Wesley Pentz, better known by his dinosaur-derived stage name, Diplo, is one of the most influential DJs / Producers in the business. He played an important role in M.I.A.’s Kala, Santigold’s self titled debut, and in this year’s Major Lazer album. In addition, he used to be a schoolteacher in Philadelphia and at one point dated M.I.A.
I am a big fan of his work, so I threw together a mix of my favorite Diplo tracks / remixes / productions for your listening pleasure.
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“Rollin (Diplo Remix)” – Paper Route …

Welcome to the third installment of The Weekend Mixtape. This week we focus on the DC area’s finest go-go rapper and Morning Beatdown favorite, Wale.
Many listeners may know him from his Spring 2009 collaboration with Lady Gaga, which got a lot of air time on DC area radio. However, this single barely scratches the surface of his impressive mixtape and collaboration record. This mixtape includes collaborations with Diplo, Southeast Slim, and Kid Cudi as well as tracks from his 2008 “Mixtape About Nothing”. Pop it in your iTunes, and enjoy.

We have all been there. You hear this great song on America’s Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest. However, because you are so “alt” and completely not “mnstrm”, the original version is immediately disqualified. What you need is a good remix. This weekend’s mixtape has all (8 of) the answers. Plus, these tracks bang hard. Enjoy!

Dayve Hawk is a stay at home dad in New Jersey who is “not that good with computers”.  For a couple months in late 2008, he was music’s most mysterious new artist.  He achieved this status while anonymously releasing mixtape after mixtape of amazing new material and remixes on his blog We’re Tapes, under three different aliases (Memory Cassette, Weird Tapes, and Memory Tapes).  If you ask him today “why the big mystery?” he will tell you that its because he doesn’t have a cell phone and he has a bad …