Our guest on the Mixtape picking his 6 favourite songs is Melodownz. An Award winning rapper, poet, and host of the brilliant youtube show Kava Corner, Melodownz is a pillar in the Aotearoa hip-hop scene and has been for close to a decade. He's the first act signed to the Kiwi arm of legendary hip-hop label Def Jam and this week released his debut album Lone Wolf.
Kara Rickard and Melodownz Photo: Jana Te Nahu Owen
The album includes features from the likes of funk legend Bootsy Collins, Denzel Curry and Troy Kingi to name a few, and pays homage to his roots growing up in Avondale, West Auckland and everyone who helped raise him along the way.
His song choices are:
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - The Onion song
Fkj feat. Bas - Risk
Bootsy Collins - Munchies for your Love
Modjo - Lady
Che-fu - fade away
Isley Brothers - Highway of my life
