Mood Music

We all have a song or album in its entirety that once we hit that play button, the entire mood of your day changes. From a dull pain of the boring work day to the over stressed and over worked business day. All it takes is just one song, one album, one punch line to some that can jump start your mind. I can personally say there are lots of songs that all it takes is that beat drop to get things started. Think about it… remember when “Knuck if you Buck”, came out. Think about how much energy you felt run through your body as soon as the beat came on. No matter what you were doing that song came on and you knew it was going to get crunk. You could be driving your car down the freeway; beat drops it all goes out the window with your previously calm demeanor. You are now shaking your imaginary dreads in the air probably doing about 70 speeding for no reason. Just because you felt that song take you back to 2005 and the moment when you first heard the song. It’s not always about the hard energy songs either. Sometimes a song can take you in the totally opposite direction. Look at Drake, (yes I am about to get some people in their feelings) Marvin’s room is something we all can relate to. That drunken phone call you know you shouldn’t make, yet you are still calling that guy/ girl up just to try to change and convince them that you still have feelings. Nine out of ten times, you are going to not get energy off of this song. Yet, you will sing this song loud in your home thinking about the last time you drunk dialed someone and how you were all in your feelings. Even at the workplace, you can have your Pandora on full blast at your desk and soon as Drake lets that first tear filled note across those speakers you are going to start into your last phone call. We all have done it, singing that course as if your life depended on that last note to hit correctly.

That’s the main thing; music especially hip hop is a gateway into ones emotions. You can feel mind swaying trying to decipher what your next emotion moving song is going to be. You even set yourself up for your feelings. Take a moment and look at your playlist titles. I bet there are few of the playlist based off of an artist and more of the playlist when you are in your feelings. Mood playlists consisting of, “Monday commute” which we all know isn’t always the best time of the day.

mixtape downloads

Here are a few hot mixtapes that everyone should actually in my opinion give a listen to ...

So Far So Gucci- Take So far So Gone by Drake mix in random Gucci lines and you get this mixtape. This blended tape is pretty good. I could hear this in the clubs or baker parties. The Drake beats somewhat soften Gucci's hard rhymes. Feature track Go Head 'N Go In (Burr)

Byrds Eye View- To those who hate it Dipset is still around...ish. Well J.R.Writer keeps their hope alive. This mixtape after his near death shooting showcases his skills. He's still punchline heavy and jackin beats. The mixtape is good no lie, better than some other bird related rappers. (Writer)

And the #ifuczwitit award goes to

Road Kill- Joell Ortiz is back with a pretty good banger of a mixtape. Some of the songs of course were released by themselves but this has them all together. His skills are often looked at as one of the weaker members of Slaughter house but you need to listen to this if you want word play and skills. He tells stories and gives you thoughts (YEAAAOWHA)

So download these mixtapes and get some good music in ya ears. Oh by the way

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