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2007-10-15T13:09:00.001-07:00

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PROJECT PAT

2007-10-12T12:20:00.000-07:00

I CAN'T STOP TODAY! and i'm still holding the wale remix of good life hahaaa

don't call me no mo video... pat's chain t shirt is killing it!! i awready posted the mp3 here.

MISSY ELLIOTT

2007-10-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

vh1 hip hop honors tribute to missy. MISSSSSAY!

missy elliott - the rain (supa dupa fly) (zshare)

ann peebles - i can't stand the rain (zshare)

LIL WAYNE

2007-10-12T08:39:00.000-07:00

lil wayne - shine ft hot boys (zshare)
aint much doin, heres an old jam since i'm still here.

playaz circle - duffle bag boy ft lil wayne (zshare)
and if you've been asleep heres the duffle bag boy song... it doesnt really do it for me, but its training through the south so i guess i'm missing somethhng

lil wayne - grey goose ft yo gotti (diplo remix) (zshare)
i didnt give this enough love when it came around the first time, that piano's kinda chilly & i like the sheep sample

THE PACK

2007-10-09T18:46:00.000-07:00

i would punch a baby's tooth out if you told me there was a new pack single behind it

the pack - in my car (zshare)
NEW PACK SONG!!!!!!!!!! them youngs buying cars and shit! how they grow up!!

the pack - yes sir ft mr f.a.b. (zshare)
here's an older jam that i always liked, especially the part about sherman klump

the pack - my life (zshare)
honestly, this is one of my favorite songs of the past 2 years. these dudes were 15, blowing up more than they could have imagined... like i get emotional thinking about young bols no homo! when i hear that corny little string going up, you know what it is. on the mixtape, this comes after criminal mind (the styx-sampling track, that jawn was serious too)... i could just play them 2 forever

TABI BONNEY

2007-10-08T14:52:00.000-07:00

new tabi bonney (myspace) video for his new track... i hadn't noticed this one too much from the cd (itunes store), but dude shydi kills the chorus and w/ the video perspective (tabi looks like he's in wine country or something... he's a sophisticated looking bol) it really puts the song in place

tabi bonney - you ft shydi (zshare)

SATURDAY OCT 27 + TABI BONNEY w/ band + WHITE T'S DJs = HALLOWEEOMG

10 CRACK COMMANDMENTS

2007-10-07T17:32:00.000-07:00

notorious big - 10 crack commandments (90's kind-of-bhangra remix) (zshare)
little joint i started to put together today... a while ago i began and quickly abandoned a bollywood type remix project, i guess this would go w/ that stuff (if i could find it again). biggie up in indiea!!

dj ninety - 10 crack commandments remix instrumental (zshare)
instrumental version because its like that

aaja sohniya - bally jagpa (zshare)
i have a very superficial knowledge of bhangra music, but i do have a few compilations that i always enjoy... the intro to this track is so dumb i love it. the song is pretty boring but this yung simran kills it on the upswing.

BONUS ROUND
shizzy & 90 - i ain't got nuttin remix (zshare)
this is w/ the other bol in the haverford project i'm working on, he did the synths & i did the beats

MIA & ELI ESCOBAR

2007-10-06T13:37:00.000-07:00

dude dj eli escobar (myspace) who i'm respecting more and more w/ every mix he puts out, cleans this track up so well. i HATED jimmy man i skipped it every time it came on the cd, but he kind of clubs it up a bit and makes it a lot less corny.

m.i.a. - jimmy (dj eli remix) (zshare)
especially after 4 minutes this thing is so well produced. i love when an established dj surprises me, like i didn't know he was doing it so big. if you buy records (and haven't bought it already) pick up hollertronix 7 and see some more work (turntablelab)

heres the video for the original jimmy aja song... remember a few months ago when bollywood videos on youtube were comedy gold? i cannot stand these thigns

if thats not unpleasant enough watch mia doing it

sike i'm drawlin mia's the greatest i put the presale date for her phillay show on my calendar.

ps if anybody knows how to do that thing where people are like "after the jump" and it only displays half the post... trying to help me out?

REAL TALK

2007-10-05T11:01:00.000-07:00

honestly r kelly is my favorite human being. the hair...

r kelly - real talk (zshare)
BICH I WISH YOU WOOOOOUUUUULD BURN ALL MY MUTHAFUKIN CLOTHES.
MILTON!

FEDERATION

2007-10-04T09:01:00.000-07:00

sorry my posts haven't been real tight lately... honestly aint heard nawn worth posting.

federation album finally came out (itunes store) but i feel like i've heard most of these by now. but its whateva rick rock still doing his thing, its better than any other rap albums in the past few weeks. i will listen to this more than that bicch kanye, and besides that its been cold since UGK pretty much. i heard a bunch of reject tracks from the new david banner, so at least thats still coming up. new pack album on the way soon, so i'll have all kinds of gems coming up.

federation - from the bay (zshare)
least necessary track but one of my favorite beats. she goes is my favorite song, but if you're not on that yet at least buy the album. one of the little gems of this album is the absurd side comments, like this one starts with "hello, squares."

federation - fly away (zshare)
this is my second favorite track, and its probably getting the most play. its so corny and you've heard it a million times, but every once in a while i appreciate a sad-thug track, the kind of dead homiez remorseful thing. the absolute highlight though is when dude goes "its fucking hard for me to rap like this man." i luh it.

I DONE TOLD U ALREADY

2007-10-02T12:27:00.000-07:00

soulja boy ft i 15 - soulja girl (zshare)
off the newly released tellem... my god this kid is sssooooo dumb smart. when he gets on a track w/ the pack my head will explode but you know it will be alright

TIMBERLAKE & BEYONCE

2007-10-02T12:17:00.000-07:00

fffffffwhatever, i like this song.

justin timberlake ft beyonce - until the end of time remix (zshare)
something about that one canny snare every few bars, thats my justificiationn GET IT JUST-IFICATION

TREY SONGZ

2007-09-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

3:41... !!!!!!!!!!!

trey songz - wonder woman (zshare)

trey songz ft the game - wonder woman remix (zshare)

ROBYN

2007-09-26T15:38:00.000-07:00

whenever i see a new robyn (myspace) track, i get on the downroad right away... ever since that be mine song, which i p played to deathhhhh 2 years ago. i dont know much about here other than being swedish and blond and apparently real popular in the 90s or at least a one hit wonder (?) i was confused by that whole part when she had a "career resurgence" because i didnt know nawn about the first career.

robyn - since u been gone (kelly clarkson cover) (zshare)
this is exactly why i fux w/ robyn. she's like a cross between like avril lavigne and postal service, which would be the worst band evar. she covered kelly clarkson.

kleerup ft robyn - with every heartbeat (zshare)
this is another good semi-recent robyn song. i really like the synth pad they use at the beginning

i was going to post the trentmoeller remix of konichiwa bitches, but the zshare link kept crashing firefox... wtf zshare it did it again on another link. i guess thats it. search for more robyn tracks though shes my gyell

WILLY MASON

2007-09-25T23:53:00.001-07:00

you can do the research this time... willy-mason.com or on myspace .

willy mason - oxygen (zshare)
songs on absurd itunes repeat lately. i like the rough-produced vocals, solid wah-wah-wah lyrics; dudes on a good guy trip but i'm not mad

willy mason - the world that i wanted (zshare)
the first ones 3 years old, this is from his new album. i mean just to show you how he sounds usually (more boring)

he's on the new chemical brothers album too, but i'm really not feeling the song. its no salmon dance, saying.

PM DAWN

2007-09-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

THROWBACK JAWN OF THE YEAR

pm dawn - set adrift on memory bliss (extended mix) (zshare)
top 10 favorite song material. i just picked up this extended edit w/ a little bassline in the front and extra you-send-me's at the end and it doesn't disappoint... nothing about this song is bad

BONUS REMIX CUS U LOOK GOOD

50 cent - just a lil (dj benzi refix) (zshare)
one of the first benzi mixes i got had this jem on it. 50 over pm never sounded better. AYO TECHNOLOGY!!

MARIO

2007-09-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

busta rhymes & dj nine-tendo - touch it MARIO REMIX (zshare)
swizz i don't think they ready for this shit /
let me take they ass to first grade real quik

WHUTTT IS GOING ON???!!!!?!?!?
DJ NINE-TENDO REMIXXX!!

