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New Jams

The Knux - Fuck You (mp3)
via Passion of the Weiss

Nas - Film (mp3)
via Pigeons and Planes

XV- Everybody's Nobody (zip)
via 2dopeboys

Discovery - Osaka Loop Line (mp3)
via Pigeons and Planes

Miike Snow - Animal (Peter Bjorn & John Remix) (mp3)
via Pigeons and Planes

Santigold - I'm a Lady (Benny Blanco Remix) (mp3)
via Boom Boom Chik

Kid Cudi - Call Me Moon Man (mp3)
via Pigeons and Planes

Clipse feat. Pharrell & Keri Hilson - All Eyes On Me (mp3)
via mixtape maestro

Clipse Feat. Pharrell - I'm Good (mp3)
via The Smoking Section

The Bloody Beetroots - It’s Better A DJ On 2 Turntables (mp3)

The Bloody Beetroots - House n°84 (mp3)
via Sex 4 Ears

The Bloody Beetroots - Second Streets Have No Name (feat. Beta Bow) (mp3)
via nightmagnets

The Bloody Beetroots - Anacletus (mp3)
via discopunk

The Bloody Beetroots – Have Mercy on Us (feat. Cècile) (mp3)
via squeegie

The Bloody Beetroots - I Love the Bloody Beetroots (Extended) (mp3)
via discopunk

The Bloody Beetroots - Theolonius (King Voodoo) (mp3)
via Nashville Nights

MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker ft. John Legend (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) (mp3)
via Not Many Experts

Julian Plenti - Games For Days (mp3)
Lead singer of Interpol assumes an alter ego
via MBV

Fukkk Offf - Rave Is King (mp3)

Fukkk Offf - Rock Paper Scissors (mp3)
via Disco Punk

Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend ft. Mary Pearce (mp3)
via spacetoasters

We Are Your Friends

I love cross genre collaborations 

 A lot of people applauded Kanye West for his genre hopping ability when he used a sample of Daft Punk's song 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' for his 2007 song 'Stronger'. The Daft Punk song was originally released in 2001 and in 2007 a live recording of the song was turned into a music video.  However around the same time in 2007, the hip-hop artist Wale sampled the electro song 'D.A.N.C.E.' from Justice. The French Dj duo Justice is the group that beat Kanye at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards for the best video award with the song 'We Are Your Friends' and caused his tantrum. When he interrupted the acceptance speech of the label art director, SO ME, he said he had never seen the video. However in 2007, he made Jonas and François, the director and SO ME, the animator of Justice's video for 'D.A.N.C.E.',  the video director and animator of his song, 'Good Life'. 

The hip-hop artist Noreaga created a song with electronic djs MSTRKRFT and artists like Kid Cudi have sampled songs from the electronic band Ratatat and the electro group LCD Soundsystem. 

Hip-hop artists are realizing that it is okay to listen to other styles of music and they are applying those influences to their music. Also as hip-hop blends with other musical styles, they are gaining more fans that are new hip-hop. This change in hip-hop also shows that are truly influenced by the first hip-hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, who was greatly influenced my dance music and used Kraftwerk's song 'Numbers' as inspiration for his song 'Planet Rock'. Hopefully the old hip-hop fans will appreciate the evolution of hip-hop and will help create a multicultural fanbase that appreciates all styles of music.

2006

Kanye West crashes the acceptance speech of SO ME at the EMAs

2007

Justice-D.A.N.C.E. 

(directed by Jonas & François and animated by So Me)

2008

Wale-W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E. (mp3) 

(directed by Todd Angkasuwan)

Kanye West-Good Life

(directed by Jonas & François and animated by So Me)

Kanye West - Good Life from universalmusicgroup on Vimeo.

