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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
 What do you get if you mix the Retro/Hipster sound of The Cool Kids, the futurist OutKast/Organized Noize-isms of Brittany Bosco and her Hollyweerd peeps and the revolutionary art-student-goes-around-the-world Club Rap of M.I.A., and then sprinkle it with a pinch Def Jux-yness for flavor? You get visual artist, rapper and stylista Corinne Stevie and her debut EP/album 'The Oddity,' that's what! The Georgia/Florida-based Stevie teamed up with Art Nouveau to distribute the EP. Bridging the gap between Hipster-Hop, Art-Rap, Backpack/Space Rap, Dirty South/Crunk, Future-Soul, traditional Boom-Bap and cutting-edge Club music, she hopes her music "encourage(s) people" to "just be everything, just express yourself and be who you are and not be afraid to see your different sides." Corinne Stevie 'The Oddity' (.ZIP)  'Jammin' On the One' is more absolutely free Baltimore Club madness courtesy of DJ/producer/vocalist DLake and his man Symbol, known collectively as Claire Hux It's a fifteen track mixtape mixed by Scottie B. intended to whet appetites for their forthcoming official debut on Baltimore, MD's Unruly Records. They clown club-going breakdancers (which is hilarious but bound to piss off Hip-Hop purists), catch the "holy ghost in the club," and sample 'The Cosby Show.' Download it, so you can start "ja-ja-ja-jammin' on the one" like your boy Malcolm Jamal Warner back in the day...Just make sure you rock your bootleg Gordon Gartrell. Claire Hux 'Jammin' On the One' (.ZIP) Tuesday, November 18, 2008
"Yeah I beat it like a cop" © Lil Wayne
I suck for skipping over this joint when I first gave 'The Carter III' a listen. Bonafide lyrical genius. "Wee-ooh-wee-ooh-weeee! Wee-ooh-wee-ooh-weeeee!" Like a cop car indeed.  So a week ago I log onto Boston.com and staring me in the face is an article about this phenomena called "Sleeveface" and the book that was just released. My initial reaction? "MUTHAFUCKA!"  I was a bit salty to find out that something I had been doing since at least 2005 (according to the date on an early "Sleeveface" of mine that's on Myspace) was about to allow some dudes (who began doing it themselves last year) to get caked up through a book deal. I recall AIM conversations with Keter, Element and other music/art geeks about making it something bigger, involving groups of people, using it for a music video, etc. etc. but I never ran with it. So yeah. I suck.  So I fired off an email to Boston.com along with some pics for the Sleeveface contest they had, knowing that my OG Sleevefaces would win...and they did. Well one did. Cosby. I'm a little less salty, and feel a bit of vindication. Perhaps I can get some of my pics published in the next Sleeveface book. We shall see. If anything this has made me want to take some more pics (I've gotten a bit lazy) and also to follow through with some of ridiculous ideas I have in my brain. Oh and BIG UP El Keter for being the photographer/producer behind the winning shot. Monday, November 17, 2008
Goldielocks is one of London's rising stars. She's got the whole electro meets Hip Hop meets fashionista thing locked down. Having already worked with other artists like Kate Nash and Tinchy Stryder, she's taking the London scene head on. Now, she has a new video out for her song "Smash Grab", a head bopping tune with a visually eye catching video. She doesn't appear to have an album out yet, but you can check out more of her songs and videos on the official Goldielocks MySpace page. Saturday, November 15, 2008
I came across these videos from Swedish outfit, Minilogue, via Current TV. The director behind both of these is Kristofer Ström. Enjoy. "Animals" "Hitchikers Choice" Minilogue's latest album 'Animals' is out now on Cocoon Recordings. Friday, November 14, 2008
Squid or no squid, Zach Snyder's adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 'Watchmen' mini-series looks fucking incredible!
I know I'm going to love parts of this movie, but I can't help thinking I'm going to leave the theatre angry about its climax. I'll find out March 6th, 2009, when it hits the screen.  Nah, we ain't forget about Urban Alternatives yo! El Keter rolls solo on this week's URB ALTcast because Emeyesi was busy watching football. The only plays you have to call are the ones that involve pressing play on on this podcast! Playlist -- 1. Filthy Dukes "Tupac Robot Club Rock" feat. Plastic Little 2. XRABIT + DMG$ "Killin' Em" 3. Skream "Midnight Request Line (Hot Chip Remix)" 4. Larytta "Is This Cheese?" 5. Lemonade "Sunchips" 6. School of Seven Bells "Prince of Peace" 7. Buraka Som Sistema "Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) (Hot Chip Remix)" 8. Tetine "Melo Do Carrao" 9. Tittsworth "WTF" feat. Kid Sister and Pase Rock 10. Of Montreal "Id Engager (DJ Sega Remix)" 11. When Saints Go Machine "Pretty Rich" 12. Post War Years "White Lies" 13. Caspa Codina "Falling" 14. Alexis Taylor "Girl" 15. Rafter "Salt" 16. Herman Dune "My Baby Is Afraid of Sharks" 17. The Long Lost "The Art of Kissing" 18. Erik Halldén "If I Ever Get Married" 19. Robin Thicke "Magic (Mark Ronson Remix)" feat. Mary J. Blige and Wale Background Sounds -- 1. Izza Kizza "Hello" 2. Hollywood Holt "Hollywood" 3. Mr. Oizo "Cut Dick" 4. Michna "Do What You Want To Do" 5. Shawn Lee and Clutchy Hopkins "Till Next Time" Urban Alternatives PODCast - 11/14/08 Subscribe to the Urban Alternatives PODCast RSS Feed Wednesday, November 12, 2008
This is Nigel. He's ten. He wrote this song and made this video as part of an afterschool program in Montreal.
He's my new personal hero. There's more info about Nigel and his crazy electronica in the latest issue of Naked Eye Magazine, a magazine based out of Canada. The fumes from Black Moth Super Rainbow vocoder-meister Tobacco's foray into solo territory still haven't cleared. The newest bit of nicotine-imbued haze to float out of the Pennsylvania wilderness is a "scream" of a video for the track "Backwoods Altar." The tune "Backwoods Altar" is from Tobacco's debut solo full-length 'Fucked Up Friends,' which is available in stores everywhere now on the Anticon Records label. Tuesday, November 11, 2008
A few weeks after I got back from London, someone sent me this remix of Wiley's "Wearing My Rolex". The track was called "Rolex It Up (The Heatwave Refix)" and featured Beenie Man. This song is my JAM. I have listened to it almost everyday since I first heard it and I still can't get enough of it. It's just the perfect tune for when you want to get down.
The video is basically the original video for "Wearing My Rolex" mashed together with some video clips of Beenie Man and chicks with a lot of junk in their collective trunks. If you want to download the track, you can get it here courtesy of Discobelle. The biopic about the famed Chess Records in Chicago is coming out this December. The movie follows the story of how two Jewish brothers, Leonard and Phillip Chess, started a record company geared to R&B music and launched the careers of acts like Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
The cast includes Adrian Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé Knowles, Cedric The Entertainer, Mos Def, Eric Bogosian, and Gabrielle Union, just to name a few. The film's release date is December 5th, which means it should still be in the running for Oscar nominations, right? Can the Democrats please run this dude for president in 2016?
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