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We’re into our second week of what proved a popular new feature last week, and you’re in for another journey not too far down memory lane. I call it Recollection Avenue.
This genre-less weekly episodical seems like the perfect opportunity to mix things up, and whilst there’s still ‘normal’ stuff in there, feel free to indulge yourself with the two curveballs I’ve thrown in this week.
Last week you may recall Kid Cudi featuring heavily, and this week’s theme is…April 2009. I’ll be honest, it was more coincidental than anything.
Head on below deck if you’re ready.
→ Continue Reading Sh*t You Forgot About: Episode 2
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An unexpected cover version of a rather controversial track! Although I shouldn’t be surprised by anything Mike Posner does really, he seems to be capable of anything.
He and Blackbear (not someone I’m personally familiar with) do an excellent job of covering this mainstream hip hop track, adding an acoustic sound to it. Well worth a watch.
(The original can be found here).
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As promised, Mike Posner drops off his first new project since his 31 Minutes To Takeoff album, and there’s a ton of potential in this heavily-stacked mixtape.
A huge 21 tracks have made the lineup, with a good mix of covers and original material, whilst the features are definitely plentiful with Bun B, Elzhi, Casey Veggies, Machine Gun Kelly and many more hopping along with Mike for this mixtape. Clever little move from Mike adding in some funny subtitles to each track, which I suppose is both entertaining and informative (‘Drive to This’, ‘Fall Asleep To This’ and so on!), and also suggests there’s a good diversity of styles on show. Grab the project for free below.
Mike Posner-The Layover
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It’s been a while since we got new music from Mike, and he’s right back on the scene with The Layover mixtape scheduled for 20th November, with this refix of the Elton John classic being the first taste of the tape.
Rather than attempting to be another cover version that falls short, this is instead a bold, modern take on the track that allows it to be entirely seperate from the original, courtesy of an electronica-inspired production that creates a futuristic atmosphere around the track. Posner’s vocals are solid throughout, and in keeping with the production attempt to utilise a more modern crossover style rather than attempting to go note-for-note with Sir Elton, whilst Bun’s contribution fits in surprisingly well as his bassy delivery contrasts well with the rest of the track. Free grab below.
Mike Posner-Rocket Man ft. Bun B
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On we roll with the institution of institutions, and it’s probably fair to say that the highlight of this week’s R&B has already been posted: having finally got around to listening to The Weeknd’s debut project I was incredibly impressed by it, and would wholeheartedly recommend you R&B Friday fans checked it out.
In addition to that, the past week saw visuals for the latest T-Pain and Chris Brown collab, Frank Ocean dropped off some enjoyable visuals for one of his lesser-known tracks, and finally a big collaboration between Lloyd, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy.
Click below to grab what else we’ve got in store this week.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 102
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A nice little treat for your ears here, a superb remix of Mike Posner’s Falling, by producer Stefan KIDstarr. It’s taken from what I can gather to be an upcoming remix EP of Posner’s brilliant debut album 31 Minutes To Takeoff, titled 31 Minutes To Takeover.
KIDstarr has done a fantastic job, adding extra synths to provide a much more electro driven beat, done in a manner that somehow feels stripped back, creating an even greater atmospheric feeling. This added to two sublime verses from Era and Bamz make it, in my opinion, exceptionally more accomplished than the original. I highly recommend this.
Mike Posner – Falling (Stefan KIDstarr Remix ft. JD Era & Bodega Bamz)
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What a picture! Also, my liking of Mike Posner has gone up ten-fold after he divulges his favourite football/soccer team below:
“It is so surreal to be able to stand in the same room as this thing and touch it. It is one of the most prestigious trophies in the world so I am in awe at the moment!” says the 23-year-old singer, songwriter and producer
I am a huge Wayne Rooney fan so my favourite team is Manchester United. This is because I feel a certain kinship to Wayne because we both have red beards. My favourite MLS team is LA Galaxy because Kobe Jones used to play for them.”
