The Tape

We give it to you first. The very brand new Ye video. This is perhaps my favorite song of Kanye’s new album, and this video is basically a black and white tour of Chicago. Chicago happens to be one of my favorite cities around, so I of course love this video.

Chris Walla and Dave Monks look very similar. Judge for yourself.

and

its the long blonde hair, methinks.

This week is a shorter GMM, but it is one of my better ones. Before we begin, I would just like to thank Macklin (caz4mack) for doing my last GMM post. Thank you Macklin. Anyways, let us begin. All mp3’s mediafire.

First we have a song by the band Fastball. Who is Fastball you ask? Chances are you don’t remember these one hit wonders, who produced the smash hit “The Way.” You may not remember the song right now, but trust me once you hear it again, it will be on repeat on your ipod.

Fastball- The Way

Second we have Grizzly Bear covering Yes’ “Owner Of A Lonely Heart.” This song is extremely guilty based on the fact that the only reason I know this song, is because of The Break Up starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn.

Grizzly Bear- Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Yes Cover)

Last, we have Fall Out Boy and John Mayer covering Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” I love the idea of this song, but I can’t stand Fall Out Boy’s singer. I can probably listen to this guy for about three or four minutes, and then his voice starts to annoy the hell out of me. But the three or four minutes that I enjoy of him, are perfectly captured in this decent cover.

Fall Out Boy & John Mayer- Beat It (Michael Jackson Cover)

Yes, this is a very odd duo, but the newest Nike commercial now features Saul Williams “List Of Demands.” This is a fantastic song, that really makes the commercial come to life. As if Brandon Roy and Ladainian Tomlinson didn’t (sorry hipsters).

Saul Williams- List Of Demands (Reparations) (mediafire)

P.S. The only reason I made this post, was because I forgot to put this on my March list, and if you edit posts with videos, the site goes crazy.

March had a wide variety for me. From Flosstradamus samplers, to Santogold riding a horse, and even Tracy Morgan doing a drunk interview on WGN. I’ve counted down my 14 favorite things of
March. All mp3’s are from mediafire. Please do remember, many of these songs are very old, but I discovered or rediscovered them during this month.

14: UNKLE- Hold My Hand
This song was featured in the movie 21. The movie was decent, but the soundtrack was fantastic. Anyways, I have always been an UNKLE fan, and this song is awesome.

13: Aesop Rock & Del Tha Funkee Homosapien- Preservation
Del+Aesop+Awesome Horns=Happy Willie.

12: The Raconteurs- Consolers Of The Lonely
I happen to be very fond of the new Raconteurs disc. I find it different from the new album, but similar enough to know it’s Jack White and co. This is my favorite song from the new album.

11: Santogold- L.E.S. Artists Video
Yes, it’s true… Santogold is riding on a horse. Why you ask? Because she’s awesome. She may resemble M.I.A. a lot, but I just love something about her, and this video.

10: The Game- Big Dreams
The Game may not have a lot of importance in his lyrics, but there is something about his angry flow and addicting beats that makes me love this new song. The whiney moans in the background (not sexual, I just did a terrible job describing it) really add another layer to the song.

9: Fatboy Slim- Right Here, Right Now
Oh how we love you Fatboy! I heard this song while flipping through the Sirius radio channels, and it immediately made me remember every sporting event I went to in my early years.

8: Flosstradamus- Overnight Star (Twista Vs. Sigur Ros)
This is the first of Flosstradamus’ two appearances on this entry. There is something so hilarious about mashing together Twista and Sigur Ros, but the geniuses from the windy city (No not Kanye, Lupe, A-Trak, Kid Sis, The Cool Kids, or Common) by the names of J2K and Autobot (Flossy D) (Flosstradamus) really do a great job with this mash-up.

7: The Rolling Stones- You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Remix)
Yet another song from the 21 soundtrack, this song is flat out amazing. The original I mean. Soulwax takes it to a new level. Although I do love the choir at the beginning of the song, Soulwax magnificently places various choral voices throughout the remix.

