Eternal Sounds

still reflectin'

the deadly duo had the net rabid with some six star delight n they're bout to do it again

get your muzzles

just begin featurin' J.Elect n J.Cole was pretty crazy

errrry verse n it was dope but J.Electrolysis left the rest on a dialysis. don't believe me? go back n listen. REaLLY listen

there's some more guaranteed dopeness in store on new years eve

an official Reflection Eternal mixtape is in store courtesy of Statik Selektah

the Revolutions Per Minute album drops in February

listen to the single way downnnnnnnnnn below, a few days back along the page

...it's gots to be your man hi-tek and kweli

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

Haha. I'm on a Just Blaze tip. I stumbled across this. Fight(!)



I dunno how to call this one. I love both. Just Blaze is a beast and Al is in my top 5. Food for thought. You do the dishes.

Whose Heard of Othello Woolf?

It's been a twelve months of great names.

Literally.

The dude Othello Woolf wasn't quite a stand out but still has one of those stand out names.

He might just make it a great one for himself in the next twelve.

So hear him out.

Peep game n have a peep at Hispace.

2000&Milk

Black Milk. The Future. Undiluted hotness.

Just drink

More Love Supreme

so 2010 will be a happy new year. how do i know? U-N-I. that's how i know

your boy Thurs and his boy YO are blowin up and they're droppin another bomb on us by the name of Love. A Love Supreme to be exact. A Love Supreme 2.0 to be exactly exact.

there should be five new songs on there, with a few remixes and a special appearance by my man EV. there's a DVD too.

nuthin wrong with a lil more Love.

Puxsatawney

magnetizing the ghetto

sillyness.

maybe a dream line-up of 2009?

MP3: Reflection Eternal - Untitled (Ft. Jay Electronica, Mos Def & J Cole)

who takes the win? HipHop for one. And J Cole certainly more than holds his own.

on a buzz, high enough to scribe out the lyrics --> how this music should be making us feel. I just feel so blessed we've still got artists making us feel like this.

.....

Leftovers.

 More! More!

Go on eLZHI, take Black Milk & DJ Dez back to the lab, cross bolt the door + don't come up for air until you've made enough material to provide me with quotables to last out 2010.

If you don't download this. Better get back to the drawing board. Your lost.

www.elzhi.com

ps. i know i'm (internet time)late on this. . .

beauty from all angles.

I always try and look at 'r&b' in a different way to how it's presented in the charts.

but only as far as disecting the instrumental or plotting what hudmo beats i'd like to see chris brown ride.

thoughts and dreams that are knocked sideways into lameness by this.

Oli Chang's cinematic remix of Beyonce's Naughty Girl

MP3: Beyonce - Naughty Girl (Oli Chang's Cinematic Remix)

thanks to amelia + all the others who, like me, are probably having their listening schedules run by this right now.

redLight

Luke Wolagiewicz in Ponte City (JohannesBurg) via VervePhoto

Where The Wild Things Are

I have a thing for voices - nasally, gruff, gravelly, silky. Even girls with deep voices. Other guys don't like them. I hunt em. Where The Wild Things Are just happens to have some of the most distinct voices in hollyweird on a film reel. James Gandolfini? Check. Forrest Whittaker, the sound of sad broken wisdom? Check. Gruff, rough Mark Ruffalo? Come on now. Crazy.



In class they say one of the hardest things to do is to write from a kid's perspective. I think it's just as hard to show the world how a kid sees it. The famous book does just that. Spike Jonze does just that. This is very much a film about growing up, for kids and grown ups alike. It's surprisingly dark. It's also got an amazing soundtrack which was written by Jonze's ex-girlfriend, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with contributions from her bandmates and some members of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather



Max Records is the coolest entertainment name ever. Max Records is the coolest entertainment boy ever. He might even win an Oscar. He should.



I abso-positively love this movie. It just might be my favourite of 09. One of my favourites ever. Where The Wild Things Are is where i'm at

BEKAWS

KAWS is an NY based artist most people know but just don't know that they do. This is the guy behind numerous magazine covers, BAPE adverts, and the artwork for The Clipse's latest offering - Till The Casket Drops.



A while back I came across this video highlighting the man, his work, and the streets. Street Art.



i-D recently chopped it up with him and released this video

BlakRoc

What do the Black Keys, Mos Def, RZA, Q-Tip, Billy Danze, Nicole Wray, and Jim Jones have in common? Talent. That and the fact that they've come together to form a new supergroup called BlakRoc. With a lil help from our favourite super mogul of the 2000s - Dame Dash



The album is actually out already and is pushing decent numbers but it's really all about the music. They hit the studio on some eleven artists, eleven days, one studio tip. And even had the courtesy to record it all for our viewing pleasure. There are, you guessed it, eleven webisodes and I'll be uploading them time to time. Enjoy.

