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Collaborator 059: Yani Mo w/ Mistah Rapsey on the B-side

Staying Underground favourite Yani Mo is this weeks guest selector in the Collaborator Series series with Mistah Rapsey. I've been a listener and supporter of her music since coming across her Compound​/​Words EP in February of 2013. In a couple weeks she's doing her first Canadian show at the Halifax Pop Explosion festival so I very happy to be releasing this mix leading up to that moment.

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a-side: Yani Mo 1. Jamee Cornelia - New Ringtone 2. Ace Apollo - R.I.P 3. Ziggy2Playa - IDC [Prod. by DunDealOntheTrACK] 4. Cooley Savant - Climate Change [Prod. by quickly, quickly] 5. Yani Mo - Anointed 6. SAJÉ - Mrs. Right 7. Tempest - WHY SO SERIOUS? 8. TLC - Girl Talk 9. Masego - Old Age (feat. SiR) 10. Ako Slice - I Still Eat At Zaxby's (feat. Allen Thomas & Ms. Raspy) 11. Cassie Chantel - Where I'm from [Prod. by Slick Kooley] 12. Mac Miller - Dang! (feat. Anderson .Paak) 13. Hadiya George - HOT FLAVOR 14. Niah Lyrical - Follow Me 15. Tyler Victoria - Ain’t I

b-side: Mistah Rapsey 1. Bby Laana - Lies ft. SOB x RBE (Lul G) 2. Bïa - YAKWTFGO (feat. Kali Uchis) 3. Tyler, The Creator - Who Dat Boy? (feat. A$ap Rocky) 4. Flwr Chyld & Yani Mo - Love Me, Leave Me  5. Aminé - REEL IT IN 6. Ebhoni - Opps 7. Mick Jenkins - What Am I To Do? [Prod. by Kaytranada] 8. Masego & The TrapHouseJazz Band - Brown Suga (Shut Up And Vibe) 9. Yani Mo x Ako Slice   - Summa Patnah [Prod. by ProRow] 10. Cilon. - AP Wasn’t Wrong 11. Buddy - A Lite 12. Gabriel Garzon-Montano - Long Ears (Remix) (feat. Ill Camille, Odd Mojo) 13. Yani Mo - Spell On Me [Prod. by ProRow] 14. Hadiya George & Honey Simone  - Happiness 15. Noname - Don’t Forget About Me

I was recently commissioned by a friend and talented musician, Katrina Lenzly a.k.a "Cooley Savant" to do a series of illustrations for her upcoming album. Actually that's not true, it was more like I commissioned myself. I remember seeing her perform at a show around Savannah and was like wow, this girl's got moxie (yes I still say moxie) so I approached her after the show and said if she ever needed some album art done I was the guy. A few months later she contacted me and I got my wish. This is the first of a few illustrations that I'll be doing for her album, I have a lot of free reign for this project which is turning out to be really refreshing.

The first illustration was unveiled at one of her shows, it was well received and generated a lot of interest which in turn motivated me for the second illustration (more on this later).

I won't tell you guys the concept until the last illustration is finished, I prefer to let the illustrations stand alone until all the pieces are together.

Special thanks go out to Cooley for allowing me so much creative freedom in this project, and to Linneah Anders who documented the entire night via photographs while I sat back like a couch potato and enjoyed the entire show. A few prints were dispersed at the show but I made sure to keep one for myself, and even got Ms. Savant herself to sign it. I wish her all the best in her budding career and I hope this isn't the last time we get to work together. If you're intrigued and want to hear some of her music, you can do so here.