Regal Swag

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, courtesans and conquistadors.

Grown Folk, the great new collabo from Montreal's Kid Aloha and Roledex, have just released the second edition of their monthly Grown Folk Collection mix.

Their first one, which we posted a while back, was very well received, and since this second edition is of extremely high quality, I couldn't resist sharing it with you. If Grown Folk is not on your radar yet, they should be. The mixes they put out are fantastic, and they always include a new production. This time around, it's the groovy V.V.S (Very Very Slightly), forthcoming on Templar Sound (Who've just launched their new blog, too!).

Track Selection = So very on-point. Good lord. I haven't heard a lot of these, but better believe I will be hunting these tunes down.

Grown Folk Collection N˚ 02 by Grown Folk

Tracklist:
1. Chrysalis Records (feat. Trust) - Egyptrixx / Night Slugs
2. Too Fast (Femme en Fourrure Remix) - Jamtech Foundation / Discobelle
3. 123 (STSQ Remix) - LOL Boys / CD-R
4. Monster Island (Christian Martin Remix) - Claude Von Stroke / Dirtybird
5. V.V.S. (Very, Very Slightly) - Grown Folk / Templar Sound
6. The Alps (Kassem Mosse Fix) - Braiden / Doldrums
7. Tilt Shift (Julio Bashmore Remix) - Mosca / Fat City
8. Holdin' On - Jacques Greene / Lucky Me
9. Atom Funk - Trankilou / KIF SA
10. R&B Drunkie - Mark E / Golf Channel
11. Tropical Heat - Boy 8-Bit / K7
12. Bobo - Hunnee / Rush Hour
13. Metropole - Kink / Rush Hour
14. One Thing (French Fries Remix) - Amerie / CD-R
15. 13 - Skanky / CD-R
16. PClart - Kavsrave / Numbers
17. Start It Up - Lloyd Banks ft. Fabolous, Kanye West, Swizz Beats, Ryan Leslie / G-Unit
18. 6'7" - Lil Wayne ft. Cory Gunz / Young Money

I hope that you enjoy this fine mix from the East Coast's newest future bass music maestros. It's the perfect soundtrack to a candle-lit dinner, a victorian masquerade rave, a knighting or even a druidic orgy. Grown Folk is pretty self-explanatory, actually. Refined, sexy dance music for those who know how to appreciate the finer things in life.

Show some love.

Grown Folk Soundcloud

Grown Folk Facebook

(lame write-up, perhaps, but I've just worked the night shift and I am fuckin' poooooped. Sleep time.)

I've also thrown in a few other grown-up future sounds for your next romantic soirée. There's nothing quite like deep, powerful bass and haunting melodies to put you in the mood to make magic.

Nicolas Jaar- Mi Mujer
Lunice & The Jealous Guys- Bus Stop Jazz (Buy)
Velour- Booty Slammer
Soul Clap-Extravaganza

Enjoy your afternoon, my friends.

-matt

1'

2011 is here baby. Hittin' up Afrika Bambaata DJ set tonight. Last time I saw him he fucking rocked the crowd. His electro-funk is on point.
Once again droppin' bunch of random songs to keep your ears fulfilled on this fine January 1st.

Harmonic 313 - Battlestar feat. Phat Kat & Elzhi

Big Pooh feat. Keri Hilson - World Cry
Mistah FAB - Boom Bap (Prod. by Ekzakt)
Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars (Starker Remix)
Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) ('96 Bulls Remix)

have fun

-cal

okay

2010's last day, hmmm

quick post since I'm on the go. In NYC right now, will be back in MTL on the 3'rd to write more decent posts. Hope you'll party the shit out of tonight.
Have fun

droppin' random hiphop and 1 dubstep song that I've been listening to in the past days

Planet Asia - Be Careful
Brand Nubian - Soldiers Story (Hellfire Machina Remix) <-- Dubstep
O.G.C - No Fear
Big Boi - Afraid of the General (Wick-it Remix)
Big Boi - Everlasting Shine Blockaz (Wick-It Remix)

happy new year in advance

-cal

All apologies

As you've surely guessed, the holidays have been taking up all of our time. Family, suppers with friends, partyin', the works. Unfortunately, we have not really been on our A-game in terms of posting. Cal is in NYC until January 3rd, so you'll have to wait until he gets back to get your underground hip-hop fix.

I'm going to be starting night shifts for at least the next year, so I'll be able to post a lot more, hopefully. Anyways, to make up for our lack of posting, I've included a lot of tunes that I've been listening to over the holiday period.

