[Mixtape] Joey Bada$$: "Summer Knights"
Joey Bada$$ brings us his latest opus in "Summer Knights", available for download below. Production by Chuck Strangers, Statik Selektah, Alchemist, DJ Premiere and appearances by other Pro Era members round up this project pretty nicely. If you're a fan of Joey, this is the perfect 'tape to bump this Summer, enjoy!
[RH Contest] Win a pair of tickets to Pitchfork Music Festival Day 1
[Update: Our winner for the Pitchfork Day 1 tickets is @MaximumOlsen!]
We're going to be giving away a pair of tickets to each day of this year's Pitchfork Music Festival. Featuring acts like Bjork, Trash Talk, Merchandise, Tree, El-P, Toro y Moi, Lil B, Solange, MIA, R. Kelly, and loads of others, the 2013 Pitchfork lineup is pretty stacked. For this contest, simply tweet who you're looking forward to seeing on Day 1 to @RubyHornet with the hashtag #RHPitchforkFest attached! The contest will be going on until Saturday night at 11:59PM CST! You can send as many tweets as you want to qualify for this contest.
Good luck! If you need a reminder for who's performing on Day 1, I've included the lineup below.
FRIDAY, JULY 19 - gates at 3pm
8:30pm - (Green) Björk
7:20pm - (Red) Joanna Newsom
6:25pm - (Green) Wire
6:15pm - (Blue) Mikal Cronin
5:30pm - (Red) Woods
5:15pm - (Blue) Angel Olsen
4:35pm - (Green) Mac DeMarco
4:15pm - (Blue) Trash Talk
3:30pm - (Red) Daughn Gibson
3:20pm - (Blue) Frankie Rose
[RH Interview] Legitmix wants to revolutionize the way you consume remixes
(Photo via Malcolm Hearn)
Remixes and mash-ups of songs have existed in one form or another for a multitude of years as rappers and musicians have released a capella versions of their songs to encourage such projects. You can't go into a club or dance party without hearing a DJ spinning one of their own original remixes. However, the nature of remixes doesn't easily allow audiences to acquire such remixes unless the DJ releases their own version. Of course, such releases run the risk of being shut down due to copyright laws protecting the properties of the original artists featured in the mixes. So what's the solution?
Omid McDonald and Booker Sim feel like they found one with Legitmix. The service allows DJs to upload their remixes, and by utilizing an algorithm the developers put together, remixes are broken down to separate original music from sampled artists' songs. With such illustrious artists like Diplo and The Hood Internet backing up the service, and a platform for aspiring DJs and producers to showcase their remixes, Legitmix represents a revolutionary way for both fans and artists to share and discover new music.
Read on for my full interview with both Omid and Booker. At the end of the interview is an exclusive look at "The Vapors Pack," which is a remix created by Pickster, Riot Earp, and Melo that fully showcases how the Legitmix service organizes each remix in the pack.
[Video] Chance The Rapper Freestyle on Toca Tuesdays
Chance The Rapper was in New York all of last week promoting Acid Rap, his upcoming tour opening for Mac Miller and also getting ready to perform his first ever headlining show at NY. Chano hit up various music stations, including Shade 45, in which he stopped by Toca Tuesdays studio to meet DJ Tony Touch and spit a four minute freestyle which you can see below.
http://youtu.be/OE-vYTYoyxM
[RH Premiere] Netherfriends: "Kind of Buzzed vol. 1"
Yesterday, we brought you a taste of Netherfriends' next project, Kind of Buzzed, with the lo-fi video for "Kimball House Freestyle." Inspired by Miles Davis' album, Kind of Blue, Netherfriends' project, "Kind of Buzzed," features full instrumental improvisation with rap freestyles from Blakkass Westley, Chandler London, and Rich Jones. Beats were made using a drum pad, analog synthesizer, guitar, vocals, and MPC ran through a couple loop pedals. The first track features Danimal THA CHOPPA on MPC. The last track features Otherly on drum pads.
The project is ambitious and very experimental, but it all comes from a genuine love for music and the spirit of creating something organically and collaboratively instead of going through the regular processes. It's different, but I think it's the kind of difference that's needed to shake things up a bit, or to at least introduce a new way of creating music. I hope everybody enjoys the concept Kind of Buzzed is portraying, and await any potential future volumes that will follow.
[Video] Netherfriends: "Kimball House Freestyle" (feat. Blakkass Westley and Chandler London)
I've been talking extensively about Netherfriends lately, and with good reason; the one-man band/production team/musician extraordinaire has a lot of projects coming out this summer. We're talking New CHI-t, 50 Songs 50 States, and P3ACE. We've heard some of what's in store, including yesterday's "Jurassic Park V" with theWHOevers. Today, we're showing a small glimpse into Netherfriends' next project, Kind of Buzzed.
The video is very lo-fi, tying into the project's theme of improvisation inspired by Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album. Netherfriends and associates, this time featuring Chandler London and Impolite Society's Blakkass Westley freestyling over Netherfriends' instrumental improvisation and Danimal THA CHOPPA on MPC. It's different, rough, and not like normal hip hop releases, and it's exactly why I feel Netherfriends has been making such a wave in the local scene lately.
http://youtu.be/wRh8O6gNilY
[RH Premiere] #100Trill: "Chain Clean"
My LOD brothers are back at it with their next #100Trill drop, "Chain Clean." MikeJaxx steps back up to the mic to remind everybody he has as many bars as he has beats. Grade Aplus, in turn, drops another solid verse with his laid back delivery. Make sure you catch that Harold's reference in there, where it's the only acceptable place to get mild over hot sauce. "Chain Clean" had me take out the Pennies in My Pocket, buying some TurnUpSnacks, then taught me how to keep it 100Trill. You see what I did there?
Check out the song below, and if you haven't yet, make sure you pick up Grade APlus' #TurnUpSnacks here.
[RH Premiere] Jarred A.G.: Luxury Tax
After both a First Listen on Jarred A.G.'s single "Play Around" and a First Look on the emerging Chicago act, we're now proud to premiere his debut project Luxury Tax. Featuring appearances from Dally Auston and Ibn Inglor, there is a presence of youthful Chicagoans imbued in the tracks. Couple that with fire production from Jarred's brother and frequent collaborator Smoko Ono, as well as C-Sick, Samiyam and Benny Nice. After experimenting with hip hop for only "a year and a half", he's got an extensive catalog, and the Luxury Tax EP is seemingly only the tip of the iceberg. The six track EP comes across as a cohesive product and is a great introduction to the young artist. Listen below and stay on the lookout for more from A.G.
Download: Luxury Tax EP here