Mixtapes
[Mixtape] Beau Young Prince – Dream Catcher
The homie, Beau Young Prince, dropped his latest mixtape, Dream Catcher. Definitely a solid effort and he keeps it short and sweet with only six songs, and only one feature from Huey Mack. This will definitely play to his advantage, in hopes that he gets people to want more. Download and preview below.
See You At The Show is probably my favorite. Peep it!
Xander The Great – Royal Blood [Mixtape]
I’ve been sitting on this mixtape ever since it premiered over at Hilly Dilly. For whatever reason I haven’t posted it until tonight when it hit me–Xander The Great is insanely talented. He sang, rapped, and produced this entire tape, and the best part about that is that it’s so good. I’ll be honest I don’t know what Xander did before Royal Blood. Part of me is curious to know, but also part of me wants to go to sleep as soon as possible. Essentially my point is that Xander must have been doing something right before this mixtape dropped because his music right now carries a weight of experience with it that only time can buy. On Royal Blood Xander sounds like a veteran artist despite being only 20 years old. Which rappers would I mix in a people-mixing lab to create Xander The Great, you ask?
Drake, Kanye, and a mysterious third person (maybe Sonny Shotz of The Dean’s List?). Check it out.
MP3: “Milan” – Xander The Great
MP3: “Overbooked Hearts” – Xander The Great
MP3: “Lock Her Down” – Xander The Great
MP3: “Sonic Dellusion, BYE” – Xander The Great
DOWNLOAD XANDER THE GREAT – ROYAL BLOOD HERE
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Tape Tuesday: Hot Ass Summer Day
The weather is a lot warmer now. I like that. Just the other day I almost went to the beach, which really is a promising sign. But gosh darn it, I digress. This mix isn’t about summer the season. It’s about the people you spend time with during the summertime. It’s about friends. It’s about family. It’s even about those random strangers that you meet at the beach (not the rapey kind!). This is the mix that can soundtrack your entire summer vacation and hopefully stay relevant throughout.
Let me also say that HOT ASS SUMMER DAY is dedicated to Lydia, whose birthday is today. I love Lydia. I don’t know how many times I have to say it (I think that’s the first time). She’s taught me so much in such a short amount of time and has given me such an awesome opportunity to write for Sunset in the Rearview and do things that I never thought would be possible a year ago. I literally love every second of it, so swag on that.
Please take this time now to wish Lydia happy birthday softly in your mind or on Twitter.
While I was feeling such a mess, I thought you’d leave me behind,
While I was feeling so upset, I thought the sun never shine,
Then I found forever. Hey! Hey! Love!
We’ve been best friends forever darling,
That’s what’s up!
- Maverick Sabre – Let Me Go (Welcome to HASD)
- Dieter Schaaf – Biochemistry
- Oberhofer – Away Frm U
- Vacationer – Everyone Knows
- Of Monsters and Men – Mountain Sound
- Manicanparty – Rebels in the Light
- Swim Deep – King City
- Mouth’s Cradle – The Fever
- Dana Buoy – Call to Be
- The Preachers – Take a Card
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – That’s What’s Up
- Teen Mom – You and me
- The Parlotones – Honey
- The Cast of Cheers – Animals
- Last Dinosaurs – Weekend
- Chance The Rapper – Prom Night
- Sunni Colón – Shrines
DOWNLOAD ‘HOT ASS SUMMER DAY’ HERE
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Devin Miles – This Is How I Live [Mixtape]
While you’re probably listening to the new Drake/2 CHAAAAAAAAAINZ or the I Don’t Like Remix, I’m here to introduce you to a guy you probably haven’t heard of before. Devin Miles is a young artist out of Pittsburgh and a member of the RLES (think Huey Mack). I’ve been following him for a while now, and it’s been great to watch his progression over the last couple years. This Is How I Live is his latest offering, with production from names like Cardo, ID Labs, and Chase N. Cash. With the way Pittsburgh artists have made a name for themselves, it’s likely that we’ll hear a lot more from Devin, so stay tuned.
Logic – Undeniable [Download Mixtape]
Logic has been turning our heads here at Sunset for months now, but with this mixtape, suffice it to say he has blown my mind. This kid is not fucking around. He sounds just as good as any big-time rapper out there on this mixtape. He doesn’t sound like frat rap, he doesn’t sound like he’s catering toward college groupies, he doesn’t sound like a white kid trying to rap. He sounds like a fucking badass rapper named Logic. The beats are good, but nothing utterly spectacular. It’s probably not a pack of instrumentals you’d listen to on their own. The fact is, Logic makes this music so good. That’s about the best you can do as a rapper, and he just did it.
