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zalrb · 4 years

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What are some of your favorite songs? Or artist that you really like

I don’t really know, I have a weird relationship to music where I don’t really think about it much, and song preferences really depend on if I’m writing, what I’m writing, what season it is, what my mood is, if I’m cooking, if I hear a song I like in a show or a commercial --- for instance this Buick commercial kept playing yesterday and I had to research the song being used because it got stuck in my head and now I’ve been listening to it on repeat, --- or if there’s a score I really like in a movie or a show.

For instance, I’ll start with scores/soundtracks because they’re easier.

The Hans Zimmer section:

Pirates of the Caribbean score (particularly Davy Jones’ theme, Elizabeth and Will’s love theme, and Up Is Down)

Inception score

12 Years A Slave score (particularly Solomon Northrop, I still cry listening to it)

Interstellar score (particularly Cornfield Chase)

I love the The Social Network score, that’s Trent Raznor and Atticus Ross. It’s also worth mentioning their take of In The Hall of the Mountain King, it’s awesome.

His Dark Materials has a really great score, I particularly like Mrs. Coulter’s theme and the opening credit theme.

Game of Thrones has a good score. It irritates me because I like Daenerys’ themes the best, haha. My favourite composition though is probably Blood of the Dragon and there’s a kind of acoustic version to it that plays when Daenerys imprisons her dragons that I love the most and I managed to find it on YT once and I can’t find it again!

Euphoria has a great soundtrack so now I have a lot of Labrinth songs on my playlist.

Spider Man Into The Spider-Verse has a BOMB soundtrack so I have every song on my playlist too.

And then, like, you know, there’s my Jamaican stuff --- I got my dancehall: Spice, Popcaan, HoodCelebrityy, Vybz Kartel and my 90s dancehall, Mr. Vegas, Beenie Man, Lady Saw, Tenor Saw, Tanto Metro and Devonte and my reggae, Yellowman, Bob Marley, Sister Nancy, Eek a Mouse etc.

Then there’s like Aaliyah and TLC and Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston and Toni Braxton and Usher --- not too much Usher though --- and Prince and Total and En Vogue and like Ludacris and Missy Elliott and Fabolous and Juvenile and 112 and Bow Wow when he was still Lil’ Bow Wow etc.

Then I have, like, Adele and Florence and The Machine and Hozier and Ms Mr and Matt and Kim and Of Monsters and Men and Syml and The Album Leaf and like two Billie Eilish songs and Daughter and Robyn and Birdy and Ingrid Michaelson.

Then there’s like 90s/early 00s pop with Backstreet Boys and my one N*Sync Song (Bye Bye Bye, duh) and Aqua and Ace To Base and Spice Girls and S Club 7 and Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and that one Green Day song

Then I have like Disney somewhere with Poor Unfortunate Souls and I Won’t Say I’m In Love and Once Upon A Dream and Be Prepared.

Then there’s like mashups of stuff I got from Grey’s Anatomy or Big Little Lies or The Vampire Diaries or How To Get Away With Murder or The OC or Gossip Girl or Inuyasha or FMA or Yuri On Ice, never got anything from OTH which I find funny since music was supposed to be SUCH A THING.

And then there’s like the Korean songs that I get from dramas, like the Goblin OST or the Rebel: Thief of the People OST or the Tomorrow With You OST.

So. Yeah. It’s just a whole bunch of shit. LOL.

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swedeandsour · 4 years

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Ahead of her upcoming debut LP “Powerslide” Soleima talks about Anthropology, Social Welfare, writing cheeky songs and her first Valentine’s Day

Fresh off a tour opening for Electric Guest, we spoke to Danish musician Sarah Mariegaard during her first North American tour. Touching base with what will soon become her debut LP “Powerslide”, we caught up with the Copenhagen artist on what makes her tick. Speaking on friendships and collaborations, and her previous dabbling in anthropology, we debunk the mystery behind Sarah’s cultivated alter-ego Soleima in our interview with Mariegaard.

Words + Interview: Peter Quincy Ng

How’s the tour been so far?

It’s been my first tour in America and Canada! It’s also my first time touring for such a long period, so it’s definitely something special.

It’s been a year since your last EP “Bulldog”, so give us an update on what’s new with Soleima.

We’re releasing an album in March, and it’s going to be so fun. I’m excited to release a full-length album, because of releasing only singles, its something that you have to really cherish.

There’s a little tale that goes with your track “Roses”. I’ve read recently that on EP “Bulldog”, that it was a spontaneous songwriting effort that grew organically rather than you framing it around a narrative. How do you invent some of the characters and stories behind them, because often they are quite cheeky?

(Laughs) Yeah, I guess for “Roses” or for all of my songs, its experiences from my own life and people around. I try to put it in a way that people can relate to. “Roses” is a manifestation of something I’ve been going through and not really believing in myself and my own path. “Roses” its both dealing with it and describing it, and then putting an end to it, so I wrote it as sort of an empowerment song to myself.

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You’ve been a person who has been no stranger to collaboration, from community drumming in Tanzania to Flødeklinikken to your work with producer Vasco. Soleima was never truly built in isolation, so tell me about Sarah’s team-building skills?

(Laughs) I definitely work very well in collabs and write a lot of stuff with others and friends. Some of the songs start on the piano where I write on my own, some start in a room with five other people going, “What about this? What about that? Argh!” and it’s important to have those different processes because songs will end up differently. I like both sides and I like both sides of the outcome.

You started out playing piano in Flødeklinikken, but where do you find your own voice as a soloist?

Actually, it was Vasco and a guy who was his best friend called Vera, where we all had this dream of writing songs for others. I was studying and they were doing other daytime jobs, but we wanted to write songs to become topliners or producers. However when writing I started to feel ownership over some of the songs and release them under my own name. In Flødeklinikken, we were seven people writing together, but I missed that part where I could have full creative control

One of my first musical memories of you was from your video and demo track “My Boi”, tell me your collaboration with visual artist Maya SB?

Since the beginning of the Soleima project we always worked very closely. She’s a very close friend and I trust her vision and creativity. It was very easy to start working together, and of all the visuals that we’ve made “My Boi” is the one I am proudest of. I really think it’s amazing and it’s very much Maya’s vision. We still work together and I feel very humbled and blessed to be working with her.

“My Boi”

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One of the things you’ve said about yourself despite being in hip-hop collaborative Flødeklinikken, is that you never saw yourself as a rapper. So what was it like knowing that your cover of “Check” got you on stage with Young Thug?

(Laughs) That was such a fun thing for me! Like it was so funny, and that’s so much how this all works. You do something and it opens a tiny door into something else, which opens another tiny door into something else, that’s a great example of that. You make a fun cover of a random hip-hop song, and then you get to open for him. I don’t know it’s super fun, and I’ve always listened to hip-hop and done it.

“Check”

And as for Kranium? He’s a pretty big name in dancehall!

It’s because I recently got signed the U.S. instead of Denmark and this was our first conversation, because they’ve heard the “Breathe” track. They wanted to put the artist on the track, and then we did it and it was super fun.

“Breathe”

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So it must be a huge dream to make it like that and get signed. But an earlier dream of yours was as an anthropologist?

I have a Bachelor’s degree in anthropology, and I started to move into music when I finished. I was kind of a crossroads where I was wondering if I wanted to do my Master’s degree or do both? But then, because I got signed, I wanted to give it 110%. Luckily, I’ve been able to live off my music since then. My heart is definitely divided but it sounds a little spoiled to say but because I know it’s such a lucky thing to do music as a career, but I do really dream of going back to anthropology. Maybe I hope I could combine the two.

It’s something that pretty much comes up in every interview, but the name Soleima is taken from something father’s tell their daughters when they about to do something that’s up to no good. So if you had to dedicate a song to the teenage girl from Denmark, which one would it be? (Laughs) That’s a hard question, but there are some cheeky ones; “Roses”, “Shut the Fuck Up”, “Cheers for the Tears”.

I’ve read that your mother works with children and your father an addiction counselor. But did they ever get worried the lifestyle and parties of a touring artist, given their background working with people’s issues?

You are so well prepared! This is amazing I’m super impressed. But yeah, in Scandinavia, the support system is so big. There’s always a system to take care of you, and because of that I have a theory that parents in Scandinavia dare to have their children follow their weird dreams than if you were in U.S. I think as opposed to Scandinavia, over there having an education and making enough money is more important, because if not who is going to take care of you. Whereas in Denmark, I could take another career path and I wouldn’t be out in the street. I have my little theory but that’s why I think people dare to do whatever they want out there.

I also have super cool parents, who let me do whatever the fuck I want. As for the partying I think they would be worried if I seemed unwell, but I think by now it seems like they don’t think I’m drinking everyday or doing drugs.

Touring life can be difficult tell us how you keep the sanitary or some on-stage rituals you perform to shake the nerves?

Today we had an off day yesterday and we walked around the town for a many hours actually. All of us, we really enjoyed walking around the towns, and doing super normal things. But we just typically hang out half-an-hour before the show before we get into focus.

Today is Valentine’s Day, anything special for the audience?

Actually, in Denmark we don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day, it’s not a tradition there. Maybe some do but I never liked it, so I’m actually going to celebrate my first one with everyone here.

Actually speaking of holidays, I asked Rasmus (School of X), about where he’d have his dream holiday and he said in Mexico with you.

Ah! Oh my God that’s the cutest! We used to go to Tulum and enjoy the ecotourism, but now it’s a bit too touristy and a lot of partying. It’s also because we’ve been travelling for so many years, and vacations, they are really important and it’s about having time together. So I would say the same, no matter where we are, the best vacation is one with Rasmus.

#soleima #sarah mariegaard #danish music

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torentialtribute · 5 years

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England Cricket World Cup star Jofra Archer opens up about life on and off the field

Jofra Archer enjoyed a sensational world championship with England because they are looking for the 50-man showpiece at home base.

The 24-year-old has so far brought 19 wickets into the tournament from his 10 games – making him the most successful bowler in England at a single World Cup in history.

But apart from cricket, what else does the destructive seal make? Prior to the World Cup, Archer went exclusively with Sportsmail to open himself up.

Jofra Archer has enjoyed a great World Cup with the ball for England so far this tournament Question: Describe yourself in three words.

Jofra Archer: Very, very competitive. My mother and I recently went bowling 10-pin and I think it's where I get my competitive character that she was extremely competitive that day.

Question: Would you say your mother is your greatest? I could say it is the whole family.

Question: Did you have an initiation when you joined the English team? ?

There are no initiations [laughs] – It is fairly relaxed and we just play cricket.

YES: I would say that I was very relaxed, not much bothers me on or next to the cricket ground. I think that's the best way to go ahead.

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Question: Are there pre-match rituals that you enjoy doing?

YES: I don't really have one. Before I changed my bat if I didn't get any runs with it, I would just get another one, but I grew up and now I know it's the wood!

Question: How do you express yourself while playing?

YES: I'm just trying to do what's best for the team. If the team is doing well, everyone should do well.

