What I'm Listening To - 9.16.07

1. "Drop It Like It's Hot (Timbaland Remix)" by Snoop Dogg.

just continue on my little string of anti-Pharrell propaganda, here's a better mix of Drop It Like It's Hot, found on one of the beloved-by-me blogs, attorney st. I mean, I do enjoy the original. I just kinda love the drum groove to this one with the piercing synths. c'mon. gotta love it.

not much else to say. did i mention Pharrell is tired? or that timbo is better?

or maybe that Shock Value sucks?

or maybe that ...i dunno.

2. "The Pulse" by Digitalism.

why not. just a random, very nice electronic bit from the...well, one of the best electronic acts of 2007. I just love arpeggiators, and decayed dog-barking synths. woof.

digitalism sure knows how to stir up a frenzy better than most of their contemporaries. the swell and magnitude thereof are just striking. i found myself wading through this track the first time I heard it, as it was SO much to process.

that should give you enough reason to listen, right? also, check out their album,idealism



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Now playing: Daft Punk - Technologic (Digitalism Highway to Paris Remix)
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What I'm Listening To - 9.9.07

1. "G-Slide (Tour Bus)" by Lil Mama

i was totally turned off to this single when i heard it a few months ago, right from the second she sampled 'Wheels on the Bus.' i didn't want to deal with another 'Chain Hang Low'-type track. well, now that i found a high quality copy of the single and pumped it through my big system, i almost came on the spot. rattling bass, grimy synths, whistling accompaniment, T-Pain jabs, and hot rap. lil mama continues with her streak of hot-as-hell supersonic flows. brilliant. i just hope that this will be replacing 'Crank Dat' as the dance to be doin'. take a listen.

2. "As A Blonde" by FeFe Dobson

from her as-yet unreleased album, Sunday Love, 'As A Blonde' is perfect. Sounds like the shit my friends listened to during high school, with its driving guitar and drums--BUT the lyrics are biting and RAWK, while maintaining introspective and observational qualities. She explores the benefits of being a blonde, sarcastically.

"I was lookin in the mirror/ tryin' to find a new reflection/ wanna take the road less traveled down/ a different direction/make some new mistakes/ forget the ones i've made/ cry some tears of joy/ dress more like a boy/I'd come back as a blonde/ try a different lipstick on/ as a blonde"

if you like punk-ternative, try it out.

What I'm Listening To - 9.04.07

um. yeah.

What I'm Listening To - 8.31.07

"Make It Hot" by Lil Mama.

The best 17 year old female on the market, Lil Mama, who produced the viral single, Lipgloss, has since released three more songs. "GSlide/Tour Bus" is her second single. Then "On Fire, " and then "Make It Hot." I love love love this song. Her ghetto voice flows over synth horns, she sings the chorus boistrously, over added clinking percussion "I-I came to put it down/Straight from New York to the A Town/ Haters wanna see me down/I ain't even put put put it down."

"It's Lil Mama, voice of the Young People" she boasts, mentioning the title of her album, and she couldn't be more correct. If she's the voice for the young people my age, i'll take it. She's better than any female MC since Missy. She puts it down HARD on this track, and I couldn't be happier.

Take a listen. Love it. It's a medium-quality rip.

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Now playing: M.I.A. - URAQT (Luvtek Remix)
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What I'm Listening To - 8.30.07

1. "Gimme More" by Britney Spears

"it's Britney, bitch!" the track calls out at the beginning, and y'know...it's good to hear her again in the studio, purring away as the pop sex kitten she was.

and, finally, something comes of britney that isn't total shit. i'm glad for it. it's a pretty nice single, but i don't know if it's going to revive her career, but out of the three singles that have leaked so far, this one's the best. is that saying much? i don't know. you decide. supplementary single, "Cold As Fire"




2. "Good Life (Explicit)

my favorite track off of Graduation so far. i think graduation will definitely be the album to put 50 cent outta the solo world. (you know, he said if Kanye's Graduation sold more than his Curtis, he was going to quit his solo career) well, I look forward to no more magilla the gorilla records.

now, about the single. he samples "P.Y.T." from Thriller by Michael Jackson, which is one of my favorite singles of all time and it is a complete earbug. love it. love this single. Also, Kanye finally gets T-Pain to guest on a track where T-Pain doesn't sound like a robot Cher wannabe. Congrats on releasing your inner talent, T-Pain. Not bad. Commendable, even.

m.i.a. billboard news

AAAAAAAH!!!


So, Kala, the latest album from my current favorite artist, M.I.A., sold 29,000 copies during its first week in sales, and is now at #18 on the Billboard top 200 albums and is #8 on Top Rap albums.

So, I'm stoked.

edit: update! Kala is also #1 on the top Electronic Albums chart