This is one of those songs that has such a fun quality
to the original recording that it's weird to hear it live
and not just presented as headphone music.
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But they definitely pull off the fun, goofy energy of the recording pretty well.
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Monday
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME x THE HOOD INTERNET
The Hood Internet are really the only dudes still to this day
who are making mash-ups that I can drive around town to or
send to people without having to worry about being made fun of.
I've always had a soft spot for creative mash-ups. So, suck it.
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Waka rapping over Crystal Castles, SALEM, Boris and lots more.
I recommend the first, fourth, and fifth track.
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YELAWOLF x RITTZ
HD videos of performances in clothing stores are becoming
more entertaining to me than legitimate concert footage.
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As usual, Yelawolf puts on a great fucking show.
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JOGGER
Just found this video through my cousin.
Very confused. But that's the power of a good video,
I wouldn't have checked this duo out ever but I was immediately
drawn in by this video and ended up watching it a few times on repeat.
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This might be tickling my brief interest with black metal from a few years ago.
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Sunday
TERROR DANJAH
The king of Grime puts to rest "dubstep" and explains how Europe was always ahead of the game.
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Saturday
Friday
LUNICE - IGLOOFEST PODCAST
I don't fuck with 85% of podcasts, but this is crazygood.
Let that boy cook. Love hearing his shouting in between tracks.
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Thursday
FAM-LAY
New track from Fam-Lay, who's signed to Pharrell's label Star Trak.
To further the Skateboard P connection, we've got some Neptunes production
that would sound just as nice with an old T.I. rapping over it (old as in younger).
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But Fam-Lay does a great job with this one and holds his own
overtop that minimal sound that Neptunes are known for.
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Also awesome: Pusha T is just sitting around in the background the whole time.
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Wednesday
BIG K.R.I.T.
Goose-fuckin'-bumps.
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If I was a superhero or cool or liked my city,
this would be my theme song.
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH
Say what you want about Jay-Z and the state of the other old folks
of the game currently, but don't talk shit about Ghostface.
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He understands what his audience wants, what they're used to hearing him on,
and he's got no problem delivering these elements time and time again.
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Don't fix it if it's not broken.
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Tuesday
PLAYBOY TRE
Great platter of a beat to rap over, and Tre
doesn't hesitate to go in with some great storytelling.
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Saturday
LEXUS LEWIS aka LEX LUGER
Pretty good interview, though he seems permahigh already at the age of like.. 19?
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Footage of SLUM VILLAGE
Dilla was such a peaceful dude.
And notice they're using a fucking CD player instead of a turntable...
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Thursday
Wednesday
RUELZ REKKA
A little crunch in your songs can be good.
If you cross the line, you run the risk of falling into the same category
as people who don't really know what the shit they're doing.
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you can take all the liberties you need, Ruelz. Good thing he understands that.
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and the rhythm in this one is somehow married to Red's
verses a lot better than in the actual original track.
Which is free, damnit.
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Tuesday
LIL B
This is a 'bonus track' from His newest release Angels Exodus,
which dropped today officially. Cop it, feel the positivity.
Don't be a goon.
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THE JEALOUS GUYS x LUNICE
to the entirety of this song. But this video is cool too
in how it captures that 90s hip-hop video vibe.
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Monday
Sunday
GALAPAGOOSE
I'm crazy about artists making so much out of such a minimal set-up
with their gear. Laptop artists can sometimes get shit for just standing there
on some pretty simple and affordable equipment.
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The key: coordination and comfort with both your hardware and software.
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NATURE'S KID
Fellow follower of all things Based God,
Nature's Kid was featured on Flashlight Tag's Open Minds compilation,
which I posted a little while ago featuring a ton of great hip-hop reinventions.
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You can find lots of his stuff on his bandcamp and below is a very pretty video
of his track, "She Doesn't Know Who I Am" which matches overwhelming visuals of Earth
with repetitive, building rhythms and the crazy use of a line from that Wheatus song.
