It’s the summer mix you’ve all been waiting for! This is summer music, pure and simple. This is sunglasses, windows-down music, with lots of classy brass, tight basslines, and ostentatious drum-fills. Let’s Ride (feat. Daniel Merriweather) by Wale Tightrope by Janelle Monáe Too Hot to Stop by The Bar-Kays Ego Trippin’ (Part Two) by De La Soul Apply Some Pressure by Mark Ronson/Maximo Park Count it Off by The Saturday Knights Pretty Please [Love Me] by Estelle and Cee-Lo This Love (Kanye West Remix) by Maroon 5 Bowtie by Outkast feat. Sleepy Brown and Jazze Pha Shake Your Rump by The Beastie Boys The Art of Noise by Cee-Lo and Pharrell Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince Pull Up The People (Aviary Remix) by M.I.A. My Baby Left Me by Rox Melt My Heart to Stone (Kickdrums Remix feat. Big Pooh) by Adele Down in Mexico by The Coasters Sinner Man by Gregory Isaacs Future Shock by Curtis Mayfield Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So) by The Chi-Lites Cash Flow by Major Lazer and Jah Dan Keep Me In Mind by Little Joy Breakin’ The Chains of Love by Fitz and the Tantrums Here I Come by The Roots (feat. Malik B and Dice Raw) Nobody’s Baby by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Check the Rhime by A Tribe Called Quest Got Your Money (You Never Give Me Your Money) by Wu Tang vs. Beatles Step Up by Aceyalone Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long by Erykah Badu Spinnin’ by Speech Debelle Some Unholy War by Amy Winehouse                        Tracks 1-15 | Tracks 16-30 (to be played in the listed order, together, preferably on an mp3 or data CD, but an iPod playlist will work just fine)

It’s the summer mix you’ve all been waiting for! This is summer music, pure and simple. This is sunglasses, windows-down music, with lots of classy brass, tight basslines, and ostentatious drum-fills.

  1. Let’s Ride (feat. Daniel Merriweather) by Wale
  2. Tightrope by Janelle Monáe
  3. Too Hot to Stop by The Bar-Kays
  4. Ego Trippin’ (Part Two) by De La Soul
  5. Apply Some Pressure by Mark Ronson/Maximo Park
  6. Count it Off by The Saturday Knights
  7. Pretty Please [Love Me] by Estelle and Cee-Lo
  8. This Love (Kanye West Remix) by Maroon 5
  9. Bowtie by Outkast feat. Sleepy Brown and Jazze Pha
  10. Shake Your Rump by The Beastie Boys
  11. The Art of Noise by Cee-Lo and Pharrell
  12. Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
  13. Pull Up The People (Aviary Remix) by M.I.A.
  14. My Baby Left Me by Rox
  15. Melt My Heart to Stone (Kickdrums Remix feat. Big Pooh) by Adele
  16. Down in Mexico by The Coasters
  17. Sinner Man by Gregory Isaacs
  18. Future Shock by Curtis Mayfield
  19. Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So) by The Chi-Lites
  20. Cash Flow by Major Lazer and Jah Dan
  21. Keep Me In Mind by Little Joy
  22. Breakin’ The Chains of Love by Fitz and the Tantrums
  23. Here I Come by The Roots (feat. Malik B and Dice Raw)
  24. Nobody’s Baby by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
  25. Check the Rhime by A Tribe Called Quest
  26. Got Your Money (You Never Give Me Your Money) by Wu Tang vs. Beatles
  27. Step Up by Aceyalone
  28. Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long by Erykah Badu
  29. Spinnin’ by Speech Debelle
  30. Some Unholy War by Amy Winehouse

                       Tracks 1-15 | Tracks 16-30

(to be played in the listed order, together, preferably on an mp3 or data CD, but an iPod playlist will work just fine)

gregenemy: glorigloriglori-:xo I saw this in a magazine! It was a sort of specialized hip-hop portrait photography magazine that had like, every single rapper ever in it. It also had this amazing photoset of Jay-Z recreating famous presidential photos (mostly JFK stuff, I believe) which seemed to walk that amazing line between awesome and heretical.

gregenemy:

glorigloriglori-:xo

I saw this in a magazine! It was a sort of specialized hip-hop portrait photography magazine that had like, every single rapper ever in it. It also had this amazing photoset of Jay-Z recreating famous presidential photos (mostly JFK stuff, I believe) which seemed to walk that amazing line between awesome and heretical.

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