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Sky Ferreira – ‘Obsession’ Official Video

Felicia — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:10:00 +0000

Sky Ferreira’s official video for ‘Obsession’ just premiered on MTVu and even if Sky in the song demands to be your number one obsession, the video is based around Sky as the #1 fan of Michael Madsen aka. Mr Blonde from Tarantino’s movie “Reservoir Dogs” from 1992, which also is the very same year Sky was born:

I know, I wasn’t the biggest fan of this song when it first emerged, but it has actually grown on me lately. ‘Obsession’ is out now on iTunes with remixes to come from Mike Rizzo, Sam Sparro & Golden Touch and Static Revenger.

PURPL PoP – ‘The Way’ Remix EP Release & Free Giveaway of the Warrior One Remix

Felicia — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:10:00 +0000

PURPL PoP’s debut single ‘The Way’ was finally released on Fat! Records (Beatport/Juno/iTunes) two days ago and the full remix package includes remixes from Foamo (who contributes with 2 ones to be exact), drum & bass legend Utah Jazz, Warrior One, The Living Graham Bond and competition winner Shooting Horses.

Stream them all below and download the one from Warrior One at the bottom of the post!

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F292556&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&show_playcount=false&show_artwork=false&color=ff0088

PURPL PoP – ‘The Way’ (Warrior One Remix) YSI | zShare

N.E.R.D. Premiers New Song ‘Hypnotize You’ Produced by Daft Punk

Felicia — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:44:00 +0000

Last night N.E.R.D. guested Late Show with David Letterman where they premiered a brand new song titled ‘Hypnotize You’ produced by Daft Punk:

N.E.R.D’s long-awaited album “Nothing” finally hits shelves the 2nd of November.

N.E.R.D. – ‘Hypnotize You’ (prod. by Daft Punk) (Live Late Show with David Letterman 28th September 2010) YSI | zShare

Duck Sauce – ‘Barbra Streisand’ Official Video & Afrojack’s Ducky Mix

Felicia — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:45:00 +0000

So here comes the official video for Armand Van Helden and A-Trak’s collaborative project Duck Sauce’ brand new single ‘Barbra Streisand’. The video is directed by Fool’s Gold’s graphic pro So Me and graced by cameos from ?uestlove, Chromeo, Diplo, Santigold, Ryan Leslie, Ezra Koenig, Pharrell, KanYe West and many more:

Click here to view the embedded video.

The main release date of the single is October 11th (UK pre-order here).

Duck Sauce – ‘Barbra Streisand’ (Afrojack Ducky Mix) YSI | zShare

Magnetic Man – ‘Fire’ ft. Ms. Dynamite, ‘Flying Into Tokyo’ & ‘Ping Pong’ off Their Upcoming Album

Felicia — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:50:00 +0000

Just when I thought that the anticipation on Magnetic Man’s self titled debut album that drops next Monday (the 4th of October) couldn’t get any bigger than it already is Benga, Skream and Artwork unleash an YouTube takeover. In which they talk about Magnetic Man as a group, the album and they also unleashed streams of three new tracks off it: the absolute wonderful ‘Flying Into Tokyo’, ‘Ping Pong’ and one that I’ve been impatiently been waiting for, ‘Fire’ ft. Ms. Dynamite:

Click here to view the embedded video.

‘Flying Into Tokyo’:

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‘Ping Pong’:

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‘Fire’ ft. Ms. Dynamite:

Click here to view the embedded video.

And speaking of pure fire, Benga’s own remix of the groups latest single ‘Perfect Stranger‘ ft. Katy B, wow, I could be real cheesy now and throw in a line like SOMEONE BRING THE FIRE HOSE… Eh yeah, Benga absolutely kills it and speaking of Katy B for that matter, Saturday’s she hit the Wembley Arena for BBC’s 1Xtra Live and one of the tracks she performed was ‘Lights On’ featuring none other than Ms. Dynamite and the single will face it’s official release in November:

Pre-order “Magnetic Man” off iTunes or Amazon.