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I play quite a bit on my Xbox, watch TV to relax and go out with CJ [Chris Jordan]. There is a lot of cricket and I try to get away as much as possible when I'm not playing. I play Fortnite with friends from England and home, as well as to Australia. Many of the boys do not play Fortnite – that is more a matter of Sussex – in the English team they are mainly FIFA. I haven't played FIFA with any of the guys yet. I just came from India and immediately went into the camp, so there was no enthusiasm, but I'll probably take my console to the World Cup, so I'll wait for some of the boys to come down. [19459003

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Archer, a fan of Manchester United , poses for a photo with David de Gea during the past season

: I love hip hop and rap but coming from Barbados, I think dancehall is the standard genre is for me. Some guys also like it. I don't know who the music in the dressing room but it is almost what I would listen to on my phone or on YouTube, so the music is not a big change for me in the dressing room

Where is the family home? My entire family lives in Barbados except my father who lives in Liverpool, but the rest of them are in Barbados

What memories of Barbados do you have? younger person? Many. I played cricket with my uncles, cousins and everyone in the neighborhood!

YES: I immediately called my mother because I literally just got home for soccer, so I think she thought I was calling in relation to something else. Then I told and I think she was more excited than me!

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The 24-year-old fast bowler likes to listen to hip hop, rap and dancehall music music

YES: I'm always a bit shy, but I wouldn't say I'm a little quiet, I had CJ with me and he's one of My dear friends, I knew some other boys at provincial level, and I know the others I didn't know by playing with them against various overseas franchises.

Question: How Chris J is important been ordan? I have many things to do. Are you hanging together outside the cricket?

YES: Yes, we do [hang]. He is almost the reason why I am here in the first place. We live side by side in Hove, right next to the Sussex grounds, and we always go around each other's houses.

What do you think you're bringing to the English team? ] I hope I can bring that extra bit of luck. England has not done so well in the last World Cups, so I hope I can bring them the trophy this year.

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England and Sussex teammate Chris Jordan (left) had a major influence on the bowler

YES: The pressure situations in the T20 are quite intense from the first ball to the last ball.

Question: Is there a ground that you are looking forward to? To play at?

YES: Yes, I actually like the Oval

Question: Do you have a sled?

Do you have a sled?

Do you have a sled? sleigh rides

YES: If I am hit before six, I may have a word, but I would rather stare than speak.

I only concentrate on the World Cup, am I thinking of the prospect of seeing the Aussies again in the Ashes?

YES: we all owe it to the UK to take it home. It was a long time ago and there is no better place to win it at home.

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shemakesmusic-uk · 3 years

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This segment features artists who have submitted their tracks/videos to She Makes Music. If you would like to be featured here then please send an e-mail to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

Zoë Zohar

Raised in Israel by a South African mother and Israeli father, Zoë Zohar shares her story and take on life through upbeat melancholic ambience. By incorporating live with electronic instruments, Zohar constantly shifts between raw nostalgic tones and futuristic elements, searching for a new authentic sound. After moving to London at the age of 19, Zohar and her team began working together on her much-anticipated EP of four songs, one of which features her recent release ‘Paper Airplanes’. Through her EP, Zohar tells a story of feeling overwhelmed in a trapped environment. In this song, she portrays a sense of loneliness and feeling on the edge of defeat, only to realise that one may find comfort in this state of mind. Zohar aims to take the viewer on a journey that reveals the conflict of befriending our inner voices and running away from them. Listen below.

Zoë Zohar · Paper Airplanes

RIVITA

Hailing from the colorful escapades of India, Rivita creates electro-acoustic landscapes with her music. After completing an extensive education in music, she is currently based in LA and is focused on writing new music and playing virtual shows. Her latest single ‘Lonely With Someone’ is a story of the consequence of addiction and the unsaid hidden scars that it leaves. The song is a segway from her previous release ‘Someone Else’s Arms’, Rivita states “With this piece of work, I wanted to express the strength an individual really holds. There have been many moments in my life, I have surprised myself with my own strength and while facing some of my biggest fears in tough situations. While growing up I watched someone get lost in the sea of addiction. As I got older, I realized just how common addiction is across the globe and how well it is masked sometimes. It has caused me pain and it felt like I had no right to feel this way because I was not the one with the disease. I wanted to find a way to release my feelings without the consequence of being told to get over it or to stop thinking about it. This is the only way I thought I’d ever be able to fully express myself, through this song”. Listen below.

Rivita · Lonely With Someone

Alicia Lov

Spanish-Canadian artist Alicia Lov took to music at an early age. Music and dance lessons pushed her passion further and led to where she is now. Alicia has a love for lots of different genres including rap/hiphop, alternative, dancehall, latin pop and so much more. Dance is a big part of her inspiration and will continue to be a prime part of her career. Her latest single 'Magnetic' delivers a smooth romantic R&B feeling that makes you want to get cuddled up with that special someone. She explains further, "'Magnetic,' has romantic R&B vibes that were inspired by love between the sheets. Smiling and tracing each other with your fingertips. Love can sometimes just be free and chaotic. Head in the clouds, floating in another dimension." Listen below.

ALICIA LOV · Magnetic

Lyla DiPaul

Lyla DiPaul is an American recording artist based out of New Orleans. DiPaul grew up in Takoma Park, MD where she fell in love with playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 10. She draws musical inspiration from a variety of songwriters including Taylor Swift, Joni Mitchell, and Phoebe Bridgers. DiPaul eloquently relays the feeling of love and heartbreak through her music, and hopes to connect to people through her work. Her latest single is ‘Still Unwell’ and here is what Lyla had to say about the release: ”I wrote ‘Still Unwell’ with my friend MC in the fall of 2019. Simply put, it is a breakup song. We always describe it as being about nostalgia for a relationship. When you miss all the good things and bad things about a person, and just cannot move on. We recorded the bulk of the song in the studio at Loyola University, New Orleans and then ended up finishing up the guitar work and the vocals in my bedroom after things became unsafe due to the pandemic.” Listen below.

Lyla DiPaul · Still Unwell

Mango In Euphoria

Starting her project in London after being employed in Florida and travelling through the United States, French-born alternative artist and songwriter Mango In Euphoria quickly found her audience when she dropped her first experimental work at the end of 2020. The singer is an emerging talent noticeable by her quirky style and her mysterious signature voice, matching her very own unique musical tracks mixing Electronic Rock, Dream Pop and Dark-wave genres. Creating melodies coming from her mind with virtual instruments and recording with a very basic microphone during the global Coronavirus pandemic, Mango In Euphoria also began to work remotely with Belgian producer Philippe Francq who helped her in developing a lot of demos with physical instruments inspired from vintage influences such as the Twin Peaks series soundtracks, The Cure, and Garbage. As Mango was mainly musically influenced by Grimes and Lana Del Rey, there's no doubt that the result would be quiet outstanding. Her new song ‘Golden Shrine’ is about celebrating who you are as a unique person, embracing this uniqueness “and also about someone who started to copy everything I was doing when everything was coming from my creativity so instead of getting more pissed off I created a song about it!” she laughs. Listen below.

MangoInEuphoria · Mango In Euphoria - Golden Shrine

Shannon

East London singer-songwriter, Shannon is an indie-pop artist that brings soulful tones through her vocals. Her music shares stories and experiences through heartfelt lyrics and production driven by acoustic guitar. Her latest single ‘But He's There’ is an upbeat track about the complications of falling for a close friend. The lyrics reveal inner thoughts of uncertainty about stepping out of one's comfort zone to fulfil an exciting idea of love. As the song builds, the story unfolds and reflects the fantasy for a closer relationship. Shannon's high notes introduce an unexpected direction to the vocal line that mirrors the feeling of being caught unaware by your thoughts and feelings. Whilst picturing the production for this song, some influential tracks from the 90's came to mind from artists such as Corinne Bailey Rae, Lauryn Hill and Natasha Bedingfield. The laid-back drums and organ keys give off a chilled vibe, almost as if the song acts as a passing thought during a relaxed Sunday morning. Listen below.

officialshannonuk · But He's There

Heff VanSaint

East London-based alternative pop artist, Heff VanSaint has released her debut track ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’. The former one half of synth-pop duo Miracles has gone back to her roots with a song that fuses old-school storytelling, with a contemporary lo-fi indie sound. ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ is a tale of lost friendship, at a time of carefree hedonism. It’s a bruised, melancholic song tinged with sadness. Lyrically sublime, its evocative lines hit deep and leave the listener experiencing a sentimental yearning long after its over. Listen below.

Nille Nyc

Following up on the release of her debut EP PowerPainPillsPercussion, Danish electro pop artist Nille Nyc has just released new single ‘Someone Else’, her first of 2021, as a per cursor to her upcoming full-length album. Let’s face it, we’ve all been there: a relationship that seems to constantly be teetering on the edge of the abyss, until one day when it finally implodes. Afterwards, all that we can do is pick up the pieces and move on. ‘Someone Else’ is a story about looking back at the aftermath of a bad relationship from the safety of a better place. With a playful guitar, heavy R&B beat and edgy vocals, ‘Someone Else’ opens a new chapter in Nille Nyc’s musical journey. “Throughout our lifetime we experience relationships which challenge our core values as human beings, both professionally and personally. Every relationship needs to grow and mature; to look to the future while keeping the lessons of the past in mind. The same holds true for music. Every musician needs to keep innovating and experimenting. They need to take risks and challenge themselves by exploring new ideas and new ways of expressing themselves. If they don’t, then they run the risk of becoming static and their music will suffer for it”, Nille Nyc says. Listen below.

Nille Nyc · Someone Else

Natasha Ghosh

Natasha Ghosh originated as a professional Dutch-Indian fingerstyle ukulele player, but nowadays she also focuses on singing and releases her own music. Natasha's main styles are R&B, indie electronic, lo-fi, and hip-hop. Her new single ‘Paradise’ is a deep and emotional vocal-led lo-fi track with a relaxed sense of beauty. It's a personal song about romantic escapism between lovers. Lush synthesizer melodies, emotional vocals, and dynamic, but the chill drums make this track a perfect fit for study, Lo-fi, chill, and dreamy playlists. This is a song that Natasha wrote with her girlfriend in mind. "I believe that it's important to show the people you love what they're worth to you. In an ever-changing society where all kinds of stuff are happening around the globe, it's good to focus on the good things.” The track was a COVID-19 project, made in collaboration with the famous lo-fi artist Kid Kio from home studios. Listen below.

Natasha Ghosh Music · Natasha Ghosh (feat. Kid Kio)- Paradise

Olivia Void

Berlin based experimental artist Olivia Void uses her highly recognizable voice and songwriting style to introduce us to her unusual sonic cosmos. Her debut ‘Made for You’ was published in October 2020. After collaborating with members of the local and international electro and folk scenes in the meantime, she now prepares for the release of her debut EP PHYSICAL later this year. Unpredictable and captivating, Olivia Void’s new single ‘Glory to Glory’ is a hommage to our physical selves. Led by the Berlin singer‘s characteristic voice and electric guitar play, we get carried away high and low until we want to join in the glory. Talking about the powers of the self-reigned body, the song‘s unique structure creates a whirl that drags you in. As more and more layers are added or taken away we find ourselves in a state of vibrant emotion. Listen below.

Olivia Void · Olivia Void - Glory to Glory

#submission saturday #zoe zohar #rivita #alicia lov #lyla dipaul #mango in euphoria #heff vansaint #nille nyc #natasha ghosh #olivia void #shannon

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yooahinfeed · 7 years

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Picking up where we left off, here’s June News Bits Part 2: June 22 to 30~^^

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June 22 – Yoo Ah In posted a word “moral” taken from David Hume’s Morals philosophy in Hangeul and Chinese. It reads:“도덕 – 흄 (morality – Hume) moral, 道德”. He posted the word without any caption.

A post shared by 유아인/Ah-in Yoo (@hongsick) on Jun 21, 2017 at 10:36am PDT

June 22 – In the same day, Yoo Ah In posted a ray of lights/sunset photo, without any caption either

A post shared by 유아인/Ah-in Yoo (@hongsick) on Jun 21, 2017 at 10:37am PDT

June 22 – Following the sunset photo, Yoo Ah In posted a full passage of David Hume’s Moral

도덕 같은 소리 하고 자빠지자 🕺🏽

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The essay-like page he posted is not actually an article, but an entry, like an encyclopedia entry. Yoo Ah In must have gone to the Naver’s encyclopedia of knowledge first, and he looked up these two words: 도덕 – 흄 (Moral – Hume). The results are 124 entries on the subject from various sources. The one he chose is the first result. And its source is the Research Institute of Philosophy at Seoul University. I’m sure Yoo Ah In read many many entries (and maybe pdf books on the matter), but I guess he preferred this entry for some reason. Yoo Ah In posted the second paragraph of “Moral – Hume” description from this source.

The full second paragraph reads:

In other words, our mind is manifested only through perception, and judgment of good and evil is also a kind of perception. If the judgment of good and evil is only a perception, there may be a question as to whether the judgment of good and evil is indeed based on two kinds of perception; impression and notion. Hume asks about this question: When we distinguish between virtue and vice, and judge what actions are praiseworthy and what are reprehensible, is the ground for this (judgment) an impression, or an idea?

Yoo Ah In underlined these words:

When we distinguish between virtue and vice, and judge what actions are praiseworthy and what are reprehensible, is the ground for this (judgment) an impression, or an idea?

He also added a caption that reads:

도덕 같은 소리 하고 자빠지자🕺

Our angel Passerby explained about the caption translation. According to her, there’s an expression in Korean: “[Noun] 같은 소리 하고 자빠졌네!”. It is a sarcastic expression that one would say to his friends when they are talking about something at the wrong time. It’s like, “Stop it with this talk!”, or “Do you think it’s appropriate to talk about this now?!”

Yoo Ah In used this expression, but he changed the suffix in the last word. He wrote “도덕 같은 소리 하고 자빠지자“. Instead of “자빠졌네”, he wrote “자빠지자”. And this way he gave it a whole another meaning (as expected from the witty Yoo Ah In 😁). This way, Yoo Ah In is already assuming that his fans (and people who check his instagram) might not find this interesting or might even laugh at him, but he’s posting it anyway 😂 The tone of his caption is humorous, not serious. He’s joking with his readers.

So, the caption that Yoo Ah In wrote will be:

So… Let’s talk about morals, even though I know that you might laugh at me🕺

Regarding the words that he underlined: According to the few readings I did on Hume and his views on morals, Hume argues that we base what we think of as virtues and vice on our impressions (and passions), not ideas (not logic). So, I guess Yoo Ah In found this part interesting. Yoo Ah In is one interesting fella. When I googled Hume’s theories, the results were mostly PhD dissertations discussing those theories. And Yoo Ah In is reading these stuff for fun. Dude is beyond intelligent 🙌 it’s truly endearing to see how he loves to read on all those difficult topics. Truly inspiring!👍

June 23 – Kwak Si Yang: “Acting with Yoo Ah In is the most important experience in my life”

Actor Kwak Si Yang, who has completely transformed to a villain in the drama “Chicago Typewriter”, praised Yoo Ah In’s acting skill.

Recently Kwak Si Yang conducted a photo and interview with Star1 Style for the July 2017 issue. In an interview following the photoshoot, Kwak was asked about his experience acting alongside with Yoo Ah In in “Chicago Typewriter”.

When asked if he learned something from it, he answered, “I had so much feels. I learned a lot and felt a lot [by working with him]. Working with him made me realize even more how important experience is as an actor. My character was one that conflicted with Yoo Ah In’s character so I prepared a lot in order to keep up with him,” he laughed shyly. Well, you did a good job, Mr. Kwak^^

June 25 – Yoo Ah In posted his Facetime self-view 😀

FaceTime…

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He looks so squeezy! 😆 His caption says:

FaceTime…

June 25 – Yoo Ah In posted Sister Nancy’s soundhound “Bam Bam” without a caption.

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Sister Nancy is a dancehall DJ and a singer. One of her most famous songs is “Bam Bam” (1982), labeled as a “well-known reggae anthem” by BBC and a “classic” by The Observer.Read more about Sister Nancy here. Listen to “Bam Bam” here

June 26 – Yoo Ah In posted Shim Bo Seon’s poem “The Peace of Holiday”.

도무지 다시 오지 않을 것 같습니다 #휴일의평화 #심보선

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He quoted the poem in the caption:

I don’t think there will ever come a day as peaceful as today #ThePeaceofHoliday #ShimBoSeon

A fan commented: “Don’t worry, it (the peaceful day) will come back again next week”

Yoo Ah In replied: “Genius”

Yes, Master Sik, this too shall pass 😀 Here is the full translations of the poem:

The Peace of a Holiday by Shim Bo Seon Translated by Toji

Today is a holiday. It was peaceful in the morning. I watched Tom and Jerry with my nephews. My younger brother and his wife smiled quietly. My younger sister drank a cup of mild coffee. My mother aged ever so slightly.

Today is a holiday. It is peaceful in the afternoon as well. My second nephews asks, “Uncle, when are you getting married?” I see that he has learned about divorce. My first nephew stands in silence before his father’s memorial portrait. I see that he has learned about death.

Today is a holiday. I hope it will be peaceful throughout the evening. I have two missed calls. I bring you to mind, my beautiful.

I bring you to mind, my love. I grow curious of the scenery outside the window. If there is empty space, I want to jump off. If there are clouds, I want to jump on.

Today is a holiday. I don’t think there will ever come a day as peaceful as today.

We hope you find peace in every single day, Master Sik 🙏

June 30 – Studio Concrete holds the 1To10 Series Version 2 “Masterpiece” Launching Party at Comme des Garcons, Seoul. Actress Jung Yumi and actor Bae Jung Nam attended the party as well as Yoo Ah In’s friends. Too bad, he wasn’t seen everywhere in the photos. We presume he did come to the party because he’s the CEO, but he just wanted to lay low, as usual 🙂 Let’s check out some photos from the event.

Jung Yumi, Bae Jung Nam and friends~

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꼼데가르송 한남에서 진행되었던 SERIES 1 TO 10 ver.2 <MASTERPIECE> 프리젠테이션에 참석해주신 모든 분들께 감사드립니다🙏🏻 오늘부터 꼼데가르송 한남 스토어 4층에서 <마스터피스> 티셔츠를 만나보실 수 있습니다✨💥 ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 🙏Thank you for having us last night! 😎 ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ #studioconcrete #series1to10 #commedesgarcons_seoul #스튜디오콘크리트 #시리즈원투텐ver2 #꼼데가르송한남

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SERIES 1 TO 10 Ver.2 <MASTERPIECE> “How do you feel 1 to 10?” 다양한 컬러와 아름다운 명화 그리고 인간의 감정을 대표하는 단어가 새겨진 티셔츠를 입고 자신의 메세지를 전달할 수 있는 'Series 1 to 10'의 두 번째✌🏻 프로젝트 <MASTERPIECE>가 드디어 전국 무이(MUE)매장과 꼼데가르송 한남점, 그리고 갤러리아백화점WEST 3층 팝업스토어(7/6까지)에서 만나실수 있습니다. 💥유니섹스로 입을 수 있는 티셔츠와 캡으로 구성된 컬렉션을 만나보시기 바랍니다🙏🏻 ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ #mue #commedesgarcons_seoul #studioconcrete #series1to10ver2 #무이 #꼼데가르송한남 #갤러리아팝업스토어 #시리즈원투텐ver2

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🚨그리고 우리는 다시 묻는다. "How do you feel? 1 to 10?" ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ #mue #commedesgarcons_seoul #studioconcrete #series1to10ver2 #무이 #꼼데가르송한남 #시리즈원투텐ver2

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The 1TO10 series Ver.2 “Masterpiece” is available now in: Comme des Garcons Seoul, Mue Seoul, Hannam Store, Barneys New York Japan, Lane Crawford Hong Kong & China, and global online store http://global.ccrt-stores.com/

June 30 – A Chinese fan from Weibo said that Yoo Ah In appeared in a giant French Cafe billboard in Seoul Subway 😀 Looking hawt as always with that contagious smile!

Let’s keep sending the good vibes to Yoo Ah In and praying for his fast recovery 🙏🙏🙏

More power to our Master Sik! 💪💪💪

Translated & Additional Notes by The Sassy Translator of Yoo Ah In International Fans Community

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Yoo Ah In News Bits June 22-30: David Hume, FaceTime, Kwak Si Yang, The Peace of Holiday & More Picking up where we left off, here’s June News Bits Part 2: June 22 to 30~^^

#YOO AH IN #DAVID HUME #STUDIO CONCRETE #KWAK SI YANG #CHICAGO TYPEWRITER #FACETIME #SISTER NANCY #BAM BAM #JUNG YUMI #BAE JUNG NAM #BEST KOREAN ACTOR

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jumpintolimbo · 7 years

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Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine // Interview

Up-and-coming Canadian duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine will surprise you with their candor and depth of intention to their art. Comprised of instrumentalist/composer Elijah Woods and lyricist/vocalist Jamie Fine, EWxJF is a delicate marriage of exploratory musical styles and masterful emotional play - both qualities we love here at Jump Into Limbo. Speaking to us over Skype, we got to know the team behind the songs we believe to be on their way to becoming hits in about 3... 2.... 1...

Who is Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine?

An unlikely pairing, the two met in college in Ottawa in a coincidence of fate, bringing with them their own individual stories and backgrounds of music in different ways. Jamie had been writing for years in her bedroom, honing her skills since grade 9-12, and Elijah was an EDM producer whose music didn’t quite click since Jamie wasn’t the raving type. But judging from the early products of their upcoming 10-song project, I would’ve thought that these two had shared intertwined fates for years, coming together in songs that have a connection as ardent and expressive as The Civil Wars (may they rest in peace).

What is the EWxJF style?

I first heard their then-unreleased song Stone Heart in my submissions inbox (reviewed here), and meandered over to their debut single Wouldn’t Have Enough where I was absolutely devastated.

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In fact, there is a Sarah’s Scribbles cartoon that perfectly describes what I felt despite the fact that these hard-hitting emotions - I had had no previous connection to:

And that had been their intention all along.

As Jamie tells me, their intention with that song was to make people feel an intense quality of emotion, and be completely engulfed in it. To me, the finesse involved in telling a story that resonates not only by idea and wavelength, but sonically, is the ultimate hallmark of good music. That’s the secret sauce out there to every producer in a nutshell, in case you’re all listening - but I digress.

What can we expect next?

As mentioned earlier, EWxJF have a 10-song project slated for release in the coming few months, with two songs - Wouldn’t Be Enough and Stone Heart - already out. Both are accompanied with trés excellente visuals produced by 19-year-old songs Shamlo Faek, whose darkly tempered styles translate into scrambled editing, creative camerawork and smooth dancers. Five out of these ten songs will have a music video, so we’ll have more to look forward to.

But the best way to prepare for the new EWxJF is to prepare to eliminate expectations. The duo has meant to breach the boundaries of every genre out there - with hints that there’ll be dancehall, hip-hop, jazz influences that consistently shake up the tune. What will remain will continue to be a vision that deviates from the mainstream in a bid to “make people feel real” as they listen and expose their vulnerabilities - even those they didn’t know that they had. Plus, we’ll always be on the lookout for Jamie Fine’s distinctive vocals, and can’t wait to hear how it’ll be adapted to these other styles.

