Detroit up in this...

One of America's most influential cities that has continually inspired soulful and impactful music. Here's a mix by Jonny White to get you there, and some slappers from House Shoes' growing label, Street Corner Music , to make you feel right at home. 

Meanwhile in Brooklyn....

Here's an interesting "Sway In The Morning" interview with AD Rock of the Beastie Boys providing insight on his current music consumption habits...

...And for the Brooklyn music component, lean back and sink into this beat-centric mix from The Stuyvesants, who also call Brooklyn home.

Full tracklist: 1. Ahwlee - Jimmy. (0:01) 2. TUAMIE - Hit It With Da Fork (2:10) 3. Ahwlee - .45 (4:27) 4. Ahwlee - Love.[ppl] (5:49) 5. TUAMIE - Birds On The Sidewalk (7:22) 6. Knxwledge - wheneverUreadi (9:20) 7. Knxwledge - Direktli[TWRK]_ (11:47) 8. Algorythmusic - Untitled (12:56) 9. DJ Harrison - Beauty Bee (14:45) 10. DJ Harrison - R17 (17:09) 11. STRAANGE - Random Access (17:58) 12. TUAMIE - South Hairston (20:01) 13. Khrysis - Just Friends Instr. (22:02) 14. KVZE - Sight See (23:47) 15. Knxwledge - Yuri (25:50) 16. Algorythmusic - Untitled #2 (26:59) 17. The Stuyvesants - Low Key Lovely / Anna Log (29:17) 18. The Stuyvesants - Crazy Night (31:35) 19. The Stuyvesants - Kleerly (33:22) 20. The Stuyvesants - Well Albright Then (35:17) 21. The Stuyvesants - Synth Beeps (36:50) 22. The Stuyvesants - Chocolate Sweater (38:33) 23. The Stuyvesants - 1 Thing (Remix) (40:29) 24. The Stuyvesants - Future Groove Outro (The Stuy) (42:40) An exclusive mix by The Stuyvesants (@Algorhythm & @DarienBirks) - made for the Tight Songs radio show, hosted by Fresh Selects, on XRAY FM: http://xray.fm/shows/fresh-selects Originally broadcast on Episode #53, 4/18/2015: https://www.mixcloud.com/FreshSelects/tight-songs-episode-53-w-guest-selects-from-the-stuyvesants-april-18th-2015/ Artwork by Gangster Doodles - gangsterdoodles.tumblr.com

Knxwledge is power

Producer, Knxwledge aka Knx, is a master at sourcing and flipping obscure samples into hazy beats. He has cut his own path, which is obvious when scrolling through his robust digi-discography on bandcamp.com

Extensive indi-recordings aside, Knx also collaborates with Anderson Paak (NxWorries) and Kendrick Lamar. Below are a few beat selections from Knx's vast collection, 'Kendrick's Interview With Tupac' and sample material from To Pimp A Butterfly mixed and dusted with KL sound bytes. Thanks Run P.

BREAK BUILDERS VOLUME 2

Picked this mix up at Fatbeats (R.I.P.) on Melrose many years ago and it continues to blow my mind. Record collectors and DJs alike can appreciate the uninhibited break selection by DJ Zeph and DJ Platurn, accompanied by DJ Teeko on the cuts. Listening to this mix leads me to question where and when audiences lost track of what makes a great DJ. This is what it's all about. These sounds and ideas are why many of us starting collecting records in the first place.

Break Builders Vol 2 by DJ Zeph and DJ Platurn, Feat DJ Teeko this is Vol 2 in a series of original breaks mixes. After finishing Vol 1, DJ Imperial and I had this idea to do a volume 2 using a sampler, and really blurring the lines between what was produced and what was played. When Imperial moved back to Sweden, and using a sampler seemed to be unnecessary with the editing options in what was then new- protools, I stepped up to do Vol 2 w/ one of my favorite DJ's and crate diggers.....DJ Platurn!!! Since the previous mix was predominantly live, and with this new concept, Platurn and I found that we were not in jeopardy of reinventing the wheel. We met up, and came to some conclusions...we wanted it to be B Boy/Girl friendly, we werent going to limit what we used to any category, and that we wanted to feature one of our favorite DJ's with the illest cuts DJ Teeko. This format proved to be really hot, and i dont think we were the only ones to do something like this, but we were definately one of the first, and we were really proud of the end result. Being able to extend and overlap breaks indefinately really is a great way to approach a breaks mix. This is really proven in moments like the Olympic Runners kazoo mashup, or the Ramsey Lewis rock blend. By not limiting the selection to any categories we get edits of newer releases of classics like the Kenny Dope/J5 and its monster drums intro, but without all the excessive parts (the song lol). We also get DJ Teeko just murdering the cuts in moments like the Shadow/Cut Chemist numbers redo. We had a lot of fun putting this down, and hope you enjoy listening/dancing...

BBNG

With their recent collaboration with Ghostface, these fellas have certainly earned their spot on the large festival circuit. But despite producing an album with one of the more popular and distinguishable voices of the Wu-Tang Clan, these Toronto natives continue to collaborate with lesser known talent from around the world. Here are some of our favorite sounds coming from BADBADNOTGOOD...

LABEL SPOTLIGHT: BLVNT RECORDS

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