January 7th, 2011

This Week In Twitter

A roundup of this week’s choice twitter posts from Mixpak artists, remixers and extended family.


MixpakMixpak: Want to find out what floated everyone’s dancehall boat in 2010…here are the lists http://bit.ly/h6OWtG


HARD NIPSHARD NIPS: We’re one of BAND TO WATCH in 2011 in NEW YORK POST today!!!! http://bit.ly/hTneqD


Lee MortimerLee Mortimer: Remember I’ll give away my You Got The Love booty when it gets 3000 Soundcloud & YouTube plays! So give it a RT! http://tinyurl.com/2eymsa2


SISSY NOBBYSISSY NOBBY:3000 downloads and i will get a national wide deal so buy my greatest hitz album On itunes and cdbaby. Help me get dat deal Support sissy


iammeleiammele: http://soundcloud.com/ukmele/mel-squalie :)


Raine PRRaine PR: Toppa Top 10: The Year of Kartel from @largeupdotcom http://bit.ly/gI5OtN


January 5th, 2011

Mosca Preview

Take a listen to Mosca on Gilles Peterson’s Radio 1 show last night, where he previews some of his big forthcoming tracks: a Gucci Mane remix that’ll be dropping on Mad Decent, and ‘Done Me Wrong’, to be released on Numbers.


Mosca on BBC Radio 1, 04.01.01

January 3rd, 2011

Toddska

What happens when you multiply Toddla T by Roska? TODDSKA! That’s some dirty house ting right there. EP to drop on Girl Music soon.

January 1st, 2011

DAILY INSPIRATION: JJ “KILLS” MIXTAPE


DOWNLOAD – JJ KILLS MIXTAPE

So it’s 2011 and Voltaire’s all like “originality is nothing but judicious imitation”, which basically means everything’s been done before and we’re not going to be reinventing the wheel anytime soon. But instead of getting bummed out, Swedish folk cum West coast hip hop collaborators jj have been making some unbelievably good covers, using everything from Jeremiah’s “Birthday Sex” to Dre’s “Detox” and Yeezy’s new album as source material to craft a weird hybrid of eerie, haunting, dope-infused hip hop music.

They just put out a new mixtape called KILLS that you can download here. It’ll blow your mind. If you need proof, check out “Still“- an epic reworking of classic source material.

December 31st, 2010

Dancehall Roundup Roundup

2010 has been a crazy year for Dancehall – if you want the full (or the condensed) stories, thankfully some excellent roundups have been put together, covering Bashment, Reggae, Soca and all your 2010 Caribbean needs.

Erin Hansen gives her comprehensive lowdown over at Kiss My Teeth, while Large Up have compiled their top reggae, JA-influenced pop, Soca and even their top ten Trinitech tunes of the year. For a UK look, head to Shimmy Shimmy.

Looks like Vybz might have taken the man of the year crown. Gaza mi seh!