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Explore Music: Soulful! Shows Us The Way To “The Mellow Life” With Instrumental Mixtape

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on Mar 17, 10
Soulful! – The Mellow Life

[Download Mixtape Here]

DMV area producer Soulful! has actually turned in a varied but nicely done and musically solid instrumental mixtape called The Mellow Life. I find myself listening to this A LOT actually. I really enjoyed the tracks — they flowed together, sound great and give you a different kind of feel for a mixtape. It’s all original music with some samples and special gusts mixed in for good measure.

It’s a chill at times yet hype enough to keep you interested mix of music, instrumentals, hip-hop and smoothed out R&B influenced mellow jams. The Mellow Life indeed!

I challenge you to check it out and see if you can get into it. It’s not your typical mixtape, and it’s definitely not someone rehashing tired radio staples or rearranging already bad songs into worse ones.

Tracks to check out: “Cruise Control” (peep the vid for that here), “Out My Mind”, “Heart Speak” and “Yo Man!”
Tags:explore music, mixtapes, new music
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Explore Music: The xx + DMX = Mash-up Hip-Hoppy Goodness

Written by The IPS in Blogs, New Music & Reviews on Mar 5, 10
You probably haven’t heard of The xx, but you’ve probably heard their song “Intro” if you’ve watched TV or the Olympics this year — it’s been ubiquitous. Now, someone has taken the song mixed it up with an a capella of DMX’s “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” and my GOD does it work. This is so freaking on point that it is kind of spooky. And way better than anything Linkin Park and Jay-Z ever created. True story.

These two seemingly different genres really meshed in the final mix though, it’s crazy!

What do you think? I’mma try and make an mp3 of this ASAP and will post it here when I do, for those who are interested.
Tags:DMX, explore music, international, new music, yt folks
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Music in Action: Bobby McFerrin Teaches A Crowd The Pentatonic Scale (Watch This!)

Written by The IPS in Blogs on Mar 1, 10
So, most people know Bobby McFerrin from “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”, but truth be told, way before then he hit #1 with that song, he’d already had 5 Grammy wins under his belt, and got two more after that.

Well, he’s an internationally known composer, conductor, performer and clinician among other things, and in this cool video, he does an interactive demonstration of the Pentatonic scale. I’m a musician and have studied music, so you are probably like “what is that?” It was most famously recognized as the intro to The Temptations’ “My Girl”. THAT’S an example of the Pentatonic scale. I will leave it at that LOL.

Watch this cool video — it’s about 3 minutes long but I thought it was interesting! This was recorded at the “Notes & Neurons: In Search of a Common Chorus” event from the 2009 World Science Festival and Bobby got the whole CROWD involved.

A little different from the usual Monday post, but hey, you’ll learn something LOL. Bobby McFerrin is amazing! Him with the amazing pianist Chick Corea is great music, I promise you.
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Old Money > Dirty Money Any Day of the Week With “Mamaseh”; What Do We Think?

Written by The IPS in Blogs, Videos on Feb 26, 10
My daily traverse across the Internets brought me to this Old Money video for their song called “Mamaseh”. Old Money is a NYC/Vancouver, CA based but coat of many colors originated group that makes music that’s a mashup of many different genres — hip-hop, UK grime, dancehall, funk, Afro-beat and more. Me likey.

In the video for “Mamaseh”, Old Money surreptiously then overtly follows around a “New Yorker”, who, like most NY’ers, is in his own bubble as he goes about his evening. Then he begins to realize he is being followed…before coming to the realization that it is all in his head. Or is it? Paranoia is a dish best served cold.

“Mamaseh” is all beats and rhymes and while it may take me another few hours to decipher all the words, the beat is infectious and all-encompassing. I love these kinds of rhythms, as evidenced by our “From Kampala to K-Town” mix which is being featured for a free download. It gets in your spine and soul and just makes you want to dance, and I don’t mean no damn Stanky Leg either LOL!

If you like this joint, it’s available on iTunes and you can get more info about Old Money at their Myspace. I like my money old rather than dirty, sorry Diddy!
Tags:explore music, music videos, what do we think?
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Finding Hidden Gems: “Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue” By Ledisi

Written by The IPS in Blogs on Feb 3, 10
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Ledisi – “Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue”
Track 7, 2002 release

This single was released in 2002’s on Ledisi’s sophomore independent album Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue.

I got a hold of this a while back before I really REALLY discovered who Ledisi was and who she has become since her early career. She has had fans that have been following since her early days in New Orleans and Oakland.

On this particular cut, which was an almost instant favorite and classic of mine, Ledisi lets looks with an extended jam and scat mix, effortlessly displaying her vocal acrobatics, range, depth of voice and talent in droves on this almost 8 minute long song. If you’ve truly never heard it, please listen.

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Stephanie Mills Takes Us “Home” Again + A Bonus Lizz Wright Version

Written by The IPS in Blogs on Jan 29, 10
I don’t know how I missed this, but Stephanie Mills was on “The Mo’Nique Show” the other day and killed her classic song “Home”. What is it about the Mo’Nique show that makes everyone want to go to church?

I gotta say though, the last couple of times I’ve seen Stephanie busting out this song or singing anywhere period has been on BET. LOL, I ain’t mad but I am just saying. Why didn’t they call Ashanti to do a rebuttal? Would that have been classless?

