photo: pep kim
Jahmal Williams has been in the East Coast scene longer than most skaters have been alive. An original known for being one of Boston’s first “serious” pros with his jazzy creative yet technical skating, there’s nothing cookie cutter about him. If this playlist of classics were coming from some 19-year-old, we might be skeptical, but coming from Jahmal, who actually lived through “The Golden Era” of hip-hop, the height of East Coast punk, and with a genuine love and understanding of jazz, it makes total sense. Jahmal didn’t just discover these tracks because some music blog put them on their list of “100 Greatest Songs of All Time”, he lived through them.
Stream Jahmal’s mix below, and if you’re into it, download it here while you can.
More Mixes? Check out: Bill Strobeck, Blondey McCoy, Louie Lopez, Nora Vasconcellos, Alltimers, Rodrigo TX, Stefan Janoski, Franky Villani, Pass~Port skateboards, The 69 Mix, Beagle, LurkNYC, Bam Margera, Mike Arnold, Jason Sallilas, or Kevin Rodrigues.
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JENKEM MIX 78: STEFAN JANOSKI
Press play, zone out, and brainstorm your own ways to get a piece of that big shoe money in the sky.
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JENKEM MIX 102: JAHMIR BROWN
One of the few dudes to look good skating in headphones shares what he bumps when he stunts.
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JENKEM MIX 61: NORA VASCONCELLOS
Nora's mix was meant for her own special someone (but feel free to pretend it's you).
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JENKEM MIX 91: RYE BERES
Wait, who the fuck is Rye Beres?
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JENKEM MIX 22: DON NGUYEN
Hank Williams, Holocaust, and Outkast amongst others? That's a win right there!
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JENKEM MIX 21: AARON HERRINGTON
From Morrissey to Migos to Mötley Crüe, check out the soundtrack from one of NYC's finest transplants.
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JENKEM MIX 46: CORY KENNEDY
The flow of this mix is a little haggard, I won't lie, but it kind of perfectly captures Cory's skating: soulful, fun, and not too serious.
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JENKEM MIX 10: BRAD CROMER
You asked for it, we got it.
Comments
March 20, 2017 6:45 pm
When is hopps gonna come out w new decks
March 20, 2017 7:54 pm
^^^^^^^^^^^^
March 20, 2017 8:13 pm
Gotta love how jahmal started and finished that playlist with the dried up marker ;)
March 21, 2017 7:24 pm
Looks on point!