The songs below are in a definite time warp – we’re just not sure where from but according to “The Cavalier of Fun” (Ricco Vitali) himself, their destination is 1980. “Imagine a one man space odyssey to discover new worlds, new beats, new sounds… Cruising through galaxies of retro synths spinning out huge solos, arpeggios [...]
chris
12:57 pm on 25/08/2010 Permalink
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King Fantastic is a So. Cali rapper who is bent on interpolating his libretto into some mean electro synths. I have to admit – the sound is fresh. Have a listen and hit up his website to learn more about him, and to grab a free download of his many remixes as well as a copy of his new album, Finger Snaps and Gun Claps, also free.
This is the latest from Bassnectar. It’s an elemental marriage of hip hop and dub step. Nelly Furtado contributed the vocals from “Turn Out The Lights” and Bassnectar brought the bassline from “Timestretch”. The catchy will surely have you off your guard.
Enjoy!
BASSNECTAR – MAGICAL WORLD FT NELLY FURTADO
chris
2:06 pm on 30/07/2010 Permalink
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Super savvy LA hip hop artist Ivan Ives is the first I’ve seen officially go off-record and fully adapt to the new way music is distributed over the internet. Rather than spending a year on putting together a full album and forcing consumers to spend upwards of $10, Ivan Ives has taken a 1960′s approach to distribution. Every month his fans get the opportunity to pick up his newest track for less than $1 on iTunes and Amazon. It’s a great way to consistently engage his fans and get them excited for every 30th day of the year with minimal financial risk involved. Ivan Ives has dubbed this his First of the Month project and plans to release it as a full album at the end of this year, but of course he won’t stop you from just picking up your favorite tracks along the way, in fact he encourages it, “For a long time musicians were able to package two great songs with ten bad ones, call it an album, and make you buy it for $15 at Tower Records. Today, digital distribution is challenging artists to combat music stealing on the internet by producing a higher percentage of great songs on an album, the type of music they don’t mind paying for…” – Ivan Ives
Here are two of Ivan Ives’ latest tracks, the first of which is called, “Back” debuted back on July 1st and premiering ahead of schedule is August’s First of the Month, “You” ft Christina Castellan.
Nothing amazing here. Maino, a popular Bronx rapper calls himself a “game changer” but really he sounds less game changing than the latest Weezy, Em, Jay or 2pac remix. I mostly find this song entertaining for it’s lyrical mockery of Tiger Wood’s lack of judgement with his wood.
Hey look! Hey Champ finally dropped their impressive remix project, leaving little to the expectant heart following the success of the internationally acclaimed single, “Cold Dust Girl”, previously earning them a spot alongside Lupe Fiasco, who signed them to his own 1st & 15th record label in 2008.
In conjunction with dubFrequency, Imeem, Bandit Productions, and Life or Death PR, the Winners Circle remix album is available for FREE. The magnetic cast of artists involved includes Mike Posner, The Cool Kids, Passion Pit, The Sounds, French Horn Rebellion, 80′s Kidz, Priors, Moneypenny, and more. Winner’s Circle truly showcases the bands dynamic production expertise, synthetic sounds and pop savvy as they take on their favorite music.
No Ceilings delivers in true F Baby form – spastic lyrics on synthetic beats. It’s all good stuff until Weezy tried mixing his raspy voice over Jay’s heavier pop beats and gets run down by “Run this town”, Gaga’s “Pokerface” and BEP’s “I’ve got a feeling”. But there is little to gripe when it comes to Lil Weezy; he is one the of few artists who produces so many songs that you really can’t get down on him for any number of miscues, it’s bound to happen…
My top 5 tracks from Lil Wayne’s – No Ceilings mixtape.
RJD2 took some hip hop influence and then rewrote the script. Adding a hint of bluesy soul, his sound becomes eerily reminiscent of the cold psychedelia laid out by early Pink Floyd. At first you might think that RJD2 writes simple music with simple lyrics but upon further examination you’ll catch wind of the subtleties that help identify the perfect execution of a complex sound that is transcending the genres that inform it.
cause… i’m tiggaaa woooodddsss cause i’m tiggggaaa wooooddddss