This is a mixtape I made for Tad Nakamura’s documentary A Song For Ourselves.
The film documents the life of Chris Iijima, a Japanese American musician, activist, educator, and father, who’s music was the soundtrack for the Asian American movement in the late 60s, early 70s.
For the mixtape, I arranged Chris’s music along with Blue Scholars, Bambu, Kiwi, and Native Guns songs, interwoven with sound bites from the movie. We also did exclusive remixes which sample Chris’s music and feature verses from Geo, Bam, and Kiwi.
Tracklist:
1. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – “We Are The Children” (Intro)
2. Blue Scholars – “Cornerstone”
3. Native Guns – “Slave Thinking”
4. Native Guns feat. Geologic – “Agitation Propaganda”
5. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – “Jonathan Jackson”
6. Bambu – “When Will The Time Come?” prod. by Will Bracy
7. Kiwi – “Gaza 2 Oakland” prod. by DJ Phatrick
8. Blue Scholars – “Back Home”
9. Chris Iijima – “Vietnamese Lament (Live)”
10. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – “War Of The Flea” (Senz of Depth Remix ft. Bambu)
11. Bambu – “Chairman Mao” (Paper Planes edit)
12. Blue Scholars – “Fire For The People”
13. Kiwi – “Cause”
14. Native Guns feat. Geologic – “Said It” (Asi Remix)
15. Iijima, Miyamoto, Chin – Divide & Conquer (Fatgums Remix ft. Geologic, Kiwi, & Bambu)
16. Chris Iijima Soliloquy
17. Kiwi – “Imagine”
18. Bambu – “Seven Months”
19. Blue Scholars – “Life and Debt”
