What a nice surprise. New short Spitta EP. ‘Congratulations to the Little Giants, but this is for the Jets’ is something Curren$y would probably say. He’s kinda spitting like Ca$h Money Curren$y on this.
DOWNLOAD: Curren$y – Here EP
via Pigeons & Planes
Trae Tha Truth, Big K.R.I.T, Jada, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, B.O.B., Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Bun B & Mark Morrison sampled on the hook—one of these names doesn’t belong here. This is one hell of a remix, though.
Here’s the second mixtape in Rhymesayers emcee I Self Devine‘s The Culture Series. Look for one final mixtape leading to the release of The Sounds Of Low Class America on May 8th.
DOWNLOAD: I Self Devine – The Upliftment Struggle
White Flame dropped yesterday, but don’t you agree this song deserves a separate post? I’m sure there’s #rare and #based video coming soon. Based God over Daft Punk > Kanye over Daft Punk. And if you disagree, Based God probably fucked your bitch.
Oh damn, Based God. You’re so nonchalant, Based God.
This track from Minneapolis emcee MaLLy is called ‘Future’s Classic,’ but it really harkens back to the boom bap era, before finely manicured goatees (Cole World!!) and sing-along choruses were a hip hop fixture. Not only does MN have 10,000 lakes, but there is no denying the emcee clout from the Twin Cities. Must be something in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.
Oh, and Miami producer Rem’ put his foot in the production on this. Looking forward to hearing more from these two rising stars.
via Prefix
Roses Gabor is featured on SBTRKT’s album and I am more than willing to listen to any music from his guest vocalists, (read: Sampha and Jessie Ware). Now, this is the first time I’m hearing any of Roses’ solo work but from her performance on “Pharaohs,” a mixtape is not what I expected because that’s not really typical fashion for a female vocalist. I mean all of this in the best way possible and after listening to “The Wonderful World of Roses Gabor,” I’d agree that a mixtape was the best vehicle for Gabor to highlight her versatility. You’ll hear her lush vocals on solo tracks and hooks but the part I was most surprised to hear was she also dabbles in rapping, and she’s definitely not bad. Roses has the capacity to take her career in a number of directions so I’m curious to see where she ends up.
TRACKLIST:
Roses Gabor x Mac Band – Stupid Roses Are Red feat. The MC Campbell Bros **
Roses Gabor x Dizzee Rascal – Loco Freestyle **
Brey – Zylo
Dead Prez – Radio Frequency
J2K feat. Roses Gabor x Offshore – Dont Let Go Of The Pacer **
Gorillaz – DARE feat. Roses Gabor
Roses Gabor x Funkin Matt – Zee Freestyle **
Roses Gabor x Dr. Gonzo feat. Hudson Mohawke & Carli – Fat Lady Loves Hummus Freestyle **
Greenmoney – Into You (French Fries Remix) feat. Roses Gabor
Boddika – Breezin
TWR72 – Paradox
Roses Gabor feat. Kaigama – See Me Inna
Dr. Gonzo – That Laughin Track feat. Style of Eye & Carli
Roses Gabor – Luvsick
Redlight – Stupid (Instrumental)
SBTRKT – Pharaohs feat. Roses Gabor
The Phantom – Voyeur
Roses Gabor feat DSV & Theophilus London – Kisses
Instra:Mental – Vicodin
Ty x Starkey – Heart Is A Miracle feat. Roses Gabor (Martelo ReThink) **
Roses Gabor – Mo1
Hudson Mohawke – All Your Love
Swindle – Spend Is Dough feat. Roses Gabor
Roses Gabor – Rosie’s Advantage (Freestlye Vibe/Interlude)
Roses Gabor – Spanish Inquisition feat. Jammer
**additional production by Martelo
Our love of all things ‘Chaz’ is well documented by now (gentle). Drift to this, via the great people at Daytrotter:
Toro Y Moi – Welcome to Daytrotter
Toro Y Moi – Still Sound
Toro Y Moi – Go With You
Toro Y Moi – I Will Talk To You
The whole “missing you baby” thing takes on so much more meaning when it’s not just a lover that someone’s missing, but it’s everything. It takes on a significantly different meaning when the person doing the missing is never home, is never with that lover and never around any of the people or things that he or she loves. It’s not as infrequent of a condition as one would suspect. Even those who work 70-hour weeks still get home most nights to tuck the kids into bed, take the doggie for a night walk and spend at least a little time with their significant other. It could just be a couple of dinners a week, where you’re actually sitting down and talking to one another, maybe watching a movie – on a strict time schedule – holding hands or giving massages for the duration of the film, before cramming in a little more work, a little more computer time before you pass out completely, with one foot under the covers and one hanging over the side of the bed, like a drunk.
The feeling of love and loss, even when love has theoretically been obtained or is held, is a thousand times stronger and more destructive on the heads and nerves of those travelers, whose work it is to bust from one city to the next to make their livelihood. For musicians, the better they do, the more people want to see them, the more they stay or are kept out on the road, cashing in on the moment that no one knows when will end. Chaz Bundick of Toro Y Moi has been exploring these nagging feelings of desertion and some sort of obsolescent invisibility when you’re away, when everything is still happening back home without you, for a few years now. The ideas seem to come to a head on last year’s full-length album, “Underneath The Pine.” You get a sense that he’s picked out a specific pine (he says as much) and – in a completely non-morbid way has thought about the pleasures of just being laid to rest, anything to stop moving for a while and to just be closer to where he knows best, surrounded by the people he knows best. He sings, “You should do it while you can/Don’t let it go/You should hold her while you can/Don’t let her go,” and yet, there are insinuations that he might also be talking about this whole music thing, taking his smooth groove and indie funk songs out, all over the world, without much time to rest those legs and that throat and to just be human for a spell.
“Still Sound,” is a song that makes us gyrate. There’s no doubt about it. It gives you the inner feeling of being a Casanova and no one else around you is saying anything, but they feel that there’s something different in the air. They can sense it. It’s sexy, deep down sexy and yet it couldn’t be a more lonely song, speaking to over-compensating for sadness and remembering better times that may or may not ever be regained. Bundick sings, “It was a finer life when I was with my friends and I could always see my family/That’s what I still want now, even if I’m here and I think that they won’t be waiting/Cause I don’t want to be alone.” There’s just nothing that can be done to make anything better here. The struggle persists. The loneliness wins, somehow, in spite of all the dirty dancing going on around it.
Is it obvious to everyone else that the two best things to happen to hip hop in a long time are Kendrick Lamar & Big K.R.I.T.? Stop trying to make J. Cole happen. #4evaNaDay drops February 20th. Warm up the tapedeck. King Remembered In Time.
What a great surprise! Matt & Syd deliver 4 new songs for free. Each of these could’ve easily made the album in my opinion. The Internet‘s Purple Naked Ladies is now out on physical retail. Check out this behind the scenes documentary for more and support the cause by copping that Purple Naked Ladies LP if you haven’t already.
The Internet – Lonely Notes
The Internet – Live It Up
The Internet – Partners In Crime
The Internet – Of It
via OF Tumblr. Download the EP there.
What – it’s February? Guess it’s too late for that Best 2011 Albums list I was dreaming up. STS has been flipping top 40 joints for a few weeks now as part of #GOLDRUSH. Look for the final project February 29th. For this joint STS is joined by ASAP Mob’s own Fergenstein over this Rick Ross & Wale flip.
You can cop the ‘Great Mood’ mp3 in exchange for your email address at stsisgold.com
