Sharam and Cudi

Don't have much time to elaborate on this, I'm kinda on my way out. But check out this Cudi joint with Sharam (pictured).

Sharam Feat. Kid Cudi - She Came Along (drop)

Beam Me Up

"Cause my Chevy sits so high, from the floor, I feel like I'm an alien in a UFO"

This is a lyrically cliche song, with a crazy, unheard of idea of sticking T-Pain on the hook. Why post it? Well, I actually kinda like the song. And...Tay Dizm. You've probably never heard of him. He's a rapper out of Miami, and this is a pretty awesome debut for him, although according to wiki, it was released last August. I think T-Pain will probably be promoting Dizm, since he is one of the first artists to sign onto T-Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainment label. So. You heard him here first. I can't wait to hear people trying to imitate the sound in the chorus.

Tay Dizm feat T-Pain & Rick Ross - Beam Me Up (drop)

And the video...

Fall Out Boy Featuring Awesome People

I wish I had more info about this track, but I don't have much really. You know Fall Out Boy's song "America's Suiteheart," right?

....Yeah, me neither. But thanks to Joe Budden, 88-Keys and Murs, and a completely new beat, this song is more than a listenable song. And when the Fall Out Boy chorus hits, it actually complements the rap verses nicely. Hats off to this remix all around.

Fall Out Boy, Joe Budden, 88-Keys & Murs - America's Suiteheart Remix (drop)

Big Screen

GLC and Kanye have made a video for a new release, "Big Screen" off of GLC's album "Welcome to Haterville." It's a smooth sounding song with a chorus that reminds me a little bit of Flashing Lights. You may recognize GLC from Kanye's "Spaceship" on College Dropout. These guys make a good team.

GLC Feat. Kanye West - Big Screen (drop)

P.S. I think this Drop.io form of sharing is a pretty good one. You can listen to it before you download it, there are less ads, and no 60 second wait to download.

News and Music

Today, T.I. was been sentenced with a year and 1 day of jail time for a weapons charge in October 2007. He's got six to eight weeks to report to prison, and although he has a 366-day sentence, T.I. can get out in 298 days with good behavior, which I'm fully expecting to happen. T.I. is a pretty stand up guy and an outstanding musician, it's a bummer he's going to be taken out of the game for a year, but I'm sure the releases of new music will, in Tupac-fashion, keep coming even when T.I. is not around.

Anyways, a few remixes for you, all bumped from White Folks Get Crunk actually.

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (DJ Slink Remix) (drop)
(download button is in top left of player)
I think you'll enjoy "I rather get some head" over AC/DC

Serafin - Where's Your Right Round Head (drop)
Basement Jaxx vs Flo Rida

Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (Chew Fu GhettoHouse fix) (drop)

The Sampler

This may or may not be Track 1 from my next mixtape, "A More Perfect Union." I'm not too set on this, and there are some parts I'm considering changing, so let's call it a rough copy. We'll see. I'd appreciate some feedback on what works and what doesn't work on this track. I made a track 1 to this mixtape already, but I'm thinking this may replace it. If I decide to replace my old track 1, I'll post that too for you guys since I'll be throwing it out anyway. You should have a feel for the quality of this mixtape from this track, as well as track 2, which I released a while back. Once again, feedback please.

DJ BK - The Sampler (Rough Copy, Track 1) (sharebee)

So possibly a rough copy of track 1, possibly titled "The Sampler" and a rough copy of track 2, titled "Get Silly," are what have been released so far. You should notice the significant upgrade in quality in these tracks compared to anything on Like a Virgin.

Apparently I can't tag all of these artists as a label on the blog, but I usually tag the artist(s) I post. So thanks to samples of the Beastie Boys, Akon, Trillville, Oasis, Three 6 Mafia, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Jay-Z, M.I.A., Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Will.I.Am, T-Pain, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, Bobby Valentino, V.I.C., Shawty Lo, Dream, T.I., Bon Jovi, DJ Unk.

Basically, this is 23 songs (if I remember correctly), sampled very shortly. Like an appetizer sampler, it's a little bit of everything.