Review: Lil Wayne – “I’m Not a Human Being” | ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ X

Felicia — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Yesterday Billboard reported that retailers worried that this new eight studio album from Lil Wayne would set a new trend for digital releases and well, “I’m Not a Human Being” currently tops both the Hip Hop/Rap-section and the Over all-chart section at iTunes, but does it have to be a bad thing? I really don’t think so, if evolution didn’t existed in technology as well we’d be back in the stone age and listening to the sound of someone clapping a pair of rocks together.

Anyway it’s not a big surprise that “I’m Not a Human Being” tops the iTunes-chart, cause Mr. Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr has ALOT to make up for since he released “Rebirth” back in February this year. The anticipation on some new “real” Lil Wayne material has been thorough the roof. And I’m glad to say, “I’m Not a Human Being” is everything that “Rebirth” wasn’t. Wayne has actually managed to pull himself out of the deep swamp of rock/rap and created something that is fun, has great productions from the likes of Boi-1da, Cool & Dre, Drumma Boi, Kane Beatz among others, great features from the Young Money family such as Drake, Jay Sean, Lil Twist, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Lil Chuckee and T-Streets and over all is a really really enjoyable experience. So, in other words, yes, Lil Wayne make great amends.

One thing that irritates me though is the fact that the album is a bit too short. 10 tracks, 43 minutes and 6 seconds. We all do know the explanation by now, originally “I’m Not a Human Being” was slated to be released as an EP today on Weezy’s 28th birthday, from Rikers Island, the jail complex where he is locked up until the 4th of November. Things evolved and an EP turned into an album since Wayne felt that his sound had changed so much that he wanted to redo “Tha Carter IV” from square one. Most songs that appear on “I’m Not a Human being” was set for “Tha Carter IV” and some of them are over a year old. Not that the time matters, quality tracks are timeless, but I do fear what’s in store for the real “Tha Carter IV” that’s slated for a release in 2011. I fer that Weezy’s will go back to his “new” sound rock/rap and my worst nightmare, do features with Linkin’ Park.

But that’s just in the speculative future, let’s concentrate on the present an the tracks.

I’ve already written about most of the track in previous posts like the lead single ‘Right Above It‘ ft. Drake, the VD-tune Gonorrhoea‘ ft. Drake, the massive ‘What’s Wrong With Them‘ ft. Nicki Minaj, the funny ballad ‘With You‘ ft. Drake, the title track ‘I’m Not a Human Being‘ and ‘I’m Single’ ft. Drake.

Two of the best tracks off the album ‘YM Salute’ and ‘YM Banger’ are not featured on the digital release as they serves as the bonus tracks on the physical one that drops the 12th of October. Nicki Minaj gave away the first one featuring herself, Lil Twist, Lil Chuckee, Gudda Gudda & Jae Millz earlier this week and the second one ‘YM Banger’ features Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda, Tyga and is actually slightly better as the beat is highly addictive.

Another track I actually enjoy is ‘Popular’ ft. Lil Twist produced by Cool & Dre which is built around Weezy’s verse on ‘Bedrock’ and even if it feel a bit like hearing a rerun I know my bestie gonna call me some Saturday night in the near future at 2 am, drunk off her ass and sing it for me.

The only track I don’t really don’t fancy (besides the title track) is the StreetRunner-produced ‘That Ain’t Me’ featuring Jay Sean. And this for two reasons, the first is Jay Sean, shit he sounds so weak and the second is Wayne’s usage of the “No Homo”-phrase. As soon as I heard it it was just #CURTAIN and then #NEXT. I’m sorry, but all you dudes that still use that (and the word swag), please update your vocabulary (the same goes for all you anonymous hater-commentators on this site, if you wanna say something, please do speak your mind, but if you’re hating on me, well at least have the guts to sign with your name, if not, well, zip it and take a wank instead, figure that’s more giving as you might release some of the obvious tension you got build up inside).

