The Danger Mouse Mixtape [Code Name: A-Bay Zag]

The art of mixtaping is highly underrated, and I make my best effort to revive this long lost art. Some random song will catch my attention and bring my mind to a certain person or a certain place. Sometimes, I’m just so blown away by the artist that I make compilations.

Over this past winter break, I had access to a handy little site where I could find most anything I wanted. I was listening to “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” off of Gnarls Barkley’s The Odd Couple, and I found myself marvelling at the genius of Danger Mouse. Not to gush or anything, but I often rave about his brilliance to supersede any defining genre and simply “make music.”

To make a long story short, I ended up downloading his whole discography [which by the way, was fragmented and took over 2.5 weeks to piece together the whole thing]. After listening extensively to all of his works, I took it into my own hands to mixtape what I considered to be one of the strongest compilations of DangerMouse’s genius. So without further ado, I present The Danger Mouse Mixtape:

The Danger Mouse Mixtape [Code Name: A-Bay Zag] (1:11:15):

1) Skit 1 – DangerDoom, Occult Hymn
2) Soul of a Man – Beck, Modern Guilt
3) It’s Not So Hard – Sparklehorse, Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
4) Something To Say – Martina Topley-Bird, The Blue God
5) Green Fields – The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The Good, The Bad & The Queen
6) Public Service Announcement – Jay-Z, The Grey Album
7) Don’t Take My Sunshine Away – Sparklehorse, Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
8) History Song – The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The Good, The Bad & The Queen
9) First Gear – The Rapture, Pieces of the People We Love
10) Who’s Gonna Save My Soul – Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
11) Skit 2 – DangerDoom, Occult Hymn
12) Lies – The Black Keys, Attack & Release
13) White Light – Gorillaz, Demon Days
14) Orphans – Beck, Modern Guilt
15) Interlude – Jay-Z, The Grey Album
16) Baby Blue – Martina Topley-Bird, The Blue God
17) No Social – The Shortwave Set, Replica Sun Machine
18) The Sound – The Rapture, Pieces of the People We Love
19) November Has Come feat. MF DOOM – Gorillaz, Demon Days
20) Oceans & Streams – The Black Keys, Attack & Release
21) Would Be Killer – Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
22) The Downer Song – The Shortwave Set, Replica Sun Machine
23) Bada Bing – DangerDoom, The Mouse & The Mask

Disclaimer: Submissions from “Pelican City – The Chilling Effect”, “Pelican City – Rhode Island”, ”Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life”, “Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere” and ”Danger Mouse – Man to Mouse” were not included.

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