When The Brilliance blogged about Mr. Papagiorgio’s The Resurgance of the Soul Sample blog, it was all over. The blog’s concept is simple; post mp3s of songs that have been sampled by more recent artists. I fell in love with the site when it posted the sample that Ghostface Killah used for Kilo (off Fishscale), Jimmy Van & Richard Heironymous’ I Weigh With Kilos. This track was like impossible to find… nada on iTunes. Get it here. Kilo is pretty sick also… here. Anyway, keep up with The Resurgence…, it doesn’t disappoint and provides some much needed context for us youngers.
Via.
The Knife’s Deep Cuts album was amazing. José González’s Veneer album was amazing. Any coincidence that the song Heartbeats was featured on both??? OK, kidding aside, this is an incredible song and I recommend getting your hands on both versions (the original is by The Knife, though González’s might be the best cover I have ever heard… ok, that’s a bit of hyperbole, but its really good).
Both DJs Dert and A-Trak have toyed with these tracks recently. Dirt takes the mellow road and mixes Common and Erika Badu over González’s acoustic guitar. A-Track uses The Knife’s version to complement the decidedly non-acoustic synth of Ye’s Get ‘Em High. Both are pretty ridiculous and highly recommended.
Download the A-Trak version here. (Direct Download via CrownDozen.)
Direct d/l of the Dert track here. (Its part of a larger MixTape of Gonzalez/Kanye et. al. mash-ups - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow.)
So much new music, so little time. Now that I have given work my two weeks I have taken to trolling the Hype Machine for new music when I should be putting in my 9-5. This is such a cool, chill track. I haven’t really listened to Badu’s new album, but I am a big fan of Pharoahe Monch and am always looking for new stuff by him. Any Terrordome fans? That track is awesome.
Get The Healer Remix here.
Its not very popular to compare Nas’ later stuff favorably with his modern classics. Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic. No doubt, classics all. But God’s son? Hip Hop is Dead? Have you heard Get Down on God’s Son? The title track from Hip Hop is Dead? Really underrated. Why a few years out of the Jay-Z/Nas feuds does J seem to have come out on top of this whole thing? (Maybe Nas signing with Jay-Z’s def jam label?…). Does anyone else feel like Nas’ recent stuff has been really, really good (read: better)?
To push this point further, Nas has leaked a bunch of singles from his new album. The track “Hero” dropped late last week. Ummm, its pretty ridiculous. That background guitar in the 3rd verse… D/L it here.
In honor of the Roots Picnic w/Diplo this weekend and Ye’s Glow in the Dark tour I bring you the Flashing Lights remix by Wesley himself. CLICK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (direct d/l).
And HERE for the Lil Wayne track. (direct).
two.one.five mag is a real stickler when it comes to reviews. So, when I saw that they reviewed a song by a group called Parken 10 out of 10, I had to look into it. Supposedly produced by “the Swedish Timbaland” Rigas, At Helvete Med Himlen (translated: At Hell With the Sky) is a pretty catchy euro-electro-pop-thing. The beginning kinda sounds like The Knife’s Heartbeats… a little? (an incredible song itself).
Get At Helvete Med Himlen Here. (Direct Link).
two.one.five also has pics up of Mojito on the Moshulu, which is basically a big ‘ol boat on the river that hosts awesome parties on the weekend. The Kanye after-party next week and MMP over memorial day weekend? Anyone? Anyone?
More like song of the last few months. Remember when this was a borderline music-blog? What happened? I kinda’ fell off this Song of the Week thing… but its back! This WALE track is so good. But I can’t help thinking that if they brought those drums out a bit and turned up those trumpets that this thing would have some radio play. It has a kind of Root’s Thought @ Work feel, it just doesn’t pop nearly as much. Who does this guy have producing for him? I think that’s probably his biggest issue right now… and storyline… who is this guy? Maybe in a year I will have a “Branding of WALE” post. Ha. Anyway, its still good. Stumbled upon it at Fader. Hear it here. Download it here. I think this might be my favorite by him. Catchy.
Song of the week is back… this track is amazing.
emancipator - Shook (Mobb Deep And Sigur Ros remix)
Check out Emancipator’s myspace here.
(If you are logged into myspace, you can download the track from his site.)
Remember this?
The Black Kids… Jacksonville FL… punky dance rock… Pitchfork gushes here.
The Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (via myspace)
Kate Nash - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (cover) (direct d/l)
Also, Good Weather FOr Airstrikes released Vol. 15 of their M3 mixes. D/L it here.
D/L HERE. Just thought I’d throw it out there.
Tracklist:
Prèïèré - Laurence Revey
Kitty Kat - 2XL
Smash a Kangaroo
For The Unloved - Amanda Blank
Doo Wop Sh’bob - Toc ft. Rocca
Beeper - Sinden
Shake it to the Ground - Blaqstarr ft. Ry-Ry
Tamborzuda ( Rave New World Mix ) - Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal
Stayin’ Alive - DJ Tameil ft. Tim Dolla
Diplo Your Head - Diplo
Don’t Go ( KLAM Remix )
Ki Ki Ki Ss Me - DJ Creator
Sany Pitbull Tribos - Sany Pitbull feat. Dede DJ
Putcha Hands Up (Gun in the Air B.S.S. Remix) - Blaqstarr
Jerk It - Thunderheist
Quero Te Amar - Bonde Do Role
Dazed Digital…
Update: and his new blacklips remix… d/l here. Good looking Neal.
To celebrate Jose Gonzalez’s new release, In Our Name, one of his best tracks… here.
The original version by The Knife isn’t so bad either. Get it here.
When Food and Liquor dropped it was all over. That album was sooo good. Now we’ve got a bunch of new stuff showing up all over the place that is supposedly for Lupe’s new one, The Cool, dropping Nov. 20. Some of it is kinda’ blah, but these two tracks are single-worthy.
If you haven’t heard his Fahrenheit 1st/15th mixtapes find them on bittorrent, or zshare…
And what’s up with Lupe? All this talk of only making 3 albums? Here is what he says in this Billboard article:
“I’m just wearing down,” he admits. “I’m never doing mixtapes again, not even Internet ones. My whole energy for making hip-hop music is slowing down. I’ve been doing it for seven years. I still don’t think I’m famous. I’ll do what I have to do to promote my next album, but I’m not enthused about doing seven albums. I’ll do my three, and then I am going to keep moving to the next phase of life and maybe grow trees.”
This is such bs. This guy is gonna explode this year after The Cool drops. If not then, definitly when CRS finally gets together.
Anyway, Lupe’s awesome. Here are the tracks…
Get Dumb it Down HERE.
Get Superstar (with MATTHEW SANTOS) HERE.
