afropunk mixtape #050: “this land is mine!”

The Big Lie at the heart of America is that it was never a white country. Colonial narratives crowd out the narratives of the Black, and Brown people who built this country and the indigenous people who were here before everybody else. For Black History Month this year we’re lifting up songs that explore questions of who really owns America’s history. From THE FEVER 333 claiming the mantle of the majority to The 1865’s rebellious anthem, we’re taking up Gary Clark Jr’s charge: “This Land Is Mine.”

01. Intro (James Baldwin, 1985)
02. Leikiei47 – Tic Boom
03. Aligns – Systems
04. Interlude (Langston Hughes, 1955)
05. We Are Band Nerds – Doubt Day
06. Ibibio Sound Machine – Tell Me (Doko Mien)
07. Interlude (NK Jemisin, 2018)
08. Teamonade – Do & Die
09. Toro Y Moi – Freelance
10. Hello Yello – Sins
11. J-E-T-S – Play (ft. Mykki Blanco)
12. The 1865 – Buckshot
13. Interlude (THE FEVER 333, 2018)
14. Pleasure Venom – Deth
15. SATE – Dirty Little Lie
16. Alireza – Vendetta
17. Mykele Deville – Free Soul
18. The Fever 333 – One of Us
19. Interlude (James Baldwin, 1967)
20. Gary Clark Jr. – This Land