off helena’s 2001 “azul” lp.
oakland’s casamena puts just a crazy touch over sade’s killer “soldier of love” single. this edit is fuckin great. get into it.
Sade – Soldier of Love (Casamena Basement Edit)
buy “soldier of love”
casamena site
rating: 8.2
Numan remixes “Remedy” a Crookers collaboration with Miike Snow off the anticipated We Are Friends release due in March. Go ahead and freak the funk kids!
Crookers – Remedy Feat. Miike Snow (Numan Remix)
rating: 8.8
from their fifth studio LP Heligoland, to be released Feb. 8 2010, Massive Attack offer “Paradise Circus”. the track treads easy and confident featuring the sultry vox of former Mazzy Star and current The Warm Inventions frontlady, Hope Sandoval. in addition, “Paradise Circus” comes in tow with a naughty as hell music video. if you haven’t seen it yet, check it below (btw this video is NSFW in case you don’t want to/can’t watch!).
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Feat. Hope Sandoval)
rating: 9
shit’s been crazy here at b3sci HQ for a minute now, so sue us for being a touch late on this wale banger. “beautiful bliss” features the beautiful and talented melanie fiona and the north carolinian and talented j. cole. “beautiful bliss” rips. the beat is BUTTERY. ms. fiona’s hook is crazy. we are P.S.Y.C.H.E.D. so catch us (we’re prob tearing up your hood) wale-ing out on that victory lap shit. we’re worldwide. haters get at us. “attention deficit” is in stores now.
Wale – Beautiful Bliss (Feat. Melanie Fiona & J. Cole)
rating: 8.7
the happy hollows are a three piece rock and roll act from los angeles. judging from this press photo, we’re pretty sure babes is bring the PARTY! and we just KNOW dude on the right can party. so dudes! email us at the b3sci los angeles office, and let us know, (if you don’t tell us J.E. will) where’s the fucking party at?
rating: 8.3
“Diamonds” is from Robin Thick’s forthcoming LP, Sex Therapy, which sees production work from Polow da Don and Swizz Beatz. in addition to Game doing his thing on “Diamonds”, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg, Jazmine Sullivan, Nicki Minaj, and Estelle also get features on the album. this track’s just got the perfect mid-sunday soul to it..
Robin Thicke – Diamonds (Feat. Game)
rating: 8.3
“Slippin” is the first single off danish duo, Quadron’s, self-titled debut LP. the chorus hook on this track is killer.
rating: 8.2
when you’re from cleveland, survival’s a must on these streets, we hustle we don’t sleep. we think there’s a version of this floating out there with chip tha rip on it. if you’ve got it….leave us a shout! ok… so here goes our dream “cleveland state of mind” line up: kid cudi & chip tha ripper trading bars on verse 1, bone thugs WITH bizzy on verse 2, eddie lavert belting the fuck out of the hook, and the corpse of george szell conducting a live string section accompaniment. and shit! joe walsh! joe walsh melting face on fender steel! ….yeah! and halle berry! and kucinich! yeah!!!! cleveland! shouts to dj steph floss!
Machine Gun Kelly – Cleveland State of Mind (Feat. Bravo & Ashley Simpson)
rating: 8.4
The Bixby Knolls headline the echo in LA this Friday, December 11th. and with lyrics like “living like you’re gonna last a million years,” these guys must know a thing or two about the rock n roll lifestyle. “Inside the Walls Of Your Mind” is previewed from The Bixby Knolls debut EP Love to Hate Today which drops early 2010. Additionally, check this reworking of “Supervised War” by remix team Wunderstation. more on these guys and the show to come, stay tuned..
The Bixby Knolls – Supervised War (Wunderstation Remix)
The Bixby Knolls – Inside The Walls Of Your Mind
rating: 8.4
letherette gets down like the cleveland browns to remix “lovers’ carvings” off bibio’s the apple and the tooth ep. we dig it!
Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings (Letherette Remix)
rating: 8.2
