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[Brenton Duvall Remix] The Knocks – All We Got ft. One Room & Kardinal Offishall
Our guy Brenton drops this brand new joint, remixing The Knocks song with Kardinal Offishall, All We Got (original), and he adds in one of our favorites, One Room.
Two favorites in one song? Yeah, we’re kind of excited about this drop. Lydia should be too. Two people in this song crush on her! Chris (of One Room) and Brenton…I see you both!
Kardinal Offishall used to be my shit back in the day.
Brenton Duvall – All We Got Remix ft. The Knocks, One Room & Kardinal Offishall
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[Mixtape] Beau Young Prince – Dream Catcher
The homie, Beau Young Prince, dropped his latest mixtape, Dream Catcher. Definitely a solid effort and he keeps it short and sweet with only six songs, and only one feature from Huey Mack. This will definitely play to his advantage, in hopes that he gets people to want more. Download and preview below.
See You At The Show is probably my favorite. Peep it!
Ghost Beach – Miracle
In March, I professed my love for Ghost Beach’s song “Faded” and came up with a new genre called indietronic. I’m sticking with my indietronic (indie + electronic for those that don’t know) on how to describe these guys. THIS IS SO GOOD.
Yup, this is going on my “long car ride” cd.
P.S. – At around 2:14, it reminds me of this awesome movie.
NERDDSSS!!!!!!
Matisyahu – Sunshine
Matisyahu is finally back! Not sure how many of you are fans of him, but I’m a huge fan. This one is called “Sunshine,” and I request you grab a few beers, a lawn chair, and some speakers. It’s basically summer and you gotta enjoy the sunshine. Supposedly this has been floating around since 2010, but my guess is that this is the finalized single for his upcoming album.
Download is available on his site for the next 48 hours so get it while it’s hot!
Ab-Soul ft. Kendrick Lamar – Illuminate
Songs with Kendrick Lamar are better than songs without Kendrick Lamar. It’s my hypothesis. Let’s test it here:
Ab-Soul recruits Kendrick Lamar for “Illuminate.” I listened to it once fully, both verses from Ab-Soul and Kendrick’s verse, and this is a really dope song.
I listened to it again skipping over Kendrick’s part, and it’s just a dope song. Notice I dropped the “really.”
Class dismissed.
Summer 2012 Should Belong To Big Sean
I’ve been saying this for a bit now, and I’m finally putting it into an argument. This summer should, and hopefully will, belong to Big Sean.
Let’s take a flashback to the summer of 2011. Any avid music fan can tell you one thing: Drake owned the summer months. He was the artist everyone was talking about. With consistent release after release, eventually leading up this his sophomore album, Take Care, Drake stayed atop of the game. Even if it was just a feature, everything he did was impressive. Let’s look at the timeline.
May: I’m On One becomes the latest buzz single.
June 9th: Drake releases Marvins Room
June 21st: Trust Issues drops.
July 31st: Headlines hits the radio airwaves.
August 12th: Drake assists Weezy for She Will.
August 16th: Assists Game with Good Girls Gone Bad.
September 11th: Club Paradise, Round of Applause, & Free Spirit are spring out on the internet.
After that, the promo for his album started to get heavy as Make Me Proud and other singles dropped, but I think I made my point. Drake owned Summer of 2011. Hit the jump to see why Big Sean is on path to own the Summer of 2012.
The Knocks – Learn To Fly
The Knocks let out a brand new one! Learn To Fly is a song that got cut off their most recent EP MAGIC last minute. They’ve been performing it live, so they decided to drop it to the masses.
Hard to imagine that this was cut off of their EP.
This is one of those songs that I’m listening to while cooking my breakfast in only my boxers, dancing around, hoping the neighbors aren’t watching. Swirv.
Skatan – Control
Totally stepping out of my comfort zone with this one, but stepping out of your comfort zone allows for new adventures. After hitting play, I immediately had to share this. The way I would describe this as “dark-indie.” I think.
This is Skatan. She has a song called Control. I like Skatan’s song. She’s opened up for the likes of Beach House, and is on her way on releasing her second album, “Seven Trees” later this month. “Seven Trees” is a collection of seven stories recorded this past winter. I have a story for you. Once upon a time, I discovered this song called “Control,” and immediately fell in love. The end.