That said, I give “I’m Not a Human Being” a four out of five. It’s a great buy and proves that even behind bars, Lil Wayne can easy claim the greatest rapper alive-title, I just hope this is not the last great album we hear from Weezy F. Baby and that he stay off that rock/rap-path.

Buy “I’m Not a Human Being” off iTunes or Amazon.

	Lil Wayne ft. Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda & Tyga – ‘YM Banger’ YSI

	Lil Wayne ft. T-Streets – ‘Hold Up’ (prod. by The Olympicks) YSI

Watch the Return of KanYe West on The Cleveland Show – “Harder, Better, Faster, Browner” s02e01

Felicia — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:50:00 +0000

Here it is, the season premiere of the Cleveland Show, graced by the comeback of KanYe West aka. Kenny West, a single dad and struggling rapper. The performance of Kenny’s and Cleveland’s new hit single ‘Be-Cleve in Yourself’ starts 14 minutes in:

Mark Ronson Serves Up His “Record Collection” & Remixes from Major Lazer & The Count & Sinden

Felicia — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:45:00 +0000

The coming week is stuffed with great album releases as we got Mark Ronson, Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne etc. all putting out highly anticipated albums. And sadly for Mark Ronson and his The Business INTL the only album I will care about reviewing tomorrow Monday is Lil Wayne’s “I’m Not a Human Being”.

I dunno, Mark and I do get along, but I think it’s more on a graphic and experimental basis rather than pure musical, the artwork for “Record Collection” is impeccable and the feature constellations, like the one on the title track with Wiley and Simon Le Bon are absolutely genius:

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5470911&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 Mark Ronson & The Business INTL ft. Simon Le Bon (of Duran Duran) & Wiley – ‘Record Collection’
Or well, there are some nice musical highlights here and there, like these great remixes from The Count & Sinden and Major Lazer of the two released singles ‘Bang Bang Bang’ ft. Q-Tip & MNDR & ‘The Bike Song’ ft. Kyle Falconer & Spank Rock.

Buy “Record Collection” off iTunes or Amazon.

	Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. Kyle Falconer & Spank Rock – ‘The Bike Song’ (Major Lazer Remix) YSI \| zShare

	Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. Q-Tip & MNDR – ‘Bang Bang Bang’ (The Count and Sinden Remix) YSI \| zShare

Sky Ferreira – ‘Animal’ Live & the Concept of the Official ‘Obsession’ Video

Felicia — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:05:00 +0000

As you know, I never was a fan of Miike Snow’s ‘Animal’ when it came but since Gnucci Banana and Sky Ferreira both have SLAYED the original with their own interpretations I actually love the tune now. But where Gnucci raps, Sky sings, enjoy it here live, from a rehearsal from what I think is last night:

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you missed Young Live’s brilliant dubstep take on ‘Animal’ find it here.

Also, Sky’s latest single ‘Obsession’ is now out on iTunes and the official video will drop next week:

Watch her talk about the obsessive concept of the video in this short Q&A; she did with MTV:

Lil Wayne – ‘What’s Wrong With Them?’ ft. Nicki Minaj & ‘With You’ ft. Drake off “I’m Not a Human Being”

Felicia — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:20:00 +0000

With only two more days to go before Lil Wayne’s new album “I’m Not a Human Being” officially drops online Nicki Minaj unleashes another one with her name on it.

This time, it’s the Infamous-produced ‘What’s Wrong With Them?’, which crosses choppy synth melodies that echoes ‘Lollipop’, with Weezy boasting “Fuck the system and the pussy and all that“:

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F5527796&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 Lil Wayne ft. Nicki Minaj – ‘What’s Wrong With Them’
And yesterday YHTN dropped one of the four tracks that features Drake, the languishing r&b-ballad; produced by StreetRunner called ‘With You’.

Pre-order “I’m Not a Human Being” here.

Lil Wayne ft. Drake – ‘With You’ (prod. by StreetRunner) YSI | zShare