I.D

Legendary windycity native NO I.D has got somethin bubbling with The Verve's very own Richard Ashcroft. Some may know I.D as the man behind the boards, pushing buttons for the very best of Common's work - I Used To Love H.E.R should ring a bell. I.D is generally hailed as Kanye's mentor and they both worked on Jay's DOA.

They've recorded 20 to 30 songs already. The project is as of yet untitled and might be droppin sometime round April.

cool out

the bass was heavy and the lyrics were clever



just. cool. out

de ja vu

Tell em Teena

QUAKES

no plug for anyone or anything here. just head nod with this for a minute or 2.

exhibit C

real hiphop cut of the quarter out today on I T U N E S 

lyrics .gif courtesy of rappersiknow

you gotta say 'heat' where it's due.

(often lowercase) oracular; obscure; ambiguous:

i'm a big kid. i like shiny new things. shiny new songs and shiny new toys. shiny new years. 2010 will be epic. 2010 will be delphic



more jewels from Jools

Santakwon

jimmy and the boys



Rae, Thought & the mighty Roots Crew

OB4CL...II

Nasty Gong

first cousins




Young Rakim n Young Bob have had this is the works for a minute now. They dropped a snippet of a bomb on us with As We Enter left us fiending for a while. Ofcourse Juniour Gong first teamed up with Nasty Nas on the eerie Road To Zion but now theyve had us hungry stans salivating over their Distant Relatives album. Should be out round the top of twenty-ten. The hype machine is in full grind. First up the Distant Relatives Forum

Watch live streaming video from distantrelatives at livestream.com

They brought out some stellar names for this one - Rakim, Big Youth, Kool Herc, and DJ Red Alert. Just to name a few. The Forum looks at the cultures of HipHop and Reggae, their similarities and influences on the world. They discuss Africa and the origins of music. The V-Tech sponsored event was pretty live and a lot of heads came thru for this one.




The dynamic duo unleash a few exclusives



You gotta love Hate Me Now. Still



Meltin wax with the old heads

Distant Relatives drops in March on Universal Republic

Rebel Music

Green White Green

this is me



Things Fall Apart. But sometimes things just fall into all the right places. Like one Nneka. She ticks every single box. For me. I'll let the music do the talking. But im sure youve already bopped your heads silly to this one



Sometimes things just fall into all the right places. Like this mixtape. Right into my lap.



Tracklisting

1. Can You Hear? (Intro)
2. Let the Madness Begin (J.Period Exclusive)
3. Wake Up World (Interlude)
4. Wake Up Africa (J.Period Remix)
5. The Uncomfortable Truth
6. Untainted Love feat. Damian Marley (Interlude)
7. Spread Love (Brooklyn to Zion) (J.Period Remix)
8. Human Rights (Interlude)
9. Changes (J.Period Remix) feat. M-1 & General Steele
10. Conscious Lyrics (Interlude)
11. Gypsy/Infamous (J.Period Exclusive)
12. Hip Hop Comes From Africa (Interlude)
13. Walking (J.Period Remix) feat. Jay Electronica
14. In Transit (Interlude)
15. Show Love (J.Period Remix) f. Rakaa (Dilated Peoples) & Aceyalone
16. For the Good of Humanity (Interlude)
17. God of Mercy (J.Period Remix) f. Zumbi (Zion I)
18. Suffri (Nigerian in Berlin Remix) feat. Fela Kuti
19. Perseverance is Character (Interlude)
20. Strength/Kangpe (J.Period Dubplate) f. Big Boi (Outkast)
21. Heartbeat (J.Period Remix) feat. Talib Kweli
22. In the Heart of Man (J.Period Exclusive)
23. Symptoms of My Madness (Outtro)

[ Bonus Mix: J.Period Dubplates ]
24. Mind vs. Heart (J.Period Dubplate) f. 2Pac
25. Changes 2 (J.Period Dubplate) feat. Lauryn Hill & John Forte
26. Walking 2 (J.Period Dubplate) feat. Nas

Out Now. Cop it. Make things fall in the right places.

down with the foreigners

'Forever changed' A Grammy nod can do that to you. Shout out to my big brother (not really related - just got love for dude), Little Brother's Phonte and flying Dutchman Nicolay, better known as Foreign Exchange.

