If you were in NYC this weekend and saw people of all ages (mostly teenagers and young adults) in colorful get-ups, well they were all migrating at Citi Fields to enjoy the New York stop of the 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival. 2 days of some of the biggest EDM DJ’s and up-and-coming names that are making a place for themselves in the world of electro and dance.
Held at Citi Field for the first time, with five stages, more than 30 DJs performing and over 40,000 fans gathered under perfect festival weather on Saturday and nothing stopped them from coming out in the rain on Sunday. In addition to the artists, festival highlights included theatrical performers, art installations, carnival rides, state-of-the-art sound and lighting production as well as a fireworks display over Citi Field.
An all-white funeral and a party in a field. A baptism in liquor. K.Dot introduces the latest video “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” off his debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city and still holding it down several months after on the charts and airwaves. “Death To Molly” says the closing shot. Take your party out of the club and into nature below.
It seems Jay-Z is all about the sports business as of late, from his involvement with the opening of Barclays Center to the launch of Roc Nation Sports to now assisting in the redevelopment of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Jay-Z recently took part in a meeting with other members of the media, presenting four renovation proposals for the Uniondale, New York arena. Situated outside of New York City, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is home to the New York Islanders, although the team will be heading to Brooklyn in 2015.
A Brooklyn Heights playground has been renamed in honor of the late Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch. In a gathering to commemorate the name change from Palmetto Park to Adam Yauch Park, fellow Beastie Boy Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Yauch’s mother, Frances Yauch, took to the microphone to share their sentiments on the occasion. Adam Yauch Park is located at the corner of Columbia Place and State Street. In related news to the memory of the Beastie Boys, Ad-Rock and Mike D announced they are working on a Beastie Boys memoir due out in 2015.
YES! Clear your throats, wipe your eyes and unclog those eardrums and brace yourself. In case you missed it, Lauryn Hill recently signed a deal with Sony that should help her avoid prison time for tax evasion, of which she was accused about a year ago. According to the deal, she’ll found a new label called Observe Creation Music, and record five new songs, followed by a new album. The first of those new songs is this one, “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix),” and if you thought she might cut down on some of her sharply critical take-no-shit attitude as a result of this whole thing, you’re really, really wrong. Over a deceptively delicate beat, Ms. Hill delivers an intense and brutal but stunningly poetic series of social critiques. Check it out.
Last week, we shared with you the new single from the beloved Janelle Monáe alongside Erykah Badu and we’re proud to now share the video directed by Alan Ferguson from the upcoming album, The Electric Lady.
Here’s an exclusive in-depth interview with Scarface backstage at Paid Dues. In part 2 Facemob talks to Nick Huff Barili about the current state of Hip Hop saying that he loves Kendrick Lamar but that older white executives that are in control of Hip Hop are not in touch with the streets and don’t care about the culture. Scarface goes on to say that he thinks its a conspiracy to make black people look stupid and brainwash a generation of hip hoppers with “this crud”.
Scarface’s advice to upcoming artists is to uphold the integrity of the craft and not to let the executives dictate our culture. Scarface references how Chuck Berry and Robert Johnson helped found rock and roll and blues but how now both those genres are predominately white and have forgotten their black roots. He goes on to point out that its hard to name many all black rock bands making music today.
As the conversation topic changes, Facemob talks about recording and touring with Tupac who used to open for him. Scarface says Pac would have rode on a lot of people out now like Mitt Romney and that Pac was going to politicize his fan base before he was killed. Part 2 of this interview ends with Facemob sharing a story of the last time he spent time with Pac which was when they recorded the track Smile.
This is a collaboration that Hip Hop heads are glad has come to fruition, DOOM finally laid down some of trademark flow down over one of Clams Casino’s impressionistic, otherworldly beats. The result: “Bookfiend,” the most interesting rap track you’ve heard in a while, which sounds, what with Clams‘ spaced-out instrumentals and DOOM’s rambling meditations, like a very postmodern future. We’re not sure if this is a sign of bigger collaborations to come – it showed up unannotated on Clams‘ soundcloud this morning – but stay tuned.
People always say otherwise, but when you hear a fantastic, as-of-yet-unpopular song part of you wants to covet it. Some are always going to share their hidden gems but others – the relatable, yet loathsome gollums of the fanatical music community – prefer to enjoy their unreleased re-edits in isolation. I have to admit that only a few songs have turned me into this selfish, hermitic listener; Phoenix’s “Too Young” is the first on the list. When it was released in 2000 I would play it only for friends that I knew were too snobbish about music to ask me who the artist was. The sense of exclusivity around the song not only made it sound better, it made me feel cooler for listening to it.
We first heard this track this afternoon and played it back to back for about 15 mins and had to share with our readers. For their new album, Evil Friends, Portugal. The Man recorded with Danger Mouse, and his signature sound with their signature slinky rock. In this trippy video for new single “Purple Yellow Red and Blue,” featuring Este and Danielle Haim on vocals, they attempt to represent all of the feelings you get from taking pills of those colors. Or maybe they’re just describing the video’s standout blanket.