You used to hate it/ Now you love it/ Smile in my face/ I think nothing of it/ Ya, I shake your hand/ Kill em with kindness/ Homie this is Young Sinatra at his fucking finest
DOWNLOAD “UNDENIABLE”
Best of April 2012
This was a wonderful month of music. Why? Kanye West. A month highlighted heavily with hip hop and rap songs. First time we’ve had that kind of month in a while with my recent sensation for indie, right? This was also a month where I had over 50 songs to choose from and I had to leave it at 31 because I couldn’t decide. Whoops. The more the merrier though. Had to separate them into two different parts to decrease file sizes. Hit the jump for the track list for each part. Enjoy!
DOWNLOAD BEST OF APRIL 2012 Part 1
DOWNLOAD BEST OF APRIL 2012 Part 2
Jordan’s Top 5:
Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2-Chainz – Mercy
From Big Sean to 2-Chainz I can listen to this song all day long. This is turning into my “go-to-song” when I just randomly start reciting lyrics out of nowhere. The previous song was Big Sean’s “Ass.” Dare I say one of the top songs of 2012? Swerve. 2 CHAIIINZZZZZZ.
Kanye explodes. Compared to his Mercy verse, Way Too Cold is straight fire. His shots at Wiz, his remarks on Kim K, the fact that he could of gotten Kris Humphries released from the Nets. You go, Glenn Coco Kanye.
Hoodie Allen – No Interruption
This tweet sums of how I feel about this track. I’ll let that do the talking. Thanks, Arjun. Oh, and grab All American on iTunes. It’s dope.
ASAP Rocky & Theophilus London – Big Spender
This beats out ASAP’s single, Goldie, because I’m a fan of Theophilus London as well, and this instrumental is insane in the membraaaaaane. Ya dig?
Danny Brown is a weird case. At first, I couldn’t stand his voice, but now things are a little different. I featured this song on our 4:20 mixtape, and his speciality is weed music. Surprisingly, this is the number one played song in the playlist for me, so it squeaked it’s way into my top five. Who would of thought?
Honorable Mention: Logic, 5 & A Dime, The Neighbourhood, Ghost Beach, Kendrick Lamar, Eddy B & Tim Gunter.
Hit the jump for the track list for each part.
[Mashup Album] Sex Ray Vision – Primary Colors
Shortly after releasing their EP a few weeks ago, Sex Ray Vision is back at it again…with a mashup album! I recognize about four -five of these, and considering only a few of them have a lot of plays, my guess is that most of these are new to the public.
These guys are the hardest workers. All they do is drop free tracks and remixes. Just some word of advice: if they’re playing a show near you…go. Thank me later.
[4:20 Mixtape] #FRIDAY
Today is a special day. It’s the holidaze! It’s a chance for everyone to relax, blaze with their homies, and embrace the day that is, April 20th. In celebration, I got together with fellow writer, Arjun, and we crafted for you a 20 song mixtape, called #FRIDAY, which is inspired by the clip below.
#FRIDAY has a certain swag to it. From start to finish, we take you on the journey of what it’s like to be high. We start you off with tracks that are fun to listen to while you’re at your “high” as we progressively get closer to your low where we eventually reach the “victory lap” and finish off with much slower songs. It’s like a rollar coaster. We have your build up, the actual ride itself, then the joints (pun intended) for when you’re getting off of the ride and want to call it a day.
Download #FRIDAY
SITR 420 Tips:
- Don’t mess up any type of rotation.
- No nasty lipping.
- Always have munchies on hand.
- Play this mix.
Hit the jump for the track list and a few samples!
Oh, and this video is pretty funny too.
[Mixtape] Chance The Rapper – #10Day
I introduced you guys to Chance The Rapper back when he released “Family,” his way of paying homage to the people he loves the most. Yesterday, Chance released his debut mixtape #10Day. After hearing “Family” and previewing some tracks on #5Day, I had some high expectations for this tape. They were unsurprisingly met by Chance’s unique flow, excellent selection of producers, and sense of how to make a catchy hook. And I’ll be honest, I didn’t really “get” the original “Long Time,” where Chance just straight goes off over Beirut’s “Nantes“–I felt like that just about ruined a great song. Luckily, the adapted beat on “Long Time II” makes up for the original entirely. And the beat on “Juke Juke,” which samples The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa,” gets insane at the chorus. Consider that a warning.
