[Songs of the Day] 3/4/14 (Feat. De La Soul, L'Orange, Lupe Fiasco & More)
Tuesday gave us plenty of ammo for today's Songs of the Day and we got them all wrapped up and ready to go for you. Big K.R.I.T. goes back to back with new releases, this time dropping a new freestyle via XXL titled "Conscious" while De La Soul, fresh off the heels of breaking open their music vaults for free a few weeks ago, released their latest ode to Dilla with their new track "Dilla Plugged In" which features production from the legendary Detroit producer. L'Orange impressed with a new track featuring veteran MC Blu in "Need You". Dance duo Chromeo continued to tease their upcoming album White Women with a new track in "Jealous ( I Ain't With It)". Also preparing listeners for a new project was the duo of The Alchemist & Budgie who dropped "In Heaven's Home" with Roc Marciano & ProdigyLupe Fiasco linked with Ab-Soul for "Thorns and Horns" while Phoenix got a remix of their track "SOS In Bel-Air" from Ariel Pink and Sharon Van Etten debuted "Taking Chances". Check it all out below!
Track of the Day: Lupe Fiasco & Ab-Soul: "Thorns & Horns"
Big K.R.I.T.: "Conscious Freestyle"
De La Soul: "Dilla Plugged In"
L'Orange: "Need You" (Feat. Blu)
Chromeo: "Jealous (I Ain't With It)"
The Alchemist & Budgie: "In Heaven's Home" (Feat. Prodigy & Roc Marciano)
Lupe Fiasco & Ab-Soul: "Thorns & Horns"
Phoenix: "SOS in Bel-Air" (Ariel Pink's Krystal Bamboo Remix)
Sharon Van Etten: "Taking Chances"
Beats Music Enters the Streaming Game
Dr. Dre and Interscope CEO Jimmy Iovine took over the headphone industry with their celebrity-driven Beats By Dre line since emerging in 2008 and now have their sites set on the online music-streaming market. The pair behind the iconic Beats Electronics announced plans over the weekend for their next project, Beats Music, an online music-streaming service not unlike Spotify, Pandora or iTunes Radio. Beginning on January 21, users can subscribe to the service for a $10 monthly fee after which they are prompted to provide three genres and three artists from which the program creates a custom algorithm from which to browse music.
While Beats Music does boast a 20-million song roster, it still couldn't swing The Beatles or Led Zeppelin, but that doesn't seem to be stopping others from getting on board. According to Mike Snider of USA Today, "Already, AT&T is on board with an economical $15 monthly family plan. Another major player, wireless speaker company Sonos, plans to have Beats Music operational on its speakers and music systems on Day One. More collaborations will likely become public as the launch date nears." It seems that the next big race will be for Internet streaming supremacy, and Pandora and Spotify better watch out because Beats Music seems ready to take things up a notch.
[via USA Today]