A Resurface of the Past

Lately, I couldn't help but notice the sudden spike of samples and rhythms resurfacing in hip hop today. I mean, it's a smart idea. If a song was successful once in the past, why not bring it back? Anyway, enjoy your old favorites, the second time around, reborn into hip hop.

Flo Rida feat. Katy Perry - Right Round (sharebee)
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record)

Slim Thug - I Run (sharebee)
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

Flo Rida - Magic (sharebee)
Pilot - Magic

Flo Rida Feat. Wynter - Sugar
Eiffel 65 - I'm Blue

Flo Rida is onto something. His next album "R.O.O.T.S." drops in April, but expect to see a lot of top 40 radio jams from it. Learn it now, and see what it's like when the whole world finds about it a month or two later and you haveta hear it everywhere you go....my favorite <3. I'm sure you've heard Right Round, it's been around for what already seems like forever. Enjoy those that you don't know yet though; they're all good, radio friendly, fun songs. Maybe Slim Thug isn't that radio friendly actually, but it's still a good one.

And a few more, tacked on as an after thought.

Wale Feat. Lady Gaga - Chillin' (featured a few posts ago)
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

B.o.B - All The Lonely People (sharebee)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

B.o.B - Don't Break My Heart (sharebee)
The Temptations - Build Me Up Buttercup

MTV Spring Break

Just a few awesome clips of Cudi and Asher doing their thing at MTV's spring break.

Asher Roth's 'I Love College' (with a Jim Jones verse) and 'La Di Da'

Kid Cudi's 'Day N Nite,' 'Dat New New,' and 'Any Love'

A Remix Manifesto

Just found the scoop on Remix Manifesto on AudioPorn Central.

"RiP: A remix manifesto is a documentary film about copyright and remix culture web activist and filmmaker by Brett Gaylor. At a time when file-sharing, remixing and open-source have become the new buzz words, Gaylor and Girl Talk help untangle the complex issues of copyright and present an alternative approach towards ownership and intellectual property. Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, Brazil’s former Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow (Boing Boing) are also featured in the film. And if you pay attention, you might also spot a few surprise guest appearances… Probably the best thing what you can watch tonite or at the weekend! Make sure to watch the whole movie HERE."

Check it out, it's incredibly interesting.

An Inspirational Video

An inspirational video I jacked from Mashuptown.

Not entirely sure what the "Remix Manifesto" is referring to, but I'm gonna be keeping an eye out for it/him/her.

Fuck Bitches, Get Euros

Super Mash Bros, "Girl Talk's hot cousin," has an extremely impressive free mixtape out that I was just made aware of.

Why download?

Well, the creativity behind these mixes and mashups astound me alone. Examples would include the Beastie Boys 'Intergalactic' over Sugar Ray's 'Every Morning,' or Khia's 'My Neck, My Back' over Goldfingers '99 Balloons.' Honestly, I've laughed out loud at the creativity and hilarity of choice of songs. But they work oh so well. And of course transitions are seamless between mashups, tracks, instrumental changes, vocal switch overs etc. AND every good mixtape has a Jackson 5 'I Want You Back' instrumental backing at one point.

My hats off to you Super Mash Bros. I strongly reccomend grabbing the mixtape here. And I also strongly reccomend not judging the cd by its first track "Gimme More Rock Bitch." I'm going to enjoy these tracks for a while. Once again, see for yourself. Get it from that linked mediafire word in this paragraph or from the linked name in the opening paragraph.

Wale and Gaga

Wale and....Lady Gaga? Weird. Hot. Sick. Check it.

Wale Feat. Lady Gaga - Chillin' (sharebee)

My spring break ends tomorrow, so posts should be more consistent and back to the norm soon. Expect a DJ BK track by Wednesday.

Cudi Calls It Quits Pt. 2

Cudi is not retiring anymore. Announced by Cudi himself, here it is, in the first minute or so, followed by Man on the Moon, and others.

Videos

Asher Roth - Lark on My Go-Kart




Rapping flight attendant. Hey. Music is music.

Cudi Calls It Quits

This is sad.

Hopefully he won't follow through with this premature retirement, love ya Cudi.

By the Way

Asher Roth's debut album "Asleep in the Bread Aisle" goes on sale April 20th. 4/20.

