TDE Fan Appreciation Week!!

This week TDE (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock) aka The NEW WEST dropped a song each day, all solo cuts with an array of producers, all of course mixed by Ali, their resident engineer.

Here they are:





MY FAV...

Do You, Not Us: Volume II (Mixtape) (OFFICIAL RELEASE)

Words cannot describe how excited I am to share this with everyone!! ALL CREDIT goes to the artists that produced the instrumentals, I managed to find some motherfucking BANGERS from both well known and upcoming artists all across the world. Don't overlook a song if you don't know the artist... you'll miss the fuck OUT!!

The wait is over.... enjoy every bit.

DOWNLOAD HERE

ALTERNATE:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mar7cm

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Tracklisting:

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers vs The Notorious B.I.G - Going Back To Give It Away (DYNU Mix) (feat. Game & Lil' Wayne)

2. Pretty Lights vs Kanye West - Finally Fly (DYNU Mix) (feat. Common, Lupe Fiasco & JAY-Z)

3. Discotech & James Brown vs Kanye West - Get The Boss High (DYNU Mix) (feat. Talib Kweli & Common)

4. Beaumont vs Childish Gambino - Gold Chains and Guns (DYNU Mix)

5. Lana Del Rey vs Tinie Tempah - Pass Out Anthem (DYNU Mix) (feat. Andre 3000 & Anthony Kiedis from RHCP)

6. U-Tern vs Pusha-T & JAY-Z- You Don't Change Clothes (DYNU Mix) (feat. Pharrell Williams & Rick Ross)

7. Darius vs Wiz Khalifa & J. Cole - No Workout (DYNU Mix) (feat. Chris Martin)

8. TYR vs Eminem - The Real Jimi Hendrix (DYNU Mix) (feat. JAY-Z) 

9. Opiuo vs Nas - Monkey Can't Tell (DYNU Mix)

10. Gramatik vs JAY-Z - Fist Up Gangster! (DYNU Mix) (feat. Black Thought, Ellie Goulding & 50 Cent)

11. Destructo vs J. Cole - Can't Get LA Funky Enough (DYNU Mix) (feat. Trey Songz)

12. Clams Casino vs T.I. - Big Clams Poppin (DYNU Mix) (feat. Hopsin & Lupe Fiasco)

13. HunkE vs The Bloodhound Gang - Breathless (DYNU Mix) (feat. Kanye West & Snob Scrilla)

14. Flume vs Big Boi - Sleepless Shutterbug (DYNU Mix) (feat. Tupac, Heavy D & The Notorious B.I.G.)

15. SBTRKT & Sampha vs Curren$y - Dime A Dozen (DYNU Mix) (feat. Outkast & Slick Rick)

16. Habstrakt vs Eminem - Funky Business (DYNU Mix) (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

17. TNGHT vs Big Sean - A$$ Higher (DYNU Mix) (feat. 2 Chainz)

18. Skrillex vs Childish Gambino - Kyoto Fire (DYNU Mix) (feat. Sirah)

19. Pretty Lights vs Dr. Dre - Forgot About The Truth (DYNU Mix) (feat. Eminem)

20. Morcheeba vs Big L - Charango (DYNU Mix) (feat. Hopsin, Shaquille O'Neal and Slick Rick)

21. Aim vs Adele- Just Settin' Fire (DYNU Mix) (feat. Kanye West, JAY-Z, Lil' Wayne, Pharrell Williams and Snoop Dogg)

22. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue vs Snoop Dogg - What's Their Name? (DYNU Mix) (feat. Black Thought)

23. Pretty Lights vs NWA - Sleepless Night (DYNU Mix) (feat. The Notorious B.I.G, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Rakim)

24. Clams Casino & Mac Miller vs J-Kwon - Tipsy Feet (DYNU Mix) 

Darius vs Wiz Khalifa & J. Cole - No Homecoming Workout (feat. Chris Martin)

SONG THREE...

ENJOY! DYNU VOL II... FRIDAY

Discotech & James Brown vs Kanye West - Get The Boss High (DYNU Mix) (feat. Talib Kweli & Common)

SONG TWO. 

Friday is the big day. 

Download Do You, Not Us: Volume II on FRIDAY here!

Lana Del Rey vs Tinie Tempah - Pass Out Anthem (DYNU Mix) (feat. Andre 3000 & Anthony Kiedis)

Song number ONE for the week, 4 days to go until the big release!!! So far it's looking like 20+ songs featuring 50+ artists throughout...

Download 'Do You, Not Us: Vol II (Mixtape)' right here on FRIDAY.

Childish Gambino- Fire Fly (Music Video)

One of my favourite songs of last year gets the visual treatment, High 5 Collective behind the lens this time, finally teaming up with an artist for an official video. If you haven't heard of H5C they've made mock videos for Tyler the Creator, The Weeknd and Frank Ocean.

You may recognise the lyrics from a certain somewhere aswell...

Skrillex vs Childish Gambino- Kyoto Fire! (DYNU Mix) (feat. Sirah)

 

Another cut off Do You, Not Us: Vol 2 (Mixtape), the full-length project drops AUGUST 10! 

Stay tuned.