6: Outkast- B.O.B.
The dynamic duo of Andre Benjamin and Antwan Patton, created possibly my favorite hip hop album ever in Aquemini. But that is besides the point since B.O.B. is on Stankonia (another great album). I had forgotten about this song until I ordered A-Trak’s “Sunglasses Is A Must EP” on vinyl. I was very happy to see that B.O.B. had been mashed up with Bloc Party’s “She’s Hearing Voices.” My vinyl hasn’t arrived, but this is bound to be amazing. Here is the original, yet brilliant B.O.B.

5: Lupe Fiasco and Chris Brown (CB) freestyling after a show.

Chris Brown is a good pop artist, but please save the rapping for Lupe. I can’t understand most of it, but I automatically assume that Chris is saying a bunch of bullshit, and Lupe is saying something revolutionary. No offense to Chris, but I see him more as a singer about girls, then an artist who talks about various concepts (i.e. Lupe Fiasco).

4: Lupe Fiasco Feat. Young Jeezy and T.I.- Superstar (remix)
As if this song couldn’t get any better, the blabber of Young Jeezy and his first Honda Accord, and T.I. rapping about the solfedge, somehow make this song even better. I kind of dislike Lupe’s choice to appeal to a more commercial audience, I thought he was against all of that. (See Dumb It Down for first hand reference). Anyways, Lupe adds a good verse as well.
So you can ask them exactly who I are, 9 weeks at number 1 I’m a superstar.

3: Tracy Morgan… Drunk on national TV.

I love Tracy Morgan more than life itself. During my skiing vacation to Utah, I discovered two things. #1: I hate skiing, it sucks. #2: I love Tracy Morgan. I watched the entire first season of 30 rock and fell in love with both Tracy Jordan (his character) and Tracy Morgan. This is him drunk on WGN.

2: Flosstradamus sampling machine
flossyfxv15.zip
This is Flosstradamus’ second appearance on this glorious list. Flossy D had a link a while ago on Myspace of a sampler. The link had been removed, so after a little bit of searching I found this fun little sampler. It includes gunshots, sirens, fan cheers, and explosions of all kinds. I tried to re-create M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”, but the gunshots tend to drag.

1: Mickey Factz- K-1 Attack
It’s Mickey!!! Yes the man who graced us with his presence with an interview, has created quite possibly the greatest track of 2008. I found this song around a week ago, but saved it for this list specifically. I’m not going to tell you why I love this song, but lets just say he raps over a song that has needed to be rapped over since its release.

Okay folks, Willie and I are making up for the huge lack of posting here over our spring break by tossing up two huge megaposts of things we’ve liked in the past month. Here goes.

12. A-Trak’s RCRD LBL Blog

11. The MANtage
Even though this is a music blog, things that make us laugh are always welcome.

10. Spring Training
It’s every baseball fan’s 2nd favorite time of the year. Los Doyers open up the season tomorrow at home against the Giants. If Juan Pierre is in the starting lineup, Joe Torre deserves to be fired. No joke.

9. Neon Coyote
If you felt off topic, you felt correctly. Back to the music, this DJ brings a fresh take on popular and electronic music. Check him out on MySpace.

8. Muxtape.com
This sight is the definition of legit. Not only because it has some really sick logos of cassettes (we here appreciate that), but also because it is like a personalized hype machine. Upload tracks for anyone to stream online. Very cool stuff.

7. Cut Copy
I first saw Cut Copy as a curious little 7th grader going to see Franz Ferdinand. The eager little kid I was, I wanted to get there extra early. I was a genius, without even knowing it. The first opening act were Aussies Cut Copy. Later that year I picked up their debut LP, Bright Like Neon Love and it had a huge impact on me. They were the band that got me into electronica/dance music. We are now sitting on the edges of our seats anticipating their 2nd LP, In Ghost Colours, which is already out in Australia.

