Rumor is, that the reason there’s that cryptic smile is that the person who posed for the picture has a penis. And no, I’m not talking about Puff Daddy.
Bad Boy for Life-Clem Snide (P Diddy cover)
Cream Puff War (grateful dead)-Oneida
Tags: Covers, Hip Hop, Picture of the day
Okay, I know I ended 2010 by threatening not to do this anymore, but an overwhelming three of you told me that your lives would change if I stopped. So I’m keeping going. I’m going to try to do bigger news dumps, but a little less often. This time: Sales figures for last year; the first photos of the upcoming movie versions of Captain America and Spider-Man; the cast of X-Men: First Class; Patrick the Starfish’s surprising role in Transformers 3; and Marvel’s less-is-more Deadpool news. Lots of stuff, so . . .
Hit the break!
Tags: Captain America, Comic books, Movies
DISC 1
L.A Times – produced by Ervin “EP” Pope
In My ’64 f. Pharrell & Snoop Dogg – produced by The Neptunes
Soo Woo f. Lil Wayne – produced by Bink
Living Better Now d. Detail & Tools – produced by DJ Shake
R.I.P Story – produced by Nottz
Purp & Patron Sam Hook & Menance & TD – produced by DJ Shake
I’m the King (remix) f. Mistah FAB & The Jacka – produced by 1500 Or Nothin’
Taylor Made f. Wiz Khalifa – produced by Che Vicious
Children’s Story – produced by Ervin “EP” Pope
Dead – produced by 1500 Or Nothin’
Ferrari Lifestyle f. Fabolous – Produced by D.A Dorman
The Kill – produced by Cool & Dre
Heart Breaker f. Rev Burke – produced by RZA
Purp & Yellow SKEETOX remix f. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
DISC 2
Burn NY f. Mysonne – produced by City Mike
Bad Intentions – produced by DJ Shake
Khaki Suit – produced by T-Pain
Wonderful World – produced by DJ Shake
Ashed to Ashes f. Rick Ross
Dedicated f. Pharrell – produced by the Neptunes
Soft Rhodes f. Ashanti – produced by Dr. Dre
I Just Want to Fuck – produced by Denaun Porter
187 f. Lil Boosie
Whip It d. Fabulous – produced by DJ Haze
Favorite DJ remix f. Clinton Sparks, Jim Jones – produced by Green Lantern
Supastar f. Ashley Cole & Mike Epps – produced by Evin “EP” Pope
Can A Drummer Get Some f. Travis Barker, Swizz Beats, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross
History f. Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, KRS One – produced by “EP”
The Ocean f. Dr. Dre – produced by Dr Dre and Che Vicious
Tags: Hip Hop
Ferdinand Sarnitz, a.k.a Left Boy, has already managed to build quite a following just by having a Facebook account and a little bit of talent. Well, more than a little bit. His well-chosen (but illegal) samples of everyone from The Beatles to Blind Faith are used not simply to capitalize on someone else’s catchy hook—they’re used to
spark familiarity in the listener’s mind and set the mood for Left Boy’s original lyrics. Take, for example, “Best Friend,” which uses loops and pieces of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home” to tell the story of a romantic break up, transforming a song about God into a song about girls. Is it profound? No. Is it pop? Yes. But it’s very good pop.
Performance-wise, Left Boy is a little like Beck: His delivery is somewhere between a mumble, a rap, and an attempt at singing. It doesn’t always work. The drum-machine-backed “Saturday Night” falls flat and “Same Way (First Version) feels redundant. But then you get songs like “Wonderful Song” and “Blackbird”, both of which are built around Paul McCartney songs, that take the familiar hooks and lyrics of the originals and weave them throughout his original material, creating something that’s a whole lotta fun.
Taste a couple tunes here:
Wonderful Song (Paul McCartney)
Get the whole thing free at his site.
Here’s a video:
Tags: Hip Hop
Only Son’s second record, Searchlight, is a smooth collection of sunny, atmospheric pop tunes written and performed by Jack Dishel, once the lead guitarist of The Moldy Peaches. I’m not going to go so far as to call it shoegaze, but you might. But I will go so far as to call it purty gud: Good lyrics, a steady and reliable pop beat, and terrific vocals.
Stream “Call Them Brothers”–a duet with Regina Spektor–below.
And then check out the pretty wild video for the single, “Magic.”
