Articles Written By ytravillian

Hailing from the Bay Area Yvette Travillian descended upon the Nation’s Cap by way of Howard University and as marketing major quickly discovered that the only business that would hold her interest was that of music and entertainment. Oh and she likes fashion too. That hat in the above pic is Hermès and she would wear it everyday if she could.

Video: S.T.I.C.S – Apocalips

Creative hip hop coming out of Sweden is somewhat of a norm these days and here’s another group looking to prove that it may not be just a fad. They go by the name  of S.T.I.C.S and the group is comprised of 4 people with four different backgrounds; Denmark, Sweden, Bosnia and Zanzibar.   They describe their sound [...]

June 9, 2010

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New Music: Florrie – Come Back To Mine (Elite Gymnastics remix)

Florrie is a a UK singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer whose dance-pop influenced music has been making quite a splash on the blogs the past couple of weeks. She’s only 21 but has been deep in the game as a musician since she was seven and now as an independent and unsigned artist, she is demonstrating how to properly get her [...]

June 8, 2010

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New Music (That Jive Doesn’t Want You to Hear?): Big Boi – Lookin’ For Ya Feat. André 3000

So the word around the interwebs is that there was/is some apparent beef between Big Boi and Jive about this song making it onto the final cut of Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (which it didn’t). Jive didn’t ‘know what to do with it’ (WTF is that about?) and in a way they set out to make it disappear. HA! [...]

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Three Reasons Why Devin The Dude is Hella Dope

I have a cool connection with DC and really respect the Go-Go scene here. They have always supported me. In fact I have a cool history with Backyard Band and I usually hang out with them every time I’m here. I’m going to an after-party with them tonight! -Devin The Dude Now, I’m not too sure about [...]

June 7, 2010

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Songs For Summer Nights: Benny Tones -Nevermind Feat. Mara TK

 I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels some sort of deeper connection to music on a hot-azz summer night. There’s nothing like the coolness of a low to mid-tempo song to fight off the mugginess that surrounds you while also helping to ease the thoughts. And with the earth tilting its axis closer and closer to the sun as the days [...]

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Sneak Peak: Muhsinah – “Dear, ________” Sampler

I don’t think I’ve ever posted an album sampler on here before (at least I don’t recall) but with the success of Janelle Monáe’s “The Arch Android” it appears to be that the world is now ready to (re?)embrace black females singing ‘alternative’ style music. Yay! So here’s a girl you may wanna keep your ear on [...]

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Classic Cover: Seu Jorge & Almaz- Everybody Loves the Sunshine (by Roy Ayers)

Brazilian vocalist Seu Jorge may look verrrry familiar to you. And it’s probably because you’ve seen him a gang of times in the movie “City of God” or “The Life Aquatic”. But what many did not know (well at least I didn’t) was that Seu is also a talented musician and he recently teamed up with a very innovative band going by the [...]

June 2, 2010

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Artist 2 Peep: The Good Natured

I am always on the listen-out for a dope alternative female vocalist. Tracy Thorn, Esthero, Yukimi Negano, Anna Wise, Jack Davey and Imogene Heap are just a few of my favorite ladies whose  left-sided vocals can totally make my eardrums swoon. And now I can happily add a new name to the mix: Her name is Sarah McIntosh but she goes under the [...]

June 1, 2010

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In Case You Missed It: Ryan Leslie – Promise Not to Call

I must admit that my Ryan Leslie repertoire is somewhat on the sparse side. I completely missed his entire self-titled debut album craze and only became ‘aware’ of him when he dropped his sophomore LP Transition –  and my attention was only sparked due to one track; the ridiculously hot ”Promise Not to Call”.  We have all heard the song [...]

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New Music: Ne-Yo – Beautiful Monster

Not many people know this about me but Ne-Yo is hands down one of my favorite R&B singer/artists out today. His ability to successfully crossover from songwriter to singer was done with such a smooth and effortless ease and despite some of those ‘fishy’ pictures from Giant Magazine a couple of years ago, I think he [...]

May 28, 2010

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Duo 2 Peep: Aries Connection

Tidewater Virginia is no stranger to tight music. From Teddy Riley, Timbaland, Missy and Pharrell  – the southeastern area of VA has been on a long hot-streak of putting out unique and experimental sounds. Even with knowing this I was still a little caught off guard when I came across Aries Connection. Reppin’ the (757) Aries Connection is comprised of two dudes: [...]

May 27, 2010

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For the Dub Heads: Jahcoozi – Barefoot Dub

I’m not really a dub head like that but I’ve been hearing the name Jahcoozi thrown around the past few weeks, thanks to their latest album Barefoot Wanderer. Yesterday I was finally able to peep out their video and I only decided to post it due to its creepy-like visuals and intoxicating vocals from Sri-Lankan singer/MC Sasha Perera. [...]

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