[Songs on the Day] 2/18/14 (Feat. Chief Keef, A-Villa, My Chemical Romance & More)
Tuesday was a good day. Chicago finally got above freezing for the first time in two months and a horde of music hit the Internet for our listening pleasure. Starting things off is Ty Money who linked with none other than Chief Keef for the hard work anthem, "No Hobby" while Jose Guapo and Young Scooter discuss all things green in "Cash Talk". BOY/FRIEND had a rousing entrance onto my personal radar with her track, "Eve" featuring Va$htie and Train Company offered up a new tune in "Step To Me". Producer got in on it as well, as Los Angeles duo BC Kingdom stabilize the dance aesthetics with their latest track in "DWN4U/JEEPS" and Chicago button-pusher A-Villa teamed up with Closed Session and the ever-talented Lili K for a rousing performance on "Smooth It Down" and Calez gave fans the first cut off his upcoming Ceito project with "Positive Energy". ShadowOnStars released a cover of Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody" and both My Chemical Romance showed they still have it, dropping "Fake Your Death" to essentially announce the end of the band. Crystal Method also got a remix of their track "Over It" featuring Dia Frampton via the Bixel Boys. Check it all out below!
Track of the Day: Calez: "Positive Energy"
Ty Money: “No Hobby” (Feat. Chief Keef)
Jose Guapo & Young Scooter: “Cash Talk”
BOY/FRIEND: “Eve” (Feat. Va$htie)
Train Company: “Step To Me”
BC Kingdom: “DWN4U/JEEPS”
A-Villa: “Smooth It Down” (Feat. Lili K)
Calez: “Positive Energy”
ShadowOnStars: “Are You That Somebody” (Aaliyah cover)
Crystal Method: “Over It” (Feat. Dia Frampton) (Bixel Boys Remix)
My Chemical Romance: “Fake Your Death”
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[Songs of the Day] 2/17/14 (Feat. Beyonce, Kanye West, PARTYNEXTDOOR & More)
There was a huge influx of new music over the weekend, and we're here to round it all up, organize it, and make it a little easier to sift through it all. Unless your head has been firmly buried in sand somewhere, you may have heard Beyonce dropped an unexpected album, the lead single of which ("Drunk In Love") has been burning up the radio waves and Internet. Everyone and their mother seemed to get on a remix of the Jay Z/Beyonce track as Diplo, Kanye West, T.I. & The Weeknd all highlighted a heavy dose of Bey. Weathering the "Drunk In Love" storm was Canadian product and OVO signne PARTYNEXTDOOR, who dropped off a new song in "Persian Rugs" and Trinidad Jame$, who celebrated Valentine's Day the way only he can, with a new record in "EtheREAL". Jeremih & Shlomo's latest track, "No More" got a remix from Boots and some EDM from Jr. Hi, who got Childish Gambino on "Trillion Girls" and Ellie Goulding who unveiled a new Skrillex track on her latest mix for BBC Radio 1. Kanye West made the list twice, with producer Hudson Mohawke leaking the original cut of "Bound 2" featuring Tyler, The Creator in Leeds over the weekend, Big Boi continued his series of "Mash-Up Mondays" with a new track in "Damaged World Mash-Up" which comes complete with animated visuals and Trash Talk & Flatbush Zombies got together for "97.92". From Honduras we got a fresh song in, "Ace" and The Trouble With Templeton showed up with "Soldiers". In other news, Treated Crew member Mic Terror teased his latest album, Fresh Prince of Darkness, with "Anti-Swag" featuring Taylor Bennett and The GTW of JODY fame dropped a dope little dance number in "Calling Cards". Check it all out, streaming below.
Track of the Day: The Weeknd: "Drunk In Love Remix"
Beyonce: “Drunk In Love Remix” (Feat. Jay Z & T.I.)
Beyonce: “Drunk In Love” (The Weeknd Remix)
Beyonce: “Drunk In Love” (Diplo Remix)
Beyonce: “Drunk In Love” (Kanye West Remix)
PARTYNEXTDOOR: “Persian Rugs”
Jeremih & Shlomo: “No More” (Boots Remix)
Trinidad James: “EtheREAL Love”
Jr Hi: “Trillion Girls” (Feat. Childish Gambino)
Ellie Goulding: “Goodnight Valentine Mix”
Honduras: “Ace”
The Trouble With Templeton: “Soldiers”
Trash Talk & Flatbush Zombies: “97.92”
Mic Terror: “Anti-Swag” (Feat. Taylor Bennett)
The GTW: “Calling Cards”
Kanye West: “Bound 1” (Prod. Hudson Mohawke)
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Big Boi: “Damaged World Mash-Up”
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[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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[Songs of the Day] 2/12/14 (Feat. Common, HeadHunterz & #100Trill)
Hump Day was a slower day for a lot of big artists releasing content, allowing us to branch out a bit and see what was out there. RAC keeps things upbeat midweek with their delightfully bouncy, harmonic "Repeating Motion" featuring Karl Kling and HeadHunterz offered up a stadium-sized new track to get you out of bed in and into the polar vortex with their latest in "Breakout" with Audiofreq ("Weapons ready? Let's dance"). Maya Vik gives us some 80s soul with her new song, "Totally Right", MISUN keeps things tropical in the middle of the winter with "Travel With Me". Wild Beasts tease their new album, Present Tense with a grooving, deep-bellied "Sweet Spot" while Mariah Carey adds Trey Songz to the remix of her latest hit "You're Mine (Eternal)".