PAUL WALL & WONDEROUS

2007-09-23T17:27:00.000-07:00

wonderous & paul wall - pour some sugar on me (zshare)
it took me 2 listens to realize how absurd this is. it works real well, but you might hate yourself afterwards. paul you a fool for this one! via fluo kids \

JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ

2007-09-22T12:30:00.000-07:00

ive mentioned josé gonzález (site) before on this site, i'm a big fan of his. he has a new album called "in our nature" which you should buy and enjoy (ituenes pre-order). theres a few videos from the album, all w/ this weird man-pig character.

josé gonzález - down the line (zshare)

it turns out he's based on a short graphic novel by jim woodring called manhog beyond the face. you can read the whole thing here, its kind of trippy. in fact, the gonzález video for "killing for love" is a live action recreation of the comic:

PROJECT PAT

2007-09-19T19:51:00.001-07:00

this song is pretty cereal... my favorite part (and my favorite part of most 3-6 songs) is the juicy j shout out at the beginning: "numbah one ringtone!!!"

project pat - dont call me no mo (zshare)
really feeling this one, but i could be posting just to see that picture again. but really though, this plus "like money" are golden... most unappreciated rapper from teh south

project pat - puttin hoez on da house (zshare)
THE OFFICIAL THROWBACK JOINT

IRON & WINE

2007-09-18T19:53:00.001-07:00

the shepherd's dog is really quite good. i've deciding to admit that i'm just a vag and admit i like iron & wine. a lot.

iron & wine - carousel (zshare)
not the best song on the album, but the muted out, filtered vocals remind me of his early bathroom recording stuff. its almost psychedelic...

i'm sure the whole album will be zshared to death, so you can probably find more elsewhere. and it was on the itunes store main page so buy it too assholes. the cover arts great too so whuts good borders or best buy or whatetever

TUNNG

2007-09-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

tunng - soup (zshare)

tunng - spoons (zshare)

monday-is-for-sleeping,
sounds-like-the-books,
faux-field-recording,
glitch-beat-folk
music
(myspace)

TRAVIS BARKER

2007-09-14T11:14:00.000-07:00

travis barker's (impressive) crank dat remix

ANOTHER ONE

2007-09-14T11:06:00.000-07:00

the companion piece to the rent remix

dj ninety - coldplay's yellow remix (zshare)

GRIT BOYS

2007-09-11T15:11:00.000-07:00

so this is the NEW best song ive heard in a minute. gawdaym... beats is deeper than a mug.

grit boys ft trae & tum tum - fresssh (zshare)
everyone tells em... tum tum in particular. i love trae too, so its good to see him on here. i love that ticktock noise... like its goin down or krispy.

JUELZ SANTANA

2007-09-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

JUELZ & KEYSHIA OVER AINT NUTHIN BUT A G THANG... AWWWWW YUUUUAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

juelz santana - secret (zshare)
best song i heard in a minute.

DJ TAMEIL

2007-09-07T15:46:00.001-07:00

dj tameil (myspace) is one of the BEST club djs not from baltimore... he's up w/ the brick city bols out of jersey and they're all doing big big things (sega, tim dolla, lil tiga). he put a few of his older mixes up for free download, so get on your sendspace wait-2-hours game for some gems. plus his url is itsyamandjtameil which i luhh saying

dj tameil - knuck if u buck mixtape (sendspace)

dj tameil - duck my sick mixtape (sendspace)
my favorite mixtape title i think i ever saw

dj tameil - october club trax (sendspace)
the cover for this one is spongebob blowing bubbles

dj tameil - soul glo mixtape (sendspace)

but don't take w/o showing the man some love! his myspace for-sale game is unparalleled (an external HD of all his club songs for $350!?!??!!) and the mixtapes are cheap. these jersey guys are serious...

PHIL COLLINS IN THIS BICH

2007-09-05T09:05:00.000-07:00

ive been so focused on this cadbury gorilla... phil collins is about to see a RESURGENCE as evidenced by this NEW POSTAL SERVICE:

the postal service - against all odds (zshare)
i'll go on record as a bichmade postal service fan... i dont care how weak sauce this guy is, i always liked the whole idm nerdbeat thing, and they were definitely the most successful group. if i could get my hands on some instrumentals you'd see some solid remixes w/ more rap & violence. but this jawn heres a cover of phil collins and its a keeper... me and 2 million high school girls are glad to see these guys back

BONUS ROUND:

my other favorite commercial

PROJECT PAT

2007-09-03T11:17:00.001-07:00

fall shemester starts today so i might have to scale back for a week or 2 so i can get my act together... thinking like a gem a day til i can get focused again w/ the artist-sampler-type-posts.

project pat - like money (zshare)
the new project pat mixtape 'what cha starin at' is gold of course (solid hollyhood reference w/ the title track)... pat & three 6 have been the toughest crew PEEEEROD for 10 years and they only getting bigger. my hypnotize minds discographys my prized music collection. this songs TOUGH too... theyve sounded the same for years and its not getting olddddddd evar.

RENT

2007-08-31T18:10:00.000-07:00

i cant believe im posting this...

dj ninety - rent remix (zshare)
the tear da club up, panty dropper anthem for 2007. laaaaaaaaaadies!!!!!!!!

SLOTHS

2007-08-29T18:47:00.000-07:00

videos got me raffing... "hire a dog to burn down a hospital / snort cocaine off america's gravestone" gawdammmmmmmm snl funniest thing i heard all week

RIGHT NOW

2007-08-29T09:33:00.000-07:00

these songs are doing it for me. just back to back to back to back...

kardinal offishall - graveyard shift ft akon (zshare)
this and teh weezy song zoo are probly my 2 favorite beats of the summer. its just real expressive... the wire video captured it perfectly (theres a new non-wire version < akon doesnt even falsetto on dem.

the dream - shawty is da shid (zshare)
i keep bouncing between this and the "shawty is a teeeeen" version... its rare im feeling a clean edit as much as i am. every word in this song is good: the list of names, hardasarockwhenshetouchme, the hello-goodbye part, the way he says shee-id. thats the dream above. i can appreciate it.

TIMBALAND

2007-08-27T19:58:00.000-07:00

to be honest i'm not a huuuuge timbaland fan. he's a talented producer no doubt -- he's responsible for some of my favorite beats evar -- but i think he's kiiiiind of boring and probably not as diverse w/ his beats as thinks he is. mehhh thats not really fair. i dont know what his RATE is like, he cranks out soooo much its not surprising some of his songs sound alike... i just dont get nearly as excited for a timbo beat as i do, say, a switch or a blaqstarr or even a bangladesh. i'm trying to say he's irrefutably good, but that i don't care.

BUT REALLY THOUGH fly life put together an exhaustive compilation of timbo jawns... its 5 cds of material to convince me i'm misjudging the man. (this is all bullshit really, timbalands amazing.)

a brief history of timbaland beats (link)
unfortunately all their links are megaupload or some jawn where you have to spread out you downloads by a couple hours so you gota be patient.

MY ALLTIME FAVORITE TIMBALAND BEAT:
shawnna - shake that shit ft luda (zshare)
guitar or whatevers crazy! i dont ever care that the beat never really changes, that loops flawless. theres was a blend on low-b's crunk mixtape, where he put it into twistas kill it all that i always liked too. THAT GUITAR THOUGH!!!

MY SECOND FAVORITE TIMBALAND BEAT: every one w/ missy
missy elliott - the rain (zshare)
the keys the crickets in this one... that one element that pushes the track over into a whole nother realm. i'm trying to think of another example, like the tssssss noise in the hats of the whisper song? the way it quietly says 'boom' on the last cello note in the chief rocka beat? the uh c'mon in the choice is yours? subtle things. and missy elliott is always golden.

NICE & SMOOTH

2007-08-24T21:40:00.000-07:00

nice & smooth - sometimes i rhyme slow" (zshare)
sosososooooo fresh... up there w/ pm dawn's set adrift in terms of flawless chillarap. maybe i should lick her w/ my nine milli-mee-ter.

YUNG JOC

2007-08-23T21:28:00.000-07:00

yung joc - play your cards (zshare)
somewhere in between "what you know" and "mr. jones" this that new anthem. i needed something to break me out of the "shawty is da shid" cycle... i listened to that jawn like 5 times in a row before i saw this. okayyyyy it just came back on AND I'M NOT CHANGING IT.

the new yung joc album comes out the 28th... really looking forward to the fixxers joint on there.

DAVID BANNER IN FADER

2007-08-23T16:53:00.001-07:00

check the whole interview here its a great read... personal highlights?

