Today’s top picks… Why SoundCloud Will Beat Other Streaming Music Services >> (Hypebot) Hypebot highlights three key reasons why the music streaming services like Spotify and recently launched Beats Music are no competition for frontrunner SoundCloud… Inside Ulrich Schnauss’ London Studio >> (Music Radar) The ambient electronic musician gives Music Radar a tour of his synth heavy London studio. Download a Mix from R&S Newscomers Lakker >> (XLR8R) The Dublin due share this 75 minute mix that includes tracks from Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada. Take a listen to it below. Feel My Bicep, Electric Minds and mono_cult Head to Razzmatazz >> (Resident Advisor) If you happen to be in Barcelona around June 11 then be sure to…
Freddy’s Tech Tip 22: Humanised Arpeggiator
Arpeggiators have been around since the ’80s and they have become a staple ingredient in many music genres. An arpeggiator is a MIDI effect that enables you to decompose a chord into its individual notes and play them back at a specific rate and in a specific order. Ableton’s own arpeggiator has many options that will let you design some sweet leads and rhythms. However, you might want to break away from the rigidity and lifelessness this effect produces out of the box. Here are a few tips: Swing it At first, the swing option might sound a little ‘un-groovy’ and definitely …
"The top feels so much better than the bottom"
*”Hate It Or Love It” MP3*Or so adlibs 50 Cent on “Window Shopper”, the second single from the soundtrack to his biopic, Get Rich or Die Tryin’. I wouldn’t know. In comparison, I live a pathetically humble existence. I don’t know what it feels like to lay up in Monaco’s L’Hôtel Hermitage . I stayed in a modest but clean Parisian hotel during my first Gallic sojourn in the early nineties and in quaint latin quarter accomodations on my last visit in 2001. When I converted my mother’s hard earned cash into francs, I spent them at Zara and Mango not Louis Vuitton and Christian Louboutin. I don’t know anything about Gulfstream IV travel. I have …
So pissed off . . .
*”Window Shopper” MP3* I can’t stand 50 Cent! I know I clowned on this girl that wants me to protest him but sis has a point. 50 and this Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ shit is outrageous! I think I have to do something. Your boy 50 also said that he felt Kanye was out of line to say Bush doesn’t care about black people. I guess he’s worried that if Kanye keeps talking like that his shucking and jivin’ days of saying the same things over the same beat will come to an end. Get a new beat! Get a new flow! Say something new! Why
DJ Ready D – Underground Hip Hop Delights 13
Most of the tunes lean towards the mainstream “jiggy” Hip Hop of 2004 – 2005 than the underground yet south African’s DJ Ready D selected a decent collection of Hip Hop tunes in this mix from 2012. Worth a Listen, no tracklist but expect everything from Chingy’s Right Thurr to Roc Boys by Jay Z.Speaking of Hip Hop,get ready for my first mix of 2014 next week (Here). DJ Ready D Underground Hip Hop Delights 13 (2012) | 59 MB|Download/Listen Herevar zippywww=”22″;var zippyfile=”26967921″;var zippytext=”#000000″;var zippyback=”#e8e8e8″;var zippyplay=”#000000″;var zippywidth=450;var zippyauto=false;var zippyvol=80;var zippywave = “#000000”;var zippyborder = “#cccccc”;
DJ Broky B – Bite This
Classic 90’s mixtape by the Netherlands very own DJ Broky B. As with many other classic 90’s mixes expect plenty of beat juggles,cuts and raw & rugged 90’s Hip Hop. DJ Broky BBite This (1998) | 136 MB|Raw Meat Side:Intro (I Told You A Long Time Ago)Gangstarr – WorkGangstarr ft. M.O.P. – B.I. vs FriendschipM.O.P. – Handle Our BiznessPersevere – Armed & DangerousMixmaster Mike – Can Of Ass KickOC – M.U.G.EPMD ft. Redman – KimRhettmatic & Babu – Ill SkillsX-Men – Musica NegraBlahzay Blahzay – Danger (Frankenstein Remix)Frankenstein – Quiet StormVegeterian Side:Intro (Broky B Is Makin’ Money)OC ft. Lord Tariq, Peter Gunz & Fat Man Scoop – Dangerously Makin’ MoneyHigh …
Alley Boy – Alley Shakur (Mixtape)
Duct Tape Entertainment’s own Alley Boy has released his latest project entitled “Alley Shakur”. Alley Boy’s 21 track project features new music with Trouble, Trey songs, Doe B, Starlito,TK and many more. Download Alley Boy’s latest project “Alley Shakur” below. DOWNLOAD: Alley Boy – Alley Shakur (Mixtape)
Corona – Rhythm of The Night (Hotel Garuda Remix)
Corona remixes are a dime a dozen, but none of them get quite as sultry or quite as deep as this one by LA/D.C. collab, Hotel Garuda. Download Hotel Garuda on: SoundCloud | Facebook | Twitter //Ziad Ramley Related posts: Corona’s Rhythm of the Night Remixed Lana Del Rey – Chelsea Hotel No 2 (Blue Version Edit) The Wanted – We Own The Night (The Chainsmokers Remix)
ScHoolboy Q x 2 Chainz – What They Want (Prod. by Mike Will Made It)
With Top Dawg Entertainment artist Schoolboy Q’s upcoming album “Oxymoron” set to hit the streets on February 25th, Schoolboy Q has linked with Street Execs own 2 Chainz for his latest track “What They Want” produced by Mike Will Made It. Listen to Schoolboy Q featuring 2 Chainz “What They Want” below and pre order “Oxymoron” now.
Gucci Mane – War Ready (Remix)
Gucci Mane decides to add a verse onto Rozay & Snow’s new single, “War Ready“. Expect more music from Big Guwop soon. Download: Gucci Mane – War Ready (Remix) sdac_post_slideshows.push({fx: ‘fade’, timeout: 0, speed: 1000, pause: 0,})
Zack The Lad – Make Me Move
Under the name Zack The Lad, UK heavy-hitter Trolley Snatcha has been quietly & consistently been putting out some tunes of a different style. Make Me Move can be classified under the now common genre, future/bass/#futuremusic/sleepy/sexy trap that everyone has been using these days. Anyways, it’s different and it’s good. Enjoi Zack The Lad: SoundCloud //RIVER Related posts: Zack, please come back Kovary & Agebeat – Move It (Original Video) Phantogram – Don’t Move
ScHoolboy Q – Los Awesome (Feat. Jay Rock) [Prod. by Pharrell]
Oxymoron is set to drop on Febrary 25th, but here’s one more track you have to hear before then. We posted the album stream earlier, but we felt this song deserved it’s own post. “Los Awesome” is track #2 on Q’s debut, and features a guest verse from Jay Rock — who you may remember washed Kendrick on “Money Trees”. Well, he’s 2 for 2 now. On and, Pharrell also produced the beat — so there’s that too. Check it out below. Download: ScHoolboy Q – Los Awesome (Feat. Jay Rock) [Prod. by Pharrell] Stream Oxymoron in it’s entirety HERE. <—</p> sdac_post_slideshows.push({fx: ‘fade’, timeout: 0, speed: 1000, pause: 0,})