Please enjoy responsibly.


Amerie- One Thing (French Fries remix)

I've been impatiently waiting for this one for a few weeks, and I was so pleasantly surprised when Brodinski released it for FREE on his Best Of Everything Part 2 mixtape. You reaaaally need to check it out, it's a really dope collection of amazing rnb refixes. Although this is a really simple re-edit, it's one of my favorite releases of the year, for some odd reason.

Gil Scott-Heron- NY is killing me (Jamie xx remix)

<3.

Jamie xx and the icon, proto-hip hop legend Gil Scott-Heron. Jamie xx will release a remix album of Gil Scott-Heron tunes, and it will definitely be one of the best mixtapes of the year. Scope it out!

Billy Paul- Let the Dollar Circulate

Snowman, bitch, need I say more?

Drake- Fireworks (Deadboy Slo Mo House Edit)

Spooky, ethereal, bassy. Who would have thought a Drake remix could be as good as this?

The 2 Bears- Follow the Bear

Pretty standard tech house, but fun nonetheless.

Larry Harlow- La Cartera

One genre that I've never really had the pleasure of properly investigating is salsa. I saw an interview with the Mars Volta where they namedrop Larry Harlow and the Fania All-Stars, and I've been trying to check out more of the huge selection of dope shit that Salsa offers. I'd love to hear any of your suggestions of good salsa, if you have any. Let me know in the comments!

Jawbreaker- Accident Prone

One of those guilty pleasures. Blake Schwarzenbach is forever gloomy and depressed, but he made great post-punk music with Jawbreaker back in the day.

Happy New Year, people. 2011 will be a huge year for us, if everything goes as planned.

Much love!

m.

Laid Back Sunday : Xmas

This marvelous time of the year has arrived. No, I'm not talking about Christmas. ah ! Its the final edition of Laid Back Sunday 2010; the big rap up of everything that has been posted in the last 15 weeks of this "hip hop" segment.
Sure Christmas is nice too, but music is better ! (Big statement right here).

Anyway since you probably have something better to do during your holiday than reading my crap, I'm dropping a shitload of songs and leaving you with a ZIP file combining all the songs shared during the past weeks.

A bit of everything, randomness to the core.

Grits - Ooh Ahh (ft. Toby Mac) <--- Ahahaha yeah, I know

Das EFX - Real Hip Hop (Pete Rock Remix)

Devin The Dude - Nothin' To Roll With

Strong Arm Steady - One Step (Remix featuring Crooked I, Jay Rock & Turf Talk)

Ghostface Killah - You Know I'm No Good (feat. Amy Winehouse)

Danger Mouse & Jemini - Copy Cats (feat. Prince Po)

GETEYE X Jay-Z - December 4th (Dee War Remix)

Tommy Tee - Takin' Ova <--- Norwegian rapper

Talib Kweli & Mos Def - Bright AS The Stars (DJ Critical Hype Remix) <--- Montreal DJ

Common & Sadat X - 1-9-9-9 (Calibar Remix) <--- Remix I did, hope you dig

And the ZIP file with the past 15 posts' songs (doesn't include today's tracks).
You have to wait the 45 sec countdown to download, in case you're not familiar with megaupload

2010 was a great year people, thanks again for all the support. Greatly appreciated !
2011 will be even better ; big shit poppin'

Enjoy the rest of your holidays,

peace

-cal

Recluse

Oh how I've been slacking off for the past weeks. So quick update before heading to my family

2011 is right around the corner and I think it's time to drop a bit more Nero. Seems like a logical thing to do since I saw them in Montreal with some friends not long ago and they will absolutely be killing it in 2011.

The Streets - Blinded By The Lights (Nero Remix)

Plan B - Recluse (Nero Remix)

Nero - Me and You 

Boy Crisis - Dressed to Digress (Nero Remix)

Here's a nice little jumble of songs for you, from old to new, they're all banging! Blinded by the Lights has the dopest (pun intented) video. Recluse is my favorite for sure. Me and You is going be released on their upcoming work on Chase and Status' record label MTA. Dressed to Digress must have the most illogical lyrics of all time.



Oh and don't miss the Essential Mix they did a month ago. They play a bunch of their remixes, unreleased shit, body&mind pounding dubstep, all the way to french electro and back. This must be one of the greatest mixes I've heard in my life.