What are EWxJF listening to?

Surprisingly - or perhaps not so surprisingly - they’re not in the market for what I put out, which is new and innovative taste-making music, despite being on the forefront of music creation. In the same way that I rarely consume other music blogs’ writing, Elijah and Jamie cited their influences as Justin Timberlake, Adele, Jeff Buckley and guitarist Jeff Beck. We asked them to put together a playlist for our readers, and here you have it - a Spotify soundtrack we can attest will make you feel good for the rest of this weekend (yes, there is a lot of JT, yaasss).

You can find more of EWxJF on their Spotify page, website and Facebook. Stay tuned to more exclusive music news and reviews on Jump Into Limbo!

#elijah woods x jamie fine #elijah woods #jamie fine #music interview #ottawa musicians #postedbyjudy #electropop #emotional pop #new music #new artist #canadian musicians #songwriter-producer duo

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yuyungsik · 7 years

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프리콜리젼에서 중국 난징을 베이스로 활동하는 프로듀서 더티 케이 Dirty K의 믹스를 인터뷰와 함께 게시하였습니다. 아래는 프리콜리젼에서 진행한 인터뷰 내용입니다.

간략한 본인 소개를 부탁한다. 중국 난징에서 활동하는 더티 케이라고 한다.

음악을 들어보니 그라임, 풋워크 등 참 다양한 장르를 다루는 것 같다. 현재 꽂혀있는 장르가 있는지 아니면 매번 다른 장르를 만들어 내는지 궁금하다. 그렇진 않다. 예전엔 항상 따라하고 싶은 다른 장르들을 카피했는데, 그러다 보니 정체성을 잃게 됐다. 지금은 단순히 트렌드를 쫓기 보다는 다른 틀과 구조 속에 나만의 생각을 주입하려 한다.

장르가 중요하다고 생각하는가? 장르가 중요하긴 하지만 항상 그렇진 않다고 생각한다. 각기 다른 태그(꼬리표)들은 식당의 메뉴판처럼 음악을 좀 더 쉽게 찾게 해주지만 아티스트가 음악을 만들 땐 장르가 아니라 본인의 아이디어를 어떻게 표현하느냐가 가장 중요하다.

그럼 당신의 음악을 어떤 장르에 포함시키고 싶은가? 당신의 사운드클라우드에서 Soulhan과 함께 한 DaiTou라는 트랙에 #CantoneseGrime* 태그를 쓰는 걸 봤다. 내가 말했듯이, GZUG 레이블에서 그 곡을 발표하려고할 때만 해도 #CantoneseGrime 은 많이 알려지지 않았다. 그 곡이 아마 중국에서 나온 첫 Cantonese Grime 곡일 거고, 자연스럽게 이 태그를 떠올렸다. 그라임과 댄스홀 리딤을 비롯해 내게 영감을 준 장르는 굉장히 많다.

Genome 6.66 Mbp 컴필레이션 앨범에 수록된 당신의 트랙 ‘动机’(Motivation)는 당신의 이전 트랙들과는 조금 다르다. 스타일이 바뀐 건가? 아니면 아티스트로서 당신의 더 넓은 범위에 맞는 건가? Genome 크루를 만나기 전만 해도, 난 이런 음악을 알지 못했다. 그들이 내게 많은 영감을 줬다. Genome 크루는 내 음악이 좀 더 독립적으로 되게 도와줬고, ‘动机’는 앞으로 내가 이런 방식으로 할 거라는 걸 보여주는 프로토타입이다.

트랙을 만들 때 가장 중요한 점은 무엇인가? 레드불과 과자가 있는 편안한 방? 하하하하.

트랙을 만드는 과정이 어떻게 되는가? 계산적으로 하는지 직관적으로 하는지 알고 싶다. ‘动机’는 동기를 의미한다. 그게 이 트랙의 메인 아이디어다. 인체의 게놈(유전체)과 같이, 동기가 음악의 가장 작은 단위이기 때문이다. 그 동기는 짤막한 리듬 패턴이나 프레이즈가 될 수 있고, 트랙의 주제는 다양한 동기들로 구성되어 있다. 그래서 좋은 주제로 확장할 수 있는 최고의 동기를 항상 찾고자 한다.

중국 언더그라운드 댄스 뮤직 씬에서는 어떤 일들이 일어나고 있는가? 힘들다. 그래도 파티는 계속 이어져야 한다고 말하고 싶고, 우린 포기하지 않을 것이다.

좀 더 로컬 중심적인 씬에서 작업을 한다는 건 어떤가? 난징과 샹하이는 구체적으로 어떤 차이점이 있는가? 당신이 프로모터라면, 본인의 것들을 알리고 사람들이 어떤 게 멋진 것인지 이해하게 만들기 위해 많은 인내가 필요할 것이다. 난징은 중국에서 살기 좋은 도시 중 하나이고, 샹하이는 빠르고 좀 더 재밌는 곳이다.

중국 언더그라운드 음악 씬이 어떻게 세계적인 언더그라운드 음악 씬, 특히 동아시아 씬과 조화를 이루고 있다고 생각하는가? 이 인터뷰의 취지와 비슷하게 내가 경험해보지 못한 아주 긍정적인 것들이었다. 서울에 사는 당신들이 내 인터뷰를 한다는 게 믿기지 않는다. 지금은 타국 사람들과의 교류만이 내가 글로벌 ��이블에서 음악을 릴리즈할 수 있게 하는 유일한 방법이다. 당신들 덕분에 내가 더 이상 외롭지 않다고 느낀다, 정말로.

앞으로의 계획은 무엇인가? Genome 6.66 Mbp에서 릴리즈될 내 첫 EP를 준비하고 있고, 영어 공부도 좀 하려고 한다, 하하하하.

이번 믹스에 대해 짧게 설명해달라. 그냥 내가 최근에 듣고 있는 음악들을 공유했다. 당신들이 맘에 들어했으면 좋겠다.

Tracklist:

Blastto - Flying High (Dirty K Blend)

Bonaventure - Riposte

Eaves - Vascular

Shalt - Inert Indifferent

Kelvin T - Green

Shyqa - Arrior

Mistress - Late Tink Touched (yb'd)

GILA - Cytokine Storm

HYYSXL - ???

GRAN - T4G

Lexxi - $EVER0

Odeko - Tsundoku

Korma - Dirge II

Galtier - Forced System (AN System Remix)

Scintii - Et

Shyqa - Туманный Рассвет

WWWINGS - BACKLASH (FT. SWAN MEAT & SSALIVA)

KEISKA - BOBBY V REMIX

* Cantonese: 광둥어 문화권의

(To read the interview in English, Click more below)

Please introduce yourself briefly. Hi there, I'm Dirty K, from Nanjing, China.

We feel your music has been informed by a wide range of genres like Grime, Footwork & etc. Are there any specific genres you have been focussing on lately? Not really, in the past, I always liked to imitate different genres that I wanted to be. But that always made me lose myself. For now, I would rather put my ideology into different frameworks and structures than simply follow the trend. '动机' is my first attempt to find myself.

Do you think the idea of “genre” is important? I think the idea of “genre” is important, but absolutely not in all the terms. Different tags can help people find the music they like more conveniently, like how a menu in a restaurant gives people selections. But when artists produce the music, how they express their ideas is the most important thing, not genre.

In relation to this, what genre would you place your music in? On your SoundCloud I saw the use of #CantoneseGrime that I liked; on your track DaiTou with Soulhan. Thank you haha. As I said, #CantoneseGrime was raw shit to everyone when the label GZUG was going to release this song, and I came up with this tag automatically. There are too many genres that influence me, including Grime and Dancehall riddim.

动机’(Motivation), the track of yours in ‘Genome 6.66 Mbp’ compilation album is a little different from your older tracks; did you change your style or does it fit into your wider range as an artist? Before I met the Genome crew, I didn’t even know this kind of music. They inspired me a lot. Genome helped my music become more independent and ‘动机’ is the prototype of a direction which I will further explore.

What is the most important thing for you when you make a track? A comfortable room with red bull and snacks? Hahahaha.

What is your process when making a track? For example; Are you more calculated or more intuitive? In Chinese '动机‘ means motivation, that's the main idea of this track, because motivation is the minimum unit in music like the genome in the body. Motivation can be a short rhythmic pattern or phrase, the theme of the track consists of several different motivations. So I always find the best motivation then I expand it to a nice theme.

What’s currently happening in the Chinese underground dance music scene? It’s tough, I want to say, but the party still needs to go on, we'd never give up.

What is it like working in a more localised scene? And How is it specific to Nanjing or Shanghai? If you are a full-time promoter I think you need to have a lot of patience to promote your stuff and make people understand what is cool. Nanjing is a one of the best cities to live in China, Shanghai is busy but have more fun.

Also, how do you think the Chinese underground music scene fits into the global underground music scene and specifically the east Asian scene? That was definitely the most positive thing I have ever experienced like the meaning of this interview, I can't believe you guys from Seoul found me to make this interview. Now to communicate with people in different countries is the only way to encourage me to release music in global label. You make me feel not lonely anymore, for real.

What is next for you? I’m preparing my first EP in Genome 6.66Mbp, and I'm trying to improve my English, too. Hahahaha.

Please describe this mix briefly. I’m simply sharing some tracks I’ve been listening to recently. Hope you guys will like it.

#dirty k #Genome 6.66 Mbp #CantoneseGrime #freecollision

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airadam · 5 years

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Episode 125 : The Audacity Of Dope

"In the land of the free, the slaves are still here."

- Jerry Beeks

The grind continues, and as the autumn starts to really draw in, the selection gets you prepared for full hoodie and boot season with some rugged sounds from the old to the new!

A couple of events for you...

The Flyest @ Klondyke Club, Manchester, November 15th - guest starring me on the turntables!

Artifacts ft. DJ Mr.Len @ Joshua Brooks, November 30th

Twitter : @airadam13

Playlist/Notes

Royal Flush : Life Is Hard

Royal Flush is known to most for his debut "Ghetto Millionaire" album, but he definitely has had some other solid tracks over the years. While this is on the 2019 release "The Governor", it was first heard on the 2005 "Street Boss" album. The production (don't have credits for this one) is top-notch, with the eerie and dramatic instrumental sounding very noir - a perfect backdrop for Flush's grim Queens thug braggadocio.

[Maxmillion] Panda One : Elaborate (Touch You) (Instrumental)

There's another track on this 2002 12" that has been the favourite for me for a long time, but on a re-visit this month I had to give this beat a little bit of light! The sample it's based around has been used before, but not quite like this - good job by Maxmillion.

Phi Life Cypher : Earth Rulers

One of my favourite rhyme duos with a killer single! DJ Beware put me up on this one back in the day, but I only recently got my own vinyl copy. Si Phili and Life just firehose lyrics right down the DJ Nappa-produced track, in a way any fan of bars has to appreciate. The finishing touches are provided by the dancehall samples, which I think come from recordings of the veteran Earth Ruler sound system - the little one-bar sample that drops in in place of a hook is absolute fire!

Redlight Boogie ft. DJ Chainsaw : Hands Down

Amsterdam's Redlight Boogie yells, snarls, and spits his way through this cut from the "Dirty Money, Clean Hands" album - abrasive like a sack of Brillo pads. DJ Chainsaw drops in for some cuts at the close, which end up blending over the scratches from...

