Hyde’s Lovelies is
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design of Bret Syfert.

I'm an experienced freelance graphic designer, focusing on custom lettering, layout & typography, font creation, logo creation, book design, illustration, experience design, art direction and animation. I consider myself a strong arts and design professional with MA degrees in Publishing and Book Arts from University of the Arts London and a BA in Graphic Design from Drexel University. I started working in the field in 2002 as a newspaper designer in Philadelphia.

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Hip Hop Lives: Free Mixtape


This mix began as a playlist of tracks that I was listening to on my headphones while dancing in the street. Training outside is a unique experience, because it is real life. People come up to you. Sometimes it is great. Sometimes it is dangerous. Sometimes the police hassle you. This environment affects my mood and that affects what I want to listen to. Over time, the playlist became more and more what I would call stripped down hip hop, or the original format, and it is all I need to find my swagger and flow on the concrete. When I get down now, I am basically trying to tell stories and flow off of the beats in the same way that emcees verse, and that is all due to the kind of music I am listening to. Eventually, the playlist felt more like a mixtape to me, with each track feeding off of the previous, so I took the next step by obsessively cooking it all down into one single 40-minute track, adding edits, samples and more. It consists mostly of hip hop production from my favourite triad of J Dilla, Pete Rock and Madlib, and I now love practicing to this and listen to it over and over. Thanks to Clayton the Chemist for the Downroc Ego Trip Intro. You can get the mix at the below link, and feel free to share.

Photo © Sebastien Buret


00:00 - Clayton The Chemist - Downroc
00:22 - Leron Thomas - Bless Your Whole Crew
00:36 - Kool & The Gang - Heaven At Once
00:42 - Eddie Henderson - Beyond Forever *Sample: Shuggie Otis
01:09 - Alpha Mist - 4th Feb (Stay Awake)
01:51 - Slum ViIlage - Keep It On
02:25 - A Tribe Called Quest - Against The World *Sample: Withnail And I
03:12 - Madlib - Knickers Turned *Sample: Blade Runner
04:01 - Pete Rock, INI - Think Twice *Sample: Nomadland
05:14 - Group Home - Up Against The Wall *Sample: Dogtown And Z-Boys
07:11 - Nujabes - Decade *Sample: It Ain't New York
07:49 - The Roots - No Alibi *Sample: Be Kind Rewind
09:56 - Slum Village - Jealousy *Sample: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
11:05 - Madlib - Cue 5
11:50 - People Under The Stairs - Earth Travelers *Sample: Disciples of the 36th Chamber
14:01 - Slum Village - Conant Gardens
15:12 - Grand Puba - I Like It *Sample: Fatnice
16:09 - Large Professor - I Just Wanna Chill
17:22 - Declaim, Madlib - Too Much Clout
18:29 - Pete Rock - Soul On Top *Sample: Stepdancing, Bert Lloyd
20:22 - Madlib - Dirtknock
21:34 - J Dilla - One Eleven & Two Can Win
24:22 - Pete Rock - Give It To Y'All
24:48 - J Dilla - The $ *Sample: Breakin'
25:55 - Pete Rock, The Un - Cake
27:17 - Madlib - Episode XVI
28:21 - Pete Rock - Vibes *Sample: Being There
28:59 - Freddie Gibbs, Madlib - Cold In The Blvd *Sample: Can You Feel It
29:42 - Pete Rock - BBJones *Sample: Northern Exposure
30:54 - Pete Rock - Time For Learning
32:28 - Slum Village - Hustle *Sample: The Legendary Twins
33:20 - J Dilla - Stop *Sample: Gloria
34:32 - Madlib - The Sky *Sample: Dark Crystal
35:41 - The Blackbyrds - Love Is Love *Sample: Homicide
37:01 - MFSB - Mysteries Of The World *Sample: Dexter Wansel
38:49 - A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour *Sample: Mid 90s
38:57 - Weldon Irvine - We Gettin' Down *Sample: Midnight Marauders
39:08 - Leron Thomas - Peers For Feers


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