Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Focus: 9th Wonder (some Hip Hop for the Soul)

Some good ass hip hop beats for the soul. 9th Wonder is a producer aka beat maker and is a steady stream of ill tracks that soothe the soul. Doper than a Colombian drug cartel, his thick beats make even me want to spit some lines off the dome. But obviously, I can't so, oh well.

99/100
I've got to admit that I like this more than the original. Makes me want to ride away on a long board to nowhere in particular.
98/100
Good fat beat, and Drake always kills it.

100/100
You this doesn't make you drop your panties, then you are probably deaf. No disrespect to the deaf, but I'm just sayin'. Errr, communicating. Slash its Musiq Soulchild. So its gotta be super smooth.

100/100
Nothing like a 9th beat to just chill out to. Whether you're kickin' back a glass of some gin and tonic or lighting up, this is what I mean when I say the 9th Wonder soothes the soul.
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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Hip Hop: Let's Keep It Real

So these songs might be a little dated, but hell, they keep it real. Take a listen, you'll understand what I mean. Old school flow, upbeat, fun. True to roots type deals.

100/100 - circa 1999ish
Jurassic 5. Masterful lyricists who are committed to their craft. They always chose dope
If this don't make you just feel good, seriously what's wrong with you, man?

100/100
Another classic from J5. Features Dave Matthew Band. Vid's hilarious too!


100/100 - circa 2002


100/100
The intro says it all:
"If-if you are listening to the new Z-Trip album on Hollywood Records, we're here, we're being silly, we got Supernatural, Z-Trip, I'm Murs and I like to have a good time and on Saturday mornings I used to like to get a big, fat bowl of cereal and watch cartoons, motherfucker, and if that-- if you can't relate to this song you're taking this shit too serious. It's hip-hop, man, it's-it's fuckin' fun."
Naw mean?

100/100
Real.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Focus: Dev and the Cataracs.

If you went to school (and partied) with me, you would know that I was blowing up Bass Down Low by Dev ft. the Cataracs last spring. Anyway, she just released an official video a couple of days ago for Bass Down Low and def came out hard with explicit (new?) lyrics. Also, pause at 0:39, cuz you're bound to blow your load. Even if you're a girl. It's been a while since the song's been released, but perhaps this means that she's gearing up for stardom, finally? I can only see FM's G6 fame doing good things for her and the Cataracs, so I hope they do it big. (If you don't know, the Cataracs are behind the beat, and Dev behind the crazy hook.)

100/100

99/100
Ill track. Crazy beat, lovin' the whole vibe.

100/100
Chillin'. Great beat, makes me wanna chill with a fly-ass chick, and fall in puppy love.

98/100
Dirty. Also, they be getting love from some artists like Omarion in this clip.

99/100
Now its time to start turn the BPM up.

100/100
Full blast.
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Friday, December 3, 2010

TripHop: Destination Elsewhere

Trip Hop. Have you heard of it? If you haven't, you've most likely heard it, but just didn't know what it was, or even realized you were listening to it. If you've ever watched any sorta trippy movie, I bet there was some trip hop in the background. In short, trip hop is trippy music, but with a heavy hip hop sort of beat. Obviously, it gets deeper than that, but this music is too trippy, I forgot what I was saying.

Anyway, here are a few pieces that I found recently. I wont rate them, as I don't know how much I like them yet.

This one's got a Dubstep kinda feel to it, and awesome for poppers to get gritty to.

Dizz1 - Here We Go Again

This one is pretty self-explanatory: From jackhigh's album "Interplanetary Thoughts".
brilliant
Not all triphop lacks vocals and lyrics, as shown in this masterful track. Dis wan iza BIG CHUNE.

This one has got a more upbeat vibe to it; My homeslice Lamar just sent it over. Dope.

A production by Dr. Dre, featuring the lyrics of Gayle Moran "Do You Ever". A chilling song perfect for the winter. It was also used in the ending credits of the movie War featuring Jet Li.

This song has long been a favorite of mine. It is the ultimate song for relaxing. Somehow everything seems to be in slow motion when I listen to it, kind of like this video.

SuperSloMo Poi (Porcelain by Moby)

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Dubstep: Dirtier than fingering your sister and finding your father's wedding ring

Grimy. 'nuff said.

100/100
Starting off a bit mellow.

100/100
minimix to get you well rounded!

100/100
Doesn't need an explanation. Just freakin listen to it with your bass all the way up.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Lolz: Angelina

So bad. Too hilarious.

0/100
ahahahahaha
"I'm hot! I'm hot! I'm like an ice cream cone with a cherry on top!" ahhahahhh
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Hip Hop: Big Sean feat. Chiddy Bang, Kid CuDi feat. Kanye, NERD

These two hip hop tracks have been running in my head. Well, more like the Kid CuDi piece was last month, and the Big Sean piece is right now. In any case, they are both awesome tracks, and are another piece in my argument that hip hop is alive and well.

Just kidding, found another track so make that three.

100/100
Woh, the music video I saw for this song originally was completely different. Weird. And now I can't find the original. But this one is cool too.


100/100
Amazing song, amazing video. Wait for the part where the sky goes berserk. It's trippy. This is what puts the art in hip hop. It's like... pushing a new sub genre to further heights... For the lack of better words, Hipster Hop?

