Dec 13, 2024
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Flashback Friday ❄️🖤
I may not be as good as a singer but I definitely love singing and performing arts. Sharing talents is best done with friends! ❤️
I'm a bit spooked that there's so little mention of Alicia Key's new album HERE (out today) in my (music-filled) Twitter feed considering it's an effing TITAN of an album... hopefully it is the calm before the storm because 'timely' would be an understatement. It was love at first listen for me, in some parts it's so tender, the lyrics feel so on point, well, a soft touch like me had to compose herself. Anyway - here's the Spoti-link http://spoti.fi/2fiugn4 (album artwork mash up: by me)
#SpotiFriday: Our favorite @Spotify Playlists of the Week
As another week comes to a close, we know it's our duty to drop another batch of fresh playlists for you to add on. This week, i'm proud to announce that a friend of the site, HL from the terribly underrated, Lattisaw Tapes is our first guest contributor to #SpotiFridays. This week, he put together some really dope lists, one which we're sharing this week and a couple for the stash. (Trust. He cooked up some next-level ideas.)
On another note, It's only a matter of time before some higher-profiled, better trafficked site comes along and pulls a jackmove of this idea of showcasing lists on a weekly basis, but until then, we'll continue to bring you the dope shit. However, if anyone is interested in curating some lists and submitting them, or making suggestions of ideas we could build off. Do it.
Until then....
Rap Samples Jazz by Thomas Michael Chavarria
Jazz-influenced samples are the fifth element of Hip Hop and TMC did an amazing job compiling this list of sample source, and then the song that it's sampled from. It's only right on Herbie Hancock's birthday to let this list fly.
Paul's Boutique Samples by Chip Maxwell
Only a month away from MCA DAY 2013, I wanted to build some awareness to the dope event that's been going on, so i thought it was only right to post this tribute to possibly one of the most-creative, best sampled album in all of Hip Hop. Debate Me?
The Game 101 by Harold Stallworth
There's no question as to the celebrity of The Game, but often his artistry is put into question. For his first contribution to #SpotiFriday, HL put together this list of 50 (see what he did there) Game joints that will turn any Jayceon hater into a fan. Black Boy Fly.
Get Yo Drank On by Brad McCormick
From Old Gold and Colt 45 to Ciroc and D'Usse, Hip Hop has always had a fascination with getting its drink on. From $2.50 cold 40s to $500 champagne bottles with sparklers in it, rappers have forever been caught with a drink in their hand, and this list is the 151 proof truth.
Tribes Vibes: ATCQ Samples by Yours Truly
Earlier this week, Q-Tip celebrated his bornday, and i put together this Tribe-Sample selection. It's not all the samples, nor is it the best samples, but it was something that i put together to pay homage to The Abstract.
#SpotiFriday: Our favorite @Spotify Playlists of the Week
It's time to get excited for another edition of #SpotiFriday. I'm amped to let yall know that this idea is catching on and you can expect more dope, hand-picked playlists.
I've been speaking behind the scenes with some good folks who are interested in getting more involved with #SpotiFridays and will be submitting some special playlists, which we'll have the privledge of world premiering.
For now, as it's been for the last two weeks, I've been combing through Spotify to find these lists on my own. By getting some The goal is to ask some respected folks to come up with a concept and put together their own hand-crafted, highly-conceptualized list.
Bling Like The Neptune Sound by Yours Truly
On Skateboard P's 40th bornday, I was going to throw together a list of the dopest Phar-real/Neptune beats, but found that shit to be way overwhelming. What I did instead was gave yall the blueprint to slap together your own 40 joints, and put together this list of 250+ of the Neptunes finest.
Flute Loops by Thomas Michael Chavarria
Micro-segmenting hip-hop's ocean of sampled material into samples by artist, or album or label is cool, but how about instrument? That's exactly what this is. All the samples from these selected cuts are based around one sound. LET THE FLUTES BREATHE.
…. feat. Devin The Dude by Brad McCormick
Just as the title states.. 70 tracks of Devin. From dope Devin features, to rare(r) verses, and mixtape cuts, this mix has everything you need.
Dr. Dre in 125 Beats | A Career Chronology by Saul van Staple
Brought to you by our sponsors #SpotiFriday Playlists By Dre.
...and all the pieces matter, Five Years of Music From The Wire by The Wire
We did it for Entourage. We did it for Breaking Bad. Now comes the grand-daddy of all TV Shows. The Wire. Not as extensive of a collection as I had hoped at only 35 songs, but as an addendum, I'm including Beyond Hamsterdam, Baltimore Tracks from The Wire.
#SpotiFriday: Our favorite @Spotify Playlists of the Week Part Deux.