It wasn’t just a letter to Oprah Winfrey. It was a letter to all our leaders. Once again, if they were not attacking rap, I wouldn’t have nothing to say to them. They attacking the way I eat. You know? I just got a call right now that Al Sharpton want to sit down and talk to me. I don’t want to talk to you [Al Sharpton]. Stop doing what you’re doing. I don’t care to meet you. I don’t like you. You know what I’m sayin?

Fuck with me based on what I did. So in me saying that, dude, why is it that all the stuff I done from doing the largest urban benefit concert in history, people don’t want to talk to me about that. People don’t want to talk about that I gave $30,000 cash out in the hood for Christmas. Stood out in the rain. People don’t want to talk about my scholarship program. You know what I’m saying? All that good shit. People love assholes. People love jewelry, sex, fucking and violence. I don’t give a fuck what no American says. That’s what they fucking want. Except the thing about America is they’re so hypocritical, they want to point fingers at everybody else, but if you really want to know, we the fucking problem. America is the motherfucking problem. Always has been.

When you go to Mcdonalds you want a Big Mac, a fry, and a motherfucking Coke. When people come to David Banner they want some pimpin, a little bit of violence, a little bit of God so they won’t feel bad about the pimpin and a little bit of revolution just because they know that that’s me. Past that motherfuckers don’t want shit else from David Banner.

david banner & yola da great - get money (zshare)
ok one more quote: "If a African Chihuahua dog gets pregnant in the Netherlands they’ll blame it on hip-hop." GAWDAYUMMM DAVID!!!!!

MOBB DEEP USED TO BE GREAT

2007-08-22T20:39:00.000-07:00

prodigy - mac 10 handle (zshare)
this is still one of my favorite songs this year...

SOULJA BOY

2007-08-21T09:48:00.001-07:00

i just got his supaman mixtape (hang on real quick: m.i.a. comes out today, so get off your downroadering ass and buy a cd) and its pretty great. boy's one of the most entertaining mc's of the past year... that throw some d's report card song was hilarious, the whole crank dat thing exploded beyond reason (don't know if he started it, but he def made it famous). this was on his myspace, he got an A+ in getting hoes out of his face:

but really though, soulja boys alright, even if he sounds like he's rapping over an answering machine. highlights of the tape include:

soulja boy - doo doo head (zshare)
this girls breath stinks so bad soulja calls her a doo doo head... bit of a heizman rip but i dont care. love that snap-a-dappppp.

soulja boy - you got mail (zshare)
well executed sample... i remember checking soulja boy's myspace before he was signed/affilliated/whatever and his top 8 was a bunch of high school jawns, and his wall and stuff was neighborhood shawtys tryna holler. he's probably like 17, taking care of unnatural business via myspace.

soulja boy - soulja boy ain't got no money (zshare)
this is pretty funny too... tell em will be an interesting album.

MF DOOM IS FAKE

2007-08-20T14:58:00.000-07:00

via dj enki @ soulstrut...

So I ended up being the opening DJ for the MF Doom show at the Independent last night. The show started off just fine--I played, Pigeon John played, I did another half-hour or so after Pigeon John, everything went along smoothly--then Doom took the stage. Or rather, "Doom" took the stage. That dude with the mask and the mic was:
1) lip-synching
2) not actually MF Doom

The only thing that was actually live about the show was the hypeman's mic. Everything else ran straight off a recording, and fake Doom pretended to rap and walked up and down the stage doing rapper hands. He faked his way through a set of about 20 minutes, walked off the stage, and jetted out the back door.

For this, people paid $28. They were fucking pissed, booing and throwing bottles onstage and shit. I would be, too. I ended up jumping back on again because, well, somebody had to do something.

There's supposed to be another show tonight, in part because last night's show sold out so quickly. I'm not totally sure it's going to happen, though. As of right now, it is, and if it is, then I'll go play it, but I damn sure ain't gonna be hyping dude up on the mic. Unless I can do some finger-quotes action like:

We got "MF Doom" in the house, and he's going to be "performing" "live" on stage!

not suuuper surprising, he's a bit of a legendary d-bag. thats still crazy though!!! he's a fun mc its a bummer hes clearly show-shitarded. the rest of the thread is here but i had to TLDR that jawn...

K-SWIFT & SOME CLUB MUSIC

2007-08-19T22:29:00.000-07:00

i just got the latest k-swift (myspace) jumpoff mixtape "not guilty" the other day... its more club focused than a lot of the recent ones, less high school kids rapping (no wolfpack-o). like always theres a lot of gems on here by the usual producers, with the notable exception of blaqstarr (myspace), but he gets sampled enough so you cant really tell.

for all yall non-marylanders, k-swift (who also spins baltimore club some nights on the radiostation 92Q) has an exclusive deal w/ this clothes/shoes store downtown locker room, where they sell all her mixtapes & a lot of other unruly records stuff. its a pretty solid setup for picking up baltimore mixtapes out in the shuburbs. i don't even get it really...

johnny blaze - who in here (zshare)
one of the standout tracks by one of the standout producers (site). i love the african sounding drums (its the same sample from scottie b's african chant, i think). he always gets such great throw-your-sets-up type hooks, even over a lighter song like this one.

kw griff - its nutty (zshare)
for full effect, you've got to have this one too, the next song on the tape. the vocals are chopped real well and its nice to go from the bongo-y stuff to the grittier club stuff... i mean it goes OFF from here. kw griff is another big big producer, part of the doo dew kidz (myspace) w/ booman.

i could go on for days about this stuff, but i'd better hold it in for some more posts. check out the names up there -- they're all longtime fixtures in baltimore clubs, serious og status-- try and pick up some k-swift mixtapes from her site...

PROPER ENTRANCE

2007-08-18T23:18:00.000-07:00

my man knows how to make an entrance

KARDINAL & THE WIRE

2007-08-17T14:07:00.000-07:00

i hyped this song a few weeks ago off a clinton sparks mixtape... the videos exactly what you need right now. WMD RIGHT CHYEAAAA!!

DAVID BANNERRRR

2007-08-16T21:39:00.000-07:00

video for speaker (aka bullshit 9mm) above. he's an accountant or some jawn? i dont get the desk part. new new bann's below & its a good one...

david banner - so special (zshare)
david banner is crayyyy... he's going after hope-rah & jesse jackson ("raise your kids") & al sharpton ("light a match and burn his perm") and then exits on the highest note ever ("i'ma have fun w/ this shit this year, i'm filthy fuckin rich"). FAVORITE RAPPERRR... the greatest story ever told is coming oct 9 but i'll keep you up on leaks, etc when i spot them.

ARMAND VAN HELDEN

2007-08-16T14:46:00.001-07:00

armand van heldens pretty good at what he does... ive only got a passing interest in dude though until everyonceinawhile i hear something real nice. (check out his wikipedia for actual information). im trying to say i want your soul is one of my favorite songs this summer...

armand van helden - i want your soul (zshare)
the video is pretty fun too... its a little further down the page. its just a real sunny, dancey, dont care its hot type song. i love 90s nostalgia.

armand van helden - playmate (jesse rose remix) (zshare)
my unknowledge of armand is matched by my unknowledge of jesse rose. i love this song though, it reminds me of an avenue d song but well-produced. when she sings acapella its real fun, and the bass drops in nice. its a good percolating beat... solid solid song.

HOW TO CRANK DAT

2007-08-15T15:13:00.000-07:00

i know some yall still behind the curve on this so GET FAMILIAR. the acc finally came out so heccccccka remixes coming up. before this gets too played out, here's some good ones:

soulja boy - crank dat (dave nada club remix) (zshare)
probably my favorite so far. i love the beginning when it sounds like soulja's revving his mouth-engine. i can't wait to spin this one, its got the most surprise without being inappropriate. yah its def the best of the bunch.

soulja boy - crank dat (ben tactic remix) (zshare)
basically the flo-rida low beat sped up a bit. i guess dave's was the same idea, but this comes off a little less HARD... i think i would rather hear the original beat, but this fits good too

soulja boy - crank dat (cousin cole remix) (zshare)
a sped up clubby remix. i like the redone "uh-oh crank dat crank dat" chorus, and it takes just the right amount of beat elements from the original. that one orchestral hit is crucial. i don't know though you lose soulja's verses a bit, buts its an original instrumental on the back so bonus points to cole.

soulja boy - crank dat (pop rawkus remix) (zshare)
a baltimore club remix. i like this one a lot, its probably my second favorite. the redone steel drums are real good, and he's the first one who did the "i got me some bathing apes" repeat like i've been waiting for. the first verse in particular is real good, where the bass kicks first come in & the break is cut out.

soulja boy - crank dat (zshare)
god forbid you don't have the original yet...

