We knew Xaphoon Jones first as the producer and the sampling mastermind behind the quickly rising Chiddy Bang. Chiddy Bang owe most of the publicity they get to the tight, slick samples this guy has crafted for them. Like a musical pickpocket, Xaphoon Jones showed us that he has an ear for contemporary music and making it work in unconventional environments. With his debut eponymous mixtape, Xaphoon pushes passed the boundaries we thought he had and dips into soulful Motown favorites, East Coast Rap, and Reggae.
The Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1 introduces us to a very young, very talented producer full of promise, if not power. Pretty Much Amazing is proud to present this mixtape for your consumption. Download it, put it on your iPod, burn it onto a CD, play it at a party, send it to your friends.
The Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1 17757 downloads
Tracklist
1. Intro: Fnish The Quartet
2. You Need (Clipse, Led Zeppelin)
3. Darwin Deez – Bad Day (Xaphoon Jones Remix)
4. Testify (Radiohead, Kanye West)
5. Chiddy Bang – Pro’s Freestyle 1.0 (Xaphoon Jones Remix)
6. The Answering Machine
7. Stuntin’ Like Atari (Theodore Grams, Lil Wayne)
8. Chiddy Bang – Fresh Like Us (Xaphoon Jones Remix feat. Theordore Grams)
9. Marvin Gaye – Heart It Through The Grapevine (Xaphoon Jones Remix)
10. Theodore Grams – Another Day
11. Swimming In The Sky (Passion Pit, B.I.G., Beyonce)
12. Theo’s Apple Juice Break
13. I Wanna Know Now (Bob Marley, MGMT)
14. Darwin Deez – Radar Detectr (Xaphoon Jones Remix)
15. Marva Whitney – Unwind Yourself: The Interlude
16. Money
17. Bmore SoulClash Mini-Mix
18. The Bay Vs. Diz (Strings Mix)
19. The End
Tags: B.I.G., Beyonce, Bob Marley, Chiddy Bang, Clipse, Darwin Deez, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, Lil Wayne, Marva Whitney, Marvin Gaye, MGMT, Passion Pit, Radiohead, Theodore Grams, Xaphoon Jones
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Anybody hating on this guy should just go back to listening to their Lil’ Wayne and Soulja boy. I agree that not every song is amazing, but there are a few tracks on here that are way better than most mainstream hip hop. The Bob Marley and MGMT remix is most definitely a chill track. This is true hip hop creative genius
meh very very meh
yo underwhelmed your insane… MGMT & bob marley… is amazing…
why wont it let me download this?
xaph00n rules.
lame mashup. ultimately simple and trite. the only respectables on there are the biggie track and the snatch off of charizma with the ‘apple juice break’. you all need to listen to some real mashups from people who actually dig and can find a track that is not off the billboard charts.
Not that I necessarily disagree, jason, but care to provide some examples of some real mashups?
spinbad or dj p and z-trip “uneasy listening” it ain’t. the bob marley mix was unfortunate and a lot of the mixes were generic but others were cheesy good fun. thumbs up to testify and swimming in the sky. digging the darwin deez too. that’s that.
This mix really isnt that good…Its a start but it tries to cover too much that it losses its tastefulness….MGMT and Bob Marley?? Come on.
Everyone needs to get the fuck over MGMT
Also it never really goes anywhere…
Some good, some very shit
this is a amazing mixtape by far best mash up cd
Xaphoon you crazy!
Xaphoon is crazy awesome.
Shit is Piff
The genius Xaphoon Jones hits pay dirt
Those Tublick Pastry will never stop him
You are pretty much amazing guys!
just blazed to the song another day, so tight.
nothing special
xaphoon is too good. the best ive heard in a while
michael, i am pretty sure that chiddy bang has opened for the roots quite a few times. if the roots are feeling your music, that pretty much says it.
I never said that music is about publicity. Luis Tovar made the connection, in the second sentence of his first paragraph, and I responded to that in my above-referenced comment. I just said that I found, in my personal opinion, that this mixtape was mediocre at best.
Stay classy, ANONYMOUS! Oh, and fuck you too!!!!!! But, please don’t “burn”. Wildfire is serious, and only you can prevent forest fires.
MUSIC AINT ABOUT PUBLICITY ITS ABOUT MUSIC. MAKE IT AND THEY WILL COME. SO FUCK YOU MICHAEL HATERS BURN
THAT’ MY BULLLLLLLLLLL
Gonna download this one
meh. this is ok, but glad to see PMA readers will still fawn over anything chiddy bang-related.
tell me, luis, where exactly is chiddy bang getting any publicity besides this here weblog?
Chiddy Bang gets insane amounts of publicity all across music blogs
buckmarley
onsmash
the popularity on hypem
we give Chiddy Bang love on HiphoPolitico! their use of indie and classic rock songs appeals to other crowds plus they have The Roots’ backing so I think their set to break out.
genius mixtape, i wanna know now is one of the best mash ups i have ever heard, top post pma
I have given birth to 7 of xaphoon’s children. I haven’t told him about them though, because I don’t want him to get distracted from producing more tracks.