When I look at you - Emalkay

A track so full of neurosis that it's most abrasive at its more serene moments

Kanyeeze Losing it? - Drizzy gaining it?

Kanye West - I’m So Appalled

Kanye West - What is this? You cant just repeat a phrase endlessly at the end of a track. That's a completely different genre of music.



Drake feat. Nickelus F - When We Come Around

Drake - Nice. Carry on.

via Nah Right

Vampire Weekend - Cousins

Entirely underserving of its blogger-battering. It's a perfectly good song. One of their better ones (although it does sometimes scrape a little close to the A-punk bone)

Ginuwine - Pony (Dubstep Remix)

Ginuwine - Pony (Dubstep Remix)

STRICTLY THE BEST VOL.41

Hurry up Spotify and add this! Don't force me to Rapidshare

Tracklist:

1 I AM BLESSED - MR. VEGAS
2 DOLLAR SIGN - VYBZ KARTEL
3 MOCKING BIRD - MAVADO
4 REALLY LIKE YOU - LADEN
5 GIMME GIMME - BEENIE MAN
6 DA STYLE DEH - BUSY SIGNAL
7 GALLIS - DING DONG
8 SWING - ELEPHANT MAN
9 LIFE - G WHIZ
10 UNFAIR OFFICER - WASP
11 JUST TO HOW YOU MOVE - MAVADO
12 SOMETHING AH GO HAPPEN - VYBZ KARTEL
13 ME WANT MONEY - MUNGA
14 HOPE AND PRAY - MAVADO
15 GALLIS - MR. VEGAS

Via VPReggae

Jahdan Blakkamoore - The General

Hang on - Reggae and Dubstep. How did this happen? I wasn't in that meeting



Youtube need to sort out a repeat setting. Via Dutty Artz

Rod Stewart - Playing the O2 next may!!

Just booked tickets to see him. Absolute legend.

My 2 favourite Youtube videos:

Maggie may (Also my favourite song of his)



and First cut is the deepest (Cat Stevens cover)



A true legend.

The Endless GAZA war

"Vybz Kartel Rejects Mavado’s Peace Offer & Cranks The War Up A Notch" writes Dancehall.mobi

Vybz Kartel's reply to Mavado after his peace offering and using the Isreal Riddim (illegitimately)

Vybz Kartel - Rifle Shot


I prefer Mavado's take on this occasion

Angus & Julia Stone - Just a boy

mmmm

Simple and sedatory.

Elephant Man - Die by gun

Speaking of straight forward lyrics:

"f*@k with badman, and they shoot you, with dem gun"

Pretty straight forward. Gets the message across.

Girls - A good thing?

I'm a bit at a loss over this band.



Tearing away from all the hipster hype there is definitely something to them.

I came across them by listening to this track (Lust for life):



As catchy as the song is, there is something in the lyrics that just rubs me up the wrong way. Probably the fact that:
- I don't wish I had a boyfriend
- I do have a father
- I'd like to think I turned out right
- I'm not crazy
- Or in fact totally mad
- And certainly not f@*ked in the head

However, I can most definitely sympathise with wanting:
- A sun tan
- A Pizza and a Bottle Of Wine (actually I have half a bottle in the kitchen)
- A Beach House
- Using it in a group to make a big fire every night

Then the matter of the x rated video that circled around following this one. Not really my cup of tea

Then there is Hellhole Rat Race:



The lyrics again. Very morbid and yet very candid. No clever word play or ambiguous metaphors here. Just a a big soppy teenage bedroom diary entry

And for that reason I find them quite refreshing, but in a voyeuristic way.

Bore Tongue Fag - Bounty Killer

Another Vybz Kartel diss, this time from the Warlord himself

Miss Misery - Elliot Smith

Quite enchanting for a lazy Sunday afternoon

Your Love - Bon Iver (The Outfield Cover)

I listened to this to death last Christmas. Seeing all the lights up around Camden brought it right back to the forefront of my ipod playlist.

Certainly different from the original:



And a world in front of this Katy Perry tragedy:

Two Headed Boy - Neutral Milk Hotel

Jeff Magnum here looking like somewhat of a demented Myra Hindley. A spooky video and nothing like I imagined him performing live

Still, one of my favourite tracks of one of my favourite albums of all time:



Via Pitchfork

Beach House - Teen Dream (album)

This album is absolutely stunning. Been listening to the Leak all week.

Its like walking around in a big see-through helium balloon filled with warmth and fuzzy little toys. Perfect when juxtaposed next to a bleary and murky London week.