After earning a nomination in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category for the track "Daykeeper" featuring Muhsinah, theyre rapping and scratching on cloud nine. I have to say I've never been a fan of the Grammys, but I give em props for this cos, to me at least, the nomination shows theyre thinking outside the tv box.

Foreign Exchange are just not mainstream. But the flow is still serious. Congrats. Even if they don't win. Grammys boost sales. Grammys boost interest. Can you spell exposure? I guess theyve already won

They've even started circulating a lil video. Kinda like a thankyou speech. Don't hesitate to be far too kind. Watch.

SHK

I have to thank my dude for gettin me Shook. Not scared and full of trepidation and all. I mean the magazine. Each issue is like a lil tablet of art filled with pages taken right out of the imaginations of our Ipods. The folks over there never lie. SHK Winter 09/10 - they stay true to form.



The FUNK FACTORY Special sees a lil light being shed on a few names more than due their fifteen - Breakestra, Whitefields Brothers and Lefties Soul Connection. Just to name a few. They shoot the smoky cohiba breeze with Giles Peterson, and come up with a surprise for Nneka. Dope names. Dope read. Cop

DeviationChristmasBall

If all other deviations have been roadblocks (as personal accounts always suggest  + common sense predicts), this will be something pretty special. Benji B shuns any other guests (in a good way of course) and takes to the decks for a 5hour marathon. You don't even have to bring a tux or gown.

I can't think of a better christmas ball.

Not to mention its the first deviation i will be actually attending. Very very excited.

TheCrazyDoodler

(((I've always wanted to say I'm blogging from somewhere other than my bedroom desk. Today i finally can, courtesy of my friend Nalden. . . . A trip which will be well documented towards the end of the week - I don't want to leak details now. --- Should I be building this up like this? Probably not. Young excitement...)))

Anyway.

The more observant ones of you will have noticed the arrival of a 2nd member here. TheCrazyDoodler (reasons hide behind the name).

Why is he here? Because our inspirations overlap. Because he's the type of person who I could pull all nighters with, debating points of which few-else would care about. Because he realizes we have a chance to make something out of our inspirations. Because he digs Alicia Keyes in the same ways that i do. He understands that hip-hop grows in chapters. & Because he needs 'loungewear' to be at his most creative.

That's why he's here.

The outlet of 1, Now becomes the outlet of 2.

Mothersuck Bugs Bunny

New 'Fest. You ever watch one of those back in the heyday cartoons like Tom&Jerry and think - WTF?! How they got away with the picaninnies and sambos is crazy. That's not to say the shows weren't crazy themeselves. I am a cartoonhead. Shout out to Hanna-Barbera. Sick video. Sick concept. Konee Rok behind the lens. Rhymefests' El Che out Spring 2010.

Toro Zoro

I caught a bug this summer. A bug by the name of Toro Y Moi. I'm just gonna call dude Toro Zoro from now on. He's slicing em. Gimme some Suya and some Washed Out and that's a perfect day. Plus some Gulder. Luckily the two have combined forces for a nice lil remix and Toro Zoro's album - Causers Of This - drops February 2k10, parkin' lot pimpin on CarPark Records. All you bad ass worms in the Rotten Apple can also look forward to a tour sometime soon. Real soon.


MP3: Washed Out & Toro Y Moi - Feel It All Around (TYM Remix)

My Bookshelf - Books 1 & 2

Every now and then I stumble across a book that defies my ADD and inspires the recluse in me. Books I absolutely want and recommend. These two just happen to be sprinkled with a lil bit of hippity-hip-hop-hop



Jonathan Lethem's book has got everything that speaks to me, and I guess for me - slaps of rap, graffiti, murmurings of racial tension and the colourful musical cultures of the 70s, 80s and 90s, with a lil bit of comic fanboy, set against the backdrop of BK, New York. Sweeeet.



Saul Williams is an alpha male. Devastatingly talented. Writer, MC, Spoken word artist, Army candy for Arm Candy (Miss Persia White), Actor, Poet. He is one of my favourite people hands down. Ever. With a title like said the shotgun to the head, he's got my ear

Angel Deradoorian

Coming Straight Outta Crooklyn. Full Awesome. Part Armenian. Half Woman. Half Amazin'





BIDMAS - Big Eyes (Porcelain Skin x Catchy Ear) + Silk Voice = Pretty Ill.




