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i once dj’d for a local mostly-chicano car show. i played a lot of songs like this. brown-eyed soul, chicano rap, music with maracas and horns…my latest mix:

FIRME TRACKS VOL. 5

100% firme, guaranteed

a new mix over at my music blog: billy preston, tina turner, ray charles, joe cocker, nina simone, carla thomas, irma thomas, and a few others…!

i have a lot of music on the backburner for other mixes, including a new volume of firme tracks, and another one that ties azealia banks to wanda jackson and 80s funk. so stay tuned

a mix for anticipation! learning patience! keeping warm! relying on each other to get us through these dark cold times!

1. the escorts - look over your shoulder
2. the angels - i adore him
3. flowers - confessions
4. alibabki - to ziemia
5. gribouille - a courte paille
6. broadcast - long was the year
7. young tigers - i have nothing
8. kleenex/liliput - madness
9. julia holter - goddess eyes
10. mikal cronin - give it to me (troggs cover)
11. junior parker - tomorrow never knows
12. pool-bah - laughter and pain
13. silver apples - i have known love
14. shuggie otis - aht uh mi hed
15. george harrison - if not for you
16. gloria lynne - you don’t have to be a tower of strength
17. letta mbulu and the honeybees - umaradebe
18. neil young - winterlong
19. the clean - anything can happen

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funk machine - “soul santa”

the opening track on my new christmas mix :)

click here for more info + download!

november mix

from brown-eyed soul (los rondels, sunny ozuna) to sultry jazz (clark erni and cortex); settling soft and low with connie converse and the 6ths; blasting beyond with the b-52s and french space disco

a firme track: when you close your eyes, you can picture it being blasted from a ranfla (tricked out old car, lowrider)

this set of firme tracks: halloween/dia de los muertos edition >:) for playing late at night in your ranfla. don’t play it too loud…you don’t want to upset the neighbors…or worse, los espectros…

1. blackrock - yeah yeah
2. redman - tonight’s da night
3. doris & kelley - you don’t have to worry
4. pat clayton - i said no
5. danny cobb - my isabella
6. mickey & sylvia - bewildered
7. brenton wood - oogum boogum
8. mos def - life is real
9. galt macdermot - coffee cold
10. them - here comes the night
11. roy orbison - in dreams
12. jonathan richman - vampiresa mujer
13. cheryl williams - i’m your fool
14. gucci mane ft. trina - vampires
15. kick - lollie pop
16. earth wind fire - getaway
17. preacher - life is a gamble
18. frankie karl - don’t be afraid
19. candy & the kisses - are you trying to get rid of me, baby
20. the limiñanas - i’m dead
21. the shanes - can i trust you?
22. the cookies - softly in the night
23. raphael saadiq - big easy
24. nick cave & the bad seeds - running scared
25. the four tops - still waters run deep

past volumes: vol. 1 / vol. 2 / vol. 3

new mix of firme tracks — just in time for the labor day weekend!

WARNIN these tracks are ultra firme. not for the faint of heart. 80s funk, chicano rap, 60s soul, new orleans funk, beyonce and prince, nestled together, ready to bbq.

other sets of firme tracks: vol. 2 // vol. 1

i made a mix for the end of summer! i actually made two — one is firme tracks vol. 3, which will be great for your labor day bbqs and last-minute beach excursions; i’ll post that a little later. the other is this one, which is great for lying in your bed and not wanting to return to work or school ever again. this one is introverted, the other one will be extroverted. a deadly duo.

FIRME TRACKS VOL. 2

1. mike adame - chicanita
2. billy stewart - look back and smile
3. ms krazie - si hoy que nos amamos
4. jean p - time
5. the brothers johnson - strawberry letter 23 
6. js - ice cream
7. paperroute gangstaz - woodgrain
8. johnson & johnson - wow!
9. honey cone - the want-ads
10. king floyd - groove me
11. fontella bass - hold on this time
12. allen toussaint - get out of my life woman
13. sunny & the sunliners - should i take you home
14. wah wah watson - bubbles
15. the mandells - think back
16. doris & kelley - you don’t have to worry
17. quietfire - you make me wanna shout
18. young & company - i like what you’re doing to me
19. the fentones - take five
20. el chicano - don’t put me down if i’m brown

follow the link for the mix! (here’s vol. 1)

you will feel like a cute latina eating an ice cream in a slightly but not overtly sexual way hanging out of a lowrider in the early evening

FIRME TRACKS - VOL. 1

1. africa - you take advantage of me
2. tommy neal - going to a happening
3. lighter shade of brown - on a sunday afternoon
4. war - don’t let no one get you down
5. s.o.u.l. - this time around
6. kelly rowland ft. lil wayne - motivation
7. love unlimited - i belong to you
8. manny corchado - pow wow
9. marsha hunt - oh no! not the beast day!
10. one way - cutie pie
11. t.i. ft. pharrell - freak though
12. mtume - juicy fruit
13. nathalie - my love won’t let you down
14. the wire - kidney bingos
15. missy elliot ft. special guest - love will freak us
16. 213 - so fly
17. mr. criminal - i know you like it
18. pete rock & cl smooth - lots of lovin
19. the delfonics - la-la (means i love you)
20. byrdie green - get a hold of yourself
21. the yum yums - gonna be a big thing
22. cannibal & the headhunters - follow the music
23. war - all day music

AN UNPRECEDENTED (well, nearly) MIX

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perfect for sunday afternoons, riding around whittier, checking out chicas, barbequeing at the park, early summer fun with loved ones.

this is absolutely my favorite kind of music (firme) so there will be at least one more volume! [this volume is the kind of stuff they play on hot 92.3 but i’m hoping that the next one will be more bilingual heh]

mix ready for your enjoyment!

tracklist:

click here or on the picture for download

i made another mix! fresh!

perfect for the weekend…dancin…sleepin…gettin sexy…gettin introspective…you name it

(also: you might have missed the one i made before this and i’m not gonna lie, that one was tight as hell. check it out, if you haven’t already.)

i made mixes for both sweethearts and lonelyhearts this weekend. ya gotta go here to see the track listings. all hip-hop! check it out, i’ve been thinking about these for a while