From Nike, the world's leading sports brand, comes an exclusive release by De La Soul, one of the most influential hip hop bands of the last two decades. Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul’s groundbreaking debut record, ARE YOU IN?: Nike+ Original Run is the groups’ first-released original material in five-years. The record is only available through iTunes, and is part of a continuing series of releases through the "Nike+ Sport Music" section of the store.
Here is a preview:
ARE YOU IN?: Nike+ Original Run is a continuous full-length body of music that reflects the arc a runner experiences during a run. Commissioned by Nike, this is the fifth release in the Nike+ Original Run series following releases by artists such as A-Trak, Aesop Rock, LCD Soundsystem and Crystal Method.
Runners and fans alike can buy De La Soul’s ARE YOU IN?: Nike+ Original Run at the Apple iTunes Music Store for $9.99 NOW!!!
Raziek is a French DJ/Musician with a sweet mix here featuring house, dance, kuduro & more styles. We're really into kuduro now, so expect to hear ANYTHING of that genre on this site.
Tracklist:
Bruno de Castro-sofia Aba Shante-Girls Arthur-Oyi Oyi Zola-Kwaito Fabulous 2 Thebe-The Rocka Nomathemba Solo-Afreaka Harvard Bass-81 (Renaissance Man Remix) Crazy Cousinz-Bongo Jam Mc Versatile & Crazy Cousinz-Funky Anthem K.I.G-Head,Shoulders,Knees and Toes Boy Better Know-Too Many Man Lady Chann & Sticky-Your Eye Too Fast Aidonia-Hundred Stab Chino-How Dem Nuh Waah Nuh Gyal Elephant Man-Dem Say War Bounty Killer-W.A.R.R Denon Squad-Oba Dj Vielo-So Freestyle Dog Murras-Midexa Ize-Tronku Di Mundo Costuleta & Dj Znobia-Tchriri Buraka Som Sistema-Luanda Lisboa Machel Montano feat Pitbull & Lil Jon-Floor On Fire Problem Child-Anything KES-We Own Fireman-Just Bring Dat
It is finally HERE! I have had the pleasure to stir up all the FINEST from Drake , LIVE! Therefore I give you DRAKE "aLive" the Official Mixtape.
01. Drake "aLive" Mixtape Intro 02. Drake - The Presentation 03. Drake - Swagger Like Us Freestyle 04. Drake - Congratulations LIVE 05. Drake - Girl Let Me 06. Drake - Unstoppable LIVE 07. Drake - Uptown LIVE 08. Drake - A Milli Freestyle 09. Drake - Overdose On Life 10. Drake ft. Colin Munroe - Cannon Ball 11. Drake with Cipha Sounds on Hot97 (Interlude 1) 12. Drake ft. Lil Wayne - Stunt Hard 13. Usher In The Building (Interlude) 14. Drake - Brand New LIVE 15. Drake - Take You Down Freestyle 16. Drake - Get Over It 17. Drake - Enjoy Ya Self 18. Drake ft. Trey Songz - Pop Rose' 19. Drake ft. Trey Songz - Successful LIVE 20. Drake ft. Trey Songz - Replacement Girl 21. Drake - Sooner Than Later LIVE 22. Drake ft. Treazon - Tonight 23. Drake - Ransom LIVE 24. Drake - Funkmaster Flex Freestyle 25. Drake with Cipha Sounds on Hot97 (Interlude 2) 26. Drake ft. Swizz Beatz - Best I Ever Had (Ted Smooth Remix) 27. Drake ft. Busta Rhymes - Best I Ever Had (Remix) 28. Drake - Best I Ever Had LIVE 29. Drake ft. Black Cotton & T-Pain - Every Girl (Remix) 30. Drake ft. Lil Wayne - Every Girl LIVE
So I was on tour during back in the day and put together a c.d. of 31 or so songs, mostly very textural or out takes from that era. I did O.G. artwork for each one with acetate, pencil and marker. This drove my entire touring party insane because I was working on them all day in the back of the tour bus. My friends were coming up with various ways to kill me. I could only make 5 a day, as the artwork was a bitch to do but I was thinking of way to release it but it seems as if that has been taken care of that for me. Sounds like shit but it’s there. John Herndon from Tortoise made some SICK ones too that were hand stitched. We are very into arts and crafts… - added: Thanks to Pitchfork for letting people know they could grab this here.