Meek Mill & Big Sean – Burn
I wanna start off by saying that Big Sean has the potential to take over this summer. I’ve been a huge Big Sean fan for god knows how long, but with his recent verses in “Mercy,” & “I Don’t Like Remix,” I strongly believe he can take over the summer with the help of Kanye & G.O.O.D Music, as long as he puts out the music of course. Sort of like what Drake did with all of his releases last summer.
Kanye West lets out a new joint on his website that showcases Meek Mill & Big Sean going in. Like really ‘that’s what she said’ type in. Someone get the water. Swerve.
Dylan Reynolds – Tightrope
It pays to know famous people, right? Like, take Dylan Reynolds for example. He was a childhood friend of Mac Miller. Still buddies to this day in fact, and now? Mac got his debut single to premiere via Complex, I assumed he was rapper. Boy, oh boy, was I wrong. Check it out for yourself. I need a Mac Miller in my life.
And with the power of the internet, Dylan Reynolds will be a name to look out for, assuming he stays consistent with his music.
Info via Complex:
Dylan Reynolds grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa., and started out as drummer for The Funky Chickens, a childhood band formed by himself and neighbor/friend Mac Miller. Eventually Dylan picked up a guitar, went on to study music at the London Music School, and started recording. He’s 20 years old, and his first EP, Me & The Producer, is set for a summer release.
[Album Review] B.o.B – Strange Clouds
The sophomore album from B.o.B, who I think is the most versatile artist (maybe besides CuDi), has officially dropped and my review has officially dropped as well. You could argue that my Calculus grade has too since I should be studying for my final. Priorities.
Back to my claim of B.o.B being one of the most versatile artists. He’s an animal on mixtapes, and still appeals to the commercial fan base with his albums (the two so far). If you’ve kept up with B.o.B’s mixtapes, they’re crazy. All of them are great and still get some rotation once in a while. My man goes in. If you’ve peeped his albums, they obviously have more of a commercial feeling (I HATE ATLANTIC), but with him, you gotta admit that his stuff is always catchy. My roommate doesn’t even like B.o.B, but I catch him singing Bobby Ray to himself… Anyways, I boycott everything Atlantic does. They ruin artists like Wiz Khalifa & Lupe Fiasco, but I let them off the hook on occasions because of B.o.B.
Strange Clouds, to me, is a continuation of his first album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray. Literally built the same exact way, except I think Strange Clouds has a tad more rapping. The friendly radio singles (Airplanes, Nothin On You, Magic vs. Strange Clouds, So Good). The ones where he explodes (Bet I, Fame vs. Out Of My Mind, Where Are You). And then the slower jams. Basically, he’s sticking to the formula from his first album, and I think it works real well for him.
There’s two tracks I want to talk about specifically. First, his Nicki Minaj feature, Out Of My Mind. If you have yet to listen to the song, Nicki Minaj disses B.o.B on his own song…his own song! I think that’s genius. I love it. The crazy instrumental backed up by Nicki & Bobby Ray putting it to rest. What’s not to like?
B.o.B ft. Nicki Minaj – Out Of My Mind
Second, the closing track, Where Are You. By far one of his best songs ever. He puts all doubters and haters to rest. There’s so many lyrics I can recite, but it would be a time waster. So either listen to the song, or visit RapGenius.
Bottom line, he’s got another good one on his hands. I don’t think it’ll be as popular as his first album (lack of promotion and radio singles mostly), but this is still a solid project. Kind of heavily featured, but it’s whatever. Because of the features (Trey Songz, Ryan Tedder, T.I., Chris Brown) everyone will find a track to their liking, whether it’s a rap song, one geared towards the radio, or a more serious song like Just A Sign. Oh, and Morgan Freeman has a feature…and Taylor Swift. SWERVE.
Jordan’s Favorite Tracks: All of them.
Album Rating: 8.6/10
P.S. – He hints at a rock album in Ray Bands. I think he could pull it off.
P.P.S - Strange Clouds is in stores now, so go cop that!
Chief Keef ft. Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & Jadakiss – I Don’t Like Remix
About an hour ago, the radio rip of this surfaced. An hour after that, we have the CDQ/Explicit version of G.O.O.D musics remix to Chief Keef’s song, I Don’t Like. This was an odd song to begin with, so what does everyone think now that G.O.O.D music put its hands on it???
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