Choice Cut

"This record is sooo mutha-fuckin gangsta man."

Here's the track that was featured during the end credits of the most recent Entourage episode, "Redomption". Guaranteed to break your repeat button.

Dre & Mark Batson on the boards.

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U.B.B.M. (Unathorized Biography of Bob Marley)

Saw this video by Shaun Boothe (aka Rikoshay... or whatever he's calling himself now-a-days) over at 2dopeboyz and it's sick! He basically rhymes the artists bio over a beat sprinkled with their samples. I'm looking forward to next month: The Greatest, The Champ.

This is the second vid in a "year-long monthly tribute to 12 musical icons". Can you guess who he decided to start this series off with? If you guessed the most sampled man in rap, then score one for you! Watch it here.

That's PS

This is the band's third studio release (just dropped yesterday); the follow-up to Under The Iron Sea (2006). For those who don't know Keane, their first two albums can be described as emotionally-driven power ballads very comparable to Coldplay (ARGUABLY the best band on the planet so they're not in bad company).

For this outing, they've moved towards a more upbeat, dare-I-say-it, poppy sound with a little hint of electro in there that brings them somewhere in between Coldplay and The Killers. Established fans of the band: don't fear. You'll still hear them in there. This is a welcomed change. You can't always be listening to sad music. It's depressing.

I could go on and attempt to describe the songs for you, but I'm not going to do that. Just listen to it already. I've had this on repeat for about a week now and I'm loving it!

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Your Lazy Sunday Listen

Being a long weekend...it was only appropriate that this week's Lazy Sunday Listen be a Lazy Monday Listen.

This record is a unique listen...tremendously unique, but worth every ounce and intense in each note.

Damon Albarn (of Gorillaz and Blur fame) has went ahead and helped compose a Chinese opera based upon an ancient Chinese Legend of a Monkey...the whole story can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey:_Journey_to_the_West

Brilliant music of varying flavours.

" The Living Sea" is currently my son's lullabye to get him to sleep.


Eclectically done and definitively a true display of Damon Albarn's diversity and skill.


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Talk about riding in style

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The Leaper bike is the brainchild of Barend Hemmes and came about when interior designed-by-trade was doodling in his office and combining corporate logos with motorcycles. He happened to notice how well Jaguar's leaping cat fit the frame of a motorcycle, and so enlisted the help of Polar Cycles in South Yorkshire to build it.

The bike is six feet long and cobbled together with parts from a 1,200cc Buell 97 S3 Thunderbolt that was bought off eBay. It can only reach speeds of 50 mph, but that makes it easier for bystanders to check out the meticulously sculpted fiberglass body that pay's tribute to Jaguar's official mascot.

The finished product is a pretty spectacular piece of rolling art, so we think its dynamic shortcomings can be forgiven.

-- from www.autoblog.com

Time:Line

Nicolay on the keys. Need I say more?

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The Counter...Ed. 2

This right here is some next level R'n'B with some international flare.

'Sexuality' is all about about sex, love-making and having that "grown man business" stamina to do it all night...slowly. Sebastian Tellier enlisted the assistance of some Daft Punk productions (Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo) to get this electro-synth sounding bit of multi-lingual Euro trash into some next level 80's ish.

If you know of a French pimp, he was probably a study of this dude. Don't get me wrong, there's some sensitivity here...a little mono-paced, but nonetheless pretty different and affable to the ears.

This guy lustfully sings to his women in a mellowed, breathy voice, over samples of women on the border of orgasms.

Tracks to note are:

Kilometer

Look

Sexual Sportswear (instro)

He claims to be into the "intellectual r'n'b", avoiding the lewdness of the Justin Timberlakes, Beyonce's and of course Uncle Luke.

Peep it...this is some next Euro hump music, which just might make your girl think you're more complex than you really are!

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Are you kidding me?!?

Hollywood star JOHNNY DEPP will reportedly pocket a staggering $59.2 million (£32 million) pay cheque for reprising his role as CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW in a fourth installment of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise.

The big-money deal will make Hollywood history as the highest up-front payment ever - overshadowing the $53.65 million (£29 million) Tom Hanks was offered to star in the forthcoming The Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons. But a movie insider insists Disney Studio bosses - who are behind the hugely successful franchise - would pay anything to keep Depp on their books.

