Azelia Banks!
Keep an eye out for this chick.
Big.
Azealia Banks – 212
Rayzaflo and Haze – No Time Like Now
Producer, DJ and label boss Jay Haze is probably best known for his contributions to the techno and house scene, but as an artist he has a history of being versatile with his sound and experimenting with different genres like pop, dubstep, soul and hip hop.
‘No Time Like Now’ is a collaboration with 18-year-old Mississippian MC Rayzaflo. It’s a great showcase for a bright new MC talent but is also a seriously heavy set of slickly produced hip hop tracks from Mr Haze. He calls it ‘conscious bass pop’ – whatever you want to call it it’s well worth checking out and below are some choice cuts from the LP.
Rayzaflo & Haze – Go Crazy
Rayzaflo & Haze – Everyone’s A Sinner (feat Rockey)
Rayzaflo & Haze – Spare Second
Listen and download the whole lot for free here.
Love Letters
Young Edits recently released his new EP featuring four exciting edits of tracks and whilst the whole thing is top work, the last edit/remix of the Kanye West song Blame Game is astonishingly good.
Young Edits is the moniker used by Australian artist Youth and his takes on some of the classics are really refreshing. Speaking about the latest EP on his SoundCloud he said “My plan with all these tracks was not just to create simple club worthy edits but to attribute a sense of artistic irony unto the track itself, bringing the ‘blues’ aspect back to rhythm & blues.“
Keep an eye out for this chap, he’s going places.
Jay.Soul
Jay.Soul divides his time between Amsterdam and Shanghai, which ultimately points toward a deep appreciation for chicken chow mein and rizla king skins however it’s music which takes the fore.
We featured his Midas Touch/Milly Elliot blend on our Live Mix #1 which led to some more investigation into his productions and below are some stand-out edits from his SoundCloud.
Midnight Missy – Midas Dutch (Jay.Soul Blend)
Nas – Made U Look (Jay.Soul Remix)
Aaron Jerome – Angel Lady ft Andreya Triana (Mr.Windmill & Jay.Soul ReTouch)
I Stand Alone
New video for Theophilus London just dropped ahead of his debut album ‘Timez Are Weird These Days’, scheduled for release on October 3rd.
Albums a long time coming so can’t wait to hear it!
Theophilus London – I Stand Alone
Grace Jones – Free Download
Grace Jones is without doubt one of the most important women in modern music and arguably the wildest and we’re overjoyed to have an upcoming track of hers to giveaway.
The fiery temptress is gearing up for the release of Hurricane Dub, a revisited dub rework of her 2008 album produced by Ivor Guest and due out on 5th September and you can download Well Well Well Dub for free below!
Grace Jones – Well Well Well Dub – right click, save as to download
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Otis?
So, I just watched the first official music video from the Jay-Z & Kanye West LP ‘Watch The Throne’ and something just didn’t seem quite right.
The video for the track which is meant to serve as a tribute to the late legend Otis Redding (the song samples Try A Little Tenderness) features the two rap heavyweights in a warehouse district speeding around in a $200,000 Maybach with scantily clad girls in the back. That’s about all that happens.
Considering how art house their videos of past have been (think Kanye’s Power and Jay-Z’s 99 Problems) they’ve missed a major opportunity to tastefully present a black music pioneer to a hugely popular young market all around the world.
I even think the use of the word ‘nigga’ in the lyrics is slightly inappropriate considering the racial divide and impact that particular word had back in Otis Redding’s day.
Certainly an opportunity missed but at least Otis’ family get a nice royalties cheque in the post.
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis
Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness
