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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.
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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
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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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjvrltBQNnk
Check out Xaphoon Jones “Money to Blow” Remix
hahahah
hey umm i really cant find wer to download the mixtape eachtime i click the name it leads me to some random album, how did u download it?
i hope not
xaphooonn your crazzzy crazy cra-cra crazyyyyy
genius mixtape, i wanna know now is one of the best mash ups i have ever heard, top post pma
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.
Gonna download this one
THAT’ MY BULLLLLLLLLLL
MUSIC AINT ABOUT PUBLICITY ITS ABOUT MUSIC. MAKE IT AND THEY WILL COME. SO FUCK YOU MICHAEL HATERS BURN
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.
GREAT REVIEW! I pretty much agree with all you said in your article, especially at the beggining of your article. Thank you, your post is very useful as always. Keep up the good work! You’ve got +1 more reader of your web blog:) Isabella S.
xaphoon is too good. the best ive heard in a while
nothing special
just blazed to the song another day, so tight.
You are pretty much amazing guys!
Shit is Piff
The genius Xaphoon Jones hits pay dirt
Those Tublick Pastry will never stop him
Xaphoon is crazy awesome.
Xaphoon you crazy!
this is a amazing mixtape by far best mash up cd
Some good, some very shit
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…
you prob feel salty now.
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.
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?
xaph00n rules.
Cool mini-documentary about XJ: http://www.vimeo.com/6863497
stilll hot
how do i download this?
Try downloading it now. The links are back up.
why wont it let me download this?
me too. how?
yo underwhelmed your insane… MGMT & bob marley… is amazing…
meh very very meh
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
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Best Mixtape I found on the net so far. Great mashups!
Just downloaded the mixtape EPIC! love the MGMT and Bob marly’s I wanna know!
Funny so many of you love the Bob Marley/MGMT. I thought it was by FAR the weakest track on an otherwise awesome album.
is this link dead?
this is pretty much amazing music!
not seeing the download link….
Xaphoon Jones is so awesome and is so cute ^^ (L)
I love this song
radar detector
where do you click to download it?
wtf! i NEED THIS MIXTAPE! and none of these download links work.
Why can’t I download this? it looks tight…
I AM SO HELPFUL!!!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3ze7b3
http://www.mediafire.com/?5m4inbyom2z
thats the one
i love you so much deadjon
yes u are
how do you download this?
hey there’s no link here?
how do you download it, I really want to, but I can’t
Xaphoon Ur Crazy!!!!!
if anyone still needs a download link for this tape i put it up on http://www.mediafire.com/?sbuma1fwvmvjcfz
or individual tracks at http://www.mediafire.com/?k615tt4af6q0d
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