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I know not everyone will be at the beach for the 3rd annual Hangout Music Fest, but you may still enjoy three playlists worth of music. The daily schedule hasn’t been announced yet, but I did my best to guess (thanks to HOF Proboards). I’m highly looking forward to Jack White, the Peppers, Sleeper Agent, Givers, Wilco, Alabama Shakes and Gary Clark Jr. Download or Spotify below. Spotify doesn’t have all the songs, but thats another story….

Thanks to Jenny, Payton, Kacie, Drew and Scott G. for the song suggestions.

Hangout Music Fest – Disc 1 (link)
1. Jack White – Love Interruption
2. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
3. Jack White – Sixteen Saltines
4. Wilco – A Shot In The Arm
5. Wilco – I Might
6. Chris Cornell – Doesn’t Remind Me
7. Audioslave – I Am The Highway
8. Dispatch – Broken American
9. Dispatch – The General
10. Alabama Shakes – Hang Loose
11. Alabama Shakes – Hold On
12. M. Ward – Never Had Nobody Like You
13. Rebelution – Sky Is The Limit
14. Dawes – When My Time Comes
15. Dawes – Time Spent In Los Angeles
16. Sleeper Agent – Get Burned
17. Dr. Dog – Lonesome
18. Allen Stone – Satisfaction
19. Hey Rosetta! – Seeds
20. Rich Aucoin – It
21. Archnemesis – Helicopter Mack
22. Paul Oakenfold – Surrender

Hangout Music Fest – Disc 2 (link)
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
5. Gary Clark Jr. – Bright Lights
6. Gary Clark Jr. – Don’t Owe You A Thang
7. Flogging Molly – Requiem For A Dying Song
8. Flogging Molly – Salty Dog
9. Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies
10. Heartless Bastards – Got To Have Rock & Roll
11. Umphrey’s McGee – Miami Virtue
12. Julian Marley – Boom Draw
13. Tribal Seeds – Run The Show
14. The Devil Makes Three – For Good Again
15. Futurebirds – Breathe For Days
16. Futurebirds – Megachills
17. Mac Miller – Best Day Ever
18. Mac Miller – In The Air
19. Mac Miller – Donald Trump
20. STS9 – When The Dust Settles
21. Skrillex – Rock N Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)
22. Skrillex – Bangarang
23. Skrillex – Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

Hangout Music Fest – Disc 3 (link)
1. Dave Matthews Band – Two Step
2. Dave Matthews Band – Grey Street
3. Dave Matthews Band – #41
4. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Janglin
5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Thats Whats Up
6. Michael Franti & Spearhead – 652 Say Hey (I Love You)
7. Young the Giant – Apartment
8. Young the Giant – My Body
9. G. Love & The Special Sauce – Baby’s Got Sauce
10. G. Love & The Special Sauce – Rodeo Clowns ft Jack Johnson
11. Cage the Elephant – Shake Me Down
12. Cage the Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
13. Gogol Bordello – Pala Tute
14. The Flaming Lips – Eclipse ft Henry Rollins
15. Yelawolf – Trunk Muzik
16. Yelawolf – Lets Roll
17. Delta Spirit – People C’Mon
18. Delta Spirit – Golden State
19. Givers – Saw You First
20. Givers – Ceiling of Plankton
21. The Lumineers – Ho Hey
22. Greyboy Allstars – How Glad I Am
23. Zeds Dead – Rucks the Jam
24. Paper Diamond – Levitate
25. Kaskade – Fire In Your New Shoes

I’m always amazed at the response I get from these hip-hop/rap mixtapes. I’ve been making them since high school and to this day, I get more people asking “when is the next Nark dropping” than I would ever imagine. As is always the case, the amount of garbage rap I comb through to get these is astounding. There simply isn’t as much good hip-hop material to make these mixtapes come out monthly, but I’d like to think that when I finally send these out, its quality from front to back.

