Frank Ocean - Acura Integur

Frank Ocean “Acura Integurl” from Team OnSMASH on Vimeo.

I'd also like a girl that's a Lil' Wayne fan. Like you know, not Lollipop Lil' Wayne, but like deep mixtape cut Lil' Wayne. That'd be nice.

The Weeknd - The Party

Sometimes the hype is right. The tape is a winner, and I'm currently obsessed with the first half of this track. Great use of sampling and its addictive as crack. Long live PBR&B!

The Weeknd - The Party & The After Party by The_Weeknd

R Kelly - Ignition

Because until this day, I have never heard the original. Already obsessed.

Wasn't there meant to be more Trapped in the Closet coming out soon? Been too long.

Frank Ocean - Lovecrimes (Pional Edit)

Yeah you better believe I tracked down a download of this sweet ass edit. Now all I need is that dope Weeknd edit and I'm fucking set. R&B house, mofos haha.


Frank Ocean - Lovecrimes (Pional Edit)

The Weeknd - What You Need (Adam Port Edit) by Adam Port

PONY

Finally got to play Pony out last night. It went off like I hoped it would. Can die happy now.

James Blake - James Blake

I haven't been writing as much lately. Its a bad habit to get into as I think I've been getting better and the blog has seen a bit of growth in terms of traffic and response. Beyond that it's a really good way to organize my thoughts about music, and as such it's not something I wanna let go.

That being said, it's the beginning of the year. Last years stuff is getting wrapped up and compartmentalized in my head after my ridiculous Best of 2010 shenanigans, and I think I'm more or less waiting around for new awesome stuff to get me inspired again. Until that happens I'm more or less going to be devoting my time to practice and mixtape making (got a few on the way, stay tuned).

However the one thing that has really caught mine and everyone else's attention has been the stunning debut album from James Blake. I've written a fair bit on bass music on this blog and this stands as a crown jewel on the non club side. It comes from the same place as the XX, with a similar appeal, yet with a far reduced pallet of sounds. It continues bass musics fascination with 'pop' music (read R&B), and once again forgoes commercial appeal for a sweet bass sound, with its eyes firmly fixed on the floor.

End of the day this isn't really a coherant piece on the album itself, just trying to sort out some thoughts on it on the screen. The album is fantastic, I can't stress that enough. Only real question is, how important is this album going to be down the line?


James Blake - Unluck

Adele - Rolling in the Deep (Jamie XX Shuffle)

In continuing my obsession with everything Jamie XX, heres the new jam as posted by the fine folks over at the FADER. Rhythm and fucking Blues.

Soul Clap - Rock the Boat

Housey little refix of an old Aaliyah jam here from Soul Clap (which I think is a fantastic group name btw). R&B is really coming to the forefront these days in underground circles as a source of inspiration whether its for disco, indie, bass music or dance music. With the ability to cut away the commercialism and boil a song down to its emotional core, great products can really occur, even when the producer still has the dance floor firmly in mind.

01 Rock The Boat by Soul Clap