Posts Tagged ‘M.I.A’
the interview show: rye rye
If you haven’t heard of Rye Rye (aka Ryeisha Berrain), yet, you soon will.
She got her start in the Baltimore underground scene and gained a solid following for her dancing (check out her on youtube) and her unique voice and delivery.
Rye Rye was discovered by Baltimore superstar DJ Blaqstarr (who was a friend of her big sister). From there, Diplo got involved; then M.I.A. heard her and decided to mentor the young rapper. Oh yeah… did I mention she has just graduated from high school this year?
Rye Rye (featuring M.I.A.) “Bang” (Buraka Som Sistema Canivale Remix) Bang is easily the song of this summer and the spiritual daughter of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”. I put up the Buraka Som Sistema remix cuz BSS need waaay more ups.
Rye Rye “Wassup Wassup” (Crookers remix) The song that started it all, remixed by Italy’s crazy dance floor demons.
Rye Rye was supposed to be back in town this summer opening for A-Trak, but she had to pull out! But she will be back soon when her full length drops.
the interview show is everywhere! (interviewshow [at] gmail.com)
www.cjsf.ca (Vancouver, BC, Mondays @4:30pm)
www.radiocfxu.ca (Campus Community Radio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Fridays 11pm-12am)
www.cfru.ca (University of Guelph Radio, Tuesdays 3pm)
www.umfm.com (Winnipeg’s Hit Free Radio, regular timeslot TBA)
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Is Rap Getting Lazy?
When a rapper freestyles over a beat that’s not their own, that’s cool… it’s neat to hear the rapper in a different context, I can get with that if it’s good.
I certainly don’t mind checking out freestyles or mixtapes, but aren’t you getting numb to these promotional gimmicks too?
I mean, sure it’s sometimes interesting to hear Lil Wayne spit over Help by The Beatles and Wale rhymin’ over Duffy’s Warwick Ave is a novelty.
But Jim Jones on MGMT’s Electric Feel? That’s a bit of a reach, innit? It’s getting pretty tired. And these awful recordings are being released left and right with the novelty factor taking a serious nose dive (for me anyways).
Sure, on some level, this type of promotion is working, but don’t you think rappers are getting lazy? At the very least, they should put some work into it instead of shouting two lines over the intro of a hugely successful track that someone else wrote. And, yeah, I understand that sampling has been a building block of rap and hip hop, but the promotional stuff being released lately is really terrible… and there’s pretty much no creativity involved. Meh.
I’m not sure if this is an official release, but it probably is since he showed up on Hot 97 to debut it. Here’s Swizzy over M.I.A.’s Boyz. What do you think?
Swizz Beatz – I’m Supposed To Ball
The Hottest Ish
Has anyone else been getting sick of the constant electro drivel that the internet has been saturated with lately? Esau Mwamwaya is going to save the day.
For those of you unfamiliar with Esau:
Esau Mwamwaya was born in Mzuzu in Malawi, East Africa. He grew up in the capital, Lilongwe, where he played drums in various bands such as Masaka Band.
In 1999 Esau Mwamwaya moved to London, England and he currently runs a second-hand furniture store in Clapton, East London.
Esau’s store is on the same street as Radioclit’s studio, and after the Radioclit boy’s bought a bike of Esau and invited him to one of their house warming parties, they made friends and started working on music together.
The first big splash he made with this version of Paper Planes, which is quite possibly the best of the 200 or so alternate versions of the track.
Esau Mwamwaya & M.I.A. - Tengazako
The past June, work was completed on Msau and Radioclit’s collaborative album which will feature tracks with M.I.A, Ezra from Vampire Weekend, Santogold and Marina of Bonde Do Role. They are waiting for a licensing deal to come into place before the album will drop.
In the meantime take a listen to these gems. Esau does Architecture in Helsinki’s “Heart it Races” and his version of “Cape Cod Kwassa”
Esau Mwamwaya & Vampire Weekend – Cape Kod Kwassa Kwassa
Esau Mwamwaya & Architecture in Helsinki - Kamphopo
Some nice videos with more?
Low fi is the new hi fi
