Essential Summer CHUNES…

These dudes RUN Toronto Hip Hop, I don’t care who your fav Tdot DJ is…their tapes and jams are bangin, intelligent, and capture perfectly that hip hop vibe–no guns, just a lot of love, and head nodding.

‘Lazy Days’, DJ Mensa

In the midst of our hottest summer yet, I compiled a mix that caters to the long bouts of loafting and ‘nothing doing’ often attributed to humidex and no A/C. The rolling greenhouse that is your car in traffic at high noon. Deal with it. Walmart and Zellers are sold out of electric fans. Bummer. Cones and Popsicles have a shorter shelf life in the sun. Finish it quick.

DJ Mensa presents LAZY DAYS

Slum Village ft. Samiyyah – Fall In Love (Reprise)
Jose James – Promise In Love
Common ft. Queen Latifah – Next Time
Miss Jones – Where I Wanna Be Boy (DJ Mensa Blend)
L-Marie – Already Fallen
Anita Baker – Sweet Love
Drake ft. Phonte – Think Good Thoughts
Theo 3 ft. Tona & Andreena Mill – How I Flow Pt. 2
De La Soul – Respect
DJ Agile ft. Liya – Focused
Janelle Monae – Oh, Maker
Erykah Badu – Fall In Love (Your Funeral)
Heart Attack – Untitled
The Dream – Veteran
Drake – Still Got It
The Roots – The Day
Outkast ft. Cee-Lo – In Due Time (DJ Mensa Blend)
Miguel ft. J. Cole – All I Want Is You
Electric Wire Hustle – Perception
Onra – Long Distance
Zo! ft. Erro & Darien Brockington – This Could Be The Night
Mya – Case of the Ex (DJ Mensa Blend)
Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’
Andre 3000 – All Together Now
Rick Ross ft. Ne-Yo – Super High
Camp Lo – Luchini (DJ Mensa Blend)
Nas – Hey Young World
Drake – 3am Freestyle In Dallas
The Roots – Doin’ It Again
Flying Lotus – Heave(n)

and of course…

The Originals 1.5, Big Jacks

Quite possibly THE most intelligent tape I’ve heard in a while.  By ‘Intelligent’, I mean a mix in which you actually learn something from, AND nod your head.  We nod our head to everything, but very few can a tape educate you.  Jacks schools us to the original samples used in many of todays modern bangers–little do we know how unoriginal music has become, and Big Jacks reminds us…

Faith evans – love like this /Chic – chic cheer
Zhane – hey mr dj/Michael wycoff – looking up to you
Slave – watching you
Snoop – let’s get blown
LL cool j – phenomenon
Creative source – who is he and what is he to you
Grand master flash and the furious five – white lines (don’t do it)/ Mobb deep – quiet storm
Barry white – ecstasy when you’re next to me
Mary j bilge – bring me joy
Mariah Carey – fantasy
Tom Tom club – genius of love
Jimmy Spicer – money (dolla bill ya’ll)
Maino – hi hater
Jimmy Spicer – bubble bunch
Busta Rhymes – dangerous/Extra T’s – ET boogie
Jay-Z – money ain’t a thang/Steve Arrington – weak at the knees
Melissa Morgan – fool’s paradise
Chuck Stanley – the finer things
Fabolous feat T Pain – baby don’t go
Fabolous – baby
Michael Jackson – i can’t help it
Diana Ross – i’m coming out
Notoroious Big – mo money mo problems
Lisa Stansfield – been around the world
David Bowie – let’s dance
Queen – under pressure
Queen – another one bites the dust
Kurtis Blow – rappin blow/ Next – too close
The O’jays – my darling baby
Love Unlimited – i did it for love
Savannah Buzzard Band – cher chez la femme
Ghostface – cher chez la ghost
Edwin Birdsong – cocacola baby/Daft Punk – harder better faster stronger
Funkadelic – knee deep/Edwin Birdsong – rapper dapper snapper
Frankie Smith – double dutch bus
Hot Streak – body work
Rock Master Scott – request line/Bob James – take me to the mardi gras/Missy – work it
Masterdon Commitee – funkbox
Whodini – friends/Nas feat Lauryn Hill – if i ruled the world
Ice Cube – check yo self (remix)/Grandmaster Flash and the furious five – the message/Puffy & Mase – can’t nobody hold us down
Kool & The Gang – Hollywood swinging
Mase – feels so good
D- Train – keep on
Vaughn Mason – bounce rock roll skate/112 – only you
The Whole Darn Family – seven minutes of funk/Jay-Z – ain’t no nigga (hook)
The Four Tops – ain’t no woman like the one i got
Jay-Z – sunshine/Fearless Four –rockin’ it/Kraftwerk – the man machine
The Honey Drippers – impeach the president
Notorious BIG – unbelievable /R Kelly – my body’s callin’
Jodeci – come and talk to me
Mary J Blige – real love
Audio Two – top billin’
50 cent – i get money
JR Mafia – get money
Sylvia Striplin – can’t take love away
Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne
Labi Siffre – my song
Jay-Z – empire state of mind/The Moments – two way street
Creative Source – i just can’t see myself without you
Billy Stewart – cross my heart
Willie Hutch – i choose you/Outkast feat. UGK – international players
Switch – I call your name/Rich Boy –throw some D’s on it
Drake – best i ever had/Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds – fallin’ in love
Creative Source – i’d find you anywhere
The Originals – sunrise/Scarface – guess who’s back
Jay-Z – PSA/Little Blues Boys – seeds of love
Janko Nilovic and Dave Sucky – in space/Jay-z – DOA
Mehanan Street Band – make the road by walking/Jay-Z – ROC Boys
The Doors – five to one/Jay-Z – Take over
Nas – New York state of mind/Joe Chambers – mind rain
Brenda Russell – a little bit of love
Lil’ Kim – crush on you/Jeff Lorber Fusion – rain dance
Patrice Rushen – you remind me
Lowrell – mellow mellow right on
Claudja Berry – love for the sake of love/Montell Jordan – get it on tonite
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh – la di a di/Herb Alpert – rise/Notorious BIG – hypnotize
Keyshia Cole – let it go/Mtume – juicy fruit
Michael Mcdonald – i keep forgettin’/Warren & Nate Dogg – regulate
David McCallum – the edge/Dr Dre – the next episode
Freda Payne – high off your memory
Chaka Khan – through the fire
Major Harris – i got over love (live)
Weldon Irvine – morning sunrise
John Holt – i will
Jay-z – thank you/Marcos Valle – ele e ela