fol chen: no wedding cake.

dl: FOL CHEN – No Wedding Cake (alt)
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Now I was jumping for motherfucking joy when I heard Fol Chen‘s “No Wedding Cake” last month, so you can understand how I felt when I received an mp3 in my inbox today. I motherfucking jumped for joy again. Ten times.

And that was just the beginning. While the video for “The Believers” was totally deep and interesting, it can’t hold a damn candlestick in comparison to the “No Wedding Cake” video. All the whack-ass bloggers creaming their panties over that whack-as-fuckin’-ass Fever Ray video need to check themselves. This is the best indie video of 2009 so far.

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yung trev + m.i.a: bonafide hustla

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“Hump-Hop Hooray” is the latest regular series here. Every Wednesday, I’ll be bringing you a different hip-hop track, new or old, for your hump day consideration.

I don’t normally like to post tracks that I don’t enjoy, but I felt like this is one that deserves to be discussed. I’m not crazy about Maya and Santi being adopted as hip-hop’s hottest gals to sample. While I know it’s a great way for artists like T.I. and Jay-Z to get serious hype from the indie-blog world, those samples were annoying as fuck. Seriously. “Paper Planes” was a great fucking song, but I dread hearing the line “No one on the corner got swagga like us” every time I hear it. That’s not even considering that the term “swagga” somehow sound as dated as “homie”…

But I digress. Yung Trev is the latest rapper to jump on the M.I.A.-sampling bandwagon. His flow isn’t particularly impressive, at best reflecting a second-rate Too $hort, but I have to give him credit for taking the initiative to sample something aside from the “swagga” line. When I say that “he” took the initiative, I literally mean that he produced this track.

Now, I don’t like this beat. I don’t like his flow. I don’t ever want to listen to this song. But I do think that sampling the line “bonafide hustla making my name” was a smart move, with the potential to provide a relatively timeless hip-hop reference instead of latching onto trendy slang. ::sigh:: If only his production skills and lyrical skills could match his ideas.

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siik: single ladies remix.

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I made the exciting graphic you see above for work a while back, and I’ve been looking for an excuse to repost it. Thankfully, Mixtape Maestro reminded me that I should never take my eyes off of siik.org, posting an excellent “remix” of “Single Ladies”.

I say “remix” since Siik’s work leans more towards blend or mash-up. It’s all either hit or near-miss, but the good ones make you hear songs in entirely different ways. Placing Sasha up in the club with Talib Kweli gives the song a bit of an Amerie vibe, and I mean that in the most complimentary way.

Don’t forget to check out Siik’s takes on T-Pain & Brandy. They’re also delicioso, even if the woozy Weezy part is cut out of the former.

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BONER TRACK: Can’t Believe It (siik remix) (alt)
BONER TRACK II: I Wanna Be Down (siik remix) (alt)
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