The latest Nark features the return of veterans Nas, Obie Trice, Del the Funky Homosapien and Cam’ron all at the top of their game. Well, Cam’ron just proves he is still a nutcase, but everyone else is still reaches heights of past glory. Mainstays like Big KRIT, T.I. and Killer Mike continue to put out quality material, but Kanye really went for the jugular with “Theraflu” and “Mercy”. We already knew Kendrick Lamar had a wealth of potential, but new laid back single “The Recipie” really showcases talent and beat selection as he goes toe to toe with the good Dr. I could also speak on the brewing talents of Children of the Night and Logic, but you’ll soon hear why I’m a fan.

UPDATE: Apparently, the Del track is from his Deltron 3030 project back in 2000. It was new to me and I probably stumbled upon it when looking into his new project w/Attractive Sin. Enjoy a bit of history.

Nark of Ages – DOWNLOAD (Link 1)
1. Big KRIT – I Got This
2. Cam’Ron – F*** You
3. Chill Bump – Alive
4. Kanye West – Theraflu ft DJ Khaled
5. Kendrick Lamar – The Recipe ft Dr. Dre
6. NaS – The Don
7. Busta Rhymes & Twista – Can You Keep Up (produced by Just Blaze)
8. Del The Funky Homosapien – Madness
9. Obie Trice – Dear Lord
10. CyHi Da Prynce – A-Town ft Travis Porter & B.o.B.
11. Nicki Minaj – Champion ft NaS, Drake & Young Jeezy
12. Danny Brown – Grown Up
13. T.I. – I Need Dollas
14. Kanye West – Mercy ft Big Sean, Pusha T & 2Chainz
15. Logic – Numbers
16. OnCue – New Religion (produced by Just Blaze)
17. Children Of The Night – Kid From Queens
18. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Victory Lap
19. Childish Gambino – Eat Your Veggies
20. Action Bronson – 16 Tapas
21. T.I. – Love This Life
22. Jay Electronica – Dear Moleskin (produced by Just Blaze)

P.S. For all fans of the days of old Shady/Aftermath, I highly recommend scooping up the new Obie Trice album Bottoms Up. Well worth your $5 and then some.

Spring returned in ATL, but someone might have got the seasons confused because its more like Summer here. Santigold, Tanlines, Edward Sharpe and Free Energy are here to let you know: they aren’t confused and essentially picked up where they left off since we last heard them. Elsewhere, Cudder and Dot Da Genius get into space age love as WZRD on “Teleport 2 Me” and Reptar shows why they are one of my band’s to watch on the spring-ready anthem “Sebastian”. Also, someone really needs to explain to me why “Wolf” was only a bonus cut off First Aid Kit’s recent album. If their album leftovers sound like that, they need to put out album #3 already. Lastly, I’m not sure what a Django Django is, but if these guys put out thumping music like “Default”, I’ll support it.

JayeL Audio 4-4-12 (link)
1. Santigold – Disparate Youth
2. The Mowgli’s – San Francisco
3. Tanlines – All of Me
4. Django Django – Default
5. Reptar – Sebastian
6. Vacationer – Good As New
7. Norah Jones – Happy Pills
8. Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine
9. Francis – Traktor
10. First Aid Kit – Wolf
11. Elliott Brood – Northern Air
12. WZRD (aka Kid Cudi & Dot Da Genius) – Teleport 2 Me
13. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes – Man On Fire
14. DWNTWN – Transition
15. U.S. Royalty – Sleepy Eyes
16. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather
17. Free Energy – Electric Fever
18. Maximo Park – The National Health
19. Capital Cities – Kangaroo Court
20. Deportees – A New Name To Go By ft Lykke Li
21. The Civil Wars – Billie Jean (MJ cover on LaundroMatinee)

Special Thanks to CoS, PMA, All Things Go and Phil for the heads up on the Civil Wars cover.

In case I’ve neglected to mention it before, the .xml file included in the folder you are about to download will organize all these songs in the order I intended. Simply add the “JayeL Audio 4-4-12″ folder of songs to your iTunes, then click “File”>”Library”>”Import Playlist” and select the .xml file. You’ll be able to hear the songs in the order I intended. Yes, there is a method to my madness.

A combination of moving, late nights at work and a fried motherboard means we have a lot of music to talk about. Luckily, I was able to scoop up a new MacBook Pro and get relatively caught up on the plethora of new music unleashed in the last month or so. I’m somewhat glad I waited as long as I did though, otherwise the new mixtape wouldn’t have included new joints from the likes of Edward Sharpe, Dragonette and Jai Paul. Get after it. I’m pretty sure I’m more addicted to Tennis’ bluesy “Petition” than I was when I reviewed it.

JayeL Audio 4-3-12 (link)
1. Tennis – Petition
2. Lana Del Ray – Blue Jeans (RAC mix)
3. Vacationer – Dreamlike
4. Miike Snow – The Wave
5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes – Thats Whats Up
6. Sydney Wayser – La Di Da
7. Jack Penate – No One Lied
8. Beat Connection – Think-Feel ft Chelsey Scheffe
9. Dragonette – Let It Go
10. Bahamas – Caught Me Thinking
11. Best Coast – The Only Place
12. Wild Child – Pillow Talk
13. Alex Winston – Fire Ant
14. Cultfever – Collector
15. Release the Sunbird – I Will Walk
16. Mariee Sioux – Swimming Through Stone
17. KO KO – Float
18. Deportees – Islands and Shores
19. Dante – Won’t Go
20. Gossip – Perfect World
21. Plants and Animals – Lightshow
22. Jai Paul – Jasmine

Next mixtape is coming sooner than you think. Props to CoS, All Things Go, PMA and Hype Machine.

The latest Nark mixtape reminded me of a few people who regularly input on the music I send out, so lets profile.
Laura – You’ll be happy to know clever up and coming emcees Schoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky figured out the perfect way to put a “Pursuit of Happiness” sample in a song.
EK/Jessica – As ATL legends, you might recognize Saigon’s choice in 3 Stacks sample.
Brian P – “Rack City” means something a little different than your gift from the wedding registry.
P-Money – Dr. Dre promptly ignored your request for Detox to drop, but he did grant your wish of a T.I. collabo.
Gutter – How is it possible that Project Pat thought of another weed nickame? Cheese and crackers? Really?
Thomas – I would says something clever here about your love for Chiddy Bang, but no doubt you’ve been jamming to “Ray Charles” on the Hype Machine for months.
Millhouse – You and Jamie can celebrate the birth of your first daughter with a perfectly timed ode to Beyonce and Jay-Z’s billion dollar baby. Thank god you had the sense to not name her after a color.
Swenson – You’ll have to let me know if you approve of XV’s Skrillex sampling on “Boss Level”. I’ve always thought a rapper would sound great on “Scary Sprites and Nice Monsters”.
Drew – You should really thank Ricky Rozay on your travels to South Florida. Well, maybe you should thank Drake because “Stay Schemin” sounds more like a Drizzy song than an Officer Ross track.

The Nark With A Dragon Tattoo – DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. T.I. – Popped Off ft Dr. Dre
2. E-40 – Function ft YG, IamSu & Problem
3. Star Slinger – Chain Dumbin remix ft Juicy J, Project Pat & Reggie B
4. Schoolboy Q – Hands on the Wheel ft A$AP Rocky
5. Future ATL – Magic remix ft T.I.
6. K’Naan – Nothing To Lose ft Nas
7. Chiddy Bang – Ray Charles
8. Deniro Farrar – Minivan ft 2 Chainz
9. Chip Tha Ripper – Out Here
10. Saigon – I Am 4 Real
11. Lupe Fiasco – American Terrorist III
12. Copywrite – Rest In Power
13. A$AP Rocky – Celebration
14. Talib Kweli – Distractions
15. Thelophious London – Last Night (LVRS Anthem)
16. Wais P – Amphitheatre
17. Brother Ali – Writer’s Block
18. Rick Ross – Stay Schemin’ ft Drake & French Montana
19. Pill – Its All On Me
20. Tyga – Rack City remix ft Wale, Fabolous, Young Jeezy, Meek Mill & T.I.
21. XV – Boss Level

Thanks to 2DopeBoyz, Nah Right, Hype Machine and Hot New Hip Hop.

