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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Skewby - Flobots Remix + Two More
When our buddies at Loudersoft sent Skewby our way, it was kind of impossible to pick our favorite track. The kid hails from Memphis, his hooks are Philly, his flow’s New York, and every song is different. Reminiscent of backpack-era Kanye, Skewby’s killing the campus scene, and rightly so. Below, his rework of “No Handlebars” bests the original, and two tracks—wild with old school giggles and blasting horns—prove mixtapes don’t have to suck.
Sounds like: Kid Cudi, The Cool Kids, Kanye
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (SonicC Remix)
(Photo: Don Flood)
It's been a long time coming, but Kid Sister finally released her debut LP, Ultraviolet, today–pick it up on iTunes, Amazon, the Music Tee, or whichever fine physical outlet you patronize. As a special bonus beat, we've got a super swishy unreleased mix of "Right Hand Hi" from Miami house producer SonicC. Download that below, and if you haven't yet watched the video for the original, you can do so here.
Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (SonicC Remix)
Previously:
Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (Kill The Noise Remix)
Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (Kingdom Remix)
Kid Sister - I'll House You (Reebok Classic '09)
Kid Sister - Pro Nails (Bag Raiders Remix)
Kid Sister - Pro Nails featuring Kanye West
Kid Sister - Control (JFK Remix)
Kid Sister - Get Fresh (Alex Gopher Remix)
Tittsworth - WTF (feat Kid Sister & Pase Rock)
Green Velvet - Shake and Pop (feat Kid Sister)
The Hood Internet - Pro Nails Forever (Kid Sister vs Walter Meego)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: J. Cole - Grown Simba + Lights Please
NC-native, Jay-Z protégé, the dude on tour with Jigga and Wale who doesn’t have an album yet—you may recognize J. Cole already via guest spots on The Blueprint 3 or Back to The Feature. His own mixtape The Warm Up is 22 tracks of easygoing flow where laid-back vocals effortlessly meld with anything from hi-frequency samples to piano bars. Debut album comes out next year, “Grown Simba” and “Lights Please” available below. Any rapper who references The Lion King has got our vote.
Sounds like: Wale, Jay-Z
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: The Cataracs - Club Love (Nick Catchdubs X Proper Villians Remix)
RCRD LBL pal and Fool's Gold co-founder Nick Catchdubs recently linked with Proper Villians for this flip of the Cataracs' "Club Love," morphing the Berkeley duo's vocodered club rap into an elephantine trunk rattler. Grab the MP3 below and for more Catch remix work, hit the Fool's Gold blog for his version of Udachi and Jubilee's "Paypur."
The Cataracs - Club Love (Nick Catchdubs x Proper Villains Remix)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: The Very Best - Julia (feat. Kano)
Kano's verses here are notable for a few things - for one, it marks the phrase 'to Chris Brown somebody''s official passing into the public vocabulary. Really, though, that's a red herring; "Julia" a springy, jocular romp of a track that kind of sounds like what Madness or The Specials might if they'd just recorded their first album in 2009. Sunshine's never a surprise when The Very Best are around, obviously, but as October (!) draws towards a close that light and happiness is more welcome than ever, even if it does come over the strange, farting bass weight of a kind of toytown dubstep. Rather generously, there's also a remix by UK club kid JAYOU and an instrumental, so you can spit your own bars over the top and be just like Kano.
Sounds Like: Madness, JME, Vampire Weekend
The Very Best - Julia (feat. Kano)
The Very Best - Julia (JAYOU Remix)
The Very Best - Julia (Instrumental)
Previously:
The Very Best - Rain Dance (Featuring M.I.A.)
The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (Featuring Ezra Koenig)
The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (Featuring Ezra Koenig) (Theophilus London Remix)
The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa (Metronomy Remix)
The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa (Architecture In Helsiniki Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Donnis - 10.Deep Presents: Diary Of An ATL Brave
Our pals at Fool's Gold have some exciting news for rap heads–they recently signed rising Atlanta-born MC Donnis, and will release his debut single, "Gone," later this fall. "Gone" stood out on Donnis' Diary Of An ATL Brave mixtape from a few months ago, a tape he's celebrating with a pair of West Coast shows this weekend. He's also playing one of the two Fool's Gold CMJ showcases next week alongside VEGA, Treasure Fingers, and many others–all pertinent info for those parties is here. Until then, get familiar with Diary Of An ATL Brave, zipped and playlisted for you convenience just below.
Donnis - 10.Deep Presents: Diary Of An ATL Brave (Full Album Download)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Blitz The Ambassador - Lovers Remorse (feat. Rick Bartlett)
While he's been spilling ink over his original score for Bronx Princess, from PBS' award-winning "POV" documentary series, Brooklyn's Blitz The Ambassador is obviously still gassed on his new album, Stereotype, source of this boomy, horn-soaked lovers duet with Rick Bartlett. MP3's below, download the album from iTunes here and hit the break for all of his tour dates, including a show with Raekwon and pair of gigs for CMJ.
Blitz The Ambassador - Lovers Remorse (feat. Rick Bartlett)
Previously:
Blitz The Ambassador - On My Mixtape Sh*t (Full Album Download)
Blitz The Ambassador - Breathe
Blitz The Ambassador - Nothing to Lose (feat. Kate Mattison)
Blitz The Ambassador - Something to Believe
DOWNLOAD: Slick The Misfit - Slide (feat. Jadakiss)
Slick the Misfit’s got all the usual hip hop cred: he’s from uptown, he’s young and hungry, his website features a CGI flag plastered over Wall Street. But wait! He’s also a regular on the Brazilian circuit, goes to school for producing and engineering, is a world philanthropist, and performs in three languages that we know of. Also, his new single is the type of track that makes us want to upgrade speakers. With its melodic sing-a-long hook, easy slow beat, and Jadakiss injecting his patented drawl on verse two, “Slide” is a bona fide club hit in the making. Download below, and while you're at it, peep the video for Ima Get Em, where Slick does a little boxing, runs around in the nabe, and possibly wears a dental dam on his face to burgle (so that’s what those are for).
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Lavaflow Mix) + NYC Ticket Contest
When New York's Anti-Pop Consortium reunited back in March of 2008, after almost six years apart, the outsider rap collective promised a new album was on the way. Well, it's been a minute, but that record, Fluorescent Black, finally dropped last week through Big Dada (buy it here on iTunes or here and here for the CD and LP). "Volcano" is its first single, given a rinse here by group member Earl Blaize that, verses untouched, sounds like drum machines regurgitating LEDs. In addition to that heater, we're giving away TWO pairs of tickets to their record release show tomorrow at Santos Party House in New York. It's 18+, so if you're eligible, enter by emailing contests@rcrdlbl.com with the subject "ANTI-POP." We'll holler in the morning if you've won.
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Soulico - Exotic On The Speaker (feat. Rye Rye)
Soulico are four DJs from Tel Aviv, first tipped to us by Diplo and Mad Decent Radio last July but apparently something of an underground institution in their hometown. They've got an album due on October 6th called Exotic On The Speaker, featuring collaborations with people like Del The Funkee Homosapien, Ghostface, MC Zulu, and new Mom-to-be Rye Rye, who lights up the title track with her usual attitudinal grace. Definitely a little weird hearing her rap over what sounds like pitchshfited rebab samples, but that's not to say that it doesn't bang.
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