Get Right Radio : Summer 2010 Edition - Benzi

EMERGENCY POST: Stop what you're doing. Turn up your speakers. I had a post all ready to go for today until last night when I stumbled upon this mixtape. I've heard Benzi's mixes before, and they're always on point. This, however, goes above and beyond. It perfectly captures the hits of the summer, and the mixing is first class. This will be on repeat in my car for pretty much the rest of the summer.

COP NOW.

Get Right Radio: Summer 2010 Edition -Benzi
*This is the mix version, separated track version will drop tomorrow. The mixing is such a big part of what makes this tape though, I'd recommend this version.

Pick up the seperated version HERE


Spotted @ TRACKBLAZERS.

VIDEO! - One (Your Name) [Feat. Pharell] - Swedish House Mafia

For the epic house anthem of the summer, there could not be a more fitting video. LET'S RAGE.


Props to Remix Nation & a grip of other blogs for the heads up.

Rocky Votolato

I was trying to think up an opening line for this post while searching for pictures of Votolato, when I came across this quote from a Spin Magazine article on him: "Votolato possesses the kind of voice that never-been-kissed teenage girls imagine their crushes might have in a perfect universe." Need I say much more? The man has a way of making you feel like he's singing directly to you and it makes his music all the more powerful. Since his 2006 album Makers (check it out, the entire thing is an amazing piece of work), he's taken a more folk-oriented path, with sparse arrangements which really accent his voice and guitar work. This is my first acoustic oriented post on the site, and hopefully I'll be getting some more work by artists like Votolato up here soon; for now, enjoy the sweet sounds of folk streaming from your speakers.


Portland Is Leaving - Rocky Votolato

Goldfield -Rocky Votolato

Wait Out The Days - Rocky Votolato

Pac Div

If you listen to the hype for these guys coming from most of the blogosphere, these guys are the next big thing to hit the left coast. Some people have gone as far as to treat them as the next big torch holders for good ol' west coast hip hop. We'll have to see about that, but in the mean time, they're making some damn good music. "Rollin'" is as smooth as it gets, and "Shut Up" is banger that sounds suspiciously like.... a Cool Kids track. Oh, The Cool Kids are on that track? Ha. Look at that....what a coincidence. Finally, "Don't Forget The Swishers" is an ode to sweet sensimilla with some hot features from Chip Tha Rip and Dom. Let the good times roll.

Rollin' (Feat. Ty$) - Pac Div
Shut Up (Feat. The Cool Kids) - Pac Div
Don't Forget the Swishers (Feat. Dom Kennedy, cARTer & Chip Tha Ripper) - Pac Div

Heads Will Roll (+ Remixes) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have always been one of those groups that have flown just a little under my radar. The few songs I do have in my library I really like, but for some reason I've never been interested enough to go pick up their albums. Now that I've found this song though that is certainly gonna change; I'm going to have to go and give their albums a listen. "Heads Will Roll" is a a great song with a dance-y feel and a chorus I can live and die by (no pun intended). Then there's the three remixes I have, one of which is off the Remix EP for the song, and the others are just random ones I've found floating around on the internet. If it's not enough that the song AND three of it's remixes are all quality, the original also has a really kick-ass video which you can see below!

Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs The original. Makes me wanna dance until, well, until I'm dead.


Heads Will Roll (Passion Pit Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs A nice little piece of work by Passion Pit. 
Brings the bass in sooner, with an awesome eerie synth line.

Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Turns the song into an electro banger, playable at any club.

Heads Will Wobble (Jakwob Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Jakwob ups the bass and throws some dope midrange sound on the track to get your head wobblin' away.


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Related: Hello Tomorrow - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (+More) and Passion Pit Remixes

Passion Pit Remixes

Passion Pit has always mystified me just a little bit. Their original works are sometimes hard to listen, and besides "Kingdom Come" and "Sleepyhead", I've had trouble getting into their music. I absolutely respect lead singer Michael Angelokos' ability to hit some of the ridiculously high notes he does, I just don't necessarily enjoy it. That aside, Passion Pit has become a monster of a remixing group, doing remixes for a variety of different artists including Katy Perry, Phoenix, and The Shout Out Louds. These are three of their bests:

Ghost Under Rocks (Passion Pit Remix) - Ra Ra Riot
Bruises (Passion Pit Remix) - Chairlift
This Too Shall Pass (Passion Pit Remix) - OK Go

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And check out my next post (when it comes out) for another great Passion Pit Remix!

Nas & Damian Marley

When two of the leading artists in their respective genres put out an album together, the result is generally nothing less than spectacular, and Distant Relatives is no exception. After working together on the track "Road to Zion", off of Damian Marley's last album Welcome to Jamrock, Damian and Nas decided to collaborate on an album celebrating Africa and the interconnectedness of all peoples. Since I first heard about the project I was extremely excited; what could be better than two of my favorite artists collaborating on an entire album together? Although on first listen it wasn't quite what I had expected ( a lot more hip-hop and a lot less reggae), the album quickly grew on me. Nas' slick rhymes and A-list of guests bring the album together, over thundering reggae beats by Damian. Here's two of the top cuts, plus the original collabo which made the album happen (which in my opinion is better than anything on the album).

Road to Zion (Feat. Nas) - Damian Marley

As We Enter - Nas & Damian Marley

Africa Must Wake Up (Feat. K' Naan) - Nas & Damian Marley

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