Blowin’ Your Cover

07. November 2009 · Filed under: Mixtapes, Music · 6 Comments

It’s finally here! By popular demand, another mixtape featuring cover songs that are just fucking awesome. Everything from reggae to acoustic and R&B to Jazz, these 24 tracks cover everything! A few of the artists featured are ortoPilot, Emmy The Great, and Alphabeat.

I hope you enjoy this mix. You can find the first cover mixtape here. Cheers!

Track listing:

Black & Gold – Katy Perry, Original by Sam Sparro
Where is my Mind? – Emmy The Great, Original by Pixies
No Woman, No Cry – Xavier Rudd, Original by Bob Marley
Ms. Jackson – The Vines, Original by Outkast
Don’t Speak – Leela James, Original by No Doubt
Hallelujah – ortoPilot, Original by Leonard Cohen
Every Breath You Take – UB40, Original by The Police
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Trash Pour 4, Original by Bonnie Tyler
What I Got – Shannon Campbell, Original by Sublime
Happy Together – Simple Plan, Original by The Turtles
Summertime – Stereophonics, Original by George Gershwin
Take On Me – Reel Big Fish, Original by a-ha
If You Leave – Nada Surf, Original by OMD
Fever – Meiko, Original by Little Willie John
Tyrone – My Morning Jacket, Original by Erykah Badu
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – MYMP, Original by Starship
Cello Song – The Books feat. Jose Gonzalez, Original by Nick Drake
Digital Love – Alphabeat, Original by Daft Punk
Mercy – The Fratellis, Original by Duffy
Tainted Love – Duffy, Original by Soft Cell
Sea of Love - Cat Power, Original by Phil Phillips and The Twilights
Imagine – Jack Johnson, Original by John Lennon
Mad World – Gary Jules, Original by Tears For Fears
Something – Radiohead, Original by The Beatles

If you like any 0f the songs listed above, support the artist by purchasing them. You can also leave a comment with your favorite song. If I’m feeling nice, you may get a surprise in your inbox.

Photo courtesy of ladybird_77.

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Tagged: Acoustic, British, Cover, Electronica, Folk, Indie, Jazz, Live, Mix, Pop, R&B, Reggae, Remake, Rock

Lazy Monday Mix

27. July 2009 · Filed under: Mixtapes, Music · 2 Comments

For today’s mixtape from 8tracks, I’ve chosen to feature 10 mellow/dub/reggae songs that are perfect for a lazy Monday mix, but it’s good for any day. If you want to just listen to something that isn’t distracting, easy on the ears, and has a good beat, then this mix is for you.

Track listing:

Amber - 311
Let The Drummer Kick – Citizen Cope
Runnin’ With a Gun – Slightly Stoopid
Waiting for My Ruca – Sublime
Left Hand Suzuki Method – Gorillaz
Hot Cookin’ – G. Love
Stormtrooper – Pepper
Ganja Smuggling – The Expendables
Cali Girl – Ballyhoo!
Can’t Slow Down – Brett Dennen

If you like any of the songs listed above, support the artist by purchasing them.

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Tagged: Chillout, Dub, Folk, Mellow, Reggae, Rock, Ska

Shake That Ass!

25. July 2009 · Filed under: Mixtapes, Music · Leave a Comment

Remember the good old days when you heard the Miami Bass sound and other bootie popping songs blaring on the radio? Well, here is a mix of some of those old school songs featuring 2 Live Crew, Quad City Dj’s, and Rob Base.

Remember: Shake that ass, bitch, and lemme see what you’ve got!

Tracks featured:

Sally (That Girl) – Gucci Crew II
Pum Pum Mami Mami – El General
Boom! I Got Your Girlfriend! - Danny D
I Wanna Rock – Luke
Whoomp! (There It Is) – Tag Team
Mentirosa – Mellow Man Ace
Koochie Kuterz – Pla Ya Pancho
Me So Horny – 2 Live Crew
It Takes Two – Rob Base
Twice My Age – Shabba Ranks
Push It – Salt n’ Peppa
Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot
Thyou – Zoe
Hoochie Mama – 2 Live Crew
Tootsie Roll – 69 Boys (featuring the Quad City Dj’s)

If you like any of the songs listed above, support the artist by purchasing them.

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Tagged: Bootie, Dance, Hip-Hop, Miami Bass, Old School, Rap, Reggae, Spanish

No Woman, No Cry

16. October 2008 · Filed under: Music · 9 Comments

Anyone who has heard of Bob Marley knows the song No Woman, No Cry. It is so popular that it has been covered by artists over and over again. The song is about written about violence and abuse against women. The songs name No Woman, Nuh Cry in Jamaican patois, where the “nuh” means “don’t”, literally translates to No Woman, Don’t cry.

A more accurate rendering of the title in Jamaican patois would be “No, woman, nuh cry”. Nuh, which makes a shorter vowel sound for no, is the equivalent of the contraction don’t.^[2]

The song was written by Bob Marley, but the copyright credits go to “V. Ford”, which is Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown where Marley grew up. These song credits kept this soup kitchen open to serve the poor and needy.

So many have covered it but I’ve chosen a few to include here. While you are listening to your favorite version of the song, remember the reason why it was written and how the power of music and love can overcome anything.

No Woman, No Cry by Xavier Rudd (One of my favorite versions)