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MAKossa

Nah pop no style, a strictly roots.

About Me

Moved to San Francisco from Seattle. I am constantly searching for records and always working on new mixtapes. I love meeting new people and vibing off creative minds. Check my blog THE REALNESS for my latest work.

My Interests

Drums, dirrrty ones. Rhodes grooves. Snowboarding. DJing. Skateboarding (poorly). Taco trucks. Dancing with friends new and old. Anything involving music. Taking photos. Eating well. Drinking well. Throwing the disc. Playing hoops. Kicking your ass in fooseball. Loving life and meeting beautiful people.

I'd like to meet:

Motivated people. People who enjoy funk, soul, reggae, jazz. People who are real. People who smile.

Check out my Pass the Deodorant Mix. The track list and mp3 download are available via my blog. Enjoy.

Music:

Well it goes a little somethin' like this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Brown (R.I.P.), The Cinematic Orchestra, Skalpel, Madlib, MF Doom, J Dilla, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Hugh Masekela, Caetano Veloso, Fela Kuti, Willie Bobo, Jorge Ben, Mulatu Astatke, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Cymande, The Poets of Rhythm, Michel Sardaby, Mombojo, Troublemakers, The Dining Rooms, Dzihan and Kamien, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Vickie Anderson, Tosca, Grant Green, The Meters, Piero Umiliani, Nicola Conte, Gerardo Frisina, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Brother Ali, Four Tet, Thievery Corporation, Thunderball, Lee Perry, King Tubby, King Jammy, Gregory Isaacs, Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Tenor Saw, Barrington Levy, Nina Simone, Gangstarr, Run-DMC, Spyder D, Percee P, Quantic, Ohmega Watts, David Axelrod, Lou Rawls, Cannonball Adderley, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Nightmares on Wax, !!!, Express Rising and any of Dante Carfagna's Comps., Antipop Consortium, Matthew Shipp, DJ Spooky, Joe Bataan, Blockhead, Breakestra, The Bamboos, Soulive, Idris Muhammad, Lou Donaldson, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Little Brother, Miles Davis, Alice and John Coltrane, Oh No, Prefuse 73, Rasco, OC, Beck, Approach, The Beastie Boys, The Talking Heads, Dabrye, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Mongo Santamaria, Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Dorothy Ashby, Eric B and Rakim, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Black Sheep, De La Soul, Digable Planets, and on and on and on.........

Movies:

This Is What Democracy Looks Like, City of God, Buffalo '66, Style Wars, Dark Days, Goonies, Superfly, The Deer Hunter, Snatch, The Holy Mountain, Baraka.

Television:

The revolution will not be televised.

Books:

On the Road. 100 Years of Solitude. What is the What. Go Dog Go (Classic).

Heroes:

Gordon Parks, MLK Jr., Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Ghandi and all who live life to the fullest.

My Blog

Mmmm...dope beats + The Rich Coast

Right now I am thoroughly enjoying the Heliocentrics' release Out There on Stones Throw/Now Again. I am not really too familiar with many of the musicians on the release except for Max Weissenfeldt, t...
Posted by MAKossa on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:15:00 PST

Makossa Mixtape Destroyin it on 2.7.07 - Pass the Deodorant

Hello my peoples,Just made an ill mix. I left my heart and soul on my turntables. I call it ’Pass the Deodorant’ cause it be full of dancefloor heaters! P.S. If you don’t dig the hel...
Posted by MAKossa on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:50:00 PST