Intergalactic

Who is this guy? Shit if I know. He goes by SUBMiT (check out his myspace for more music that I couldn't downoad), and he's a rapper and producer from Georgia. His rhymes are completely legitimate, and his wordplay is outstanding as he details his "journey" through each of the planets.

"I'm already the ish, so I skip Uranus."
Assuming that's 'shit' in an explicit version, that's an awesome line in the context of the song.

SUBMiT - Intergalactic (sharebee)

Another notable track:
SUBMiT Feat. D. Julien - Just Goin' In (sharebee)
Opens with a nice Jay-Z spin off. Once again, great lyricism.
"I don't beat around the bush like John Kerry."

The Kayo Mayer Experience

Once again, compliments to Bennihana for this one. A rapper named Kayo took several John Mayer songs and graced them with his own rhymes and rhythms. It's got the smooth rap kind of feel that I'm a huge fan of.

My favorite is "Gone Gone Gone," sampling Dreaming With a Broken Heart. I'd recommend checking this guy out even if you don't like John Mayer. Click the picture to head over to his myspace web page for the free download.

Bearbot

About a year ago or so, I stumbled on Bearbot on thesixtyone. Thesixtyone is an amazing website, where you earn points by "bumping" other artists songs. The more points you get, the more features you unlock. But really the point of the website is to get underground, indie, remixed and otherwise unheard of music out. It's brought a lot of good music to my attention, and of course, you'll find some DJ BK on the website. I highly recommend you sign up and explore the website. D Liff and I have been on it for years and have been going back virtually everyday. But after all, we do have to thank DJ KB for the tip about the website in the first place. She's always hookin' it up. So yeah, go check out the webite.

Anyway, Bearbot has moved out of thesixtyone's grasp and blown up pretty big in the music blog world. I've got several of Bearbot's songs that I listen to pretty frequently. She, yes I said she, has some real talent. Check out some of my favorites, and go to her website that I linked earlier in the post for all of her music.

-Quality Style (Ratatat vs. Jurassic 5)

-Single Pico (Beyonce vs. Ratatat vs. Lil Wayne)

-Me and You (Cut Copy vs. Peter, Bjorn and John)

-Paper Planes Remix (M.I.A vs. T.I vs. Lil Wayne)

-Your Friends (Ratatat vs. Justice)

-Fire! Fire! ( The Blood Brothers vs. Beck vs. Lil Wayne vs. T.I.)

Lotta music, I know. At the very least, pick and choose a couple that catch your attention. You'll recognize the Paper Planes Remix from "Like a Virgin."


Sidenote: Lil' Wayne has done something right! The Hot Boys (Lil' Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk) are coming back together, an idea which apparently was Lil' Wayne's. They're coming back first to do a movie soundtrack, but later to do a reunion album.

Jackson 5!

Mad props to Bennihana for this one.

Anyone who knows me knows my favorite song is "I Want You Back" by Jackson 5. Weeeellll, I'm in love. Check this out. The acapella gets off every now and then, but this is awesome. Live looping is awesome technology, and ironically enough, the last post I had with live looping being used was KT Tunstall's cover of "I Want You Back."

UGK

Spring break… a period of unaccountability for all of us. Sorry in advance if posting slows down, but we all have places to go and friends to see. On another note, Charles Hamilton puts on a great live performance and I suggest if you ever get the opportunity to go see that show. You won’t regret it!

International Players Anthem – UGK feat. Outkast

If you’ve ever been near me in person there’s close to an 80 percent chance that you have already heard this song. Andre “3 Stacks” Benjamin and Big Boi of Outkast come together with Pimp C and Bun B from UGK to drop a truly classic track.

Andre 3000 raps first, starting off seemingly talking to the audience as though he was telling a story in person. As he keeps talking, you realize that this story actually rhymes, and goes well with an instrumental which up to this point is percussion free. “Then I CC’d every girl that I’d see see round town”, he raps, illustrating perfectly Andre’s ability to use playful and creative wordplay while actually making sense in a story. It’s a take on love, but with illustrative wording to make it original. You might recognize the verse from Girl Talk’s “Feed The Animals” CD.

