Bowling Over Beats - 2 Dollar Tuesday Hip Hop Special! ((Mixtape in 432Hz))

This is a simple music mix I concocted of a variety of hip hop tunes i shuffled thru over the past year during my travels and some songs that came back to memory after returning for an unintended extended stay in the Bay.. No special theme with this one, and not much edited as i just let the music play, which is pretty positive & solid all the way thru.. def not the most conscious/spiritual whatever, but there's some great messages all over and it's more intelligent than what's on the radio for the most part.. i should see if the next bowling alley would let me be their dj, hahaShow more

I take my work with me pretty much anywhere i go and with a lot of things i do.. i'm inspired by much and jot down many ideas and observations.. i listen to more podcasts than music, but i take my beats to the bowling alley as well, which has been a cool thing to do for reviewing these mixes in a single 'sitting' so i can make the proper edits & adjustments later.

I've been in and out of relationships over the past 3yrs that has left me exhausted from heartbreak.. Spending good times out with myself for the sake of getting out and shaking off some stagnant energy and switch up the scenery from whatever hermit hole i'm in has been therapeutic.. I drove around quite a bit this year (10k miles), and it wasn't to make up for lost time of not owning a car for 15 years.. Was on a mission to get to Canada to be with the woman i love, but got denied at the border due to my ancient petty criminal history that i had to get sorted out this year.. i actually got one of my cases amended and sealed, and still on good terms with that old flame..

What's funny, but kinda cool is during these road trips, i calculate my only stops to take a break at bowling alleys.. most of'em got food and drinks and it's been a great way to stretch out and get the circulation pumping thru the legs after hours of driving.. these road trips haven't been for pleasure, altho it's been fun with beautiful landscapes from the pacific northwest to new mexico.. i've been basically moving all my stuff from place to place depending where i'm able to stay or where i'm needed, which has mostly been between Oregon & Cali, where i've been grateful for the people/family who've hosted me. Bowling has been my therapeutical sessions Across 4 States this year. would've been 5 if i spent a full day in Arizona.

i'm sharing this video collage of my lil bowling sessions not as some vanity piece of myself, just switching up the style for this video.. i started filming myself to get better and learn the ropes of spinning the ball cuz i like the geometric angles that make you think, kinda like billiards.. i don't claim to be great at this sport and i could leave it all without looking back, it's just something i've grown fond of and has helped me transmute things going on in my life.. i rarely played in france over the past 13yrs cuz the bowling is few and far between as well as lacking in quality... the bowling alley in my hometown closed, like the old pool hall, so maybe there's some nostalgia with that.

yea i got my lil dance and pep in my step, just enjoying myself, the vibe i set, good health and the fact i can still have any kind of pep in my step after suffering some serious knee injuries a dozen years ago that can still bother me from time to time.. so take it as i'm showing off if you want, i'm just having a good time and showing others they can too, even all alone.. Are you comfortable with taking yourself out on a date? does it really feel that weird to go to a movie or restaurant by yourself? haha, that's societal conditioning for ya.. I just encourage folks to truly be their authentic genuine selves- once you really tap into the essence of your soul, you just know and live by higher moral standards as the codes of consciousness reveal deeper meanings to life within yourself.

btw, when i bowl, i use one of my cat's names- i miss that guy

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We Are The Best - Deep Fried Funk Brothers ft. The Grouch
Stand On It - Tiye Phoenix ft. Ruste Juxx
The Follow Through - Afro Classics ft.
Matters - Awol One ft. Circus
Bowling Pins - Blackaliscious
Porté Par Le Son - King Siroko
Project Draw - Deep Breeze
As Good As It Gets - Aesop
Victim To Complacency - Blackbird
Bowling Boulders - Moonrocks
Sinister Six Thousand Remix - Dan The Automator & Kool Keith
Push Up Ya Lighta - The Roots
Price of Liovin' - Grassroots
Cruisen - Kruse & Sunspot Jonz
Enecs Eht No Kcab - One Be Lo
J'attaque Du Mike - X-Men
Cut Killer Marseille Bad Boy Interlude
CSD - Labtekwon
Specifics - Tame One & Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Fixation - The Coup
Another Day - Crown City Rockers
Firefights - CYNE
Logic - Bleu Collar

Manly P Hall is the voice you hear sprinkled over beats throughout this mix

Arranged, mixed & produced in 432hz on Dec. 21st, 2022 in Albuquerque NM by Derek Bartolacelli aka AwakenYaMind

PEACE