Props to (thee) Mike B and his blog for putting me onto this. I love that Fabolous joint.
I had no idea this was a sample.
Why is this animated GIF one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen? I wanna add my own: BRO RLY?! and it has an owl in a visor with a case of Natty Light, a Jack Johnson CD and a tub of Muscle Milk. See Bro Rape below.
Props to Brandon Perkins over at URB for giving me the background on this
Bro Rape: An Investigative Report from Derrick Comedy
This is just wrong
Check out Wale as a guest on Mark Ronson’s Authentic Shit show on East Village Radio. Mark drops some exclusive new Wale isht and they chop it out, even revealing the label to which Wale will be signing.
I’ve watched COMING TO AMERICA twice in the past two weeks; once on the flight from LA to DC for the Nike Boots event last week and once On Demand the other night. I forgot how much this movie changed my life as a kid. So many amazing cultural references, cameos and quotables in this movie.
Nottz used the flute sample from the film’s opening in…
Diplo used the other song from the film’s opening in…
Download Clipse “Queen Bitch (Diplo remix)” from DJ Benzi’s WE GOT THE REMIX
And props to Good Bully for informing me that David Banner used the royal theme from Coming to America…
Perhaps the greatest contribution to pop culture from the movie is the Soul Glo theme song. Peep the second usage in the film…
This homemade version is pretty much amazing too
My dudes at Paper Route Recordz down in Huntsville, Alabama cooked up this banger in 2007. Peep their one page feature in the 150th issue of URB with Elitaste client Wale on the cover and their seven page feature in the 51st issue of FADER with Keri Hilson and Santogold on the cover (Download Here). Starting to get a little heat. I dropped it at the club when I was DJing at Sutra on Friday night for Abdullah’s birthday (shout out to DJ Skee, Evidence and Colby O’Donis), definitely got some love on the dancefloor. Side note: Orange County gets sick; none of that Hollywood American Apparel hipster bullshit. And I saw a dude wearing a Johnny Cupcakes shirt.
Watch for Mad Decent and DJ Benzi present: Paper Route Recordz FEAR AND LOATHING IN HUNTS VEGAS featuring a ridiculous Run DMC influenced remix of “Bama Gettng Money” from Krames, a Flosstradamus remix of “Rollin”, a DJ Sega remix of “Rollin” and a few remixes from Diplo (Pitchfork mentions the mixtape in their latest piece on Diplo)
Download Paper Route Recordz “Soul Glo
This kid’s voice is something really special. He’s 13 years old. I can’t find a myspace for him, but he has a channel on YouTube. Kinda reminds me of a young Stevie. What’s more is that this kid is sick on the drums, kinda like Stevie. I didn’t know until a couple of years ago that Stevie Wonder played drums on Minnie Riperton’s “Reasons”, one of the most amazing tracks of all time.
Ms. Riperton, who passed in 1979 at the age of 32, had a 5 and half octave vocal range. To put that in perspective, Mariah Carey’s got a 5 octave vocal range. Rumors of her posessing an 8 octave vocal range are entirely false, although it was said that around the release her second album’s single “Emotions”, listeners who were playing a CD version of the song lound in the cars with the windows opened, reported having their garage doors activated by her voice. I actually remember hearing this when I was a kid.
Growing up in LA, a very ethereal place, there are very few things that stay the same. Going to Lakers games at the Great Western Forum as a kid, there was a guy named Dancing Barry who used to go nuts in the aisles during time outs and halftime. He’d wear a white suit and dance to oldies. Last I checked, Barry changed his name to Magic Barry and lives in North Carolina. Charlotte Bobcat fans are now the lucky ones who get to enjoy his antics. But perhaps more impactful and far more well know than Barry is a mysterious man whom my mother and I used to refer to only as The Dancing Man. He used to bust moves on rollerskates at the corner of Beverly Dr. and Sunset across from the Beverly Hills Hotel, but one could randomly catch him in the act at other high-traffic intersections around LA. Recently he has made his home on Robertson just north of 3rd St. I guess it was only a matter of time before someone figured out a way to exploit him. A trio of LA brats have started a clothing company…no, scratch that, a BRAND called The Crazy Robertson. It’s actually really sad. The dude is not mentally healthy. Check out the Wall Street Journal article
I think it would be great if the owners gave all the proceeds to the LA Homeless Shelter or to a mental health organization; that would make it all a little more palatable. Apparently the shirts have been flying off the shelves at Kitson. Figures.
Loving this dude. Sanaz told me about him. Late pass on posting this, I see Perez Hilton has already anointed Adam with his white man ink, whose last name isn’t really Tensta, but rather Tensta, Sweden is his home town. According to Wikipedia, Tensta is “known for its large concentration of immigrants, high rates of unemployed and people on social welfar..with a 44% unemployment rate.”
For some reason the aesthetic of the video takes it to a whole new level for me; sort of like The Roots “Don’t Say Nuthin”…
meets Limp Bizkit f. Method Man “N 2Gether Now”.
Wale remix anyone?
Download Adam Tensta “My Cool”
produced by Addeboy v. Cliff
Flashing Lights video
World of Pain video
I just read about this dude on discobelle.net today. I’m pretty blown away by his remix of what is already an amazing song. What’s more is that the video is pure fire. And the dude is unsigned. Superproducer/spot-blower-upper Dallas Austin entered into a production deal with Colin’s Canadian manager/label with hopes of getting this phenom a mufuckin deal. Dallas’ Rowdy Records has a first look deal with Universal. Time will tell where this dude ends up.
The second video, “World of Pain”, uses 10,000 still photographs to create an interesting but gimmicky look. I don’t really think the device works for the song. If he had somehow combined the stills idea with his “Flashing Lights remix” video concept, we might have a VMA-worthy clip.
I’m stamping this dude now.
