2005 Brian shares his feelings. From the liner notes:

"Love is a fickle thing: One day you're making your girlfriend a mixtape with Troop's 'All I do is think of you,' and the next day she's ditched you and now accompanies another dj -- probably one that spins that annoying reggaeton shit -- to Amoeba records to buy music. Yet, the club, the classroom, or the workplace have all been excellent places to find the next girl to forget about the last girl.  Sometimes, love knows limits.

This mixtape is a re-interpretation of Mary J. Blige's 1994 hit "love no limit." This mix explores various themes of a not-so-unusual relationship narrative: digging, heartbreak, rebound, and mackin'. But how do we remember the ups and downs of a relationship? This mix is also about music and memory: at one point, your relationship archive is nostalgia soaked as s/he is remembered as your sweet thing and other times your glad you gave it up and turned it loose. 

This isn't completely autobiographical, but rather a jigsaw puzzle of various relationship stories -- mine included -- pieced together.  Thank you to all my friends for sharing their stories and of course, love -- for without it, we wouldn't have this mixtape and a bunch of other ones before this.  

I am forever indebted to my ex-roommate kyl parker for making a special mixcd for me in 2003 and for True Clothing Store in San Francisco for allowing me to spend $16.99 to purchase dj neil armstrong's "bittersweet," which provided much inspiration, which I pay homage to, and which I borrow from. if you want to hear a really good mixcd, cop that bittersweet cd. it is completely worth it. Super thanks go out to Fatima Padojino and Mark Maiden of ZippedUpHoodie Productions for the time, effort, support, and creativity to the formation of this mix. Further thanks to Super-Hyphy friends: Stanley Wong, Leang Ly, Stephanie Ng, Joel Ou, and Shailo Rao.

Production credits: Cover design, ZippedUpHoodie Productions and Eric Perdiguerra aka Eric Rukis. Liner notes contributor, Mark Maiden.  Guest vocals: Stanley Wong, Shailo Rao, Stephanie Ng, Leang Ly, Isa Quintana, Mark Maiden and Fatima Padojino.

djfuzzylogic presents love|k|no|ws|limit|s| (2005)

Around the time my girlfriend and I first started dating, she told me that one of her favorite kinds of rap is Thug Dark. She defined this kind of rap by the CD playing in the car as we were driving around that day, which featured songs by Camron, 2Pac, and Taiwanese pop-icon Jay Chou. Most of the music featured a thick and heavy bassline, sinister sounds like violins and other strings, and a lot of piano sounds in minor keys. At first, I thought my girlfriend was totally onto something here...or she's just making stuff up.

Over the years, I've tried to pinpoint better what Thud Dark really is and whether or not this was just something that people from Seattle (where she's from) called the generically titled Gangster Rap. One of my girlfriend's best friends confirmed that Thug Dark was indeed just another one of my girlfriend's creations. Over the years Iâ€™ve taken copious (mental) notes, continuously observing my girlfriend's musical tastes. I've studied her iTunes playlists, worked out to her Thud Dark playlist on her iPOD, and conducted deep musical analysis of â€œThug Darkâ€ waveforms. Actually, only one of those three is true. After several years now, I think I have finally figured out what Thug Dark truly is.

With that said, I dedicate â€œExplosions, Sirens, and Gunshotsâ€ to my girlfriend. With this mix, I aim to blend my overly sappy and melancholic music tastes with the cinematicky, brooding sounds of Thug Dark that she likes so much. This long-term, way over due, project symbolizes what is so unique about my girlfriend and how she sees the world. I truly mean that with no sarcasm, too.

The mix is really a gift from me to her. After listening to this mix, I hope you have learned to appreciate Thug Dark the way I have!

Production Credits+ Mixed exclusively by dj fuzzylogic. Recorded in fuzzylogic'ss bedroom and introduction written at the kitchen table.

Tracklisting:

MOTIVATION	KELLY ROWLAND	
WHAT YOU NEED (REMIX)	THE WEEKND	
LIL FREAK	USHER	
MONEY TO BLOW	BIRDMAN FEAT. DRAKE	
ON MY LEVEL	WIZ KHALIFA	
WHAT YOU KNOW	    TI	
WANNA GET TO KNOW YOU	G-UNIT	
LIVIN BETTER NOW	JAMIE FOXX	
LETS GET AWAY	TI	
I KNOW	JAY-Z	
SHINE BLOCKAS	BIG BOI	
AFTER PARTY	JEREMIH	
EVEN DEEPER	RICK ROSS	
I DON'T DESERVE YOU	JEREMIH	
FLASHING LIGHTS	KANYE	
I'M LOADED	DROOP-E
NOT TONIGHT (ORIGINAL)	LIL KIM	
PHANTOM	GAME FEAT. ROBIN THICKE	
DOGGY DOG WORLD	SNOOP	
NOT A PLAYER (ORIGINAL)	BIG PUN	
HEY MUMA (COOKIN' SOUL REMIX)	CAM'RON