Noreaga + MSTRKRFT = 'Bounce'

MSTRKRFT feat. Noreaga--Bounce (mp3)

Kid Cudi + Ratatat ('Tacobel Canon')= 'Heaven At Nite'

Kid Cudi-- Heaven At Nite (mp3)

Ratatat-Tacobel Canon

Kid Cudi-Heaven At Nite

Kid Cudi + LCD Soundsystem ('Someone Great')= 'Can I Be'

Kid Cudi--Can I Be (mp3)

LCD Soundsystem-Something Great

Kid Cudi-Can I Be

thanks to The Tape

thanks Pigeons and Planes

 Hopefully, a video for 'I Poke Her Face' will be released soon. The idea of Kid Cudi, Kanye West and Common rapping over Lady Gaga's song 'Poker Face' was genius.

Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West, Common--I Poke Her Face (mp3)

Melknee the RnR Ninja

your lookin really pretty in your camoflague

Lupe Fiasco has an online clothing store that sells items beyond just your basic band tees and hoodies. Lupe teamed up with Dr. Romanelli to create five different bombers that range from black to browns to green. But watch out the bombers are a major splurge and ring up for half a grand.

Other Dr. Romanelli designs:

Dr. Romanelli 400% Bearbrick

Maharishi x Dr. Romanelli x Lupe Fiasco Jar Tour Jacket

Dr. Romanelli Vs. Nike Sportware jacket

Dr. Romaneli x FRUTION LV Down Vest

Dr. Romaneli x FRUITION Fluorescent Flight Jacket $1,200

Dr. Romaneli x FRUITION CD Cardigan $800

Other stuff I found on Fruition:

Original Asymmetrical Cazal 858 $550

Stussy Surf Boy Shorts $72

Keith Haring Primitive Fanny Pack $26

Nike "Just Do It " Crew

Hollywood Hills Photo tee $42

Vintage clothing via TheCobrasnake

Ripped Up And Crazy Martika Egyptian Party Shirt $50

San Francisco African Print Pullover Sweatshirt $50

North Carolina Cool Cat first In Flight Jam $60

Next Level Dr. Donal Scrubs Make A Wish Foundation $40

Classic Levis Stone Wash Triangle Folding Pull Over $80

You Go Girl Kufti Print Shirt $70

Blazin Spike Lee Do The Right Thing Joint Relevant Shirt $60

Girls From California Stereotypical Babes Shirt $70

WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD OL' THRIFT SHOPPING AND DUMPSTER DIVING?

SXSW x The Beauty Bar x Hollywood Holt x Ninjasonik x TheDeathSet x Cerebral Ballzy x Franki Chan x Radioclit x HEARTSREVOLUTION= an explosion of amazing in party pic form with hella chicago people

Cerebral Ballzy

Ninjasonik x Hollywood Holt x Purple Pants

Million $ Mano

Franki Chan and Hollywood Holt

McFly of Ninjasonik

Hollywood Holt

Hollywood crowd surfing

McFly crowdsurfing

cameras x PBR

Clayton Hauck of Everyoneisfamous x Hollywood Holt

Vyle and Mike of Leaders 1354

Million $ Mano x Clayton Hauck

One half of Flosstradamus

Last week, MSTRKRFT was introduced to the mainstream with their performance on late night tv with rap artist NORE. MSTRKRFT crosses genres again in the song 'Heartbreaker' featuring John Legend.

Heartbreaker-MSTRKRFT featuring John Legend (mp3)

My favorite new school New Orleans hip-hop artists, G-Eazy and Cypher of Team Robot have come together. Click HERE to see screenshots of the soon to be released video directed by Loyola's Tyler Yee. Remember to check G-Eazy out at Throwback this Friday at the republic.

Freshaholic- G-Eazy feat. Cypher (mp3)

As a twitter addict, I love videos/comics/articles about twitter. Some people say it's random bragging about people's unexceptional lives, but I think its amazing fun.
Beware of the fail whale. lol

Kid Cudi on Karmaloop


This Tuesday, Dim Max x Cinespace will have Them Jeans and Bmore's Dj Blaqstarr.
Last week I wished I was in Austin for a SXSW experience.
This week I wish was in LA for a Mad Decent experience.

Melknee