MP3s and Song Samples
Friday, January 27, 2012
New Music from Uncle Ricky
MP3s and Song Samples Rachel Swan — Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM
One of our favorite improbable viral video stars, Ugandan crooner Uncle Ricky (neé Ochen Kaunda), just regaled us with a new world music dance track. And it veers away from the cloying, ballad-driven, borderline campy Uncle Ricky we've come to know and love. But that's not a bad thing. Ricky sings "BeautifulNICE&lovely" in English and the Kenyan language Luo, over a syncopated dancehall beat. OK, yeah, it's still about love and courtship — Uncle Ricky is a pretty sentimental guy, after all. But we do like all the new ornamentation. See for yourself.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Heems of Das Racist Drops a New Free Mixtape
MP3s and Song Samples Rachel Swan — Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Drake, Lil' Wayne Do It for the Bay, or Something
MP3s and Song Samples / Pics and Video Will Butler — Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:40 AM
Remember that video that Drake was filming around these parts a few weeks ago? Well "The Motto" clip arrived via interweb late last night, and, except for a poignant intro from Mac Dre's mother, it's pretty much what you'd expect. Drake drives around some bridges and stands around with FAB and E-40, to prove that he did, in fact, take a little Bay field trip for the weekend. Meanwhile Tunechi and Tyga sit alone in a parking lot in SOMA. And Amoeba Music is probably pretty happy. Also, green Uggs.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
New Beats: Some Ember Debuts on Wide-Ranging Crash Symbols Compilation, Plus New Video From Parentz
MP3s and Song Samples / Bay Area Bands Will Butler — Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:14 PM
Watch it:
Next: Check out Dope Mountain Fuck vol. 2, a new, incredibly wide-ranging mixtape featuring a few of our favorite East Bay dudes.
Friday, December 2, 2011
New Rap: Oakland's Main Attrakionz Had a Busy Week
MP3s and Song Samples / Bay Area Bands Will Butler — Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM
It’s been a busy week for “Cloud Rap,” the budding Bay Area scene headed up by young Oakland rappers Squadda B and Mondre M.A.N., aka Main Attrakionz. The duo has been putting out tapes at an insane clip for a couple years, finally coming into their own with this summer’s 808’s And Dark Grapes II, but they haven’t slowed down at all.
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Guy Who Co-Wrote Kreayshawn's “Gucci Gucci” Just Dropped An Album — So Why Don’t People Care?
Media / MP3s and Song Samples / Bay Area Bands Will Butler — Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM
“Daddy was right — I never do listen/but the blind old c*** couldn’t really see my vision/credit score low and I never held a job down/snackin on Xanny-bars just so I could calm down/my friends question why I’m so offbeat/or why I choose to write my name in wet concrete”
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Listen and Download: The Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock Remixes tUnE-yArDs' "Gangsta"
MP3s and Song Samples Ellen Cushing — Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:21 PM
It was already a great song, but this version is great in a completely different way: it's stretched-out and spacey, the vocals chopped, screwed, and looped even more imaginatively than they were the first time around.
According to Pitchfork, the track "will appear on a 12" single release that will also include Cut Chemist's re-imagining of the w h o k i l l highlight (as well as the original track and its instrumental and a cappella)," due out September 27 on tUnE-yArDs' label, 4AD. In the meantime, listen and download below:
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Free Mix Tape Featuring Black Cobra, Acephalix
MP3s and Song Samples / Bay Area Bands Kathleen Richards — Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:28 PM
To promote the upcoming Power of the Riff festival (five West Coast shows starting next week), Southern Lord Records has put together a free mix tape for download featuring artists on the tour. Among them are local bands Black Cobra and Acephalix, who each play one of the Bay Area stops. Full track list here:
01 ALL PIGS MUST DIE "Pulverization"
02 BAPTISTS "Good Parenting"
03 EYEHATEGOD "Jack Ass in the Will of God"
04 MASAKARI "Trapped In The Mold"
05 ALPINIST "Hak Nam"
06 SKIN LIKE IRON "Consequences"
07 EARLY GRAVES "Wraiths"
08 SEVEN SISTERS OF SLEEP "Sundown"
09 PENTAGRAM "Call The Man"
10 BLACK BREATH "Children Of The Horn"
11 PLAGUES "Breathing"
12 HARASSOR "Glory Raped"
13 ACEPHALIX "Interminable Night"
14 BLACK COBRA "Negative Reversal"
15 ÆGES "Roaches"
16 SLAVE "Rise Of Shame"
17 TRAP THEM "Carnage Incarnate"
18 NOOTHGRUSH "Oil Removed"
19 PELICAN "Strung Up From The Sky"
20 WINTER "Eternal Frost"
Southern Lord Presents: THE POWER OF THE RIFF 2011:
8/15/2011 Elbo Room — Winter, Noothgrush, Trap Them, Black Breath, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix
Doors @ 7:00pm
8/16/2011 The Mezzanine — Pentagram, Pelican, Alpinist, Masakari, Early Graves, Baptists, Aeges
Doors @ 6:30pm
Das Racist Gets Based, Too
MP3s and Song Samples Rachel Swan — Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:22 AM
The newest track from popular alt-hip-hop group Das Racist draws a lot of influence (consciously or not) from local "based" artists like Lil' B. That's apparent from the song's title — it's named for mega-pop star Michael Jackson — and from the incessant, chant-like chorus: Michael Jackson/A million dollars/You feel me? — Holla!. Check it out here.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Lil Wayne Covers "Gucci Gucci"
MP3s and Song Samples Ellen Cushing — Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:51 AM
and it's pretty fantastic. His version of the Kreayshawn super-smash — available on his new mixtape, downloadable in its entirety here —actually uses only the original beat and hook; other than that, it's a completely original, completely Weezyfied, completely X-rated freestyle. Listen below:
