mix: Rooftop Party Mix

"The Summer, With Me And My Friends"

A few weeks ago I was asked to curate a mix for a friend's rooftop party on the Lower East Side. Set ideally next to the Williamsburg Bridge on a beautiful July evening with good friends and lots of exemplary party favors [can you say (un)frozen Lemonade and Vodka?], this rager truly had everything, including an appearance by the legendary, and somewhat mythical, Schluss-burger. Cheers!

Jar-Ed's Rooftop Party Pre-Jam Jam Vol.1 (Mixed by McGregor)
The Lemon Fog- Summer
Velvet Underground- One of These Days
Girls- Lust for Life
The Shag- Stop and Listen
El Guincho- Kalise
Flying Lotus- Robo Tussin (Lil Wayne "A Milli" Remix)
Air France- Collapsing At Your Doorstep
M83- Graveyard Girl
Glass Candy- Rolling Down The Hills
Hercules & Love Affair- Hercules Theme
Lykke Li vs. Field- Dance Dance Dance In My Face (The Hood Internet Remix)
Bullion- I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Pulp- Common Pulp
Music Go Music- Light of Love
Fleetwood Mac vs. Gwen Stefani- Everywhere (Paul Devro mix)
Santogold- L.E.S Artistes (XXXchange Remix)
Of Montreal- Gronlandic Edit
MGMT- Electric Feel
YACHT- I Believe In You
The Ruby Suns- Tane Mahuta
Gilberto Gil- Bat Macumba
Jeanette- Porque Te Vas
The Clash- Rudy Can't Fail
Stevie Wonder- Sir Duke
Arif Sag- Osman Pehlivan
Lord Rhaburn- Disco Connection
DJ Shadow- Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
Broken Social Scene- Pacific Theme
Caribou- Crayon
Caribou- Every Time She Turns Around It's Her Birthday
Black Moth Super Rainbow- Drippy Eye
James Pants- Crystal Lite (featuring Deon Davis)
Friend- Secret (Remix of Air France's "Collapsing At Your Doorstep")
Passion Pit- Sleepyhead

Jar-Ed's Rooftop Party Pre-Jam Jam Vol.1 (Mixed by McGregor) (Right Click & Save; or opt + click to save)

hot: WALE

"Do It For The Capital, Wale Ovechkin"

I've been feeling Wale's Beast of the Beltway Mixtape for a while, especially his "We Are Your Friends" remix, which single handedly reminded me how sick the Justice remix of Simian was when it first dropped. DC's finest crushes the French electro banger, but that's not all he has to offer. This morning Wale released his latest mixtape, an ode to Seinfeld titled A Mixtape About Nothing. One of the undisputed highlights of the mixtape is a collaboration with Bun B (of UGK) and Pusha T (of Clipse). If Ghostface were included this would probably be the sickest track of the year, although even without him this ones slated to be bumping from old skool Civics all summer long. The mix includes the hilariously titled "The Cliche Lil Wayne Feature (It's The Remix Baby)", the B-More killer "The B-More Club Slam" and a track featuring the Budos Band. Wale also crushes, and I do mean crushes, "Roc Boys." Cop it for free at Elitaste. Word up.

Wale- W.A.L.E.F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Wale- The Feature Heavy Song (w/ Bun B, Pusha T and Tre)


Wale- The Mixtape About Nothing

Knuckles Podcast #13: Commuter Love

"Is it a solar fever?"

Knuckles McGregor Podcast #13- Commuter Love was just posted this afternoon by, uh, me. It's a bright and upbeat compilation of fun bouncy stuff to make the bus, bike, car, train, subway ride or walk (if your that lucky) home from work actually seem like a happy hour. after a long day at work you deserve some good uptempo tunes, a few drinks and a stogey. it's only natural. Click link below to download.


Knuckles McGregor Podcast #13 Commuter Love


Knuckles McGregor Podcast #13- CommuterLove

1. Lee Dorsey- Get Out My Life Woman
2. Vampire Weekend- Oxford Comma
3. Islands- Don't Call Me Bobby, Whitney
4. Of Montreal- A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
5. Bappi Lahiri, Chorus, Kishore Kumar, Nandu Bhende, Parvati- Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja
6. Justine Timberlake- LoveStoned (Justice Remix)
7. Justice-D.A.N.C.E. (Eli & Diplo Remix)
8. M.I.A- Paper Planes
9. Cassidy- Drink & My Two-Step (Cousin Cole Remix)
10. JDILLA- One for Ghost
11. JDILLA- Gobstopper
12. Lil Wayne- La La La
13. Nina Simone- Feelin' Good (Joe Claussell Remix)

WEEZY F. BABY

"Prisoner Behind These Xanax Bars"

We LOVE Lil Wayne. So much so that I wrote an analytical paper on his Bush bashing ode to Nawleans "Georgia Bush" in college and one of our contributors, who shall remain nameless, took his girlfriend to the Weezy, Jeezy, Fat Joe, Jim Jones concert for their One Year Anniversary. Romantic, eh? No doubt Young Weezy keeps it hot, hell he's the fucking Fireman! Besides the guy releases an album like every other day, fo' real. Do yourself a favor and download these new Weezy tracks and turn up the hypothetical subwoofer in your hypothetical '97 Civic. It's Weezy!

Ever feel "lonely once the drugs are gone"? Weezy does. "I Feel like Dying," from the forthcoming, Tha Carter III, is Lil Wayne's ode to, well, wanting to die cause the drugs are gone. The track, surely recorded with a gallon of syzurp/purple drank, features poetic stanzas like "Swimming laps around a bottle of Louis the 13th, Jumping off a mountain into a sea of Codeine" and "Playin’ touch football on Marijuana Street, or in a marijuana field, you are so beneath my cleats." His slo-mo drawl of a delivery sounds like he's swallowed a script of Xanax, puffed an L and sucked down a bottle of Nyquil. The ole Bard would be proud. "La La La" is a bit different, sampling children singing "La La La La La." He even gives a shout to the old skool Starter jacket with the logo. We had that too Weez. "Murder she wrote like Angela Lansbury," straight thugging. Also throwing up one of last years best rap songs, "Georgia Bush", from last year's best mixtape, Dedication II. Gangsta Grizzllzz!

Lil Wayne- I Feel Like Dying

Lil Wayne- La La La