This is probably going to be the dopest graf video you’ve ever laid your eyes on. Apparently a bunch of dudes in Buenos Aires got together and did some time lapse footage of their graf project. The result is a kind of animated graffiti adventure.
Seriously amazing.
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This may sound absurd, but it’s true. It’s also the sign that you have way too much money.
Pharell Williams, N.E.R.D extraordinaire, is paying an enourmous sum of money to get his skin replicated and grown at the the in North Carolina.
Basically, they’ll grow you some skin, and you can graft it over your old skin. Seems great for burn victims, reconstructive surgery etc. In this case, Pharell’s doing it to cover up some bad tattoos he’s bored of. Why? So he can get new ones.
‘It’s going to be pricey, but f*** it, it’s worth it,’ he says. ‘I got fire on my arms. I don’t need fire on my arms! I’m a grown man.” Pharell eloquently stated his case, as you can see.
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Or hear it for yourself below:
Welcome to yet another post about the mostly obscure, often strange, yet always bumpin’ tunes currently rocking our world.
First up is a tune I was introduced to by Angie B. Fresh of CFUV’s The Corner. Courtesy of Autolect, a “ Native Tongue baby” from California, “Doork” features a heavily chopped Beatles sample layered over off-kilter, almost broken beat drums. The song’s dopeness is cemented by Autolect’s poetic rhymes, delivered in a monotone drawl that reminds me of on parts of “Celestial Clockwork.”
Autolect – Doorks (Doorks, 2007?)
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Next up is a an ill summer jam by Inglewood duo called “Beautiful Day.” With a laidback beat complemented by a wailing horn sample that evokes Souls of Mischief’s “,” “Beautiful Day” is perfect for those lazy summer evenings.
U-N-I – Beautiful Day (Fried Chicken and Watermelon, ?)
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Also by U-N-I is an ode to kicks called “KREAM”. An interpolation of , it features clever sneaker references and a Lupe Fiasco sample – which is appropriate since one of the dudes in U-N-I sounds exactly like the Chi-town emcee.
U-N-I – KREAM (Fried Chicken and Watermelon, ?)
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I found the next track on , a hip-hop blog well worth checking out. It’s called “Crazy Times,” and is by a dude called Arts the Beat Doctor. Apparently, the beat is based on “In a Sentimental Mood” by John Coltrane and Duke Ellington, which alone should warrant a listen.
Arts the Beat Doctor – Crazy Times (?, ?)
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Now I don’t normally listen to a lot of current R&B, but is making me seriously re-think my moratorium on neo-soul (is that term still in use?) – which of course does not apply to Erykah Badu. Anyways, “Conflict” is a slightly pyschedlic, soulful tune with a hypnotizing hook. Check it out:
Sy Smith – Conflict (Conflict, 2008)
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Back on the hip-hop side of things, I’ve been really feeling recently. Have a listen to 14U and Samurai Rhymes featuring Big Pooh, two tracks that will have you nodding your head for sure.
ProlifiCal – 14U (?, ?)
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ProlifiCal – Samurai Rhymes ft. Big Pooh (?, ?)
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And finally, a minimalist tune by producer . He doesn’t have a lot of information on his Myspace, but if you’re looking for a super-chill track to lounge to, you’re welcome.
El Sun – Elevate (?, ?)
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I know, product placement blows, but I think this one’s okay since I highly date anyone’s going to run out and buy a Zune because of it.
Still, I think this is a pretty wicked commercial, and thought I’d give y’all a chance to see it.
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Wired.com is reporting that some scientists actually spent some time and money to figure out what the most wanted/unwanted kinds of music are. They wanted specifics.
They received tons and tons of feedback and concetntrated that into finding the least and most wanted music in the world. At least scientifically.
Below you can hear the most “wanted” song in the world. It combines all the elements people indicated they were looking for.
Here’s how the article describes it:
“This “most wanted” version combines the elements the 500 people surveyed said they wanted most — love, soprano sax, humble ambition, tenor sax, a marriage proposal, cheesy electronic drum fills, working the night shift, string swells, power chords, and saccharine male/female harmonies”
It’s awful. That being said, here it is:
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As our loyal readers are no doubt aware, Nas recently released his newest album, “.” Originally named after a racial epithet beginning with the letter N, the Queensbridge emcee retitled the album after intense pressure from his label, who in turn were under the gun from major retailers like Wal-Mart.
Anyways, despite the controversy (or perhaps because of it), the record is set to at number one on the Billboard charts. And this has academics and journalists licking their lips After all, it permits them to sail headlong into the treacherous waters of race relations; it’s an opportunity for them to offer their thoughts on the state of the contemporary American melting pot and hip-hop’s potential for mending or worsening its fractured edges.
Despite the politically correct tightrope these analyses must walk, a number of them are quite good. Definitely check out Matthew McKinnon’s on the issue. Also worth peepin’ is Idolater’s of “Untitled” reviews, Julian Benbow’s in the Boston Globe, and an about why the N-word will never lose its potency.
has a way poppier style than we’re used to over here at 4080, but I thought we’d go for just a tinge of diversity in the MySpace Monday posts.
Beyond the fact that she’s other London-based soulstress, I can’t find too much other information about this young lady. If any of y’all know, please leave a comment.
Her style’s soul with a bit of a dance/electronic vibe to it. Her track Higher Ground can be found remixed all over the internet. House deejays in particular love to play with it, but here it is straight from her:
Higher Ground
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Here’s There’s Only You
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Sadly this will be one of the least informational MySpace Monday posts, but check her out anyways.
For all of you cats out there trying to record your favourite snippet of audio, perhaps a quick bite of internet radio, or even just to grab the audio off a youtube video, there actually is a way.
This would normally sound like a product endorsement, but in this case the product is free.
A piece of free software called will do that.
The best part is that it’ll actually record any bit of audio that you can hear through your speakers. So music streaming from websites, crazy audio from a news clip you found online, anything.
Now obviously I must state that you shouldn’t get carried away and start recording all types of copyrighted ish, so use this wisely.
I must be sappy and/or have some weird obsession with subways, but this article really caught my eye.
Basically, they’re taking a bunch of old subway cars, fixing them up a bit (by removing the nasty chemicals, the windows/wheels/doors etc) and then dropping them into the ocean to create an artificial reef.
To some that may sound horribly environmentally unfriendly, but it actually is very good for the marine life. Their habitat has been badly damaged and many species are endangered. So by creating these artificial reefs, they foster an easy habitat for these species, and ensure protection. Apparently“[t]he reefs attract fish because they provide protection from predators, and generate food like mussels, shrimp and crabs that quickly colonize the structure. About 95 percent of the seabed off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast is naturally bare sand, which is much less likely to attract fish, Tinsman said.”
It’s good for the economy, too. More fish means more fishing, and often more tourism. So by recycling these old subway cars it seems like most people win.
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This will just weird you out a little bit, but it’s a pretty entertaining scene. is a German country western cover band. I know that sentence is confusing, but it’s true.
Hailing from Berlin, they started doing country versions of popular songs, and are all over the place. They’ve covered pop songs, hip hop, tons of stuff. Here’s some of the more entertaining ones.
The Boss Hoss – Hot in Here
The Boss Hoss – Hey Ya
Boss Hoss – Ring Ring Ring (De La Soul cover)