The source tells Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, "There's only one Johnny Depp. They simply cannot make another Pirates movie without Jack Sparrow. "The first three films have earned $2.7 billion (£1.46 billion) at the box office. It's no surprise that Disney executives want Jack back and they are willing to pay big bucks to get him."

However, it is unlikely Depp's co-stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley will return to star in another sequel. Knightley, who played Elizabeth Swann in the adventure trilogy recently said: "I think it was wonderful and an amazing opportunity and those films were just extraordinary and I was extremely lucky to be a part of them. But no. I think my pirating days may be over."

-- from enewsi.com

We've all been waiting for it

Now it's here! Te & Lay's second outing.

Went to the local (sort of) record store today to cop White Van Music on wax but sadly it wasn't in yet. Ended up grabbing Not 4 Sale (can't leave a record store empty handed, now can I?).

Stumbled across this earlier, although I haven't had the chance to give it a complete listen yet.

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The Grind Personified

Click the pic for Nickel Nine's "I'm Nice" - a tribute to determination and perservance

per·se·ver·ance: (pur-suh-veer-uhns)
1.
steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
2.
Theology. continuance in a state of grace to the end, leading to eternal salvation

1. doggedness, steadfastness. Perseverance, persistence, tenacity, pertinacity imply resolute and unyielding holding on in following a course of action. Perseverance commonly suggests activity maintained in spite of difficulties or steadfast and long-continued application: Endurance and perseverance combined to win in the end. It is regularly used in a favorable sense. Persistence, which may be used in either a favorable or an unfavorable sense, implies unremitting (and sometimes annoying) perseverance: persistence in a belief; persistence in talking when others wish to study. Tenacity, with the original meaning of adhesiveness, as of glue, is a dogged and determined holding on. Whether used literally or figuratively it has favorable implications: a bulldog quality of tenacity; the tenacity of one's memory. Pertinacity, unlike its related word, is used chiefly in an unfavorable sense, that of overinsistent tenacity: the pertinacity of the social climber.

Your Lazy Sunday Listen

Not sure if anyone remembers "Cool Boarders" for XBox. On "red" Sundays, hours were dwindled away playing this game...not for its playability, fun or the challenge...but simply the soundtrack.

MYG's Vito Y Coco is the Lazy Sunday listen for this week.


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White Van Beats

"I glow, I shine, I flicker, I streak, I sparkle..."

Y'all knew it was coming. Instrumentals. Go nuts. And go cop that ish on Tuesday when it drops. I know I will.

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The Counter...Ed. 1

Things used to be much simpler for Mike Skinner. His biggest problems used to involve drinking too much brandy, holiday romances and dating celebrities.

Not any more. Now he's facing those nagging points of humanity that keep a bright mind unsettled at night – life, love, death and religion.

In many ways, Everything Is Borrowed is the culmination of the course that began on Never Went To Church. Skinner is no longer the scrawny wannabe looking for a Class A; he's concerned about the environment (Way Of The Dodo), saving us from despair (On The Edge Of A Cliff), charting his own path to enlightenment (Alleged Legends) and worrying about his immortal soul (Heaven For The Weather).

Thankfully, he's not become pompous; the album is still filled with trademark wit. It's just that he's looked into himself and found a depth that's lurked there from the start – remember the beautifully honest Weak Become Heroes? – but never really had a chance to surface.

It has now. The maturity of Everything… shines out of the hook-packed tunes and, though he still comes with flaws – the deeply weird stalker tune Never Give In and the disco brothers-in-arms nonsense of Sherry End could have both done with a lot more thought – the album shows that he genuinely is a star.

He still might not be able to rap or rhyme, but on this evidence, he may yet turn out to be 21st century Britain's very own Gil Scott-Heron

- Chris Brown

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/hdjw/

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Dreamo's Certified Heater of the Week

This is just stupid - There have been serious talks about not posting the DCHW for the next 3 weeks, as this track is clearly the Heater of the Month. Catch Black Milk and Elzhi when they hit the Tdot - Thursday, November 6th at Revival.

