Pharrell Williams Collaborates Lil Wayne
Two juggernauts of the industry get together and do what they should - rhyme about Alonzo Mourning.
“Weezie F baby and the F is for Phenomenal” may not make sense when looking at it on a computer screen, but listening to the newly released Yes makes the phrase sound so right. As ridiculous as Lil Wayne and the amount of mixtapes the rapper puts out is, it’s hard to pass on a recent recording with Pharrell.
Both artists kill it in their verses to a warbling synthy beat that only Pharrell’s hand could have touched. As the two insanely famous artists trade killer verse after killer verse, the song’s dopeness only crescendos and doesn’t fall victim to being all hook. If that doesn’t quirk your interest, there is even reference to Alonzo Mourning (you may remember him from NBA Jam) and Bruce Lee. What more could one want?
This track further proves how much Pharrell shines in collaborations with artists such as Clipse, Common, or, in this case, Lil Wayne. Pharrell helps aid in further forgetting 2006’s In My Mind, and hopefully we’ll hear some more from Pharrell and Lil Wayne in the near future. In the meantime put “Yes” on repeat, and remember the next time you trash talk someone explain to them that they, “Won’t see the morning like Alonzo.”
Posted by Andrew Macnider on Jan 20, 2009 @ 7:00 am
The Essential Live Album
Cheap Trick At Budokan.
When trying to pick one live album that’s better than all the rest, you’re inevitably going to piss some people off. While it is widely accepted that Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison is one of the best live albums in the history of music, the choice is a little too obvious...
Posted by Cory Roop on Jan 19, 2009 @ 7:00 am
Shut Up And Watch Them Go
Ting Tings Launch U.S. Tour
Pixie-Rockers unite! The Ting Tings, Britain's most infectious export since Boy George, are coming back to this side of the pond for a twenty-two city tour starting on March 16. With honors still flooding in surrounding their debut We Started Nothing and a reputation for getting the most placid crowds to shake their money makers, Katie White and Jules DeMartino won't be a show to miss. Percussive while endearing, poppy while riotous, The Ting Tings are a show for anyone looking to dance the night away.
The Ting Tings Live Touring Schedule
The Ting Tings Acoustic Session at Rolling Stone
Posted by Mark Steffen on Jan 16, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
The Gay Blades Announce Stock Market Remedy
Recession Procession Tour Aims to Quell Wall Street
Even though the recession is barely affecting those of us who don't have anything to begin with, The Gay Blades, New York's finest two-piece trash-pop band, are giving fans something to invest in with their freshly announced "Recession Procession Tour." They'll be hitting the road all across the Northeast, hoping to ease the woes of investment bankers and pencil-jean wearers all at once...
Posted by Mark Steffen on Jan 16, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
New Music From Eugene McGuinness
Your Own Personal Troubadour
The ability to bring a painting to life by way of song is a very hard task. Love and hate is always fun to chant along to with your buddies while getting drunk in the local tavern, but letting yourself get lost in song with a bottle of wine, a couple loud speakers and a few candles burning in the foreground is a scenario that should be visited at least once a week.
Make a note on your calendar to spend some quality private time with London native and Liverpool educated Eugene McGuinness. His latest single, "Moscow State Circus," from his self-titled debut (Domino), is a dizzying romantic pop song. Tricking the listener into believing they're hearing Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman" at the song's start, McGuinness takes us into a warped world filled with rabbit holes, Chinese whispers and hammerhead sharks. His visually compelling lyrics are akin to the psychedelic musings of Robyn Hitchcock or the dark carnival ride that was the last Patrick Wolf record.
At the ripe old age of 22, Eugene McGuinness is fresh face in his genre. While his contemporaries (The Week That Was, Field Music) write with a quick wit and a quick beat, McGuinness turns this sort of nervous energy into something much more gentle and much more sweet.
Posted by Joe Roth on Jan 16, 2009 @ 7:00 am