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A real throwback right here, I heard the song at a record store on Saturday and instantly Shazam‘d it as I’ve heard it sampled in a Jay-Z song. It makes the song for me, the infectious saxophone infused beat and Bobby Bland‘s soulful vocals. Beautiful blues – going to start researching into Hip-hop samples for my next few Throwback Thursday selections. Some real gems to discover, hop on after the cut to listen.
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Following a sold-out US tour, last week Drake kicked off the European leg of his Club Paradise tour in London and Y&Y were in the audience for the second of his London nights (March 27th) at the o2 Arena.
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‘Jay-Z founded, urban clothing blending street styles and runway’ – that’s the tagline the brand STILL uses on its out of date website. It’s interesting to see the brand change direction with this new set of refined footwear. It’s getting there but still in my eyes, far away from reaching its target. Few changes here and there would improve the shoes vastly. I’m not too sure about the worn out upper either, it makes it look a little too used for me. What do you think? Maybe they’re trying to play on the whole ‘urban/street‘ aspect by making the shoes a little dirty. More on the reverse.
UPDATE: I’ve just been informed the brand are completely changing their direction for their European markets, check out their brand spanking new website. It’s dope.
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Morning world! First of all check out Yin’s life – new post in there for you. Came across this illustrator’s work early last year when he tagged a few of my Facebook friends in one of his works. Gyimah Gariba is a freelance illustrator and designer originally from Yang’s motherland, Ghana but now living in Toronto. Some of you may have come across his series inspired by Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne album – he created his own visual adaptation of each of the songs. Most of his work comes directly from the music and others are based on his life experiences. I just love his illustrative style, it’s like a fusion of Anime and Boondocks – vibrant and eye-catching. I want him to draw me! More work on the reverse.
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New visual delights from Childish Gambino, Phonte, MeLo-X, Little Dragon, Brother Ali, Bonobo, Esperanza Spalding and of course Kanye/Jay-Z in this week’s Video Jukebox! Went for more of a Hip Hop/Electronica theme this week as you can tell. Catch you on the other side…
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A rather delayed Video Jukebox this week, apologies folks! I can hold two nights of D’Angelo live at Brixton Academy fully responsible for this one! This week M.I.A. re-defined the phrase ‘making an entrance’ with two rather controversial music videos hitting the web. I decided to ignore the Madonna & Nicki Minaj video…it’s boring, full of advertising (Nicki’s adi-breasts) and poor M.I.A. & Nicki only get a small feature at the end. Plus her video for ‘Bad Girls’ is way cooler! Miguel and Day26 have their eyes set on the fast-approaching Valentine’s Day with their new R&B-smooth videos. There’s also some Hip Hop from Pharoahe Monch, Blu, The Quaranteam and a fan-made video for The Throne’s anthem track, “Ni**as in Paris”! Enjoy, and I promise I’ll be on time for our breakfast date this Saturday!
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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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