December 2010
49 posts
Throwback Thursday (New Year's Eve Edition): Otis...
“New Year’s Resolution” by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas is off their duet album, King & Queen, released in 1967 by Stax Records. Redding and Thomas were two of the label’s most successful artists. The LP was Redding’s sixth album, and Thomas’ fourth, and the final studio album released by Redding before his death in December of that year.
Otis...
Throwback Thursday (New Year's Eve Edition): ...
Prince’s ”1999” is the title track from his 1982 album 1999. The song is one of Prince’s best-known, and a defining moment in his rise to superstar status. The apocalyptic yet upbeat party anthem saw chart success in 1983 (particularly in Australia, where it peaked at #2), but it did not make it into the Top 40 in the US or the UK on the first attempt. However, upon being...
LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock - Party Rock...
Happy New Year from the boys at LMFAO. Party Rock, Bitch.
LMFAO-Party Rock Anthem
Throwback Thursday (New Year's Eve Edition): U2 -...
U2’s “New Year’s Day” is on their 1983 album War and was released as the album’s lead single in January 1983. Written about the Polish Solidarity movement, “New Year’s Day” is driven by Adam Clayton’s distinctive bassline and The Edge’s keyboard playing. It was the band’s first UK hit single, peaking at #10 on the singles chart,...
Jack Splash - 2010 ft. Martin Luther
After receiving massive amounts of critical acclaim for his mixtape series (Heir to The Throne & King Of the Beats), Jack Splash decided to take the bulk of 2010 focusing on his upcoming producer album, Future Of The Funk. His first single “2010” (featuring Martin Luther), is destined to be a New Year’s Eve dance floor classic and is a testament to Jack’s faithful...
Video: Kanye West - Monster ft. Rick Ross, Jay z,...
Klaxons - Landmarks of Lunacy (EP)
The Klaxons have dropped a late Christmas gift for everyone with an free EP of unreleased material. The EP’s five tracks stem from a two week recording sesssion with James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco back in 2008.
Download HERE
Throwback Thursday (The Christmas Edition): Boys...
Because I just looked out the window and it was.
Boys II Men-Let it Snow
Enrique Iglesias ft. Hyper Crush and Sky Blu from...
Enrique Iglesias ft. Hyper Crush & Sky Blu from LMFAO - Tonight (HYPER CRUSH REMIX)
Mediafire Link (Clean/Dirty)
Throwback Thursday (The Christmas Edition): Wham...
This is without a doubt the only Christmas song that I like enough to listen to even when it’s not Christmas time.
Wham-Last Christmas
Throwback Thursday (The Christmas Edition): The...
Well, it’s the eve of Christmas Eve so allow me to drop some Christmas throwback tracks for your entertainment.
Being mostly a hater of Christmas music due to my Mom’s complete over-saturation of it during the winter months, I will first offer you the hilarious anti-Santa Claus track and video by The Killers from all the way back in 2007.
Killers-Dont Shoot Me Santa
Video: Clinton Sparks - Favorite DJ Pt. II ft....
Video: Bag Raiders - Sunlight
He drinks, he smokes, he goes to parties with hot chicks and has run ins with cops…did I mention he’s a chimp. This video is f’ing awesome.
Video: Big K.R.I.T. ft. Curren$y & Killa Kyleon -...
I feel like I got transported back to ‘94 watching this. That is not a complaint.
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) TAYLOR SWIFT - SPEAK NOW - 254,996
2) SUSAN BOYLE - THE GIFT - 251,002
3) MICHAEL JACKSON - MICHAEL - 224,910
4) JACKIE EVANCHO - O HOLY NIGHT - 196,668
5) GLEE CAST - CHRISTMAS ALBUM - 154,075
6) R. KELLY - LOVE LETTER - 150,405
7) NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY - 98,458
8) KID ROCK - BORN FREE - 94,250
9) GLEE CAST - GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4 - 89,541
10) DIDDY DIRTY...
Mixtape: MMMatthias - Chords (Best Nu-Disco of...
German DJ/Remixer MMMatthias drops a mix of the best Nu-Disco tracks of this past year along with some classic gems.
Tracklist:
Phonat – Ghetto Burnin (MMMatthias Mix)
Douze – We got the love
Uniforms – 1020 Trickery Lane (Rainbows of Death Vocal)
Strip Steve – Breakin (Lorenz Rhode Remix)
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We no speak americano (Moonchild Remix)
Scissor Sisters – Invisible...
Video: Scissor Sisters – Invisible Light
This video is like a bugged out 1970’s horror flick…and it’s awesome.
Dipset Christmas Mixtape
Because it’s just not Christmas without the Dips.
Download: Dipset Christmas
Work Drugs - Third Wave
“Third Wave” is the chill, yet infectious debut single from Philly natives Work Drugs. Word on the street is that their full length album will be out sometime in 2011.
