This month's mixtape is inspired by the feelings we have thinking of those that we despise the most. Yes we're done with the lovey, dovey crap over here, blind hatred is what fuels us creatively.
We've all met them, whether they were rude, crude, aggressive, calculating, deceptive or just you're straight forward liars the memory of them sticks around with you for a while after they're gone.
And what to say to such a person, how do you confront them, get your own back and show them up in front of everyone. Well if you're anything like me you usually just mutter something under your breathe and then think of the perfect come back about 5 minutes later which is useless because you've now lost your chance to speak your mind.
Some people always know the right thing to say at the right time and they also have the advantage of being able to put their thoughts into song so the whole world can see what a vain-dickhead-bug a boo-skinny little- freeloading-bitch they really are. Hope this mixtape is as cathartic for you as it is for me.
Tracklisting:
1. How Come You're Such A Hit With The Boys, Jane?- Dolly Mixture
2. The Life And Death Of Mr Badmouth- PJ Harvey
3. Freeloader- Throwing Muses
4. Bug a Boo- Destiny's Child
5. No Scrubs- TLC
6. You're So Vain- Carly Simon
7. Irreplaceable- Beyonce
8. White Boy- Bikini Kill
9. Skinny Little Bitch- Hole
10. There's a Mother In Our Bed- Cocknbullkid
11. Jealous Girls- Gossip
12. Worst Bastard- Micachu
13. Getting Scared- Imogen Heap
14. Dickhead- Kate Nash
This should have been published awhile ago, technically last year, but who cares since when were there rules for this end of the year lists. Who says they actually have to be made at the end of the year.
Here my recap of the last decade in music. I think it's been a good'un myself.
1. Fuck The Pain Away- Peaches
2. Big Exit- PJ Harvey 3. Bootylicious- Destiny's Child 4. Keep on' Livin- Le Tigre 5. Combat Rock- Sleater-Kinney 6. Crazy in Love- Beyonce 7. Maps- Yeah Yeah Yeahs 8. TKO- Le Tigre 9. The Beer- Kimya Dawson 10. The Fox- Sleater-Kinney 11. Single Again- The Fiery Furnaces 12. Back to Black- Amy Winehouse 13. Lust in the Movies- The Long Blondes 14. Declare Independence- Bjork 15. Paper Planes- M.I.A 16. Animal Imagination- Glass Candy 17. Where Do You Run To- Vivian Girls 18. Transformer- Marnie Stern 19. Golden Phone- Micachu 20. Shelter- The xx 21. Zero- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
A recent article in the Guardian took the good part of 2000 words trying to convince the reader that hip hop was dead. While intelligently written and well thought through I believe the simple explanation for 50 Cent, Akon and the rest is that they have become lazy. Using old beats, relying on cliches and working only for the money has made the formerly political and aggressive form of art become just another pop song.
Hip hop, like indie, is on its last legs and could die if it doesn't diversify and look to others for new ways of creating intelligent music. There are only so many songs about bitches, hos and grills the public can take.
Hip hop should not, and will not, die but it should start from scratch and begin to look at music in a completely different way. I suggest that we look to the fringes for inspiration.
Those who have been on the fringes since the beginning have been women which is why I believe, scratch that, KNOW they are the future of hip hop.
Female rappers have had completely different issues that they want to rap about, whether it's sexism, sexuality, or world issues.
I hope you enjoy this mixtape, it's got some of my favourites on. It may be questionable to call some of the artists on this mixtape rappers but they're on this because I think they have added a lot to the genre.
Tracklisting: Bamboo Banga- M.I.A Boom (I Got Your Boyfriend)- MC Luscious Salute Yr Nurse- Jenna Riot Don't Need No- Pink Dollaz U.N.I.T.Y- Queen Latifah Rapture- Blondie Get Your Freak On- Missy Elliott Club Action- Yo Majesty Bang- Rye Rye and M.I.A
Push It- Salt-N-Pepa We Like The Cars That Go Boom- L'Trimm Lost Ones- Lauryn Hill Ship- Micachu Make It Take It- Amanda Blank Topknot- M.I.A Billionaire- Peaches Creator- Santigold
