The Monday Mixtape - Ten Songs on Recent Repeat

Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...
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M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Sleigh Bells - Leader of the Pack
Werewolf Police - Vixens Phantasy
Shlohmo - The Way U Do
Frankie Rose - Know Me
Bowerbirds - In the Yard
Stay+ - Stay Positive
Perfume Genius - Dark Parts
Shearwater - Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five
Diplo - Express Yourself (Radio Edit)

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MP3: Azealia Banks - "212"

When I first saw Azealia Banks, I'd written her off as a copy of a copy, Dominique Young Unique by way of Amanda Blank and Kid Sister. Like Unique, Banks is under 21 and armed with a hyper-kinetic, sexualized flow, but the similarities end there and I've been eating crow for not taking notice sooner.

Having attended New York's lauded LaGuardia High School (notable alums: Nicki Minaj, Kelis and Paul Stanley), Banks is more than a rapper--add "slash singer, slash actress" to her résumé--proudly displaying talent and range on "212." Accents, singing and smut come together in three and a half minutes of basement pop. Most importantly, it straight slays. Sure, the track is a few months old, but it's still a pitch-perfect coming out party. Weaving all of Banks' artistic proclivities results in a spastic anthem that would make Diplo proud.

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Azealia Banks - 212

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Just Pretend I Posted This Quick Mixtape Yesterday...

Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...
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Ganglians - Evil Weave
DOOMSTARKS - Victory Laps (Madvillainz Remix)
Weekend - Hazel
Julianna Barwick - Vow (Diplo & Lunice Remix)
Radiohead - Lotus Flower (SBTRKT RMX)
REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
Toro y Moi - Freaking Out
Case Studies - You Folded Up My Blanket Like We Were Already Lovers

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Free Gucci (Again)... The Burrrtish Edition

Sometime last year in-between stints of Gucci Mane's jail-time, Diplo co-opted a bunch of friends to release a remix LP of their favourite Gucci tracks. The results were aptly-named Free Gucci and half the tracks were forgettable. As for the other half? Pretty solid, especially that Emynd remix.

Earlier this month Mad Decent released a second volume of icy remixes, Free Gucci 2: The Burrrtish Edition. This time around, some fine British talent injected dupstep flavours behind Mr. Radric Davis' raps.

Again, the results are hit-or-miss, but if you like Gucci and/or bass music, there's something here for you. That, and the These New Puritans remix is the closest thing we'll get to a Gucci Mane/Thom Yorke collaboration (for now).

Grab some Burrrtish highlights below or click the links above to download the respective Free Gucci effort.

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Gucci Mane - Brand New (Rustie Remix)
Gucci Mane - Party Animal (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
Gucci Mane - Dollar Sign (These New Puritans Remix)

Also awesome...

Gucci Mane - Frowny Face (Emynd Remix)

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Now That's What I Call Dubstep! - Vol. 1

Last week, Diplo released Blow Your Head - Diplo Presents Dupstep, a compilation of his favourite purple tracks. The mixtape attempts to condense the zombie genre into 16 must-have cuts. Is it a success? Well, sure -- the mix touches on most of the genre's staple artists and has a decent amount of classics*, what it's lacking is more: Where's Burial? Where's "Purple City"? etc. etc. etc.

Regardless, it's a pretty good primer for anyone new to grimy jams and, more importantly, is a pretty great excuse to publish some solid dupstep myself. Crank your subwoofers and download 12 teeth-rattling tunes below.

* Rhetorical question: Does it get any better than "Sweet Shop" or "Archangel"?

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Purple City - Joker & Ginz
Sweet Shop - Doctor P
26 Basslines - Benga
Tears in the Rain - Zomby
Tron - Joker
Sunset (feat. Diplo) - Borgore
Burn (Stenchman Remix) - Jessica Mauboy
Stop What You're Doing (James Blake Remix) - Untold
Puzzled - Randomer
Boss - Ginz
Strange Fruit - Zomby
Archangel - Burial

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The Monday Mixtape Is Ready for the Fall

Most Mondays, I post a handful of MP3s that I've had on heavy rotation. Some new tunes, some old tunes, all good tunes.
Note: Apologies for the lack of updates, the Ivy League is slowly killing me...

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Your Rabbit Feet - Wild Nothing

Search Party - Small Black

Indestructible (Dance Edit) - Robyn

Worm Tamer (A Place to Bury Strangers Remix) - Grinderman

No Room to Live - Times New Viking

Rollin' (Diplo Remix) - Jackie Chain

Northern Islands - Blank Dogs

How? - John Lennon

Summer of Love - The Fresh & Onlys

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