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New do + August updates

Thanks go to my dude Jose at Cozy Creative with the funky fresh design remix we've got going on over here at My Soul nowadays. Took us a little while to put this together, and I'm liking what we've come up with. I hope you like it!

Also, if you will direct your attention just to the right of these words right here, to the side-bar over there...yep, that stuff right there. As you can see, my regular "Rotations" and "Props Over Here" sections have been updated accordingly (it is August, after all) with some brand new brand new brand new brand new...for you.

In a nut-shell, as you might imagine, these two monthly offerings clue you into what's getting some spins in my system/jeep/earbuds ("Rotations") and what I'm reading/digging from elsewhere on the world wide web ("Props Over Here.")

In lieu of an archive from past months, I'm gonna share a few of the past items featured from earlier in the year so you know what it's all about:


February
Theo 3 - Make It Big (via Theo 3)

April
Kev Brown - Alternative Joint (via Kev Brown)

June
Major Lazer - Hold the Line (b. Cause's check ya Swag fix) (via Diamonds In the Dust)

Real quick

Yeah, ok, so real quick, couple things for ya...

a. I've decided to include some links in the playlists for my mixes

so that you can support the musicians whose music I play (and I KNOW you all already do that anyway...u know, show love, spend money on music in 2008...right? of course you do) so yeah, support those who impact your life in a positive way, I think they call it karma or something...do the right thing.

2. Feel free to subscribe (that button to the right of this here posting that says "Subscribe"...yeah, that one. Hit that.) to stay up on how I make it doos what it does. I'm not that dude who posts 3.7 posts per day (or week for that matter,) so don't fret. I don't have that much good isht to relay, so expect whatever it is you expect when you deal with me. Quality control.

d. From time to time I will be contributing to society/the audience/my faithful readership by doing things such as giving away albums, etc. FYI.

That's it? Yup. I got it. I'm gone...

Welcome

Where to start.  I don't normally write a whole lot, so I think I'll keep this brief so as to make it as painless as possible and to keep my ego intact beyond day one.

Welcome to My Soul For Real No Doubt.  This is where I plan to post music-related things...audio, video, links, you know the deal.

Me, my name is Mike.  I'm a DJ, been doing it since the mid-90's when I was in high school.  I love music in general, but hip-hop is really my thing.  I love learning about new styles and sounds, and as a DJ, sometimes that's reflected in how I spin records.  At least I'd like to think so.  Much of what this blog will be about is hip-hop, and how I've grown to understand and love and maybe even live the culture.

Anyways, once again, welcome, and thanks for stopping by.  I hope this blog is as informative, inspirational, and entertaining to you as so many other blogs, outlets, friends, DJs and music lovers are to me.