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Genuine reason on the delay this week: I wasn’t happy with the amount of good quality material as of yesterday afternoon, but the R&B/pop world has delivered in the last 24 hours or so to make sure that situation has improved.
Not too much to recap on from the past week, with only the three related items: UK starlet Jodie Connor released her newest single, fellow homegrown upcomer Jaya released a new video featuring two prominent MCs, and Mike Posner let loose of official visuals for his collaboration with Lil’ Wayne.
Click below for this week’s R&B fix.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 89
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Nice to get some new visuals from Mike, and here he goes with a more humorous approach for his slow jam remix. I can’t say I expected the song to be visualised in this way, but the outcome is definitely funny and makes for a decent watch.
Various highlights throughout, including Posner’s disco wig and I’m sure many will relate to Posner’s hurried post-night out clearing up! There’s more than a hint of the ‘Lynx Effect’ in this video too, which adds a further light-hearted feel to the package.
Not the greatest video of all-time by any means, but it’s not too bad and is worth a watch for something a little less intense than most videos. Audio can be picked up from here.
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All good things come to an end, and my recent run of posting these on time has been broken. The football fans out there will also note that another streak was broken today, but we are NOT getting into that.
A quick round-up from the week gone by: UK upcomer Talay Riley grabs Wretch 32 for a remix of his single, Timbaland’s latest weekly instalment, Trey Songz’s take on Chris Brown’s latest single, and finally a medley of incredible Michael Jackson covers from the fantastic Patrick Stump.
Lots of big names in this week’s episode, and many that will certainly catch your mainstream eyes. Click below for a sweet-smelling blast of R&B to your sweaty, sweaty face.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 86
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Off Big Sean’s Finally Famous Vol. 3 mixtape: here’s the official video to a track that accumulated a lot of plays on my iTunes.
Not a lot to talk about with the visuals, so I’ll discuss the song instead. Mike Posner really delivers with another utterly addictive hook that you will not get out of your head. I didn’t actually realised Clinton Sparks rapped on this, was just a DJ from what I was aware, but he does a decent enough job on this.
Big Sean obviously enhances the rapping side of things on this track and he also happened to make me laugh a fair bit at the end of the video with him telling a story about the three of them on the pull.
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It’s always good when a video is exactly the same as the mental image the audio already gave you. The general ‘sunset’ vibe (both literal and in the sense of an ending relationship) is a key theme throughout, and it fits the tone, lyrics and feel of the track well. It ends well too, with the his ‘request’ to not go being fulfilled.
Audio for this top track can be grabbed here.
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Love this song, which was on XV’s recent mixtape, Vizzy Zone. This track, or various versions of it, have been floating around for seems like yonks now and yet it still sounds as fresh as ever. XV is certainly destined for big things, in my opinion.
Click here to grab the mixtape this is on, or click here to go grab the remix of this (by far the best version) which was posted over a year ago!
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Got a ton of stuff for tomorrow’s R&B Friday, so I’ll let loose a bonus track from Posner’s recently-released debut album. It’s a pretty decent track, following on from Mike’s (new) sound of pop/electro crossover. If I’m brutally honest, I wish he’d stuck with the pop-alternative hybrid that he initially emerged with, as I feel this electro influence makes him sound a little more generic than he should be.
It’s a good song though, don’t get me wrong, I just think he won’t be truly excellent unless he goes back to the style he broke through with.
Mike Posner-Another Love Song
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I REALLY need to remember to do these. I prepare them all week, setting up playlists and filtering songs, but come Friday I end up being massively distracted and completely forget all my hard work.
You’ll forgive me after the click though, of that I’m sure. I’ve made sure all the big hitters are involved in this milestone episode. Don’t believe me? Prepare to look (even more) like a fool.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 60
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Really, really looking forward to the debut album from Mike. This track shows just how refined his sound is becoming, with this one being a pretty slowed down jam with those alternative flashes that make this guy’s music so difficult to categorise!
This track comes with some big production credentials too, having been helmed by Bruno Mars and The Smeezingtons. They do a great job on blending soft, futuristic tones with slightly edgy guitars to create a fusion that works well with Posner’s unique vocals. Could have easily headlined R&B Friday, but I’ve gotta let this one go sooner than that: Commence grabbing below.
