The Weekly Mix, Vol. 724 - Black August Mixtape

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we are revisiting 2019's Black August Mixtape. Celebrating Black liberation and global solidarity movements, DJ Gabriel Teodros curates this powerful mix featuring stand-out tracks from Salaam Remi & Black Thought, Shafiq Husayn, DAM, Tobe Nwigwe, Klassy & Ruby Ibarra, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins, Sampa the Great, Jamila Woods and more.

1. S.O.U.L. Purpose - In Flight Movie: Dr. Goodlungs (feat. Zubz, Skyzoo & Pharoahe Monch)
2. OCnotes - Radio Nat Turner
3. DAM - Hada Yid'ie Sitna
4. Salaam Remi - Bad To The Bone (feat. Black Thought & Reek Ruffin)
5. Klassy - Power Trip (feat. Ruby Ibarra)
6. Tobe Nwigwe - Against The Grain / Shine (feat. Madeline Edwards)
7. Jamila Woods - BALDWIN (feat. Nico Segal)
8. Shafiq Husayn - My-Story of Love / Starring You
9. G&D - Where I'm From
10. Suff Daddy - Magic (feat. Ill Camille & J.Lamotta)
11. K!MMORTAL - Ice Palaces
12. Sampa the Great - Final Form

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0:00.0	You're listening to KexP's Music That Matters, a weekly podcast bringing you some of the freshest new independent music from around the world.
0:09.0	My name is Gabriel Tiodros, and this week got a very special mix done in honor of Black August,
0:17.0	celebrating Black liberation movements worldwide. And on that theme of global solidarity,
0:25.1	we're going to start things off right with something from Soul Purpose's new album, The Checkin.
0:30.8	Mazi of Soul Purpose recorded this whole album between South Africa and the United States,
0:36.3	unifying hip-hop artists from both countries on every
0:39.3	single track, with all the proceeds from the album going to fund the Mandela Children's Hospital
0:44.8	in Johannesburg. The track you're about to hear is called In-Flight Movie, Dr. Goodlungs,
0:50.9	and it features Zub's' Last Letter from SA,
0:57.2	along with Faro Munch and Skysu from New York City.
1:02.0	It's music that matters, K-E-X-P, Black August mixtape.
1:02.8	Yeah.
1:28.3	This is a good time to introduce you to the heartbeat our organization. The pulse of everything that we do is centered around the drums. You know that your entire life is centered around your heart beat, and that's rhythm, is it not? Thank you. Clean up your rap. Your story's getting dusty.
1:42.3	Wash out your mouth, your lives are getting rusty.
1:47.0	Oh!
1:48.0	Clean up your rap, your stories getting dusty, wash out your mouth, your lives are getting rusty.
2:05.6	Always rapping about the same old thing.
2:09.6	Always rapping about the same old thing.
2:12.6	Always rapping about the same old thing.
2:15.6	Always rapping about the same old thing. Always rapping about the same old thing.
2:19.3	Dr. Good Lums. I call you Dr. Good Luns.
2:22.3	Because you talk a good one. You should write a pocketbook on standing at that podium,
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