Gang Starr : Bad Name

Huge new single which the heavy Hip-Hop listeners will surely have had on repeat the last few weeks! Easily the biggest musical surprise of the last few years has been the news that a new Gang Starr album release is imminent, and that there have been unreleased Guru vocals in the vault all these years. The "Family & Loyalty" single stunned everyone, and this follow-up will keep the buzz going until the LP drops. DJ Premier on production, the late great Guru on the mic - it's what we've been missing.

Bronx Slang : More Grief

It's been great to see Bronx Slang getting momentum up this year off the back of their excellent debut album, and it just so happens that this track that I was planning to play anyway turns out to be their new single! Jerry Beeks gets busy on the mic with the kind of consciousness that a lot of people swear doesn't exist in music these days, while Jadell packs in the funk to complete the soulful stew. Don't sleep!

Jay Dee : Jay Dee #17

Big shout to Iain and Teresa for hooking up a release I needed in my collection - "King of the Beats" by J Dilla! Lots of unreleased beats on this one, as well as a few the hardcore listeners might know. This particular beat bounces along with that characteristic Dilla swing, focusing on the low end for a pleasing groove.

Skyzoo & Pete Rock : Ten Days

If you like Pete Rock beats, you want to get the new "Retropolitan" album - 100% Soul Brother #1, with Brooklyn's Skyzoo helming mic proceedings throughout. This isn't the kind of beat that you automatically associate with Rock, but it just goes to show he can be versatile with it. Skyzoo is on that "get money" talk here, with a hook that conjures up this scene from "Paid In Full". As an aside - I totally forgot that the closing track on this album shares the podcast title, which I've wanted to use with the cover photo for a while!

Black Moon : A Haaa

My goodness, what a wait - sixteen years since the "Total Eclipse" album (2006's "Alter the Chemistry" was dope, but essentially a remix project), but at last Black Moon are back in full effect on "Rise of da Moon"! One of the original Timbs and hoodies crews, this episode wouldn't have been right without them. This tune is short but a banger, with a heavy digital bassline anchoring things while Buckshot showcases the flow and flavour that made him famous. Also check that heavy boom that kicks in between the 1 and 2 beats of each bar!

Black Thought ft. Styles P : Making A Murderer

Devastation from last year's "Streams of Thought, Volume 1" EP. More bars than HMP, more bars than Temple Bar. Black Thought is one of the world's best MCs, who needs no hook and offers no reprieve on his fire first verse. It's a brave man who would get on the mic after him, but Styles P takes the challenge and does himself proud - rising to the occasion. 9th Wonder's instrumental beats you into submission in the best way with the heaviness of the drum track, but it's Thought that holds the murder weapon here.

Children of Zeus : Ghost

CoZ maintained their hot streak of great music with "The Winter Tape", and it's just about the season for those tunes to get a re-airing. Tyler Daly takes sole charge of the vocals for this haunting tale of lost love.

Vanilla : Sweet Talk

The title track from the last of the soul-inspired beat tape trilogy by this UK producer is a smooth one. Vanilla works a melancholy 70s soul sample, and the drums are suitably subtle so as not to overpower it.

Professor Griff and the Last Asiatic Disciples : The Verdict

This is the first of two tracks from albums that opened up the nineties, just as we start to look towards a new decade. Professor Griff's solo debut album "Pawns in the Game" came during his initial suspension/expulsion, and found him on unfamiliar ground as he was not a rhyme writer by trade. Still, he delivered the rhymes with conviction (no pun intended) on a song that opens with a take on Louis Farrakhan's short play "The Trial", and the rest of the L.A.D come through too. Beat Master Clay D provides the beat, based on a familiar break that never gets old but packed with other samples in a way that is unaffordable in terms of clearance fees these days...

Master Ace : I Got Ta

When the Juice Crew veteran's name was still spelled this way, the year was 1990, haircuts were angular, and Ace was making his solo debut on the highly regarded "Take A Look Around", from which this track is taken! Mister Cee takes a classic James Brown sample and keeps the Godfather's voice in for Master Ace to work around lyrically as he states his intentions.

Joell Ortiz ft. Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Styles P : Put Some Money On It

Second straight tune working a vocal sample into the lyrics - this time, from the 2011 "Free Agent" mixtape with The LOX making a great guest appearance. Straight street bars all the way through, and Sean C and LV with the uptempo soul/funk production for a big win.

Sampa The Great ft. Krown : Time's Up

Massive thanks to Agent J for gifting me this LP! From Zambia via Botswana and Australia comes Sampa, whose new LP "The Return" jumps around stylistically but never lets you forget that this is an MC of quality. She and the featured guest Krown take the machinations of the record industry to task on this one and announce that the clock has run out on their BS. Silentjay's beat starts off centred around those stick hits to remind you of a clock, then brings those lows in to drive it forward. Definitely an album worth a listen!

Boogie Down Productions : Duck Down (Instrumental)

Early 90s ruggedness on this 12" release from the "Sex & Violence" LP. KRS and Pal Joey smack the beat into the drum sampler here, and right at the end you hear the sound effect that plays under one of Hip-Hop's best-remembered calls for a rewind!

Edgar Allen Floe : Arrest The President (Cypher God)

We played the original version of this track to open episode 90, almost three years ago, but I only recently learned that there was a remake! Edgar Allen Floe of the Justus League does a solid job with this, covering similar themes as the original and even borrowing some of the rhyme scheme while switching up the words themselves. The dope beat is pretty much the exact same as the Marley Marl-produced original, bringing that hectic 80s urgency and just begging to be cut up every time. Check out more of Floe's work on the rest of the album, "The Streetwise LP".

Please remember to support the artists you like! The purpose of putting the podcast out and providing the full tracklist is to try and give some light, so do use the songs on each episode as a starting point to search out more material. If you have Spotify in your country it's a great way to explore, but otherwise there's always Youtube and the like. Seeing your favourite artists live is the best way to put money in their pockets, and buy the vinyl/CDs/downloads of the stuff you like the most!

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‘Yardie’ Star Aml Ameen On Working With Idris Elba

Written by Jerry L. Barrow Aml Ameen is a well-traveled man. Sitting throughout from me at a conference-room desk, a red-and-black beaded necklace adorns his neck. It’s a present from a Maasai warrior that he met on a visit to Kenya. Immersing himself in experiences has been a part of the younger British actor’s device set, and he brings that power to his starring position within the Idris Elba-directed Yardie. Yardie is predicated on the debut novel of the identical identify by Jamaican-born British author Victor Headley. Set within the 1980s, the title refers back to the occupants of “authorities yards” of Hackney and tells the story of Dennis “D” Campbell, a younger drug supplier with an itch to avenge the homicide of his brother, Jerry Dread. Ameen, whose mother and father are from Jamaica and St. Vincent, assumes the position of the troubled D as he makes his approach from Jamaica to London leaving bullets and blood in his wake. Aml is a part of rising group of Black performing expertise of out of the U.Ok. that features Letisha Wright, Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega and Captain Marvel’s Lashana Lynch, to call just a few. (“All of us grew up collectively.”) Whereas Ameen has racked up credit in Sense8, The Maze Runner and Past the Lights, it was his efficiency in 2006’s Kidulthood, a U.Ok. drama, that put him on Elba’s radar. After an opportunity reunion in an elevator, they shared an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles the place they mentioned Yardie, and Ameen learn the script whereas sitting behind Al Pacino. “Each of our mother and father being immigrants within the ‘80s — each our fathers — that complete factor was a giant connection for us, after which we mentioned, ‘Alright, let’s go forward and make it,’” Ameen says of the dialog with Idris. They by no means spoke to Pacino on the flight regardless of the guide being referred to as the Jamaican Scarface when it was first revealed. “I might say there’s like a Goodfellas aspect as a result of it’s stylistically not only a linear story,” Ameen says of Yardie, which was filmed over six weeks in Jamaica and London. “I might all the time evaluate it to a Metropolis of God by way of fashion fusion. These are two enormous classics and we don’t wish to mess with these legacies in any respect. However I really feel like these are among the movies that have been borrowed from by way of inspiration.” BET.com spoke with Ameen at size about his preparation for Yardie, working below Idris on his first characteristic movie as a director, and the cautious issues taken to correctly seize Jamaican tradition. Aml Ameen and Idris Elba on the set of ‘Yardie’ BET: Idris supplied you this half just about on the spot. What attracted you to taking part in D? Aml Ameen: As an actor, man, you’re craving for a chance to play one thing so complicated, one thing that goes generationally, [and] one thing you may escape your self from. I didn’t develop up in Jamaica, clearly, in order that was a large problem for me; to get the accent to go to a selected time in historical past and likewise to have a connection to my household roots, and it positively gave me that. I turned way more understanding of what it was wish to be in that individual time, and there was sort of like a symbiotic expertise the place I used to be feeling one other a part of myself that was beforehand quieter. I believe anyone will get like that after they’re in contact with their roots. Do you bear in mind your first time going to Jamaica? I reckon it was after I was like 13, 14. We reside within the nation. It’s a completely completely different expertise than Kingston, in order that was my first time. Earlier than I shot this film, I moved to Jamaica for 3 to 4 months simply to satisfy folks, communicate to folks [and] to have a connection to that time period. I interviewed lots of people that have been round throughout that period. Sly and Robbie, who’re musicians. I met among the Marley household. Numerous musicians there. To sort of get an understanding of what issues have been like again then. I didn’t even know this [flicks fingers together], that was flicking the knife again within the day when the Jamaicans used to must battle with the Teddy Boys, which was a racist group within the U.Ok. You and Idris Elba did an interview for this earlier within the yr and there have been feedback below the video saying, “He’s not even an actual Jamaican.” Paradoxically, Idris did a skit on SNL not too long ago referred to as “Can I Play That?” positing whether or not sure actors can play sure roles. How do you are feeling about that? One of many issues as an actor is that you simply wish to escape and do one thing that’s fully previous your self and empathize with another person’s expertise. However I really feel very linked to the Jamaican expertise as a result of I’m linked. London is like little Jamaica. After we’re in the home in my house, it’s Jamaican in that house. Aside from ensuring I do it responsibly and to the very best of my skill, I’ve by no means felt that I must be or may very well be denied any half, however positively not this half based mostly on not rising up Jamaica. In that very same interview, Idris talked about going to an space that was fairly tough and having to get permission to shoot there. Do you recall? That point [spent] taking pictures that was in all probability considered one of my favourite moments within the movie. It’s the half simply earlier than Jerry Dread will get shot. There’s that peaceable second, and so they’re listening to “Love Me Perpetually” by Carlton and the Sneakers, and everybody’s dancing. To me, that teleported me again to what my grandma and them should’ve been dwelling with, that early reggae dancehall music. So, that’s considered one of my favourite moments within the film. The group got here collectively whereas we shot that. True to life, once we have been achieved – a number of days later – somebody was killed. It’s a ridiculously unlucky factor that occurs. I’m glad, for one second, we unified the [community]. You need stuff like that to final. “Regardless of him being Idris Elba to the world, he’s simply one of many lads. He evokes the folks to work round him. ” -Aml Ameen What was Idris like as a director? He was nice man. He gave me moments of succinct course, however one of many best issues he might do was not let his actors get intimidated by the actual fact he’s a really revered actor that folks love and respect. He gave us room to play and simply subtly manipulated issues to the way in which he needed them to be. He’s wonderful along with his crews. They love him, just like the folks. In London, we are saying you’re “one of many lads.” Regardless of him being Idris Elba to the world, he’s simply one of many lads. He evokes the folks to work round him. This was his first characteristic, and he shot B-Cam on the film, which is wonderful. Discuss to me in regards to the significance of the sound programs to the tradition. D goes to London and he runs into Rico, and Rico’s attempting to inform him how good his music is and he’s like, “It’s alright man,” and he’s like, “What you imply it’s simply alright?!” It was like that was the worst insult he might’ve heard. To D, the music aspect is his connection to Jerry. It’s the factor that lives on by means of Jerry. It’s Jerry’s data. It’s Jerry’s reminiscences; it’s that complete factor. However the tradition of sound conflict music that I bought to grasp, it’s a sacred factor. To be sincere, it’s very very similar to the early days of being an emcee. “Are you good or scorching? Let’s go, let’s go.” “Alright, you’re garbage, get off, get off.” So when he comes into Rico’s lair, it’s like, “Yo, how’s the music, man?” And it is “Eh, it’s alright.” He’s like, “What?! How are we meant to do enterprise should you can’t fuck with my shit?” That’s how I’ve all the time taken it, like an awesome insult to the entire thing. Your brother wrote some songs for the movie. What was it like attending to work with him? Idris needed me to jot down all of the lyrics and was like, ‘Yeah, do this, man. You are able to do that.” I’m like, “Me?!” So, I bought my brother concerned, and he wrote the lyrics out and he wrote them to the songs with a few influences of the time. He actually skilled me to guarantee that the cadence was in the suitable place [and] how you can carry out it. It was enjoyable. That was essentially the most scariest bit to me, was the reside efficiency aspect on stage doing that. I loved it. I’m glad me and my brother started working collectively. I don’t know if I missed it, however D as a personality, was he Rastafarian or not? That’s an excellent query. There’s a second the place me and King Fox, when D’s late and he’s like, ‘Yo man, sorry, sorry. Forgiveness. Forgiveness,’ which is a Rasta factor. They clench arms like that. So we all the time say that they have been influenced on the Rastafarian aspect. Numerous Jamaica is, whether or not they’re extra Christian or Rastafarian. There’s plenty of components of affect of their day-to-day tradition. I believe it’s extra an affect than being an precise Rastafarian. I ask that as a result of there’s a pivotal scene the place D will get his hair reduce, which for Rastafarians is a no-no. It was a giant factor for him to chop his hair. You solely bought a lot actual property to point out it. We needed that second between Evan and D to be symbolic. He’s not chopping his hair, she’s chopping his hair, which will be checked out as two methods: it’s the start of the Westernized model of themselves and this connection to his roots, but additionally the rising up of a person. I say extra of the primary as a result of, , you may have locks for the remainder of your life and be very grown. “Finally, you wish to see these tales about completely different pockets of our expertise as Black folks all through the diaspora.” – Aml Ameen You’ve talked about what your favourite a part of filming was, so what was essentially the most difficult half? I believe it was carrying across the trauma for thus lengthy. I ended up getting within the half, and the way in which I did it’s that I might think about these set of circumstances each morning and I’d get up to the gunshots and the picture of Jerry Dread. So, carrying round that trauma for thus lengthy after which it staying with you for a sure time after filming [was difficult]. After I was engaged on this movie, I used to be doing technique performing for the primary time, and so what that entailed was folks assembly me as D. The entire solid and crew didn’t meet Aml. They didn’t even meet the character of Aml nor the accent. So, staying within the character wasn’t difficult till I needed to cease it. It felt very regular as soon as I bought into it. You push your thoughts in a set course lengthy sufficient and it begins to imagine and crack. However whenever you’re popping out of it, it felt fairly difficult for me. It took me an excellent six to seven months to launch it. How a lot of your self, if any, do you see in D? They’ve grow to be one and the identical to a sure diploma. Say, for instance, you might have a trauma in your life and know you’ve grow to be a incredible boxer. So, Mike Tyson the boxer and Mike Tyson the individual that’s in ache are symbiotic, in order that’s how I really feel in regards to the scenario with D. No matter was small in me that was D-like bought amplified for the film and, as you go on, it will get quelled once more. With performing, I don’t really feel such as you’re taking part in characters. I really feel such as you’re taking part in elements which might lean extra in direction of taking part in elements of oneself. Yardie is such a powerful movie with so many layers, what do you hope viewers take away from it? I really like the movie and I hope folks find it irresistible, too, and unfold the information. Finally, you wish to see these tales about completely different pockets of our expertise as Black folks all through the diaspora. That’s one thing that’s very attention-grabbing to me. The Black British expertise. The African-American expertise. The African expertise after which going [in more like] the Nigerian expertise. Nigeria’s blowing up the world proper now with Afrobeats. We’re all in that sort of world the place we’re globally linked now, and I’m all in favour of studying about one another extra. Yardie is out now! [embedded content] Picture Credit score: Rialto Footage Get the most recent from BET in your inbox! Join now for the most recent in superstar, sports activities, information and elegance from BET. By clicking submit, I consent to receiving BET Newsletters and different advertising and marketing emails. BET Newsletters are topic to our Privateness Coverage and Phrases of Use. Customers can unsubscribe at anytime. 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#Keri #Hilson #Biography #Photos #Wallpapers #celebrities #dancehall #family #inspiration #makeupvideos #portraitphotography #purse #red #universodamaquiagem #yearsold

