After releasing his debut mixtape entitled “The Imagine Nation”, Vancouver based music producer Esjay is at it again with “The City Is Ours”. The ten track mixtape features artists ranging from Jazzy B and Kaka Bhaniawala to J.Cole and Aaliyah.

According to Esjay the mixtape had no real blueprint or genre it was trying to fit into, rather, the idea was to create fun, progressive, uplifting music using his desi roots and his western upbringing.

For the track entitled “Sona Lagda Ae”, Esjay recalls “my friend Inder showed me a Youtube video of a villager in India singing this great traditional punjabi song and was like you have to do something with this!

 

 

 

… So I took the vocals and BOOM! … two months later we have the song … everything is possible when it comes to music!”

Esjay continues “The mixtape shows people you don’t need a lot of money and resources to create an exciting mixtape even if it includes desi artists. Just be creative, work hard, build a strong team and most importantly have fun.”

 

Download the Mixtape Here