May 2011
50 posts
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) LADY GAGA - BORN THIS WAY - INTERSCOPE - 1,110,420
2) BRAD PAISLEY - THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC - ARISTA NASHVILLE - 154,254
3) ADELE - 21 - XL/COLUMBIA - 126,415
4) GLEE CAST - GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 6 - COLUMBIA - 78,075
5) MMG PRESNTS: SELF MADE, VOL. 1 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - 53,133
6) NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - CAPITOL/EMI - 46,094
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GLC ft. DJ Ayres - Got Me Gone (Nick Catchdubs x...
Via RCRDLBL:
“Got Me Gone,” the first official single from party scientist DJ Ayres after countless mixtapes and remixes, reaches back to an era when pimpin’ wasn’t easy but necessary. Here, we have the track’s rumbling electro remix from Ayres-associate Nick Catchdubs and Proper Villains. The bass tones on this one could snap a pair of headphones as Chicago...
Video: Is Tropical "The Greeks"
Not only is this a great record, it’s one of the illest video concepts I’ve ever seen.
Swedish House Mafia - Save The World (Jason Smith...
This is a perfect new joint for your Memorial Day Weekend parties.
Save The World (Jason Smith vs. Slim Willy Remix) by iamjasonsmith
The Weeknd - Rolling Stone
The Weeknd leaked this chill little joint via Twitter last night.
Miguel ft. Pusha T - Sure Thing (Remix)
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Pusha jumps on Miguel’s latest single and it looks like the king of the coke rap may have a soft side.
Interview: The Great Debater: @ShaheemReid
Via Al Lindstrom:
The thing that fuels hip-hop on a day to day basis is debate. It could be anywhere from the cliche barbershop where you fight over the better rapper with half your head shaved. It could be in the boardroom, waiting for your boss, complaining about how bad the game has gotten. Hell, it’s probably happening right now within a 5 mile radius of you reading this. Debate is just...
New Arcade Fire Tracks
Arcade Fire is re-releasing a deluxe edition of The Suburbs on August 2nd, with a few new tracks. Check out “Culture War” and a David Byrne collaboration “Speaking In Tongues” below.
Arcade Fire - Culture War by ListenBeforeYouBuy
Arcade Fire - Speaking In Tongues by ListenBeforeYouBuy
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) ADELE - 21 - XL/COLUMBIA - 136,585
2) SEETHER - HOLDING ONTO STRINGS - BETTER LEFT - WIND-UP - 57,400
3) NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - CAPITOL/EMI - 50,936
4) JASON ALDEAN - MY KINDA PARTY - BROKEN BOW - 28,320
5) MUMFORD & SONS - SIGH NO MORE - GLASSNOTE - 25,889
6) LONELY ISLAND - TURTLENECK AND CHAIN - UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC - 23,438
7) BEASTIE BOYS...
David Guetta x High Rankin - When Machete Takes...
This is the final leak before the release of the Oh Snap!! Presents: Big Room Dubstep project. “When Machete Takes Over” continues the melding of massive House records with gritty Dubstep by combining David Guetta’s “When Love Takes Over” with High Rankin’s Dubstep remix of “Machete”.
When Machete Takes Over (Oh Snap!! Bootleg) by ohsnapmusic
Video x Track: Ricky Rude - F.U.2
I had a chance to sit in the studio and listen to a lot of tracks off of Ricky Rude’s forthcoming mixtape and what I heard really impressed me. F.U.2 is off that project and should give you a prette solid idea about what Ricky is all about.
Ricky Rude - F.U.2 by Brian Gaffey
Entourage Season 8 Promo Features The Weeknd's...
I turned on HBO for the Bernard Hopkins fight a little early Saturday night and was pleasantly surprised to catch the new Entourage promo for it’s upcoming 8th season featuring The Weeknd’s “High For This” as the music bed. For those of you unfamiliar with the Toronto r&b group, I suggest you download their House of Balloons mixtape immediately.
The Weeknd -...
Video: Cassidy Freestyles on Cosmic Kev's "The...
Good God! If Cassidy could just keep his ass outta jail, we could get this type of ish more often.
Declaime ft. Aloe Blacc - Apocalyptic Music (prod....
Via RCRDLBL:
Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow have been releasing music through their SomeOthaShip imprint for some time, but locating an online source of information has been relatively difficult. All that has changed with the recent launch of the SomeOthaShip website (which you can find here), and to mark the occasion, Perkins and Muldrow have released a free...
New Complex Mag Cover w/ Rick Ross x Andy Samberg...
Via Complex:
Just when these other magazines thought it was safe…Complex is back with a monster issue that’s set to dominate this summer! For the first cover from our June/July 2011 issue, we hit the beach with Rick Ross and Andy Samberg, and came back with a hilarious image that references the iconic poster from Jaws 2 (this one, kids).
Our rap/comedy dream team is really running...
