Tinie sounds well enough here but Ellie’s hook is the star; the sort of hook UK No. 1’s are made of.
Tinie Tempah – Wonderman (Feat. Ellie Goulding)Rating: 8.0
Tinie sounds well enough here but Ellie’s hook is the star; the sort of hook UK No. 1’s are made of.
Tinie Tempah – Wonderman (Feat. Ellie Goulding)Rating: 8.0
Skream brings us a remix of Getting Nowhere (feat. John Legend) hot on the heels of the cool, albeit dark, video from his group Magnetic Man.
Magnetic Man – Getting Nowhere (feat. John Legend)(Skream Remix)Rating: 8.0
Talib sounds great here. Some of the freshest shit we’ve heard from him in a minute. M-Phazes is on the track with a fucking awesome beat. More hip-hop should sound like this.
Talib Kweli – Gutter RainbowsPurchase / Stream the Gutter Rainbows LP here
Rating: 8.2
The latest entry from Cold War Kids’ new Mine Is Yours LP due next week. Another solid go by the Long Beach four-piece. Most of what we’ve heard from the new record is killer. The singer dude still looks like Win Butler!
Cold War Kids – Finally Begin (Mine Is Yours)Rating: 8.0
This LA brother/sister duo have been all over KCRW the last couple weeks, all over town really, the band is in week four of its month-long Spaceland residency. “Sweet Louise” is as sweet a tune as its name implies; a potent piece of California pop.
Sweet Louise by The Belle Brigade
Rating: 7.7
Trey Songz is a pretty cool guy. “Bottoms Up” “Say Aah” “Can’t Help But Wait”, all pretty good R&B club jams. (But don’t get us started on that r-tarded “Neighbors Know My Name” song. That shit’s just wack.) That said, this Chopped & Screwed version of “Unfortunate” is straight fire. [Quiet Storm DJ Voice] “I need all the sexy ladies, in here, you know who you are! I need all my ladies to get up real close to the radio now. Oh yeah! I’m gonna play this Trey Songz record. We ain’t gonna worry bout your man. We’re gonna play this record reaaaaaal slow. Mmmmm hmmmmm.”
Trey Songz – Unfortunate (Chopped & Screwed) via YYYRating: 8.7
“Together” comes to us new from the 24th Century. The time traveler in question is our man Teen Daze. Decade and score into the future, yes, beats will still be jacked. (“Umbrella”). But we’re too vibed out on that space jam 2350 hen to harsh our mellow out too much. Come now let us toast, “To an infinite future of chill vibes!” “To chill vibes!” “chill vibes!” “chill vibes!”
Teen Daze – TogetherRating: 8.0
Two of our fav artists link up here on this TOKiMONSTA remix of Andreya Triana. Triana’s sultry vox fit TOKi’s deep space grooves like an intergalactic astro glove. We’re into it!
Andreya Triana – Far Closer (TOKiMONSTA Remix) via XLR8RRating: 8.3
Charles Bradley lays down the funk at the ripe age of 62. With a smooth, mellow blues-funk groove, the Menahan Street Band complements Bradley’s superb vocals. Watch out for his debut(!) CD “No Time For Dreaming” (available January 25, 2011).
Charles Bradley – The World (Is Going Up In Flames)contributed by Alex Sheehan
rating: 8.4
On “Pictures”, UK singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich paints the gentlest yet sobering of tunes. Weaving the subtlest of imagery between spare strums of a simple guitar figure, Leftwich is open here, he’s vulnerable. The tune draws you in, the melody keeps you, the song connects you.
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Picturesrating: 8.3
On his new “Good Man” jam, b3sci fav Raphael Saadiq puts it down real and does like the song says. The tune oozes heat and aches for its lyrical content. “Good Man” sounds a few years in the future from Saadiq’s 60’s flavored The Way I See It material, namely the early to mid 70’s think Delfonics, think Dramatics. Good shit right here. Get into it.
Raphael Saadiq – Good ManThe video for Saadiq’s new single “Radio”
rating: 8
“I Love You So” was one of our favorite songs of 2010, so much so it made our Year End Top 50 list, somewhere in the 30’s or so if I reckon. The song has such a killer groove and vocal sample, fucking with it is likely futile right? Well, enter Belgian producer DJVC. His new remix of “I Love You So” is an absolute heater. Rally round the b3sci family and get into it below.
Cassius – I Love You So (DJVC Remix)purchase Cassius / info
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Also, here goes Skream’s take on the track which is expected February 14th. The rip is from an Annie Mac Radio 1 set. CDQ coming soon…
rating: 8.7