"A quantum leap"

7 years ago today, a device that we're all too familiar with was introduced to the world. The iPod would forever change the way that we listen to and buy music.

Some highlights:
- ultra portable (size of a deck of cards)
- 20 minute skip protection (y'all remember 3 second anti-skip on your portable cd players? that ish would skip all the time!)
- 5 GB (1000 songs)
- 10 hours of playback (read: bullshit)

I think Steve Jobs has a time machine and goes to the future to find out what Apple should bring out next. Everyone else is just playing catch up.

Hallowe'en Hoody

Having a well-rounded hoody game is of paramount importance, especially as we move into the Canadian autumn. Double up on your hoody inventory / hallowe'en costume for the low price of $98, courtesy of Mark Ecko. Click to peep details and a Boba Fett version.

Sound Wave

Korean artist Jean Shin created this sculpture "Sound Wave" (2007) out of melted vinyl records to connote "the inevitable waves of technology that render each successive generation of recordable media obsolete." Click the pic for the full story.

It should be paired with a dude surfing the wave for new music. "Represent Noyo" being the big kahuna.

NNDMBD

Some Ayatollah, NNDMBD (needs-no-description-must-be-dope), goodness.

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A little something something

If you're like me then you've been patiently waiting for The Foreign Exchange to drop their next album (October 10).

Here's a little something to tie you over from the man behind the boards.

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The Art Of One Mind

FEATURED EMCEES: Strange Fruit Project, Proh Mic, S'ence, Supastition, Deloach, Myone, Kay, Little Brother, Median, Free Agents, Oneself, Myone, K-Otix, Deloach, Darien Brockington, Organic Thoughts, Ghostface Killah, Trife, Myone, Moon Cricket, Verbal Seed, El Da Sensei, Chip Fu, Myth, Bavu, Chucky Sly, Kenn Starr, Thesis, The Procussions.

Production: S1 (7 tracks) & Illmind (10 tracks) kill it on this.

Another one NOT to sleep on.

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New chunes

This has been posted on a lot of blogs; leading you to believe that it's gotta be a dope album. Well, it is a dope album. That pretty much summed it up.

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Soul Clap

On that Jake One tip... Here's a clip from a track off of Strange Fruit Project's album (that was posted here a while back) produced by the man we've been talking about so much recently (and rightfully so).

Dreamo's Certified Heater of the Week

Cop "White Van Music" when it drops. Enough said.

Elementary...

Rachel McAdams will star opposite Robert Downey Jr. in "Sherlock Holmes," a reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's supersleuth that Guy Ritchie is directing for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow.

The movie, which will begin shooting next month, takes its cue from a forthcoming comic book that producer Lionel Wigram wrote as a selling tool for a new take on the classic character. The concept sees Holmes as more adventurous and less stuffy than previous screen incarnations and mines more obscure character traits.

-- from killermovies.com

MTBK

1st rule about posting Stones Throw ish (and all affiliates): don't talk about posting Stones Throw ish. It's amazing how they nuke everything so fast.

Picked this up on wax the other day and was wondering when it was gonna be posted online by someone. Now it's posted here!

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When you need someone strong...

Based on the 80s cult-classic (which was based on the 60s Japanese manga series), Imagi Studios' upcoming CG-animated feature "Astroboy" will be released across North America on Oct 23, 2009.

The $40 million pic will feature the voice talents of Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Freddie Highmore (Astroboy), Donald Sutherland and Eugene Levy.

-- from variety.com, wikipedia, imdb.com

For those who don't remember, or those who didn't watch as a kid:

What, going where?

Posted a track from this album a while back and now I've decided to put it up it is in its entirety.

9 tracks produced by Jake One and 6 tracks produced by fellow Seattle naitive, Vitamin D.

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Sampled

Another track sampled by the ever-scrutinized, LV Don. Hey, they're easy to find and what can I say? The man knows how to sample.

This one was used for his latest outing. "Here we go again..."

Prince Phillip Mitchell - If We Can't Be Lovers

Taking it back

Raphael Saadiq's newest album is amazing. It has a vintage Motown sound that's straight out of the 60's. His smooth, soulful grooves will have you constantly hitting that repeat button. This is what good music is.

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Freestyle

Brother Ali goes off for 9 minutes!