Have you seen that gorgeous model-looking chick thatâ€s got Usher sprung in the video for â€ťLove In This Club?â€ť Turns out, sheâ€s a recording artist in her own right. Keri Hilson is about to be substantial. And she’s one of those rare people who deserve to be. For Keri, music was a childhood friend she kept throughout adulthood. “In school, I would get in trouble for singing all the time. I unknowingly hummed every chance I got. It got so bad my friend’s nicknamed me ‘Keri-okey'”. She wears that name proudly on her sleeve, and in credits for every major hit she writes.

Destined for stardom since day one, the Atlanta native’s determined spirit first materialized all before she’d turn a teenager. While performing in school plays and winning talent shows all around Atlanta, she taught herself how to write songs at twelve. Impressed with Keri’s vocal ability, her piano-turned-voice teacher ushered her into a studio session where she learned the nuances of recording music. “That was when I really knew that I could take music seriously,” she says. â€śBut at the time, I didnâ€t know if there was such a job as production or songwriting.â€ť

â€śI come across a whole lot of people who are opportunists and theyâ€re like, â€If it happens, it happens.â€ Iâ€m not one of those. Iâ€m a go getter.â€ť True to her words, by 18 she was arranging songs, cutting vocals and engineering sessions. While on her journey to making a name for herself as one of the strongest songwriters out there, Keri eventually ran into producer Polow da Don working in recording studios all earlier mentioned their hometown Atlanta. One afternoon, he asked her the pivotal questionâ€””‘What producer do you think would get you where you need to have to be as an artist? Who would musically inspire you the most?’ I said, ‘Timbaland- hands down!'” Little did she know, Polow had already been talking to the Virginia Beach producer about her potential. Polow called her one morning with the news that Tim wanted to meet her. Keri was elated. “I wasn’t freaking out,” she recalls of that morning, “I was prepared. While I had taken all this time to hone my craft as a songwriter, I always believed that I would eventually get to be an artist. Everything I experienced, everything I felt growing up, all the workâ€¦I was just like, ‘Ok. Wow. This must be it. It must be happening.'”

It was definitely happening. As soon as Keri and Timbaland met there was chemistry. â€śA lot of nights we would just listen to other people’s music and critique it. Not for the sake of study but to listen to it and discuss it. We don’t agree all the time. Definitely not. But I think that’s what happens when you get two strong creative minds in the same room.”

Even better things happen when you get three strong, creative people in the same room. September 2008 will see the release of Keri Hilson’s first album, â€śIn A Perfect Worldâ€¦â€ť It is being issued as a joint release from Mosley Music Group (Tim’s label) and Zone 4 (Polow’s label) as an imprint of Interscope Records (Jimmy Iovine’s label). The album is about relationships, it’s emotive, human, gorgeously and deliberately imperfect. “No human is exempt from the realities of lifeâ€”heartbreak, love, failure, successâ€”I want my album to convey a sense of reality. That’s the standpoint that lent itself to the title. There will always be something youâ€d change if only you lived â€In A Perfect Worldâ€¦â€ and Iâ€m no different.â€ť

The highly anticipated debut features her indomitable songwriting skills, the genre-obliterating production of Polow da Don and Timbaland, and Keri Hilson’s undeniably wonderful voice. “I deliver my songs with emotion,” she enthuses, “I don’t like a lot of effects. It takes away from the emotion. Like the raspyness of my voice in ‘Slow Dance’ (written with Justin Timberlake) for example. I love the way I sound on that trackâ€”basic, throwback, and old school. I don’t want that feeling taken away. I’m so particular about those emotions. I don’t want anyone to walk away from my album just thinking, ‘that sounds nice.’ Anybody can do that. Iâ€m much more concerned that they walk away thinking, ‘that felt amazing.'”

For her humility, the album is as dizzyingly good as it should be. It truly is a watershed moment that meets both goalsâ€”it sounds and feels great. The songs are unconventional. It’s universally appealing in its pop offerings (infectious hooks are plenty) but the arrangements are challenging in how many layers there are to listen to. Heavy synth-laden basslines to the classical guitar in the tensely urgent Polow-designed “Ready to Fall,” Keri anchors it all with a pitch-perfect voice that is refreshing in its versatility. From the sweeping cinematic orchestration of Timbaland’s “Mic Check” (“I loved harnessing all that aggression in my voice.”) to the speedy cascading electro bassline of “Return the Favor.” The mutual trust between artist and producers allows them to take bold risks. Keri shouts out all the â€śfly girlsâ€ť on her song â€śGet It Girlâ€ť. â€śA â€Get It Girlâ€ is focused on getting everything she wants out of life. She is strong, independent, determined, loves to have fun, always stays fresh – and no matter what, accepts no limitations.â€ť

â€śIn A Perfect Worldâ€¦â€ť represents a world where music is music and you canâ€t put it in a box. Itâ€s a catalyst for Keri to defy categorization, â€śI want to be a point of referenceâ€ť states Hilson. â€śHip-hop has become pop; pop is hip-hop. Music is definitely changing. I want to be the crux of that. I want to be a reason, not a result.â€ťKeri Hilson has been writing music for individual artists since 2001. She has written music for Britney Spears, Toni Braxton, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Ciara, Usher, Teairra Mari, the Pussycat Dolls, Danity Kane , Avant, Ruben Studdard, B5, Diddy, Chingy, LeToya, Ludacris, Rich Boy, Jennifer Lopez, Shawn Desman, Kelly Rowland, Nicole Scherzinger, Lloyd Banks, Keke Palmer, Omarion, Tiffany Evans, and Timbaland. With many of the songs Hilson takes part in writing, she also does background vocals, such as in “Runaway Love” and “Wait a Minute”.

Hilson has also made a name for herself as an arranger and background vocalist lending her talents on many of the songs she’s written. Hilson had remained behind the scenes for the most part until 2004 when she was featured on Xzibit’s single, “Hey Now (Mean Muggin’)”, for his album, Weapons of Mass Destruction. She made her performing debut at the 2004 MTV Europe Awards in which she performed the song with Xzibit.

