A World Upside Down: The Mixxtape

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A World Upside Down: The Mixxtape
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Mixtape by
ReleasedJune 4, 2013
Recorded2012–2013
Genre Hip hop
Length47:00
Label Hatchet House
Psychopathic Records
Producer DJ Clay
DJ Clay chronology
Book of the Wicked Chapter Two
(2010)
A World Upside Down: The Mixxtape
(2013)
The SidewayZ Room
(2017)

A World Upside Down: The Mixxtape was released June 4, 2013 on Hatchet House and its parent company Psychopathic Records by DJ Clay. [1] The mixtape, DJ Clay's first for three years, was released on the Psychopathic Records label. [2]

Track listing

Track #NameArtist(s)Length
1The Beginning DJ Clay 1:48
2Goblin Insane Clown Posse 3:21
3Let Me Be Anybody Killa 2:40
4Don't Push Me Myzery 2:42
5Wrong n Tough Blaze Ya Dead Homie 2:45
6I'm So Fresh (Ceemix) Legz Diamond & The Purple Gang (ft. Cold187um)3:12
7Siri (Skit) DJ Clay 0:53
8When I'm Clownin' (Ceemix) Insane Clown Posse & Kreayshawn 3:17
9Officer Hatchet Violent J 3:46
10Ferris Wheel Whitney Peyton 3:06
11F#%k It up Clay (Skit) DJ Clay 1:52
12L.A. (Original Remix) Cold187um 3:38
13Shaggy Needs Love (Skit) DJ Clay 1:46
14In the Clouds Kottonmouth Kings 4:02
15Ride Slow Drive-By 3:05
16Skreeem (Joe Strange Remix) Insane Clown Posse, Hopsin & Tech N9ne 4:06
17The End DJ Clay 0:57

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  2. Schafer, Joseph (June 2013). "Online Exclusive Interview: DJ Clay". Toledo City Paper . Retrieved 18 September 2013.