Work Drugs - Third Wave by Brian Gaffey
Tittsworth - Remixes EP
Via Plant Music:
That’s right y’all. Your boy Jesse Tittsworth, international dj, club-owner and connoisseur of funky food and painful tattoos, has just dropped an EP of some of the choicest remixes from his 12 Steps album and beyond. It contains Bit Thief’s super funky rework of “Almond Joy,” the UK’s Deekline & Tim Healey’s aggressive four to the floor take on “WTF” (featuring Kid...
Eli Escobar - Love Thing Part 2 (DJ Mehdi Remix)
Via RCRDLBL:
If you partied on the floor this summer, you likely danced off a pound of flesh to Eli Escobar’s “Love Thing”—a funky, stone-cold groove featuring the unctuous disco vocals of Amanda Blank. Fast-forward a few months and the hot weather anthem’s been given new life by way of the Love Thing Remixes EP. On it resides this rerub by Ed Banger don DJ Mehdi—a thick and bouncy spin that...
Throwback Thursday: Hi-Five - She's Playing Hard...
“She’s Playing Hard To Get” is a quintessential early 90’s R&B track. It’s fun, innocent, and easy to dance to in the purple suit your mom bought you at JW. I was going to post the Clark Kent Strictly Hip Hop Remix, but you honestly can’t go wrong with the original.
The track was off of Hi-Five’s second album, Keep It Goin’ On released in...
Throwback Thursday: The Smiths - Still Ill
Maybe it’s the harmonica at the beginning, but I’m pretty sure this is my favorite Smiths song of all time. ”Still Ill” appears on The Smiths’ critically acclaimed self-titled album, released in February of 1984.
*Word to E-One
The Smiths - Still Ill
Throwback Thursday: Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
This track always makes me think of the house I lived in with some friends in Jacksonville Beach. I’d get into some specific stories about that house, but I’d probably incriminate myself and my friends for several illegal activities.
“Teenage Dirtbag” is a single by Wheatus, released in July 2000. It was included on the soundtrack of the movie Loser. The single was...
Young Chris ft. Eve, Meek Mill & Black Thought -...
Young Chris continues to be one of the most slept on rappers of all time. His most recent mixtape, The Re-introduction, should have put him back on the map but for some reason it only caught a quick buzz on the blogs and then fizzled.
This remix is to the original track which is featured on the aforementioned mixtape. Young Chris gathers basically the best of who’s still relevant in...
Lissie - Pursuit Of Happiness (Kid Cudi Cover)
So this is what Pursuit of Happiness sounds like with somebody who can actually sing and put some emotion into their vocals. Amazing.
Pursuit Of Happiness
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (Jamtech Foundation &...
Really dope remix that puts a big room spin on the 80’s classic.
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (Jamtech Foundation & Tom Hagen RMX)
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) SUSAN BOYLE - THE GIFT - 238,711
2) TAYLOR SWIFT - SPEAK NOW - 201,318
3) GLEE CAST - CHRISTMAS ALBUM - 193,781
4) T.I. - NO MERCY - 158,110
5) JACKIE EVANCHO - O HOLY NIGHT - 150,769
6) NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY - 80,667
7) RIHANNA - LOUD - 74,338
8) JOSH GROBAN - ILLUMINATIONS - 74,114
9) ANDREA BOCELLI - MY CHRISTMAS - 72,449
10) GLEE CAST - GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4 -...
The Drums – Me And The Moon (Matthew Dear Remix)
Via Urb:
Matthew Dear knows a thing or two about crafting highly pleasing songs within the typically more functional genre of techno, so it makes perfect sense that the Ghostly International stalwart would be recruited to remix BK retro-tinged indie rockers The Drums. Love the way Dear chops the vocal without losing any of the melody within, but then he goes and adds his own pitch-black vox to...
Lil Wayne f. Cory Gunz - “6′ 7″
The Kingpin dropped this on Hot 97 last night and luckily didn’t ruin it by yapping over it or dropping a million bombs so it’s pretty much a straight forward mp3. Lil Wayne bodied his verses, then my dude Cory Gunz steps up and slays it.
I’ve been a fan of Cory for a long time. Back in 2006, I made him listen to Enter the 36 Chambers and Only Built for Cuban Linx for the...
Saadi - Dodecahedron (The Soundmen Remix)
Absolutely love the Soundmen remix of NYC based indie-pop artist Saadi’s “Dodecahedron”. It’s very reminiscent of early M.I.A. (back before her music became unlistenable) and Santigold. I’m assuming I’m not the only one making those comparisons.
Dodecahedron (The Soundmen Remix)
Wiz Khalifa – Black and Yellow (DJ Kue Remix)
Definitely one of the best “Black and Yellow” remixes I’ve heard so far. And there A LOT of them out there.
Wiz Khalifa - Black and Yellow (DJ Kue Remix)
Jacked from White Folks Get Crunk
Lykke Li - Get Some (Mike D & Beck Remixes)
Lykke Li is one of the best, most eclectic artists to come around in a long time. In 2011, she’ll drop her new album, Wounded Rhymes, which I’m 100% sure will cross her over to the mainstream and make her a household name.
