DJ Ayres – Cats, Snakes, Chickens, Ducks, Elderly People & Twerkers (Mannie Fresh Mixtape) by T&ARecords

Oh man, this is a treat.  Club vet DJ Rok One went all out for the Heavy Warmup series, bringing the slow jams, disco and 80s singalongs, forgotten 90s rap gems (Ten Thieves? Grav? wow) and even a Nine Inch Nails record.  Catch Rok making it hot at The Rub this Saturday, and do yourself a favor and ask to subscribe to his email blast (rokone@gmail.com), which is always hilariously on point.

The Heavy Warm-Up Series: Rok One by The Black Russian Party

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German homie Tand Williams just sent me this mix for the Heavy Warmup series, this is how the Yum Yum crew breaks in the dance floor in an irie fashion.

YUM YUM Reggae Tunes (download) right click “save target as”

Grandmagneto – Everybody’s Talkin (Fred Neal)
The Dynamics – Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield)
Anthony Johnson – Come Let Me Love You
Chuck Fender – Mi Gi Dem
Collie Buddz – Come Around
Bush Man – Fire Bun A Weak Heart (D. Duncan)
Marlon Asher – Ganja Farmer
Joy Denalane feat. Jah Mason – Let Go
Fugees – Fugee La (Version III)
Ken Boothe – When I Fall In Love
T.O.K. – Footprints
Alicia Keys & Usher – My Boo (Rework)
The Dynamics – Miss You (The Rolling Stones)

On August 5th I did a guest DJ set and made banter on DJ Still Life’s Worldwide Smash show, on East Village Radio. You can stream the show in his archives. I’m a huge fan of this show and highly recommend it for fans of darker electronic music, forward-thinking hip-hop and all its cousins.

ALSO Still Life rocked this mix (and party) with my patna DJ Eleven:

Str8 West Coastin’ – Eleven, Dopeshoes, Still Life by 11InchRecords

FINALLY on the subject of Internet Radio, I would be remiss in not shouting out Jubilee’s newish show on Brooklyn Radio, it’s called Fireworks. Each show is a 30 minute mix from Brooklyn Miami’s Bass Sweetheart and a 30 minute mix by a guest, often someone big, dancey and European.

One of our favorite new house producers, Tensnake drops in on Rub Radio this month, with an exclusive interview we recorded at Coachella.  And our boys Nadastrom (Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom) stop by to show some love, all casual-like.  As always, DJ Ayres, Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven man the turntables with some things old and some things new.

Here are all the songs I sampled on “I’d Fuck Me,” my new EP on T&A Records.

Aphex Twin – Bucephalus Bouncing Ball (right click “save target as”)

Secret Weapon – Must Be The Music (right click “save target as”)

Sergio Mendes – Magalenha (right click “save target as”)

Wynton Marsalis – Skain’s Domain (right click “save target as”)

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Kelly Rowland – Motivation ft. Lil Wayne
DJ Khaled – I’m On one ft. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
Chris Brown – Look at Me Now ft. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne – 6 Foot 7 Foot
Wiz Khalifa – Black & Yellow
Trey Songz – Bottoms Up ft. Nicki Minaj
YC – Racks on Racks
Waka Flocka Flame – No Hands ft. Roscoe Dash & Wale
Rick Ross – B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast) ft. Styles P
Drake – Right Above It
Lloyd Banks – Start It Up ft. Kanye West, Swizz Beats, Ryan Leslie & Fabolous
Drake – Fancy ft. T.I. & Swizz Beats
Dr Dre – Kush ft. Akon & Snoop Dogg
Wiz Khalifa – Roll Up
Lupe Fiasco – Out Of My Head ft. Trey Songz
Bruno Mars – Grenade
Rihanna – What’s My Name (Federation Remix ft. Vybz Kartel)
Ricky Blaze – Just You And I
Gyptian – Hold Yuh (Remix ft. Nicki Minaj) Jimmy 2Times Edit
Khajo – Nah Sell Out
Beenie Man – Rum and Redbull
Gyptian – Nah Let Go
Vybz Kartel – Clarks ft. Popcaan & Gaza Slim
Vybz Kartel – Benz Punanny (So Shifty Edit)
Nicki Minaj – Moment 4 Life ft. Drake
Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar
Adele – Rolling in the Deep

The EP is finally here!

Buy it so I can pay my taxes! iTunes / Amazon / Juno / Turntable Lab

My friend Harry and I threw this video together for Flashing Lights:

DJ Ayres – Flashing Lights.

http://www.divshare.com/download/15317106-113

Sam French just sent over this opener mix, a perfect complement to the Heavy Warmup series with lots of 70s and 80s rock and swagged-out glamorous shit. Lots of surprises, no tracklist, warming it up like Kane.

Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man right click “save target as”

This was one of the first jazz albums I ever bought, bit shout out to Jamie Hodge for starting me off digging for The Headhunters and The Meters when I was a freshman in college. Herbie Hancock re-recorded this funkier version in 1973; the original jazz version from 1962’s Takin’ Off is also below (after the jump).

Common Sense – Watermelon right click “save target as”

Around the same time, this was my favorite album. Common, pre-Kufi era when he was still talking a whole lot of drunken bullshit. This one was produced by No I.D., who slipped in a sample of Johnnie Taylor’s “Watermelon Man” on the hook.

More watermelons after the jump!
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