Essence Essentials: Beast Mode

1. Battle Cry - Joell Ortiz
2. Incoming Message - Son of Ran and The Messangers
3. Hatred - Mr. Lif
4. Purexed - P.O.S
5. Angel of Death - Eligh
6. Bottle Dreams - Eyedea
7. Hip Hop - Royce Da 5'9"
8. Thug Fantasy - Reef The Lost Cauze
9. My Fantasy - Freestyle Fellowship
10. Smoke and Mirrors - RJD2
11. Drumroll (We're All Thirsty) - P.O.S
12. Beast Mode - Akrobatik Feat. Mr. Lif
13. The I.V. - Braille
14. Ghostwriter - RJD2
15. Comtine D'un Autre Ete L'apres Midi - Yann Tiersen
16. November - Sadistik

This mix is mainly harder than what I would post normally, with a few of my usual laid back tracks, the beats on Mr. Lif's 'Hatred' and Akrobatik's 'Beast Mode' featuring Mr. Lif are definitely fitting of the mix title; P.O.S stops by to increase the rawness with two efforts: 'Purexed' and 'Drumroll' along with Braille (The IV) and the Freestyle Fellowship (My Fantasy). Despite the rawness in full flow at times, I've slowed the mix down with Eyedea's 'Bottle Dreams' which has a depressing storyline but retains a melodic sound and Sadistik's 'November' which borrows from the Amelie soundtrack. But for the most part, this mix is in Beast Mode with RJD2 bolstering the instrumentals and Joell Ortiz showing his battle raps can convert well to tracks with 'Battle Cry'.

Hope you enjoy the mix :tu