My DJ Mix for NewYorkNaomi on NTS Radio
In case you missed it, I threw together a DJ mix for Naomi Zeichner’s NTS show earlier this month. It was fun to put together, and because my flash drive and Denon’s Engine app don’t always get along, I had to do it in 24 hours with all my cues and playlists corrupted (??) so it was kind of a sprint to lock it in in time. But I think it more or less worked out.
It captures a few of my interests of the moment: new popular rhythmic beds & tempos, raunchy lyrics, contemporary rap verses that could be seen as traditional, mainly in the sense that they’re mostly interested in the “move the crowd” aspect of MCing (Mall Money the best version of this), Milwaukee rap, ‘lost’ ‘80s rap production sounds, Brent Faiyaz. Naomi mentioned to me that the vibe could be kind of sexual but I think I leaned into the raunch a bit more than she typically does. Anyway that stuff is still pretty fun I think.
Above all, I was trying to give it the aura of a dance mix, that even the ‘lyrical’ tracks felt like dance records when they weren’t explicitly about dancing. I plan on doing more consistent mixes in the future, so expect some more like this.
Tracklist:
Intro - The Last Days of Disco
Fendi - Juke Song
Hitkidd feat. Aleza, Gloss Up, Glorilla, Slimeroni and K Carbon - Set the Tone
Tweeday and DJ Revv - How the Bed Go
Tre Oh Fie - Miss Me
Cash Cobain - Freak of di Week
Mall Money - Not a Rapper
Mudbaby Ru - Gun Class (Freestyle Version)
Mas Hangok - Heads on Moving Sticks (Eyes of Others Remix)
RealStasher 50k - Coming Down
Luh Tyler - 5 On It Freestyle
FYB Eli - Wish You Well
Spyder C - Credit Card Fraud (Instrumental)
Tems - Free Mind (DJ Zayy Remix)
Sexyy Red feat. Sukihana - Born By the River
Skeng - London
Stevedastoner - Barkin'
Big B - Backwood Baby Style
BBYAFRICKA ft. NAEBLUD & BAWSEKITTY - Baby Mama Coochie
Kool Keith - Pipes
3 Fresh MC's - Fresh (Instrumental)
Seiji Oda - GASBREAKDIP
The World's Famous Supreme Team - City Life
Lovebug Starski - Say What You Wanna Say (Lizardo Dub)
Coma Beats - I Cannot Wait
Ninecea feat. Armanii - Party Time (Sped Up)
Ultraflex - Rhodos
Nicola Cruz - Vai Sentir
Malie - Throat Goat (Jalalnx Fast Edit)
Brent Faiyaz - Rolling Stone
Summer Walker - Karma (KilSoSouth Jersey Club Remix)