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flauntin' : spring swagga

2008-04-10T23:39:00.017-04:00

OK OK OK OK OK OK.....it's my fault. There. I said it. Let's keep it moving now. :P

So now we're back from hiatus and present to you our Spring Swagga lineup (insert "son", "dun", "god", "na'mean", and/or "bredren" here....). As consolation to our delay, we've decided to spruce up this post by giving you 35% more.....FOR FREE!!

swag·ger ([swag-er]):
–verb (used without object)
1. to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
2. to boast or brag noisily.
–verb (used with object)
3. to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
–noun
4. swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.

The line up consists of tunes for you to stomp the urban to, post up in a smokey lounge eyeballin' a potential one-nighter, or for you to just feel plain ol' sexy/ rico suavé. Whether you're a professional arrogant gigolo or your swagger is at the bottom of a shot of patrón, this mix is all about adding theme music to your personal strut. enjoy....cocky ass bastards!!!

love, peace + afro-grease.

the jilly chronicles.

1 Little Dragon - Wink
2 Slum Village - Can I Be Me
3 Fink - Pretty Little Thing
4 Jean Grae - Fyre Blazer
5 Estelle - Wait a Minute f/ Will.I.Am
6 2Pac - I Get Around
7 Kelli Ali - Queen of the World
8 Akrobatik - Step it Up
9 Peaches - I'm the Kinda
10 Amel Larrieux - Earn My Affections
11 De La Soul - Verbal Clap
12 Esthero - Wikked Lil' Grrrls
13 Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey
14 Kidz in the Hall - Dreamin (Baby I'm the Shit)
15 J*Davey - Private Parts
16 Caltroit - Goatit f/ Phat Kat + Elzhi
17 Erykah Badu - The Healer
18 Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
19 Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
20 Hefner - An Evening with Hefner
21 Jneiro Janel - Do Yo Thang

the luccio agenda.

1 El-P - Deep Space 9mm
2 Edan - Funky Voltron f/ Insight
3 Common - Communism
4 Prince - Sexy Motherfucker
5 INI - Microphonist Wanderlust
6 MF Doom - All Caps
7 Lenny Kravitz - Straight Cold Player
8 The Mountain Brothers - The BarberCHOPS Quartet
9 Ohmega Watts - Gone w/ the Wind
10 Sa Ra - Glorious
11 Talib Kweli - On Mission
12 Philadelphia Experiment - Ain't it the Truth
13 Spank Rock - Touch Me
14 Level 42 - Starchild
15 The Roots - The Spark
16 P'taah - Late Night Sun
17 Ernesto - Held
18 Lanu - Mother Earth f/ Aloe Blacc + Quantic
19 Marvin Gaye - "T" Plays it Cool
20 Guru - Lift Your Fist f/ The Roots
21 Fela Kuti - Upside Down f/ Sandra Akanke Isidore
22 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
23 Digable Planet - Where I'm From
24 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

upcoming theme: urban grimmy. stay tuned.

february angst: jaded love

2008-02-23T00:00:00.024-05:00

Whaddup peeps. We're back with another installment of sophisticated + slutty music for you to groove to. I know...I know...we're like a week and some change behind posting for capitalistic-markup-of-red-and-or-white-flowers-mixed-with-overpriced-chocolate day, but we figure.....ummm.....eh...*looks around*...nothing. DEAL WITH IT! We've made up our absence by giving you lads + gents a state-of-the-art-instant-vintage extended collection of 3 mixes...I'm also happy to introduce my brother from another mother that will be posting with us occasionally as well...(don't worry, we've done a credit check, made IRS references, and asked his mama about him and he's not plugged in).....Also be sure to peep his site out and show him some love.

So this installment is for all the jaded, hurt, and/or borderline psychotic individuals that didn't have the happiest of Valentines....we hear you...and we want you to know we've thought about the soundtrack to COMPLETELY freak out your significant other to....yes. we have. because we care. so band-aid up your hurt wrists. finish that bottle of gin. relax. enjoy. indulge.

love, peace, + afro-grease.

volume 1: the jilly chronicles.

