I remember the first Nightmares on Wax song I heard, it's called "Nights Interlude". As soon as I heard it, I was sold. I MEAN, ERRRRMMMM, HELLO! He samples the fucking Pharcyde! "Nightmares on Wax" is such a brilliant name. That's the exact feeling you get when you listen to this dude. It's almost creepy, but in such a way that you wish you could listen to it in your nightmares forever.
Electronic sounds and hip hop beats make up this man from the UK. What's not to love?! Yum. Eat it for breakfast.
This veteren b-boy takes hip hop and experiments with it. He loops, dubs, splices, chops, backtracks.. he basically takes hip hop, electro and treats them like chocolate and strawberries.. two things that are already good transformed into something even better.
Dj Ease (his dj name) released his latest in 2009.. but if you're just finding out who he is, his discography is a heavy belt, so go ahead, trip to the hop, and get in the know, or should I say, the now. Hehe. I'm hilarious.
Smooth out and cool out my bruvvahz, and listen to deez tracks.
The fuck was that about.
I can't exactly remember how I discovered M.I.A., but I remember the feeling being absolutely magical. She was everything I wanted from a female musician. She rapped well, she was a humanitarian, she dressed well, and she had swag to match. This girl is the definition of a boss lady, and I fucking love her for that. I was able to catch her live five years ago, and she tore the fucking roof off! This girl is phenomenal live. If you have a shot to see her, do.
Her music contains all the elements you're looking for, world, electronica, hip hop, pure awesome. What she feeds to the world through both fashion and music is that of no other. She's never afraid to test boundaries, and she does it well.
She was raised during a Sri Lankan war, and has the most hurtful and terrifying stories to tell. Yet she tells them honestly, and gives back to her people. I remember reading this article on her where times were so rough, she was literally hiding under dead bodies, trying to avoid soldiers that wanted to kill her. You make it through that, attend college, and develop a music career that is based on realism and originality, and fuck! You've got one of the dopest musicians to ever grace the fucking planet.
Rihanna and all these pop twats are just a bootleg carbon wannabe copy of one of the sickest female musicians on the scene right now. She rules. Take it from one of my favorite M.I.A. songs, ever..
If my love for M83 hasn't been expressed enough.. I'll try now. I. Fucking. Love. M83. Like it's ridiculous. "Midnight City" is a song created for kings and queens. For Gods. For princesses! I have never heard this song whilst out.. that was until, they played it for me on my birthday. It was absolutely perfect. I was kind of half glad they didn't play it on New Years, because hearing it on my birthday made me appreciate it that much more. I know there's a zillion and one remixes out for it right meow.. but yo.. the original. Nobody's touching it.
They named themselves off a galaxy, and that's pretty much how you feel when you're listening to them. You just get lost in this some sort of hypnosis type state where everything feels like.. water. You just flow, and your whole body turns into some sort of orgasmic type lovah lovah yum yum yes. Now I don't know what that means exactly, but I know that I mean it.
Really though, if ever I'm in a shit ass mood, go ahead and play me some M83. I'll probably fall in love with you, instantly.
I know I've only spoke of "Midnight City".. but it's amaze. The video kicks ass too.
Her name is Meg Myers. I don't want to compare her to Fiona Apple, but it's definitely hard to watch this without thinking of her. Regardless, amazing voice, weird sketchy wtf video, and boobies. Enjoy.
OH ABEL TESFAYE! WHY AREN'T WE MARRIED YET?! I seriously think about fucking this guy at least once a day. I feel like my love for the Weeknd isn't shown off as much as it should be.. or maybe it is, and maybe I'm annoying by now.. BUT, BUT, if you've listened to the Weeknd at all, you understand why I'm so crazy for this guy. This guy has made a haunting kind of R&B with an electric type feel that absolutely NO ONE has done before. His voice is amazing and covers rifts of glory. He has been compared to the XX, and for good reason. I believe not so much for the similarities (which there are), but more so for the fact that he literally stepped out into the world with something so NEW. Music is so shot these days, not with this man though. He creates refreshing depressing sexy tunes that literally send chills throughout your body. He describes everything so well that you paint the picture in your head.. or, you've been in the same situation before but didn't know how to say it. Abel Tesfaye does that for you! This Torontonian put three tracks on the internet. "Loft Music", "What you Need", and "The Morning". The first I heard was "What you Need". I was instantly hooked, five seconds in. No joke. I had everyone blowing me up telling me to give this guy a chance, and when I did.. I couldn't stop. I'd search my ass off, only having those three songs to keep my craving down. Eventually, he dropped a mixtape. I over-played that shit everywhere I went. Then his second tape dropped.. which I loved, but my love for the first kept me banging it for longer. Listening to the Weeknd is like having your virginity taken all over again. You're scared, nervous, you hurt a little bit, but at the same time it all feels so fucking good. What's even crazier?! THIS GUY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AN ALBUM OUT YET. It's so crazy! HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A VIDEO! BUT! WAIT! Hold on to your underpants people! ABEL TESFAYE, has let us in on the know.. He is dropping his FIRST, OFFICIAL, video this week. Both myself and my computer will probably explode upon watching it. Seriously.
I FUCKING LOVE YOU SO MUCH TESFAYE! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! PLEASE HEAR MY CRIES!
When I first heard this song I listened to it about thirty times in a row. No joke. This song gets me off every time. Like really, why am I not having sex every time I listen to this?! OH. gahd. The production on this bad boy.. Oh my fucking fuck. Fuck all sorts of ways to this one.