100/100
N*E*R*D* has been one of my favorite production hip hop groups for a long time. They aren't afraid to push the limits and be playful with what they do. Sophisticated beats, with a youthful creativity lightly sprinkled with suave is how I might describe their music. Pharrell in a recent interview mentioned that he wanted to make tracks that would make producers they respect, like Kanye and Rizza, want to splice. Big up.



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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Pop-culture: R&Blectro

The (somewhat) recent trend for the pop music world has been to mash electro and R&B together. The result is basically every dance-y singy-songy track that has been hitting the clubs and charts hard as of the last year or so. Some examples would be Taio Cruz' Dynamite, Chris Brown's Yeahx3, and everything else you hear in the club and can sing along to.

So hear (haha) are some of the stuff I've found most recently:

100/100
"I have to take this job in Tokyo... (looks down) I know.."
Bwahaha. I love the beginning of this vid. Anyway, big up to FM for making it and flying sky high. This track features Ryan Tedder from One Republic of "Apologize" fame. Check out this feel good song for sure.
90somethingish/100
Haven't really made up my mind about this song, but it def is bumping. A good example of what I mean by R&Blectro.


100/100
Fell in love with this song the second the beat dropped. What do you think?


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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Lesson in Pop-Culture: Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue, simply put, is a cultural icon. This Aussie (adopted Brit) has been pushing the bar for other pop stars to follow, yet stayed true to her electro-pop core. And she's been doing it for decades. Now let's follow her music through the ages.

80/100 - circa 1987
Her break out hit!

90/100 - circa 1988
I didn't even know this was her song until recently. But I sure as hell recognized it right away!

Not a lot of superb commercial success during these years... but hey! Once the 2000's hit...

97/100 - circa 2000
Duet with Robbie Williams. Good ol times! The video screams late 90's early 2000's doesn't it... Especially the mirror room shot. Busta, Missy, Puff Daddy... etc etc etc all had similar types of scenes. I guess it was all the rage.

100/100 - circa 2000
This is where we start to really see the present Kylie, in this funky dance-pop tune! And yes... her body is amazing. And by body, I mean her ass, in those gold lamé booty shorts. Much respect.

100/100 - circa 2001 (From the album Fever)
This is really where Kylie became truly an international pop star in her own right, despite her success in her motherland (Australia) as well as in the UK. I remember bumping to this song and loving the choreography; It definitely kept me glued to MTV in hopes that it would come on.

100/100 - (Fever)
Easily one of my favorite songs to get my mood in an upswing. A fantastic feel-good uptempo dance track. I recommend giving it a listen and dare you to get up and dance around to this song. I can't help but move to this. I just can't.

100/100 - (Fever)
This gets me pumping, period. Click that link, you'll see why.

97/100 - circa 2003 (Body Language)
Kylie turns on her sexy to full blast in this video. Slash I would LOVE to be dancing with an amazing dancer in a club to this song. *That* would be too hawt to handle.

2005 - Kylie battles breast cancer!

95/100 - circa 2007 (X)
Fear not! She comes back with her 10th studio album X and another great single: Wow!

100/100 - circa 2010 (Aphrodite)
This song is really her comeback piece to me though. I love, Love, LOVE this song. Such a perfect dance-club song. I started dancing in spite of myself on my walk to work yesterday because of this song. It's good, I swear. Also, how old is Kylie? 42? Watch this princess of pop work it.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Pop-culture: Ke$ha

I don't care what you think, Ke$ha is awesome, obviously.

Apparently, she's smart? But her interviews tend to be fun and funny, and she does a good job of showing her sarcastic, witty humor.

Anyway, these are teh roxxorz:

100/100
This is one is sure to be a hammyjammy classic.
I don't see how this eletro-synth-pop sensation isn't going to take drunken college kids by a storm. I dedicate this one to Ankoor, who at first hated Tik Tok, but came around and we danced, and it was good.

98/100
This one goes heavy, unlike her other pop-tastic songs, but I love fat heavy beats, so booyah! Does this make anyone feel a sort of M.I.A meets Cool Kids vibe? Particularly, Fire Fire and Galang crossed with Jingling and One, Two. Slash, I just remembered how beast the Cool Kids are. Dirty.



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Monday, October 4, 2010

New Era Hip Hop Lyricists: Hoodie Allen and more

The sophistication and the depth of hip hop, in my opinion, has increased by leaps and bounds. Whether through sampling or witty subtlety, hip hop has progressed since its birth. I especially think that the recent school of hiphop heads, the college kids, are the most apt at presenting this. So without further ado, I present to you:

99/100
An internet (s)mash hit. Remix of the... well its kind of obvious, so yeah.

Hoodie Allen - You Are Not A Robot (feat. Marina & The Diamonds)

Bonus: The original. Trippy

100/100
Amazing track. I've been stuck on this son for a while. This one samples the Two Door Cinema Club song by the name Undercover Martyn. Since its an amazing song in of itself, you should definitely check it out.

100/100
I guess I somehow forgot to post this gem. But its a cool laidback beat with a cool flow. Another young'n. His mixtape is bomb so check that out.

100/100
I didn't get to post up his songs last time with Chiddy but this MC is straight ill. He ain't no newbie but he's fresh to death.

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