now streaming—afropunk mixtape #023: the time is now

This month’s mixtape is a politically-charged mash-up of some of our favorite recent releases. AFROPUNK Mixtape #023: The Time Is Now features the brilliant Brazilian rapper Karol Conka’s pro-feminist MC Carol collaboration, ‘100% Feminista’, Andre Cymone’s lamentation on what it means to be a ‘Black Man In America’, new tunes from AFROPUNK alums BLXPLTN, Big Freedia, and Cakes Da Killa, and powerful solidarity interludes about #NoDAPL and #BlackTransLivesMatter.

01. Andre Cymone – Black Man In America
02. BLXPLTN – DarkStar
03. Big Freedia – Crazy
04. Cakes Da Killa – Talkin Greezy
05. Interlude: Brother Passion – Afropunk Poem
06. Moses Sumney – Lonely World
07. MC Carol & Karol Conka – 100% Feminista
08. Mangoseed – Jah Jah
09. Mick Jenkins ft. BADBADNOTGOOD – Drowning
10. King Azaz – Numb
11. Interlude: LaDonna Brave Bull Allard #NoDAPL
12. Noisizwe ft. Guilty Simpson, Naima & Rene Mclean – Breathe
13. Sonitus – Alleviate
14. Bezerk – Hello America
15. Interlude: Shagasyia Diamond – #BlackTransLivesMatter
16. Quay Dash – Queen of NY
17. Ray Hodge – Voodoo

Artwork Photo by Allyson Alapont