Sexta-feira 23 Jan 2009, 14h:33

Celebrating the end of a long U.S. presidential campaign and a new presidental, get to work jamming new tunes for the weekend.

Starting off the mix is Mid*One from his EP, Heaven Send a Synthesizer, presenting a scenario of being the object of unrequited love with, "Wrong Tree". The EP made my top discs of 2008 and if you feel this, you will dig the whole project.

Next up is a crazy track by Mike Relm with Del the Funky Homosapien with, "Everytime", from Relm's new work, The Spectacle.
Like Mid*One, Mike Relm is also from the Bay Area and is known for live performances which feature a series of audio mash-ups with video images, manipulated in real-time.

Houston represents next with the first single from Tim'm West's new one, In Security: The Golden Error, called "The F Word (feat. William Scott)". The track comes from what I feel is Tim'm's most consistent musical solo work yet. I have several favorites tracks on this project.

So glad to hear more and more electronic artists working in hip-hop again.
One artist from Detroit that needs to be known is Randy Murphy.
From his latest work, The Tug of World EP, here's the track, "Imperfect People".
Three words: Cop this CD!

From across the water (London) comes this fun jam called, "I Gotta Go" from K. O. and OD Hunte, from their new work, Back to the Hip-Hop.

The fun continues continues with a electronic remix of RUN DMC's classic "Hard Times" by house-man, Victor Imbres.

I round this out with the new posthumous joint from Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, with Chilli, T-Boz, and Missy Elliot with "Let's Just Do It" from the project, Left-Eye Legacy, hitting your digital store on January 27, 2009.

Listen via iTunes or Zune Marketplace or here: http://mandrakefm. wordpress. com/2009/01/23/januarygrooves-mixtape/