Archive for August, 2009

Yuh Love on Grindin!

August 21st, 2009

Grindin Chart – August

01. Acid Girls – Light Works (Harvard Bass Remix)
02. The XX – Basic Space
03. Joy Orbison – Wet Look
04. Pill – Trap Goin Ham
05. Shakira – She Wolf
06. Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Club Mix)
07. Dre Skull & Vybz Kartel – Yuh Love
08. Erol Alkan & Boyz Noize – Wavves
09. Momma’s Boy – Give It Up
10. SMD – Bad Blood
11. Chuckie – Aftershock (Chuckie and Silvo Ecomo Remix)
12. Mumdance & Brodinski – Eurostarr (Zombie Disco Squad Remix)
13. HEALTH – We Are Water
14. Marcus Price and Carli – Mat, Bira, Kvinnor, Weed (Kingdom Remix)
15. Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Russ Chimes)

Dre Skull & Vybz Kartel’s “Yuh Love” electro pop-dancehall summer anthem hits #7 in the Grindin Chart this month! That makes Mixpak three for three with previous showings for “Gone Too Far” and “I Want You.” Today’s also the last day to enter the draw for a free Vybz Kartel t-shirt, but even if you don’t win, you can always get your pre-order game up to speed right over here. “Yuh Love” has also been getting huge support from XLR8R,  Brodinski, Tiga, Discobelle, Mad Decent and…. Tiesto?!! and  is showing no signs of slowing down. Grab it on iTunes now!

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Mixpak Vybz Kartel T-Shirt Giveaway Contest

August 12th, 2009

Mixpak Vybz Kartel T-Shirt
The all new Mixpak store is up and running and we’re happy to be offering a brand new Vybz Kartel T-Shirt to coincide with the release of his new single “Yuh Love.” Pre-order your t-shirt now and it ships the week of August 25th, 2009.

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Support the single!

To promote the new release we’re running a contest on Twitter. To enter simply post the following:

“I support the new @mixpak single produced by @dreskull “Vybz Kartel – Yuh Love” http://bit.ly/aDyj2 RT your support!!”

The winner will recieve a free Vybz Kartel T-Shirt and will be chosen randomly among all the entries. To qualify you must be following both @mixpak and @dreskull and you must post before midnight Friday August 21st Eastern Standard time.

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Vybz Kartel “Yuh Love” Out Now!

August 11th, 2009

"Vybz Kartel Yuh Love iTunes"

Jamaican superstar Vybz Kartel raises the bar with the Dre Skull produced “Yuh Love,” a poppy dancehall anthem just in time for the end of summer. Kartel gives us his deejay ternt singjay and “Yuh Love” — in which he offers a promise of undying love — acts as the ying to his recent smash hit “Romping Shop’s” yang. Dre Skull keeps the production understated, but infectious. Out now on iTunes.

Support this release!

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Bobmo’s Top Five Ghetto House Tracks

August 7th, 2009

Bobmo is known for producing bangin’ music with strong ghetto house influences and his recent remix for Mixpak is no exception. In the hope of getting inside his production mind, we asked him to give us a list of his favorite ghetto house tracks and he turned in his top five along with a short note about each track. Check these classics!

Jammin Gerald – Party Hype
Maybe the first ghetto house track I played and I still play it.

Robert Armani – Fire alarm
I like the armani’s snares !

See the rest of his picks »

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New Vybz Kartel Single “Yuh Love”

August 4th, 2009

Vybz Kartel Yuh Love Cover
Vybz Kartel is up next on the Mixpak roster, delivering the Dre Skull produced single “Yuh Love.” Stay tuned for the “Yuh Love” video which is being shot in Jamaica tomorrow. We’ll try to post some stills of Kartel on the set soon. Meanwhile enjoy a stream of the track.

Vybz Kartel – Yuh Love

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