Cork’s finest DJ, radio presenter and producer Stevie G has put together a near two hour mixtape of Irish soul and R&B jams from the last couple of years.
It features a bit of everything R&B, jazzy soul, afro, funk and rap and features Zali, Tomike, Soule, Shiv, Biig Piig, CMAT, Denise Chaila), Carrie Baxter, Meghan Murray, Selu, Minnie Marley, Drew Hall, Bukky, Caleb Kunle, Danny G, Senita, Tolu Makay, NC Grey and more full tracklist below.
Stevie made edits of a lot of the tracks and the voice over it is 16 year old rapperย Aaliyah, based in Cork.
โThis started off as a loose idea during the summer, where i wanted to do an r&b mix of local artists, and I started re-editing some intros by the likes ofย Zali, Tomikeย and even rappers likeย Denise Chaila. I ended up re-editing nearly every track on the mix by adding loads of samples and some spoken word bits and drops, and sometimes drums and intros to make it moreย DJย friendly (by itโs nature, this is music not meant for mixing so i had to get creative). I added some DJ interludes with familiar samples and grooves for the same reason, and Iโm trying to hook more people in that way.ย Iโve kept the tracks themselves intact.ย
I kept the sound pretty much to the style I used play when I used first mix r&b and soul in the 90โs, but itโs all new artists, many of whom were only born around then! I sprinkled in a lit bit of afrobeats, jazz and other styles I play for seasoning, but wanted to keep it mainlyย r&b and soul. My DJing style is more about mixing than scratching, but itโs very much informed by hip-hop too, and there are a lot of hip-hop production values in the mix (the MPC was out!).”
Tracklist
- Zali – Girl
- Tomike – Nothing Special
- Bantum & Loah – NGLA
- Alicia Raye & Kae – Close to Me
- Stevie G – DJ Interlude 1
- Biig Piig – Donโt Turn Around
- Erica Cody – Where Iโm from
- Shiv – Here
- CMAT – Rodney
- thelastpoetzen & Pharaii – AB Vibes
- Selu – More Than
- Minnie Marley – Glue
- Stevie G – DJ Interlude 2
- Denise Chaila -Chaila
- Stevie G – DJ Interlude 3
- Biig Piig – Perdida
- Carrie Baxter – Love me Better
- Gemma Dunleavy – Cruisin
- Danny G & the Major 7ths feat Tolu Makay & Jamel Franklin – ย ย D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
- The Expert – Get Downย
- Daire Patel – Sirens
- Drew Hall – Deep Blue
- Senita – Oops
- Soule – Waterfall
- Danny G – Always come back to your love
- Carrie Baxter – 4×4
- Caleb Kunle – Seul
- Meghan Murray – Broken Ladders
- Hudis & Kae – Nobody Else
- Tolu Makay & Zapho – Collide
- Melina Malone – Now or Never
- Bukky – Come we got Diamonds
- NC Grey – Work for it