First song is sort of thanksgiving themed. It’s William Devaughn’s classic, “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got”, originally released in 1974. William Devaughn – Be Thankful For What You’ve Got Second song is from the upcoming Common album, Universal Mind Control. This track is called “What A World (featuring Chester French)”. The album will be officially released on December 9 [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Electronic, Hard, Hip Hop, Pop, Sweet, Weekly Dose
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Tagged Chester French, Common, Kool Keith, Little Dragon, The Prodigy, William Devaughn
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First song is not just another remix of “Paper Planes” by MIA (the song that the film Pineapple Express turned into an insanely popular remix track for DJs and hipsters across the world). This one is the DFA remix, and it’s really good. No clue who DFA is, or if it’s a label, or what the hell it is, but if [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Dance, Electronic, Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul, Sweet, Weekly Dose
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Tagged DFA, Flying Lotus, Jose James, MIA, Roy Ayers
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First song is The Kooks covering MGMT’s “Kids” from the album Oracular Spectacular. “Kids” is my favorite track from the MGMT album and I’m really excited to see MGMT for only my second time on September 20th, with Spoon, opening for Beck at the Hollywood Bowl (little inside scoop here- Beck is getting between a 21-40 piece orchestra [...] Read More…
First song is weird, it’s cool, and it’s from Brazilian Girls‘ new album New York Citywhich comes out in about a week. “St. Petersburg” is the first track off of the new album. I’m not really a Brazilian Girls fan but I do like this song and another song off the album called “Good Time”. You might [...] Read More…
First song is from an album of A Tribe Called Quest remixes called Revised Quest for the Seasoned Traveler which came out back in 1992. The song is called “I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (Vampire Mix)” and the album gives credit to Norman Cook for the remixing. That’s Fatboy Slim’s real name, so this remix of I Left [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Cover Songs, Hip Hop, Jazz, Remix, Rock, Soul, Video, Weekly Dose
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Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, Dr Dog, Fatboy Slim, Freestyle Fellowship, Jose James
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First song is from a brand new EP of remixed Pharcyde songs just released this week. It’s the Philippians remix of The Pharcyde classic 90’s hit, “Runnin”… Pharcyde – Runnin’ (Philippians Remix) (Click here to play in Hype Machine) Second song is one that I’ve heard on the radio at least 10-15 times and I can’t get it out of [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Dance, Electronic, Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Remix, Soul, Weekly Dose
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Tagged Damon Albarn, Kool & the Gang, Pharcyde, Philippians, The Black Ghosts
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First track is from 1969 that you all may recognize from the Dockers commercials playing all throughout the NBA playoffs. It’s the classic California Soul by Marlena Shaw. It’s also been sampled by tons of hip hop producers including DJ Premier for 1992’s Step In The Arena by Gangstarr (track 7, Check the Technique). Marlena Shaw [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Brass, Electronic, Funk, Hard, Hip Hop, Instrumentals, Soul, Weekly Dose, World
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Tagged Lightning Head, Marlena Shaw, Ratatat
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