Once again, this Midwest had a steady string of hip-hop hit the web today as well with Fred Santana strapping on an auto-tune jetpack on "It's Only Right", Lil Herb giving listeners some new with "Koolin" and Lyric teaming up with Caleb James for "Weekend". The duo of #100Trill dropped the first single off their upcoming Muzik 2 Check Yo Bitch 2 EP, due out in time for Valentine's Day with "Contemplating" and we get a new song from Frank Leone in "Night Brigade".
Track of the Day: Common: "Made In Black America" (Feat. Ab-Soul): Common and Ab-Soul did a song together, there's really not much more to say. Listen below.
Common: "Made In Black America" (Feat. Ab-Soul)
RAC: “Repeating Motion” (Feat. Karl Kling)
Fredo Santana: “It’s Only Right”
Lil Herb aka G Herbo: “Koolin”
Frank Leone: “Night Brigade”
Lyric: “Weekend” (Feat. Caleb James)
#100Trill: “Contemplating” (Feat. King BL)
Headhunterz & Audiofreq: “Breakout”
Maya Vik: “Totally Right”
Joyner Lucas: “Eyes on the Ceiling”
MISUN: “Travel With Me”
Wild Beasts: “Sweet Spot”
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Mariah Carey: "You're Mine (Eternal) Remix" (Feat. Trey Songz)
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[Songs of the Day] 2/10/14 (Feat. SBTRKT, Ellie Goulding, DJ Rashad & More)
Ah, another week, a fresh batch of tracks for your listening pleasure. Starting things off this time around is none other than Ellie Goulding, who received a remix of her track "Burn" via Four Tet. UK production guru SBTRKT dropped his latest offering in the funky "Hold The Line" while New York City's ABGOHARD continued his push for his latest project with the Ryan Hemsworth-produced "GTA" featuring Slater, and Z Money teamed up with Chicago independent label Closed Sessions for "I Can't Stop". Big Boi continued to pump out content, following up last week's dual releases with "Run Th3 World" featuring the likes of Wavves and B.O.B, Missouri rockers Radkey give us "Feed My Brain", DJ Rashad keeps the jukin' hits coming with "First Move", some soul from Neneh Cherry with "Out of the Black" and Julian Bell's "Who I Am" while The Prototypes give us a synth-shower in "Lights". Chicago pops up with some new music from Chief Keef on "War" and Bruza The General with "Don C.". Check out this monster list from today and the weekend, all streaming below.
Track of the Day: SBTRKT: "Hold The Line"
Ellie Goulding: “Burn” (Four Tet Remix)
SBRKT: “Hold The Line”
ABGOHARD: “GTA” (Feat. Slater) (Prod. by Ryan Hemsworth)
Z Money: “I Can’t Stop”
Big Boi: “Run Th3 World” (Feat. B.O.B., Wavves & Third World)
Neneh Cherry: “Out of the Black” (Feat. Robyn)
Julian Bell: “Who I Am”
Bruza The General: “Don C.”
The Prototypes: “Lights”
Yasiin Gaye: “Anna’s Love Song”
DJ Rashad: “First Move”
Radkey: “Feed My Brain”
Chief Keef: “War”
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[Songs of the Day] 2/5/14 (Feat. St. Vincent, Zedd, Kelela & More)
Maybe it was the heavy snow across the Midwest, but there was a big surge of quality jams hitting the 'net today, and we have them all wrapped up together as part of today's "Songs of the Day". We got the preview of a couple albums, as Chicago band Empires teased their upcoming LP, Orphan, with "How Good Does It Feel", evoking a sort of post-alternative/punk feel while Detroit's Black Milk dropped "Cold Day", itself a preview of his upcoming project, Glitches In The Break EP. The ever-talented Kelela proved she will continue to be someone to pay attention to in 2014 with her single drop of the song "The High" while remnants of both Ratatat and White Flight got together in Peru for the ever-entrancing track "Two Colors" by the duo, performing under the moniker Abuela. IAMSU! continued to keep listeners at bay for his upcoming project with his latest single, "Yesterday" and St. Vincent followed up her creepy, still video for "Digital Witness" with her latest single, "Prince Johnny". Grammy-nominated DJ Zedd got a remix of his track "Clarity" from ASPDR+ while DJ OHSO xo put together a mix of Schoolboy Q to act as a sort of unofficial prelude to his upcoming Oxymoron release.