Mike Posner-Bow Chicka Wow Wow
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A new leak from Mike Posner’s upcoming debut album, 31 Minutes To Takeoff. Another quality track from Mike, it’s pretty safe to say that I’m really looking forward to this album dropping, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Mike Posner’s voice and electro-production go together like a bow and arrow.
Mike Posner – Please Don’t Go
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As dropped on his twitter, Mike Posner shares with us the artwork for his upcoming album, 31 Minutes To Takeoff - which is set to drop August 10th.
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Loved the original to this, although I personally preferred the version he chose to make a video for, anyway it’s great to see rappers take on supremely talented songs made by Mike Posner! Sure, I’d rather someone held with more esteem when it comes to lyrical ability on this, but Jim Jones does a decent job, changing his flow to suit the track. Go grab the download below.
Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me (remix) ft. Jim Jones
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Posner releases the visuals for his latest single, which is actually the Gigamesh remix of Cooler Than Me from the One Foot Out The Door mixtape. The video is decent enough, and fits the track pretty well, with a range of party scenes and some valuable face-time for Mike.
With regard to the audio, I did prefer the original Cooler Than Me from his first (and now quite rare) mixtape, A Matter of Time, but this version is still likeable.
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This is a definite must-have for fans of electro, dance, uptempo and even dubstep music. This is a 53-track (!) mixtape made up of short tracks (only 2/3 are over 2mins long) which are mainly comprised of electro remixes of hip-hop tracks. There is a lot of variety though, with artists ranging from Wiley, Trey Songz and Crookers to Drake, La Roux, Rusko and many more.
Definitely something worth throwing on in a party rotation. If you’re using it for that purpose, you can actually download the whole thing as one long track, which is probably the best way to listen to it. For those of you who want it seperated, that version is below too.
Motivation 3-Single .mp3 file
Motivation 3-Seperated tracks
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In what can best be described as a fitting coincidence given the retrospective nature of this particular post, 2009 was very much a year of hindsight. I rediscovered artists I’d neglected, I discovered artists who I’d simply ignored, but most importantly I began to see the fundamental flaw in my appreciation of music (especially hip-hop) and how I probably got it wrong.
Don’t make the same mistakes. Click on to grab some unmissable tracks, and of course my discoveries from the year gone by. I’ve thrown in a couple of lists too, as I know some of you can’t deal with excess reading.
→ Continue Reading Ajay-182′s Best of ’09
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Mike Posner drops his long-awaited first official video, for the track that’s steadily gaining heat: Drug Dealer Girl. Those of you who’ve followed Mike along with myself will be very familiar with this track, from his first mixtape almost a year ago.
It’s a great track, and a testament to his rising buzz that he managed to get Rosa Acosta to play the lead role in the video. Hopefully this will give him that final boost into the public eye.
Cheers to Nikul for spotting this one!
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Hey Champ put an electro spin on Mike Posner’s Cooler Than Me, from his debut mixtape A Matter of Time. Pretty decent remix and worth grabbing.
Mike Posner-Cooler Than Me (Hey Champ Remix) Ft. Big Sean
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Episode 3 of Mike Posner’s web series has dropped on the heels of his mixtape release. This episode has a look at the making of the mixtape.
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Despite being unable to move from my bed, here goes my second brilliant post of the day. Posner’s latest mixtape has been dropped, and is worth picking up for fans of any style of music. His first mixtape, released in March, was unlike anything I’d ever heard before (and you can pick it up for free from iTunes here), so it will be interesting to see how he has progressed. UPDATE: This mixtape is absolutely awesome. Everyone needs to own this.
Mike Posner-One Foot Out The Door
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Some nice remixes after the cut, including Wale jumping on Mike Posner’s Drug Dealer Girl, as well as features from Amerie, Clipse, Rihanna and more.
→ Continue Reading Remix Time
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Episode 2 of Mike Posner’s new web series, and definitely worth a watch.
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