Mixtape Mondays

Mix of the Day: “Inna BamBam Style” Deadly Dragon Sound

via Deadly Dragon Sound: “One of the great things about owning a record store is learning about the music you love through other people’s eyes. Over the past years we have found that throughout South America the Jamaican Styles and riddims that became the basis for modern day Reggaeton are …

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Classic Mixes: Dj Babu / Kankick “Comprehension”
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Classic Mixes: Dj Babu / Kankick “Comprehension” Cassette Tape (1999)

I heard about this classic mixtape through Kutmah who named it as one of his favorite mixes of all-time. So I decided to dig it out and found a copy floating out there. The mixtape is from the late 90’s and was distributed through Fat Beats. It featured Babu of …

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Photay “Gilles Peterson Worldwide Mix”

via Gilles Peterson Worldwide: “One glimpse at Photay’s debut EP cover and you’re not likely to forget it in a hurry. A simple composition, it simply features Photay (Evan Shornstein to his mother) as a young whippersnapper, proudly sporting an outrageously impressive afro. Even if we were to judge a …

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Best Summer 2015 Mixes

It’s no secret that we love mixes with special themes; mixes for sleeping, morning, winter, sexy time, running, tributes to artists, labels and so on. I don’t mean to alarm you but there is only 1 month of summer left, so you better make some time for all of these …

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Classic Mixes: Dj Premier “New York Reality Check 101″ (1997)

This CD is a compilation of independent New York City artists from 1997. It is arranged & presented by Haze (New York City graffiti artist) & mixed by DJ Premier. Blends, mixes, scratches and all that slick stuff: DJ Premier. Album mixed at Premier’s Crib. The various intro/outro/skit tracks on this …

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Devil’s Pie Presents: The Herbie Hancock Tribute by Mark de Clive-Lowe

via Devil’s Pie: We’re honored to present to you a tribute of jazz living legend Herbie Hancock by Mark de Clive-Lowe, one of today’s contemporary musical masters. More than a regular DJ mix, this live recording features Mark looping, remixing, and adding his own musicianship to Herbie’s iconic music. In …

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Mixtape Monday: Madlib, Lefto, NTS, Débruit and more

We’ve been running our “Mix of the Day” and “Classic Mixes” posts for many years but we’ve finally taken the step to organize them in one single weekly post featuring our favorite mixtapes and radio sessions worldwide. So welcome to MIMS’ Mixtape Mondays, an expression that we didn’t invent (for …

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