flauntin' : spring swagga

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

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

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.

1. Air - New Star in the Sky
   
2. Anthea - I Wish
   
3. Mos Def - Umi Says
   
4. Frou Frou - Hear Me Out
   
5. Groove Theory - Keep Tryin'
   
6. Moloko - Forever More
   
7. Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
   
8. Supastition - Soul Searching
   
9. Wax Poetic - Dreamin'
   
10. The Bird and the Bee - Fucking Boyfriend
    
11. Gus Gus - Desire
    
12. Pharell - You Can Do It Too
    
13. Clara Hill - Morning Star
    
14. Dudley Perkins - Flowers
    

Volume 2: The Luccio Agenda.

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

**Upcoming theme: Jaded Love