In support of her latest single, “Get Some”, legends Mike D of the Beastie Boys and Beck have dropped their own individual remixes of the track.
...
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
I’m a huge fan of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary series. This Saturday, they tackle the story of the SMU Mustang football program that received the “death penalty” in the mid-80’s after numerous NCAA violations. While I’m sure the documentary will be incredible on its own right, it was the music bed that plays during the promo that grabbed my attention.
...
Raekwon - Butter Knives
Whenever I download a new Wu-Tang track, I say a quick prayer that it will sound like this. ”Butter Knives” is off the forthcoming Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang album which one can only hope is as good as OB4CL2.
Raekwon-butter knives
Throwback Thursday: DJ Icey - Bass Electrix
This is a track from the early 2000’s when I was first started to learn how to spin electronic music. Living in Jacksonville, FL at the time, I couldn’t escape the sounds of “Florida Breaks” playing in almost every club in Northern Florida. DJ Icey, from what I gathered then, was one of the main pioneers of the genre.
I’m still a big fan of the music and have...
Throwback Thursday: Billy Ocean - Get Outta My...
“Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car” is a number one single by singer Billy Ocean. Part of its popularity lay in its cutting-edge (for the time) video, which featured cartoon mixed with live-action sequences. The song went to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. The title was inspired by a line in the Ringo Star song “You’re Sixteen”, “you...
Throwback Thursday: Roy Ayers - Running Away
I figured I’d start a little theme on this blog every Thursday and do some throwback joints. So, if your going to drop a throwback, is there anyone better to lead off with than Roy Ayers? Doubtful.
Released in 1977, “Running Away” was Roy’s biggest hit to date. It painted such an accurate picture of the era, that Spike Lee felt obligated to include it in the...
My Top 10 Albums of 2010
1. Kanye West - My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy Kanye is an ego-maniac, yes, but he also backs it up by making incredible music. MBDTF does not have a single track skip for me. The album’s ability to walk the line from pure hip hop, to mainstream, to left field indy rock flawlessly, is the reason it’s #1 on my list.
2. Rick Ross - Teflon Don I’m a sucker for...
Video: Carte Blanche ft. Kid Sister - Do! Do! Do!
This record has a really fun late 80’s/early 90’s freestyle feel to it. Kid Sister fits the vibe perfectly.
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) SUSAN BOYLE - THE GIFT - 267,350
2) TAYLOR SWIFT - SPEAK NOW - 177,011
3) JACKIE EVANCHO - O HOLY NIGHT - 129,810
4) GLEE CAST - CHRISTMAS ALBUM - 128,456
5) GLEE CAST - GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4 - 126,765
6) BLACK EYED PEAS - BEGINNING - 117,066
7) KANYE WEST - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED… - 106,003
8) NICKI MINAJ - PINK FRIDAY - 102,395
9) JOSH GROBAN - ILLUMINATIONS -...
My IPod Top 15 Singles For 2010
It’s getting towards that time of year when everybody breaks out their Top (insert # here) Lists for the year. So, I figured I’d start my own countdown streak with a list of the Top 15 singles that ran through my IPod for the year 2010. Basically, my soundtrack to the year in no particular order. 1. Jay Electronica - Exhibit C
2. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
3. ...
Video: Daft Punk - Derezzed
I was unaware there was jousting in Tron.
Video: Neon Indian - Mind, Drips
Maybe if I smoked weed, then this video would make more sense to me. But I don’t. So, alas, I’m confused.
Lars Larsen is an electronics designer and multimedia artist in Austin, Texas. Larsen’s work focuses on synergistic relationships between technology and subject, and the resurrection of forgotten pre-Computer Age technologies. Over the past few years, he and partner...
Kid Sister x Afrojack - Kiss Kiss Kiss
A-Trak’s girlfriend links up with dutch house guru Afrojack for a cool little track.
Kid Sister - Kiss Kiss Kiss
Video: The Clipse f. Pharrell and Kenna - Life...
Ok, so what if the album dropped over a year ago and this video just seemingly popped up out of no where today. It’s the Clipse.
Tony Cook – What’s On Your Mind ft. Dam Funk
This incredibly dope track is off an upcoming compilation of music by former JB drummer Tony Cook. The album, Back To Reality, focuses on Cook’s 1982-1986 rare and unreleased recordings of what would be called “the Granddaddy of all House Records.” It drops Jan 25th.
Tony Cook - What’s On Your Mind feat. Dam-Funk
Po Po - Let's Get Away
Po Po is a rock band. They are from Philly. They are signed to Mad Decent. That is all you need to know for now. Just listen.
POPO - Let’s Get Away
Hercules and Love Affair - My House
Via The Fader:
One of the many reasons why people say house music is called what it is is because of a 1980s track by Chip E. called “It’s House”, possibly the first but definitely not last time the genre has self-referenced itself in song and title. Hercules and Love Affair’s new single from their upcoming album Blue Songs is called “My House”, and takes the self-aggrandizing heritage of the...