[Songs of the Day] 2/13/14 (Feat. Jeremih, Kirk Night, Little Dragon & More)
There are a few over-arching themes throughout February that seem to dictate much of the music that is made in the thirty-one days that make up the second month of the year, and it seems each is touched on in our latest entry of today's "Songs of the Day". Leading off our list is Pro-Era affiliate Kirk Night, who lays down what's real in his latest track, "Pussy Facx" while EDM queen Odesza teams up with Madelyn Grant for a dance-inducing romp in "Sun Models". The Game and Problem showed that Midwest slang has finally hit the coast in "THOT", Vulkan The Crusader touches on the important questions this time of the year, offering up, "Do You Remember How To Love?"and Jeremih teamed up with EDM act Shlomo for a new track in "No More". MØ takes things back to "Spice World" on "Say You'll Be There" while Little Dragon gives us "Klapp Klapp". Chicago's young gunners got some play today too as Michael Christmas and Alex Wiley got together for "Step Brothers" and Jams Dean continues the Valentine's Day sentiment with "Why Do I Love You" where he reprises his positive collaboration with producer Netherfriends. Wrapping up today's tracks are RiFF RaFF going country in "Take You Away" and CyHi The Prynce offers up "Coretta" in honor of the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. Check it all out, streaming below.
Track of the Day: CyHi The Prynce: "Coretta"
Kirk Night: “Pussy Facx”
Odesza: “Sun Models” (Feat. Madelyn Grant)
The Game: “THOT” (Feat. Problem)
Vulkan The Crusader: “Do You Remember Love?”
Jeremih & Shlomo: “No More”
Jams Dean: “Why Do I Love You” (Feat. Abbi Rajasekhar, Epic Of BBU, Netherfriends)
Michael Christmas: “Step Brothers” (Feat. Alex Wiley)
MØ: “Say You'll Be There”
Little Dragon: "Klapp Klapp"
Riff Raff: “Take U Away”
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CyHi The Prynce: “Coretta"
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[Mixtape] Mo$: "Thought Process"
Debut projects for musicians always present the biggest hurdle to jump over. Not only do they want to make an amazing first impression, the stress and anxiety over ensuring that first impression is up to their standards can be rough. Above all else, it seems like many artists try a bit too hard to make sure they sound good to the point where the final project just feels a bit empty and devoid of any feeling. One thing I feel most people forget about is having fun with their craft.
Listening through Thought Process, you can tell that Mo$ is having fun with his debut. Thought Process is the perfect title for the mixtape, because the rapper takes you through his own thought process as a way of introducing you to him and his style. (It also doesn't hurt that the cover art is Adventure Time-friendly.) I'm not saying Mo$ wasn't trying to make waves with the debut, but it seemed like he was more interested in showing everybody what he has to offer while not trying to make power moves, so to speak. For that, I appreciate him and Thought Process a lot more than I would have if the entire mixtape was just flexing.
Check out Thought Process below.