COMING DOWN.. because in all honestly?! Who hasn't felt like this after a party?! Really, though.
Alice and Ethan, two people who came together to make some lovely bangers. What's better?! Oh. They're Canadian. They are on my top three list of Electronic bands that I would like to see live. I hear nothing but good things about their live shows. They're wild and crazy. A friend of mine has seen them a couple times.. and Alice is always covered in bruises from the intensity of their shows. I dunno about you, but that is fucking bossy. I LOVE HER SO MUCH! These two met. At the time, Alice was in a punk band. They decided to jam. He secretly recorded her. Threw the songs online, and after a couple years.. record deals came out the woo-hah. Does that sum it up enough?! Thank goodness for the internet! I've referenced them a few times on my blog, so I hope by now you've gave them a listen.. but if not, go ahead..!
CUZZZZ it's cold outside... wheeeenn you comin home?!
Another group from London..! I told you, London is where it's at. I need to have myself some babies in London and turn them into amazing music making humans. That's the plan. Can't fail with the London good music statistics! Meet the XX. They started out as a foursome but turned into a trio. Their latest and FIRST album is absolutely everything you could ever ask for. Not only is the album everything and more, but they produced it themselves. If you haven't gave them a listen yet, you've probably heard them on TV.. they blew up, with one album.. and they deserve every penny. If not that, perhaps you've heard of the member, Jamie XX, who puts out fab remixes like nobody's business. They are currently working on their second album which will drop sometime in 2012.. I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT FOR IT! I listen to their first a lot. I also routinely imagine certain songs to be played at my wedding, and sometimes when I walk into a room, I imagine some to be my theme enter song. You can do so too, by taking a listen..
It was hard to pick favorites, because there isn't an XX song I don't like.. but enjoy these!
CRYSTALISED!! YUMYUMYUM.
VCR
INTRO! This is the intro to their album.. If there is ANY, ANY intro that is better than this, I haven't heard it yet. *not interested BBM emoticon*
You can always count on London to feed you musical geniuses. This guy is a little bit of everything, funk, dubstep, R&B, you name it. Disregard his Frank Ocean remix, the only remix from him I didn't approve of.. this guy is gifted. The whole fun thing about SBTRKT is his ode to anonymity. He's been known to say he wants everything to be about the music.. and be about the music, it is. His bio is pretty much impossible to find, actually, any information about him is pretty much hard to find.. but the music he puts forward is so scrumptious, I could eat it all day. I like to share meals though, so lemme throw you my two favorites.
Like really though, as soon as you hit play..
and my absolute favorite!! "Wildfire", sex to the ears, basically.
YO. YOOO. AHHHHHHHH! I've been meaning to blog about this song for days.. but I wanted to make sure I had enough time to say exactly what I wanna say.. then I started typing this, and all I feel like typing is "AHSFKAHDFBAAAJADBF !!! HADSFIBASAAA !! YEAAHHHH!!!". So. What are ya gonna do?!
EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT THIS FUCKING SONG IS FUCKING AMAZING AND I WISH THAT I COULD LISTEN TO IT FOREVER! THAT INTRO! mmhmm. "I want a bitch that look good, and cook good, cinderella fancy but she still look hood. We got our own handshake, her titties ain't fake, fuckin in the car cuz we just can't wait." DUDE. YES. I love songs about girls that make me feel like, yeah yeah I'm that! That's Common's old flow! Bringin back the sense, on a hard ass beat. I'm all for it! This is going to be on repeat for a very long time.
ANDDDDDD THEEEENNNN NAAAS GOOOESSSS INNNNNNNNN!!!!! IF ANYONE EVER, EVER, EVER, questions why NaS is my favorite rapper, you got to get back to this verse. I have so many favorite parts from his verse.. "but I'm still single, lookin for Cleopatra/ African queen, yo look at me I'm a bachelor/ Y'all niggas in trouble, keep yo girls behind closed doors/ Cross your fingers, be happy I haven't chose yours..".. Well I'm not African but I still feel like he's talking to me, cause you are, right babe? AND, til I get a nice chick to get me on some nice shit".
OHHH MAN. Who thought these two would FINALLY release this baby over TWITTER, and that it would be as banging.. I'll admit, when I heard the snippet, I wasn't as into it.
but now.. now..
This song takes everything about being a female feel fucking great. & it makes you appreciate men who appreciate that down ass female that can dress up and still be bossy. Take it for what it is, it's hip hop. I'm just going to go and listen to all my Common and Nas cds in rotation. THANK YOU HIP HOP GOD.
Man, Bun B just has a cool voice. Like yeah, his lyrics are shit.. but that voice is a good time. & who doesn't love the Cool Kids?! THESE DUDES ARE DOOOPE. They're straight summer music. I just know I'm going to hear this blasting from cars the entire summer, and when I do, I'm going to roll down my window. Check 'er out.
THE COOL KIDS, BUN B - GAS STATION
Maxine Ashley can sing! & Pharrell was, is, and always will be hmmazing. Whenever I see rappers pouring champagne into a girl's mouth, I'm just like ew, what a groupie.. BUT YO, Pharrell, Pharrell, you can go ahead and pour the entire bottle. I'm all about it! Have a listen.
THE COOL KIDS, MAXINE ASHLEY, PHARRELL WILLIAMS - SUMMER JAM
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