Mikki D – Sweet Sounz Vol.9
Mondays are pretty crap as a general rule, aren’t they? Only one thing for it, really – a bit of mix tape medicine to cure whatever’s ailing you. This week, Island Bay and Dublin’s favourite son Mikki D plays the role of good doctor with the ninth installment of his Sweet Sounz series.
Mikki is a hip hop all rounder in the true sense of the word, never short of a few verses to pepper his mixes with.
Sweet Sounz 9 sees the party-rocking D.J. and M.C. – A.K.A. Edmund Skillary – dish up a mix that takes in the best of hip hop, dancehall, funk and soul, including an exclusive dub plate version of Mega Banton’s ‘Soundboy Killing Remix’, smooth hip hop from Statik Selektah, and up front tunes from his homeland of New Zealand (Opensouls, Flowz, Fat Freddy’s Drop), and his adopted base of Ireland (Rira).
Hell, it’s worth the download just to hear Mikki croon his way through the opening bars of the intro, before dropping some of the witty rhymes that have become a staple of Sweet Sounz.
1. Intro
2. Statik Selektah (feat. Styles P & Talib Kweli) – The Thrill Is Gone
3. Mega Banton – Soundboy Killing Remix (Dubplate)
4. Anthony B – Give Thanks A Life
5. Flowz (feat. T.C.) – One Step Away
6. Opensouls (feat. Ladi 6) – Sweetlove
7. Rira – Follow
8. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Mars
9. YesKing (feat. Kenny Knotts, Baby Chain & Mystro) – Champion Sound
10. Mos Def – Casa Bey
11. Nightmares On Wax – Da Feelin
12. Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No
13. Gramatik – Bring It Fast
14. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – One Sweet Love To Remember
15. Neighbour – Whirlybird
16. Breakthrough – Fat Freddy’s Drop
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