YOLA DA GREAAAAT

edit: youtubes fuxin up so just watch 'music saved my life pt 1: the recovery' on youtube

dg yola, aka yola da great aka lil yola, was about to be the best dam rapper in the south until he got shot in the face during a robbery (they were robbing him)... his song aint gon let up was WITHOUT A DOUBT my favorite song of 2006. anyways his album 'gutta world' was supposed to come out in like may or june, then he got a hole blasted through his cheek, so mans been in SERIOUS jeapordy but the word is he's getting better and def plan to get back on track asap.

point of all this being the video above is the first installment of whats going to be a youtube documentary series called 'music saved my life'. the video has some intense moments, and even though they put the beat behind it its real sad to see him all bugged up in the hospital. fuck a through the wire this bidness is wild. at one point hes got his grill in (wtf) and hes going "i aint gon let up. continue to stick by ya boy side... ill be outta this shit in a minute" INSPIRING

lil yola - i aint gon let up (zshare)
you should know this by now though

lil yola - she like (zshare)
he loves the girls too

david banner - get money ft lil yola (zshare)
this track is huge too... i mean this kids like 18 and david banner is sampling his hooks. another favorite

TEKI LATEX

ive always been kind of on the fence about teki, giving him extra credit for looking like the hypebeast michelin man, but some of this new stuff is prettay fun. like that video ^ hes hecka creative and makes funny faces sooo...

biography wise he's always been part of ttc but his new project is a solo tip 'party de plaisir' (which you can stream on his myspazzz). i mean this french business migh be getting a little out of control but its wicked humid out so ill listen.

teki latex - les jouets (zshare)
this is his newest single and it reminds me of that yelle track i put on a bit ago (still fires). this dude just sounds so happy.

cuizinier - vacanze in italia ft teki latex (zshare)
this is one of my favorite cuiz tracks, with teki on the second verse. i said ive been on the fence but ive been loving this song for a looong time

BAY SLAPS

ss - retro kids (zshare)
ima start w/ the weirdest one out of these... its lil b from THE PACK ("im from berkley though") rapping over i think some edit of information society's running (?). the beat is all over the place but i have a thing for fast raps. yesss...

kinfolk kia shine - krispy remix ft mister f.a.b. (zshare)
slightly less focused but more energetic version of the sick original. the beat is still a SLUMMMPER (crucial paul revere sample), mr f.a.b. is pretty good on it (and whoever does the last verse?) aaaaaand hes talking about $850 shoes.

mr f.a.b. - goin crazy ft fabo, 2doll (zshare)
this might be the best one on here -- it reminds me of ying yang twins' jigglin, with which im gona mix it to death. young l (also from the pack) did the beat. its a timeless hook too: shawty got a big ol butt its so big.

san quinn - do ya thizzle (zshare)
i like the way it comes out of the unnecessary fat albert sample. the beats kind of like theres a party next door and its coming throught the wall.

YADIDAMEANNNN?

ILL KILL HER

this was on mad decent but i dont care its mine now. she looks a little like the girl from bonde do role (actually not so much i just scoped her myspace pictures. ok girllll...) but sounds wicked cute too. buy her ep it is SPOT ON (4 dollars on itunes)... as much as anything ive heard in 2007 maybe?

soko - i'll kill her (zshare)

soko - shitty day (zshare)

woooo im not kidding. i wish i knew more about this jawn (myspace)

WHATCHA STARIN AT

NOOOOO... WAAAAAAAAYYYYY...

three 7 mafia ft lil jon - whatcha starin at (zshare)

sorry for the low bitrate but yesssir. three 6 mafia have long long long been on another planet but big triece (their assistant on adventures in hollyhood) is unreal... SUGAFOOOOOT!!!!! ya look goood.

AND IM BACK

while i wasnt downloading new music i was making new music and i think its some of the better work ive done (original producto situations!!!)...

les 90 biches - little dee & dangry ass (zshare)
CHYEAA!! like a bmore remix of the "y'all ready for this!?!" jock jam song with elements of bonde do role's geremia AND dj slugo's shake that ass aannnnddd a huge drum breakdown/reflip.

les 90 biches - plastic dreams feel good (zshare)
jaydee's plastic dreams (90's shakey remix) vs feel good inc vs so many effects. i rally like how this turned out.

les 90 biches - david banner theme (zshare)
still tworkulating on this. the name explains it... 75% re-cut big face samples.