Influence is largely the theme of the majority of mixtape number two for this week. Teen Daze kicks things off with an Earth, Wind & Fire sampling dance party. Speaking of influence, does the piano fueled opening of Miike Snow’s “Devil’s Work” remind anyone else of Van Halen’s “Right Now”? I swear I just flashbacked to middle school. Charming female songstresses Alex Winston and Oh Land cover The Black Keys and The National, respectively. Even Mayer Hawthorne and Electric Guest offer up soul and Motown related gems. Elsewhere, The National demo a new track that sounds, well, like The National. We welcome back The Shins, which sound like the old Shins, but aren’t really the old Shins. Lastly, I have to say, I’m really enjoying the blues rock inspired sound of Cold War Kids new demos. I’m certainly intrigued by the addition of a new lead guitarist in Modest Mouse’s Dann Gallucci.

JayeL Audio 1-27-12: DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Teen Gaze – Let’s Groove
2. Electric Guest – This Head I Hold
3. Johnny Headband – Over There
4. The Shins – Simple Song
5. The Concept – Gimme Twice
6. Gospel Music – Apartment
7. Midi Matilda – Day Dreams
8. Ed Vallance – Crystlalline
9. Mayer Hawthorne – Stick Around
10. The National – Rylan (Live on Q)
11. Miike Snow – Devil’s Work
12. Meg Myers – Adelaide
13. The Big Pink – Hit the Ground (Superman)
14. The Oh Hellos – Hello My Old Heart
15. Alex Winston – Everlasting Light (The Black Keys cover)
16. Dana Falconberry – Petoskey Stone
17. Cold War Kids – Minimum Day
18. Kishi Bashi – Bright Whites
19. Diagrams – Tall Buildings
20. Water Town Bucket Boys – Meet Me Where The Crow Don’t Fly
21. Boxer Rebellion – Losing You
22. Oh Land – Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National cover)
Thanks to CoS, All Things Go, Mixtape Maestro, PMA, Largehearted Boy and the interwebs.

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The post 2011 wrap-up/holiday catch up is always a tough one, but brings plentiful music from artists new and old. The return on Lettercamp is in full swing on electro pop anthem “Oh Well”, Florence and the Machine put together one of the best covers of 2011 (“Take Care”) and Tennis expands on their reverb pop sound with “Origins”. Electric Guest show off the reasons Danger Mouse is producing their debut, The Rubens continue their building buzz (“My Gun”) and Frankie Rose shines with retro pop. Lastly, who is excited for the long awaited comeback of Santigold?

JayeL Audio 1-23-12 – DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Florence + The Machine – Take Care (Drake cover)
2. Electric Guest – American Daydream
3. The Rubens – My Gun
4. Santigold – Big Mouth
5. fun. – One Foot
6. Outasight – Let’s Go
7. Nneka – My Home
8. Lettercamp – Oh Well
9. The Features – From Now On
10. Mausi – sol.
11. Dirty Ghosts – Shout It In
12. Fibes, Oh Fibes – Cerahtonia
13. Frankie Rose – Know Me
14. Crystal Fingers – Follow
15. School of Seven Bells – The Night
16. Tennis – Origins
17. Digital Leather – Young Doctors In Love
18. FAN-TAN – 1989
19. Tanlines – Brothers
20. Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings
21. Water Tower Bucket Boys – Walkin’ The Road
22. Young Heel – Love You Down (Ready For The World cover)

Oh and be ready for another mixtape this week. Props to CoS, All Things Go, PMA and Largehearted Boy

You know it must be 4th Quarter when all the big guns of hip-hop are offering up new material. Drake snapped up Ricky Ross over an eloquent Just Blaze production on “Lord Knows”. Ludacris and B.o.B. let loose a free mixtapes with Luda referencing my favorite movie of 1985, Back To The Future and Meek Mill set himself up for success with a DJ Khaled posse cut for “I’m A Boss”. Even newly reunited Mobb Deep (without the Curtis co-sign) talked fellow Queensbridge native Nas into a guest appearance on “Get It Forever”. The most talked about track from Young Jeezy’s Thug Motivation 103 doesn’t disappoint with features from Hova and the ever elusive Andre 3 Stacks.

