Anyone under 25 would probably call this the Ultimate Playlist, but I’m about a decade beyond that and therefore the MixTape it is.
I went by the blank CD rule of having to fit everything in a time limit of less than 78 minutes, which resulted in some tough cuts, especially once I was about 10 minutes over and had to kill off the last couple tracks.
I spent literally seconds on the track order here, and kept myself to a hard limit of 1 track per artist for the decade. Perhaps if you aren’t much of a hip hop head some tracks may not be your cup of tea, but if you have “broad tastes” I really think there is something for everyone here.
No cuts here, this wasn’t my really my era as I was 16 when it ended and still coming to terms with what I did and did not really like.
The Final List
Not in order, and I’m chickening out and not picking an outright “winner”. I did fudge a little but there was no way “Kashmir” was going.
1/ Hunters & Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me – 4.11
2/ Fishbone – Ma & Pa – 3.21
3/ James Brown – Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine – 5.17
4/ Public Enemy – Bring The Noise – 3.47
5/ Terence Trent D’Arby – Sign Your Name – 4.38
6/ Young MC – Bust A Move – 4.23
7/ Lenny Kravitz – Rosemary – 5.28
8/ De La Soul – Eye Know – 4.13
9/ Prince – Kiss – 3.46
10/ Eric B & Rakim – Follow The Leader – 5.34
11/ Led Zeppelin – Kashmir – 8.33
12/ Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – 5.13
13/ Run DMC – Run’s House – 3.44
14/ Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On – 4.54
15/ Stetsasonic – Talkin’ All That Jazz – 7.03
16/ The Church – Under The Milky Way – 4.58
Total – 16 Songs = 78.57 minutes
Happy Listening as always.
