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Mixtape: winter roadtrip edition

You'll have to excuse my low quality, slightly askew photos and graphics lately. Relying on my Ipad and phone to make my posts is very frustrating. If anyone has any apps to recommend please do so! Until then, you'll have to bear with me for awhile until I can get a computer and Adobe back into my life!

So anyway, here's my winter roadtrip mixtape that I will jamming to all the way to Lusten!

Mixtape: Ladies

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1. Dessa - Dixon's Girl

2. Tristan Prettyman - Shy That Way

3. Florence + The Machine - Lover to Lover

4. Adele - That's It, I Quit

5. Lissie - Worried About

6. Fiona Apple - Paper Bag

7. Jenny Lewis - Rise Up With Fists

8. Rihanna - You Da One

9. Sia - Paranoid Android

10. Duffy - Syrup & Honey

Mixtape #3: Hip-Hop Favorites

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I haven't done a mixtape post in a very, very long time. I go through phases when it comes to music depending on where I am in life at that moment. Going through a breakup? I would probably be listening to Adele or Coldplay. During the winter? I listen to a lot of Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver. Anyway, lately I've really been into hip-hop, especially local, home-grown Minnesotan talent. It makes me feel so proud to say I'm a Minnesota when I listen to how talented some of these rappers are. It also helps that you can relate to the songs and locations they rap about. I remember one summer I was obsessed with Atmosphere's "Number One" because he said in line: "she lived out in Richfield, right off of Portland" and I was obsessed because HEY! I know where both of those are! I'm weird, okay?

So this mixtape is a little compilation of some songs that have been playing on my iPod lately. There may be a lot of the same artists, like Atmosphere, but that's because he has a lot of songs and I enjoy pretty much every single one of them.

1. Became - Atmosphere (love it especially because it's winter now)
2. Dixon's Girl - Dessa
3. I Ate Your Soul - Grieves
4. Blah, Blah, Blah - Brother Ali
5. Oh Baby - Prof
6. Ni****s in Paris - Kanye & Jay Z (had to do at least one song from WTH)
7. Dirty Girl - Felt (had to)
8.  Kelly Kapowski - Prof ft. Slug and Big Zach
9. Anomaly - Prof
10. The Best Day - Atmosphere
11. Larry Dallas - Smoov E (Sorry, I'm not sorry)
12. Lucky - Prof
13. Fuck Food - Tech N9ne
14. House Keys - Brother Ali
15. Elephant - Prof
16. The Loser Wins - Atmosphere (what I call my theme song for my time here at Mankato).
17. Coastin' - Zion I
18. Stop Running - Eligh
19. Drop it on the 1 - Zion I

Mixtape: Love Edition

Some of my favorites

1. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
2. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
3. Ben Harper - By My Side
4. The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
5. Zero 7 - Destiny
6. M. Ward - Never Had No Body Like You
7. Lissie - Little Lovin'
8. John Butler Trio - Groovin' Slowly *
9. Adele - Make You Feel My Love
10. G. Love ft. Tristan Prettyman - Beautiful

* This is actually "our song" :) (by "our" I obviously mean Alvi and I)

1st Mixtape

MIX TAPE NUMERO UNO

1. Adele - He Won't Go

2. Thao with the Get Down, Stay Down - The Clap
3. Arcade Fire - Crown of Love
4. Rage Against The Machine - Renegades of Funk
5. Atmosphere - Because
6. Mumford and Sons - I Gave You All
7. Beatles - Norwegian Wood
8. The Morning Benders - Patient, Patient
9. Lissie - Worried About
10. Bon Iver - Calgury
11. Florence + the Machine - Drumming Song
12. Fistful of Mercy - Father's Son
13. Ellie Goulding - Every Time You Go


These are just a few songs and artists you'll see constantly popping up on my Itunes. I loves me so good tunes.