The streets, as well as Twitter Nation, have been chattering about when Star Trak affiliates Christian Rich would be releasing some new music. I feel blessed to be the guy who can give you the latest offering from the twins! I guess that’s what you get when you are the first people to ever drop their music on the blogosphere. Yeah, that was a little swag, but more of a joke. Sheesh. Can I live?!

This Colin Munroe-assisted electro-pop track was sitting in my inbox this morning, and it’s a jam. Got me out of my bed doing a classy two-step. The hook is infectious as hell. “Say My Name” is most likely gonna be on a future project of one of theirs called Arcade. Admit you wanna hear what that joint sounds like just based off the album name alone.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich – Say My Name [feat. Colin Munroe]

I wanna know what Christian Rich and Wiz Khalifa would cook up, to be honest. But that’s just me being the dreamer that I am. Shrug. Oh, and you heard that N*E*R*D shouted them out as their favorite new producers, right?

My brothers Christian Rich gave me an exclusive early this morning, and I never get them, so this is kind of cool. The twins collaborated with Y-O from the left coast duo U-N-I, to give us some quality music that’ll likely be in rotation in that iTunes library heavy until you get the rest of the tape. It has this reggae/ska/dub feel to it, and the hook is something you’ll be humming in your kitchen while you’re cooking or walking around the city whistling. You know it’s trill if I posted it, because I haven’t posted music since before Obama was in the White House. So after the drop, jam it, download it, and spread the word like herpes wildfire.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich – Lady of the Night [feat. Y-O of U-N-I]

Also, if you can see that beautiful imagery above, it means you’re looking at their mixtape artwork. Yeah, I’m the same kid who said it was crazy to think that album art was worthy of a blog post. Except when it’s actually worthy of a blog post. That illustration is indicative of something monumental. Confused at all by what it’s depicting? Don’t worry! The twins broke down the meaning of their artwork for me this morning:

“The artwork meaning is simple. It’s about the word “Decadence,” which in part means decay, but also an uprising. So the cover depicts a world where the people at the bottom are decaying and the people closer to the top are rising, hence a new start. As you see, the creatures at the bottom are crying and sad, while the ones above them are smiling and crying tears of joy. We tried to recreate a fictional world to set the tone for “The Decadence.“

There you have it. Reminds me a bit of ‘Ye’s Graduation album art, as well as the illustration style from Fern Gully. I know you remember that flick, so don’t fake on me now. The Decadence is hosted by Clinton Sparks and Mick Boogie, and will feature Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Peter, Bjorn and John, DJ Benzi, U-N-I, and more. It drops May 31st, so mark your calendars

flyer says it all. go party with the dudes, they rock. and they’re nigerian. and twins. and they make good music. MAKE SURE TO RSVP to the email address listed, it’s ESSENTIAL. and yes, this is in NYC. if you don’t know who christian rich or colin munroe are, hit the search bar and type their names in there. trust me.

to my NYC-based readers: do me a huge favor and retweet this, or link your homies to this. thanks a whole lot.

you know you wanna go. so just do it.

the rich boys are everybody’s favorite new talent. and i don’t mean new like they just came out. they’ve been grinding for years, sitting on beats that would make the likes of yeezy and skateboard p shake in their boots. the nigerian-by-way-of-chicago-but-now-post-up-in-NYC duo (twins, if you didn’t catch that yet. come on, stay with me) have such appeal to eclectic musicgoers such as myself because they infuse so many different sounds and genres. you’ve heard their other stuff (if not, get familiar here, and QUICK!), but don’t get it twisted; if they wanna make something for hip hop veterans like the clipse or foxy brown, they can do that with utmost ease. and already have. click here and here, respectively if you don’t believe me. they made those, and much more. and they’re only a couple years older than me. what a resume.

i figured i’d treat you to a few gems that not everybody got a chance to grab before they hit MTV. that’s what i’m here for, anyway. quick history lesson 102: Christian Rich.

Section 001: Hit The Slopes.

if you don’t know armand van helden, then you better hit that wikipedia. the boston-born musicsmith is pictured above, and his globetrotting ways have led to him becoming one of the biggest international hit makers and remixers of all-time. somehow, someway, christian rich linked up with him and created this JAM. this needs to go on any party mix that you have in your iTunes immediately. jam it (if you’d like to see the video, it’s here, currently at almost 200,000 plays), and download the track below that.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich feat. Armand van Helden – Ski Hard

Section 002: Hmm. What If Jeezy…

creative people can come up with the trillest ideas in seconds. harmless daydreaming brought about the far-fetched idea of the three-time award winning trapper of the year, young jeezy eating at Lola’s in NYC’s tribeca neighborhood, and then heading off to perform at club sway, where his vocals would be placed over these less drug trafficking, but drug induced instrumentals.

then they turned it into a reality in a couple days, because they can do that. the short EP features 5 jeezy tracks remixed with some songs that you’re probably familiar with. it’s a jeezy you’ve never heard, and a christian rich that you’ve been dreaming to hear. click the artwork, or grab it via the link below.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich – Jeezy Eats AT Lola’s [EP / Mixtape]

class dismissed. stay in the loop of their happenings at their new site, christian rich goods.

i can’t say much more than christian rich is on a steady path to a whole lotta success. i know this is a GLC song, but i never got into GLC. i think his verse in “spaceship” was phenomenal, but besides that i haven’t heard too much. so this is the perfect way to get involved. the song is about…well, you know what it’s about. probably one of the best perks if you’re in the entertainment biz. if you ain’t know, all of the guys involved behind this joint are chicagoans. incredible. enjoy, and shout out to heather (can i get a call or something, boo? shucks.) for this nice litle picture she put together. lord knows i didn’t have any pictures for this post until i saw that.

DOWNLOAD: GLC feat. Christian Rich – My First Model

also, after the drop, check out the unreleased footage of GLC’s verse in the “spaceship” video.

i won’t lie. it’s been a long time since i’ve featured my man theo martins on the blog. and i have no good excuse. so to (try and) make up for my lack of theo postings, i’m throwing two gems at the same time. they’re both crazy, and the second joint is produced by my brothers christian rich who you may already be familiar with. enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Theo Martins – Checkin’ In [prod. by $port]

DOWNLOAD: Theo Martins – Cloud 9 [prod. by Christian Rich]

the artwork was too cool for me not to include it. sheesh.

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the first video from the genre-bending duo, christian rich. i love it. there’s so much symbolism, you’ll feel like high school english class all over again. in a good way. like when you raised your hand and said something so great that you felt good about yourself for the entire day. you know!? enjoy.

huge shout out to the twins, huge shout out to BBGun, and huge shout out to by any means. i’m just happy that the entire process went smoothly. let me know your thoughts on the video, good or bad. i want people to dig deep like philosophy class or something! come on. blog discussions, like the old days.

the chi-town duo released the decay mixtape last year, and it got a crazy positive response from the masses. they decided to step it up about 304 notches and make some even wilder tracks. they threw me this exclusive a minute ago, but it’s just seeing daylight now. enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich – Countdown

the title of the post says it all. christian (of the duo christian rich) gives us a glimpse inside the lair, and we get a sample of a beat that we may just hear sometime in the near future on somebody’s album.

if you missed their latest single, “stacks”, or their trailer for the music video, you can catch that here.