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Film: Rockbox
We know we need to be eco-friendly, but we still have real love for the battery-eating boomboxes of yesteryear. It's the pulsing LED lights, the EQ slider, the volume knob...it's the whole weight! Remember Radio Raheem in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing"? Much respect to the boombox and the films that we found that featured the urban icon. Here we go...and by no means an exhaustive list, nor necessarily films of high regard:
The Survivors - 1981
Wild Style - 1982
Flashdance - 1983
Breakin' - 1984
Body Rock - 1984
Krush Groove - 1984
Barry Gordy's The Last Dragon - 1985
A View to a Kill - 1985
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - 1986
Do The Right Thing - 1989
Say Anything - 1989
Pump Up The Volume - 1990
Bad Boys - 1993
Any we've missed (and there are loads of them)? Leave a comment.
If you're inspired, check out this link to the Boombox Museum. But if you're too attached to your iPod to think about going back to analog then we found this impressive accessory...the iPod boombox. Word.
FEATURED: Kid Sister nominated for a BET Award!
Um whoooooa. It was just announced that Fool’s Gold’s lady in charge, Kid Sister, was just nominated for a BET Award for “Best Female Hip Hop Artist” alongside Missy Elliott, Eve, Lil Mama and Trina! This is huge news obviously, so our fingers are crossed for Sis when they announce the winner on June 24th. This will definitely give her an excuse to get her toes done up with her fingernails matchin’ (couldn’t resist).
Kid Sister at the Fool's RCRD LBL blog
Download: Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Bag Raiders remix)
FEATURED: Timbaland at the SEEN RCRD LBL blog
We’re not quite sure what to think about this one. It’s our personal belief that Timbaland is basically our generation’s Phil Spector, and his music has always been consciously commercial, so we’re not that surprised, but a Verizon bus? That’s like, pretty weird.
The SEEN RCRD LBL blog reports that Timba will be recording his new record on a mobile studio/bus as part of a promotion with Verizon. Which is all swell and dandy, but the best part of this promotional video is Madonna fake-bitching about her vocals on “Four Minutes”. Thumbs up, Tim!
Brands: Timbaland and Verizon team up
Timbaland's music has always been ground-breaking, if a little commercial. So trust him to have inked a new deal with Verizon Wireless. Interesting stuff happens when a multi-Grammy award winner links with the second biggest music store (after iTunes). This project brings Timbaland in as "producer in residence" on board a Verizon Wireless' studio bus. Yes, you heard us right - Verizon has a fully-equipped tour bus converted into a studio with its own studio engineer. The plan is for Timbaland to record his next album on this bus and have it be the world's first album that is distributed straight to mobile. Is this another nail in the record store coffin?!
How cool is this for Jesse Jensema, the engineer aka supervising producer on the studio bus. We got parts of an interview with Jensema from a trade magazine: "This bus has been my home for three years...I live in a recording studio! The best part is it comes to you, you don't have to go to the studio." Jensema also added, you also have the same environment, people and vibe. "The vibe is where the creative juices flow from...We're pretty versatile and we can manipulate the bus to do whatever it needs to."
That's cool, but what we want to know is will he get some points on Timbaland's album...
FEATURED: Andrew Huang's Staff picks at the Dim Mak RCRD LBL blog
This is Dim Mak’s Account Manager Andrew Huang, and no, he’s not in a band (as far as we know), but Dim Mak have started a new series of blog posts called “Staff Picks” where, you guessed it, they get DM staffers to pick their favorite tracks from the label’s extensive catalog. Andrew picked out Mike Skinner side-project Grafiti’s “What Is The Problem” and Automato’s “Walk Into Light”. Both tracks highlight how DM were (and are, obviously) all about pushing the envelope and exploring new sounds. Stay tuned to the Dim Mak RCRD LBL blog for more Staff Picks coming soon!
Staff Picks at the Dim Mak RCRD LBL blog
FEATURED: Coachella interviews at the Fool's Gold RCRD LBL blog
During Coachella last month, Boosted Mobile did a series of interviews at their lounge, where Fool’s Gold were doing their three-day line of events and performances. Boosted got it all on video, as well as exclusive interviews with Treasure Fingers (pictured above), XXXChange, Flosstradamus and loads more. Check out some of the footage at the FG RCRD LBL blog!
FEATURED: Mad posts at the Fool's Gold RCRD LBL blog
The Fool’s Gold RCRD LBL blog just posted a bunch of cool stuff, including a whole mess of Kid Sister video interviews (always looking fly, that one), the awesome new Chromeo video, and the third installation of Trizzy’s Mindspray, A-Trak’s stream-of-consciousness op-ed blog (this one chronicling the perils of occupying 10 hotel rooms in 12 days). Enjoy.
Trizzy's Mindspray at the Fool's Gold RCRD LBL blog
Kid Sister at the Fool's Gold RCRD LBL blog
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: Cuizinier feat. Spank Rock and Pase Rock - Lettre F
Cuizinier is on his way to being France’s premiere rap artist, by virtue of being one of the main members of Parisian electro hip hop legends-in-the-making TTC and releasing his wildly popular Pour Les Filles mix tapes (the third and final volume of which is unleashed this month). The Institubes blog just dropped a mega bomb with “Lettre F”, an exclusive Cuizinier track featuring Spank Rock and Pase Rock. It’s total pop with a dangerous edge, like the perfect marriage between Pour Les Filles and Spank Rock’s 2 Live Crew-inspired Bangers and Cash project. Obviously, this musical coup is totally worthy of being a classic summer jam, and we’re sure you’ll be spinning it poolside for the next few months. It’s so fun you can imagine Spank, Pase and Cuiz hanging out in the studio and going crazy. The track was produced by TTC member Orgasmic, who’s signature glossy ‘80s style is all over the song. Enjoy…
Sounds like: TTC, Spank Rock, Kanye West
Download: Cuizinier feat. Spank Rock and Pase Rock - Lettre F
Cuizinier - Lettre F (feat. Spank Rock & Pase Rock)
Cuizinier. New single off "Pour Les Filles vol. III" (out May 12th in Europe, late May in the rest of the world).
Featuring Spank Rock and Pase Rock.
Produced by Orgasmic.
Download: Cuizinier - Lettre F (feat. Spank Rock & Pase Rock)
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