“As the rest of the world starts to pay attention to Luanda’s kuduro scene, there are still very limited outlets for kudurists in Angola. It’s changing fast though, just 3 years ago the national TV stations still wouldn’t play kuduro, and as a result kuduro videos were rare. As were places to buy CDs or even venues doing kuduro shows. Now, there are more shows, music videos play and as a result more and more kudurists are investing in making music videos. Singers usually pay 2 to $5,000 to make a video, which typically plays first on TV Marçal, Angola’s first and only community TV. It preceded all of Angola’s private channels, and to this day it is considered the voice of the ghetto: it is based in the Marçal barrio of Rangel, a working class musseque of Luanda, and it broadcasts to a most of this musseque’s homes. TV Marçal plays a LOT of kuduro, as well as other styles of music, and broadcast a number of more socially-driven programs.
Now Os Mais Potentes are from the Cassenda barrio of Luanda, another working class musseque near the airport. They spit a more conscious type of kuduro, not as aggressive as say Os Lambas, more ATCQ than Tupac… Vem Ca has been one of the most played songs in Luanda this year, and will be released very soon on Akwaaba.”
1. Air Liquide - The Increased Difficulty Of Concentration - Smile Communication 2. Telefon Tel Aviv - The Worst Thing In The World (Gaiser possibly the universe mix) - Bpitch 3. Sei A - Smile For Me - Missive 4. Arnaud Rebotini - Decade Of Aggression (Jesper Dahlback mix) - Citizen 5. Tiga and Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night (Konrad Black mix) - Turbo 6. Sei A - My World - Missive 7. The Mole - Like The Way - Wagon Repair 8. Seth Troxler - Face Tribute To Head - Wagon Repair 9. Depeche Mode - Wrong (Magdas Scallop funk mix) - Mute 10. Plastikman - Risk Assessment - Minus 11. Yo Majesty - Club Action (Stanton Warriors mo bass mix) - Wax 12. Sydney Samson - Riverside - Sneakerz Music 13. Tiga - Shoes (Mr Oizo mix) - Different 14. Zoo Brazil and Adam Sky - Circle Jerk (Bloody Beetroots mix) - Turbo 15. Tiga - What You Need (Proxy mix) - Different 16. The Dove - My Album Is Complete 17. Housemeister - Beef Jerky - Boysnoize 18. Moby - I Love To Move In Here (Proxy mix) - Mute/Turbo 19. Housemeister - Who is That Boys - Boysnoize 20. I-Cube - Supernovac (live at the Lanchonete mix) - Versatile 21. Donato Dozzy and Giorgio Gigli - Real Love EQ - Italy - Wagon Repair 22. Mike Mind - Acid Machine - Turbo 23. Tiga - Overtime - Different 24. Matias Aguayo - Walter Neff - Kompakt 25. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Mars Arizona (DFA mix) - Mute 26. Sei A - This Is - Missive 27. Peaches - Lose You (Matt Walsh and Alex Jones mix) - XL 28. Tiga - Mind Dimension (Ben Hoos Mind Die Menschen mix) - Different 29. Zombie Nation - Worth It (1) - UKW 30. Zoo Brazil and Adam Sky - Circle Jerk (Milano 309 mix) - Turbo 31. Mr Oizo - Steroids (remix) - Ed Banger 32. Tiga - What You Need (Zombie Nation mix 2) - Different 33. Marco Carola - Ninety - 100% Pure 34. Guy J - Shaman (Cari Lekebusch mix 1) - Turbo 35. Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Tiga 1-2-3-4 mix) - Rabid/Mute 36. Cage and Aviary - Television Train - DFA 37. MGMT - Electric Feel (Prince Language mix) - Columbia 38. LCD Soundsystem - Too Much Love - Capitol 39. Tiga - Love Dont Dance Here Anymore - Different
Back in '07 Jazmine Sullivan recorded this song "Jumpoff" featuring Coultrain (PPP) and produced by Waajeed. The song was intended to appear on Jazmine's debut album, Fearless, but didn't make the cut. The song in itself is HILARIOUS! Jazmine has once again been done wrong by a man (notice a trend). She thought she was in a fruitful relationship, but she was really just a JUMP OFF! LOL!
