Coachella

Apparently the Californian desert concert festival held in indio sold out within 3hours despite having expanded to two weekends. Radiohead had much to do with that as they are consistently one of the most frequently requested bands. Other act highlights include Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Black Keys, At the Drive-in reunion, Refused, Mazzy Star, Kascade, David Guerra, Pulp, DJ Shadow among others.

More information can be found at Coachella

New Face in the Los Angeles Hip Hop Game Iggy Azalea from Australia

I was searching for music the other day when I came up on this white chick originally from Australia... She was talking pretty g, flowing with gangsta attitude that reminded me of early 90s hip hop... Turns out she dropped out of high school, worked and saved money, and came to the states to pursue her rap career. She ended up here in LA trying to improve and work her magic. Now she is talking about Slauson where the crips are at, and praising 2Pac... Crazy Australian is doing her thang, gotta respect that. She just dropped her mixtape Ignorant Art on her website IGGY AZALEA where you can download it for free. Check it out, her videos are pretty out there too... Its only a matter of time before America develops a fixation for her like they did Brit, Lohan, Jessica Simpson... the only thing is Iggy Azalea would probably smash their faces in.... enjoy this track "Last Song" I like from Ignorant Art and her freestyling for YG.

Iggy Azalea - Last Song

Iggy Azalea  Freestyle

Great New French House Music from Darius

I have always been a fan of great dance music since I was growing up in LA in the 90s and house music was all they played at parties. (Well besides Hip Hop, but it was pretty gangsta around this time). I came upon an Artist by the name of Darius who brings some fresh beats to the French House music game. I've always been a fan of French House music....Oh the Filters and funky disco, funk, fat bass lines. Just thought I would share the music of Darius with you all. Seems like he is not known to well, which is a real find for me and I love that always. But the music is dope plain and simple, I could care less if the music was played thru hundreds of channels or not... good music is good music and im just the middle man bringing you these beats so that you can add it to your musical library if you dig... Here are a few I found that im bumpin' as of late.... Enjoy

Darius - Maliblue

Darius - Constance

Darius - Road Trip

The Genius Of The Late J Dilla Find's A Way

So heres another example of the greatness of the great late Hip Hop producer J Dilla. He took a track from Japanese songwriter Towa Tei called Technova and made the classic Tribe Called Quest's Find A Way. Listen to Technova at the 2:30 mark to hear where J Dilla got the chill fill to Tribes Find A Way, and of course the hook is pretty much the same except he changed the Tribes version to sing the hook with reworked lyrics. The genius of J Dilla... Technova is not bad either from Towa Tei which also was part of Deee-Lite who made the one hit wonder Groove is in the Heart. Enjoy!!

Towa Tei - Technova

Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way

Tarika Blue's - Dreamflower (Erykah Badu Sampled)

I found this track while doing some research on the late great Hip Hop producer J Dilla who helped Ms. Erykah Badu for her track "Didn't Cha Know" among so many others. J Dilla really knew how to find a great track and use the best of it to make a classic track.

This is the original Dreamflower by Tarika Blue, and its just as good if not better. A nice track to really just chill and groove too. Hope ya dig it like I do... Even tho it is an old song, if its new to you its a good find. As well is the Erykah Badu Track for you to hear them both... Enjoy

Tarika Blue - Dreamflower

Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know

Pharrel Williams in the Short Film Ecology of Love

A friend of mine told me about this short film starring Pharrel Williams of the Neptunes production team. Its a cool little chance love meeting between him and a french girl. Im glad I came across it and now I share it here.

Florence + the Machine Live

Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine has got some great set of pipes on her. She has great range, emotion and soul on this great new track from her album Ceremonials. She has a great future ahead of her and it's always great to hear great musicianship in the music era of too polished studio bands. The Machine is Isabella "Machine" Summers who plays keys for her and helps write many of her songs. I admire both for their fresh take on music. Enjoy Florence + the Machine performing What the Water Gave Us on Later... Live with Jools Holland which is a great British show itself.