Mano: Treated Crew don, tastemaker, outspoken Twitter presence, DJ, multi-platinum producer, Grammy Award winner. With 2016 coming to a close, we needed someone to guide us through the year’s best records, and who better than our main man Mano?

One week after our debut, yet another snowstorm hit Chicago. Consider it a metaphor for 2016—the year sucked, goes the cliche, unless you were only in it for the music. Likewise we had a gang of folks brave the storm to kick it in the living room, eat chicken wings and some sort of cognac, and check out some of the year’s best music for an epic episode. Since we won’t be back til mid-January, a solid 3 hours of content felt just about right.

We got to hear from Mano about his earliest memories of Chicago’s legendary DJ Timbuck2, who passed away in 2015; his experience working with The Weeknd on Starboy; and which artists he’s excited about going into 2017.

Thanks again to Nick the Roommate for recording & engineering this project, and Tamika from Swim Team for co-producing.

We’ll be back after the holidays. Til then, check out our first episode and follow our Instagram, where we’ll announce the next week’s guests first.

For more information on DJ Timbuck2, check the foundation website in his name. (The URL is misstated in the podcast.)

And find us across social media: @somanyshrimp, @88nae88, and @CallMeMano.

Download:
Part 1 (Mano)
Part 2 (David & Charne)

Note: SoundCloud pulled Mano’s mix after a complaint from Universal about a brief clip from “Sneakin'” being in the mix. Obviously, if someone can hear one minute & thirty seconds of “Sneakin'” in a 2 hour mix, they’ll cancel their Spotify subs tomorrow. Mano’s mix can still be downloaded at the above link, for the time being.

Mano’s Tracklist
1. Travis Scott “Uber Everywhere (Remix)”
2. Mano feat. Spenzo “Uber Black (Uber Everywhere Mano Remix)”
3. G Herbo “Run It Up”
4. Jon James “White World”
5. D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty “Broccoli”
6. Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane “Black Beatles”
7. 21 Savage feat. Future “X”
8. Divine Council feat. Andre 3000 “Decemba (Remix)”
9. S.A.S. X B.S.B.D. feat. Roc Marciano and N.O.R.E. “Valley of Kings”
10. Lil Bibby “You Ain’t Gang”
11. The Weeknd feat. Kendrick Lamar “Sidewalks”
12. Yo Gotti “Down in the DM”
13. Dreezy feat. Gucci Mane “We Gon’ Ride”
14. Queen Key “Hit a Lic”
15. The Weeknd “Reminder”
16. Big Sean “Bounce Back”
17. Lil Uzi Vert “You Was Right”
18. Ramriddlz “Badmon”
19. Drake feat. 21 Savage “Sneakin'”
20. Roc Marciano and Alchemist “All For It”
21. Bryson Tiller “Rambo (The Weeknd Remix)”
22. A$AP Mob feat. A$AP Rocky, Tyler, the Creator, and Playboi Carti “Telephone Calls”
23. Migos “Bad & Boujee”
24. HXLT “Live to Death”
25. O.T. Genasis “Push It”
26. Drake “Fake Love”
27. Saint Millie feat. Mano and Sir Michael Rocks “No Heauxs”
28. Valee “Shell”
29. Lucki “Options”
30. 21 Savage “No Heart”
31. Travis Scott feat. Young Thug and Quavo “Pick Up the Phone”
32. Mayhem Lauren and Action Bronson “Garlic and Oil”
33. White Gzus feat. Mano “All That”
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34. Payroll Giovanni “Sell Something”
35. Young MA “Ooouuu”
36. French Montana feat. Drake “No Shopping”
37. Lud Foe “My Ambitions as a Rider”
38. YG feat. Drake and Kamaiyah “Why You Always Hatin?”
39. The Cool Kids “Connect Four”
40. Calez feat. Alex Wiley, Mick Jenkins, and Donnie Trumpet “Still Good”
41. Action Bronson “Descendants of the Stars”
42. ScHoolboy Q feat. Kanye West “THat Part”
43. Desiigner “Overnight”
44. Saint Millie “Freak”
45. HXLT “Guitar”
46. Playboi Carti and Uno the Activist “What”
47. MadeinTYO feat. 2 Chainz “I Want”
48. RetcH “Bout to Fall Out”
49. The Weeknd “Party Monster”

David & Charne’s Tracklist
1. Frank Sinatra “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”
2. Terrific 3 “It’s Snowing”
3. Lil Haiti “Good Vibe”
4. Dougie F feat. Dice Soho and Love Mansuy “Mixing”
5. Plug “Body Bounce”
6. Saba feat. Smino and LEGIT “World In My Hands”
7. Moneybagg Yo “Narley”
8. Nipsey Hussle feat. Kent Jamz of Overdoz “Picture Me Rollin'”
9. G Herbo “Havin Shit”
10. Rayana Jay “Too Good”
11. Chance the Rapper feat. Mick Jenkins and Alex Wiley “Grown Ass Kid”
12. Smoody “Big Fella”
13. Korede Bello “Do Like That”
14. Maleek Berry “Kontrol”
15. Young Devi D “Fallin'”
16. TiurakhSushii “South Front Street”
17. Divine Council “Council Shit”
18. BJ the Chicago Kid “Turnin Me Up”
19. Jimmy Wopo “Elm Street”
20. Koran Streets feat. KI “Struggle”
21. Roy Woods “Gwan Big Up Urself”
22. Chris Crack “Love Is Still Awesome”
23. Famous Dex “Never Saw”
24. Lulu Be. “Rude Tings”
25. Burna Boy “We On”