To quote Youtube user TheFreshKevin, “Fuck LeBron, We got Chip.”
Chip Tha Ripper – Cool PointsRating: 8.0
To quote Youtube user TheFreshKevin, “Fuck LeBron, We got Chip.”
Chip Tha Ripper – Cool PointsRating: 8.0
Wow. This Take remix of “Look At All the Smiling Faces” is pulled from Ghostly’s new remix E.P. of Shigeto’s great “Full Circle” release from last year. Love it.
Shigeto – Look At All the Smiling Faces (Take Remix) via XLR8RRating: 8.7
We’re huge huge fans of Liam Bailey. And to hear him on this his first legit single sound like this, holy shit. Great voice. Great song. Great arrangements. His debut “Out of the Shadows” is due in May. We couldn’t be more psyched.
Liam Bailey – You Better Leave MeRating: 8.7
Lupe’s latest is a heater, yes. It’s a good song. But at what price? “Words I Never Said” sounds like the radio. It’s produced by Alex Da Kid (“Love the Way You Lie” “Coming Home” “Castle Walls”, etc). It’s got Skylar Grey on the hook (what a run of features for her btw). I think we sort of expect a fresher sound from Lupe. The beat choice is interesting. If for the lyrical content alone, this track WON’T get on radio. If chosen for the anthemic quality, ok. But the sound is still a bit tired and maybe even a slightly lazy choice. The song is, in a way, emblematic of Lupe’s career caught somewhere between credible lyrical greatness and the mainstream of pop rap. P.S. Alex Da Kid up the tempo on your beats! The songs are wayyyyyy too slow and drag.
Lupe Fiasco – Words I Never Said (Feat. Skylar Grey) (Prod. Alex Da Kid)Rating: 8.4
Words like “sublime”, “gorgeous”, “transcendent”, words like that get thrown around probably too much in this whole music blogging game. I mean there is only so many descriptive adjectives out there, only so many emotional sentiments, only so many ways to a fill a page but to use those adjectives, to describe this song; that’s really just the start.
Rating: 9.0
We’re not sure why Kesha is sneering @ us on that artwork. Smile Ke$h, you’re famous! But anyway….HLM is an Orange County, CA DJ we found on Soundcloud recently. This killer mix of “We R Who We R” (prob best remix of this song of ALL TIME! btw) is just one of a veritable super stack of awesome pop remixes we’re into from him.
Kesha – We R Who We R (HLM Remix)Rating: 8.3
“Losers” is another winner from LA’s fav brother-sister indie duo Belle Brigade. The track is the sort of hushed, glittering piece of acoustic pop that can only come from the Golden State.
Belle Brigade – LosersRating: 8.3
“Helplessness Blues” is the first release and title track from Fleet Foxes upcoming second LP. We’re really loving the track after the first few listens. Hear for yourself below.
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness BluesRating: 8.5
“I’m New Here” is the lead track from Jamie XX’s forthcoming, We’re New Here, Gil Scott-Heron remix project. With the guts of Gil’s embattled baritone, Jamie XX melds the rhythmic electro Frankenstein that is this collaboration between two of the coldest motherfuckers on the planet.
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX- I’m New HerePurchase
Stream We’re New Here
rating: 8.8
The Milk are kooky. Kooky like Tom Jones kooky. They’re also fucking awesome. Tom Jones fucking awesome.
Rating: 8.0
“After the Flood” is why we love Chapel Club. Turn this heater way up. Previewed from their forthcoming Paul Epworth produced full length debut, Palace.
Chapel Club – After the Floodrating: 8.6
Heard this fresh Chris Brown remix on this week’s Gilles Peterson show (of all places). This Patchwork Pirates Re-Edit may not be the “Perfect Beat” but it’s pretty damn close.
Chris Brown – Look at Me Now (Feat. Busta Rhymes, Twista & Lil Wayne) (Patchwork Pirates Re-Edit)
Rating: 8.1
