QUEEN The Mixtape

QUEEN The Mixtape
Assembled by repshowhost

Dedicated to the life & soul of Aretha Franklin. Crowns & halos.

Tape Decks (pink Cadillacs)

Teardrops in gold caskets. 

Times is Illmatic

Illmatic the world is yours edition

How I like to listen to Illmatic. So many parts to the story. These are just a few of those pieces. Times is Illmatic...

'The D Mixtape': The Official Tracklist 2015

Tracklist for 'The D Mixtape'

Dedicated to one cool boss.

INTRO feat. Lee & KD

((Bulletproof)) feat. La Roux

INTERLUDE Cristina Call Fail feat. Lee & KD

((Great Day)) feat. Tokio Hotel

((Live Forever)) feat. Oasis

((Walking with a Ghost)) feat. Tegan & Sara

INTERLUDE Eliza on the Mic

((By the Time I Get to Phoenix)) feat. El Michel's Affair

((By The Time I Get to Phoenix)) feat. Glen Campbell

((Freeway Traffic))

INTERLUDE Traffic Report feat. Lee

((Xiong Mao)) feat. Carsick Cars

INTERLUDE Grant Nights feat. Lee

((The Grants) feat. John Kite

INTERLUDE KD in German

((El Paso)) feat. Lolita (Zwischen heute und morgen)

((Boston Red Sox Chant...Sort Of))

Bill Burr Skit

((Music Makes Me Smart)) feat. Kids Learn Early

INTERLUDE Early Childhood Shoutout feat. The LAUNCH Crew

INTERLUDE Early Golondrinas Intro feat. Eliza & Maria

((Las Golondrinas)) feat. Jenni Rivera

INTERLUDE Introducing Juan feat. Lee

((Suena)) feat. Juan Valadez

INTERLUDE Cristina & Lil' Lupe

((The Thunder Rolls)) feat. Garth Brooks

((Phoenix)) feat. Tears of the Sun

((Arizona)) feat. Paul Revere & The Raiders

INTERLUDE Lee's Outro

((Veteran's Memorial Outro Instrumental))

INTERLUDE KD's Outro

Learning Our ABCs (Early Childhood)

OUTRO feat. Lil' Lupe

((Desaparecido)) feat. Manu Chao BONUS TRACK

*My latest mixtape in collaboration with some really cool people.

Child of the 80s - For Danielle

Child of the 80s - Chapter 1

For Danielle

Danielle aka 'D'.  

Our b-days are separated by two days, same year, 1981.  Aries!

Child of the 80s Chapter 1 Mixtapes

Original (Lee aka repshowhost) | Belinda

Child of the 80s - For Belinda

Child of the 80s - Chapter 1

For Belinda

An original from the 80s era.  Shout out to Belinda.  The photo features B' diggin' in Hollywood circa 1980s with combat boots!  For the story on the mix including track list click here.

To receive your copy of the mix send an 80s picture of yourself and some back story to repshowhost@gmail.com.  Include first name.

Tapes & Wires Mixtape Series | repshowhost

Tapes & Wires

The Mixtape Series

I've been reppin' The Wire since episode 1 when it premiered on HBO.  I was in the formative years of my undergrad life living in the dorms resident halls at NMSU... I recall being the only one in the lobby with my bag of McDonald's during my summer & winter employment as a resident advisor anticipating the next episode off the TV attached to the upper corner wall.  

It's a brilliant show and something I found out about watching The Corner series, which involved Charles S. Dutton (who I was big on during the years of the TV show Roc and several films like First Time Felon & Convicted starring Omar Epps)... The Corner was pre-Wire with writing from David Simon and Ed Burns and my introduction to several cast members I was able to identify later on in The Wire.  Before that my interest in The Corner was locked in when I found out Sean Nelson was one of the leads.  I knew of Nelson through his debut in the classic film Fresh.

After finishing the final season of The Wire, I decided to return to the beginning and just lock in on each episode, chop up the dialogue and re-articulate the mood & tone through mixtape form, blending in & out of dialogue from the film and dialogue that connected with my own community, the drug war, and of course the messages & tones of Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul, Blues, spoken word, and any genre that was included in the film's soundscape.  My goal at the time as I arranged episode.1 was to create a Tapes & Wires series for each episode (one mixtape per episode).  And as the world binges on the HD Wire marathon currently being televised on HBO, I wanted to document this mixtape and share the tracklist on the web.

Until episode.2 through 60, stay tuned and follow updates at the HHA twitter.com/hiphopalumni and of course the Tape Decks blog here.

Tapes & Wires episode.2 in progress...