Q-Tip - Blue Girl
Amy Winehouse - You Sent Me Flying
Dido - My Lover's Gone
Datarock - The Most Beautiful Girl
Cibelle - Hate
Amel Larrieux - Unanswered Question
Mark Ronson - Toxic f/ ODB + Tiggers
Esthero - Heaven Sent
Royksopp - Sparks
The Roots - Silent Treatment (Kelo's Mix)
Emiliana Torrini - To Be Free
Blue Six - I've Given Enough
Coldplay - Trouble
The Bird + The Bee - I'm a Broken Heart
Supreme Beings of Leisure - Last Girl on Earth
Bebel Gilberto - Every Day You've been Away
Ben Westbeech - Nothing Else
Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me

volume 2: the luccio agenda.

Aesop Rock - Cook It Up
Radiohead - All I Need
Sa-Ra - Bitch
Kaskade - Strum
Silhouette Brown - Pain (It's Gonna Come Heavier)
Res - Ice King
Meshell N'degéocello - Mary Magdalene
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine
Toshi Kubota - Masquerade
J-Live - The 4th Third
Res - 700 Mile Situation
Portishead - Only You
Binary Star - Glen Close
Diverse - In Accordance

volume 3: the preach conspiracy.

The Ohio Players - Our Love Has Died
D'Angelo - The Root
The Perceptionists - Breathe in the Sun
Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Devin the Dude - Whatever
Cunninlynguists - Wonderful
Marvin Gaye - Life is for Learning
The Game - Wouldn't Get Far f/ Kanye West
Van Hunt - Down Here in Hell (With You)
K-OS - The Rain
Ray Charles - Your Cheating Heart
Nirvana - Polly
Nina Simone - See-Line Woman
Blue + Exile - The World Is...
Pharoahe Monch - Trilogy

**upcoming theme: swagger.

The Introduction: Hope

2008-02-03T20:54:00.002-05:00

In an effort to maintain sanity and stability in a constantly changing habitat, many people confide in the harmonies of music...whether those harmonies are constructed electronically, acoustically, through vinyl, or through mp3 format. To many, those constructed harmonies serve as time machines to our past, conductors to our present, and road maps to our future....nonetheless, music is our guide. Here, you will find various themes for you to orchestrate your life to. So sit back, indulge in some sort of vice, relax, and tune in......

Hope (n.): 1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best; 2. a particular instance of this feeling; (v.) 3. to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence; 4. to believe, desire, and/ or trust

Since this is a fresh year, we've decided to hit you crate diggers up with music that evokes feelings of "hope". In these mixes, you'll find broad strokes that paint over nu jazz, soul, hip hop, downtempo, etc etc etc....Let us know what you think. Add some suggestions or themes that you feel would be applicable. To download the mixes, click on the album covers....

Love, Peace, + Afro-grease

Volume 1: The Jilly Chronicles.

Air - New Star in the Sky
Anthea - I Wish
Mos Def - Umi Says
Frou Frou - Hear Me Out
Groove Theory - Keep Tryin'
Moloko - Forever More
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
Supastition - Soul Searching
Wax Poetic - Dreamin'
The Bird and the Bee - Fucking Boyfriend
Gus Gus - Desire
Pharell - You Can Do It Too
Clara Hill - Morning Star
Dudley Perkins - Flowers

Volume 2: The Luccio Agenda.

Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy
King Geedorah - Next Levels
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Blue Note Revisited/ Kenny Pope - La Malanga
Stateless - Fall into You
Bad Plus - Flim
RJD2 - Work It Out
Shinsight Trio - Let's Do A Jam
Orchestra Boabab - El Son Te Llama
Plej - And So Lay the Land
Tweek - So Natural
Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry About a Thing
Joell Ortiz - 125 Pt. 2 (Fresh Air)

**Upcoming theme: Jaded Love