Hello all, it has been a ridiculously long time since I last wrote on this thing. Quite a few things have happened but I will get to that on another post (well, maybe). This post is about one of my husbands (in my head) latest album. So far April has been an amazing month for music. Tyler, The Creator with Wolf and Depeche Mode with Delta Machine . Both albums I will be purchasing in the very near future. The album that I was most excited about was Kid Cudi's Indicud! This is technically Cudi's fourth album but his "rock" album WZRD, although ballsy, was just not good. And that's coming from not only a super Cudi fan, but a fan of rock music. Sorry boo, it just wasn't good. So people were excited to hear that Cudi was getting back to Cudi. Not only that but he announced that he will be producing all the tracks himself. Personally I was a bit afraid, this is the first album that Cudi's previous production partners Pat and Emile, who shaped the "Cudder" sound would not be involved in. Long drawn out album review short, this album is pretty amazing. Although Cudi's production can be a bit clunky or busy, there is beauty that can be found in this. One great example is the song "Young Lady" where it literally sounds like 2 songs going on at once, somehow, it works.
There is also an element of surprise with the totally random and amazing collaboration with Micheal Bolton MICHEAL BOLTON!
The song "Afterwards (Bring Yo' Friends) is giving me 90s R&B club infused realness.
Simply put I am throughly impressed with this being Cudi's first full foray into producing and this is the result. I'm happy to be a Cudder fan since the beginning as seen in this post from '09. I LOVE YOU CUDI!
I have spoke about Azalea Banks before on this blog. Since then it had went to a mere interest into a full blown OBSESSION. It all started with her song "Liquorice" from her 1991 EP, but then it was cemented with her current Fantasea mixtape. This girl has this "vogue rap" ish on lock! She is like the best elements of Kid Sister and old school Lil Kim. Although her attitude leaves little to be desired at times, this chick is super talented. Hopefully she can keep her self in check long enough to really make a heavy impact on the scene. Now here's some vids
A beautiful genius made this mash video of the drag ball scene classic Paris Is Burning and her song Fierce
And this is my current fave from the mixtape "Chips"
Also she has been named the muse for high fashion designer Alexander Wang. Get it.
I heard about Does it Offend You Yeah? a while ago on the Nine Inch Nails promo tour EP thingy when they were going on that tour with Jane's Addiction. It had to be either '07 or '08. DIOYY's song "We Are Rockstars" was on that compilation and I thought it was cool but I never paid any more attention to it. Yesterday Amazon sent me an email saying they have over 1,000 MP3 albums for $5 and I decided to see what collection they had. A lot of albums were booty but I did download Sleigh Bells' first album and Daft Punk's Alive album. DIOYY's second album was for $5 but I decided to hold off on that one and download their first album instead. Well that was a great idea. You Have No Idea What You've Gotten Yourself Into is the name and I really can't even describe to you what it sounds like. Its definitely dance electro rock with even some punk elements to it ( I think). Its really weird and has complex rhythyms and its just really freaking awesome. So I'm currently obsessed. I just downloaded their second album Don't Say We Didn't Warn You and I'm very excited to see what this album sounds like. My only wish is that I paid attention to these guys sooner! This is my favorite song of theirs right now "Dawn of the Dead"
My new obsession over the past week has been Machine Gun Kelly. I've been hearing his name here and there over the past year. This summer he signed to Bad Boy, yes Bad Boy. And while people express their opinions about that decision or MGK in general I think this kid has a lot of talent. Once you hear his story and see his personality shine through you can't help but really like the kid and just hope that he ends up winning. And yeah...sure...he's hot. He just released his current project Rage Pack(<---download) and its a pretty dope project. Here is some vids to introduce you to Kells.
A new season of Ice Road Truckers is on now and I couldnt be much happier. I don't know how I started watching this show some odd years ago but I watched one episode and couldnt get enough. Some people may not like the idea of a show about truckers but this show fascinates me! Basically if you have never watched the show its about truckers in Alaska and Canada near the Arctic Circle, you know, where Santa lives! And the absolute brutal winters where oil companies and small villages solely depend on them to deliver goods. These truckers have to drive on roads completely covered in ice (hence the name of the show, duh) and also frequently have to travel across frozen rivers of thin ice. Amazing! Its not only the terrain that makes the show but the interesting truckers that makes this show great. My personal faves are Hugh "The Polar Bear" and Lisa Kelly who was until this season the only female driver featured, and that chick is a beast on the road. Next time you see it pop up on your tv guide and you have nothing else betta to do, give it a watch.
Every once in a while there is something that captures my heart and my ears. Currently my obsession is Yelawolf. First time I heard of Yelawolf was Complex Magazine's "Encyclopedia of White Rappers". When I first saw a picture of him he looked goth so I clicked the video cause I thought "this is going to be good, this cat is prolly garbage". Much to my surprise dude was NICE! A little while after that I saw the video for "Pop the Trunk" and this week I finally decided to download his latest project Trunk Muzik, which I feel is a must for this summer. It is a very well put together EP with the rare no skippage meaning the whole album engages you from the beginning. He recently signed to Interscope which could be a good and a bad thing, but I am looking forward to what Yela does in the future. Plus, he's hot, like really hot, and he replied to me on Twitter, so, I'm a fan for life. It doesnt take much to make me love you. Here are some of his videos and you can download ALL of his projects on his myspace page.