WEEZY & JEEZY

2007-08-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

dj 31 degrees - weezy & jeezy mixtape (rapidshare)
newish wayne-o mixtape w/ jeezy & friends. i always feel like these 1/2 & 1/2 tapes are on some discount bullshit though... featuring an artist on half a mixtape just seems lazy. if i'm not getting an hour of weezy i'd rather the dj went all the way and mixed it up a little more (in other words i fast forward through everything but wayne).

there's some good stuff on here, though. highlights are probably lookin at the game & gangsta's prayer. and the fantasia remix, that songs still up top of my summer list.

fantasia ft young jeezy, bg & remy ma - when i see u remix (zshare)
remy ma's real annoying so ignore that bit... she sings which should never happen. i like fantasias new verse though, the phone ring parts sick, and jeezy does a good job ("remix for the radio, so i can't cuss"). actually he does a realll good job too bad its the last verse, they should of started w/ that little gem.

its no drought 3, but its got the predators picture up on it.

OK I'M BACK

2007-08-13T21:38:00.000-07:00

well i made it. no carjackings or nawn, just hecka tabloids & lil weezyana. souths hot as sheeit... i can see why the geto boys were so mad all time.

fergie ft sean kingston - big girls dont cry remix (zshare)
awww right so im building up my massive list of tracks i've missed over the past week. i usually write fergie off as hard as possible, but for whatever reason (sean kingston) i got a hold on this and its quite quite good. im working on a blend going from uffie's first love into seanies verse and a beefed-up drum version of the smiths some girls are bigger than others. or something like that.

keyshia cole ft ti & young dro - let it go remix (zshare)
my favorite part is when missy yells it was all a dream. the remix isnt super necessary, and neither rappers verses are great (or very long) but i'll take it. i saw keyshia and kanye west on b.e.t. last week, and kanye called this the song of the summer, which is completely absurd because its not by lil wayne.

lil wayne ft bun b - tell me you need me (snippet) (zshare)
he meant to say this. and its only a minute and a half. [/hyperbole]

VACATION TIME

2007-08-04T22:43:00.001-07:00

hang on, ive got to take a week off... i'm round-tripping nawlands via atlanta so expect some southern slaps when i get back on this.

BONUS ROUND: a little grab bag to consider in the meantime:

strawberry switchblade - since yesterday

loveline - dr drew's urban crank call

armand van helden - i want your soul

ray charles - georgia on my mind

m.i.a. & buraka som systema & blaqstarr - bird flu remix

tay zonday - chocolate rain

windows 386 rap

real mccoy - another night

geto boys - my mind is playin tricks on me

CHUCK E CHEESE

2007-08-02T14:17:00.000-07:00

PREFACE: this is beyond absurd. i'm in awe.

plain white t's - hey delilah

evanescence - lithium

fergie - london bridge

DJ MARLBORO

2007-08-02T11:51:00.000-07:00

dj marlboro (myspace) aka the ambassador of funk... baile funk or funk carioca or rio baile funk whatevahhhh. he's like dj brazil's king old head. windish's bio says "Marlboro is considered almost an institution in Brazil, appearing on many television programmes, from serious dramas to children’s TV, and in national films" which sounds like some real og status. i havent seen preemo on sesame street, but i guess funkmaster flex had that car show on spike tv.

the bonde tesao video above (produced by marlboro) is via one of the best, masala... heres another one of my favorite marlboro jawns (i dont know if he really produced it but it was on his bem funk mixtape):

tiago e diogo - pegação (zshare)
a real unique funk song... its rare, at least in my world, that theres real singing. i love the guitar and the guys voice, its just a real pretty song, even if he's probably singing about rusty trombones or some other unmentionablessss.

DIZZEE

2007-07-31T15:05:00.000-07:00

dizzee in houston! i love the scratch breakdown in the second half, it makes the song as fars im concerned (& the break, but whatevahhh). cant wait for the ugk cd apparently theres a new track w/ dizzz.

dizzee rascal - pussyhole (zshare)
brahhh dont make me get old school... not dizzees best but its a new video.

THROWBACK:

SUPERTHROWBACK:

my life goals include getting a xxxl of my face

SOULJA BOY POOH

2007-07-30T13:39:00.000-07:00

NOW WATCH ME YUUUUAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

VIDEO ROUNDUP

2007-07-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

chamillionaire - hip hop police ft slick rick (zshare)
this videos got me laugghhhhhhinnnnng. the songs only half tolerable but the cham-as-anchor is hilarious, and the intros still funny five times later.

ja rule ft lil wayne - uh oh (zshare)
i cant believe ja's back!!!! not even mad at this song, even if the beats hecka annoying the first 8 bars. this is interesting too, they both got arrested the other night in separate incidents for gun possession (video proof).

kanye west - cant tell me nothin remix ft young jeezy
zack galafhsdfhls is usually pretty funny, but i despise kanye a little more for this (he couldnt have been involved but im going to count it against him anyway). the other guy in this video is bonnie prince billy... im not even kidding. wtfuhhhhh?

FREEKEY ZEEKEY

2007-07-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

^ its a funny video but 3:23 is hilarioussss

i've been holding off posting this because ive been trying to find this dayummmmn freekey song from way back... i cant remember none about it but the classic rock guitar & it was from his greatest hits mixtape pre-pen. the mixtape has dropped off the face of the interplanet and i lent my copy out last year before i copied it (fffffuhhh). anyway im giving up my search (i had been spelling his name wrong too) so you can listen to this now -- sorry i dont have any old stuff my hd died a few months ago and the diplomats got the axe. zekey as in dips president freekey (myspace).

freekey zekey - hater what u lookin at (zshare)
i was real fond of this one until i started saying "hater whut u lookin at" to everybody. it feels un-zekey but i guess he's been license-plate-pressing for a while so it makes sense to change it up a bit. but not thaaat much.

lil wayne ft freekey zekey & jha jha - beat without bass (zshare)
not strictly zeekey (he's a no-factor. even jha jha outs him) but this songs solid. i love an excuse to sneak in weezy-f-baby-dont-forget-the-baby. i always wished they cut the bass out for a verse or sommmmething though. i thought this was going to be on zekes album but i guess i missed it (?).

freekey zekey ft zen - like this (zshare)
this is probably my favorite from his new cd. i cant nail it down... maybe the mellow-not-shitty beat, the hint of remorse, i dont know. zen does a good job too, the best (least lazy) guest on the album.

really though, if anybody knows that classic-rock-beat zekey song i'm talking about, throw it on zshare in the comments or something & i'd return the favorrrrr.

WTF AMY WINEHOUSE

2007-07-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

before & after (right & left, respectively) via wwtdd... theyve also got a gross picture of her boobs. blaghhhh.

ghostface ft amy winehouse - you know i'm no good (zshare)
i was going to post the wale rehab remix (again), but then i remembered this one. she sounds pretty good on this, even if ghost's wicked rushed. it was cut from the fishscale album, but they put it out on more fish.

i mean the point is amy winehouse looks like a catfish-weimaraner. and by that i mean a chupacabra.

READ THIS NOW

2007-07-25T00:49:00.000-07:00

OK PIMP C. WOOOOOWWWWWWW... WOW.

RAUL MIDÓN

2007-07-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

sort of in the vein of the last post (acoustic guitars!?!?). he opened for musiq a few days ago... blind bol who plays guitar in a slappy bongo style (myspace). its that middle of the day chill type music -- a little latin stuff in there (i think he's from new mexico) -- the cd is like a mix between the babyface unplugged cd and keb 'mo. its a little old though, but apparently he's got a new one coming soonish...

raul midón - sitting in the middle (zshare)
this is a real great song. the chorus is solid, his voice sounds the best here (except that one long note maybe), the guitar is real focused (i love the breakdown at the end). this should have done real well on the radio but i guess they missed it.

raul midón - keep on hoping (zshare)
really i just like the whistle part in the middle. i'm not sure who he's singing with, it might even be falsetto-raul (?).

BONUS ROUND: he used to be a back up singer for shakira & ricky martin. wait whuttt??

