What you need to be listening to: Bonkers (Club Mix) - Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden After collabing with Calvin Harris on Dance Wiv Me, Dizzee's back with New York's own AvH (above on the left with A-Trak). Definitely full of Armand's gritty, unique house sound, it's a bassy track. Bonkers - YouTube No More - Boaz Soul sampling with a tight beat and some good word work (now it's the rap era, era rap era) + that 70's soul feel in a hip hop track. The download link is up because it was actually available for free on iTunes. Go figure. No More - YouTube Swag Surfin' - Fast Life Yungstaz Monster club smash and huge in ATL.
Even more Villains this time around, it seems like you can't check out a music blog without running into a new, great remix from them. This post has some of the real highlights of my latest blog crawl (holler at NME and Buzz en Direkt). Also included, one of the best songs from Phoenix lately; namely the one they put out for free in advance of their record in late march. Enjoy.
Rubble? Trouble? Get it? Moving on, this post is going to have a little bit of an urban vibe. Also, sorry for not putting up brand-spanking new songs lately (with the exception of the new Calvin Harris which will be put up in this post too), but my music crawls of late haven't really turned up anything great. That said, all of the songs included in the post are relatively new. UPDATE: I just realized this post is a little longer than most, no worries.
Also, after the mishap with the last post, I'm going to try to back up all my posts (so it hopefully won't be such a pain to find all the old links). And subscribe by e-mail, become a follower, or drop comments. Holler at support.
Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome) - Dizzee Rascal Dizzee Rascal's (see pic) signature Grime flow over a Calvin Harris beat. A party track, if not quite a club tune. Dance Wiv Me - YouTube Dance Wiv Me - Download
Thrilla - Villians So not really all that urban, but a remix of Thriller, electro-style. Came to me by way of a mass e-mail for a party (holler?). Thrilla - YouTube Thrilla - Download
Against All Odds (feat. Kano) - Chase & Status Chase & Status are actually a drums 'n' bass duo, but this track has a funky, fast hip-hop feel to it. Kano (another Grime mainstay) drops the fitting rhymes. I've included the official video as the YouTube link because it's a cool video, but you do have to wait about 40 seconds until the actual song drops in. Against All Odds - YouTube Against All Odds - Download
Embrace The Martian - Crookers Kid Cudi actually lays it down on this Crookers track. If you liked Day 'N' Nite from the Kid (or the Crookers remix: see More T-Pain... post in Feb.), you'll probably like this. Embrace The Martian - YouTube Embrace The Martian - Download
Green Light (Remix) - Rick Ross Pretty much the same as the original from Andre 3000, but with Rick Ross rapping in the beginning. I thought the original was missing some rap, and this fills it in nicely (another rapping remix of it: ZP Boy Wonder's "Touch You." Holler). Green Light - YouTube Green Light - Download
And (in case you missed it in the last post), the extended mix of Calvin Harris' latest:
I'm Not Alone (Extended Mix) - Calvin Harris Definitely not urban, but ill all the same. I'm Not Alone - Download
NEXT POST: Hopefully not an Re: Barney Rubble post; probably just a regular one. Also, a new Hard-Fi remix by... Axwell.
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