This mostly started off as a playlist that I shared a few weeks ago on Spotify, which began with The Holiday’s song, Broken Bones. Many of these songs were not released in 2011, but I did listen to them a lot this year. I have to give props to Spotify, it’s a great tool to discover new artists and share music with friends.

You can download the mix or stream it on Spotify. Again, this is just a playlist of tracks, I haven’t gotten around to learning to dj just yet, but it’s on my to-do list for 2012.

Oh yea, and if you already have not checked it out, the homie, Chop Steak, handled the hip hop side of things already with his Occupy Xmas Mixtape.

Tracklist

1. Cut Copy – Blink and You’ll Miss a Revolution (Toro y Moi Remix)
2. M83 – Midnight City
3. The Holidays – Broken Bones
4. Ben Westbeech – Hang Around
5. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
6. Nightbox – Relocate You
7. Poolside – Do You Believe
8. Grum – Want You
9. Miami Horror – Holidays
10. Ben Westbeech – Something for the Weekend
11. Body Language – Social Studies (Plastic Plates Remix)
12. Lemaitre – The Friendly Sound
13. Rimer London – Love Dagger
14. The Black and White Years – Cold
15. Gamble and Burke – Let’s Go Together
16. Bag Raiders – Sunlight

The homie Chop Steak comes through with a year end mixtape, Occupy Christmas.  The mixtape drops on Monday 12/19 here on thehonestape.com and on chopsteakmusic.com. In the meantime, check out our summer mix. #occupychristmas

This is one of those mixes I always revisit. Makes me forget about dreary winters, for at least an hour. Download Pase Rock Live in Miami.

Pase Rock, Live in Miami Tracklist (From Discobelle)
Pase Rock – I’m So Disco (snippet)
Chaka Khan – I Know You I Live you
T Ski Valley – Catch The Beat (Disco Mix)
Spank Rock – Sweet Talk (Smalltown Romeo remix)
Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
Cassie – Me And U- (Eli remix)
M.I.A. – Pull Up the People (Eli Refix)
MC Lyte – Paper Thin (remix)
Eric B. and Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (remix)
Pase Rock f. Amanda Blank – Sexy MF
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks (Eli refix)
Robin Thicke- Cocaine (Spruce Lee remix)
Uffie – Hot Chick (Feadz edit)
LL Cool J- 3 The Hard Way (Eli remix)
Rod Lee – Dance My Pain Away
Luke- Breakdown
Pase Rock and The Posse – Lindsay Lohan’s Revenge
GQ – Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
Brass Construction – Got Myself Together
Kraftwerk – Computer Love (Eli Retouch)
Metro Area – Miura
Stevie Wonder – Another Star
Shaun Escoffrey – Days Like This (Spinna remix)
James Brown – PAPA (Eli remix)
Stevie Wonder – Fingertips Pt. 3 (Pase Rock remix)
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
Earth People- Dance

Me and the one and only Chopsteak linked up for a little summer mix. Peep the cover art and tracklisting below. Mixtape drops on Friday August, 19th, which also happens to be my last day at CP+B. It’s been a good summer. I’ll post up the link and streaming options on the 19th. Download the mixtape at Chopsteakmusic.com.

1. Freddie Gibbs: Something New f. YP
2. 50 Cent: Get In My Car
3. Pusha T: Can I Live Freestyle
4. T.I.: Rubber Band Man
5. 8Ball & MJG: Turn Up The Bump
6. Juelz Santana: More Gangsta Music
7. Heltah Skeltah: The Art of Disrespekinazation
8. DJ Quik & Kurupt: Hey Playa (Moroccan Blues)
9. Hodgy Beats: Mystery
10. Roc Marciano: Snow Pt. 2 f. Sean Price
11. UGK: Swishas & Erb f. Sleepy Brown
12. Chip Tha Ripper: Jumanji
13. Mannie Fresh: Conversation f. Tateeze
14. Little Brother: What We Are f. Quiana
15. Freddie Gibbs: Crushin’ Feelin’s
16. RZA & GZA: Head Rush
17. Nottz: You Need This Music f. Dwele
18. The Roots: Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’ New f. Dice Raw
19. Brotha Lynch Hung & MC Eiht: That’s All U Can Do
20. Guilty Simpson: Footwork
21. Big Boi: Tangerine f. T.I. & Khujo Goodie

As part of my exploration for my thesis, I began cutting up some phone books. For my thesis next year I’m going to be focusing on the ideas of Remix and Remix Culture. Still have a lot of research to do, but will start by doing some things by just playing around and experimenting…can’t wait to really get into it all.