Music Dump: Cee-Lo x Buddy Holly / Drake / J Star
Cee-Lo – “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care”
Cee-Lo continues to prove himself a portly package of surprises with this cover of the Buddy Holly tune “(You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care”. The track has been recorded for Rave On Buddy Holly – a compilation album due out later this month that pairs modern recording artists with classic Buddy Holly songs. Also contributing to the cover album are the likes of Paul McCartney, Fiona Apple and Florence + The Machine.
Drake – “Marvin’s Room”
Drizzy Drake has announced his sophomore album Take Care will hit stores on 24th October with its as-yet-untitled lead single dropping in July. To tide us over, the Canadian dishes out a freebie titled “Marvin’s Room” [produced by Noah '40' Shebib] that he refers to as “another piece of the story”.
J Star featuring JDiggz – “Good Morning”
The second Canadian to make today’s Music Dump is up-start rapper J Star with “Good Morning”. The track is taken from Star’s upcoming mixtape The Plane Is My Home: What Did You Expect? - hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and featuring production from Drake collaborator Boi-1da.
Flo Rida Arrested For Drink Driving
Flo Rida was arrested for driving-under-the-influence after police noticed his $1.7 million Bugatti swerving in its lane in the Miami Beach area at 3:30am this morning, according to TMZ. The 31 year-old rapper was pulled over by police and asked to do a walk-the-line test, to which Flo responded: “Officer I can’t do this. I don’t feel I can walk a straight line. I had a few drinks. Let’s try another test.”
A subsequent breath test indicated the rapper’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit [.185], while a police computer check revealed Flo had been driving with a suspended license. His license was suspended back in May due to an unpaid traffic fine. Continue reading »
Nike Sportswear Hyperfuse
Nike will be unveiling its Hyperfuse product line this July as part of their Fall 11 Nike Sportswear collection. Hyperfuse is a durable composite material composed of three layers; one for stability, one for breath-ability and the third for durability – all fused together using heat and pressure to create a level of precision unattainable via traditional cut-and-sew methods. At heart, the benefit of Hyperfuse is it allows for a more lightweight yet sturdier shoe – while it has also opened up new design prospects with regards to colours and finishes.
Hyperfuse was first used last year in the Nike Hyperfuse basketball shoe and has now been incorporated into their wider footwear range [Air Force One, Air Max One, Dunk Hi and Air Max 90] for the Fall 11 collection. Hyperfuse will also debut in apparel with a remix of the classic Windrunner jacket.
Check out some preview photos of the Nike Hyperfuse line after the jump. Product will begin arriving in stores locally from July: Continue reading »
Lupe Fiasco Calls Obama a Terrorist
You have to admire Lupe Fiasco’s sense of conviction. The Chicago emcee made an appearance on CBS News show What’s Trending this week and labelled U.S. President Barack Obama the “biggest terrorist”.
“In my fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama, in the United States of America,” said Fiasco when questioned about the political overtones in his latest single “Words I Never Said”. “For me, I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s actually causing the other forms of terrorism. The root causes of the terrorism is the stuff that the U.S. government allows to happen and the foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists. And it’s easy for us because it’s really just some oil, which we can really get on our own.” Continue reading »
Video: Bad Meets Evil – “Fast Lane”
Los Angeles art collective Syndrome bring the rhymes of Bad Meets Evil to life in the “Fast Lane” music video, animating the already graphic lyrics of Eminem and Royce Da 5’9.
It’s a dangerous concept, especially considering the shock-and-awe lines Eminem peppers throughout the song, like: “And I hope that I don’t sound too heinous when I say this / Nicki Minaj, but I wanna stick my penis in your anus.” And yet, somehow, Em, Royce and Syndrome manage to keep the clip relatively [PG].
Watch the “Fast Lane” music video – including a cameo from Royce’s Slaughter House comrades – after the jump: Continue reading »
Video: Yelawolf – “Daddy’s Lambo”
Shady Records artist Yelawolf assumes the role of a “hillbilly in Beverly Hills” in the music video for his latest single “Daddy’s Lambo”.
The Alabama rapper befriends a well-to-do girl from the Los Angeles Hills in the clip, trashing her mansion during a night of wild partying before jacking her dad’s lamborghini and taking it to a chop shop for some unauthorised modifications – where a slimmed-down Paul Wall makes a cameo as the chop shop owner.
Watch Yelawolf in the “Daddy’s Lambo” music video after the jump and check out our recent chat with him here: Continue reading »
Download: Cris Cab ‘Foreword’ EP
“I knew from the moment he grabbed his guitar and sang that first note that with the proper nurturing, that kid had it,” says Pharrell Williams of his 17 year-old protege Cris Cab, before continuing, “He is merely warming up. This kid is just getting started.”. The Miami teen has piqued the interest of online music aficionados over the past few months with acoustic re-interpretations of chart hits including Wiz Khalifa’s “Black & Yellow” and Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights”.
Today, Cris Cab debuts his first official release, Foreword – an eight-track EP for free download. The guitar-strumming Cab melds Hip-Hop, Reggae and Classic Rock throughout the very mellow Foreword, sounding like a younger, hipper, more soulful version of Jack Johnson [sorry, Jack!].
Download Foreword and jump on the bandwagon now – or you’ll find yourself running behind it later.
Audio: Beyonce x Andre 3000 – “Party”
Never has a Beyonce song been so anticipated by Hip-Hop heads. Not only does “Party” sample the seminal Slick Rick track “La Di Da Di”, but it also plays host to a guest verse from OutKast’s ever-elusive Andre 3000.
Producers Kanye West and Consequence channel the old school on “Party”, taking it back to nineteen-eighty-something with thick synths and shallow percussion, and just a touch of new school slang as West raps: “You a bad girl, your friends bad too / You got the swag sauce, you’re drippin’ swagu.” Continue reading »
Audio: Skylar Grey – “Dance Without You”
Skylar Grey has written some of the biggest hits of the past year – from Eminem & Rihanna’s “Love The Way You Lie” to Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Coming Home”, Dr. Dre’s “I Need A Doctor”, Lupe Fiasco’s “Words I Never Said” and T.I. & Christina Aguilera’s “Castle Walls”.
Now the 25 year-old singer/songwriter is preparing for the release of her own album, Invinsible, via Interscope Records later this year – and the Alex Da Kid produced “Dance Without You” is our first taste of Skylar Grey as a solo artist [although the Wisconsin native released an album under the name Holly Brook via Linkin Park's Machine Shop imprint in 2006].
“Dance Without You” is intended as a teaser to Grey’s first official single which is due out later this month.
Drake & Lil Wayne Appear in FIFA 12 Teaser Video
Who would have picked Drake and Lil Wayne as FIFA fanatics? Well, the Young Money cohorts made an appearance in the FIFA 12 teaser video debuted by EA Sports at the Electronic Entertainment Expo [E3] in Los Angeles yesterday.
“I truly love the game of soccer and I live my passion for it through FIFA. I often play a game before I go to the studio, just to stimulate the mind,” reveals Drake in the promotional video. “This game, it actually takes skill and technique,” adds Wayne.
Drake and Weezy appear alongside professional footballers including Wayne Rooney [Manchester United] and Kaka [Real Madrid] in the FIFA 12 teaser video. Watch the clip after the jump: Continue reading »
