Danger Mouse brought us The Grey Album, a mashup of Jay-Z's Black Album with the Beatles White Album. Now DJ Swindle brings us Almatic. A mashup of Al Green classics with some of Nas's best tracks. The title of course a play on Nas's seminal debut, Illmatic (which if you have never listened to, go educate yourself NOW). The awesomeness of this collaboration is not to be doubted. Upon first listen I was blown as to how well some of Green’s rhythms blend with Nas’s rhymes. His lyrics bouncing off Green’s robust grooves in such a way as to emphasize his rhymes. My favourite mashup is One Mic/You Ought to Be With Me--listen to it, it will change your life. All the mashes are pretty amazing, but that one is one that just stands out for me (perhaps because One Mic is one fo my favourite Nas tracks, who kows). I highly, highly, highly reccomend you download this album. The album is available as mp3 tracks on Swindle’s website below.
Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. West. My love for you has grown over the past few months. Reluctant as I was at first to admit my liking for you (for years I was drinking the Haterade) I can now proudly state that I am a fan. It pained me at first to do so, even if disliking you was based on your personality and not your music.The image you had put forth turned me off in the worst of ways. Arrogant as fuck, I couldn't look at you, let alone listen to anything that came out of your mouth without becoming agitated. Then you released Stronger, and being a Daft Punk fan, I was intrigued pushing my hate for you aside as I took a listen. I mean, if the Parisians like you, and want to work with you, you can't be all that bad, can you? At first play, I was pretty much, "meh" as my distaste for you was potent still. It took a few late night dance sessions at a friend's place before I was hooked (I swear, sometimes all one has to do is make me want to move my hips and I'm theirs).
So naturally, while over at Shots Ring Out my interest was piqued by a video interview you did with Spike Jonez (Hype Williams is there too). Broken into five parts, the entire interview runs about a half hour. Not the most riveting of interviews, but worth a watch if you're a Kanye fan. Click here for the interview.
Also, six dates added to the Glow in the Dark tour, check out the rest here: Mon, 04/22/08 NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE Los Angeles, CA Sun, 04/27/08 Pepsi Center Denver, CO Fri, 05/23/08 United Center Chicago, IL Tue, 05/20/08 Centre Bell Centre Montreal, QC, Canada Tue, 05/27/08 Credit Union Centre Saskatoon, SK, Canada Thu, 05/29/08 Rexall Place Edmonton, AB, Canada
Remember how I was bitchin' about the lack of quality Low remixes? Well, it seems as though I can quit bitching, and hope this is the start of a trend. Still not better than the original, but it can definitely hold its own.
New York City, my soon to be new home. How I've missed you so these last four months. Your streets worn down after hours of wandering, your nooks, crannies, and crevices explored until it was time for me to turn in. Time for me to go. I always have to go, don't I? Leave the lights, the bustle, the continuous hum of life. Just the mere hope of returning to you next weekend has given me what I've needed to get through the next week without going crazy. Soon I'll never have to leave you--never have to go, and be crazy in an entirely new way. New York City, I salute you, and miss you.
How fucking rad is that poster? It makes my Star Wars nerd heart squee with glee. I want it. More importantly, I reallyfuckingwant to attend a concert for which that poster was made. Sad thing, though? Only one date scheduled on the East Coast so far, and it's in Georgia. That's over 800 fucking miles away. Just because my name is Georgia, does not mean I can attend concerts in Georgia. Lame! It's cool though, because there's guaranteed to be more dates announced soon.
Wed, 04/16/08 KeyArena Seattle, WA Fri, 04/18/08 ARCO Arena Sacramento, CA Sat, 04/19/08 HP Pavilion At San Jose San Jose, CA Sun, 04/20/08 San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, CA Mon, 04/21/08 NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE Los Angeles, CA Thu, 05/01/08 Superpages.com Center (formerly Smirnoff Music Center) Dallas, TX Fri, 05/02/08 Woodlands Pavilion Woodlands, TX Sun, 05/04/08 The Arena At Gwinnett Center Atlanta, GA Thu, 05/22/08 Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
Mr. West's 2008 Grammy performance with special guests, Daft Punk:
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Fucking dope. Reinorces the fact that I need to see him live. Also? Reinforces the fact that I need to see Daft Punk live as well.
Tags, Labels, the little link thingys at the bottom of each post that link you to posts containing similar content, have been changed. I couldn't keep myself within blogger's 200 character limit, so alterations had to be made.
Instead of me filing a post under an artist's name, I will be filing them with the first letter of their name (Nina Simone now becomes 'n'). Likewise, artists with numbers at the forefront of their name will be filed under the letter that the number begins with (2pac becomes 't'). I've just made ctrl + f your new best friend.
I think that covers everything for now. I think.
