Two Inch Punch takes Birdy’s “People Help The People” and makes it one beaut.a.ful love rework. Can’t get enough of this revival of soul flavored with electric love. Actually reminds me of a few Weeknd reworks (just a tip for what TIP should rework next).
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ill-esha takes on Hellraiser for Halloween and horrorsteps it to a whole new level of devilishness. Even without the Halloween theme, this is one mind-bending track, but it definitely sets the mood off right for any Halloween scare-tactic.
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Wait until the vocals kick in and damn does it hit Sogood! Most wouldn’t think you could pull off a smooth jazz rendition of Metallica’s “Enter the Sandman,” but Andy Rehfeldt sure the hell did. Plus, the video on top makes it all the more clever.
I wonder if Lars Ulrich is trying to get his “fair cut” off this…
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Pretty Lights was asked by the ReGeneration Music Project to fuse his style with country music for a documentary they are doing. He decided to do two different versions, one is “a dusty hip-hop style track laced with dobro and steel guitars” and the other, a “banging electro hip-hop remix of the first version.”
PL just released the first version and I’m sure the second one is right on its way – probably before the documentary’s release in early 2012.
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I have a feeling this isn’t the type of music most Odd Future fans are gonna get, although they’ll probably show their support just cause they love all TYLER everything, but this is definitely some of his realist shit to date. I’m not a huge supporter of Tyler, although his lyrics (for the most part) are beyond most rappers, but here he shows something far beyond even his rap game.
In this collaboration with BADBADNOTGOOD, Tyler sheds his rap demon for an ethereal jam sesh with the group, showing us that there’s something more to Tyler than his young fan base would care to know. What really gets me is in the end, where he has that spark, “a moment”. Now this is Tyler, the creator.
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At times this ghetto wobble sounds so damn strange for Neil Young’s “Old Man,” but once you start flowing along with that kind voice of his, the glitched-out funk gets a bit friendlier with this old timer.
I do completely understand why people can’t get into this style of funk, but they should understand that this is a real progress pusher in the music scene right now, and everything progressive gets shit on at the start.
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A never before released track by Common that was thrown up on YouTube from the producer of the song, dsteele. dsteele also provides some visual stimulus that may not be all that rich, but sure is fitting. Here’s what dsteele had to say about it –
[audio:Lets-Move.mp3|titles=Let’s Move (prod. dsteele)]“From the vaults of the underground comes a never before heard tale from Chicago’s Greatest Street Poet, Common. Common’s graphic story comes to life with the assist from visual artist and producer dsteele.”
I’m not gonna spout off why I like this so much, it’s way too early in the morning. But I will say this, it’s nice to hear a Xaphoon joint over something other than Chiddy. And no I’m not bashing Chiddy! people…
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YoungLife’s remix of “Paradise” appears to be a relaxing one up until a few minutes in when you realize you’ve got one hell of a rave-worthy remix. But as much as I love 80% of it, the other 20% needs mentioning.
The dub coiling half way through the piece really isn’t needed, but I understand its appeal and inclusion. However, it does need to tone down the dub and smoothin out the coiling into a more melodic style of dubstep. Still, nothin but love for this.
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I’ve been checking out Griz’s work on a few different blogs and the consensus is clear, this has Pretty Lights Music written all over it – and his newly released track says it all.
“Wheres the Love” samples those classic lines from “Ain’t No Love In The Heart of the City,” and electrofies ’em with lazer bass & glitch crunk (now I’m just putting words together). But where it gets even more PL worthy is in the industrial grimed-out dubstep. It sounds a hell of a lot like Pretty Lights’ latest dubstep track, “I Know the Truth,” but a more sample-based, electro stricken redux.
I don’t know what those PL people are thinking for their next signed artist, but GRiZ definitely fits the bill. + The icing on the cake, he plays the sax! I gotta hear this!
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