A friend mentioned the first time he heard the song Paper Planes by M.I.A. was on a mixtape I made back in the day. I remembered the mixtape but couldn’t find it. I did find a link where I uploaded an actual folder of mp3s to Sendspace, but that was long deleted. I eventually found it buried in email.
Here is a streaming playlist for your 2022 listening pleasure. Will be interesting to see what format I use to share this in another 15 years.
- Band of Horses – Is There a Ghost
- Against Me! – New Wave
- Into Action – Tim Armstrong
- Lil’ Wayne – Ride 4 My Ns (not on Spotify, here’s the track)
- M.I.A. – Paper Planes
- Talib Kweli – Hostile Gospel, Pt. 1
- Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
- Iron & Wine – Boy with a Coin
- The Tough Alliance – Something Special
- Lupe Fiasco – Go Go Gadget Flow
- The White Stripes – Rag and Bone
- Tegan and Sara – Are You Ten Years Ago
- Blonde Redhead – 23
- Bat for Lashes – Horse and I
- Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
- Jay-Z – American Dreamin’
- Rock Plaza Central – My Children, Be Joyful
- Panda Bear – Comfy in Nautica
- Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling into Place