Freestyle Friday is here, and this one comes from Jeff in D.C. Holy Ghost! is a duo from the West Side of New York City. After their first hip hop group disbanded, Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel decided to make more electronic sounding music and developed remixes for such artists as Moby and MGMT. “Some Children,” gets help from the 80’s crooner Michael McDonald, and gives us a catchy bass line and some heavy synth keyboards. Check it out!
Holy Ghost! – Some Children
Yeah I can’t believe it either people. Again Country is not my strong point, but today is Freestyle Friday, and we appreciate everybody that visits the site, so we are giving random followers their chance to share what they are listening to. This one comes from Jessica from Buffalo, NY. I have to admit here, the “whoaoooo” chorus gets you, so I can see why this is topping the country charts right now. Who is the Christian Bale/WWE superstar look-a-like who sings this you ask? Why it’s Jake Owen, former golf pro prospect who unfortunately had a career ending wakeboarding accident (I couldn’t made that up if I tried). While recovering he learned to play guitar, and luckily for Jessica and the rest of the Country fan base, it turns out he plays it pretty well.
Jake Owen – Barefoot Blue Jean Night
About 2 years ago I drove to the House of Blues in Cleveland to see an up and coming MC from Canada. He had an amazing mixtape and had the blessed ability to rap and sing in tune. All his songs weren’t about cars, rims, or derogatory terms for women either. He was a child star on a kids show and embraced it and even grew up in a middle class neighborhood. No drug dealing past, never been to jail, just a kid who enjoyed entertaining since he was young and wanted to write stories in the form of song. That artist has grown up to be one of the top Hip Hop artists out, and he got to the top by picking the road less traveled. He takes the art form and is not afraid to go outside of the box. Check out two of his early songs from his mixtape So Far Gone.
Lykke Li – Little Bit feat. Drake
Drake – Houstatlantavegas
Everybody can enjoy this 90’s radio hit. Blackstreet and Dr. Dre dropped this radio monster back in 1996. Originally the beat was penned for 2pac, but when Dr. Dre departed Death Row, he instead sold it to Blackstreet. It reached #1 on Billboard and was even ranked #32 on VH1’s Greatest Songs of the 90’s. Now being I haven’t posted all day and I just got home, I decided to treat you with a very special bonus. After you enjoy the original, check out an Australian Electro artist, Chet Faker, and his mellow cover of the popular hit. You won’t be disappointed. But wait there is more. How about if you love 90’s rap, you check the version 2pac finally put out posthumously, under his moniker Makaveli, on the first cd released after his death. Alright that is all, enjoy!
Blackstreet – No Diggity
Chet Faker – No Diggity
Makaveli – Toss It Up
Mac Miller continues to prove himself worthy of all the hype and the huge following he has been attracting, releasing track after track of just fire. The most popular of course being “Donald Trump,” which he even gained the attention of The Don himself. This one is off his upcoming mixtape ’92 till Infinity (a perfect segway from our throwback mentioning Mighty Souls of Mischeif’s “’93 til Infinity”-no big deal) and is produced by the world famous DJ Premier.
Mac Miller – Face the Facts
Man, this one is going way back. I literally had my ipod on shuffle and this song started playing and I thought…why not? Mighty Souls of Mischief were a hip hop group out of Oakland that got together back in the early 90’s and really took off with their hit “93 till Infinity.” “Cab Fare” was released back in ’96 and samples the theme song to the hit 70’s show, Taxi. On a side note, what an awesome show that was. The cast included Danny Devito, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Lloyd, Judd Hirsch, and of course none other than Tony Danza… and we all know what he’s famous for.
Mighty Souls of Mischief – Cab Fare
Souls of Mishchief – ’93 til Ifinity
Yonas is an up and coming rapper straight out of the boogie down Bronx. I stumbled across this artist while frantically searching the interwebs for new music and found his remix of Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks.” I know, I know… how many times can that song be remixed? But he did such a solid job on it, that it had me looking for more and I found one of his older tracks “Mindless,” both of which are included below. He recently just released his new album, The Proven Theory, leading with his first single “Shy Kidz.” Check out the video at his page http://www.yonasmusic.com
Yonas-Mindless
Bonus Track: Yonas- Pumped Up Kicks Remix
After numerous delays, the much anticipated debut album from J. Cole is just around the corner. With the assistance of Trey Songz, J. Cole gives us a laid back beat that you would imagine came from a small club in Cuba or Miami. Also just leaked is his collabo with Jay-Z, “Mr. Nice Watch.” Mr. Cole not only is a writer but also produced most of his album: Cole World: The Sideline Story, which drops September 27.
J. Cole – Can’t Get Enough feat. Trey Songz
J. Cole – Mr. Nice Watch feat. Jay-Z
Timeflies is a musical duo out of Boston consisting of two guys who combined all their favorite genres, pop/electro/hip hop/rock/dub step, to create a sound that is really a potpourri of all of them combined. “Turn It Up” is a great example of this with a very catchy pop like hook, combined with a little dubstep/electro flavor as soon as the beat drops. This is the 2nd single of their album The Scotch Tape which releases in just a few days. Expect to hear more from these guys…
Timeflies- Turn It Up
I have had this song for at least a month now, and it still hasn’t hit the radio due to some last minute production changes. We here at AlwaysOnShuffle are huge fans of the Swedish DJ, Avicii, specifically his latest hit, “Levels.” For Flo Rida’s first single, “Good Feelin,” Avicii’s instrumental was used as the main track for the song. Earlier this month, Avicii had to take Leona Lewis to court for the same thing in using his track “Fade Into Darkness.” Well, either Flo Rida’s producer was again using Avicii’s work without permission, or maybe the price was too much, but now we have a completely different reference track only using the same soul sample. Below I have posted the original Avicii smash hit, the Flo Rida track over Avicii, as well as the final version which is now available on iTunes. It is interesting to hear the version that will never be played to the public. See which one you prefer.
Flo Rida – Good Feelin’ (Final Version)
Flo Rida feat. Avicii – Good Feelin’
Avicii – Levels
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