Back at it like a crack addict with round two of #SpotiFriday. Last week we set shit off with a weekly segment that showcases creative spotify playlists. There's nothing new this time around, more playlists, more heat.
Peep Game.
Stax Samples by Brad McCormick
Let’s take it back to the classics…To jump this week off, we start it off with the classics that made your favorite joints your favorite joints. From Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding to The Dramatics and Booker T & The MG’s, these Stax artists were the blueprint of Southern Soul and also the building blocks for some of rap’s classic joints.
The Rocafella Years by Def Jam Records
Def Jam has put together a string of dope spotify playlists. This one is a good collection of joints from the Rocafella artists featuring everyone from Jay and 'Ye to Free and the Young Gunners (even Bleek makes an appearance).
High School High (Fall ‘93-Summer ‘97) by Noah Callahan-Bever
Pretty much a highlight of everyone’s my cassette tape collection from seventh grade through my first year in college.
A Brief Guide to Understanding Native Tongue by Birgitta Bellman
The title pretty much sums it up. 40 joints of all things Native, from Tribe and JB’s, Now i hate to be the one to complain about free music, but where the fidduck are the De La joints?
Breaking Bad - The Comprehensive Collection (Season 1-5) by Chris Hill
All the music that's fit to cook a batch of meth to.
#SpotiFriday: Our favorite @Spotify Playlists of the Week
Ok, so i haven't see anything like this done on any other site yet..so i figured i'd take a stab at it.
Last week after I put together another UNT Spotify Playlist, #MMM..Food, which was basically just a list full of food-titled rap joints. I got a crazy response. Folks emailed, commented, inbox'ed suggestions and it went so well, that I thought i would start a weekly playlist put together every Friday.
Ha! That didn't happen, however, as I was poking around Spotify I began to find all these super-dope, creatively themed playlists that other people had already completed.
Now, don't get me wrong, the idea crossed my mind to pull a jack-move and just steal the track lists, creating my own playlist and put it out as original. But if you know me, you should know i don't play that shark-biting shit....ANYWAY...
What I decided to do instead was to commend those who put in the work, and simply curate a play list of playlists (how meta). So instead of putting together my own playlists, Every Friday I will put together a short list of creatively dope Spotify selections, instead of just putting together my own mixes. So welcome to the first of hopefully a weekly column called #SpotiFriday.
So here it is. Bong.
Songs About Compton by Brad McCormick
30 West-Coast bangers name-dropping LA's most notorious hood. This list is a great audio compliment right after you've watched egotripland's great 15 Rap Videos Dedicated to the City of Compton. To be fair though, no Compton list is complete without Tim Dog's 'Fuck Compton'. RIP
Rap Samples from TV by Thomas Michael Chavarria
How about a playlist full of TV theme songs and their rap-sampled counterparts, put together in order! Now, i'm sure this isn't a complete library of EVERY single one, but dude went in and covered some of the great ones. Which rapper do you think sampled TV shows the most? I'll let you find out...
Ayo My Dipset Taliban by Steven Rodriguez
Eastside Stevie aka A$AP Yams aka Lil' Newport is never scared to proclaim his love for everything Dip Set. El Capitán of the A$AP Mob put together the illy soundtrack of Diplomat chunes to navigates through the Harlem streets, by throwing over 200 Dipset joints, from album cuts, unreleased gems, and hard-to-find freestyles into this playlist.
Music from the TV Show Entourage (All Seasons) by Scott Vener
Curated by the man behind the music of Entourage, himself, Scott Vener (@brokemogul) This playlist is a must-listen to any fan of the show. Whether it was that perfect song in the background of one of those classic Ari Gold rant scenes of the song you never knew the name of that rolled over the end credits, they're all here.
The Funkiest Song Ever? by SD Hox
I figured for the last list of the week, i'd switch it up a bit, and showcase some non Hip-Hop for datazz. Here's 200+ tracks from the 60s,70s,80s, and 90s that are without a doubt, 'funkier than Haitian underarms'. That's word to Reggie Noble.
WITH A Y 2
It's that time again. If you've been following this blog for a while you'll remember that back in the summer I put together a playlist of my favourite music from the first half of the year. Surprise surprise I'm back with WITH A Y 2 featuring all my favourite tunes from the 2nd half.
It features music from the likes of Rhye, Tom Odell, Tame Impala, Purity Ring, Peace, Keel Her, Teen Daze, Everything Everything, Haim, How to Dress Well, Unicorn Kid, Angel Haze, Daughter, Two Door Cinema Club, Kendrick Lamar, The Neighbourhood and many more...
Enjoy!
If you missed WITH A Y 1 you can still listen to it here.