Once again, if you are in New York & you like House/Soul music you might want to check out Sunday Best!, its at BKLYN YARD. They have great guest dj's each week & they even have mixes available from previous parties on their webpage.
Here is a great mix from 2008 by Danny Wang, its a personal fave.
1. Intro 2. Hurry 3. Going In 4. Game ft. OJ the Juiceman & Kourtney Money 5. First Day Out 6. Waisted ft. Plies 7. Mr Tonight 8. Gorgeous 9. Gucci Speaks 10. 17 Brick Squad ft DJ Holiday & So Icy Boyz 11. Perfect Diamonds 12. Everything ft. Yung LA & Supa 13. Gucci Montana 14. She Gotta Friend ft. Juelz Santana 15. Deck 16. Freestyle 17. We Got Dat ft. Chubbie Baby & Titty Boi 18. Its My Party 19. Girls Kissing Girls ft. Nicki Minaj 20. Freestyle 21. Pussy Rehab ft. Titty Boi 22. Hood Up ft. Busta Rhymes & Shawty Lo 23. Blood In, Blood Out 24. Outro
Hostage releases two offerings, “Pirates” and “Rudeboys”, these two songs jam. If you're not familiar with Hostage is affiliated with the Nightshifters label.
Here is the latest mix in the We Make It Good remix series:
“In the spirit of our occasional “non-dj” twist on the WMIG mix series, our buddy John from Brooklyn’s FREE BLOOD was kind enough to make us this awesome mixtape of influences, inspirations, and springtime newyorkness. Eddie Kendricks, Kid Creole, Freddie Mas; this “tape” harkens back to the high school days of yore when our mixtapes were top to bottom all full of awesome! Embrace the roughly polished sheen of FREE BLOOD and get to listenin at the listenin place!”
1.EDDIE KENDRICKS- “My People…Hold On” This is the title track off Kendricks’ best post-Temptations solo album (other tracks include “Girl You Need A Change Of Mind” and “Date In The Rain”). Pretty much a flawless soul record of the era incorporating romance, sweat, radicalism, psychedelic-ism and just a hint of ruffled-cuff shmaltz. This track in particular resonated with me in the weeks leading up to President Obama’s victory….yessssss!
2.HERMAN’S ROCKET-”Disco Woman” A strange gem (of many) found in the basement of Brooklyn’s legendary vinyl graveyard The Thing. The flipside is also entitled “Disco Woman” though it sounds like a much more straightforward cosmic funk endeavor with great Labelle-esque vocals. I imagine this track was a playful attempt at cashing in on space alien mania surrounding “E.T.” and “Star Wars”….and hey, there’s a theremin in the corner of the studio. Why don’t we use that for something?
3.KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS-”Adnaloy” Yes, it’s backwards! At least most of it is another Coconuts track called “Yolanda” flip and scrambled, with Kid throwing fresh (forwardly) vocals on top. Total NYC downtown 80’s mayhem ensues! Guaranteed dance floor clearer!
4.ADRIANO CELENTANOS-”Prisencolinensinainciusol” (Greg Wilson edit) This is a mysterious track that I had little insight into until I looked it up on the Picadilly Records site. Apparently Mr. Celentanos is Italian, though I’m convinced he and his minions are chanting in some kind of Cockney/Esperanto/Pig Latin dialect of their own invention. I love the mix of drone and hoe-down pushing it to the outer limits of what could be called disco.
5.LITTLE WALTER-”Mellow Down Easy” The hoe-down drone continues…Little Walter (now being touted as the Tupac of his day) reminds the sweating, grinding, bopping speakeasy patrons to keep it copacetic before somebody gets hurt. Then he whips them into a life-threatening frenzy with his serrated harmonica.
6.THE DIRTBOMBS-”Kung Fu” Former Gorie, Mick Collins leads his new band through this appropriately fuzzed-out/dubbed-out version of the Curtis Mayfield single (another movie cash-in from the days of “Enter The Dragon” and “Black Belt Jones”??). This is from their album “Ultraglide In Black” on which they do raw garage covers of classic R & B songs from the 60’s and 70’s. Finally, an effective marriage of snot and soul….
7.CLOUD-”Learn To Fly” I’m not sure about the original artist on this one, but it was part of the re-edit series by Cloud. Sounds like Heart slipping into a bathtub full of absinthe with Norman Whitfield.
