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1/15/2011

Smells Like Teen Spirit, Completely Reworked the Right Way

Check this song out, a dreamy rework of Smells Like Teen Spirit by J*DaVeY. This may sound like some kind of grunge blasphemy but I think this song is comparable to the original. The way the decided to approach this cover is interesting, I find it really catchy and appealing. Definitely the right way for them to have done this.

A Diplo Classic

Diplo can turn any song into an anthem, between Major Lazer and his solo work he has created some of the most captivating and impressive music of the past couple years.

I recently heard what I consider to be a masterpiece within his collection, his remix of California Soul by Marlena Shaw. The lad back, atmospheric beat is perfectly put together by Diplo.

California Soul (Diplo Mad Decent Remix) - Marlena Shaw

Also here is an absolutely dirty mashup of Bloody Beetroots and Lil Wayne...

Warp A Mili (Sorry for Partying) - Lil Wayne & Bloody Beetroots

1/14/2011

New Timbaland and Missy Elliot Collaboration

Missy Elliot and TImbaland released a new collaboration yesterday as a part of Timbaland's Timbaland Thursday's free tracks. The song has been described as a throwback to Missy and Timbaland's earlier work together. The beat is powered forward by genius drums and bass by TImbaland that I can't help but bob around to in my cubicle chair. The chorus is nothing exciting, nor is MIssy's repetition of her final line of each verse before the chorus, but the verses themselves really stand out on this track. I can definitely see this becoming a huge dance track/party track for a bit. Nothing that stands out to me as life changing, but I enjoy it nonetheless.

Take Ur Clothes Off - Timbaland ft. Missy Elliot

Audiogalaxy

Alright, I'm not well educated on the cloud, I don't know how most technology works, I can figure out some basics, but not too much. I know how to work things, but I don't know how things work. So when I read about an app/website, where my entire music collection will be loaded into this cloud, and then streamed from anywhere, I was shocked. If I did happen to own and iPhone or Droid, I could stream my entire music collection from their, and I can also stream it from any computer as well, when I sign in to the Audiogalaxy website. My one problem with Audiogalaxy right now, its slow to scan. I've got about 21 artists scanned off of my computer and into the cloud and ready for stream right now. That is 21, out of over 1,300 artists, scanned. But hey, I get it, its a lot of music to scan, I'm cool, I'm at work I don't need it all done right now. I just hope its done by tonight, so when I go out I can impress everyone with my false knowledge of how technology works by streaming my music from anywhere I go.

www.audiogalaxy.com

The Science of Jazz and Rap

Ever wonder how exactly some people are able to improvise music? Musicians across the board have used improvisation for generations in order to impress, create, and express. It is basic in its concept, the spontaneous creation of music, but complex in the way that it works, and not very well understood. I came across this video of scientist, and musician Charles Lamb, who has recently begun to study the science of creativity. Using a functional MRI machine he is able to measure brain activity, and contrast activity between memorized and improvised performances. Specifically, he is studying jazz pianists, and rap free-stylists. This might seem boring, or stupid, science, whatever, but first off, Lamb is a great speaker and is really able to keep the audience, as well as the viewer, pretty engaged so props to that, and secondly, this study really is fascinating and I'm glad someone is taking the time to do it. In this age of technology and the assumed omnipresence of the human mind, we really do know very little about ourselves and the world around us. I was really impressed by this video, and I think anyone interested in the improvisation of music should take the time to understand, at least, the basics behind what is going on in the brain.

1/13/2011

DMCA Strikes Again, Racking Up Cease & Desists.

The DMCA has once again struck a blow to tunegrape, and in the process took down one of tunegrape's more popular posts, about Gucci Mane filing for mental incompetency in court. Oh well, I take it as a badge of pride, and anyway, I heard Gucci Mane's moving on, no more lemonade, no mental facilities, he's moved on up, and got a giant ice cream cone tattooed on his face...

Step aside Lil' Wayne, there is a new king of stupid tattoos.

Police Cover Up in Biggie Smalls' Murder?

The presiding judge over the reopened case of the murder of rapper Christopher Wallace, Notorious BIG, Biggie Smalls, changed the course of the trial recently with a shocking announcement in court, calling a mistrial. She issued a statement that she believed the LAPD had covered up massive amounts of evidence in the trial, that implied the involvement of several rogue officers in the police force in the murder of Biggie Smalls. The hundreds of pages of evidence support the theory that officers were involved in the murder of the famous rapper, and orchestrated the feud between the East coast and West coast rap scene in order to place blame elsewhere. After an anonymous tip, the lockdown of a division of the LAPD and the stashing of hundreds of pages of evidence, the answer to the murder of Notorious BIG, and possibly his one time friend, Tupac, who would later become a figurehead of the West Coast, and Biggie's coastal rival. Nick Broomfield directed a documentary which explored the rappers' deaths, called Biggie and Tupac. The documentary explored the possibility of a police coverup and that is where I first heard of such a thing. Now to hear some pretty concrete evidence that the police orchestrated at least a piece of this terrible loss of life, the loss of two of the most respected names in the emerging genre of rap. This is insane, shocking, and a disappointing insight into the nature of humans. I have, for a very long time, stood by the fact that Biggie was, and still is the best in the game. I hope that very soon those responsible for his, and Tupac's deaths are found.