We also saw a healthy dose of music come out of the center of the map in Chicago today, with one of my favorite young rhymesayers in Muddagoose, who showed her handle of the spoken word "Little Darling" with John Walt while Closed Sessions dropped a collaboration from Alex Wiley and Mick Jenkins in their track, "Forever".
Track of the Day: Abuela: "True Colors"
Empires: “How Good Does It Feel?”
Black Milk: “Cold Day”
Kelela: “The High”
Abuela: “True Colors”
IAMSU!: “Yesterday”
Muddagoose: “Little Darling” (Feat. John Walt)
Alex Wiley & Mick Jenkins: “Forever”
Zedd: “Clarity” (ASPDR+ Remix)
DJ OHSO xo: “Schoolboy Q ‘Oxymoron’ Prelude”
St. Vincent: “Prince Johnny”
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[Songs of the Day] 2/4/14 (Feat. Hit-Boy, Tree, Phantogram & More)
For today's "Songs of the Day" we have a cross-genre collection of releases that hit the' net in the last 24 hours. Hit-Boy dropped showed he's a double-edged sword on his latest release, "Tyson 87", Vancouver product Cyril Hahn teams up with British songstress Javeon for a soulfully electric ride on "Breaking". Beck also pops back up with a new song in "Walking Light".
A pair of Australian acts find themselves on our list, as Paces delivers a dance floor banger with Erin Marshall on "Julian" and duo Prolife unveil their latest in the ominous, eccentric track "Gold Leaves" which premiered today on The Fader. Chicago also sees a pair with Tree dropping his latest collaboration with Closed Sessions in the unearthed, Thelonious Martin-produced track, "More Than You Know", while Black Matt gives us "Rhyming & Pimping". Big Gigantic also teased their new album, which is a week away, by premiering "The Night Is Young" featuring Nashville duo Cherub via ThisSongisSick.
Track of the Day: Phantogram: "Bill Murray". It got a little head-start on our other choices from today based purely on the title, but Phantogram's "Bill Murray" continues to prove why the Phantogram duo is regarded by many to be at or near the forefront of genre-bending music.
Hit-Boy: “Tyson 87”
Cyril Hahn & Javeon: “Breaking”
Paces: “Julian" (Feat. Erin Marshall)
Prolife: “Gold Leaves”
Tree: “More Than You Know”
Black Matt: “Rhyming & Pimping” (Feat. EMS)
Big Gigantic: "The Night Is Young" (Feat. Cherub)
Beck: “Walking Light”
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Phantogram: "Bill Murray"
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[Songs Of The Day] 2/3/14 (Feat. Young Thug, Ellie Goulding, Big Boi & More)
And we're back for week two of our new daily feature on the site, "Songs of the Day". Starting February off on the right foot, we have a banger from Atlanta's Young Thug who demonstrates why he has the like of Kanye West raving about him, teaming up with Future and Rich Homie Quan for "Out My Face". We get a healthy dose of remixes once again, with re-workings of James Blake's "Life Round Here" from Ellie Goulding and Angel Haze, Rico Love showed off a packed lineup on his "They Don't Know" remix which features the likes of Ludacris, Trey Songz, Tiara Thomas, T.I. and Emjay. Robbie Brundell also tacks on his own rendition of Drake and Jhene Aiko's hit, "From Time". Australian EDM artist Will Sparks also delivers the first single off his upcoming, debut album in "Catch".
Hottest track of the day: Yasiin Bey, better known to the larger world as Mos Def, teamed up with a posthumous Marvin Gaye for what he calls "Yasiin Gaye" on this mash-up remix of Bey's 1997 track "Travelin' Man" and Gaye's 1971 hit "Inner City Blues" by producer Amerigo Gazaway. The track is infectiously soulful from beginning to end, making it our hottest track of the day.
Young Thug: “Out My Face" (Feat. Future & Rich Homie Quan)
Ellie Goulding: “Life Round Here Remix” (Feat. Angel Haze)
Ciara: “Anytime” (Feat. Future)
Yasiin Bey x Marvin Gaye (Yasiin Gaye): “Inner City Travellin’ Man” (Amerigo Gazaway’s Soul Mates Remix)
Rico Love: “They Don’t Know Remix" (Feat. Ludacris, Trey Songz, Tiara Thomas, T.I. and Emjay)
Drake & Jhené Aiko: “From Time" (Ruben Brundell Remix)
Big Boi: "Gossipzilla" (Feat. Big K.R.I.T., Blue Oyster Cult & UGK)
Will Sparks: "Catch"