Mixed by DJ TLO, Shad released this 25-minute mix entitled “Besides” last year. It’s really dope and features some nice Shad tracks from various projects as they are all features he has done in the past. There’s really not a ‘skippable’ track (or verse) on this continuous mix – it’s all solid Shad music. If you love Shad, you gotta’ hear this, and you can go over to his Bandcamp to buy this mix and support the artist, but if you can’t buy it for some reason, he has provided a FREE download link. So stream the entire mix below and you can hit the download link after the bump. He also put up an little blurb about each track on Bandcamp so I’m gonna’ post that below, too. Enjoy:
“1) give you all i can: scratch bastid and i got together one time and yelled about how good stevie wonder and curtis mayfield are for about 7 hours then he pitched me this beat… i started writing about ma$e and natalie portman and ribs right away which tells you im in a good mood… looking fwd to more work with him. www.skratchbastid.com
2) listen (rmx): i put a new 3rd verse on this one and dallas green gave it a chorus and spiced up the verses. love that guy…itunes.apple.com/ca/album/two-songs-single/id410142177
3) notorious: kardi, skillz, ayah. jazzy jeff on the beat… my first cornell west reference is contained therein… backformore.bandcamp.com
4) flawless: frank dukes gave me this heater and i felt like i had to do some deadpan punchline shtuff on there… norm macdonald flow: dirty work. www.thenewnorth.ca
5) one two check (from the great eascape): joint with my dude louwop. we did a dope live remix with zaki ibrahim. sleeping on her is not advised. louwop.bandcamp.com
6) rosegarden (rmx): dj t lo beat is irreplaceable. i threw up a new verse and 2/3 of Tanya Morgan hopped on after i ran into don will randomly one time. www.tanyamorgan.net
7) love: unreleased track from that monster named tona. coming soon… www.bigtona.com
8) stereotypes: new-new from TO group The Get By. beat is bonkers. had to get on there and shout out TBTBT…thegetby.squarespace.com/music/
9) want you back: this was the first jawn i did with jazzy jeff. skillz and phil nash also holding it down on there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS5nvKk2zV8
10) praise da lord: with maestro… we ate some harvey’s before the session and i got to learn from the godfather. good day…www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgjr710pijk
11) count your blessings (from the green light): w/ relic who is a frequent collaborator i met through my friend the runaway. the green light’s got some heat on there. relic.bandcamp.com
12) dawn song (remix): was very happy to hop on this rmx with northwest legends blue scholars. we linked up thru mutual homie dj hyphen. bluescholars.com
13) paving the way: incise ft. okay city (london!) and david morin with the smooth vocals…. www.lessonsix.com/2010/08/review-incises-daily-methods/
14) electric city (from metropolis is burning): got another track with grand analog coming soon! love these guys… www.grandanalog.com
15) it’s about time: bonus track on TSOL. sometimes i forget how nice this beat is. promise does his thing on there too.www.richkiddbeats.com
16) heateration: real freeeqs w/ theo3, grimace love and famous. tone mason on the beat.… TeeDot underground is the best. fact.therealfrequency.com
17) flux and flow (from siberia) : lights killed this.music.iamlights.com/music/
18) live forever (acapella): ive been doing this verse a lot at shows lately. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEx771P9TFs “
