Happy New Years Eve, friends! Here’s a megamix of some of my fave songs posted here throughout the year. It was tough to narrow it down but I really dig these tracks. Play this loud while imbibing and enjoying your friends or family or whoever you have close. It’s been an amazing year for the site, music and life. Looking forward to a fantastic 2012 and wishing all of you the same! Cheers!

BTSTU - Jai Paul - I know this song originally dropped in 2010, but I found it and posted it in January 2011. Sooo, that makes it eligible for this mix. IT’s a banger. If you missed it, I’m glad you get to hear it now. Originally posted here.

Rolling In The Deep - Voodoo Farm Remix - Adele vs Jay-Z vs Biggie - Ironically, this track was originally posted with the above track in January 2011. You knew this song had to be on here. At least one remixed version had to be here, might as well feature Biggie. Masterfully mashed by Voodoo Farm, a popular name here in 2011. Originally posted here.

2.0 Boys - Eminem ft Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf - This song goes so damn hard. I mean DAMN. I don’t know if a harder rap song happened in 2011.

The Kick - XV - Produced by DJ Tech-neek - Love this song. A beat that samples the theme from Inception + a great hook + smart/awesome verses = great song. XV - the man from Kansas has done big things in 2011. I hope 2012 is good and delivers us a lot of new music from Vizzy. Originally posted here.

One Time - The Roots ft Phonte & Dice Raw - The Root’s newest album, undun, is a high contender for Album of the Year. Jammer. Originally posted here.

Cold Shoulder - Urban Noize - Jay-Z, Kanye West & Adele - One of the best mashups of the year. Originally posted here.

Words - Lupe Fiasco ft Skylar Grey - Lupe had a big year. None of his songs were bigger than this rally cry against the establishment. I love that Lupe says what he believes freely. It’s refreshing. Originally posted .

Everlasting Light - Alex Winston - Black Keys Cover - I Love Alex Winston. If you have seen the blog for the past few months you’d see my love is true. Here’s one of my fave covers of hers. Originally posted here.

Little Black Submarine - The Black Keys - One of my favorite albums of the year, El Camino, is a great addition to an already amazing and prolific Black Keys catalog. Dig it. Originally posted here.

Halftime - Amy Winehouse - There was also tragedy in 2011. The music world suffered the untimely loss of 27 year old Amy Winehouse. So sad. Originally posted here.

You Already Knew - Black Star - Produced by Oh No - 2011 brought the reunion of the legendary Black Star. Oooh weeee. Originally posted here.

Hii Power - Kendrick Lamar - One of the most exciting new come ups in the rap world was undoubtedly Compton’s Kendrick Lamar. Cheah. Originally posted here.

I Stand Alone - Theophilus London - Had to post it. Originally posted here.

A Long Time - Mayer Hawthorne - Chromeo Remix - Our boy Mayer got it done in 2011, evidenced here by this Chromeo remix. Originally posted here.

Videotapez - Amp Live ft Del the Funky Homosapien - Radiohead Remix - Amp Live is a beast on the beats. Del has one of the best voices/flows in hip hop. Add these two to Radiohead = crack music. Originally posted here.

Why I Love You - Jay-Z & Kanye West ft Mr. Hudson - Had to include this cut from Watch the Throne. Originally posted here.

Good morning! Today is the first post in a new series called “Mayor’s Mixes”. Every Friday, or some similar time frame, I will select my favorite songs from the previous week (in today’s case, two weeks) and post them in a “mix”. The only thing is I won’t post more than one song from a given post. Sooo, if you like the song, follow the “originally posted here” link to hear the rest of the post. Words aside, let’s get started.

Katy on a Mission - Katy B - Captain Planet Remix - Jammer remix by Captain Planet. Originally posted here. via

Everlasting Light - Alex Winston - Black Keys cover - LOVE ALEX WINSTON. This is a great track. Originally posted here. via

Make My - The Roots ft Big K.R.I.T. - You better have bought this album. it’s INCREDIBLE. If not, buy The Roots undun now. Originally posted here. via

Black Aura - The Glitch Mob ft Theophilus London - Two great music entities come together on this modern sounding glitched out banger. Originally posted here.

Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads - Soul Clap Edit - I’m in love with the Talking Heads and this remix is a certified jammerstiltskin. Originally posted here.

Lights - Ellie Goulding - Xaphoon Jones Remix - Originally posted here.