For Mirth Only

Mad Muggy Mix circa May 2007

i made this mix a month before leaving new york, a conscious tribute and send-off to the city (although in no way is it regionally a new york mix, despite featuring new york artists). my homie jay swears i’m crazy, but i work with mixes synesthetically; i see colors through melodies, and with this mix, made in the sultry, oppressively muggy month of may in brooklyn, i tried to coalesce the spectrum of colors humidity brings: orange, gray, red, green… yellow… black (hot asphalt)… in essence, i tried to capture the feeling of walking down myrtle avenue and hearing those big basslines blasting out of cars, blinding sun in my eyes, sweating, bass amplified greatly by the warm kinetic energy in the air…

i miss new york. i had a great time there. the mad muggy mix is my thank you and good-bye to that final summer in brooklyn…

:)

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tracklist:

east flatbush project – tried by 12
gangstarr – speak ya clout
tech itch – undercity
tum tum – caprice muzik
grit boys – fresh
tru-life – this is the life
jr writer – get em
lil mama – lip gloss
ghostface killa – the soul controller
leftside & esco – light my spliff
busta rhymes – get down
truth hurts – addictive
turf talk – i got chips
young leek – jiggle it
the pack – freaky bopper
pitbull – bojangles
digital mystikz – hunter
m.i.a. – bird flu (diplo guns up remix)
mala – left leg out
lloyd – get it shorty
the chemical brothers – it doesn’t matter