of the internationally renowned Beat Dimensions movement: champions of the bold, brazen, progressive and fearless future of music.
Those of you who copped Jay and Cinnaman’s Beat Dimensions Vol. 1 courtesy of us will know what to anticipate: a seamless selection of spacey, bugged out, glitched-up, forehead-knockin’, ultramodern Soul, Hip-Hop, Dubstep, Grime and other Electronic hybrids alongside classic, organic vibes. This man has his fingers on the pulse of these evolving genres (if one can even box them like that which I doubt). You may want to listen in, in dread of being left behind…
This compilation was recently completed in private conjunction with Reebok (and otherwise may not have seen the light of day) though I’m notified it’s getting pushed for a wider drop later this month. Disc jockeys, promoters, bloggites, audiophiles, forum dwellers, honour Your Mum: get this out there as far as possible, make the world pay attention to that next generation.
Props going out to my source for the fantastic voyage.
2 dope joints just dropped over at 2 Dope Boyz and warranted immediate post (plus the end of the month mixtape to be unleashed in 7 days is already 30 stonkin’ tracks full and it’s giving me a selectah-migraine).
First ‘Beautiful Day’, then ‘Castlevania’ and now a third outstanding U-N-I jawn to drop, chaps are on a roll & I say bollocks to this daft notion of “All Hipster-Hop Is Homo” fabricated by e-thugs and aged puritans (you’re worse than Republicans). The jeans don’t make the music. Dope and whack in every sub-culture. But just listen to the snare they kick it with…
Honestly, I’ve never heard of these cats, but 1. That’s how the net viral spiral starts. 2. No traces of Mel B or Geri Halliwell rapping on it. 3. Great beat, cold rhymes n’ flows. 4. I sorta study film and have idle dreams of becoming a film-maker. So ya know. Fitting.
She really, really, delivered. The way Epps aerially veers between spiritualist vocalism, outer-body poetics, convulsing grooves and a paranormal beat cavity with boom-bap for a terrestrial heartbeat (with Apex, Amdex, Flying Lotus, S1, Muhsinah, Everett James, Nick Speed and Slugabed all behind the boards). Avant Garde Soul comes a step closer to it’s requiem for a future.
‘Floatin’ is already one of the top 5 songs of the year, if I find a single person contradicting that I’ll stab their brain with their nose-bone like Ballerina P. The rest of the album is now joining the higher tier of my (obsessive compulsive) mental ranking system.
It’s no secret why Lib runs with this girl- she’s on a higher plain.
“Passin’ clouds passin’ you passin’ me by,
Passionately we can be so high,
Heavens are over the sea,
Gravity can’t hold us down, baby…”
[IF YOU WANT THE ABOVE LINK/S TAKEN DOWN, E-MAIL US DIRECTLY ON ibootleggedyourmum@gmail.com & IT WILL BE DONE AS SOON AS REQUEST IS SEEN.]
1. Eppisode (Prod. by Slugabed) 2. The Awakening
3. OM (Prod. by Muhsinah)
4. Addicted (Prod. by Amdex)
5. Heaven (Prod. by S1) 6. Cosmik Dust (Prod. by Flying Lotus) 7. Floatin
8. Floatin (reprise) 9. Who Knows (Prod. by Nick Speed)
10. Mothership
11. 00:00
My favourite tracks highlighted in Bold Red above.
And the night doesn’t stop as we descend further into madness.
Ill rarity just dropped on me: mind-blowing Exile instrumental only available on a 2007 compilation floating off the coast of Barcelona(?)
Hard hats on, the atmosphere on this could scrape your scalps off. The fact I’m high and listening to this simultaneously doesn’t help either. THIS is a lesson in beat-building.
For the record, THIS was my favourite song of 2007 even from the moment I heard crap-quality YouTube live footage of it’s first performed unveiling late last Summer.
I said back then (and I paraphrase), it’s like etheral Pharcyde vibes + boyish Souls of Mischief flows: a perfect throwback to early Leftcoast and I fly away on it every time.
The remix is decent, bit late, but decent (mastered poorly though). Pharrell ego-trips it (though I like the “Neptune’s trident” quip). Q-Tip firmly belonged on this beat though, that’s relative.
Nonetheless the additional Jazz/Lounge reworking is the real gem here. Where’s badman Richard Cheese when you need him?
Adorable Miss. Asplund is one of my breakthrough artists of 2008 with her futuristic Soul debut ‘Plethora’ (shouts to my duke DJ Cavalry for puttin’ me on that earlier this year, and all the heads I had hooked on it consequential to that). Not sure why I have to keep repeating, “don’t sleep on the Swedes”.
The new single ‘Silverlake’ and it’s B-side ‘Snowfall’ are produced by Dorian Concept (with artwork from Piet Parra) exclusively for Nike’s AM90 launch campaign, and they’re both quite simply spellbinding. It excites me to hear artists challenging the status quo as Kissey does. It’s like the rebirth of Trip-Hop’s most intoxicating aspects.
Respects to Nike for having the balls (product placement pun intended) to put this ill sista on. It’s a wise move if they’re looking to tap into a market of progressive music-orientated fashionistas.
Drops today Oct 22nd as a limited 12″ vinyl, and digitally November 3rd.
Just been shot over this brand new exclusive J-Rawls joint from the forthcoming Liquid Crystals Project Vol. 2 (dropping in Europe this week, and the US in October).
I’m intensely diggin’ the fly, jazzy, reinterpretation of the classic Beatnuts bumper ‘Off The Books’. Rawls has a knack for honey-dripping melodies (evident on such early works as his production of Blackstar’s heartwarming ‘Brown Skin Lady’).
Props to Rah over at soulBEAUTIFUL, holdin’ it down for international Soul and Hip-Hop artists touring in the UK. Hit them up if you require intelligent distribution, promotion & event management in the UK. They handle Eric Roberson and Miles Bonney amongst others as clients and let’s be honest, SB’s got London’s Soul community locked. Plus they come recommended courtesy of… well, me.
I Bootlegged Your Mum 