PLAIN WHITE T's

2007-07-23T18:32:00.001-07:00

i was going to post this yesterday but i got distracted... the video above is the original version and there's a solid beated-up remix below. wikipedia had some interrresting facts about the song (which i'm not super ashamed about liking): apparently its a year old, and its the first song to go 6-5-4-3-2-1 on the singles chart over 6 weeks. so hi-fives all around p.s. thats a shitty band name p.p.s. tell me they didnt flavor-jack mrs. robinson with this song....

plain white t's - delilah stay crunk (juliano412 remix) (zshare)
now its semi-appropriate in teh club. i got this off the hollarboard but its down now, so hopefully i tagged this right.

k i'm going to listen to the same girl remix another 30 timesss

"PAUSE"

2007-07-22T15:46:00.000-07:00

22 seconds

ANDRE 3000

2007-07-22T14:05:00.001-07:00

i like andre 3k as much as the next guy (even thought love below was pretty good), and he's certainly played the guest verse well over the past year (i cc'ed a text to a girl i used to see). but whether or not i need a full dre mixtape is another story though... its not mixed super well and i havent been paying enough attention to figure out which songs are new or whats the deal (it seems to be a mix of his recent guest verses, old outkast songs, and presumably new stuff).

andre 3000 - whole foods mixtape (sendspace)
it says think differently music, as in the mf doom over unused wu beats think different, but theres not any gimmicks as far as i can tell. at least worth a listen to remind you about she lives in my lap. there's also this song junglebook, which i like a lot, even if dre is mostly absent.

lloyd - you remix ft andre 3k & nas (zshare)
the highlight for me, and it was a big one, was the verse from the remix of lloyd's you remix. i guess i missed this one, but its a take on one of my favorite favorites (pm dawwwwwnnnn!!!). its quite good.

KANO

2007-07-20T09:30:00.000-07:00

my half-grime list doesn't end w/ dizzay... i liked home sweet home a lot better than showtime, and probably more than any uk rap release besides boy in da corner. i remember when it came out too, a lot of people were calling kano the guy to really break uk rap mainstream (over here) or some bullshit like that. 3 years later-ish kano's finally coming back w/ another album so maybe he can try again. i mean craig david is a huuuge pickup, he sounds great on here, and this is a good representation of good kano (he raps better when he's modest) so who knows. damn i hope so i like this bol.

i've been bumming around trying to find an mp3... i found a snippet and a shitty myspace rip or something. you can listen to this though, its still good:

kano - sometimes (zshare)
this is what i was talking about the modesty things. one of my favorites PERIOD. keep an eye out, when i find the this is the girl song i'll edit this and post it too.

and here's a bonus:
the other kano - another life (zshare)
some space age business right there... a great great buildup.

R&B REAL QUICK

2007-07-19T08:18:00.000-07:00

i heard this fantasia song the other day that apparently came out a year and a half ago... case i'm not the only one who missed it i've got to do a little r&b post. no surprises, just an in-case-you-weren't-paying-attention jawn.

fantasia - when i see u (zshare)
i dont know, something about the beat maybe... i'm really feeling this one. i cant look at this jawn though so she can hold off on a video. i have to hide the album cover in itunes.

ciara ft 50 cent - cant leave em alone (zshare)
the first 50-affiliated song i've half-liked (tenth-liked) since hate it or love it. this is my favorite from the ciara cd & its finally getting some plays (a lot i think). wtf is w/ the beat in the beginning though thats the worst thing i ever heard.

r kelly ft polow da don & keyshia cole - best friend (zshare)
in the same storytelling vein of trapped in the closet. probably my dark horse favorite from double up... but yoooo I HEARD THERES GONA BE TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET PARTS 13-22. get the fuaaaaaaack out robert.

i'm still liking that young buck one from a week or so ago, so imagine i linked it again too.

SKRATCH BASTID

2007-07-18T22:38:00.000-07:00

so i picked up this SOLID boy looka here remix the other day (well matched w/ what happened to that boy) & i thought it was the first i'd heard from skratch bastid (myspace)... until i youtubed him and saw it was the same bol from the empire death march scratch routine from a few years back... part novelty & part geniussss. but like i said i've only got this one mix from him:

skratch bastid - what happened to that boy looka here (zshare)
what happened to that boy has always been one of my favorite beats... this will be a good addition to whatever set youre working, he mixes them both well so people will think you're mr smooth in the mix. and i haaaaated the original rich boy jawn.

DAVID BANNER

2007-07-17T09:07:00.000-07:00

all im really waiting for release-wise now (since dizz & kellz albums came out) is david-david-david-david banner-banner-banner-banner's GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (myspace). there's no new leaked tracks, just general anticipation for what will inevitably be my new favorite album. ive decided to replace my nothing-but-wayne thing with nothing-but-banner for a while... theres no release date so this could go on for a while. you can find the leaked tracks somewhere, these are some of my favorite oldies:

david banner - cadillac on 22's (zshare)
i always love the guitars in db productions. the real reason i'm putting up this track though, is to link to this GREAT find @ cocaine blunts (linkkk) where david prays before an acoustic version o.O

david banner - my lord ft sky & marcus (zshare)
i'm going to keep with the acoustic-guitar songs i think. here's another great one withe always-appreciated david banner gravelly singing voice. the chorus in the background during the chorus is a great production touch.

david banner - my life ft sky (zshare)
this is essentially the same song as my lord, but i'd still rather listen to these 2 songs than mmm anything else. this is one of my favorite favorite david banner songs... the chorus is better than most, and i feel like he's going on a super-personal verse. i put one song from each of his last 3 albums, but i'm going to hold off on any new stuff so i can do this all over again in a few weeks...

SEE YOU MONDAY

2007-07-13T22:49:00.001-07:00

ive got to take a few a days to chop down trees and chit. in the meantime, i suggest this.

WALE

2007-07-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

ive been backing wale (myspace) since the first time i heard good girls... he's like a less pussy kanye west. he reps dc as hard as anyone ever has -- not many rappers brag about go-go -- and i think he's got a lota the pieces for success. the lily allen & mark ronson collabs have been good, this time wale jumps up w/ nick catchdubs (blog) of fader fame.

its a solid mixtape, the whole things on zshare... there's some weird and new stuff on there (wale over justice's d.a.n.c.e. uh whuttt) and while its not mind blowing (crucial lyric: "i'm not the next biggie, i'm not the next jay / i'm not the next nas, i'm the first wale") its an enjoyable summer listen. i really like the last song, 'rediscover me'

wale & nick catchdubs - 100 miles & running mixtape (zshare)

get on board now & feel cool in 6 monthssss. i saw tabi bonney on mtv jams, lets crank out a video for 'ice cream girl' or something.

HOLLAND BOYS

2007-07-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

phillay weirdness. i cant describe exactly why or how much i like holland boys (myspace), but something about his/their german-workout shtick (sp?) is always endearing nh. we brought him to do a show and when he finished this song he said "is everyone having a fantastic time? i don't care because i am." he also invited everyone to an afterparty in his hot tub.

holland boys - i am gay (zshare)
this always reminds me of the girly-men sketch from snl...

holland boys - intense serious love (zshare)
this ones pretty good too... the instrumentals perfect for it. i mean this guy does a convincing gay german. he reminds me of the stella bol.

CRAZY LEGS

2007-07-10T21:15:00.000-07:00

daaamnnnnn i just made a long ass post about the evolution of baltimore club music, how rnb fused tracks w/ pianos and strings instead of just sirens and synth horns are the future, how dj booman & the doo dew kidz are pioneering some slick shit just like they always have, how much i still like icebox, BUT blogger decided to delete it. i'll catch up w/ you later though...

jare ft d.o.g. - crazy legs (zshare)
production by dj booman (the man above). this is real slick, radio-ready song, exactly where club music needs to go. high fives all aroundddddd

THE CANSECOS

2007-07-09T08:57:00.000-07:00

the cansecos (myspace) have been one of my favorite indie-type groups since their self-titled in 2003. theyre on the pretty good upper class recs w/ russian futurists & cadence weapon -- both worth checking -- but it always seemed like their distribution was nonexistent. theyve got a fairly unique sound, like a cross between magnetic fields & postal service, in a good way. a lot of synths and mildly glitchy beats, the guy talk sings more than anything... i dont want to post any of their old stuff but its def worth a look (itunes store)

anyways so the cansecos are back in the fold, prepping a new album, & theve gone head and released a mixtape. its pretty straight disco, but w/ them singing intermittently on top. i recognize some of the lyrics from their newer stuff but i dont think any of the production is theirs. its a fun listen... it reminds me of something escort (myspace) might do.

the cansecos - juiced side a (right-click, save as)

the cansecos - juiced side b (right-click, save as)

cool.

