Thursday October 29th 2009, 11:03 am
Filed under: music
Good gracious. Lupe is back. This is like his “I just feel like getting in the studio and flowing” stuff right here, and it’s better than everybody else’s music. That’s precisely why he’s one of the best rappers alive. Easy.
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Monday October 19th 2009, 6:04 pm
Filed under: music
More new Wiz, this latest joint is off his forthcoming “Burn After Rollin” mixtape which drops so soon that you can taste it. It’s a remix of “Walking on a Dream” by Australian electronica group Empire of the Sun (who got some love from the hip hop community after Jay-Z reached out and decided to throw them on the BP3).
Honestly, I think if he wanted to remix any song on their album, he shoulda rocked that “Delta Bay”. I hope he reads this and decides to take on that task, because THAT is their craziest track. Nonetheless, it’s a smooth joint. I’ll include the original. My younger brother actually put me on these guys a while back, so credit him for it all. Enjoy.
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Monday October 05th 2009, 5:41 pm
Filed under: music
He dropped this via his twitter, unconverted. My ninja Omar hit me with the retweet, so I’m over here using my tools to turn .wav to .mp3. And I succeeded. Apparently, it’s an old DJToomp beat, and it samples The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony” (you know, that track that made Cruel Intentions that much better? That joint.). Let’s get it.
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Monday October 05th 2009, 4:26 pm
Filed under: music
Janelle Monae is finally back with some new music, and it sounds like some experimental, vintage, rock/soul stuff. In other words, this song is something special. This Monday has been pretty good to the music industry.
This joint was a special delivery by my homies from Cornerstone and the Kia Soul Collective tour that I hit up a few weeks ago in DC. This is also the first taste of new music from Monae’s epic new album, set for an early 2010 release.
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The Kia Soul Collective is also in the midst of its national tour incorporating live music, video screenings and games. Performances in the 10-city tour will include MGMT, Silversun Pickups, Against Me!, N.E.R.D., Clipse and more. Follow The Collective and Tour at www.kiasoulcollective.com, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kiacollective, and its official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/kiasoul.
Monday October 05th 2009, 3:12 pm
Filed under: music
Pigeons and Planes just gave me an extremely, extremely trill joint from indie rock / pop / folklore band Vampire Weekend. The Columbia University grads sound like Paul Simon in 2010, and I’m all about that. This new joint is called “Horchata”, and it’s the first single from their upcoming album, Contra. I hope they named it after the video game, but I highly doubt it.
I’m sitting here jamming while trying to figure out what the meaning of the song is. Those xylophones are something special though! I’m about to get some horchata in December and just sip it. Sounds great.
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Monday October 05th 2009, 2:56 pm
Filed under: music
Oh boy. I’m no gossip column or anything, but this new song “Papers”(like, divorce papers) has Usher airing out his dirty laundry. The R&B superstar will address the end of his marriage on the first offering from his new album, set to debut Monday. It was penned by Sean Garrett, that big guy in that Mario video whose voice doesn’t match his body. He’s great though, no shots. I’m just saying, the man’s voice doesn’t match his body at all. I hope the new album is epic. Remember how Confessions had people in a frenzy? I need that Usher again, cuz the last album didn’t do a damn thing for me.
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Monday October 05th 2009, 3:36 am
Filed under: video
This is the first Gucci video that rocks. Plies verse is so trill and I’m happy they didn’t try and swap that weak-willy OJ Da Juiceman verse out. This was the summer anthem in my book, don’t care what anybody else says. Marcel threw me the oop for this one. Good looks, bruv.
Larry resists Jeff’s suggestion to do a “Seinfeld” reunion special.
Not much happens except that every main character from “Seinfeld” comes back, and Larry causes more commotion. The world loves to hate him, and this is why this show is brilliant. Entourage beat it this week in terms of quality, but we’re talking about a season finale versus the third episode of a show that’s 7 seasons deep. Curb reigns supreme. Only other show seeing is right now is “Modern Family”, and I’ll have more on that later. Enjoy.
Monday October 05th 2009, 12:43 am
Filed under: entourage, video
Episode: “Give A Little Bit”
Synopsis: As Vince prepares to head to Italy to film his next movie with Frank Darabont, Turtle attemps to move on from Jamie-Lynn with the hot co-ed Brooke, but upon realizing he can’t, Turtle heads for Auckland, New Zealand in a grand gesture to get Jamie-Lynn back. Drama chooses to give up acting, only to head back in for another Melrose audition. Ari faces two obstacles in buying Terrance’s company: his wife, and an addendum to the contract. Eric’s special lunch with Sloan turns sour, resulting in a fight, but by the time it’s over, nothing will be the same between them.
I know i sh!tted on last week’s episode, but this joint was one of the best season finales I’ve ever seen in my life. No joke. It’s dynamic, everybody is involved, Matt Damon is the man, and the music was so fitting for the scenes. Let’s get it. Thanks for swearing by DC to BC each week for the episodes. I appreciate your loyalty, and hopefully you’ll continue to come back for the music, the tomfoolery, and the random articles. Thanks for everything. Enjoy the episode. Oh, and had to bring the Star Wars themed picture back.
Wednesday September 30th 2009, 3:22 pm
Filed under: music
This was my least favorite song on the album, but after Marky jumped on it, it’s grown on me. He teamed up with DP from Dat New Cudi x Sixty4Harmony (interesting fact: these guys are who host my blog right now. Like, I changed servers and jumped on board with DP. Thank you, DP. He’s selling server space for the low! $15. Holler at him.)
