Kanye West Samples
It’s no secret that most of Kanye West’s greatest hits are sampled from past songs that were pretty much hits themselves. This video chronicles some of your favorite Kanye tracks, “Through the Wire,” “It all Goes Down,” “Stronger,” “Touch the Sky,” and a whole lot more, with their respective sampled song accompanying it.
Brooklyn Go Hard – Jay-Z featuring Santogold
You can now add this song to a long list of Brooklyn/NY themed rap songs. “Brooklyn Go Hard” is a new track by Jay-Z with Santogold and is produced by Kanye West. The track will appear as one of the songs in the new Notorios B.I.G. biopic, “Notorious,” slated to come out January of next year.
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Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash: 1969 Sessions
It doesn’t get any better than Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, two great songwriters in a recording session together. Head on over to the Aquarium Drunkard to check out the MP3’s from the three recording sessions they did during 1969. It’s quite the treat to hear these two iconic musicians in some tracks together, especially songs they wrote their own. Listen to the songs here: Dylan/Cash Sessions.
CBS studios, Nashville, TN February 17-18, 1969.
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN May 1, 1969.
Nashville Skyline: The quadraphonic mixes
Source: Boing Boing via Aquarium Drunkard
Rennaisance Rap Music Video – Q-Tip
Q-Tip teamed up with music video director Rick Cordero for the artist’s song “Renaissance Rap.” Reminiscent of the “Sabotage” video by the Beastie Boys with a mixture of a government conspiracy spy theme, “Renaissance Rap” proves that Q-Tip’s re-emergence in the hip-hop scene is here for the long-run. With the album “The Renaissance” already being claimed as one of the best hip-hop albums in 2008, the album, along with his new singles and music videos coming out is proof that Q-Tip is one of hip-hop’s most polished rap veterans.
Remote Tree Children – Veteran of the Loudness Wars Album
Underground band RemoteTreeChildren have released a new LP entitled Veteran of the Loudness Wars. This album is an eclectic collection of songs, each with their own distinct characteristics. Even with these wide stylistic dimensions the album comes together beautifully and places RTC’s creativity front and center. Stand out tracks are Cradle to Grave, What Will, Blood Pressure, and Dopamine. Check out the rest of the tracks from the player below.
Source: BandCamp
Old Enough Video – The Racounteurs
Jack White’s talents are always deserving of attention. With The Raconteurs’ new video “Old Enough,” the band’s winning formula of upbeat and catchy tunes make way for a new repeat-listen worthy song. The single is from their latest album Consolers of the Lonely and the video gives off a very folksy backwoods vibe.
Souce: Myspace
Amazing – Kanye West
Here is another track off of Kanye’s 808’s and Heartbreak set to drop November 24th. The track features Kanye stating, “It’s amazing, I’m the reason everyone’s fired up this evening” and just when you think the song is over Young Jeezy comes in to let us know why he is amazing. Enjoy…
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Photo Source: Flickr
Heartless Video – Kanye West
Legendary video director Hype Williams collaborates with Kanye West once again for the artist’s second song “Heartless,” from his 808’s and Heartbreak album. A little bit reminiscent of Kanye’s Good Life music video, Hype puts Kanye in animated mode for another time.
Mystery Man Video – Gnarles Barkley
Gnarls Barkley just released a new video for their track, “Mystery Man.” The song will be on their Who’s Gonna Save My Soul EP, which is set to drop this month on November 11th.
Radiohead Harrowdown Hill Remix
Radiohead just released a remix of Harrowdown Hill “in celebration of nov 5th..and the dawn of a new era in politics in the USA” -Thom Yorke. Check out the new track on Dead Air Space.