UPDATES

2007-07-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

3 SOLID new tracks from artists ive upped recently. enjoyyy

gucci mane - freaky gurl remix ft ludacris (zshare)
this is one of the gooch's best, and i always love new luda, even if he always sounds like old luda. they should've got someone else on this though (KELLZZZZ?!?!?!)

sean kingston - me love (zshare)
this is a real new one... it wasnt on his mixtape or anything. not as huge as beautiful girls, and i cant remember the sample, but it almost reminds me of red wine or some other ub40 (wait is it really ub40?? if so, raspect).

b.o.b. - use ur love (zshare)
b.o.b. pulling a wayne-o emo thug. they could have done more with the sample, but its cool i guess. theres been a lotta songs like this lately... i'm thinking the pack sampling styx or the crime mobb 'what is love' song. it definitely gives him another dimension...

FOSSE WALK IT OUT

2007-07-07T09:40:00.000-07:00

jay-sus!!! my favorite part is towards the end when jimmy says 'ballin' and she high-steps it out.

THIS IS ENGLAND

2007-07-06T12:20:00.000-07:00

i finally watched this the other day and it was great, highly recommended... the kid is real talented or at least memorable. but im rally posting about it for this song from the soundtrack (their music selection was wes-anderson-mark-mothersbough solid). ive been honestly listening to nothing but lil wayne mixtapes for like 2 weeks and nothing better has come along (except i did finally get the johnny cash hurt single w/ wichita lineman on it) except this piece:

gravenhurst - nicole (zshare)
real chill, emotive guitar & piano music. when i said nothing but lil wayne i wasn't including this song (or exaggerating)... ive listened to it quite a bit lately. something about the guitar line reminds me of ain't that a shame too. here see what im saying:

DJ AMAZE

2007-07-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

i was gona make this post without really knowing much about amaze... i knew he was from delaware and did a lot of non-club stuff around here, but i had no idea how big dude is. mtv spring break official dj?!?! ive been playing smack it up for a year, i always thought it was just a random bol from tristate or some business. not only does he have some great me+celebrities pictures on his myspace, hes even got jokey videos on youtube. i thought the whole "amaze the icon" thing was hyperbole.

dj amaze - smack it up (zshare)
this is such a great club track. the vocals are well done, the samples well executed and recognizable... this and its remix are his only productions ive got, but they're pretty good. respect to mtv for bringing in a fresh face.

dj amaze - smack it up remix (zshare)
i like the addition of a female voice, but i dont think this particular girl does a great job... she just says it kind of weird. when you hear the mandolin or whatever, its not super suprising this guy was a cancun dj for a while. and its pretty impressive hes taking the baltimore sound to the caribbean. hmm i like the drums on this one better too.

KARDINAL OFFISHALL

2007-07-04T10:38:00.000-07:00

this is one of the more enjoyable tapes ive heard in a minute minute... clinton sparks as in the great clinton sparks (site) & kardinal offishall as in the just-signed-to-konvikt-music-yessssshhh kardinal offishall (myspace). kardinal jamaicaraps over mostly throwback 90s beats (clinton does a lot of "shout out to dj premier. get GET FAMILIAR!!!") and its real well done. mixtape cover of the year... clint looks hi-larious.

clinton sparks & kardinal offishall - do the right thing mixtape (sendspace)
standout tracks: 'crookless dodgers' ft voyce is amazing, ive never heard a voyce before; he reminds me of the streets singing but a lotta better. kardinal's single 'graveyard shift' is phenomenal too, ft akon... i love the beat and kardinal comes real tough. know what, elevators is pretty good too, they do outkast fair justice.

and check these out too (youtube) they work some of the songs into clips from the spike lee joint

SOULJA BOY

2007-07-03T20:11:00.000-07:00

sorry i been sloppy lately, i'll try to get more focused...

soulja boy - crank dat (superman dat hoe) (zshare)
this is my JOINT lately, along with that jump rope thang... soulja boy is okkkk

JUMP ROPE

2007-07-02T16:06:00.001-07:00

OH KAY KAY KAYYYY. ill post an mp3 as soon as i find it... eraser klick - jump rope (myspace?) soon to be large... heard it here fust!!

THE METERS

2007-07-02T12:54:00.000-07:00

im not going to try and write an authoritative post on a band that lived and died before my time... i dont know anything about them other than what wikipedia and their site tell me, and i only have one of their albums. buuuuuuut im repping the meters nonetheless, because in 1970 they flawlessly covered prolly my favorite song and recorded the should-be-sampled-a-lot-more handclapping song and THAT is the jawwwn. i wish i knew more about funk music...

the meters - wichita lineman (zshare)
i first heard this version on cosmo baker's love break mixtape at like 4 in the morning when i was about to fall asleep, and then i spent an hour the next day scanning the tape trying to find it again, then scrolling through the itunes store trying to find which version it was. the glen campbell one is still my favorite, but this is real good too. its more relaxed, so its good to throw in every now and then, and i like the breakdowns.

the meters - hand clapping song (zshare)
i just reallllly like this. the way he does the get softer, get louder thing, the guitar lines, the imperfect claps, when the guy sings the guitar notes.

j child - heat rock ft mullyman (zshare)
im sure this has been sampled before, but ive only heard this one, produced by baltimore club dude king tutt, and with 2 of the cities bigger mcs. its my secret warmup song when i play out, and i think they all do it justice.

YOU CAN STOP NOW

2007-07-01T21:45:00.000-07:00

my favorite producer evar remixed d.a.n.c.e. so all you little g's puh-lease don't bother.

justice - d.a.n.c.e. (alan braxe remix) (zshare)

sonned.

VIDEO ROUNDUP

2007-06-29T02:04:00.000-07:00

sean kingston - beautiful girl (zshare)
i rally like watching lil seanie singing in this... he's a happy looking dude

r. kelly - same girl ft usher (zshare)
i hope kellz and ursh are really friends like this. solid song.

t.i. - you know what it is ft wyclef (zshare)
great shottas tribute (?) w/ ky-mani marley & teddy bruckshot... t.i. makes me laugh. wyclef is still annoying though...

kanye west - stronger (zshare)
i wasnt feeling this at first but i guess its kinda sick... he shoulda got t=pain on the chorus. kanyes shades is craaaayyyy!!!

bone thugs n harmony - lil love ft mariah & bow wow (zshare)
wtf where'd mariah come from? honest i never liked bone thugs. but you know.

GARTH BRIZOOKS

2007-06-28T20:08:00.000-07:00

no time for a big to-do post todayyy

garth brooks - friends in low places (cousin cole edit) (zshare)

i always like cousin cole (myspace) and this is such a classic

PLAN B

2007-06-27T16:25:00.000-07:00

not far behind dizzee on my list of non-american (ie britishhh) mc's is plan b (myspace). the best, -- and the most common way to describe him -- is as a thinking mans eminem... (a) he's white (b) he raps as different characters, or he tells a lot of story raps, and (c) he's often offensive. but the reason i like him, and the reason i never respected em, is that he seems to have an underlying social message (lol).

i wish i had the time or energy to dig through a bunch of plan b interviews, but the general impression i've always got is that he says what he says as hyperbole, to poke out how ridiculous x-behavior is. i also like him because i read he began his career as a justin-timberlake-with-guitar type, but when that wasn't working he was like "fuk that its time for plan b" which i guess was just b being b?? anyway so i liked his name.

plan b - cast a light (jose gonzalez) (zshare)
i mentioned this a few posts ago, in the folk grab bag jawn... jose's chorus works pretty well and its a clever enough concept. he has a mixtape of rock songs called paint it blacker, which is prolly a worn-out idea but he's british so i pretend he's the first to do it.

plan b - wild horses (rolling stones) (zshare)
same tape as the first song, here with the stones. its a nice break from southern rap to put this on, kinda chill but w/o a lot of the indierap pretension. i'm not sure how big he is in england.

plan b - no good (zshare)
one of my favorite cuts from his album, i love the beat, and the guitar works well enough with it. this is a real sick one, he had a mixtape where he put the beat over kidz too. not his best lyrical work though (matter fact none of these showcase his best... check out his albummm on itunes)

BIRD PETERSON

2007-06-26T12:17:00.001-07:00

bird (myspace) is big enough name in the internet world... he seems to release mixes consistently and of big enough tracks to always stay noteworthy. style-wise he's usually been too weird for me, blasting wow basses and a lot of stutters, but every once in a while something will work real well. he has a distinct style but he sounds best (in my opinion) when he breaks away from it. you'll see...

cupid - cupid shuffle (bird peterson remix) (zshare)
this is a total mind eff and im probably only posting it because its the cupid shuffle. this is an example of the bird sound he's carved out for himself, and the other tracks are less unique (?) or less bird peterson sounding (??)

wale - freaks (bird peterson remix) (zshare)
i actually made this post to put up the cupid shuffle track, but i just stumbled on this... im a big wale fan (dc, dc) so its cool to see (a) a bird remix and (b) a chill bird remix. worth a look, its a lot more relaxed than his usual work.

big country - in a big country (bird peterson mountainside sex mix) (zshare)
this was my ringtone for a while... i first heard it in a scottie b mix, during the height of the over-baltimore-club-ification remix phase a few months back. its a song that doesnt need a bmore-ish remix, but its kind of refreshing and a good reason to listen to the song again. i remember reading that bird said he was giving up making baltimore club type songs because "he wasn't good at it and that he needed to do him" or something like that, but i like this the best.

