Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 02:32 in Music by Kristen Tambara

DJ. Concept has created a mixtape with Jimi Hendrix's most notable song.  Hit the jump for more!  

 

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TOTAL RECALL: Larry Levan in Vibe

Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 02:29 in Music by Joshua Glazer

Rap and dance music have certainly entered a new romance period this year, with Kid Cudi killing dancefloors with the Crookers mix and Wiz Khalifa scoring with his Alice Deejay sampling "Say Yeah." But hip-hop and dance music had roots well before everyone decided to wear all-over print hoodies. Check this 1993 article from VIBE magazine about Larry Levan and the Paradise Garage.

 

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TOTAL RECALL: "Can You Feel The Bass"

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 06:00 in Music by Joshua Glazer

Yeah, blogs are great and P2P makes everything available (or so it seems). But when you really want to discover new music, YouTube is a the ultimate digging spot. We've never not found a track on YouTube, no matter how obscure. And the Related Video suggestions will have you bouncing to more and more unknown cuts. The audio might not be the best quality, but it's a great way to waste away and afternoon.

I started with Phortune's "Can You Feel the Bass," one of my all time favorite acid tracks. It's pretty hard to find (I know it from an old DJ Hell X-Mix CD) and you'll pay at least 40 euros for a copy online. But here it is for free.

More acid house vids after the jump

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88 keys x URB x Planet B-Boy x PST x Dubfrequency

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 04:39 in Music by Arturo Covarrubias

Last Tuesday, November 11th, URB hooked up with 88-Keys, Planet B-Boy, PST and DubFrequency to bring the release party through San Francisco. 88-Keys performed in celebration of his debut album release, URB previewed issue 156 featuring 88-Keys and the Planet B-Boy DVD was released that day.

Check out the pics...

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The Roots May or May Not Quit Touring to Become Fallon's House Band

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 02:01 in Music by Amorn Bholsangngam

The Roots, a band largely credited with popularizing hip-hop shows with live instrumentation, may (or may not) be retiring from large-scale touring to accept a new position as Jimmy Fallon's house band when he takes over the currently Conan-run "Late Night" franchise next year.

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Justice Unplugged

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 01:30 in Music by Joshua Glazer

A photo has surface of Justice performing with the controller run by Gaspard clearly not plugged in. The photo has no date, but it is presumably from their recent US "DJ tour" where URB saw them using this set-up at HARD Haunted Mansion. Of course, you can see the USB cable lying next to the controller, meaningGaspard is probably thinking at that moment " Sacre Blue! Why iz this controller not working!?" rather than "These kidz are so stupiid. I'm not even plugged in!"

JUSTICE RESPONSE AFTER THE JUMP

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Eliot Lipp to Release New LP on His Own Newly Formed Label

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 01:15 in Music by Amorn Bholsangngam

Brooklyn's own Eliot Lipp announces the release of his new record, Peace Love Weed 3D, on his newly founded imprint Old Tacoma Recordings.

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Preposition Fail: Clipse MP3 & Mixtape Cover

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 12:32 in Music by Brandon Perkins

There's a lot wrong with the Clipse's grammar of late. Play Cloths, the brothers Thornton new clothing line, desparately needs an E to stop sounding like a typo...and now this, their new mixtape with Complex. Road to Till the Casket Drops stacks prepositions like it's no one's business. Consider the intro, which can be downloaded here in anticipation of the December 1 mixtape release, something of a Regarding Before Towards Road to Till the Casket Drops, or something. Fortunately, grammar don't matter in rap and even more positively, the track is full of the gorgeously menacing church organs that Pusha and Malice tend to dominate. The end goal in all this preposition madness is the Clipse's third proper full-length and first for Columbia...coming '09, allegedly.

Also check:
URB #141: Hell Freezes Over

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URB.com Next 1000 Artist of the Week: Keelay & Zaire

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:38 in Music by Anthony Asencio

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The Rules Of Britannia

Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:34 in Music by Ali On The Air

As a best selling British novelist once said, It's been the best of times and the worst of times. I've been kicking ass up and down each coast of this big country...but it's the country that has me worried. It seems like we've just done lost our collective minds. Sarah Palin? Really? Fuck...

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