Riddle me this: Did she have a dude singing soprano on the background vocals though!? I cannot HAHAHA. Neither that or Mo’Nique coming out and sounding like the Tone Deaf Ranger at the end. But it’s her show, have fun!

Added bonus: One of my favorite interpretations of the classic “Home” from “The Wiz” was singer Lizz Wright’s version. Seriously, take a few minutes to listen to this. I LOVE IT. Her first album was just…everything to my iPod. Her tone? Crazy. I love Stephanie and all…but…
Tags:explore music, live performances
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Amerie’s Next Single (If You Care) Is “More Than Love” — Name That Sample!

Written by The IPS in Blogs on Dec 18, 09
Amerie’s poor flop of an album (In Love & War) actually has a few songs I like on there. Sadly, “More Than Love” featuring a forgettable verse by Fabolous to go with this even more forgettable song is NOT one of them.

However, in briefly skimming through the above “Behind the Scenes” footage (which I hardly ever post), I realized that one of my favorite Wale songs from Attention Deficit, “Mama Told Me” also samples the same song. With a little sleuthing and some help from Twitter and www.whosampled.com, I figured out it was the old Kool & The Gang song “Summer Madness (Live)”. Love this song! And the Wale song stays in rotation.

Peep all the songs after the jump!

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Tags:amerie, explore music, samples, wale
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Explore Music: 30 Seconds to Mars Are Caught Up In Kanye’s “Hurricane”

Written by The IPS in Blogs, New Music & Reviews on Nov 29, 09
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30 Seconds to Mars – “Hurricane” Feat. Kanye West [Download + Listen]

Kanye West channeled some of his leftover “808’s & Heartbreaks” angst into a tightly wound emotional 16 bars for rock/alternative group 30 Seconds to Mars, which is fronted by sometimes actor Jared Leto. 30 Seconds to Mars have been successful over the past years, but their new album This Is War, which is out December 8th on EMI, after the band and the label had much animosity.

This collabo came about a while ago and it’s good to see that it actually happened. Kanye translates to other genres much better than Timbaland (who likes to hop genres production-wise) though I don’t think Kanye produced this joint; he just made a guest appearance. However, they fit very nicely together. Shows you how far ahead of his time Kanye was with “808’s…”.

What do you think of this song? If you like it, check out some of 30STM’s other music, I have a couple of their records, it’s not too shabby if you find the right songs…
Tags:explore music, kanye west, new music
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Explore Music: J*DaVeY & UK Act La Roux

Written by The IPS in Blogs on Nov 26, 09
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J*DaVeY – “Outta The Window” [Download + Listen]

I love the hook on this joint! The beat moves along nicely and it fits the vibe of Miss Jack Davey’s voice. Not sure if Mr. Brook D’Leau produced it or not, but I’m going to assume it is in-house since they are dropping a new mixtape called Boudoir Synema: The Great Mistape on Christmas Day. Love the title. Free music for everyone Christmas Day, so far from them and Lupe. Spotted at okayplayer. Their music is just different enough to be fresh but not that different that you can’t GET it, if the vibe is right.

La Roux is an English electro-pop outfit featuring the androgynous lead singer Eleanor Jackson and producer Ben Langmaid. Their music is a blend of instantly catchy hooks and pop/electro beats, with “I’m Not Your Toy” being the 3rd single from their debut album La Roux. I’m loving this song and it’s futuristic video, which basically features EVERYONE giving her and her backup dancers the side-eye until they all decide they like it and start dancing. How dope is that!?

And feast your eyes on all that Black people chocolate goodness! I was like, wow, she got more Black women in her video than the US singers have, minus Shakira and her “Stomp The Yard” choreography in “Give It Up To Me”. I like this a lot though!
Tags:explore music, international
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Explore Music: DJ Driis (Idris Elba) Presents CJ’s “The Package”

Written by The IPS in New Music & Reviews on Nov 20, 09
DJ Driis (AKA Idris Elba) & CJ — The Package [Download]

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CJ – “It Ain’t Easy”

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CJ – “Midnight Love”

CJ (CJ Hilton) has been around for a minute actually — I remember getting something from him when he was signed over at Capitol I believe. He was in the studio with Raphael Saadiq and a bunch of people, I knew some A&R’s that were working on his project. I’m assuming though that something didn’t work out and now he has a new situation and is being co-signed by superproducer Salaam Remi.

Also, celebrity DJ Driis (yes, the actor Idris Elba) is “presenting” this mixtape, and you can hear him getting his Missy Elliott on throughout this joint. That’s a good look for CJ though, a well known actor supporting…

CJ is a talented artist, singer, musician and songwriter though, and you can hear it through parts of this mixtape. As a whole, there’s not too much that really sinks in, but my favorites are the above “It Ain’t Easy” and “Midnight Love”. CJ has a strong voice and the potential is definitely there. His voice is almost what you’d expect Mario’s voice to sound like after all these years — they have a similar tone, but there is definitely room to grow and perfect and for originality.

Cop this joint and let me know what you think. Check out this below video of him being interviewed by Idris — and check out those keys skills towards the end at about the 3:00 mark as he plays “It Ain’t Easy” live — that’s what sealed the deal for me.

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