aka avant garde and rather musical water cooler discussion.
1. DJ Quicksilva – Where The Do That At? and Unruly Records’ assault on mainstream radio
DJ Quicksilva – Where They Do That At – DMV Remix by Unruly Productions
DJ Quicksilva – Where They Do That At – Bmore Remix by Unruly Productions
2. Laidback Luke and Gina Turner are Nouveau Yorican
I’ve been preaching to everyone to prepare for the coming of the Freestyle reinvasion. Well, it’s finally here. LA by way of New York DJ Gina Turner is a club kid made great, and Laidback luke is easily one of the most respected DJs on the international underground. France’s Sound Pellegrino Records has them combined as the ultimate combination of the Hi NRG and breaks of freestyle with the jacking beats and minimalist funk of Chicago house to create a sound that can play in rooms great and small. Just recently, Discobelle dropped Gina’s mix which includes “Boriqua,” the debut Nouveau Yorican single which has been remixed by Harvard Bass, Douster and Sandro Silva. Do listen, and do enjoy.
3. Sidney Samson’s “Riverside.”
http://www.youtube.com/v/Pde2j70eiC8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01
This is easily one of my favorite electro jams of the year. Dutch rappers Wizard Sleeve kill it, but, I really tend to think that this one can have a MUCH larger life in America, unedited, as, well, an emcee equipped to get it in at 120 BPMs, with a hook that’s as hard as “Riverside Motherfucker!” gets onto this, this could be a problem for the mainstream bottle service club community. Burns dropped this at peak time as he opened for Deadmau5 last week at DC’s 9:30 Club, and it slayed in a room filled with progressive guys and girls and oddball kids in mouse heads. It’s hooky, is a fantastic track, and really doesn’t require much as you can take the entire track, no sample, and make a hit. Here’s hoping the US catches onto this VERY trendsetting dance hit.
4. Super Cat, Biggie Smalls and Puff Daddy v. Major Lazer and how iconography can spark an entire musical movement.
http://www.youtube.com/v/uzH4tprczp8&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01
I’m of the belief that Super Cat’s “Dolly My Baby” video is one of the most iconic moments in hip hop. It’s the celluloid debut of Biggie and Puffy, and when those machine gum blasts hit the track, it signals the iconic image shaping of Bad Boy Records as the new defining concept of what hip hop needed to evolve into. Super Cat, just by breathing on a track that is this legendary, scalding and hot like fire cements his legacy as well as a lyrical toasting giant.
http://www.youtube.com/v/nWCdG0RacIk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01
I really haven’t seen anything so iconic and visually impressive since in dancehall music trending mainstream until Major Lazer. Whenever the Major enters a Major Lazer video, it’s literally the same heroic feeling, but under a totally different guise. In any regard, having dancehall music back as a commercially viable vehicle is truly one of the highlight stories of 2009.
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