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JONWAYNE
If you're a fan or follower of music crews,
Wedidit Collective will probably be topping your list soon.
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Shlohmo was the first in the group to start getting blog attention
and now that the door is open, seems like all his colleagues are jumping
on the opportunity for some internet fame. Much deserved fame, though.
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Don't know anything about Jonwayne for sure, just that his music is on point.
Grand synths and well-processed beats; post-post-dilla?
Did you catch that Gucci Mane remix he did?
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Don't take your eye/ear off this guy.
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Friday
QUERKUS @ GUS' PUB | JAN. 20 | DAVID LYNCH'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
I was introduced to Querkus in the context of David Lynch, and his every little mystical creation
that has gone from his brain to a film camera, a piece of paper, or more recently, a synthesizer.
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The downtempo / visual duo have been making their way on tour from Winnipeg
over the past week and on Thursday, Jan. 20, they'll be landing at Gus' Pub
to perform and help the Maritimes celebrate film director David Lynch's 65th birthday.
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Five years ago the band held a grand party for the director's 60th birthday, which Lynch himself endorsed.
It does make sense though that these two stars have aligned more than once.
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In Lynch's films, from Eraserhead to Inland Empire, he's been able to evoke the rawest emotions
in his audience, which are only empowered by his obscure way of presenting image and sound together.
The latter is something vital to surreal directors like him or Takashi Miike (at his strangest),
and Querkus comes off at times like the ideal composers for these great films.
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The Winnipeg duo manage to be visual in the way that The Smashing Pumpkins were to me when I was around 13 or 14. Visual music can take you away, evoke an image (sometimes many), and if it's great, like some of Querkus' tracks are, leave you stranded in that place even after the music has finished.
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If you're in Halifax on the 20th and find yourself in the mood for a beer and some ethereal rock,
take a trip down Mulholland Dr. -- not literally. You can find Gus' Pub here.
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And don't forget, in heaven everything is fine.
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LUNICE
New beat blog from Lunice!
If you haven't been following these, check out his YouTube account.
They're always entertaining if you're a fan of studio footage.
Lunice is definitely capturing the one of the most important
elements for a producer/beatmaker nowadays: restraint.
The songs are always structured in a teasing way,
working off of and playing with the typical quiet, loud, quiet formula.
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Thursday
BLACK AMERICA SINGS BOB DYLAN
I've tried and tried.
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I tried when I was young and my dad was trying to play his acoustic songs.
I tried in junior high when people were trying to learn Jimi's take on his song.
I tried in my first year of college when it was damn near expected of you to like him.
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But no, I'll never be able to call myself a Bob Dylan fan.
I can say however that I really enjoy these covers!
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They're all from How Many Roads - Black America Sings Bob Dylan, which is a pretty self-explanatory album.
Here are three of the highlight tracks from it.
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Major Harris, "Like A Rolling Stone" (MP3)
DUKE DA GOD
I love when a retail album somehow ends up getting
mixtape-quality artwork. Shout out to photoshopped eagles.
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Nonetheless, this is a great dipset track. The entire album is actually pretty solid.
A couple skippables, but overall, it's got a pretty good throwback, purple city sound.
Not to mention, it features a lot of Araabmuzik production,
which is always good to have on an album.
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JACQUES GREENE
This one is honestly more homework music to me than burn the club down.
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I guess this would be classified as "house", but let's try to avoid using that dirty word.
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edit : my friend said it's acid, not house.
Don't judge, I was raised on Sugar Ray and Spice Girls.
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Monday
Sunday
ORANGE BLOSSOM FLYOVER
Friday
FREDDIE GIBBS aka GANGSTA GIBBS
SALVA
Lucky Me is a collective of amazing musicians
which includes Lunice, Hudson Mohawke, and Ango, to name a few.
Just a lovely group of dudes killing it on the laptop.
Here's Salva's new mix for the collective.
I'll never be crazy about having one long mix as an mp3
on your itunes list, but this I can actually put on and not feel
any need to skip through a part, just let it ride.
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