She's rockin one of the funkiest names in/on the world(wideweb). Like my man said -'it's exam season' For a lot of us it's coursework season. Throughout the year this lady's been the soundtrack to my 2:1s and (fingers crossed) firsts. Dirty Projector's very own Angel Deradoorian is nice with it.



Deradoorian's Mind Raft EP dropped in May, brought to you by the loving folks of Lovepump. Check out Herspace

MP3: Angel Deradoorian - High Road

mIRRORs

Now I'm yet to cop the dam funk 5 part album. but not because I don't think it is gonna be dope. Sometimes you CAN have too much of a good thing. I might end up becoming more nostalgic than my dad.

This year has definitely been his. (and everyone elses who I have slapped the tag on). . And next year the sound is sure to blossom and grow in ways that it didn't/couldn't all those years ago. Especially with new shoots Nite Jewel, Funkineven & Krystal Klear giving their sound takes.

That's a ramble. This is his video for 'Mirrors'.

cop cop cop cop. . . . toeachizown

Happy Birthday

Today just happens to be the happy born day of one of Nobodydancenomore's cronies - a certain Izzo Kambal. As I watched him blow out the candles of his cake, I heard what he wished - a mellow birthday for a laidback boy. So without further delay, here's some mellow...

Mistletoe

Rabid. Animal Collective on the cover of The Fader's next issue. Click Here For a nice lil Beginner's Guide to all things Animal Collective. And whatnot. Furry xmas

Dope

Due to rising levels of weak punchlines and pun crime Nobodydancenomore brings you a treasure of a freestyle.

While we're at it...


Cory Gunz & DJ Drama Gangsta Grillz: Heir To The Throne out now. Spread the riches

Revelations Of Sadness

love the piano twists here. real hypnotic cut from beat maker Kan Kick - taken from the above tape.

MP3: Kan Kick - Revelations of Sadness

So much more like this available to cop through Itunes.

Menuet Antique

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on classical & say this particular rendition is superior to any others. just beautiful though.

Exam seasons got to see the move to serious music.

Maurice Ravel

just because I really love You

dilla stans know about the OG to this. but lets shine on miles bonny for a second. Hasn't this guy been making amazing music for too long now? And by that I mean too long without an album. What's a soul singer got to do these days?!

INS on the beat, Fleur on background vocals. + video by Mr. Robert Winter.

NITE funk

Nite Jewel & Dam Funk make Nite Funk.

MP3: Nite Funk - Am I Gonna Make It 

Let it get inside your head.

via wonderful xlr8r

meanest and the cleanest

been doing the Uni thing for the last two days. hence the lack of round the clock gossip coverage.

gem from scouring the ipod today -  -  >

listen to that beat.

Gangstarr - Royalty.

Long Live The Plan EP

Illumsphere's 2nd release should be out and physical by the end of the calendar year.

I didn't feel the first release particularly, but at the time I was looking for more in all the beats I heard. Need for evolution & all that music 'which box does this fit in' pessimism. 

But here I get the progression I craved. New influences have been brought forward to work with the older sounds, and the result is a hybrid that few are similar to. Beautiful artwork & a samiyam remix to top the package off.

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The record flirts with a brand of dubstep similar to that of 2562/martyns so it wasn't really a surprise to me that there's a forthcoming illumsphere remix of martyns 'brilliant orange' - a snippet of which can be heard here.

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Forward music which is worthy of  further investigation at the minimum.

More @ Fat City Recordings

Tip Of My Tongue

i'll put the money where my blog is and say Jagged Edge will make some of the best rhythm and blues music in 2010.

MP3: Jagged Edge - Tip Of My Tongue (Ft. Trina & Gucci Mane)

They were so relevant when I was at senior school.

Cosmix!

retweeting this from nutstosoup

A Funkineven & Mr. Wonderful collaborative mix going by the name Cosmix! A pun...?

70's, 80's & those who are bringing it back today.

Investigate.

There are a couple of cuts on this that refuse to leave my headspace. *discogs spree*

Y-3 X Momo

$$$ flow

U R Not Uma Thurman.

Oh. Wow.  Who knew Wiley would vocal instrumentals like this?

This is essentially why no-one comes close.

True story. I play the OG before I go out sometimes. All the time.

vvv

my producer of the moment. unbelievably beautiful music tied to both the low end and the stars. add vvv to your watch list. releases coming in 2010.

You know just how much I get off on those vocal snip's. His soundcloud is a daily haunt of mine.

snippet of back to life. the outstanding, outstanding cut  from those i've heard.

Yeah i'm hyped. but isn't that what good music should do to us?