The Misfit

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God Bless Chocolate City (And Its Vanilla Suburbs)

Artist Song
Parliament  Chocolate City  
Jimi Hendrix Experience  If 6 Was 9 
Sly & the Family Stone  Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey  
Ypsilanti All Starz  Yo Shit Be Up in My Face 
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers  Bustin' Loose  
James Brown  Down and Out in New York City  
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings  What Have You Done for Me Lately?  
War  Low Rider  
Mr. Magic  Rappin' with Mr. Magic [edit] 
Trouble Funk  Get on Up 
Ypsilanti All Starz  Wiggle on the Flo' 
E-40, featuring Big Boi & Big Gipp  Ham Sammiches & Coup Devilles 
Curtis Mayfield  Pusherman  
Public Enemy  911 Is a Joke  
NWA  Fuck tha Police 
Bas-1  Graffiti Is Art Dammit!!! 
Aesop Rock  No Regrets  
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band  Express Yourself  

Comment:

This is a "welcome home" mix for my two daughters, who are returning (albeit far too briefly) to the D.C. suburbs - one yesterday, the other next week - as their semesters at college draw to a close. Just a collection of songs I've been listening to, songs I thought they'd enjoy, and songs that otherwise seemed appropriate. Title from the first track. 02/28/06: I made a number of changes to this mix between the time I posted it and the time I gave it to my daughters. The "Ypsilanti All Starz" were featured on Found magazine's site. The Mr. Magic cut appears on Stones Throw Record's compilation "The Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip Hop, 1979-1983."

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sport !
Date: 5/12/2005
looks pretty damn
great!
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p the swede
Date: 5/12/2005
exactly what sport said
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hemizen
Date: 5/12/2005
Very nice. I have had that Hendrix tune on my mind lately.
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Dead Man
Date: 5/12/2005
This mix looks great. Working for the federal government in DC, it seems like everyone I know relocated here from somewhere else. It's interesting to hear about people coming home to DC.
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The Misfit
Date: 5/12/2005
Well, we're not natives - but we've been here 12 years, and it's where the girls have grown up.
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G-Sphere
Date: 5/12/2005
Some great picks here.
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steelkillie
Date: 5/12/2005
Looks great.Love Low Rider.
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Mo Twang!
Date: 5/12/2005
Very nice. I love that opening track.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 5/12/2005
Great mix. That's one of my very favorite G. Clinton moments, among other things here.
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no borders
Date: 5/12/2005
Yeah, I remember when there were no barriers all over D.C., and the Omnimax at the Smithsonian only cost a quarter (although the only movie was To Fly), and lots of other old guy memories. By the way, nice mix. Although you really need some Go-Go tunes: D.C.'s homegrown funk style.
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joey de vivre
Date: 5/12/2005
AC/DC! This looks like a good cup of hot chocolate!
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Thomas_Mohr
Date: 5/13/2005
Cool stuff.
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partylikechewie
Date: 5/13/2005
This looks like a great mix. And I love the cover, as well. I've been down in DC for eight years (never went back home after college and got a job w/ the gov't).

Very cool of you to make this for your daughters.
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Moe
Date: 5/13/2005
Tilly & the Wall seem a bit out of place here, but that makes this mix all the more interesting. Fine job, chocolate lover.
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McDonald12
Date: 5/13/2005
superb
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Saaf
Date: 5/13/2005
Fun & fonkee.
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A.D. 69
Date: 5/14/2005
Great mix...awesome Tilly & the Wall choice.
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Orchid
Date: 5/14/2005
I'm right under the top-right half of the second C in chocolate, on the red line, hangin' with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Great mix!
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starkat
Date: 5/15/2005
this isn't fair, i came home from school and my dad made me listen to talk radio. i think the ride home would have been much more enjoyable had i been listening to this.
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blasikin
Date: 12/31/2005
Hey, this is classic. Bring back the Misfit! ( :