Why still watch the Grammys?
This is why:
(via PMA)
Categories for Music
Interruption
This singer has a first name, and its…
Neil asked if I heard about or liked Mayer Hawthorne. I said I had heard the name mentioned a few times on Soul-Sides, but wasn’t impressed by the one song I heard. Then Brendan played his most popular single, The Walk, a few times while dj-ing. Now I can’t get the song, and a few others from this white soul singer from Detroit, out of my head:
Another great song (and video).
Funny story, true story: When there was this uproar about Nickelback playing the Thanksgiving Halftime Show in Detroit, he campaigned to replace them. When it didn’t go through, he played live from his basement with his Dad on the bass and streamed it on his website. Pretty hilarious.
Don’t Fuck With My Money
I am not opposed to the Occupy Movement, but this song is somehow better if you don’t take it with that layer to it. It’s gonna get stuck in your head.
BROTHER NUMPSAY!
In another great post from Soul-Sides.com, there is an interview with Thes One of the rap group, People Under The Stairs. He talks about how he likes to challenge himself not repeat using the same beat for any his songs. He also mentions how it is not uncommon for some producers (mentioning Kanye specifically) to re-use beats. After listening to Kanye’s “Gone” (in Austin’s great last post) a bunch, I started to listen to the sample from it, Otis Redding’s “It’s Too Late.” That was followed by trying to figure out what song the beat came from, which is another cool song called “Upon This Rock” by Joe Farrell. Kanye, Common, Redman and Methodman have actually been sued for using this beat.
So the whole point of this post is point to a couple songs I have been listening to lately:
- Kanye’s “Gone”
- Otis Redding’s “It’s Too Late”
- Joe Farrell’s “Upon This Rock”
- People Under The Stairs’ “Acid Raindrops”
- Mac Miller’s “People Under The Stairs” (same sample from above track)
- Hoodie Allen’s “James Franco” (on the topic of Mac Miller and other white rappers I am not sure about)
- The Meter’s “Handclapping Song” (sample from above song and reason I think I might like it)