So for a while now a lot of people have been looking forward to Kid Cudi's debut album Man on The Moon: The End of Day and whether this dude will deliver on all the hype that has been surrounding him for a year and change. I have to say that he delivers big time! There will be a lot of haters and nay-sayers because that's just the way the world works. You can be the person who cures cancer and SOMEONE will say condem you for it, that's the way it is. Hardcore hip hop heads, old rappers and back-packers may want to hate but this is a great album. Kid Cudi and I are about the same age (he 25 me 24) and to me as an artist he represents and era of kids who grew up on mid to late 90's MTV where say a Metallica video plays and Dr. Dre and Tupac plays after him the maybe some Sneaker Pimps after that. Its a generation of kids who embraced many different genres of music. He takes this and in my humble opinion takes the art of conception and hip hop as a whole to another level. The album is set up as a play/movie/dream/musical if you will being split up into 5 scences. The transition into some of those scenes are narrated by Common who's like this generation's James Earl Jones. Listening to this album is truely cinematic. There are some songs that on an individual basis that I would not turn to like "Simple As..." and "Pursuit of Happiness" but this is a project that needs to be listened to as a whole. There are some standout tracks "Soundtrack to my Life" "My World" "Cudi Zone" the best song on the album to me is "Heart of Lion" which Cudi describes as "Eye of the Tiger"-esque which it really is. Its dark yet triumphant with a pulsating beat. I mentioned on twitter the other day how I was surprised of the number of interviews and articles I have read about Cudi how no one mentions Bone Thugs N Harmony's influence on his sing song-y style. This is well demonstrated on the song "Hyyer" feat his friend, artist and fellow Cleavland-ite Chip the Ripper. On that song its so blantantly obvious, its so blantantly Cleaveland as us outsiders are familiar with. As a whole this album really does push the musical envelope, it engages ALL musicians and artist in all genres to step their game and imagination up. However; I believe the pressure is really on for the Kid now, how could he possibly follow up to this, is he able too? He has so far proven himself very sensitive when it comes to this whole music game, threatning to quit, deleting his twitter account because of 'negativity'. So I say get this album and listen to it whole preferably in the dark cause this may be as good as it gets from Kid Cudi.
HA! Best line in the song to me. So this is the new video for my boyfri---*ahem* Kid Cudi's new single "Make Her Say" ft Kanye and Common. Now this is not my favorite Kid Cudi song but it seems like it will get radio airplay as well as video play. I can't wait for the album Man on the Moon:The End of Day, it sounds like its going to be pretty epic. Originally slated for August 25th just last week it got pushed back to Sept 15th boooo, anyways check out the vid, it has a cool, breezy, monochromatic look, and Cudi looks tasty ;)
That's it I want to move back to New York City. All the cool stuff happens there, nothing like this would happen here, if Va has a free concert its always like Hootie and Blowfish, or the B-52's or Jimmy's Chicken Shack, come on man BUMP THAT! Anyways here is a flyer about a free show that's going down featuring CHESTER FRENCH AND KID CUDI, uggggh so jealous Photo Source
So I've always loved Zach Galifiankis so I not just jumping on the bandwagon. But I like many, many, other americans finally got to see Zach get his proper shine in "The Hangover" as fas as I am concerned there were no other actors but Zach in the movie. The dentist was cool though and obviously Bradley Cooper is a baaabe but this is Zach's movie. If you have not seen it yet what is your problem? And if your wondering yes I would smash. Wait until I get my money right.
...I saw this interview. Kid Cudi sat down with some folks over at MTV and shared 5 things you dont know about him. He's so cute, I just wanna squeeze his cheeks, on his face, get your mind out of the gutter (im talking to myself) oh and his number 5 just made me melt, we should totally get together and have co-co babies together.
Photo Source So I have heard of Vashtie for a while now. At first I knew her as Pharrell's girl a while ago and I automatically hated her. But she's more than just a pretty face and fantastic hair, she's an artist, a video director, party thrower person lady, and most recently a designer. Ive been reading her blog the past few days and her life is so awesome, im so jealous. She lives in New York City and she knows all these cool trend setting people and she does all these cool things. I sometimes wonder if my parents didnt move us out of NY would I be living a sweet life like that, I say Yes. Damn you Mom! j/k. But she's totally awesome and I hate her. The end. Check out her blog
So one of my current obsessions are Chester French. When I pre-ordered their album Love the Future I ordered the "platinum package" for $19.99 (plus s+h) and with it you got the MP3 download of the album the day of release, a poster, 2 stickers, a t-shirt, AND a signed cd or vinyl if you choose. A while ago I got the poster first, not sure if I want to put it up yet cause im not moving out of the 'rents house anytime soon, but me putting up posters would put a finality to me staying there for a long time, and im not so, yeah. Anyways this is all the stuff I got (excluding the poster) I love Chester French for the way they are promoting themselves, and making themselves available to their fans, its very cool!