8.WIGHT LIGHT ORCHESTRA-”Chaos & Consciousness” Max Brennan’s return from spiritual upheaval/enlightenment on the mountain. Great for those who enjoy meditation background music with lots of popping bass, or conversely or house party hedonists who need a time out.
9.FREDDIE MAS-”Detail Of A Detail” NYC’s unsung hero. A one-man tornado of rhythm, sweetness, bodily harm and good taste. A staple of my life pretty much since I moved to the city and a continual inspiration. He is threatening to discontinue the Freddie Mas franchise in favor of new, out-outer musical mindfucks. This track is a relatively subdued FM, tamed by the calculating hand of Champion Soul. I secretly want to keep Mr. Mas alive so more people can catch up to what I’ve been raving about for years.
10.UNKNOWN ARTIST-”Robotwerke” (Futurist Edit) A nice warm buzzing feeling permeates this track amidst all the pounding robotic coldness. Proof that electronics can breathe, or at least wheeze.
11.CAMEO-”I Just Want To Be” My stereo was acting weird while I made this mix and transformed this track into a stripped-down mono version, reducing it to mostly drums and vocals. I wanted to end the mix on an up note and this song typifies the fun style of funk I call “peanut butter”. Lots of bouncing bass, tickling guitars, goofy voices and an implicit wetness to the proceedings. There is some tie-in with the post-election euphoria and Obama’s willingness to “be [the American people's] honeybee if you want [him] to be”, but I haven’t quite put my finger on it.
BIG KIDS DON'T PLAY: A playful mix of children's favorites and kids dance tunes, proving the boundless array of dj.AnaRoxSicc's awesome variety of music.
SlaughterHouse general Joell Ortiz is back with "Covers The Classics"...of course Ortiz is one of the finest (pause) rappers in the genre, but besides that we are even more excited by the cover of the album. It's pure genius! But back to the music, over 30+ tracks but you will not be bored, if anything you will beg for more (pause), this album is too short! Hopefully there will be a part 2.
Chicago producer Rob Threezy & Nightshifter's release this awesome EP "The Change Up"...here is the title track. If there was EVER a song that lived up to it's name it is this song. I expect this to be sampled lots.
Karizma returns the follow up to A Mind Of Its Own, with Pt. 2, and he put together a sampler to showcase some of the tunes on the record. This shit is pure magic, Karizma never disappoints. He has a little J-Dilla on here, Vikter Duplaix, Bongo Band (Apache), etc. DO NOT SLEEP!
DJ Sega is back with more of that Philadelphia & Baltimore Club music you all know & love! Here is a song for his album which is available NOW! Download here!
We can honestly say that Ben Westbeech is not only one of our favorite artists on the dance/electro/soul scene, but he is also a rapidly improving DJ.
1.Two dots (Pezzner remix) - Lusine 2. I can - Daniel Kyo 3. Freaks come out (Idiotproof remix) - Cevin Fisher 4. The rat - Lovebirds 5. Use me - Azuni 6. crash (Glam remix) - Milton jackson 7. In - ten - city - Soul Central 8. Congoloid - Solo 9. Esperanto (Solo remix) - Zombie disco squad 10. Deeper feat Imani (Baggi Begovic remix) - Copyright 11.You've Changed (Chris Udoh and Deep C's Late Nite remix) - Lauren Flax feat sia 12. Supernova (pezzner remix) - Rocco
Kari Ferrell has been all over the news as of late (here, here & here) for supposedly pretending to have cancer (Lulz) & stealing money from people in Utah and couch surfing in Billyburg, and even working for Vice! While I'm sure that stuff is all wrong & illegal, we at Cocky Gold are more concerned on how her name is so anglo! Seriously, Kari Ferrell does not sound alt-azn at all. Oh here is a video of here a few days before she got knocked by the cops & some lying prick.
If you're in New York & you like House/Soul music you might want to check out Sunday Best! They have great guest dj's each week & they even have mixes available from previous parties on their webpage...YES!!!!
Here is a great mix from 2008 by the one & only King Britt!!!!
The Cool Kids x Don Cannon (Aphilliates, yeah those annoying DJ's from ATL/Philly who yell over every song) collaborate on this mix, good stuff! DOWNLOAD HERE!!!!
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This would of been EVEN better without Don Cannon screaming on some of the tracks. And hearing "The CANNON" on every song.