edit: oh yeah... virb.com/ninety for more

SHNEIDER TM

preface: im going to be w/o internet for a few days. (lord willing) im not dead...



in the grrrand scheme of things, this is my favorite favorite song:

schneider tm - the light 3000 (zshare)

its a schneider tm cover of the smiths 'there is a light that never goes out'. dude was a pioneer of the glitch pop electronic stutter business of the late 90s and early 00s. for a long time he was my go to guy... anyways wire mag called this song the best cover of all time (or something like that) and its SPOT ON. i could listen to this shit for-e-ver.

when schneids takes over the lyrics theres (shocking) a bit of a decline -- guhh he talks about the matrix -- but i would still take this over most anything. quick tangent: just look at this guy. but reality check is still a sick song and uses the vocoder real well. in terms of glitchy artists i think he was the most accessible

schneider tm - reality check (zshare)

i hadnt listened to this stuff in a while and i just found out he had an album come out last year -- more power to him. see yall in quick minute...

STAR GAZING

im ripping old cds into itunes and i found this compilation i rally liked so i wanted to share these 2 tracks real quick. the cds called star gazing, by guidance recs circa 2003, and its just a bunch of girly electropop by like maximillian hecker and schneider tm (crucial post coming soon...) and ladytron and lali puna. half ashamed this was one of my favorite cds i bought that year... pick it up for a buck on amazon (link)

soviet - candy girl (zshare)
this one is so good

maximillian hecker - infinite love song (zshare)
yah this one too

from an amazon review:

A compilation for every dorm room, loft space and make out club!

this is the worst thing ive ever read...

YOU SHOULD KNOW CURTIS VODKA BY NOW

k im back on the hypebeast horse a bit -- curtis vodka (myspace) built his whole rep entirely via blogs and the hollerboard. dudes from alaska and while he toured once or twice he pretty much just chills in the snow banks and remixes everything. i think hes 20(?) so big ups to young bol. notable achievements include 10 myspace pages and being in elle girl magazine.

im not going to do a career summary post or anything like that bc im sure ill post dudes mixes pretty regularly... spotlight on since hes just released a new original track, supposedly from his upcoming album.

curtis vodka - scandinavian women (zshare)

ok i have to throw this in in case i dont have another reason to post it. his wicked good remix of chris brown's aint no way:

curtis vodka - hey girl (zshare)

what teh hell this is good too:

kid sister - damn girl (curtis vodka remix) (zshare)

OUT OF THE LOOP

im not going to pretend to know too much about cartola, so look at wikipedia or allmusic if youre so inclined. the first one is really one of my favorite songs... its like phish went to brazil (wait what?), everyones playing their own melodies and it slides back and forth for the first minute in such a sepia-tone-front-porch way. just look at this dude. its beautiful, i love the hook/chorus with the women singing.

cartola - preciso me encontrar (zshare)

cartola - alvorada (zshare)


full disclosure: i only rally know these from city of god. whateves.

IGNITION REMIX OF A REMIX

i think most people would agree that r kelly is the greatest singer slash pedo on the planet right now. every remix he touches shines. and i also think most people would agree that ignition is the greatest song ever written. its been under heavy remix rotation lately, so heres a little run through...

r kelly - ignition remix (zshare)
the original remix from the chocolate factory album (itunes store)

r kelly - ignition remix (cousin cole remix) (zshare)
cole (myspace) works in a little bmorey sound, nothing too heavy but its real classy.

r kelly - ignition remix (b.cause spread love re-tally) (zshare)
b.cause (myspace), if i havent said it before, produces THE BEST and most creative remixes/edits/blends/whateves around. sampling al hudson.

r kelly - ignition remix (purple crush remix) (zshare)
yeahhh this one sucks. everything about it is annoying.

superwolf - ignition (live cover) (zshare)
real oddball superwolf cover. as in bonnie prince billy. yah i know, right!

BONUS ROUND: watch kells take on the national anthem here.