So every week I seemed to be obsessed with some one, this week is no different, so read on. This week's obsession is Kid Cudi, originally from Cleveland, OH (the home of my favorite rapper and human being of all time Bizzy Bone!!) whom transplanted to Brooklyn some years ago. The best way that I can describe his style is like 'hood hipster'. Its non thretning, its danceable, its trendy, and I thoroughly enjoy it. Ive been digging his stuff for a while, but I was just in obsessed mode this week. Photo Source
So after listening to the album all week, I feel I can give a coherent and vague review of Chester French's Love the Future. So for some guys who were eagerly embraced by hip-hop giants such as Jermaine Dupri, Kanye, Pharrell and so on, this album is decidedly NOT hip-hop and that's fine. This album is 100% delicious pop with catchy hooks and vibrant songs. Other's have called it Beach Boys meets the Beastie Boys and other obligatory comparisons. From listening to the songs I do get a bit of the Beach Boy stuff as well as a resemblance to the Beatles. But unlike *cough Panic at the Disco cough* Chester French is not trying to be anyone but themselves. I could go through every song and try to describe it for you but 1)I'm a lazy blogger and 2) it's not something that can be told, only experienced. My favorite song on the album would be "Not Over You" its the jammie. I am also severely impressed by these guys' marketing ambition. They are signed to Startrak which is a label with an AMAZING line up of great artist (N*E*R*D, Kenna, the Clipse, Fam-lay, Robin Thicke etc.) they plain suck when it comes to promoting and thus supporting the artist when it comes to their releases. It seems that Chester French took it their own hands and hit up street wear boutiques throughout the country to perform acoustic sets and use like every social network out there to court their fans. Brava to them for that. So I would suggest you check out this album, it's going to be perfect for this upcoming season.
So this weekend I rented some movies cause since I have like this membership thing at Hollywood video I can take out up to 3 movies at a time for as long as I want for $25 a month, I figure, not too bad. So last week I rented Milk and Zack and Miri Make A Porno, I thoroughly enjoyed them both. This week I rented Pinapple Express (which ive seen before) and The Wackness which ive heard a lot about. Which brings me to this week's obsession... Yeah Josh Peck, yeah the "chubby kid" from Drake and Josh. I mean all the girlies were gawking over Drake, I've always been a Josh girl. Also he's grown up to be frigin hawt. And in The Wackness he is too cute. The movie takes place in the summer of '94 the year that hip-hop was at its absolute finest, like hip-hop climaxed in '94. Josh plays the character Luke Shapiro and recent high school graduate who smokes and sells pot to help his family from getting evicted, befriends his client whom is a psychiatrist but whacked out of his own mind and falls for the psychiatrist's step-daughter. Its a cool movie, you should check it out. Anyways yeah Josh it too cute. The end.
It seems like every week I am obsessed with something. Just a bit ago I was obsessed with Joell Ortiz, I still am but it went from like a 10 to 5. My obsession this week...
Chester French. As I think I have said before I have tried to write these kids off as just another one of those bands that you are supposed to think is cool ya know? But with the release of their mixtape Jacques Jams Vol 1:Endurance I decided to give them a try because they are on the Startrak roster. I was won over plain and simple, they converted me. Their album Love the Future is coming out next week April 21 and I will be purchasing it, in a record store, you those things, ummm, oh yeah CD's. So go to chesterfrench.com/mixtape and sign up for the FREE mixtape,as well as its VIP concierge service thingy, its some hot stuff. Photo Source
Hello all, it has been a ridiculously long time since I last wrote on this thing. Quite a few things have happened but I will get to that on another post (well, maybe). This post is about one of my husbands (in my head) latest album. So far April has been an amazing month for music. Tyler, The Creator with Wolf and Depeche Mode with Delta Machine . Both albums I will be purchasing in the very near future. The album that I was most excited about was Kid Cudi's Indicud! This is technically Cudi's fourth album but his "rock" album WZRD, although ballsy, was just not good. And that's coming from not only a super Cudi fan, but a fan of rock music. Sorry boo, it just wasn't good. So people were excited to hear that Cudi was getting back to Cudi. Not only that but he announced that he will be producing all the tracks himself. Personally I was a bit afraid, this is the first album that Cudi's previous production partners Pat and Emile, who shaped the "Cudder" sound would not be involved in. Long drawn out album review short, this album is pretty amazing. Although Cudi's production can be a bit clunky or busy, there is beauty that can be found in this. One great example is the song "Young Lady" where it literally sounds like 2 songs going on at once, somehow, it works.
There is also an element of surprise with the totally random and amazing collaboration with Micheal Bolton MICHEAL BOLTON!
The song "Afterwards (Bring Yo' Friends) is giving me 90s R&B club infused realness.
Simply put I am throughly impressed with this being Cudi's first full foray into producing and this is the result. I'm happy to be a Cudder fan since the beginning as seen in this post from '09. I LOVE YOU CUDI!