In 2006, Hilson reseemed on the music scene in the video for Nelly Furtado’s single “Promiscuous”. Since then Hilson has signed with Timbaland’s new label Mosley Music Group which is in association with Interscope Records. The pair are currently working on the singer’s debut album, which is expected to involve further production by Timbaland, Danja, Xzibit, Polow da Don, The Underdogs, Organized Noize, Bangladesh, Tha Cornaboyz, Tony Dixon, Eric Dawkins, Tank and guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Justin Timberlake. The same year, she was featured on “Help”, the second single from Lloyd Banks’ Rotten Apple.

In 2007, Hilson has had several appearances on Timbaland’s solo effort, Shock Value. She is featured on “The Way I Are”, “Scream”, and “Miscommunication”. On international versions, she is also featured on a track titled “Hello”. She was also featured in “Lost Girls” and “Good Things” on Rich Boy’s debut album. On Britney Spears’ 2007 album Blackout, Hilson is credited as a writer and backing vocalist. Hilson is also set to work with Spears on her upcoming follow-up to Blackout.

A promotional video of her song “Where Did He Go” has leaked recently. It is unknown if this is going to be released as a single or if it is even to appear on the Album. Hilson recently released a single entitled “Get It Girl” with Timbaland. The single was recorded for a Verizon Ringtone. It is available through iTunes.[1][2]

She also played the lead role in Usher’s music video “Love in This Club”, and was originally on the remix, which she was replaced and Beyonce was added to give the song more exposure since Beyonce is a more known name. Keri appeared on Nelly’s “Party People” music video wearing a T-Shirt which says ‘Hip Hop aint dead’.

Keri Hilson previously collaborated with Justin Timberlake on a cover of LL Cool J’s “Headsprung”. The song charted on the Bulgarian National Top 40 and so far it peaked at number 31.[3]

She also featured on the lead single, “Hero”, to Nas’ album, Untitled. The single was released on June 23, 2008.

Keri Hilson’s debut solo album In A Perfect World… will be released in the fall of 2008. The album’s first single is entitled “Energy”. The music video for “Energy” was released July 14, 2008.

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I have been... very at odds with myself lately, tbh

idk if it’s my imminent return to america that has me on edge, or just a bunch of things that have been happening lately

since I met my internet friend on saturday I’ve felt weird because although I felt fine on the night, I realized later that I was like... viciously pushing parts of myself back to avoid making them feel awkward, because I knew that they weren’t the kind of person I would usually be friends with (we’ve known each other via the internet for like 5 years or something, and if we were more compatible we would be closer obvs) and so it was like a minefield because with people like that and someone like me, awkward situations are so easy to come by. it was even worse because they talked to me like they knew me, kept saying they loved me, etc. etc. but I wasn’t comfortable. I wasn’t uncomfortable, but I wasn’t myself

I also seem to be getting very very defensive about my blackness, and blackness in general these days. the other person I keep ranting about is the kind of person that thinks they’re an ally, but is just making a lot of noise for brownie points, often talking over actual black people or thinking that their opinion matters at all in, or worse yet, is crucial to, a discussion that black people are having about blackness. that’s one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to like allies or whatever. sometimes u gotta know when to shut up.

but the more important things are also constantly bothering me, too. what’s going to happen to me? my family? is it just a matter of time before we’re just some more victims of an American Tragedy?

my friends have entirely different priorities... some of them don’t, or simply can’t, understand just how different our perspectives are.. I know it’s hard to grasp when we resonate with each other so well on so many different points, but we’re different. so, so different. some friends sympathize. some don’t know how I feel at all. it’s something else that I can’t share with my non-black friends because there can only be three reactions: 1) yes I, too, suffer (WRONG), 2) man that sucks (uh.. thanks..), and 3) boy I hate this system and I’ll fight with you (almost there but... somehow still lacking)

then talking with my black friends just reminds me that I’m so depressed that my african american history class was one of the main contributing factors to my suicidal thoughts in the dreaded Senior Year of College. I feel so fucking weak, there are people out there staying informed, spreading information, donating, fighting, protesting, and I can’t even have a conversation.

then there’s the wonderful “my black family thinks being un-straight means being unnatural”. this... I haven’t even begun to unpack this.... as far as my life’s trajectory is going, I could go my whole life pretending to be straight. but... fuck, man, do I just have to live my entire life hiding as much of myself as possible, and pretending the rest isn’t relevant? the hole in my heart when I listen to music from my childhood and hear how they talk about gayness in dancehall, or when my uncle gets up on his soapbox, or whatever whatever whatever. even to my parents, it’s the butt of a joke.

and let’s not get started on the misogyny. or god forbid the misogynoir. I know, I know, I’m a black woman which puts me on the bottom rung of every social ladder that exists, I’ve been told this since childhood, you guys were trying to prepare me for reality but you just made me lose my will to live. it’s not your fault, though. how do we deal with this world?

anyway, I just feel very.. uncomfortable in my skin right now, like no matter where I go or what I do it won’t be enough or it’ll be too much I’m walking this goddamned tightrope and wondering why I don’t just let myself drop off

#hhhhhhh Tirah Depressed #tirah talks #suicide mention /#long post #I guess I just need to trust my loved ones to try to understand their mistakes and to care about me #I know this feeling would pass if I talked to a friend or family member but that's what happens when u live in japan smdh #like this is the number 1 reason I'm moving back home #when I feel like I can't trust anyone talking to someone I trust instantly makes me feel better but I CAN'T BECAUSE THIS TIME ZONE IS AWFUL

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ALBUM REVIEW: GoldLink - At What Cost

GoldLink is unafraid of tackling the popular approaches of contemporary popular music and turning them on their head to put together At What Cost. The hometown star echoes the voice of a city that has a deep history in musical and cultural development, but as of recent has been left in the shadows. He is able to take his unique flow and melodies to a whole new level by running them through different iterations of tonality, cadence, and lyrical content. As Einstein once famously said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Every track is GoldLink expanding his artistic expression by working with artists of many different genres in a calculated fashion. It’s almost as if he’s making a hit for a lover from most, if not all, popular genres of music with the simple motive of getting the listener to groove. Taking a step back from the hip-hop/pop standard of 808 drums, GoldLink pulls influence from the sophisticated syncopation of Go-Go music into the digital era of music production. It is clear how important of an influence Go-Go music was on this record, in a way that GoldLink pushes the sound of the city, as well as brings it back to cultural relevance. My intention for this review is to highlight the important songs that build an ethos through the culture of Washington, D.C. and the current state of the city’s music scene.

The record opens up with a dystopian soundscape reminiscent of the familiar sounds of D.C.’s metro, chopped up samples from what sounds like a Go-Go show, and other eerie industrial tones. It feels like a palate cleanser preparing the listener for something different; a change of pace in the District. Whether it’s politically or culturally, GoldLink is trying to say things are changing and he’s helping us see and embrace that change.

Ciscero - local D.C. rap artist previously featured on hit singles of GoldLink’s – gets the opening words of the record. GoldLink is strategic in who he uses for features, which shows how attentive he is to the local scene and builds his credibility of being a tastemaker for the future artists of the city. This seems to be his intention by having Ciscero open up the record on “Same Clothes As Yesterday.” As much as GoldLink references Go-Go music and other famous D.C. styles, jazz is something he subtly slips in. Get your charts out and get to transcribing these far from modal changes. It is bold to build a melody like GoldLink does with confidence over this track, really laying back into the pocket, but picking just the right notes with which to familiarize the listener to a western melody over some chromatic changes. GoldLink has always been one to develop strong melodies in his songwriting and truly hones in on this skill in the first two proper tracks of this record.

It’s clear GoldLink spent some time learning from the legends of D.C. to build this record, and first is infamous D.C. Grammy nominated producer Kokayi. This brings the listener back to a dancehall vibe that’s almost irresistible. From the disco strings that are sampled to Kokayi acting as an emcee, it’s clear we’re in the Go-Go. To my surprise, there is no sign of GoldLink on the track, instead standing as just a pure dance track. This adds to the theme of capturing Go-Go culture sonically for the whole world to hear. Kaytranada pushes the sounds of Go-Go into a futuristic context in “Mediation” - one of the big singles to emerge from this record. It’s funny how GoldLink connected with Kaytranada, originally stealing one of his beats from SoundCloud for his own. Of course there was beef, but it turned into a connection for collaboration. Jazmine Sullivan, famous R&B singer who broke out with the single “Need U Bad” produced by the one and only Missy Elliott, is featured on the track as well. GoldLink did his fair share of D.C. R&B research, as he featured D.C. raised, Grammy award-winning singer Mýa, who gained critical acclaim in the early 2000s, on “Roll Call.” I digress, but the club beat is the foundation that GoldLink uses to build an archetype of women in the DMV, from his own perspective, through the lens of a prior lady with whom he was involved. The two meet at the Go-Go, but find out they’re from rival neighborhoods, spurring a fight that breaks out and someone pulls out heat, an oftentimes relatable circumstance for true District locals. More importantly, it paints a picture of the social aspects of D.C.

Track six comes as a trap-influenced surprise, featuring a newly-emerging trio out of Ireland, Hare Squead, who capture the movements of Northern Soul (infamous in Ireland in the ‘60s) and contemporary hip-hop to create their very own sound. “Herside Story” was a breakout single for the trio and was released before GoldLink presented it on this record. It takes the essence of a lot of trap music, but puts a light touch to it as opposed the heavy, hard, and aggressive iteration with which we are familiar. A strong auto-tuned melody carries through the song, weaving together GoldLink’s verse about a love-interest who’s likely from the west coast, as evidenced by the lyric “when the sun don’t shine on the west side.” D.C. isn’t necessarily known for it’s trap music, but GoldLink sees this as an opportunity to create his own take on it, achieving a sound that’s unfamiliar, yet recognizable in the context of popular music.

What is an important hip-hop record from D.C. without a feature from Wale? “Summatime” stands as almost an ode to GoldLink’s time in California, which he references in his single “Rough Soul” as the spot he went to decompress from his international tour. Referencing the Gold Rush, which is both a play on words with the D.C. MC’s stage name and the California Gold Rush, he indicates why he went to California in the first place. The irony is the mutual love for California between Wale and GoldLink, almost as a honeymoon paradise that is “a second home.” It is interesting to think that two of the biggest names out of D.C. in recent years created a hit single that is all about their second home. Personally, I see many artists emerge in the city, then quickly departing to live in larger musical hubs. These artists will always be rooted in D.C. and call it home, but many stray away from uplifting the city with them. I’d like to think this is part of the point that GoldLink is making about D.C., clearly utilizing rising artists as well as D.C. legends to unite the city musically with At What Cost.

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GoldLink takes an experimental turn on “The Parable of a Rich Man,” featuring April George, an up-and-coming artist in D.C. best known for her work with mattVISTA in their genre-bending project, April + Vista. This song, arguably his most creative on the record, takes harsh tones and puts a groove to it. GoldLink tells a story of a previous love-interest, whom he portrays as Lucifer (“Lucy”), who has returned to collect what she provided for him when he was struggling. It’s a story of mistrust and blackmail, putting GoldLink in a pickle as far as relationships, stuck in confusion muddled by young love as well as his recent fame and fortune. The song cuts out into an existential anthem, fading out with sounds of the metro arriving:

“In this world mother, no one can love me In this world they do not know how to love me In this world mother, no one can love me In this world they do not know how to love me Where is that pure loving love Where is that truly loving me Where is that pure loving love Where is that truly loving me Their white song longs to me Their white song longs to me”

“Crew,” the standout hit of this record, originally released as a single, ties heavily to R&B as well as trap, which is a stretch, but let me explain. The world loves self-conscious and timid melodies that much of the trap world has created as a genre standard, though much of this song has more of a dance vibe. GoldLink pairs up with two rising D.C. rappers, Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy, to put together this track. XXL commented on the track, saying, “perfectly blend[ing] each artist's’ unique styles into one awesome party record.”

