I've been listening to this a lot lately and it really deserves to be shared with hip hop lovers. My boy Matthew released his latest mixtape 'Amour Luxure' when his ever growing music blog 'All In A Day's Work' hit 250k views, I am so proud of him & he's so good at doing what he does with promoting new artists and always sharing the latest music from the best of hip hop's underground scene- I don't think he knows how much artists and people appreciate his work and his talent at producing mixtapes, especially when he made one just for me..'Lioness'.
This mixtape is the follow up to (i)OVERDOSE(d), the twisted valentines day mixtape telling the story of one man's paranoia in his relationship which spirals out of control. In Amour Luxure, the feelings of lust and heartbreak and portrayed through this powerful compilation of hand picked music. Featuring the finest hip hop from Dubb, Joseph Somo, The Weeknd and the beautifully haunting vocals from JMSN telling tales of love, lust and loss. The mixtape is immaculately compiled with interludes from Cassie and a beautiful piano piece from Matt Lange. You can download Amour Luxure here. Check out one of my favourite tracks off the mixtape, below.
I was looking for some fresh new artists on Soundcloud to update my music collection and came across Jarell Perry via AV Young Blaze's track 'Ghostbusters' and thought I had to look into who these feature vocals were from. Listening to Jarell's own material.. this artist has so much talent!
As well as some smooth r&b tracks theres also some acoustic such as the track 'If It Ain't Too Late' not to mention boldly covering the legened that is Stevie Wonder's track 'Lately'- and he does not dissapoint. This track is the latest from this Los Angeles artist, called 'Happy 4 U' featuring Thurz, check it out below.
So, last night on Zane Lowe's show at 8pm, the moment a lot of UK fans have been waiting for, The Weeknd's first radio sessions were aired. Abel and the band played at Maida Vale studios, incredible versions of 'Wicked Games', 'The Zone', 'The Knowing' and 'Montreal'.
Hearing The Weeknd in session performing these tracks in the studio, the tracks are really intimate- its really just the listener and the band and you can really hear the raw passion and what an incredible voice this artist has, not to mention the talent of the musicians (see the guitar solo in 'The Knowing'- no words!)
One of the best BBC Radio 1 sessions I have personally ever heard. If you're a fan of The Weeknd, you need to take time to listen, check out the tracks from the session below.
'..What was instantly recognisable was the fact that the band and Abel... the chemistry was incredible' - Zane Lowe
So I watched this video yesterday as it was leaked, some taken down, and now officially uploaded here on Youtube for all fans to watch. This is the video for Kid Cudi's 'Teleport 2 Me, Jamie' which samples Desire's 'Under You Spell' off the album released February of this year 'WZRD' with Dot da Genius. I am really glad a video has been made for this specific song, as it is personally my favourite off the album. The video is amazingly creative and explores Kid Cudi's emotions through a dream like world, one of the best I've seen for a long time. Look out for his new album dropping early next year 'Indicud'.
I tuned into BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show tonight to hear one of the highly anticipated new tracks premiere on the show. The track was 'Twenty Eight' which is one of the new pieces of material on the upcoming 'Trilogy' which is being released on Tuesday. I am well and truly hooked on this one, the beautifully haunting vocals and sultry beat house the raw emotions from Abel. Zane also announced that there will be an interview with the Weeknd on the show at the end of November so watch this space! Listen to the radio rip of this track below.
6 days til Trilogy. @theweekndxo
Fresh track entitled 'Them N**gas' just dropped by rappers Audio Push on Hit-Boy's HS87 label, their project 'Inland Empire' will be dropping tomorrow. The track was co produced by Hit-Boy and Rey Reel. The beat on this is something else! I'm certain the rest of the project will follow suit.
@AudioPush @Hit_Boy