PLIES

2007-06-25T13:37:00.000-07:00

plies (myspace) is the new bol on slip-n-slide (trick daddy, rawwse, trina) and im liking where this is going. hes got the lean song, the jawn song, and a solid look; alls he needs is for atlantic to stop sitting on 'the real testament'. in terms of new southy guys i probably prefer b.o.b. but plies has some potential... hes at least angrier.

plies - got em hatin (zshare)
this is a huge song, def his best. the beats typical nitty (ie sounds like its goin down) but its a little tougher. dont know why this never hit big radio (or philly?)...

plies - i just want the paper (zshare)
someone used the same biggie hook earlier this year, but this is still prettay good. his voice dominates the track even if you cant always understand him. i wonder how old this dude is, hes new but i dont think hes a kid.

plies ft t-pain - shawty (zshare)
this is his big hit right now. originally it was a webbie track, but somewhere along the line plies jacked it. yah its a real good one, t-pains the new akon or r kelly or something, hes all over the dayumm radio. im not even mad at autotune yet.

ok i have to post this one too...
plies - confessions (zshare)
its not great but hes rapping over usher's confessions. YEAHHH BOYEEEEEE.

FOLK GRAB BAG

2007-06-24T22:04:00.000-07:00

honestly ive just been listening to the evil empire lil wayne tape (last chance to jump on the man-wagon) over and over, but i think ill post some folk jawns instead. these are 3 winners too...

meg baird - waltze of the tennis players (zshare)
of baird sisters (myspace) and espers (myspace) fame. this is as good a song ive heard lately, both lyrically and shesoundsgood-ly...

jose gonzalez - crosses (zshare)
this is almost 2 years old but for some reason it missed me (probably because i kept confusing him w/ juan gonzalez, the dfa guy). i actually heard it redone on a plan b mixtape a bit ago, but never knew the original til recently. like the meg track, it has a really memorable chorus

glen campbell - wichita lineman (zshare)
one of my favorite songs PERIOD. its been redone a dozen times, but the originals unfukwittable. its the rhinestone cowboy guy, but this ones so much better: the chorus (theme?) is one of the most ccrucial ive ever heard.

LIL FLIP & 90 BICHES

2007-06-23T15:16:00.001-07:00

this is the first time ive put together a completely original song in a while... made it all today, lil flip & 90 biches (virb) TOGETHER AT LAST. i even threw in the inst to be thorough:

lil flip - game over (90 birds are dying remix) (zshare)

90 biches - game over (90 birds are dying intrumental) (zshare)

enjoy and/or let me know what you think.

FEIST REMIXES

2007-06-22T15:26:00.000-07:00

feists always embraced remixes -- there was a whole remix cd of her first album -- so new album, new round of mixes. its easy to mess it up, especially since her songs arent electronic in nature, but heres a few good ones. its actually a pretty good cast producing these...

feist - 1234 (van she technologic remix) (zshare)
1234 was my favorite song from the reminder (itunes store) so im extra picky about remixes of it. the originals so fun because its all singsong cutesy, so this is prettay different. i like it a lot though -- van she usually bridges a decent gap between grating bloghouse sheit and solid music-related basslines -- and the endings cool when the original comes in.

feist - my moon my man (boys noize remix) (zshare)
this is the first mix i heard of her new stuff... i think before the cd even came out. i rally like the robot voice saying my moon my man, and the songs decent. when the beat cuts out its pretty sick too, i always like it when they do that.

feist - sea lion (chromeo remix) (zshare)
this is probably the most fun mix (shocking). chromeos consistently entertaining, and pretty much everything they do on this track is an improvement. not saying its a perfect song or whatever, it gets kind of old, but they dont make an missteps from the chromeo formula

feist - mushaboom (k-os remix) (zshare)
i wasnt going to include this originally since its kind of old, but its wicked good and probably the best remix of a feist song evar. and i usually dont even like k-os.

YUNG JOC

2007-06-21T17:38:00.000-07:00

not trying to turn this into a videology situation but this deserves a look. joc think he eddie murphy or someshit and theres hecka cameos. and the halfway shot aboves pretty good.

yung joc - coffee shop ft gorilla zoe (zshare)
but you should know by now

CLAUDE VONSTROKE

2007-06-21T13:55:00.000-07:00

this song has been stuck in my head for like 2 weeks... the little percolating thing that goes duhduhduh duh duh duh duh duh duh duhduh or when it does the groan noise before he asks what youre doing for dinner. i remember seeing this video a year ago and thinking it was the greatest thing but it never clicked til today (this songs at least 2 years old). vonstroke (myspace) has been affiliated with diplo & dj assault, but ive never taken too much notice... he runs dirtybird recs in san francisco, and i think he operates in the massive club techno realm, like some kind of half-tiesto?

claude vonstroke - deep throat (zshare)
the original mix of deep throat. i mean the songs stuck with me for a long time... in terms of half-minimal electronic stuff this is about as good as youll get

claude vonstroke - whistler (dj assault remix) (zshare)
this ones more my usual type. assault (myspace) adds some decent vocals and keeps all the necessary parts (ie whistling). theres not a ton of variation so its kind of hard to sit through the whole thing, but its a fun enough track and the intro buildup is pretty slick

the rapture - w.a.y.u.h. (claude vonstroke panty dropper vocal mix) (zshare)
it sort of bothers me when "remixes" sound nothing like the original track... this is a good example. the occasional yeahs and whats and the vocal tick thing are vaguely reminiscent of the rapture track, but other than that its just a vonstroke techno-y track. actually the way he puts the voice all helium-y is pretty cool at the halfway part (im listening now and i think i might have changed my mind in claudes favor)

GIRLFRIEND REMIX

2007-06-20T23:05:00.000-07:00

in case you dont have mtv. i posted the remix a bit ago, heres the video.

COSMO BAKER

2007-06-19T11:16:00.001-07:00

i dont want to keep the white stripes at the top of the page very long, sooo check this out (seriously though). cosmo baker, of rub fame and general notoriety and admiration(myspace), comes corrrect on a mix-because-its-fun-to-do mix he did last week. its called feeling good, its a good hour long, and heres what he had to say about it:

Often times I'll wake up in a certain mood and I'll want to make a mix that will accompany me during the day. This is how the first "Love Break" came about - just a mix for me to listen to in my car during a road trip. Anyway, a few weeks ago, I woke up and it was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, the temperature was just right. It made me think of a certain sound that just means "spring/summer" to me, so before I headed out I made this mix to listen to while I ran around New York. There's nothing like New York in the springtime.

I hope you enjoy it.

cosmo baker - feeling good (zshare)

DANCES FROM THA HOOD

2007-06-18T19:08:00.000-07:00

mtv presents: dances from tha hood. this is better than any zshare music post. blat blat!!

HOLLERTRONIX

2007-06-17T11:17:00.000-07:00

2 new diplo tracks!! and an old one!! hollertronix 7 must be coming soon...

justice - d.a.n.c.e. (eli & diplo remix) (zshare)
i mean ill be honest, this isnt greeeaaaat. it might be more boring than the original (stripped down = boring (?)) except the bit at 4 minutes is wicked good. it takes a while to take off, but the second half is really a solid beat.

diplo - work is never over (zshare)
he took the "our work is never over" from kanye's daft punk sampling "harder" (which is a huge disappointment) and gave it the bmorey treatment. neither of these are gona change the world but yooooo new hollertronix!!!

the pack - vans til infinity (diplo blend) (zshare)
this is the older one... i like this a lot, like it was designed for me... 93 til infinity is my favorite song evar (youtube)and vans was VANS. no tricks, he just put vans over the instrumental, but it fits well and the whole young-california-kid undertone is sick.