AVRIL & LIL MAMA

i shouldnt have to say anything...

avril lavigne ft lil mama - girlfriend remix (zshare)

YES MA'M

KRYPTONITE POSSE

i listened to yo majesty's yo ep (itunes store) more than any other cd last year -- yah thats not true but it was def a top 10 situation -- but kryptonite pussy wasnt rally one of my favorites, except for the part where she says "beat the pussy up, yup yup, yup yup." howwwever umyo from sweden (i stole this from chazology btw) have a real nice remix of it. superchopped sing sing break and some nice pianosynth stuff (whats that sample?), plus they put the hook from the purple ribbons track in there. im glad this track got some attention because 'club action' was getting remixed to death and it was already a wicked good track...

yo majesty - kryptonite pussy (zshare)

yo majesty - kryptonite pussy (umyo remix) (zshare)

i respect they heyall outta these jawns for (a) rapping topless (b) being outspoken lesbians (c) not looking like hypebeasts (d) MAKING BOOTY BASS MUSIC IN 2007 and (e) having a song called 'female ibd.'

buy their cd its like 6 bucks

DRUMLINES

preface: i love dem drumline.

i just got the new bonde do role album with lasers (itunes store) and while it isnt maybe as wild as it COULD be, this one beat stuck out for sure. check out the crucial use of a kazoo & like 20 snare drums

bonde do role - geremia (zshare)

their chants get a little overwhelming but i'll still w-whip that one just to humm along (you'll see...). one of my other favorite drumliney tracks is missy's bad man from a year or 2 ago. it was produced by craig x and he got a georgia high school drumline to do the beat. the lineup is sickkkk

missy elliott ft vybz cartel & m.i.a. - bad man (zshare)

and theres a real weird skit at the end of that one too

SAD HOLLYWOOD

all 3 of these sample rick james' hollywood in subtly different ways (id call it like smoked out, radio ready, and three 6-y, respectively). i prrrrobly like devins the best -- shits inpiring!! -- but rally the sample carries all them real well.

devin the dude - anythang (zshare)

bow wow ft t pain & johnta austin - outta my system (zshare)

three 6 mafia - da summa (zshare)

heres what the dude had to say about the ricks death, etc

AllHipHop.com: The single, “Anythang” jumps off the record. You use a Rick James bassline. From one freaky musician looking to another, how’d you take the news?

Devin: I was kinda hurt, man. I felt kinda relieved for him, too. Because at the last minute, he got a chance to come back and let the world see him and know that he was still around, he was still in it. And his spirit was there. The world got a chance to embrace him [again]. If he left without [that], that would have hurt me even more.

GUCCI MANE

gucci mane - pillz (zshare)

gucci mane - freaky gurl (zshare)

atlanta's gucci mane apart from being named after bitty purses seems to be at least 1/2 a dude. both of these hooks are pretty catchy -- ive been shouting 'is you geeked up? bich i might be" for a week & the rick jamesy bit on freaky gurl is pretty good. a 5 minute google session told me gucci mane (a) got his teeth knocked out in prison and (b) got SONNED by jeezy (they were on 'so icy' together but i guess theyre dipsetting...) read the beef section.

so hes no BUMPY KNUCKLES. matter fact fuck a gucci mane...

freddie foxxx - p.a.i.n.e. (zshare)

I'm a night time nigga, day ritches
I won't even call a woulf for you niggaz
I bring gang bitches it's like order and take-out
You know you gon' get it

yessssssss

DOIN THE DANCES

ima try and do a quick runthrough of all the dances working right now. ever since the chicken noodle soup did its thing theres been a little revival w/ urban dances yeah? (i guess the round before this was crip walk vs harlem shake...)

ok lets jump into it:



the cupid shuffles a hecka easy electric slide thing. slide to the right 4 times, the left 4 times, do 4 little kicks, then walk/wine and turn 90 degreessss.

cupid ft dj unk & fabo - cupid shuffle remix (zshare)

another one i really like is the aunt jackie, out of harlem. the songs a stupid 80s-ish beat and the raps are about how his aunt jackie likes this kind of music. the dance is hilarious though...



jason foxx - aunt jackie (myspace rip) (zshare)

arrrrite lets get some club business in here. spongebobbing is damn hard -- you kinda swing your legs back and forth real quick like a (white mans) hardcore 2step in place?? these girls sync up real good sometimes:



tote it is probly the biggest spongebob dance song. here it is unmixed:

blaqstarr - tote it (zshare)

spongebobbing is the bmore thing... in philly they all about the wu tang, which started when dj omega started yelling "whoop that thang" at a freaknasty show and the crowd yelled back "wu tang". its like a fight posture dance. you gota get a mad face



this video is for bamabounce's wu tang slide. hes from alabama and is far as i know the only gay black club producer down there so AWWWW BIG UPS!

bamabounce - wu tang slide (zshare)

i was trying to get people to do the heizman last year but shits finally caught on (up here at least). BREATH STANK NO BANK do the heizman on dat ho. dances pretty easy too: you like cross your hands, your feet, then do the heizman pose. and do that hand to ear move a lot too



dem heizman boyz - do dat heisman (zshare)

this ones kind of made up but for a song like ciabatta bread you gota make a little dance. its re-diculous



basswood lane - ciabatta bread (zshare)

and cus im in the zone like no other right now ill put up something for the ladiessss. who doesnt love 4 dudes dryhumping an ottoman to pretty ricky? this shits kinda like the hiproll, which is basically a bro-man bellydancer. "they call me pressure I got explicit reasons why!"



