The Anchorman Mixtape is a mixtape

Mixtape

A Mix Tape or Mixed Tape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio Compact Cassette.A Mix Tape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a...

 by Canadian rapper k-os

K-os

Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...

 which was released on August 9, 2010. Following the release of his album Yes!

Yes! (k-os album)

Yes! is the fourth album of alternative hip hop artist k-os, released on April 14, 2009 in Canada by Universal Music Canada. The first single, "4 3 2 1", was released to radio in December 2008 and peaked at #98 on the Canadian Hot 100, also the video premiered on February 17, 2009. "Burning...

earlier in 2009, The mixtape features collaborations with Drake

Drake (entertainer)

Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....

, Saukrates

Saukrates

Karl Amani Wailoo , better known by his stage name Saukrates , is a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer of Guyanese descent. He is the co-founder of Capitol Hill Music, and lead singer of hip-hop/R&B group Big Black Lincoln...

 and Sebastien Grainger

Sebastien Grainger

Sebastien Alexandre Grainger from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is a Canadian singer and musician, best known as drummer and singer of the dance-punk duo Death from Above 1979 and the singer and guitarist for his current band, Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains...

, among others.

Background

Made available to download from his tour website, the mixtape was mostly recorded on k-os' tour bus while he was touring with Drake in April 2010. It incorporates snippets of the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, or simply Anchorman, is a 2004 American comedy film, directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell. The film, which was also written by Ferrell and McKay, is a tongue-in-cheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the then-new Action News format...

. Providing Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

John William "Will" Ferrell is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the late 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega...

's voice as a narrator to the mixtape, each snippet relates to the track following it.

Track listing

1. "Start Me UP" – 3:01
2. "SheClipse" – 3:17
3. "Faith" (featuring Drake) – 3:26
4. "Joni Mitchellin' Peelin Out" (featuring Saukrates) - 3:00
5. "Dance In YO Car" - 3:55
6. "BlackWater" (featuring Sebastien Grainger) - 3:15
7. "Holy Cow" - 3:54
8. "I Wish I Could Believe" - 2:52
9. "Beauty is a Loaded Gun" - 2:55
10. "The Lonely Ones" - 3:18

Sample credits:

• "Start Me UP" samples "Start Me Up
  Start Me Up
  "Start Me Up" is a song by The Rolling Stones featured on the 1981 album Tattoo You. Released as the album's lead single, it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the UK Singles Chart.-Writing and recording:...
  
  " by The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
  
  
• "I Wish I Could Believe" samples "Mouthful of Diamonds" by Phantogram
  Phantogram
  Phantograms, also known as Phantaglyphs, Op-Ups, free-standing anaglyphs, levitated images, and book anaglyphs, are a form of optical illusion. Phantograms use perspectival anamorphosis to produce a 2D image that is distorted in a particular way so as to appear, to a viewer at a particular vantage...
  
  
• "Beauty is a Loaded Gun" samples "Chanson D'un Jour D'Hiver" by Cortex