Thunderheist

I will let them describe their style with this quote from their website:

“Stealing thunder so you move that ass, the duo dubbed Thunderheist unleashes serious electrocrunk boom bap. Ribcage rattling bass breaks laced with proper rhyming are flipped with digital booty bass, 80s-inspired electronic pop, and slowed down Southern bounce, all fresh dipped in serious swagger.”

Thunderheist released a contest for the following song to see who could make the best music video to go along with it. Vimeo has several of them if you are interested.

Thunderheist – Jerk It 

SUPERFLY FEET! … thatGo.

We all know that Japanese culture has been taking over half of the hip hop fashion scene.  The other half of hip hop patrons seem to be striving for the ridiculously high end designer lines. On a trip to the city(San Francisco) I went to the store “Shoe Biz” for the sophisto-fashionable style that they’re popular for. I came across the brand “Onitsuka Tiger.”  This brand was established in 1949 in Japan.  The company set out to promote athletic lifestyles to ensure a healthy lifestyle for the youth of Japan.  This is similar to the idea of the Japanese clothing line “Bathing Ape” whose target audience is the youth. The term “Bathing Ape” is a figurative term in Japan that refers to adolescents.  The style of “Onitsuka Tiger” emphasizes sports, youth empowerment, and appreciation of art.  Heres how you stay fly from your feet to the sky… 

  (Onitsuka Tiger is part of “Asics” apparel)

Any of you San Francisco Bay Area residents should also check out “Shoe Biz” for new styles of footwear from Vans to Uggs.  Here’s the link to their website if you don’t have a chance to go see it for yourself.  They recently had a party at an art gallery which says a lot for their appreciation of art and the San Francisco fashionably loud lifestyle… ThatGo.

   ShoeBiz San Francisco Homepage

Bárbara Mori

Bárbara Mori is a Mexican actress and model who became popular for her hit telenovela “Rubi” in 2004.

 

You may be able to find her in Los Angeles where she is shooting a Bollywood film called “Kites.”

say NO to drugs, say YES to drug music! and MGMT (formerly the Management)

Okay so we’ve strayed away from our hyphy roots a bit but there are different varieties of hyphy ladies and gentleman. With MGMT you can go hippy hyphy! The two members attended school together at Wesleyan University and formed the group in Brooklyn, New York. Rolling Stone magazine deemed them as part of the “top 10 artists to watch” for 2008. Their sound has quickly spread across college campuses throughout the US. Their mix of keyboard with traditional rock sounds is the direction popular music is headed. Their musical talent coupled with their artistically abstract and, in my opinion, psychedelically inspired music videos will put MGMT atop the list of indie rock bands but their success in the mainstream is questionable. Checkem out…

Also check out “The Kids” which is another one of my favorite MGMT tracks.

MGMT- The Kids

Calvin Harris created Disco

 

Calvin Harris is a 23 year old Electronica artist from Scotland. His album is titled “I Created Disco.” Here is the video for his hit song “The Girls”

 

 

I also liked his chilled down, yet funky style in Love Souvenir. 

Calvin Harris – Love Souvenir

Big Cartel

provides a platform for smaller vendors to create stores online. BG makes it very easy for store builders to create and customize a store and track inventory… and its all done for free. The main vendors on BG are clothing companies… like Franco Shade.

They also claim to be the best place for musicians to start new clothing companies. Lil B and Young L of The Pack have close ties to the brand Glamosaurus.

Artists can also create stores on Big Cartel. Here is a print from Ben the Illustrator’s store.

Vimeo meets Steve Nash

If I haven’t mentioned Vimeo before, I’m sorry because it is the best site for videos online. Sure it doesn’t have Youtube’s selection, but it is MUCH nicer. For example, lets take Steve Nash and Vimeoize and see what we get (the music for this clip is also pretty Vimeo so please plug in a sub).

Baseball Bat

Baseball Bat might be one of my favorite Young L solo songs. It took me a second to get used to the singing, but with modern sounding Young L production, its a hit.

Young L – Baseball Bat

How to Get Right this July 4th…

A little something to get your 4th of July right…

If you took Gym Class Heroes and multiplied them by Jack Johnson you will have yourself a Shwayze. I first heard this song during spring break this year and loved this guy.  If this video isn’t a documentation of your 4th of July festivities then you are simply incorrect.  

Jay-Z at Glastonbury

Glastonbury is one of the UK’s premiere rock concerts, so it sparked a little controversy this year when Jay-Z was announced to headline the event. Mr. Carter played it off well when he came on stage with a guitar in hand singing Oasis’s “Wonderwall.”