Video Jukebox episode 3! This is going well, I’ve received some positive feedback on this weekly post and I’m starting to even receive requests (even though it was from Yin haha) so that makes it all worth the 3 hours it takes me to write this (alongside some pondering) This week I’ve picked quite a random bunch from pop-trash Ke$ha (I promise you it’s good), nu-rave 14th, some corny R&B from Carl Thomas, Hip Hop from ItsNate, Overdoz, Mikill Pane and the Bakery Boys, soul from the lovely Iman Omari and last but no ways least, some thought provoking poetry from Dean Atta! Hit the jump to check the visuals, and enjoy :-)!
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I should have really wrote an Introducing post on Elle Varner mid last year but for what ever reason I didn’t. Still she did manage to grace the pages of Y&Y via our Eargasms post back in August with her J Cole assisted single ‘Only Wanna Give It To You’. While the world is awaiting her album Perfectly Imperfect following the success of the single the RCA signed singer has decided to release a mixtape entitled Conversational Lush to tide fans over until she is ready to release her debut studio offering. If you have never heard of Elle then I strongly suggest you read on and give the EP a listen. I don’t what has happened in the last year or so but there seems to be so many good artists with good real music bursting at the seams waiting to be unleashed on the charts (many of them being from the UK might i just add).
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Incredibly dope selection of music for you after the cut. Handpicked by 4 members of the Y&Y family – don’t delay, hit read more and play. Eargasmic.
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This week kicked off with what’s known as ‘Blue Monday’, the third Monday of the month of January every year is meant to be the most depressing day of the year; the weather is frightful, you’re just about scraping through to your next payday and a whole load of post-Christmas/NYE anti-climax nonsense is the “scientific reasoning” behind the namesake. I’m not sure about you guys, but this week sucked for me. Luckily I have some video gems from the likes of Lianne La Havas, The Bullitts, Santigold, The Internet and Nicki Minaj in this weeks Video Jukebox which should excite your aural and visual senses and hopefully lighten up your day a little! This week I included social media and iTunes links (if available). Hit the jump to see what I chose :-)
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Today was one of those days where I couldn’t decide on what song to use so I decided to call on the help of Yin to help me selected one song out of a possible 4 or 5. We ended up selecting a song but since then i’ve changed my mind and have now selected this Toni Braxton classic (no not that one). Peep what Braxton song I have chosen when you read on.
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Here we are. New week, new songs. You’ll probably be waking up to see this post, you still have a good 30 minutes or so till you need to get ready for work/university. Hop on after the cut, click the song title to download and import the songs onto your iTunes. You won’t find these tracks on Spotify.
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If there’s one thing I love, it’s hearing new up and coming artists. I introduce to you A.L., a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from East London who’s just put out a 16 track EP. Titled ‘A.L. Vs. J Dilla: The LB EP (The Laid Back EP)’. The young singer is not going round for round on verses with the late legendary producer, what she is doing though is singing and rapping over 16 produced beats by Mr Dilla. A brave move you might say, but one, which triumphs here.
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