Its not all about the big names though. New emcee (with an awful awful name) Buddy scores a slick debut on Neptunes’ produced “Awesome Awesome”, K-OS co-hort Saukrates lines up his most viable song to date in “Say I” and Shawn Christopher shows other indie blog combing rappers what to do with Cults’ hit “Go Outside”. Lastly, thanks to Hype Machine, my days of filling the Cudder void have been temporarily quelled after hearing new goodness from blog favorite Skizzy Mars (“Tara”, “Together”). Isn’t there someone in Cudi’s camp who can tell him to drop the guitar?

If all of that sounds up your alley, download Narkanomics below and leave a comment.

Narkanomics - DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. T.I. – Pyro
2. Ludacris – Can You Buy That
3. Meek Mill – I’m A Boss remix ft DJ Khaled, T.I., Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Birdman & Swizz Beatz
4. Young Jeezy – I Do ft Jay-Z & Andre 3000
5. Buddy – Awesome Awesome
6. Black Milk – Brain
7. Jay Electronica – Call Of Duty ft Mobb Deep
8. Skizzy Mars – Together
9. Cocaine 80s – Six ft Common & James Faulteroy
10. Drake – Lord Knows ft Rick Ross (produced by Just Blaze)
11. Asher Roth – Common Knowledge
12. Mobb Deep – Get It Forever ft Nas
13. The Roots – Kool On ft P.O.R.N & Truck North
14. Saukrates – Say I
15. B.o.B. – Perfect Symmetry ft 2 Chainz
16. Wale – Chain Music
17. Slim Thug – Creepin ft Bun B & Paul Wall
18. Torae – For The Record
19. Skizzy Mars – Tara
20. Shawn Christopher – Go Outside ft Cults
21. Childish Gambino – Twistclip Loop

Is it weird to anyone else that Mobb Deep shout “Throw ya diamonds in the sky” on “Call of Duty”? Seems like they must have forgot about this little beef….

photo via Reckless Times
Turns out leaving for almost two weeks means a lot of new music to catch up on. Well worth the wait, of course. Hopefully, you’ve already had time to digest excellent new releases from Florence & the Machine, Childish Gambino and Mayer Hawthorne. If not, I’m betting you will soon. Elsewhere, Phantogram returned with addictive synth pop on “Don’t Move” and the District Attorneys released an EP of demos that really could be a full on southern rock album (see “California Fire”). Newcomers this round include The Rubens who shine with blues rock (“Lay It Down”), retro pop action via Starlight Girls (“The Hunch”) and The Preservation (“The First Story”). Last but not least, you can’t tell me Bastille doesn’t transport you right back to high school with their cover of City High’s “What Would You Do”.

JayeL Audio 11-23-11 – DOWNLOAD (.rar)
1. Blondfire – Where The Kids Are
2. Mayer Hawthorne – Hooked
3. Alex Clare – Damn Your Eyes (Etta James cover)
4. Phantogram – Don’t Move
5. Cee Lo Green – Anyway
6. Savoir Adore – Dreamers
7. The Preservation – First Story
8. White Denim – Hot Thought
9. Starlight Girls – The Hunch
10. The Rubens – Lay It Down
11. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
12. Said the Whale – Lines
13. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
14. Washed Out – Call It Off
15. Tennis – Tell Her No
16. The Records – Call Of The Ice
17. Childish Gambino – Sunrise
18. Rich Aucoin – It
19. Big Bad 40 – Electric Lady ft Cee Lo Green
20. Florence & the Machine – Only If For A Night
21. The District Attorneys – California Fire
22. Bastille – What Would You Do (City High cover)

Happy Thanksgiving and be sure to like JayeL Audio on Facebook!
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In case you weren’t at the actual event to see our nuptials, here is the wedding favor we gave out. Download it below. Artwork courtesy of Willa J. Tracosas. If you need WinRar, download it here.

LJ + JL – The Wedding Mixtape: DOWNLOAD (.rar)

Best.Wedding.Ever.

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