MP3: “Juke Juke” – Chance The Rapper
MP3: “Long Time II (ft. Nico Segal)” – Chance The Rapper
MP3: “Prom Night” – Chance The Rapper
MP3: “Hey Ma (ft. Lili K and Peter CottonTale)” – Chance The Rapper
DOWNLOAD ‘CHANCE THE RAPPER – #10DAY’ HERE
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Tape Tuesday: The Night Out
I wanted to make a mix that could document a long, dangerous, overly emotional, fun, sad night, so I made The Night Out. This is the mix that could soundtrack those nights you spend with your obnoxious group of friends (that you love even though they are obnoxious) as you jump from place to place around the bomb ass city creating havoc wherever you go. This is the mix for those nights that start off crazy and fun and awesome and then end with short sentences and awkward goodbyes. Listen below.
Use the sleeves on my sweater, let’s have an adventure, head in the clouds but my gravity’s centered, touch my neck and I’ll touch yours, you in those little hot waisted shorts
- Sailor & I – Tough Love
- Mesita – Ken Caryl
- Art of Sleeping – Empty Hands
- Martin Solveig – The Night Out (Madeon Remix)
- Mikey Mike – Girlfriend (Chainsaw Love, Pt. 1)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg – Anna (Moonlight Matters Remix)
- I Heart Sharks – Summer
- Samuel – Brooklyn
- Wild at Heart – Darling
- KO KO – Float
- Get Well Soon – Not Enough
- KO KO – So Strange
- Kilo Kish – You’re Right
- The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather
- Shadows on Stars – Sweat Pant Bandits
- The Belligerents – Infatuation
- matt pond PA – Wild Girl
DOWNLOAD ‘THE NIGHT OUT’ HERE
Loui The ZU – LBSB: The Fruits of My Labour [Free Download]
Loui The ZU is a 17-year-old rapper/producer who was born in Zimbabwe and raised in New Zealand. I want to say something dramatic right now to grab your attention because you need to fucking focus. This is an important moment in your life, and I’m glad to be a part of it. If you consider yourself a fan of hip hop, you should get familiar with ZU. He has been releasing music for a few months now and has gained a small but loyal following. Just yesterday, however, he released his first proper EP, and if there’s anything just about the world it’s about to catch fire on the Internet.
There’s something special about Loui The ZU. It’ll become evident to you within the first few tracks of LBSB. His sound and style are definitely comparable to his idols Kanye West and Theophilus London. There’s something a bit more alternative about his music though. His tracks don’t generally follow the traditional verses and chorus. They are much looser in structure and that in itself is intriguing. The production on the EP is also very raw yet professional sounding. ZU is a completely self-taught producer, which only freaking adds to his legend.
If you do a simple Google search, it will become apparent that this is a kid who wants it all and understands how to utilize the Internet and his talents to get what he wants. He’s running fashion blogs, making beats, rapping over them, and releasing tracks –all while studying marketing and design at a local college. That right there is dedication and why the age we live in today is ultimately a good thing.
DOWNLOAD ‘LBSB: THE FRUITS OF MY LABOUR’ HERE
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Best of March 2012
This was a month of madness. March Madness! See what I did there? Basketball is my favorite sport, but unfortunately for us basketball lovers, this has nothing to do with basketball. This is just a playlist filled with what I think is the top 30 songs of this month. I’m also depressed because Ohio State lost last night. Fuck.
Download Best of March 2012
Jordan’s Top 5 (in no particular order):
This reminds me of why I fell in love with J. Cole’s music in the first place. This is pure fire. It’s ridiculous. Bonkers. Crazy. An anthem for his home. This is arguably one of my favorite songs from Cole. Yeah, it’s that good. Did I mention how good it is?
The production from Xaphoon Jones is always legit and Chiddy is consistent for the most part. This is a song for the car, yano? The type of song high schoolers blast with their windows down as they leave their high school’s parking lot. They got that vroom vroom, and their bass got that boom boom.
I mean, it’s new Frank Ocean. Pretty girls and sports cars, duh.
I found this gem via our submission email. One of my favorite indie songs currently on my computer. Keep in mind I don’t have that much indie since I’ve just become a recent fan, but still, this was good enough for a Tape Tuesday. That alone tells you the quality.
Avicii – Levels In Reverse (George Monev Edit)
If you follow me on Twitter, or just have some sense of who I am, you know Levels is one of my favorite songs of all time. I’ve spent countless hours listening to Levels. From the original to the infinite amount of remixes. This one, however, is the best Levels remix. This is the remix that should put any other past and future remixes to rest. Flipping the synths completely turns Levels into a brand new, more upbeat track, but it’s still not better than the original.
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