Post here when you make a mixtape

[Scabrous Birdseed]

Or Mix CD or MP3 Compilation or whatever is modish these days.

This one is for my fiancées nephew who's 14 with a budding interest in Hip-Hop music. I'm trying to use my shady puppet-master influence to steer him away from the abominable east coast (which he's shown some interest in) towards the south, the mid-west and the west, all clearly superior. All of it is 2006 except the last three which are all 1995-96 to show what the music sounded like a decade ago and maybe, maybe spark an interest in the history of music.

1 Lil Boosie – That’s What They Like
2 Crime Mob – Rock Yo Hips
3 Criminal Manne – Bout Dat Money
4 Rick Ross – Hustlin’
5 Mike Jones – Screw Dat
6 Bohagon – Wuz Up
7 Yo Gotti – Full Time
8 Tech N9ne – This Is Me (Goodbye)
9 Mr Sche – Money & The Power
10 Shawnna – Gettin’ Some
11 Trilltown Mafia – Dancin’ On Em
12 Frayser Boy – Flickin’
13 DJ Unk – Ayyy
14 Skatterman & Snug Brim – Don’t Blame Me
15 Pitbull – Bojangles (Remix)
16 Da Muzicianz – Gyrate

BONUS TRACKS: TEN YEARS AGO IN THE SOUTH...

17 DJ Smurf – 2 Tha Walls
18 DJ Screw – Servin’ A Duece
19 DJ Jubilee – Get Ready, Ready!

So, what's the track listing of your most recent compo?

[self biased]

hmmm. good call on the DJ Screw. possibly wreckshop family, possibly z-ro? i can probably hustle some raunchy underground houston hip-hop if you like.

[Scabrous Birdseed]

I've got a bit of Z-Ro downloaded (He was a screwed up click member wasn't he?) but I definately, definately gotta start looking at stuff from Houston beyond Screw's legacy and a few high-profile record companies like Swisha House and Paid In Full. Hustling would, in this case, be a pretty good thing.

[Scabrous Birdseed]

Here's one I made for a friend who's into lively indiepop and pop punk - it's a bunch of power pop tracks from the seventies and early eighties plus some glam rock, new wave and bubblegum with a similar feel.

1 The Raspberries – I Wanna Be With You
2 Gruppo Sportivo – Rock N Roll
3 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Government Center
4 Warwick – Let’s Get the Party Going
5 Rubinoos – I Want To Be Your Boyfriend
6 Bram Tchaikovsky – Girl Of My Dreams
7 Blue Ash – Plain To See
8 Earth Quake – Tall Order For A Short Guy
9 Greg Kihn – All The Right Reasons
10 Chris Stamey & The dB’s – (I Thought) You Wanted To Know
11 The Nerves – Working Too Hard
12 Crazy Elephant – Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’
13 M&M’s – I’m Tired
14 Barracudas – I Can’t Pretend
15 Dictators – California Sun
16 Blondie – In The Sun
17 The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer
18 The Diodes – Red Rubber Ball
19 Chris Bell – Speed of Sound
20 Nick Lowe – Cruel To Be Kind
21 Badfinger – No Matter What
22 Nashville Ramblers – The Trains
23 Flame – Big Wheel Turning
24 Tommy James & The Shondells – Crimson And Clover
25 The Records – Starry Eyes