Posts Tagged ‘Rap’

About to drop the bomb on your weekend!!!  If you don’t find something on this mix you like…. oh well, too bad for you.

Ratatat :: 17 Years – Dope stuff from Ratatat.  Just getting warmed up… (btw… can’t wait for their new album.  May 18)

Gorillaz :: On Melancholy Hill – I am loving this new album.  Chill song for what’s about to come…

The XX :: VCR (Matthew Dear Remix) – Stepping up the energy slightly.  One of the best XX remixes I have heard yet… and there are tons out there.

Blue Scholars :: New People (Empire of the Sun Remix) – You can’t help but MC along after the 3rd time you hear this one.  Catchy stuff!!

Crown City Rockers :: Balance (feat. Scarub) – Straight outa Oakland.  Not Too$hort gangsta… but sick base line groove from the Bay.

ChocQuibTown :: El Bombo (Toquemen el Bombo) – Time for Maragaritas!!!

Wailing Souls :: Shark Attack – Is it 4:20 yet?  Now that’s a pool party!!!

Billy Ocean :: Caribbean Queen – Billy is still the Friar of Fresh.  I think of dark tanned bodies when I hear this song.  Love it!

Vampire Weekend :: Holiday – This song makes me want to order a Dos Equis from a beach bar that exists in my daydreams…. ice cold with a lime…mmmmmm!!!

Ra Ra Riot :: Can You Tell – Penny loafers and poped collars punk

Free Energy :: Free Energy – Listen to this one if you are lacking energy.  Free Energy has plenty to dish out.  Love the 70’s Camero guitar licks… think Cars.

Two Door Cinema Club :: Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) – BOOM!!!!  Now we are shaking rumps… “Let’s get this started girl”

The Beach Boys :: Wouldn’t It Be Nice (The Girls Can Hear Us Remix) – Usually not a fan of retro remixes…but… this is a perfect summer party jam.

Crystal Castles :: Crimewave (Midnight Conspiracy Remix) – Pure remix 80’s new wave magic.  The Daft Punk beat at 1:36 is LEGIT!!!!!

wait what (the notorious b.i.g. vs. the xx) :: one more chance for a heart to skip a beat – This wait what mashup will make you say “wait… what?”  VERY EXPLICIT  (I warned you… but you still listened.  Don’t blame me.)

Animal Collective :: Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix) – Ending it all with a chill ass remix.  My fav Collective mix to date.

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We are always looking for new sound and musical experiences here at cutbucket.  Thus, when I heard Black Keys were teaming up with some hip-hop heavy hitters we were all over it.  We went as far as setting Google Cal reminders for the release date, which by no coincidence was “Black” Friday.  Nice marketing nuance.

First impressions on a handful of tracks were slightly less enthusiastic than had been expected.  Some tracks leave me feeling like the last true good hip-hop/rock collaboration was the Judgment Night soundtrack.  As we listened on we were happy to find some serious sick cuts.

The tracks that still maintain and showcase the vintage Black Keys blues rock sound while fusing the flow of a fine selection of MC’s are wonderful.  Some tracks seem to lose the Keys signature and that is a shame.  That being said, well worth the wait for the few gems!!

By far our favorite cut is What You Do to Me.  Super swanky flow by Dan Auerbach on the chorus make you want light a smoke and sport a fedora.  Dan’s keyboard lick that echoes throughout kills!!  Nicole Wray’s sexy voice is the glue that binds the hard hitting verses by Billy Danze and Jim Jones.  As a total package, OUTSTANDING!!!

Note:  Make sure you check out the great video webisodes of the making of the album. www.blakroc.com/videos.html

Download: Blakroc – What You Do to Me (feat. Billy Danze, Jim Jones & Nicole Wray)

Download: Blakroc – Hope You’re Happy (feat. Billy Danze, Nicole Wray & Q-Tip)

Download: Blakroc – Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo) [feat. Jim Jones & Mos Def]

Q-tip is a legend…………………….. um, I am at a loss for words………… Boom!  Done!

(I am ending the post early so I can listen to more Q-tip.  You should also stop whatever you’re doing and listen…)

Below are 3 lesser known Q-tip jams that shouldn’t be.  Can you believe they stretch 17 years!!  Like I said…. Kills It!

Download: A Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhime (1991)

Download: Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip – For the Nasty (2005)

Download: Q-tip – Won’t Trade (2008)

Here are 2 sick cuts by two big playas in the hip-hop game.  N.E.R.D. and Big Boi.

The N.E.R.D. song features Santigold, and we know everything she touches turns to “gold”.  This track has a little reggae, hip-hop and break beat that all work perfectly together.

The Big Boi cut should be off his “should be released by now” album, but it’s not.  Has everything you would expect from 1/2 of the duo AKA Outkast.  They need to hook us up with some new shi!.  Until then this will do just fine.

Listen: N.E.R.D. – Soldier (Feat. Santigold)

Listen: Big Boi – Shine Blockas Ft. Gucci Mane

Author: Coach