Listen to “Dumbin’ (ft. Reggie B)” here BUY HERE “Dumbin’” is the 1st original song from remix-guru, Star Slinger. Putting other artist’s work aside, the UK producer and DJ–aka Darren Williams–has surprised his fans with a work of his own. Sticking to his hip-hop roots and innate electronic/dubstep sensability, Slinger invited Reggie B to jump [...]
Listen to “All There Is (Feat. Steffaloo)” here Jeremy Malvin, aka Chrome Sparks is the Michigan boy–emphasis on boy–and beat master responsible for “All There Is,” a twinkle-happy track with a cool demeanor. The 20 year old from Ann Arbor may look like jail bait, but creations are beyond his years. The spliced up collaboratation [...]
Listen to “Party Animal” here Listen to “Thunder Bay” here BUY HERE Hudson Mohawke‘s “Thunder Bay” is a chop suey of tastey bits of bass, “ah”s and “oh”s made to scare off any epilectic. If I had to put money on it, I’d say Hudson has Sleigh Bells, Major Lazer, M.I.A., Girl Talk, and tUnE-yArDs [...]
Listen to “Why I Love You (ft. Mr Hudson)” here BUY HERE Major royalty in hip hop right now are Jay-Z and Kanye West, and they just decided to cement their kingdom with collaborative LP, Watch The Throne. That’s a confident authority. First came Jay-Z, then came Kanye on his 2001 Blueprint album, then came [...]
Listen to “Heatwave(ft Mac Miller)” here Buy here Here is yet another joint from Philadelphia’s hot hip hip duo Chiddy Bang (featured previously here). This time Xaphoon Jones and Chiddy invited fellow young gun Mac Miller to join them on this bumpin’ reiteration of the past goodie. Xaphoon drops a sweet oldies sampled electronically fused arrangement [...]
Listen to “Make Some Noise” here Guess who’s back on the music scene with a brand new single? None other than, the Beastie Boys! “Make Some Noise” is off there forthcoming album Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 and it undoubtedly
Listen to “Stereo Sun” here Buy Here Although Lupe Fiasco’s latest and third album, Lasers (released earlier this month) wasn’t exactly a hit amongst the critics and fans, there is no question that he is one of hip hop’s elite. The Chicago hard hitter has certainly showed us he is capable of when the variables [...]
Listen to “Baby Roulette(Ft Train)” here Chiddy Bang is a Hip Hop/Electronica duo out of Philedelphia, PA. Made up of beat/production maestro Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin(previously covered on Trendland here) and the hot lyricist Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege, the young and versatile Chiddy Bang have effortlessly brought more and more attention
Listen to “The Bomb” here Buy Here The first time I heard Pigeon John get down on a record was way back in Jr High. At the time he still ran with hip hop collective crew LA Symphony and for the most part the music he was putting out would have been considered “Underground Hip [...]
Miss Chang ft. Taiwan MC & Cyph4 – 2011 I rarely write about Music, but when I discover something as awesome as Chinese Man, I have to introduce it to you. If you are not into Hip-Hop / Dub, you might not like it as much as I do. Personally its my new favorite! So [...]
Listen to “Temptations” here “Temptations” is the first track we’ve seen from the hot new Gorilla Warfare Tactics. With a smooth and fitting sample of “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” by the Temptations rocking the background and a lyrical delivery/context that is the hottest
Listen to “REVOFEV” here Buy Here Kid Cudi (aka Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) deserves an honorable mention for the work he put out this past year. His album Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, the sequel to Man On The Moon: The End of Day, is without question one of the [...]