And so this post isn't completely lame, I bear giftsies! [pardon, too much Scrubs]
Kylie Minogue is a one woman disco. Being of the Fraggle Rock mindset in "dancing your cares away," I can not help but promote Kylie as the woman to help you do just that. Her songs are infectious; the hip swinging beats and the girlish heart prevalent throughout the songs provide the best grooves to work out a weeks worth of frustrations. Turn on your stereo, attach the iPod to the hip, blast Kylie and fall into her groovetastic rhythms. She makes fun music with heart. Yes, the heart in her songs is sometimes insipidly sappy, but hey? If you can shake your ass to it and forget the bullshit for a few minutes, then who cares? Not this chick, for one (obviously). Now let's get to the meat and potatoes of this post, shall we?
Minogue's latest effort, X, is flawless. It's a departure for Kylie as she moves from her typical pop-disco sound into a more electro one. And while the change isn't a 180 like Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor, it's still noticeable (as well as welcomed). The move into a more electronic sound for Minogue is simply a natural progression, keeping her sound fresh and her listeners interested.
Combing my Kylie albums for songs to throw up here for your listening pleasure, I ended up with a list of nearly fifty songs. Yeah. I'm not posting fifty songs in one go, let alone fifty songs from a single artist. To encourage you all to purchase Ms. Minogue's albums, I am going to leave you wanting more by cutting the list down to seventeen. A generous helping of Kylie still, yes, but not too big so as to leave room for dessert.
The following songs go from oldest to newest to give you a feel as to how her sound has progressed.
My head is in a spin My feet don't touch the ground. Because you're near to me My head goes round and round. My knees are shaking baby My heart it beats like a drum It feels like it feels like I'm in love.
I remember when this video first came out--VH1 and MTV went crazy for it. Luckily for me, both stations played it in the AM, making Virtual Insanity my morning jam for the '96 -- '97 school year a.k.a. the sixth grade. I remember the arguments that grew from how the fuck they did the special effects. "He's just that good of a dancer, man." "No, bro, it's a lame camera trick." "No, the floor moved." "The walls did, buttface." "Shut the Hell up, Jay Kay is magic."
Interesting tidbit: won "Breakthrough Video" as well as "Best Video of the Year" at the '97 MTV Video Music Awards. For the record: it's the walls that move.
I've grown to love Mika in the last couple of months, and it wasn't on account of the song Love Today--which I can not stand--but on account of this song, actually. A housemate was given Mika's album for Christmas and Lollipop played while driving around one blustery afternoon, and I was hooked. It's so g-ddamned catchy! He's like Freddy Mercury meets George Michael meets the Spice Girls and I absolutely fucking love it. Although the video was illustrated by five French animators collectively known as Bonzom, the style, as well the characters were inspired by album art that Mika and his sister designed for his album, Life in Cartoon Motion.
My name is Georgia, and I am a Kylie Minogue fangirl. I've been shaking my fangirl ass to her tunes since the nineties--Locomotion?! Even during my "punk is the shit everything else blows" phase, I never denied my love for her music. I just didn't care, and still don't. She's too much damn fun. It was a toss-up between this video, Red Blooded Woman and In My Arms. Red Blooded woman isn't nearly as fun and in In My Arms, Kylie is just a bit too crazy for my tastes(the fan part?). Also, Wow is her new single off X (an album I highly recommend you purchase). Speaking of Wow, check out the Spitzer and MSTRKRFT remixes here and then snag the CSS remix. I think a Kylie post is definitely in this blog's near future...
"You are my lollipop..." I see a another theme developing in this post. Hmmm. Aqua is just one of those groups you hope release a new single if only because it means a new video. This video is "what the fuck" dipped in awesome. It's cool though, they're Danish.
I think we'll keep it at four before Blogger blows a load over the size of this post.
*Kid tested, Mother approved, unless of course they work for the RIAA.
Yeah, boy got the girl good, gotta admit. Acting all smooth with his sheepish grin and goofy jokes--harmless, right? Then he starts putting his hands in places, and his words start going in places, and she's like "Oooh eee!" And girl still ain't paying no mind, assuming he's harmless, right, not paying attention to the tightness in her chest. Just flat out ignorant because the boy got a cute grin and some slick words, and not realising the grip he's got on her heart (or rather, the girl ain't caring cause she's gettin' hers regardless). Cute boy leaves, and then the girl starts carin'. Starts wondering how she been blindsided. Starts wondering exactly when he stopped loving her. Though she may not know when he stopped loving her, baby girl know she's gonnna get through it. She's a tough young thang, and it's not like it's the apocalypse or anythin'. Just another broken heart is all.
Twenty-One. Ovary Carrier. Philosopher. Overworked. Underplayed. Writer. Lover. Music Appreciator. Batman Freak. Red-Haired. Freckled.
Just an old sweet song, keeps Georgia on my mind...
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