Pimp C’s verse comes in after an introduction from the drums. Each line ends with two rhyming syllables that make it easy to remember and catchy as hell. His verse is pretty much the opposite of Andre’s, talking about pimping rather than love, making it a funny contrast. Next is Bun B, who uses a style similar to Pimp C’s. It’s a little more sing-y with a smooth and easy to listen to flow. It definitely compliments the verse before it and also transitions pretty well into Big Boi’s verse.

The final verse is yet another take on the different final outcome of relationships of a pimping. Think of it in context with Ye’s Gold Digger. Big Boi using the Chopped and Screwed method for a portion of his verse to talk about something that’s, well, Chopped and Screwed up. “Ask Paul McCartney, the lawyers couldn’t stop the, slaughter of them pockets, had to tie her to a rocket”, comically illustrating what happens if you get caught paying child support for a woman you don’t care about.

Although the other verses range from average to pretty good, the clear shining portion of the track is where Andre 3000 raps. The production for this track is amazing all around, integrating a sample well at the end of each verse to sum up each final outcome, “I Choose You”.

UGK Feat. Andre 3000 - International Player's Anthem (I Choose You) (sharebee)

-JR

News

-Kid Cudi is like, really smart. Great marketing right here.
The Transformers 2 preview with Cudi's "The Sky Might Fall" was pretty much put out by himself, unofficially to get some rec.

MTV Shows

-Michael Jackson's making a comeback tour this summer, his last in London.

-Eminem's "Relapse" is coming out May 19th. He's already started "Relapse 2" and predicts it to be out sometime the second half of this year.

-I'm just gonna throw this Charles Hamilton track here at the end because I just stumbled upon it and it's pretty hot.
Charles Hamilton - Way Cool (sharebee)

-I'm gonna get this blog back on track soon, get some reviews going again, etc.

A-Trak

You should know A-Trak by now. A-Trak won the DMC World DJ Championship in 1997 at the age of 15, the youngest ever, and the first Canadian ever to win. Apparently he's dating, Kid Sister, just found that one out recently. But you probably know him more as Kanye West's DJ. He's an incredibly talented young DJ, and he uses the same software program that I do!

Anyway, A-Trak's latest is nothing close to disappointment. Here is a sampler from his upcoming mix tape Infinity +1, due out March 31st.

A-Trak - Infinity +1 Sampler (sharebee)

Check out his act in 1997 at the DMC World DJ Championship. Unbelievable.

Transformers 2

Cudi hit it pretty big time. Somewhat old news but still exciting.

Cudi's newest, "The Sky Might Fall," is featured on a Transformers 2 preview.



Snag the mp3 here.

Drum Set

Thanks to AudioPorn Central, an absolutely awesome music blog, for the discovery of this fun gadget. Have some fun of your own making your own beats with just your keyboard.

Click here to begin experimenting.

Reeeeeeeemix

Asher Roth's "I Love College" remixed by J. Cardim. I'll continue the search for the mp3, but go ahead and dig the mellowing effects of this remix on video for now.

A Milli (DJ BK Mash Up)

I really don't think this is anything special, but this mashup finally makes A Milli dancy and playable at parties without killing the mood. It's nothing impressive, but take it for what it is.

DJ BK - A Milli/Live Your Life (sharebee)


And another really not dancy version of A Milli. It's a really good acapella, it's fun to experiment with. Without the annoying repetitive "a milli, a milli, a milli" in the background, it's a decent song.

DJ BK - A Milli (DJ BK Mash Up) (sharebee)

Brandy of the Damned

I'm going to quote an entire description of this song, pulled directly off an article at The Fader just because I think it's pretty accurate and pretty funny. Shout out to the Fader.

"It's [Ronson's] remix of one of our favorite songs on Nikolai Fraiture's Nickel Eye album, mellowed even further by some gentle hornery, shuffling snares and an almost whispered verse from Wale. If we know Ronson like we think we do, this was probably recorded in a sunken living room in front of a fireplace surrounded by models wrapped in fur drinking hot buttered rum while Nikolai stared out of the panoramic glass walls wondering when he'd get sick of being blessed (never) and Wale spit rhymes into a mic made out of frozen champagne."

Nickel Eye Feat. Wale - Brandy of the Damned (Ronson Remix) (Sharebee)