My fav tracks so far:

Beach House - Zebra


Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo

When I'm with you I have fun

Best Coast - When I'm with you

I am not afraid of any of them

Nuh Fraid of Them - Busy Signal
Via Heatwave

Say Something I Don't Like - P Money

"Money over everyone...except some people"

"back in the early 90's...." Jay Electronica

"back in the early 90's - where dey at where dey at, get da gat get da gat - was a popular phrase..." - Jay Electronica

Song he was reffering to:



In this song (Exhibit A):



Hip hop can really be beautiful

@Jayelectronica

Real Estate - Beach Comber

Pure bliss

Nice new album

Real Estate - "Beach Comber"

Pill - 4075: The Refill

Here it is

Lil Wayne - Run this Town

you softer than nalin
oops I meant nylon,
perfection is the goal
and I’m heading to the pylon

Er yeah

From the No Ceilings mixtape

WAR IS IN THE AIR!! - Mavado Kartel Diss

The National - Mistaken for Strangers

Got put on to this today

The National - Mistaken for Strangers

PROSTITUTION! HUMAN TRAFFIC! KILLING!

Spoon cover of Sam Cooke

Stumbled across this on Spotify

Bring it on home to me mp3

Elephant man's crib

Rabbits and waterfalls....what more could one dancehall superstar ask for?

Dances I wished I'd learnt this year but didn't

The Ricky Bobby



Definitely number 1. In fact I still might learn it (in private)

The Stanky Leg



This one I may have performed drunk

The Bird walk



This one I definitely haven't done yet

Raekwon - Catalina

This is my 2nd fav track off Raekwon's new OBCL (after New Wu).

Dilla and Jackson

Two kings. This is something else

here via GVB
original

Night by night - Skream remix

Un romantic?

Too dramatic?

Here

Just some housecleaning

This reminds me of carnival:



Which is comforting as the weather gets gradually worse

Never try to keep us apart

possibly my fav track on Veckatimest

It's going to be 96 degrees in the shage

REAL HAAT

blissful bliss

The Pill - Hear Somebody Comin

This is the bees

here via the Fader

Terminator - AND ITS TEEEE

Can't get enough of this guy

There is alot of hype around Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind

The Clearance Medly

Don't mind if I do

Made in Jamaica at the ICA Review

Just saw this tonight and I have to say it was pretty awesome. Unfortunately It had almost no plot or story to it but rather just a string of dancehall and reggae related interviews/songs/videos.

Highlight has to be Elephant mans performance in Amsterdam and his little sing-song a the end

I can't say I learnt anything or am any fonder of the music as a result but definitely feel I got my moneys worth

Jay Electronica - Best Rapper Alive?

This guy is so tight. I still remeber falling in love with his Stylewars EP. Especially this tune:



Anyway here is recent live set he did (via Nah Right)

Sunn ))) UK Tour!

YES!

Well looking forward to this

Via

Go Go KARTEL

Vybz Kartel Killing the Go-Go Club Riddim

via Heatwave Here

Cold Blooded

Gang gully.

This is nuts. This is the reason I got into Grime.

It goes on for a while and there are several parts but its well worth sticking with them

5: Five Years Of Hyperdub

http://open.spotify.com/album/6a6PyGv5ZB1kR8QPV5aLHy

Don't sleep on this album. Deserves all the buzz its generated this week.

Freddie Gibbs - Womb to the Tomb Video

My 2nd fav mixtape of the year so far ( fav is this, or maybe that is last year?)

produces a slick vid for one of its best tracks. This guy is on fire right now.

Flow Dan - Orginal Dan

Just copped this today. Seriously intensely fantastic.

Some serious rhymes on this and having been a big fan of Flowdan for a while now I'm glad he has finally put out a full album

My fav tracks so far are:

- Show them
- Run Red

Dutty dutty dutty

World Painted Blood

Released tomorrow

Is this really the best Slayer album in 20 years? Preview here

Young Jeezy + Rhianna = HARD

This is HARD



here via NAH RIGHT

5 reasons I've fallen in love with the Heatwave Funky Bashment mix

http://www.theheatwave.net/mixes/theheatwave-funkybashment.mp3

1) Natalie Storm saying "Lucky Baby" during the intro

2) The mixing is dope dope dope

3) 6 mins 35 seconds

4) Hearing "Badman place" at that tempo and it still sounding wicked

5) My right foot's inability to stop tapping

The second coming of Brit pop

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/01/ndubz-dappy-tinchy-taio

Just finished reading this. Making music for 10 years is a pretty mean feat for 20 somethings. Also this still rattles around in my head occasionally

Animal Collective Camden Town

Camden Town reminds me of this song tonight for some reason.

Tokyo Iron Chef

Cooking begins today