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Medley: SOUL MESSAGE - Diggin' w/ Dune November 22, 2014

Medley: SOUL MESSAGE

Going for a dig in the afternoon with my OGSV b.rother Dune.  To listen, I'm bringing along a favorite mixtape I put together about six years ago dedicated to the life of Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr.  It's part of the repshowdigital (RSD) file, subtitled Tape Deck Bound....the tape is split in two sides A & B and its tied together mostly by Hayes music and voice (interviews). The mixtape itself is titled Medley: Soul Message.  A long time fan of Hayes, I decided to arrange the music after finding out Hayes had passed away.

Included below... the covers with track list for both sides.

Keywords + Tag = Isaac Hayes | digging | New Mexico | B.Dune | ogsv | original soulverse | Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. | Black Moses | Gil Scott-Heron | Sly & The Family Stone | Joe Bataan |  Nina Simone | The Dells | Shaft | medley | Soul Message | soul message | records | vinyl | documentation | history | Sly & the Family Stone | Marvin Gaye | podcast | Tape Decks | repshowdigital | repshowhost

Bruce Lee

Lee Jun-Fan Tape Tao 1
Side A (Yin) / Side B (Yang)

In recognition of the life Bruce lived and the lives he continues to inspire.

Dedicated to Shannon Lee and the Bruce Lee Foundation.

1st set (7) sent to BLF, Jus, Pidi, Gorillasis, Thunder, Mr. Acosta, & Crossroads.

+ 1 copy for me, DJ Lee.

Child of the 80s

A lot was going on when I decided to put this mix together in 08'.  The concept I had been thinking about for a while was inspired by "Audiobiography" (off the Razah's Ladder album) which I planned on putting together through a series of mixtapes that for me, starts with the 80s.  The first few moments of my life that I could remember were spent overseas in Rockenhuasen, Germany, where my father was stationed.  My earliest recollection of music began with MJ's Thriller LP.  Early on, I watched music videos like most children watched cartoons.  While my mother or father cooked or cleaned up around the apartment, to keep me occupied, the music video channel was usually their first choice.  It was one of the reasons I loved 'The World is Yours' video by Nas years later.  As an adult, it reminded me of my time as a child in front of the television set mesmerized by the 'music video'.  

The Child of the 80s mixtape explores the period in between 1980-89.  Some tracks, such as A-Ha's "Take on Me" & Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" I can attach to specific memories.  Others, I recall either through my time in the backseat of my mother or father's Plymouth & Hyundai listening to the radio as they drove around El Paso/Ciudad Juarez.  Some songs stand out from Steve Crosno's Studio 14.  Other tracks I'd discover later on in life when I started digging in Northern New Mexico and through the availability of the world wide web. When it comes to 80s music, thats the category I label it under, whether Soft Rock, House, Punk, Garage, Techno... I just call it 80s (a sound that seemed to influence many others or vice versa, from the most soulful eg. Aretha Franklin/Willie Hutch to jazz giants like Miles Davis/Herbie Hancock).  

Like most radio programs and mixtapes/podcast I've hosted, there are several clips of miscellaneous subject matter scattered throughout Child of the 80s, that again, are specific to the 1980-89 era.  I started the tape's background off with Ronald Reagan's inauguration, for a number of reasons.  One of those, I attribute to my 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Barkeley at Parkland Elementary, who's teaching style had a major impact on my life years after.  That year, I won an MLK Day Award that was presented to me at the Chamizal Theater.  Afterwards, during the last few days of school, she congratulated me again, and as an added reward for the MLK prize, passed me a text of all the presidents with Ronald Reagan on the cover.  The book was titled Mr. President, A Book of U.S. Presidents by George Sullivan. 

In planning the mixtape, I felt that as an intro to the 80s and reference to the political nightmares of our time, Reagan's inauguration was an appropriate start.  It also complimented part of what I was hoping to accomplish, which was to create a tape that flickered with memories of very specific scenes during the 80s, such as the scene from the film Colors, Karate Kid, Stand & Deliver, Iron Eagle, Bad Boys, etc.  As a film junkie, the 80s blessed my childhood with multiple references, including the infamous Scarface film which I recall watching at around the age of seven or eight years old.  I remember the VHS dub included Conan the Barbarian, which after watching a film like Scarface felt like a waste of time...Needless to say, films of all types, especially martial arts films of the 80s are scattered throughout this tape, playing the background in subliminal tone.

This is the 1st Chapter.  I'm currently listening to a track by the Cure called "A Forest" which I've stored for Chapter 2.  In addition, multiple covers for Child of the 80s have been designed for people that submit their 80s pictures (cover images will be posted soon).   

On a side note, much thanks to the individuals at KRUX 91.5 fm that hosted an 80s platform during the weekdays around 06', 07', taking request for tracks like Joe Esposito's "You're the Best Around".  It was a show I use to imagine and wish I had the 80s catalog to host. 

An online program I listen to from time to time these days is 1980s.FM

Til' the next chapter...