A lot of times, when I hear a new hip hop song, it’s subject to the “test drive”. The test drive is when I play it in my ’96 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, with the bass up. If it sounds good in an Oldsmobile, it sounds good in anything. This track passed the test drive without even getting played in the
Read moreMore new music sent to me from New York. I always like it when stuff gets sent to me from outside of the midwest. Jae Brinks shows a new side on “Goodbye”, a more personal, heartfelt track. If you’ve ever been stressed out, this is that feeling in a song. Can’t fault Jae for putting that feeling down on a
Read moreDenku gave us another leak from his upcoming “Quadrofiendia” album, due out in June. I’m eager for it, and not just because it means I get to release the “Unhandled Crossings” music video that I shot. It’s also because I get to hear more songs like this. If you don’t at least know the names Craig G or Sadat X,
Read moreMad Static sent me this video on Twitter the other night. I watched it last night after a ridiculously long study session, and was blown away. I always appreciate it when anything local is done with a high level of professionalism or creativity. Everything about this video is well done. The bombed out locations, the TV mixed with the vintage
Read moreHere’s a cool idea that I just had: everyone should send me two new songs at once, and I’ll blog them as digital 45s. That would be kind of different. Actually, Chicago artist R.i.C. sent me these tracks a few days ago, and I’ve had them on repeat. Both are really bass heavy songs with a vintage sounding sample. R.i.C.
Read moreWarning: This video contains some risque images. Don’t watch it if you’re too young, or too old. Chester French teamed up with Karmaloop to release their newest video today. The first single is “Black Girls”, a hard hitting, catchy song that you’ll inevitably end up singing along to. The song is also attracting a little bit of controversy, because of
Read moreA long time in the making, Gerald Walker’s new mixtape, “Believers Never Die” is out. No surprise, but it’s 17 tracks of smooth music, just in time for summer. More production from Taylor Gang producers Cardo & Sledgren, and definitely some awesome additions from Chicago’s own Slot-A, amongst others. Oh, did I mention XV, Phil Ade, and Skeme are all
Read moreIt has been entirely way too long since I presented another edition of #Snapped, where I bring you the best tweets about a particular topic or event. In “how-the-hell-did-they-do-that?” news, Tupac joined Snoop Dogg onstage last night at Coachella. If you haven’t seen it, I’m sorry that you forgot your Facebook/Twitter password. Here it is, anyway: Well, naturally, Twitter was
Read moreMore Westcoastsynthesizerbeachbumgangsta music from King Fantastic. This is the first single off their new EP SocioPoliticalPimpTalk. It’s classic King Fantastic. If you don’t know them, get familiar with them. Especially if you like hip hop, dubstep, or some weird blend of the two. Buy this song on Itunes.
Read moreEmpires announced today that they are playing Lollapalooza 2012. Which means I can officially play the whole “yeah, I saw them at Marquette’s Annex” card. I also dropped their snare drum carrying their gear to the van, but let’s not get into that. Here’s an awesome free EP from Empires, as a teaser to their “Garage Hymns” album, due out
Read moreGerald Walker just keeps going. A ton of people, myself included, are awaiting his Believers Never Die LP, which comes out on April 16th. Here’s a quick preview of what I’m assuming the whole project sounds like. I won’t complain about it if it does sound like this, anyway. Check out Gerald’s video for “Um, Excuse Me”, and make sure
Read moreAnother gem from my video production class. Never had heard of The Air On Everest until this video project, but I’ve sung this chorus in my head so many times. It’s such a catchy song. Textbook pop punk, and a cool video from Christian Shebesta. Kudos to those guys. You will sing this song a lot. You’ve been warned.
Read moreI wasn’t looking for new people to blog about in my video production class, but I’ve found two. We had to create a music video, and I gotta admit that I really like what John Manganero put together for DJ Dribblez. I’ve heard this beat so much in the edit room, while I was working on Taiyamo Denku’s “Unhandled Crossings”
Read moreAnother track that was recently sent to me that I finally got around to is Gentry’s “When I Make It”. Another really cool song, and admittedly one of the first times I’ve heard Gentry. It’s cool to have a song that isn’t talking about “if”, but rather “when” I make it. That’s confidence, and I like it. Check out Gentry’s
Read moreSo, the blog posts have been few and far between lately. My bad, everyone. I’ve been busy, you’ll see why soon. Anyway, Jay Alexzander sent over this video a few days ago for his new song “Take Off”. It’s a real laid back, cool track, and it’s nice to see a music video for Jay. If I’m not mistaken (which
Read moreTwitter and Facebook scooped me on this one. Within two hours, this track has a ton of plays. I don’t think I need to say more about that. Watch for the shots fired at Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries/Amber Rose/ Wiz Khalifa. Oh, and he has a new G.O.O.D. Friday single coming out tomorrow.
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