Lisztomania: Hip-Hop Songs Heard Ad Nauseam in Florida

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This past holiday season, I headed off to sunny Key West, Florida with a group of friends to ring in the new year as ridiculously as possible. For anyone who hasn't been, the unsuspecting, small island is like a micro-Bourbon Street, with less public nudity and beignets, more stone crabs and Czech strippers. The open container laws are about even. Such is life on Duval Street. While I was adequately prepared for any and all daytime/evening antics, the bars' DJs did little to vary their nightly setlists. After five days, I'd heard "The Motto" over 50 times. I'll say this, all the ad nauseam song repetition only helped to blur those nights together.

Here are nine tracks that were heard in trashy clubs or hungover headphones too much. They should help Ken Burns soundtrack any potential documentaries of our trip...

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SBTRKT - Wildfire (Drake Remix)
Drake - The Motto (feat. Lil Wayne)
Big Sean - Dance (A$$) [Remix] (feat. Nicki Minaj)
J. Cole - Work Out
Mickey Avalon - What Do You Say? (feat. Dirt Nasty)
Ace Hood - Hustle Hard Remix (feat. Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)
Ludacris - Shake and Fries (feat. Gucci Mane)
Earl Sweatshirt - Drop
DJ Khlad - I'm on One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)

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The Monday Mixtape - What I Listened to This Weekend

Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays...
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The Hood Internet - Slow John (Lil Wayne x Com Truise)
Joy Orbison - BRKLN CLLN (Michna's Brooklyn Bridge Remix)
Fair Ohs - Everything Is Dancing
Washed Out - Wicked Game (Chris Issak Cover)
The Hood Internet - Bodhi Shawty Weekend (The-Dream x Kevin Drew)
The Weeknd - The Morning
White Denim - Regina Holding Hands
Major Lazer - Jump Up (Thom Yorke Remix)
The Strokes - The Modern Age
INXS - Don't Change

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A Lil Wayne Mash-up Album Actually Worth Downloading

I get it, we're all sick of mash-ups. Unless they're really good. Is that how it works now? I thought Girl Talk's All Day was pretty great, The Hood Internet are still doing their thing well and Black Glove impress me every now and again with their basement interpretations.

Regardless, I'll always have a soft spot for the crypt-robbing genre and this Tumblewoof mini-mixtape was a surprise. It's five songs off Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix paired with choice Lil Wayne verses, but more than that, the DJ does your ears right by sampling/cutting/reordering the Phoenix tracks--the songs are more than simple A+B couplings.

The warmer the weather gets, the more I add to my BBQ playlist. These will do just fine.

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Tumblewoof - MoneyMania

Tumblewoof - Officer Lasso

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Well Look at That, Citizen Mix Vol. III - February 2011

So it's February, the Midwest just had a snowpocalypse, and I'm sure New York is due for another one sometime soon. I decided to throw together a quick mix of songs to get you through those long nights spent in a tauntaun or if you live on the west coast, I don't know, a mix for your morning sunblock application?

Click here to download Citizen Mix Vol. III - Feb. 2011
Tracklist:

1. Destroyer - Kaputt
2. Chris Brown - Look at Me Now Remix (feat. Twista & Lil Wayne)
3. Zoo Kid - Out Getting Ribs
4. MillionYoung - Love Is All Around
5. The Hood Internet - No Hands x Crystal Castles
6. The Cave Singers - Beach House
7. Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt

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Black Glove Could Supply Your Weekend Playlist

White Panda can't control their BPM. Easter Egg is overrated. Super Mash Bros. overdo-it on the pop-punk references. Girl Talk and E-603 are laying low. The mash-up in general is becoming a meme and the only act consistently putting out greatness right now is The Hood Internet.

Well, them and Black Glove.

While this duo from Vermont doesn't turn the genre on its ear, Black Glove mash-ups (thankfully) aren't played out and make some pretty choice references. Sure, the guys mix in overly-familiar hip-hop, but that's par for the mash-up course -- It's what you pair it with that counts, and Black Glove slickly sample some fine indie-electro acts (M83, The xx, The Tough Alliance, Robyn, The Knife, Major Lazer, Crystal Castles, etc.).

I got hold of their "Teach Me How to Dougie" remix featuring a familiar+chill M83 sample and, after touring their website and downloading their mixtapes, I was hooked. These guys are solid.

It's Saturday. Pick up a case of PBR and grab their mixtapes or take a tour of my favourite tracks down below.

Listen to Black Glove - Vol. 1
Listen to Black Glove - Vol. 2
Listen to Black Glove - Vol. 3
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Teach Me How to Appear (Cali Swag District x M83) - Black Glove

1901 Stuntin' (Birdman & Lil Wayne x Phoenix) - Black Glove

This Is Why I Creep (TLC x Mims) - Black Glove

Hold Yuh Bird Flu (Major Lazer x Gucci Mane) - Black Glove

Made You Look in the Diner (Nas x Suzanne Vega) - Black Glove

We're Poppin' Bottles (Birdman x Rock Electrique) - Black Glove

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New Hood Internet Mixtape: Perfect Summer Timing

There's no doubt I'm a big fan of The Hood Internet, considering how much I've blogged their tracks. They dropped a new mixtape yesterday, featuring some of the more recent songs I've hosted, and everyone should pick up immediately.

Heads up though, this latest effort is filled with more low-key, poolside jams instead of their usual brand of basement party anthems; a departure all-so-appropriate for the recent summer heatwave.

Grab a couple recommended highlights below or download the whole free thing by clicking here.

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Beamer, Drips (Lloyd Banks x Neon Indian) - The Hood Internet

Feel It on the South Side (Birdman x Washed Out) - The Hood Internet

Shoeing Horses in 1901 (Phoenix x Why?) - The Hood Internet

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