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Remember when Rick Ross was exposed as corrections officer and the Internets were predicting his doom? Well, radio airplay and a #1 album pretty much silenced the haters and rendered Bloggers irrelevant. Ross is back with the album Teflon Don, and every track that has leaked so far has been a banger Maybach Music 3 [...]
John Legend & The Roots – Our Generations [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The iconic denim company Levi’s, recently enlisted a dozen influential musicians of different genres to help launch their 2010 Pioneer Sessions, a platform used to showcase ‘pioneering’ artists interpreting a song that has inspired their sound (all which are available as a free download). Last month we told you [...]
Nearly 20,000 people came out to National Mall to help raise awareness for Mother Earth. This was the first time in about four years that Earth Day wasn’t a washout. Various speakers from all walks of life were there; Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Trudie Styler (Sting’s Wife), Football player/Reality show personality Dhani Jones, Director James [...]
MSTRKRFT Fist of God Can hip-hop and soul exist over 120 beats per minute? MSTRKFT sure hopes so. The Toronto elctro duo recruits some unlikely partners for their latest disc, which pairs some of the best known and unknown urban musicians over their delectiable trash electro beats. Does it work? Why yes it does. The lineup [...]
MSTRKRFT featuring John Legend – Heartbreaker [Audio clip: view full post to listen] A couple of y’all were asking be about this MSTRKRFT x John Legend track last week and thanks to Rome at Better Than Yours I found the link to the official track at the Thank God I’m Famous Blog. To be quite [...]
MSTRKRFT is a elecronic music duo from Toronto that formed from the ashes of one of my favorite bands, Death from Above 1979. Even though I heard a few remixes hear or there, I never really checked their 2006 album The Looks, though I think i should have. It’s all good though. In 2009, they’re back [...]
Mavado This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day over the next several weeks to see what their best tracks of [...]
John Legend Feat. 3000 – Green Light (Diplo Dade County Remix) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I haven’t heard a Diplo remix in a while, so I’m pleasantly surprised that he got back into the game with the already great “Green Light.” Diplo keeps the track bouncy, but adds a special touch of [...]
John Legend feat. Andre 3000 – Green Light [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This summer is shaping up to be a good one for music, and even though this John Leged jawn is only a snippet, I predict this track will be HUGE….at least on my iPod! (hat tip: Scheme)