Video: Frank Ocean – Acura Integurl
I still don’t understand how this didn’t make the Notalgia/Ultra mixtape.
Broke one - Go Go Go (Treasure Fingers Remix)
This is one of those tracks you’ll hear at the most exclusive NYC fashion parties…and also at your local H&M.
Broke one - Go Go Go (Treasure Fingers Remix) by treasurefingers
Drake - Dreams Money Can Buy
Drake leaked out a new record today. Not a single or anything, just a leak. You know, to get you through those 5 minutes of the day when a record he’s NOT on is playing on the radio.
Throwback Thursday (It Won't Stop Raining...
Madonna “Rain”, released in the summer of 1993 off of her Erotica album, received considerable airplay in the US and peaked at #14 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. This was a noticeable jump from the preceding single “Bad Girl”, which had peaked at #36.
With “Rain”, Madonna achieved the accolade of most top 10 singles released by a female artist from one...
Throwback Thursday (It Won't Stop Raining...
The Carpenters’ “Rainy Days and Mondays” was released as the first track on the album Carpenters. Composed in 1971 by then fairly unknown composers Roger Nicholsand Paul Williams, the record went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA that same year. It was also the duo’s fourth #1 song on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.
Throwback Thursday (It Won't Stop Raining...
“The Rain” is a 1986 successful crossover single by Oran “Juice” Jones, an R&B singer/rapper from Harlem, New York. The single was his biggest hit and reached number one on the R&B chart for two weeks, making it the first #1 R&B hit issued by the then newly created Def Jam record label. The single made it to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 20...
Lady Gaga - Judas (The Remixes)
7 remixes in one post? Eh, why not.
Chris Lake Remix
Goldfrapp Remix
Hurts Remix
John Dahlbeck Remix
LG Guena Club Remix
Mirrors Une Autre Monde-Mix Nuit
R3HAB Remix
Video: Mr. Ghetto - Wal-Mart
*Blank stare
Video: Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci
As much as I may publicly rage against the hipster movement, the fact that I’m actually a fan of Lil B’s homegirl Kreayshawn says I may actually be one of them.
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) ADELE - 21 - XL/COLUMBIA - 156,578
2) NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - CAPITOL/EMI - 67,630
3) LONELY ISLAND - TURTLENECK AND CHAIN - UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC - 65,303
4) CHRISTINA PERRI - LOVESTRONG. - ATLANTIC - 56,045
5) TYLER THE CREATOR - GOBLIN - XL/BEGGARS - 50,249
6) BEASTIE BOYS - HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE, PT. 2 - CAPITOL/EMI - 40,545
7) THE CARS - MOVE...
Video: Random Axe - The Hex
This record is so hard, it made me wanna hop on a train back home just so I can punch my mother in the face. Yea, it’s that hard.
Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi ft. Norah Jones -...
I just got done perusing the Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Rome album which was released today. The album played as the perfect soundtrack as I conjured up breakfast on a dreary, rainy day.
While much of the album’s tracks are mellow instrumentals, Jack White and Norah Jones make some pretty stellar vocal appearances. ”Problem Queen” featuring Ms. Jones jumped out at...
Video: Jon Stewart Debates Bill O'Reilly Over...
Last night, Jon Stewart did the world a favor and called Bill O’Reilly and, in turn, the folks at Fox News out on their contrived outrage over Common performing at the White House “Poetry Slam”.
Calvin Harris ft. Kelis - Bounce (Dub Pilot Remix)
Why do people insist on referring to remixes as “dubstep” that are clearly not. I may go postal on the blogosphere one day because of this phenomenon. However, I do love this remix regardless of it’s mis-characterization.
Calvin Harris ft.Kelis - Bounce (Dub Pilot’s Remix) [Free Download] by Dub Pilot
The Kills - Satellite (The Bug Remix)
Via Urb:
The Kills might look like a scuzzy rocker pair, with guitarist Jamie Hince’s model-datng ways and singer Alison Mosshart’s she-Jagger stage swagger, but the pair have always played with drum machines as much as fuzz pedals. UK techno-dub titan The Bug is known for creating some fuzz of his own, plus the mossiest beats this side of middle earth. Check out what happens when the two...
Video: Tyler Performs "Yonkers" Live In NYC
I’ll be the first to say that I did not like Tyler’s album. Too much noise and not enough good music. I did, however, attempt to buy a ticket to this show just to witness the future of the underground scene first hand, but it sold out in about an hour…and I don’t buy tickets to anything.
The Navy Seal Who Killed Osama Bin Laden
Emilio Rojas - The Letter
Via DJ Booth
Emilio Rojas is widely known as an emcee whose sole focus in life is the sun and the shade, parties and women, flashy cars and flashier jewelry, so it’s no surprise that new leak The Letter is an ode to Patron shots and Louis scarves. Actually, that’s not true at all. At all. Producer immediately Parks set the record’s dark tone with an unidentified audio clip (anyone) backed by...
DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne - I'm...
Yes Khaled, you really are on one with this.
DJ Khaled - I’m On One by Brian Gaffey
Ninjasonik - Mosh Pit
Get ready to dive off the stage and jump into Ninjasonik’s new single “Mosh Pit,” the first offering from the Brooklyn act’s second LP Peter Pan Syndrome (due out September 20). Dutch DJ crew The Partysquad handled production duties on “Mosh Pit.”
Ninjasonik - Mosh Pit by Brian Gaffey
Britney Spears - Till The World Ends (Jason Smith...
Well this has summer rooftop party written all over it.
Till The World Ends (Jason Smith Bootleg) by iamjasonsmith
Video: Common Performs Poetry at the White House
Oh, now I see why the right wing was all in a tizzy. Wait, no I don’t. Beautiful words by a modern American Poet.
Clinton Sparks ft. LMFAO & JoJo - Sucks To Be You
The artwork in itself is worth the post. There’s been an unfinished version of “Sucks To Be You” bouncing around the internets for quite some time, I’m glad Clinton is putting out an final/official version.
Clinton Sparks - Sucks To Be You Feat. LMFAO & JoJo (Dirty) by clintonsparks
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) ADELE -21 - XL/COLUMBIA - 154,543
2) BEASTIE BOYS - HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE, PT. 2 - CAPITOL/EMI - 125,223
3) NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - CAPITOL/EMI - 124,106
4) FLEET FOXES - SUB POP - HELPLESSNESS BLUES - 85,482
5) JENNIFER LOPEZ - LOVE? - ISLAND/IDJMG - 80,305
6) STEVIE NICKS - IN YOUR DREAMS - REPRISE - 47,115
7) SADE - ULTIMATE COLLECTION - EPIC -...
Frank Ocean - Swim Good (EMYND Remix)
“Swim Good” is easily one of the best tracks on Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia/Ultra mixtape. EMYND did a nice job giving a little bounce vibe to make it a little dance-able.
Frank Ocean - Swim Good (Emynd Bounce Remix) by Emynd
Nina Simone - Feeling Good (Hrdvsion Remix)
Ordinarily, I’d shun any attempt to rework the music of Nina Simone as sacrilegious. Her music is timeless and perfect just the way it is. However, Hrdvsion’s understated electronic remix really does her justice.
Nina Simone - Feeling Good (Hrdvsion Remix) by Brian Gaffey
Video: Interview With Music Industry Power Broker...
Via Al Lindstrom
There aren’t many people that work in the music industry that can say they helped change it. There aren’t many people that work in the music industry that can say they helped inspire kids to be entrepreneurs when they grow up. Dino Delvaille can. Even before he signed Cash Money Records to Universal in an unprecedented $30 Million deal, Dino was building rosters on Payday...
Video: Tyler The Creator & Hodgy Beats Perform...
Tyler, Hodgy and Syd performed a new track off Tyler’s Goblin album during a session with BBC Radio’s Zane Lowe. Syd’s really gotta step up her DJ equipment game…at least for the sake of looking better during live shows.
This Week's Top 10 Album Sales
1) ADELE - 21 - XL/COLUMBIA - 123,001
2) FOO FIGHTERS - WASTING LIGHT - ROSWELL/RCA/RMG - 34,205
3) MUMFORD & SONSSIGH NO MORE - GLASSNOTE - 30,158
4) LEMONADE MOUTH - SOUNDTRACK - WALT DISNEY - 28,173
5) BRITNEY SPEARS - FEMME FATALE - JIVE/JLG - 27,874
6) CHRIS BROWN - F.A.M.E. - JIVE/JLG - 27,842
7) GLEE CAST - GLEE PRESENTS THE WARBLERS - COLUMBIA - 27,659
8) PAUL SIMON -...
Video: Gilbere Forte' - Born in '87
Gilbere releases the visuals for his ridiculous auto-biographical track produced by Don Cannon.
Ducksauce - Barbra Streisand ("Bin Laden's Dead" -...
You had to know this remix was coming eventually.
Tyler The Creator - Tron Cat
I know, I know, we’ve heard the shock rap stuff before. That argument is so tired. All popular music is and has always been a newer version of something that came before it, and the same can be said for Odd Future…love it or hate it.
Check for Tyler’s Goblin album dropping next week.
Video: Pharrell Interview @ ASCAP Music Expo
Pharrell Speaks on the internet, Odd Future, Hip-Hop & More at the ASCAP Music Expo 2011 in Los Angeles.
Vybz Kartel - Go Go Wine
Every summer in NYC needs a dope reggae record as part of the soundtrack. This is gonna be it.
Vybz Kartel - Go Go Wine (Produced by Dre Skull) by Brian Gaffey
Video: Reks – Mascara (The Ugly Truth)
Reks and Statik Selektah simply make great Hip Hop music.