Cut Copy - Saturdays
(off Bright Like Neon Love)

6. Touching From A Distance
I just started (and am now halfway through) Deborah Curtis’ Touching From A Distance. The book chronicles the life of Ian Curtis. His story is absolutely incredible, a depressing vision into a rocker who had dreams of fame and no intention of living into his thirties. The book is a quick read and I highly recommend it.

Joy Divison - She’s Lost Control (Live at the Factory in Manchester)

5. The Pitchfork Review of Rick Ross’ Trilla
“I wish we could all just be droll about Rick Ross’ need for a bra, his insistence on rhyming the same word with the same word multiple times a verse, and his little waddle in the opening 45 seconds of the “Speedin’” video.”

4. Shaggy
I constantly reminisce about the 90s. Jeremy Katzenstein constantly is the 90s. Shaggy was the early 2000s, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be great. Everybody’s favorite inaudible Jamaican(?) is making a comeback. Or at least we hope so. Check out the video for “Wasn’t Me” and you’ll agree wholeheartedly.

3. Hot Chip’s Cover of Snoop’s “Sensual Seduction”
This is absolutely amazing, I can’t even describe it.

Hot Chip - Sensual Seduction (Snoop Dogg Cover)

3 and a half. The Hot Chip Facebook App

2. Girl Talk and Grizzly Bear Performing “Knife”

1. Tokyo Police Club’s full length debut, Elephant Shell and the Troubador Show

Asher and I consider ourselves blessed to see these Canadians at the Troubador Thursday. They put on an amazing show, and declared the audience one of their best. After a stunning rendition of “Nature of the Experiment,” bassist/singer Dave Monks gladly declared, “YOU WIN!” At the very same concert I was able to buy an mp3 download prerelease of Elephant Shell, the group’s highly anticipated full length debut. The album is less than double the length of the already short EP, weighing in at 28 minutes. Despite its length, the album delivers what the band does best - fun, exciting, great, melodic and thoroughly fantastic music.

This is not the cover of No Age’s upcoming LP Nouns

LA’s resident noise-fuckers No Age released their acclaimed EP collection Weirdo Rippers last year. Soon we’re getting their first full-length, Nouns. A taste of what to come is up on their MySpace, titled “Eraser.” I find it odd that residing in LA, none of the Tape has seen No Age in their resident LA club  The Smell, besides once on a world tour with Liars at the El Rey. They rule the school and stole the show from Liars.

No Age’s MySpace - Eraser 

First for you, we have the new Panic At the Disco video which is one of the catchiest songs I have ever heard as well as it being an interesting video. It’s this combination of emo-pop, rock, and multi-million dollar music video shoots that makes it a perfect candidate for GMM.

Next we have Britney Spears’ “Piece of Me.” Easily one of the best pop songs of 07. It is very catchy and it was made by Britney Spears, therefore it follows a very simple algorithem I have created: Pop Diva + great producer x bass synth = a guilty music monday shoe-in. This song rivals her classic “Toxic” in its guilt level.

Britney Spears-Piece of Me
Next up is Love Song by Sara Bereilles. This song’s peppiness is what makes it so guilty. Its a song that gets stuck in your head and never ever falls out

Sara Bereilles-Love Song

Lastly We have Yael Naim’s song New Soul, which happens to be a song that, like the rest is very catchy and has very recently appeared in a commercial for the Macbook Air.

Yael Naim-New Soul
and that concludes this weeks addition of GMM.
See you next time

So Jason Schwartzman goes and makes a band after being an actor after being in a band. It’s called Coconut Records and it’s a head bobbing catchy album for road trips and sunsets when everyone is tired but it’s all good. Grab West Coast below which is one of if not the best track off his album. Be sure to get the RAC remix of “Nighttiming” off the album of the same name.
West Coast

My favorite Lupe song of The Cool, this video really captures the idea of a struggling rapper doing whatever he can to make it big. Enjoy. video after the jump (Read more…)