Happy New Year Everybody!

The new year is starting out great for me…I’ve been pulled back into my old hustle of making customized mixtapes. I had so much fun with this one. This is the story:

One of my good friends L put me in touch one of her friends who was having a cruise ship wedding. When it was determined that my schedule wouldn’t allow me to go to DJ for her, she still wanted a mixtape of her and the groom’s favorite songs done by me. She arranged for the ship’s DJ to allow her to play the cd. Now I know he ain’t gonna be happy when he see them having a ball to my set and sitting during his…but…that’s not my problem.

We contracted a nice rate, she sent me her list of 50 songs. I pared that down to 34 and I produced a pretty tight mix. Matter of fact…the mix was so good I needed to share it with yall too. It has everything on it from hip-hop to soca. A little reggae, some R&B and of course some old school. This is not the final mix that I’m producing for her but it will be very similar with specialized drops and such.

I will be hyping my customized mixtapes for hire in the future so i hope you email me at djdivathemixtress@gmail.com if you have need for something special. For my friend L I made her cds for her 30th b’day with a song from each year of her birth. She gave them out a party favors on her b’day trip to Vegas! I’m also excited about this because I know my niche is small parties and weddings. There will be more info forthcoming about contracting me for that.

Enjoy the mix!

Track Listing
1. Everybody – Anthony Hamilton (The Bride and Groom’s song)
2. Before I Let Go – Frankie Beverly & Maze
3. Outstanding – Gap Band
4. You Called And Told Me – Jeff Redd
5. Let’s Get Married (Remix Run DMC) – Jagged Edge
6. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce
7. Get Me Bodied – Beyonce
8. Check the Ryhme – A Tribe Called Quest
9. Hypnotized – Notorious B.I.G.
10. Say Aah – Trey Songz
11. In the Club – 50 Cent
12. Baby By Me – 50 Cent Ft. Ne-Yo
13. Stay With Me – Neyo
14. Step In The Name Of Love (remix) – R. Kelly
15. Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z Ft. Alicia Keys
16. Life (Is What You Make It) – Frighty & Colonel Mite
17. No Letting Go – Wayne Wonder
18. Party Time (Diwali Riddim) – Danny English ft. Eggnog
19. Tempted to Touch – Rupee
20. Turn Me On – Kevin Lyttle
21. Groove Me – Guy
22. Poison – Bell Biv Devoe
23. Wanna Be Starting Something – Michael Jackson
24. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
25. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson
26. Closer – Ne-Yo
27. Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston
28. What Happens In The Party – Rupee
29. Dollar Wine – Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
30. Carnival – Destra Ft. Machel
31. Freakum Dress – Beyonce
32. Put It In A Love Song – Alicia Keys Ft. Beyonce
32. Miss Independent – Ne-Yo
33. Do I Do – Stevie Wonder
34. Gonna Have A Funky Good Time – James Brown

Yup…you had to wait for this one too! I have been very busy at my job…which is managing a big academic office in a well known Graduate University. It’s the end of the year so I have all sorts of conferences coming up and parties to organize. I will end up taking a few weeks off from the Mixtress because of the job, plus I’m learning so much at the Scratch Academy I wanna start practicing at home more. With the new turntables and loads of records that I have to catalog…I will be quite busy!

So I’m gonna leave you with some funk to tide you over til I get back. I also have a surprise!

Here is the link to the cut up version of the mix (yeah I got tired of the whining DIVALICIOUS!!)

http://www.divshare.com/download/7142542-a0d

If you need assistance in burning that to a cd just ask… It took a lot of time to do it so when I get back from vacation.. I’ll be selling the cut up versions! Here’s the Funk!

Track Listing

1. You And I - Rick James
2. Holding On (When Love Is Gone) - LTD Featuring Jeffrey Osborne
3. Do You Want To Funk - Sylvester
4. Funkytown - Lipps Inc
5. Candy Man - Mary Jane Girls
6. Jamaica Funk - Rufus ft. Chaka Khan
7. Do You Love What You Feel - Rufus ft. Chaka Khan
8. Lets Groove Tonight - Earth Wind and Fire
9.  Early In The Morning - The Gap Band
10. Flashlight - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
11. Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
12. (Not Just) Knee Deep - George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic
13. Square Biz - Teena Marie
14. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band
15. Back In Love (Every Time I Turn Around)- LTD Featuring Jeffrey Osborne
16. Dazz Dazz (Disco Jazz) - Dazz Band
17. Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang
18. What Cha Gonna Do For Me- Rufus ft. Chaka Khan
19. Cutie Pie - One Way
20. Don't Stop The Music - SOS Band
21. All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
22. Make it Funky - James Brown
23. Do It Till Your Satisfied - BT Express
24. Make My Funk The P-Funk - George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic

Merry Christmas

Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire - Nat King Cole
This Christmas - Donnie Hathaway
Christmas Aint Christmas Without The One You Love - The O'Jays
It Feels Like Christmas - Al Green
Santa Claus Go To The Ghetto - James Brown
Soulful Christmas - James Brown
All I Want For Christmas - Mariah Carey
I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jackson 5
Sleigh Ride - TLC
Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
Winter Wonderland - Ray Charles
My Favorite Things - The Supremes
Do You Hear What I Hear - Vanessa Williams
Little Drummer Boy - The Temptations
Someday At Christmas - Stevie Wonder
Silver Bells - Diana Ross & The Supremes
Let It Snow - Brian McKnight & Boyz II Men
Give Love On Christmas Day - Jackson 5
Last Christmas - Wham
Christmas Without My Girl - Gerald Levert
Every Year, Every Christmas - Luther Vandross
Carol of The Bells - Destiny's Child
Have Yourself A Merry Christmas - Luther Vandross

It’s The Monday Mixtape!!!!

This week I was inspired by Barack Obama. He always plays “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder at the end of his campaign speeches. At first it kinda baffled me because Obama is in his mid forties. Then I remembered that it was probably his “Old School” choice. Every generation will have their “Old School” and I shudder to think that this stuff playing now will be the “Old School” choices for my 9 year old daughters (cringe).

So this week I threw together a mix of what I thought would be some of Barack Obama’s “Old School” choices for him and Michelle. He may never listen to it…but I’m proud of it. Consider it my little token of love to the man who will be the first Black President of the United States!

Obama OldSchool Mix

Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud) – James Brown
Signed, Sealed, Delievered – Stevie Wonder
For The Love Of Money – O’Jays
The Big Payback – James Brown
Respect- Aretha Franklin
Darling, Darling Baby – O’Jays
Used Ta Be My Girl – O’Jays
Lady (You Bring Me Up) – The Commodores
Got To Give It Up – Marvin Gaye
Don’t You Worry About A Thing – Stevie Wonder
Ain’t No Woman Like The One I Got – Temptations
Troubled Man – Marvin Gaye
Mercy, Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye
Easy Like Sunday Morning – The Commodores
Wake Up Everybody – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes