Alternative
Torii Wolf – “1st” (Prod. By DJ Premier)
May 10, 2016
How can DJ Premier bring so much boom and bap to an alternative R&B track? Play this new Torii Wolf, and you’ll find yourself going, “Oh, like THAT!”
Torii Wolf, a singer-songwriter and musician from Wantagh, New York who traded coasts–bouncing around West Coast cities and enhanced herself artistically; shunning categories, confinement, and convention. Torii also just happens to be the first female artist to have her entire project (the forthcoming album entitled “Flow Riiot”) produced by Preemo. “Torii has such a weird, wicked style,†Premier offers. “It’s just very left field—reminiscent of a Bjork or something like that. She is so unique and versatile; she writes, sings and is an accomplished guitarist and drummer. But image-wise, there is no comparison. Subject-wise, Torii is in a whole different place.â€
The versatility Premier hints at is evident on Torii Wolf’s first single, the aptly-titled, “1st,†a war-torn and wistful ode to unrequited love and commitment that ultimately leaves more questions than answers, as she ponders “what does it take to keep you from running away.†Digging into his past catalog, Premier reshuffles the deck on a Rakka Iriscience vocal sample from his “Good As Gone†production from Dilated Peoples’ “Directors Of Photography” album to create another spellbinding scratch-chorus “I’ve seen the last come first, I’ve seen the first last.â€
Hmm. Preemo did an entire album with this girl. That should tell you enough about her pedigree. Respect Torii Wolf and this “1st” you’re listening to.
R&B: Yuna – “Crush” feat. Usher (Video)
May 3, 2016
Yuna singing about her crush (whoever it is, that ain’t bad to be). Soothing sounds, and complementary visuals, set a lovely mood. It will touch you right in the feels. Sweet. “Crush” (featuring Usher) is off the forthcoming “Chapters” album. We’ll repost that pre-order link for you just in case…
Liana Bank$ – “LVLUP” (Video)
April 28, 2016
She said doesn’t need the glasses. But damn if they don’t make her sexy even sexier. Wow! With this visual for “LVLUP” Liana Bank$ also spills that her debut release “Insubordinate” is coming soon. For now, just enjoy this. Like we even have to tell ya. Ha!
Rihanna – “Needed Me” (Video) [NSFW]
April 28, 2016
Wow. Long time since we had a Not Safe For Work nooner vid. So heeerrre’s Rihanna’s!
Visual for “Needed Me”… apologies… HOT visual for the latest single from her “Anti” album. Mm mm mmmm! Ri Ri knows exactly what she’s doing. Glad she is ‘doing it’ for the world to see.
Anybody else notice how Ri’s hottest T&A shots in videos always come with other visceral shots; like your eyes gotta pay for this prize (e.g. watch my nudity beauty AND this GUN… or BLOOD, like in “BBHMM”)?
Erykah Badu – “I Been Goin Thru It All”
April 27, 2016
All I got is my fam. If you don’t give a f*ck, then I don’t really give a damn.
– Erykah Badu
Ms. Badu, aka FADER Magazine’s next cover girl, is doing the most with this one… the most honest, the most non-trapping trap-style, most middle-finger-let-it-linger jawn… yeah, all that. You think she gone bust out into song or keep busting out real-talk lines on this “I Been Goin Thru It All” track? Keep listening and find out. Stream above and link below.
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Kali Uchis – “Only Girl” feat. Steve Lacy x Vince Staples (Prod. By Kaytranada) [Video]
April 24, 2016
Hmmm… the visual… It’s kinda out there, but Kali Uchis is in there (esp. with those outfits…nice)!
The imagery speaks on how disposable/replaceable “lovers” are treated and the things we will say/do out of loneliness. Kali was inspired by fake love, Edie Sedgewick, Nancy Sinatra and Calle 13. ‘Only Girl,’ the new single from Kali Uchis Ft. Steve Lacy & Vince Staples, out now.
KALI UCHIS – ONLY GIRL FEAT. STEVE LACY X VINCE STAPLES (PROD. BY KAYTRANADA)
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Alternative/R&B: JMSN – “Hypnotized”
April 24, 2016
Okay, who ordered the brassy jazzy smooth? Extra smooth groove here. Press play, and hear what JMSN is bringing to the table with this “Hypnotized” plate. Fresh off the forthcoming album “It is.”
Text Me at (424)-256-7625
Pre-Order The New Album ‘It is.’ and get ‘Cruel Intentions’ Instantly.
– JMSN
Miguel – “Waves†(Tame Impala’s Joshua Tree Remix) [Video]
March 7, 2016
And here we go with the video for Tame Impala’s remix of Miguel’s “Waves” that we just posted on here. Dope, like it’s s’posed to be!
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Miguel – “Waves†(Tame Impala’s Joshua Tree Remix)
March 3, 2016
Oh noooo, not more remixes. Oh wait, we’re talking Tame Impala remixing Miguel’s joint “Waves” (we posted on here); not for that other song from Yeezus that folks have fixed more times than Ri-Ri’s BBHMM.
Oh yeah… And in case you don’t recognize. The girl pictured above: Miguel’s fiancée Nazanin Mandi (eeeyoowwww)!
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Santigold – “Can’t Get Enough of Myself†(Prod. By Patrick Berger) [Interactive Video]
February 28, 2016
Alright. This is new. Maybe not to some of you edge-of-the-bleeding-edge tech enthusiasts (nerds! hahaaa!)… but naaah… THIS is new school cool. It’s an interactive video for Santigold, off the“99 Cents” album (out now). And sure you’ve seen visuals that employ point-of-view and 360-degree panning AND you’ve seen artists make vids ‘starring’ fans (as in send-us-a-clip-or-pic-and-viola). But…
You are going to ACTUALLY star IN this video; just as soon as you let the site access your camera! Soooo, get presentable and click the pic (or the link below) when you are ready. The song ought to be called “Can’t Get Enough of Myself†AND YOU!
SANTIGOLD – CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF MYSELF (PROD. BY PATRICK BERGER) [INTERACTIVE VIDEO] | 99 CENTS (ALBUM)
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Mélat – “Twenty Ten” (Prod. By Pha The Phenom) [Video]
February 28, 2016
Always found it interesting that Mélat oozed sexy onto tracks without really really really leaning on obvious visual appeal. Trust that even when we found it, we had to work it a bit; tease more sensuality out, so to speak. Even here with this visual, it’s more the track being sexy than she is.
(It’s alright though. The ‘work’ is a labor of love.)
I lost all sense of time the summer of twenty ten.
That’s the year I really met him.
It was unlike anything I had ever felt.
Surreal.
It just didn’t feel like real life…
Dude, whoever you are, hope you didn’t blow it back in “Twenty Ten” (produced by Pha The Phenom).
Yuna – “Places To Go†(Prod. By DJ Premier)
February 22, 2016
The way it started…was definitely ‘alternative’… then seconds later, BOOM! Producer Preemo drops in with his trademark hook-sample scratches and it’s so on! Check out Malaysian singer Yuna’s “Places To Go†above, and read what she has to say about all this below.
“Places to Go†is a song about when you’re growing into the person that you’re meant to be. Sometimes you go through all these things that will change you as a person and you find it hard to deal with all of these challenges. I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can’t believe I have a track with Premier. It really is one of the best songs I’ve written in a long time.
Dope! You can pre-order Yuna’s full-length, “Chapters” (due out May 20, 2016), from the Store on her website here.
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Ghostface Gets At Back Martin Shkreli With His Own ‘Goons’ And ‘Goo’ (Video)
February 11, 2016
Stop f#cking around and grow the f#ck up…BE A MAN!
It’s the clap back at Millionaire Martin for all that reckless talk… But not how you think. Interesting. Verrrry interesting. The Hip-Hop Nation might’ve expected Ghost to go hard at prescription drug magnate Martin Shkreli. However, only the shrewdest heads could have thought it though to come up with this type of battle plan.
Ghostface Killah strikes back at Martin Shkreli with the 5000% increase of Daraprim.
War is chess, not checkers, folks. It’s often about winning hearts and minds. So, to take the battle to where Shkreli cannot win (e.g. Martin ain’t winning anybody’s heart anytime soon), to paint him as TRYING to be the ultimate villain THEN clown him for that THEN bring in the ‘goods’ to join the laughter… THEN have one of them end with a teary-eyed plea to Shkreli (and his MOM) to do right by the people who are sick and dying in the wake of his greed (e.g. his aforementioned 5000% price increase of the HIV drug Daraprim)…checkmate!
And in the midst of it all, promote the Wu Goo brand as the ‘anti’ to all of that at the same damn time! Mr. Starks’Â is showing the skill and temperament of a master… Shaolin technique is VERY good and his sword is deadly sharp. Well played.
Watch.
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Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend (Video)
February 4, 2016
No need to tell you all that Coldplay gets much play over here. For reasons like this (above). This is the visual for the latest off “A Head Full Of Dreams” entitled “Hymn For The Weekend.”
Kanye West – “Real Friends” (Erykah Badu Remix)
January 18, 2016
Ms. Badu decides to do a li’l retouch up to Kanye’s “Real Friends” jawn and dub it “Trill Friends” for us to vibe to; or in her words…
JUST ride out to this…
TRILL FRIENDS
REMIX of REAL FRIENDS by KANYE WEST
what up Yeezy?
Apparently, this is Erykah just taking a break from working on the forthcoming mixtape, “This $h!t Too Easy.” We hear that, Bella. Rock on then.
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The Internet – “Get Away” (Live) [Video]
January 8, 2016
No denying the flyness of Odd Future’s band, The Internet. Here they are on Jimmy Kimmel Live! doing one of their strong jawns off their latest plate (“Ego Death”), entitled “Get Away.”
Alternative: Coldplay – “Birds” (Video)
January 7, 2016
You know we stay posting the dopest of the dope. That’s Coldplay. And this is their vid for “Birds” from their album “A Head Full Of Dreams” (out now). You can grab that via the link below to an earlier post from the group.
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BOSCO – “PLYGRD” (Prod. By REO)
November 28, 2015
This Brooklyn-born Georgia peach just can’t stop with the syrupy sultriness, can she? The sexy is as much in the way she delivers “PLYGRD” as the content. Take an easy listen to this BOSCO jawn for yourself why dont’cha.
Various Artists – “Autumn In Jakarta” (Compilation Album)
November 28, 2015
Jakarta Records already dropped “Summer In Jakarta” and “Winter In Jakarta” in this its 10th year as a label. How about another seasonal compilation album? “Autumn In Jakarta” is 15 unreleased tracks from Jakarta artists and others they consider ‘friends of the label’ or just plain ol’ dope!
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Mr Hudson – “Dancing Thru It” (Video)
November 14, 2015
I really dig this song. Glad Mr Hudson followed up on the “Dancing Thru It” audio with a visual presentation (check out the single here in an earlier post). It’s ethereal… as in “extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.”
Yeah. Perfect. Sooo perfect.
