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September 01, 2011

Tokyo Rising - Palladium Boots: Pharrell

more pics and info @ palladiumboots.de

August 19, 2011

Music Is... Big Sean "Get It"

Get it

August 04, 2011

Music Is... Travis Barker: Give The Drummer Some "If You Want To"

Get it

Wheww. For starters the cover art is sick. The thing I like most about it is how the bandages keep the drumsticks right where his ear would be. That means to me that Barker is all drums 24/7, 365. The album is great and I'm saying that from the perspective of specifically the beats. Not that the content is nothing, there are many collabos but, what I focused on more than anything is his skill. If you don't know, and you should, Travis Barker is a crazy talented drummer who's notoriety is credited much to his continued success as apart of Blink 182.

The main track I'm pointing out here is "If You Want To". You got the ridiculous lyrical talent of Lupe Fiasco, the fresh sonic approach from Pharrell Williams (part of the Neptunes production team and NERD) and the man with the sticks Travis Barker. A incredible trio to me.

Bloomberg: Karmaloop on the TV set?

saw it first on Head Cut Off by SeanTheROBOT

June 26, 2011

Music Is... Robin Thicke "Wanna Love U Girl" (Feat. Pharrell)


Released March 21, 2006 - Get it

Boy, you could've told me this wasn't my joint. I loved this song from the moment I heard it. I know it wasn't that long ago but, this is a classic for me.

May 19, 2011

Music Is... Pharrell - In My Mind

Commercial success? Well, it may not have sold a trillion copy's but the title stays true. What you here is honestly what's in his mind. The content is nothing we haven't heard before but, the delivery is atypical. We all know Pharrell for being one half of the production duo The Neptunes and a proud member of N.E.R.D. That style shines through every single track on this record. Here's the track listing:

Can I Have I Like That
How Does It Feel?
Raspy Shit
Best Friend
You Can Do It Too
Keep It Playa
That Girl
Angel
Young Girl / I Really Like You
Take It Off (Dim The Lights)
Stay With Me
Baby
Our Father
Number 1
Show You How To Hustle

Every track is like a meld of various styles he gravitates towards. You have a sort of a hiphop/jazz fusion on "You Can Do It Too", something I think is a hidden gem. "Number1" is like pop/Rn'B. Kanye did his thing on that one. "Stay With Me", witch is quite possibly my favorite track on the whole CD, is not quite definable for me; thats what I like about it though.

This album is not for the faint of heart. I consider it for those who are "true blue" fans. Or those who want something more than simply a hit. Yes, you "can have it like that".

Get it

(I don't think there were any samples for this one)

March 04, 2011

Music Is... N.E.R.D

Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams and Shae Haley. These three men combined create what is probably my favorite trio of all time. When I decided to discuss these guys, I initially wanted to give my opinion of there second drop 'Fly Or Die'. Then I started reasoning that speaking on one album alone is not going to justify the creative thinking that they generate. Therefore, for myself to give you a true introspective outlook towards this band, I had to deliver the culmination of my thoughts derived from what I know and feel.

N.E.R.D. From beginning to end, I hear constant originality and flavor. I'm a strong believer in that when music is really good, it doesn't matter when it was created. It doesn't matter what the individual or individuals look like; when its good it's great. These guys are just that. Rewind to 2004 and I never thought I'd be saying that about this group. 'Looser' from "The Neptunes Present... Clones", was the first track I ever heard. The mesh of alt rock/rap was something I wasn't entirely too familiar with. In my personal playlist at the time, I had been used to a certain commonality in what I was listening to. Not that I stuck to one genre, but I hadn't taken any risks as far as branching out towards anything really different. From that point onward, not only had I begun to incorporate various sounds but N.E.R.D. became a mainstay. Every remix that I could find, every video, and each album; I had to see and hear. I love just about EVERY song they've made. However I always have my favorites that I can go to anytime I want. 'Bobby James' is probably the main track I took a liking to. I like the hidden song at the end of this one. Reading up, I learned that Chad plays saxophone along with other instruments, so maybe that's him playing there. It's great nonetheless. I think about songs like 'Happy', 'Find My Way', 'The Way She Dances', 'Run To The Sun' and all the others. I find that now, in 2011, I'm never board.

Content doesn't surprise me, be it social change, relationships, love, hate, internal thoughts, past, present, future or something far out; its nothing new. The presentation grabs me. From "In Search Of" to "Nothing" and individual projects along the way, they always deliver what I've come to know. What have I come to know? That's seamless beats, complex backdrops, live instrumentation (you know I dote on that), "spacey" synthesized sound, percussion, piano, drums, guitar and just about everything of the sort. This is what they do. The brain, the red dog, spacemen, spaceships, simply a medley of many things and styles.

If by any chance you're unfamiliar with N.E.R.D., don't "front", "sooner or later" you will be.

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