PLEASE SUPPORT ALL THESE ARTISTS!!! most of these dudes are serially independent or little label, so cop their business hard and support real dance musics

NEW GO TEAM

most of you probly familiar w/ the go! team... thunder lightning strike blew up a bit and i think they were in a honda civic commercial (?) or somedat

anyways theyve got some new stuff coming out, as in this (not as good as) single

the go! team - grip like a vice (zshare)

eh i like this better:

the go! team - ladyflash (simian mobile disco mix) (zshare)

like a lot better

FRENCH JAWNS

^ thats uffie from ed banger recs in paris (originally 305 miami though) and then theres yelle whos a little harder to nail down i think

yelle - ce jeu (zshare)

justice ft uffie - the party (zshare)

uffie - pop the glock (curtis vodka remix) (zshare)

ce jeu is probly my favorite of the 3...

FIBES OH FIBES

fibes, oh fibes do the cheesy lovedance thing hecka well (think phoenix or chromeo). the first track is from they new album emotional (itunes store), the second is a little older

fibes, oh fibes - get up (zshare)

fibes, oh fibes - still fresh (zshare)

enjoyyy

DISCO RAPS

here are 2 veeery well executed disco dub remixes. the b.cause federation piece is one of my favorite tracks of last year, and the dainjah one is about 5 min old and about to hit repeat again. check both of these dudes their production work is consistently on point.

federation - what if i had a gun (dj b.cause deep disco dub blend) (zshare)

aaliyah - are you that somebody (dj dainjah uptempo re-edit) (zshare)

ok dance now

BACK TO DECATUR

mc shy-d - back to decatur (zshare)

outkast - decatur psalm (zshare)

the first is one my all time booty favorites -- the light beat and horns are timeless and a lot of that shits funny. and because 2 > 1, heres outkasts take on decatur, ga. summer make a man want to go SOUTH

BREAKDOWN

new go-go rap from dc's wale. myspace.

wale - breakdown (zshare)

and in case you missed cousin cole's remix of good girl its a doooozy...

wale - good girl (cousin cole remix) (zshare)

ONCE

glen hansard of the frames and markéta irglová (the swell season) are in this new movie ONCE about i guess themselves (?). two musicians fall in love during week of recording sessions. heres the song from the trailer, and probly the theme of the film. its by both of them:

glen hansard & marketa irglova - falling slowly (zshare)

& theres no rapping or synths

POGO

digitalism - pogo (zshare)

the video is ok (read: dizzying) but i def dig this song in an -- i dont know -- bloc party jacking kind of way? and them doing the cure or joy division or maybe interpol in the mix? bahhhhhh who cares it sounds good yadig?

myspace

NOT TIMBALAND

always been secretly meh about timbaland (its been downhill since missy & the rain) but at least he has a sound for people to copy

sneaky sound system - pictures (styalz fuego remix) (zshare)

wes fif - haterz everywhere (zshare)

these are both prettyyyy prettyyyyy good, even they is a little derivative

BHANGRA MINUTE

dj sanj - next episode (bhangra remix) (zshare)

panjabi mc & jay z - beware (zshare)

PLUS masala has a new bhangra-ish podcast here (right-click, save as)

honestly i dont know anything about this bhangra business but that next episode is something right there!!!!

DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP

buy/download here

P.H.I.L.L.Y.

emynd & bo bliz - philly club anthem (zshare)

emynd & bo bliz - automatic head (zshare)

emynd & bo bliz do white t's and white belts sometimes... these are some remix/edits/whateves they did for a promo vinyl situation

READS THE BOOKS

prefuse 73 & the books - pagina dos

my favorite song from the 2005 letdowny EP 'prefuse 73 reads the books' (10 bucks on amazon)

KOCKY

timbuktu - låt nr 92 (kocky remix) (zshare)

cassie - me & u (kocky remix) (zshare)

kocky is from stockholm and makes 'rapclash' ie synthy remixes. you can think about buying his record here or look at his top 8 heeere