I Like: "Kiss With Your Fist"

I was reading the 20 Watts blog and I love this song. I would definitely have to agree with them when they say it sounds like Adele and The White Stripes...nice find. If you really want to read it go here. But you can download the song here.

Ragen Fykes

I think this lady is very talented. She has a mixed sound of Erykah Badu, an old soul and some spice. Her music content kind of reminds me of Corinne Bailey Rae too. Very easy and beautiful. She has an EP with 3 songs, but other than that I couldn't find anything else...well besides the songs on her myspace page. But you can get the EP right here.

Here's a video to see what she can do, but check her out and you can follow her on twitter.

Adele Remixes

I guess I'm slow about knowing that there are remixes of Adele songs, but if you are too this will make your day. There is an album called 1988 with remixes of Adele by Mick Boogie, and it's marvelous. Check it out.

Follow Up: LeVar Thomas

Yesterday, LeVar posted a link for a new song,"What You Mean to Me." It's a Hellz Yea song with LeVar adding his swooning vocals in the background. It's a love song that isn't too mushy so I like. I'm thinking people like it to since it's been downloaded 79430 times. So let's keep the number growing and show some support.

"This is 50/50 love we give and take from each other."

Go here to download.

Southerngold Mixtape

I'm glad someone is keeping me in touch with new things while I'm on my little trip to NYC....thanks Edwin. Well Edwin sent me this link to mixtape of Santigold songs with southern rappers' lyrics. I think it's brilliant because I'm a fan of Santigold and then the rap songs they use are all favorites.

Give it a peep at http://www.hificartel.com/2009/06/southerngold-mixtape/

You can download it if you scroll all the way down or click here.

Follow Up: A.I. Love You

So A.I. Love You posted their mixtape. Show some love and give it a listen. Don't forget you can also check them out on myspace and twitter.

Click here for the mixtape.

Song of the Day: "Lost" Remix

Sorry for the absence, but it was quality family time. So I thought I'd have to pick a great song for a come back. I picked Coldplay's "Lost" Remix because it's a good song by itself and then Jay-Z added a great verse to it. I love the drums in the background and then the guitar is brilliant. My favorite part of the remix is:

See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas
See Caesar, see Brutus, see success is like suicide
Suicide, it's a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified

And if you haven't gotten their free live cd from their website click on the link and you can get it. It's good stuff. http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=395

Oh the Anticipation & Reward

So I'm pretty pumped about 2.5  things. 

1. I pre-ordered my Chester French cd so I'm getting that download when it hits the 22nd. I hope you guys ordered yours too. OH and if you got that email, anyone want to sign up for the safari or slumber party with me? haha

2.  Kid Cudi released a track, "Daps and Pounds," that, if I'm understanding right, will be on his cd when it drops this summer. Go here to get it...but if you go to the link below you don't have to.

And he dropped another mixtape "Dat Kid from Cleveland." It basically has all the tracks everyone has heard and then some new stuff. go here to download it.

Follow Up

Last night Mike Milan dropped a new track on illroots.com. I was pretty impressed. Check it out. It's called "Drop" and the beat is just like Kid Cudi's '09 Freestyle which is also good.

If want the Milan track go here.  If you want to listen to Kid Cudi's go here.

Album Leaked

For all you Asher Roth lovers, you don't have to wait until 4/20 for his cd anymore...you don't have to worry about trying to find it while you're high. The whole album has been leaked.Go here to if you want to participate in illegal actions. Live life on the edge cause it's pretty good.

Remix

Clinton Sparks did a remix of Chester French's "She Loves Everybody." Now you can get pumped to go out with this song. woo! Click here.

Great Mixtape

I mentioned Chester French previously and their great release idea for their mixtape. I hope you followed suit and went to www.chesterfrench.com/mixtape and signed up to get it, because it's great. The skits are funny and the collabs are pretty amazing. These guys are going to be big. I thought maybe their Harvard intelligence would seep into my brain and help me write this paper, but it isn't. Definitely too distracted by the lyrics and skits.

Go listen to it!

She's Not Jaded

(Don't click to download..click on links below)

I know this is a little late but I wanted to take my time on this one. 

This girl, Jade, is great. Yay! for a talented American female singer. She was born and raised in Brooklyn. She went to a performing arts school and then was signed to Pharrell's label.

She just dropped her EP"It's My Heart, Cookie," and I love it. It's something you can chill to on a rainy day or get ready to in the morning.  She has a soft innocent voice and I think she kind of sounds like Feist and Lykke Li combined. But on her track "Take The Hit, " she reminds me of Cyndi Lauper.I think it's just the beat though.

The songs I really like are "Up and Out, " "Sometimes You Can't Say Enough." The latter song, so just great. It's a straight out thank you song for a person loving you. It's so genuine and I feel like it could be in any romance movie with a knight-in-shining-armor character. You definitely need to check her out because I have a feeling she's gonna be big.

You can either go with my word and download here. Or check her myspace and download it. Here's here page: http://www.myspace.com/jadeismusic 

Clearer Version

Kanye put up a better version of the "Pokerface" remix. It's called "I Poke Her Face." Ha.

Enjoy.