Nas- Life Is Good (Album Feature)

Short and sweet- Nas has delivered another classic. Album number ten for The Don will compete for top spot this year.

There aren't many rappers that are able to rap over beats that Nas raps over. Songs produced by Salaam Remi, No I.D. etc always require a rapper with 'something meaningful to say', you cannot mumble your way through their production. This is why Nas is so engaging and captivating, he is such a storyteller, you vicariously live his experiences and carry his baggage through the 18 tracks (4 bonus tracks on Deluxe Version). There are plenty of rappers with creative lyrics, but Nas delivers in a way that is so easy to comprehend/follow.

Tracks like 'Daughters', 'Stay', 'Bye Baby' are all very personal, ... about his divorce with Kelis, Nas' ex-wife and fellow-musician, by whom he has a son. But you also feel his transition from old to new life, and it seems times have definitely changed since Illmatic- child support, fending off predatory players- much like himself, from his teenage daughter...

"they say the coolest players and the foulest heartbreakers in the world/God gets us back, he makes us have little girls"

"When he date, he straight, chip off his own papa
When she date, we wait behind the door with the sawed off
Cuz we think no one is good enough for our daughters"

...unpaid taxes, ageing- Nas now "20 years in this game lookin 17" like he raps in 'The Don'.

"I'm pushing 40, she only 21/Don't applaud me, I'm exhausted, G."

Bit of trivia- the green dress in the album cover was the only thing left in Nas' house after their divorce- a part of her wedding dress. Cool concept (can't wait to explain to you 2 Chainz's album cover...).

What Nas had to say:

"I found [the dress] in my house and thought, 'It's going somewhere'. Either on the cover of my album, or burning in a garbage can. I was angry when I first found it. Hurt and angry - but I don't think she left it deliberately to hurt me. It's just part of the dress, so I don't know where the rest of it is. But it made all the sense in the world for me to hold on to that. I guess that's just my personality."

Anyway, this album is one for a lazy weekend morning, preferably with a clear head to take in his literary imagery. It's awesome that rappers like Nas, Jay-Z etc at their age still remain and are willing to continue sharing their veteran lifestyle in the rap game. Listen, and try and tell me rap isn't poetry at its finest.

STANDOUTS:

Daughters (prod. by No I.D.)





Summer On Smash (feat. Miguel and Swizz Beatz) (prod. by Swizz Beatz)

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World's An Addiction (feat. Anthony Hamilton) (prod. by Salaam Remi)



Stay (prod. by No I.D.)



Cherry Wine (feat. Amy Winehouse) (prod. by Salaam Remi)

Frank Ocean- Channel Orange (Album Feature)

Its taken a couple days for Channel Orange to marinate, at first listen I didn't really get it- i couldn't really get a grip on what was going down, then again I listened to it at midday with plenty of distractions. Not until I listened to its entirety on my own with full attention did it begin to unravel.

Channel Orange is a masterpiece that has so many damn layers its not funny. The concept is really, really cool aswell. Ocean suffers from coloured synesthesia, a neurological condition which in lame terms means two senses, e.g. sight and sound get their wires crossed (i.e. seeing colours in sound). If you could 'paint' what Frank saw and heard when he fell in love for the first time one particular summer, you'd have an orange tinge over everything, he said. Hence, Channel Orange.

Production was handled by himself and Malay, who has previously done work with John Legend. There isn't another artist like Frank Ocean in the RnB game, his imagination and storytelling techniques paint the most vivid pictures, you are taken on a journey from beginning to end throughout the album. Especially in 'Bad Religion'- such a stripped-back, raw number. Ocean has extreme control over his voice, he has these really abstract harmonies that I imagine most cannot replicate. It's hard to believe he is apart of Odd Future...

It will take a few listens, so chuck a copy of Channel Orange in your car and keep it on loop for a couple weeks. I guarantee you'll find yourself baffled at the little things you pick up on a quiet night's drive. 9.5/10

EVERY SONG IS A STANDOUT!! Its hard to pick because the album is very conceptual, like an entire body of work. You miss out on all the intricacies and skits if you dont cop the entire LP!

Super Rich Kids (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)



Bad Religion



Pink Matter (feat. Andre 3000)



Forrest Gump


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Sir Michael Rocks – Now You Do

Looks like Mikey has some new music to give us come August 2nd. It will be called LAP OF LUX.



1. Now You Do (prod. Flosstradamus)
2. GED f. Tris J (prod. J. Hill)
3. They Hate It (prod. Papi Beats)
4. Take It To The Floor (prod. Papi Beats)
5. Reservations (prod. Cardo)
6. NWO (prod. Flosstradamus)
7. Great f. Casey Veggies & Mac Miller (prod. Cardo)
8. Good Sushi (prod. Chuck Inglish)
9. In The Loop (prod. Polyester)
10. The Best f. Tris J & Shorty K (prod. Mano)
11. Connect f. Mano (prod. Cardo)
12. Can’t Hide It f. Rockie Fresh (prod. J. Hill & iamLpeezy)
13. If It Ain’t Foreign (prod. Tye Hill)
14. You Know What (prod. Hit-Boy)
15. The Clique f. Casey Veggies & Tris J (prod. The Freshman)

VERY EXCITED!