DJ SLUGO

2007-06-16T07:55:00.000-07:00

chicago house or ghettotech or juke whatevah is gona be the new baile funk/bmore club, so doodooheadstylejackers better get-get familiar. at its simplest, baltimore club is the combination of miami booty bass and chicago house, so it makes sense djs and whoever decides this stuff will revert to the original sounds (miami bass, as far as i know, is a dead genre. the only new stuff you hear is like revival bass a la yo majesty) for something fresh. and much like baltimore club, juke music is alive and well, largely due to the efforts of godfathercapodons like slugo (myspace). the formulas pretty simple too: wicked fast like 150bpm, limited percussion (huge kicks, electro-type percs, 80s snares or claps), chopped and repeated bad words. observe:

dj slugo - 114799 (zshare)
slugo's biggest hit, bka the godzilla tune. its got such a crazy horn (i think) and a frennnzy beat. i always like when the part at 0:56 cuts in, its a real sick buildup.

dj slugo - wouldnt you like to be a hoe (zshare)
its a more bass heavy spin on "hoes in da house." slugo has such a subdued style this will probly get written off, but with the right speakers and mindset you can really lose your shit.

dj slugo - back da fuck up (zshare)
WARNING: this is one a the dirtier songs ive heard in a BIT but something about it def catches me. like when hes saying "back da fuk up hoe" and it sounds like hes got a cheap computer mic, and then theres the little "get loose, awww shit" which is just his computer mic pitched up a little. like this guy just thought of it in his room when he was feeling grumbly.

RELAX MAN

2007-06-14T21:23:00.000-07:00

ive been wicked busy today and its gona be worse tomorrow. southern rap and wu tanging and disco lights only go so far and the time has come to chill the f out. please join me:

vetiver - angels share (zshare)
this song begins perfectly and its relaxing in a real sepia-tone-and-wheat kind of way. theyre one of my secret favorite bands so get familiar

keb mo - every morning (zshare)
delta-type neo-blues circa 1994. i think hehe sort of sold out to easy listening now though, but dont worry this is still quite good

bonnie 'prince' billy - a minor place (zshare)
this song has been on repeat in my head for a solid three years. i think its one my all time favorite songs and i dont even know if its that good.

GRAB BAG

2007-06-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

ive got a few solid tracks i want to share but i dont feel like throwing up artist filler to make them individual posts. pay attention im just throwing out money...

kilo - lean like a cholo (zshare)
this song is craaay. i want to do a party and just play this over and over again and march around with my elbows out, whistling at girls. flannel shirt & chinos so necessary. myspace & youtube... the videos too funny.

cool kids & lil wayne - gettin it (zshare)
i dont know if i credited this right, but this is from dj benzi's upcoming full length. cool kids (myspace) are kinda sick right now and the beats supersoaker... wtf where'd weezy come from?

young buck - u aint goin nowhere ft latoya williams (zshare)
im a sucker for sap rap and this is a real chill song (production by dre). i mean it will be here for a few weeks and go away, but til then ill have it on repeat. buck should rap like this more often.

B.O.B.

2007-06-12T15:07:00.000-07:00

b.o.b. is and has been KILLING it for a solid three months in a row. his myspace is a rap classic too. man starts his bio with: "Shakespeare once asked, 'what is in a name?' B.O.B.’s name has so many definitions, but his music can best be defined by one term…exceptional." then he goes on to name all the different acronymns for b.o.b. (my favorite is books over bullets... this guys great). big tings coming for this guy...

b.o.b. - cloud 9 (zshare)
this is probably my favorite song of his... its such a chill song and he runs the beat real well. the singsongy hook is well done, but i think the best part is when the guitar comes in at the end. this has been on steady repeat all summer.

b.o.b. - atlanta, ga (zshare)
its kind of a cop out for an atl artist to make a song about atlanta, but i fux w/ you anyway bob. this song always makes me want to do the lean wit it rock wit it dance (?)

willie joe & b.o.b. - too much for me (zshare)
the definition of a dude song... nothing like guys talking about one-offing jawns. over robin thicke's lost without you which is pretty funny

ray l ft b.o.b. - my girl gotta girl (zshare)
this is frequently miscited as t-pain (hes got a monopoly on autotune yeah?) but its a pretty chill song. dude loves the player songs...

b.o.b. & wes fif - haterz everywhere (zshare)
i almost skipped posting this since you should know the deal already. huge huge song, radio gold, catchy hook, sneaking into whiteman vocabulary so you know its doing well. i think i might have actually put this up in the timbaland-jacking post...

RUSS CHIMES

2007-06-11T14:11:00.000-07:00

i dont think ive done a straight dance post in a little bit... heres russ chimes (myspace) and a huge huge track. hes from lon-d-d-don and according to john hyde (myspace) he "sounds like kavinsky mixed with chromeo mixed with vice city mixed with shades and a leather jacket," which is probably overqualifying him but i like the leather jacket part.

russ chimes - shes got the heat (zshare)
ive only listened a few times, but so far this is one of the better no-words dance songs in recent memory. i mean its not too different than anything else coming out lately (im thinking like justice or simian mobile disco or surkin... if i took one track from each of their cds, i could easily throw in the russ song too) but this guy has yet to oversaturate every hypebeast blog...

russ chimes - push the feeling on remix (zshare)
this ones is missing the crazy synth at the beginning, but if you wait for the little buildup and for everything to kick in, its pretty good too. expecting big things for young bol.

BAD DOG RIDDIM

2007-06-11T13:05:00.000-07:00

troyton rami's bad dog riddim has been getting a lot of looks lately. its a real minimalist, angry riddim (n00bz: a riddims a dancehall instrumental, and the producers release cds of 5-15 tracks where a bunch of different guys mumble over them) but i rally like the little synth arpeggio in the background... it reminds me of when timbaland put the cricket chirps on the rain (supa dupa fly), but spaceship scarier.

rekha - no guts (zshare)
this is my favorite one but i cant find ANYTHING about this jawn. im guessing shes from miami by the accent (?) i mean i dont even recognize the guy on the second verse... its like a gully kingston version of the dizzee-lily allen song

buju banon - crazy talk (zshare)
buju's real good on this too. i can imagine the recording scene being real scary... hes real gutteral and probably had his eyes rolled back in his head or something. i love how he says "skeered" and the line "talk is nothing but words and spit" is kinda sick.

aaliyah - that somebody (90's bad dog remix) (zshare)
the string hits reminded me of "are you that somebody" so i threw aaliyah over the bad dog, with the occasional bassline from her song. meh i think its pretty good...

FATLIP

2007-06-10T14:19:00.000-07:00

fatlip was the good one in the pharcyde until he quit to go solo but got really stoned instead. the loneliest punk (itunes) finally came out in 2005 and it was pretty good but ive the heard dude is pretty consistently out of it... hes back on deck though on the new chemical brothers album (what!!!) and ive always thought he was real interesting.

chemical brothers - the salmon dance ft fatlip (zshare)
honestly this is great. the robot salmon voice is that turner new classic! 'fish pay attention to the moon? wow' or how about 'did you know that i could go to japan and back? youre kidding me. amazing. geez.'

fatlip - whats up fatlip? (zshare)
its a real fun summery song. i like to picture fatlip walking down the boardwalk, taking really big strides and listening to a tape player and then the ice cream vendor does the 'whats up fatlip?' part and he's all 'coolin.'

fatlip vs daniel paul - spacelip (zshare)
this is a well executed blend by dopplebanger, who i believe has stopped making music (at least under that alias). he had a mixtape a few years ago called dark side of the gooom, which put rap acapellas over gooom records songs (most famous is m83 -- its all glitchy shoegaze electro stuff). you can download it all mixed here (right-click, save as). its one of my favorite mixes and pretty unique (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

DR EVIL

2007-06-09T12:45:00.000-07:00

dr evil is like the dirty alter ego of leftside and esco (myspace). legit info on any of these dancehall guys is always hard over the internet, but evil has GOT to be at least half a joke... i cant rally describe it, its just a high-type voice talking about weed and sex? he definitely talks more than anything else, and he makes a lot of corny puns (?)

dr evil - more punanny (zshare)
this is probly dr evil's biggest hit and its pretty funny. my favorite part is when he 'takes her to the beach and makes a tsu-na-na-nana-nami' YESSIR

dr evil - marijuana (zshare)
i mean they cant be serious. my go to line in this one is 'even better getting a headucation... get it headucation not education' but this whole things stupid

leftside & esco - tuck in yuh belly (zshare)
like i said dr evil is really just leftside & esco, and i cant talk about them without throwing this out there... one of my favorite dancehall songs of the past few years. the video is interesting too, in case you miss that theyre just mad at big girls. its like an anti-ugly anthem. classy.