Side A
Beastie Boys-Remote Control
Sarah McLachlan-Angel
Underworld-Born Slippy
R. Kelly-When A Woman's Fed Up
The Living End-Prisoner of Society
Tamia-You Put A Move On My Heart
Kid Rock-I Am The Bullgod
Vallejo-Snake In The Grass
The Roots feat. Erykah Badu-You Got Me
Santana-All I Ever Wanted
Green Day-Nice Guys Finish Last
Side B
snippet of Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man"
snippet of Al Green's "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)"
Beastie Boys-Brass Monkey
Beastie Boys-Girls
Redman-I Got A Seecret!
Jay-Z-Nigga What, Nigga Who
DMX-Slippin'
Toni Braxton-Un-break My Heart
Semisonic-Secret Smiles
snippet of New Radicals' "You Only Get What You Give"
Mary J. Blige-Real Love
Local H-Bound For The Floor
Everlast-Ends
By the time I got to Vol. 14, I was pretty much a robot when it came to making mixtapes. The process itself had become like a ceremony: I'd sit on this can in my room, headphones plugged in with the volume cranked up high and furiously switch from station to station until I found something that pleased me. I know I've described this before, but only now I had become so accustomed to the ritual that I would be in a trance, alert without even being aware of how alert I was.
One of the things I absolutely hated was being bothered whenever I was recording or scouring through the stations. It could have been as simple as my folks asking what I wanted for dinner. No matter what it was, it made my blood boil because it took me out of whatever groove I was in. I was creating art, magic and history all in one. If everyone understood this, I would have had fewer frustrating moments. Such is the power of a trance.