At What Cost is a record for D.C. and for those who have missed out on what is happening in a city experimenting with new sounds and textures. This record is representative of D.C. taking an important step in the right direction of becoming a musically relevant city that is progressing a sound that could one day influence national acts. It has been a long time coming, with punk and Go-Go being the most recent highlighted movements within D.C. We are on the brink of the city getting the attention it deserves, and it’s GoldLink who’s leading the charge.

-Jack Jobst

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In-Depth Review of Drake’s ‘More Life’

by Sadé

A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Mar 21, 2017 at 6:54pm PDT

This is an in-depth review of More Life, where I dissect it and have fun rambling. You can tell he had fun making this, that he felt…inspired, you could say.

(Oh and you know damn well I had to put this picture up.)

Yeah, I know I'm super late on this review, but I decided to take a different approach to More Life. A more calculated approach for a calculated artist. I just didn't want to say “Drake is giving life in More Life.” Nah fam. I’ve been fan of Drake since ‘09, and he was giving life and good vibes in this album playlist, I went back to last month when Drake premiered a interview with DJ Semtex during Episode 38 of OVO Radio. The interview explains so much of More Life.

Now, where shall we begin?

For those wondering why it’s not an “album” but a playlist, in his interview he stated “The style in which it’s being put together is based off of our concept that is OVO Sound Radio...Its almost like a radio show, basically I asked myself ‘man what would happen if I did OVO Sound radio but every song was a new Drake song?’” This “collaborative playlist” with Apple, at first, was a confusing concept but once he explained it - and once you listen to More Life - it makes sense. As he explains, Views was the album and this is just something after the album that keeps his fans enticed. And we are.

There is a playlist-mixtape type of flow to it that reminds you of “old Drake” and yet is new and refreshing and current. From tracks like “Passionfruit” and “Get It Together” to “4422″ and “Teenage Fever”; then from “No Long Talk” and “Gyalchester” to going into “Portland” and “Sacrifices” - just all the different sounds and styles, it’s pretty genius. More Life really embodies Drake and how far he’s come as an artist. The amount of passion and thought he puts into his work really shines through. And don’t get me started on “Lose You” and “Do Not Disturb.” Oh and the ever-confusing but magically track “Glow” with Kanye West - like what? After that rant about Drake being on the radio too much, Drake says in the interview, “whatever it is that you’re going through, I accept it, I don’t respect it.” So exactly when did this happen? What does this mean?! Did they move past it and is that Kanye and Drake project being worked on? We’ll just have to wait and see.

Now for the breakdown.

The London Experience.

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“The most solid gang that you will ever see” - Skepta Interlude, Skepta

In tracks like “Passionfruit” and “Blem” reintroduce us into that dancehall music that just makes Drake happy and well us happy too. Taking those risks with those dancehall influences paid off with VIEWS, with tracks like “One Dance,” Hotling Bling” and “Controlla.” Even “Work,” that started off the promo for VIEWS. But it turns out “One Dance" wasn’t just any dancehall record, its influences are that of the UK underground. From the original song’s artist, Kyla, he brought it to a producer and wanted to make it his own but still incorporate her voice and that UK “funky” sound.

It was just the perfect marriage of a lot of things...I love that tempo, I love that cadence, those melodies, that’s the music that makes me happy in life, so it was great to just be able to just make something like that and shine light on a song from the UK that deserves it, because that’s truly a classic song.

He started shedding light on the UK underground music in VIEWS, but took it to another level with More Life. In his interview with DJ Semtrex, he says, “I honestly, I think that the best rappers in the world are in London, I just think the complexity and the cadences and the way they piece music together.” He goes on to talk about how he met Skepta and although he had been a long time fan of the UK Grime scene, it was really Skepta who opened the doors for him and introduced Drake to people from that world. Actually, if it not for Skepta doing so, Drake says he would’ve never been so open to trying risks like “One Dance” and “Controlla.”

Then we have Giggs. The moment he first heard Giggs’ music, Drake says he just knew he had to be the one to shine that light on the UK sound, and bring more awareness. To Drake, it’s all about showing love and respect and good thing, because damn - Giggs got bars. He and Giggs apparently have tracks hidden somewhere, hopefully they see the light of day.

He’s just somebody I support and again he’s somebody I feel should be one of the biggest rappers as big as he can possibly get. So I’m gonna do everything that I can to try and make that happen.

Drake has definitely been catching some flak for bringing on that London sound, the same bull he dealt with for the dancehall tracks last year. He’s not taking from the culture, he’s utilizing it and helping it grow. He’s bringing up these London artists like Skepta, Giggs, the soulful Jorja Smith, and there’s the South African producer Black Coffee. People forget but Toronto is a very diverse city that literally has all of these types of cultures that are mixed into one. Along with all those different cultures, comes the music that Drake grew up around.

This is our music, this is all, we’re all intertwined, afro-beats, Toronto, the Jamaican culture, Dancehall, London, you know. I gotta hail Skep for that, because that was a turning point for me.

While I’m living for the dancehall and London sounds on the album playlist, his shots on the project are...well you’ll see.

Jab, Jab...and Another Jab.

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“I get more satisfaction outta goin’ at your head And seein’ all of you die And I seen a lot of you die” - Free Smoke

Drake opens up his playlist with “Free Smoke,” an attempt to clear the air. The album is filled with subliminals, some more direct and apparent than others. His first shot goes to Tory Lanez: “Must have never had your phone tapped / All that yappin’ on the phone shit / you must really love the road life / all that never comin’ home shit.” This for sure was direct shot. Tory Lanez’s last album, I Told You, had skits of many phone conversations. Why would you conduct any type of business on the phone? That’s Drake’s point. His second observation goes for Tory always being on the road. “Home” is Toronto for the both of them and it seems Tory left home and never looked back.

Now because we all know how clever Drake is, in his outro there’s a bar (thanks to Genius) that I didn’t catch but is another shot at Tory: “You overnight celebrity, you one day star / Swear I Told You that I’m in this bitch for eternity.” If you didn’t know, because I didn’t, Tory’s government is Daystar Peterson and his album is called I Told You, AND there's a track on it called “One Day." Get it? “You one day star, Swear I Told You.” Clever, right?

“How you let the kid fighting’ Ghost-writin’ rumors turn you to a ghost?” - Free Smoke

Everybody and their mother knows about the beef between the two but after I listened to the OVO Radio interview...well, I bet you didn’t know it was actually very serious for Drake.

Because we live in a social media driven world now, Meek started off this beef via Twitter. In 2015, he tweeted something along the lines that Drake does not write his own raps. Meek and Drake weren’t exactly friends but as Drake said in his interview with DJ Semtex, he worked with Meek and helped build him up because of the relationship with Nicki Minaj. At the time Boi1da brought Quentin Miller to Drake, a kid he talked to about music with and thought Drake would like him. Miller and Drake ended up working together on about five tracks, but key word here is “worked” together:

The reason why I never felt like necessarily pressured to sit down and defend myself right away or go do an interview is just because...anybody that’s been in any room with me knows first of all that I am one of the best writers period. That is what I do, that is what I’m known for, I go and write for other people, I write my biggest songs, my biggest hits, the massive majority of my catalogue has all been written solely by me, which is a big feat because music is a collaborative process. At that given time with those isolated records, they just wouldn’t be what they were if it wasn’t for me, if it wasn’t for my pen, my contributions to that, and not taking away from [Miller], we did great work together in a very small space.

A shot against another artist’s most known creative skill, especially when at one point you were cordial, is a serious shot at the neck in this business. For someone he, as he says, “supported” and helped launched his first tour - it definitely must have hurt. And Drake wanted to return that right back to him. When he dropped "Charged Up,” and realized Meek wasn’t prepared, he knew he had to strike with the club banger “Back to Back."

I didn’t go the route of calling him a bunch of terrible names, I just used wit, I just used wit and good writing, ironically enough great writing, to just win that situation...DJ’s have to take a hit when you’re hosting a party and you can’t play the biggest record of the night because you’re standing there. It hurt and I wanted it to hurt...That was the only part about it that felt good, ah I finally got to compete when I was doubted and win. That was pretty much the only positive of it, but the rest of it was just all trash man, it was just embarrassing to witness.

It was hard for all of us to witness. Hilarious, but everyone definitely had a collective “ouch” moment. Even though Meek now is trying to recover, he’s not as public as he was before. Drake goes on to admit that it wasn’t a moment he wasn’t proud of but had to happen. And when DJ Semtrex asked if he and Meek would ever be friends again - referring to the recent reconciliation of Jay-Z and Nas, hip hop’s most notorious beef - Drake had this to say:

All blessings to Jay and Nas for coming together after all those years and I can’t predict what’s going to happen in the future, but right now nah I’m good – just be over there, I’ll be over here – that’s it.

He also throws jabs at Birdman, J. Lo (jab-ish) and there is a possible shot at Joe Budden who last year got heated on his podcast and said, or rather screamed, that Drake on VIEWS sounded “uninspired.” I actually agree which leads me to my next point. As he stated in his interview, he felt inspired after the release of VIEWS and thusly More Life came to...life?

Drake is Giving Life in More Life.

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Nah, but really - he is. The album playlist just flows, and while refreshening, it does remind me of the “old Drake.” Pre-ghost-writing-rumors-Drake. When an artist is connected like that with his music - man, he’s unstoppable. I’m glad he’s at 100 percent for this project, and taking the risks he started to on VIEWS.

“I was an angry yout when I was writing’ Views Saw a side of myself the I just never knew I’ll probably self-destruct if I ever love, but I never do” - Do Not Disturb

But with all that said, that beef did happen. People did question and pick at Drake for those ghost writing rumors. In the interview, he states that the ghostwriter accusations did take an emotional toll on him during the time of VIEWS. It affected him in such a way, but More Life is him acknowledging his feuds and moving forward.

“Last chance I get to make sure that you take it personally Take this shit to heart, it’s always executed perfectly”

The pensive and introspective “Do Not Disturb” has to be my favorite of the 22-track project. It cuts in deep, a summation of Drake’s life. When discussing VIEWS, he notes it as just another album, not “the one” and how it’s “just another chapter in the story.” He barely took any time before getting ready for More Life.

“I can’t even party while a nigga pursuin’ this Distractions will do you in, in the truest sense.”

Drake always had that ridiculous work ethic since playing Jimmy and recording on the side, to which is the reason he was taken off Degrassi. His time on Dr. Dre’s project where he got kicked off mid-progress, he learned the lesson he can never slip up. Drake is always on the grind to keep his No. 1 slot. As he’s said “I really enjoy making music...I just am addicted to it. I don’t like stopping.” We’ve seen these feuds come and go, and while some may rattle him, they never knock him off his pedestal.

“They don’t know they got to be faster than me to get to me No one’s done it successfully”

It has been a good solid eight years and just magic, inspired (and some uninspired) genius that makes Drake...Drake. With the Jamaican pronunciations, to direct shots all those he’s been against, to his romantic life, to talking about plans for OVO Fest - it’s the perfect vulnerable end to his playlist.

“Maybe gettin’ back to my regular life will humble me”

It might just, and we’ll be waiting for the summary in 2018.

#drake #more life #sade

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