Nero - BBC Radio1 Essential Mix 11/13/2010 by Ear Cande

Merry Christmas my fantastic followers.

-b

OFWGKTA pt 7: Jet Age of Tomorrow

Here we are, we are on the last leg of our tumultuous journey. Odd Future Wolf Gang has been omnipresent in this space for quite some time, but alas, the segment ends tonight.

I was supposed to finish it last week, actually, but I forgot about the members of Odd Future that are behind-the-scenes. Besides OF in-house engineer Syd, Jet Age of Tomorrow/Super 3 are responsible for a big chunk of Wolf Gang beats.

Jet Age of Tomorrow- Can I Hold Your Hand?!

Matt Martians and Pyramid Vitra are the highly creative, highly experimental, highly tripped-out duo formerly known as Super 3, and now known as The Jet Age of Tomorrow. Their material sounds a bit different from most of the collective's stuff, but that's just because you're used to hearing spitting about dismemberment and vandalism over the beats. This is pure OFWGKTA creativity run wild, a group of forward thinking teens who are only limited by their imagination.



Beat4Clothes ft Tyler, The Creator- Rest Stop Flow (Matt Martians remix)

When I first downloaded their album off of the OFWGKTA site, I was expecting something totally different. Tyler dropped a word of warning that it was 'spaced-out and cosmic', but I was not ready for this shit. When I popped it into Itunes, it fell into the genre of Acid Jazz. What the fuck? What followed was a trippy journey into instrumental funk/jazz/hip-hop/funk/the future. Still, you can still hear the dopeness dripping out of your speakers when you bump it. That trademark Wolf Gang swagger, though not in its usual form, shines through.



Jet Age of Tomorrow- My Good Girl

We're not usually one to quote other blogs, but this quote from A Half-Warmed Fish pretty much nails it. Get on the bandwagon, kiddos, and show some love.

If you're a fan of N*E*R*D, of jazz, of experimental music,
or of good music in general, you might want to get on this
before they start showing up on Fader and Pitchfork and you feel
like a dick for not listening until a big blog appropriated their tracks

Jet Age of Tomorrow- But She's Not My Lover

You can download their album Voyager right below. This is definitely a sleeper of an album, but it grows on you a lot after a few listens. Cosmic acid jazz for the young reckless stoner/dreamer in all of us.

Jet Age of Tomorrow- Voyager

As well, they've very recently released a little teaser of their new album on their bandcamp page. Journey To The 5th Echelon will be dropping on December 31st on the Odd Future site, so keep your eyes peeled for that. If these 4 preview tracks are any indication, the album is going to be massively rad.



And finally, I just want to shine a little spotlight on a young Californian rapper who I believe is affiliated with OFWGKTA, though not an official member. He shows up quite a bit on the first Odd Future tape and makes a few appearances in everyone's albums and mixtapes, but there is not too much mention of him on the Odd Future site. No clue why, to be honest. He probably reps OF but is off doing his own thing on the side, I suppose.

His name is Casey Veggies, a 17 year old rapper from California, and he's mighty dope. Scope out some of his material right here.



Casey Veggies- The Panties

Casey Veggies is another talented young gun who is unnaturally talented for his age. He is, as he puts it, "a young n***a with an OG flow", probably due to his extremely relaxed and confident demeanor. He's got a great handle on the metaphors, and isn't too obsessed with the posturing like a lot of rappers that are just getting in the game. Basically, dude spits like he has nothing to prove, even though he has everything to prove as he's just a young buck. His laid-back lyrics and smooth California vibe is probably what's going to put him ahead of a lot of his peers. Only time will tell, but he's definitely one to watch in the underground Cali rap scene.



Casey Veggies ft Ace Creator- Remember Me

As always, you can grab all of the OF mixtapes and albums, and a few little write-ups below. Thanks for stickin' around for the ride. Hope you enjoyed the segment.

OFWGKTA pt 1: Earl Sweatshirt
OFWGKTA pt 2: Domo Genesis
OFWGKTA pt 3: MellowHype
OFWGKTA pt 4: Mike G
OFWGKTA pt 5: Tyler, The Creator
OFWGKTA pt 6: Odd Future Wolf Gang

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All

PS:

BONUS TRACK, SLAGS.

BRAND NEW OFWGKTA.

Earl Sweatshirt ft Hodgy Beats & Tyler, The Creator- Fuck this Christmas

HAPPY HOLIDAYS. #SWAG.

I'm out!

m.