2007 October : Al Fingers

Combination Mixtape Series Vol 1: Zakee Shariff – Stardust

October 24, 2007

Intro
Woodstock — JONI MITCHELL
Love’s Gonna Conquer Evil — NATURAL BLACK
Golden — JILL SCOTT
Stardust skit #1: Barry Miles (1971)
A Blessing In The Garden Of Peace — LONNIE LISTON SMITH × JAMES WRIGHT
Free — DENIECE WILLIAMS
Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World — ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO’OLE
Stars/I Died As A Mineral — BRIAN ENO × RUMI
Stardust skit #2: Joni Mitchell (Live, 1980)
Come Into My Garden — MINNIE RIPERTON
Star Of The Story — HEATWAVE
What A Day — TANYA STEPHENS
Les Fleur — 4 HERO (FEAT. CARINA ANDERSSON)
Rapper Dapper Clangers — OLIVER POSTGATE × EDWIN BIRDSONG
Stardust skit #3: Joni Mitchell (Live, 1974)
Imagine — JOHN LENNON
Stardust skit #4: Joni Mitchell (2002)
Glowin’ – THE RATIONALS
Space Dust Constellations — THE GALACTIC FORCE BAND × TOM GLAZER
Song Of Bliss — KHALSA STRING BAND
Stardust skit #5: Joni Mitchell (Live, 1984)
Moon Ride — BRENTFORD ALLSTARS
Adventures In The Land Of Music skit — DYNASTY
Outro: Joni Mitchell (1969)

Combination Mixtape Series Vol 1: Zakee Shariff – Stardust

October 23, 2007

I just finished the STARDUST mixtape for artist/designer Zakee Shariff, featuring tunes from Joni Mitchell, Brian Eno, Jill Scott, Minnie Riperton, John Lennon, Heatwave, and Lonnie Liston Smith. It’s the kind of mix you might hear in deep space and is said to be good for hangovers. You can download a copy in the Mixtapes section…

Aretha Franklin

October 19, 2007

ARETHA

Aretha Louise Franklin, one of the finest, most soulful voices ever recorded, was born on 26 March 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. Daughter of a famous Baptist preacher (Rev CL Franklin, who himself released many records), she spent much of her childhood singing church music, and quickly showed great talent as a gospel vocalist/pianist. After bearing two children in her early teens, she signed to Columbia when she was 18, although her real success was to come after signing to Atlantic six years later. Revelling in the increased artistic control that her new label allowed her, she cut groundbreaking albums such as “Lady Soul”, “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”, and “Young, Gifted And Black”, releasing a barrage of hit singles including Respect, Think, and I Say A Little Prayer. Despite waning in creativity from the mid-1970s, Aretha has periodically come back with hits such as I Knew You Were Waiting (duet with George Michael), Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (duet with The Eurythmics), and A Rose Is Still A Rose (produced by Lauryn Hill). In 1987 she became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Maximum r-e-s-p-e-c-t to the undisputed queen of soul.

SELECT DISCOGRAPHY
Respect
Rocksteady
Chain Of Fools
Call Me
(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
Spanish Harlem
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Spirit In The Dark
Think
Lean On Me
Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
Angel
Do Right Woman (Do Right Man)
It Only Happens (When I Look At You)

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Up 2 Di Time

October 19, 2007

From August Town
DUANE STEPHENSON
VP Records
Bartender (Panty Town Remix)
AKON & T-PAIN
White
The Days
BUSY SIGNAL
Daseca
Bonafide Girl
SHAGGY feat RIK ROK & TONY GOLD
VP Records
Wine Pon It
MUNGA HONOURABLE
Casper Productions

Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls (Last War Remix)

October 18, 2007

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Combination Mixtape Series Vol 1: Zakee Shariff – Stardust

October 16, 2007

In 2007, London-based artist/designer Zakee Shariff released a collection of clothes and accessories entitled “Stardust”, inspired by a line in Joni Mitchell’s song Woodstock: “We are stardust, we are golden, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden”. This mixtape, also named STARDUST, is Al Fingers’ musical interpretation of Zakee’s collection, and forms the first part of the COMBINATION MIXTAPE SERIES, a line of mixtapes produced in collaboration with other creatives. In addition to Joni Mitchell, featured artists include Tanya Stephens, Brian Eno, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, Jill Scott, Heatwave, Minnie Riperton, John Lennon, and the Khalsa String Band. You can download the STARDUST mixtape below (128 kbps quality), or purchase the CD (higher quality) from Juno Records.

Artist Mixtape Series Vol 1: Zakee Shariff — Stardust: Play Now | Play in Popup

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Biggie Smalls Top 5

October 5, 2007

Warning
Verse on Lox’s “You’ll See”
Unbelievable
Juicy
Ten Crack Commandments

Conscious Mixtape Series Vol 1: Serious Times

October 1, 2007

Intro
Serious Times — GYPTIAN
Murderer — BARRINGTON LEVY
Murderer — BUJU BANTON
Masters Of War — BOB DYLAN
Throw Down Your Arms — SINEAD O’CONNOR
Capleton skit
World Gone Crazy — BOUNTY KILLER
Got No Love — TURBULENCE
The Way You’re Living — RICHIE SPICE
Headless Heroes — EUGENE MCDANIELS
For The Leaders — LUCIANO
Drop Leaf Riddim — DON CORLEON
Murderer — FANTAN MOJAH
Britney skit
Impeach The President — THE HONEY DRIPPERS
Stay Away — LUCIANO
Wicked Act — YT
Truth & Rights — JOHNNY OSBOURNE
What’s Going On (Truth & Rights Remix) — MARVIN GAYE
Too Long — LUKIE D
No More War — LITTLE HERO
War (The Buzz Remix) — EDWIN STARR
Kiprich skit
Mass Destruction — TURBULENCE
Serious Time — ADMIRAL TIBET
Murderer (Refix) — JOHNNY OSBOURNE
This Is Why I’m Hot Riddim (FEAT. JELLO BIAFRA, ROSIE O’DONNELL, CHRIS ROCK, & COUNTRYMAN)
Armageddon Time — WILLIE WILLIAMS (FEAT. BILL HICKS)
So Much Trouble In The World — BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
Revolution skit (FEAT. GIL SCOTT HERON & THE WAILERS)
Why We Afraid Of Revolution? (Refix) — TAPPA ZUKIE
Revolution — DENNIS BROWN
Righteous Youths — RICHIE SPICE

Dice & Dice, Japan

October 1, 2007

I was blessed to deejay at the Dice & Dice 20th anniversary party (Fukuoka, Japan) alongside Futura, who was live painting at the event. A true ninja’s ninja.