MISC. SLCTIONS:
The Week Of 6/24 – 6/30
Part 2

VIDEO:
We Cut Corners
“The Male Mind”

 
Selected from Nialler9.

Video find of the week -
Dublin guitar & drums duo, We Cut Corners‘s “The Male Mind,”
masterfully animated by Rémy M. Larochelle -
the song itself can be a bit over the top at times,
but still ends up winning you over one way or another
& the video is one of the better ones we’ve seen as of late.

VIDEO:
Raz
“They’ll Speak”

 
Easily one of the most captivating videos in recent memory,
Seattle emcee Raz (formerly Razpy)
delivers an attention-grabbing, raw performance
with nothing other than a well-utilized classical score behind him,
& a well-shot, self-directed visual to go along with it.

If you only check for one new artist in this post – let it be this.

COMPILATION:
Friends of Friends -
’12 Remixes Collected

L.A.-based label, FoF
have put together a convenient .zip
compiling 8 highlights of the different crew members’
respective white label remixes over the last few months -
including RL Grime & Salva‘s recent club-running, “Mercy” rinse
& Shlohmo‘s Weeknd-endorsed wash of “Crew Love.”

You can check the full tracklisting & download the compilation below.

1. Shlohmo – Rained The Whole Time (Nicolas Jaar Remix) x R Kelly – Number One (Hemsworth Blend)
2. Lil Wayne – Nightmares Of The Bottom (LOL Boys Edit)
3. Lianne La Havas – Lost & Found (Ernest Gonzales Remix)
4. Nicki Minaj – Super Bass (Groundislava Remix)
5. Kanye West – Mercy (RL Grime & Salva Remix)
6. Tyga – Rack City (Tomas Barfod 909 Edit)
7. Jamie Foxx – Blame It (Groundislava Cool Mix)
8. Drake feat. The Weeknd – Crew Love (Shlohmo Remix)

ALBUM TRAILER:
Tame Impala -
Lonerism

 
Typically, “trailers” for anything music-related thats not a full-length film
are just redundant & useless -
& to be fair, this one probably isn’t all that much different
in that respect.

However – the sophomore album from Australia’s Tame Impala,
the follow-up to 2010′s Innerspeaker
is something we’re personally looking fwd to
much more than the average release,
so we figured its worth including on those grounds alone.

VIDEO:
$amhill
“Poetic Justice II”
(prod. Preservation)

Similar to Ka,
Bronx emcee $amhill is an example
of how raw, gritty, lyrics-focused NY hip-hop
can be done in a modern day setting w/o falling to the pitfalls
of the often boring “traditionalist” stereotypes.

Produced by frequent Mos Def Yasiin Bey collaborator, Preservation
& directed by Video Music Box founder, Ralph McDaniels -
$am presents his latest single/video, “Poetic Justice II”
from his forthcoming EP, The Preface.

Selected from Steady Bloggin.

VIDEO:
Death Grips
“Double Helix”

Always ones to offer something interesting,
Sacramento band, Death Grips
bring us their latest video, for “Double Helix,”
which they shot completely from the “Back-Up Camera” of a Toyota Prius.

It’s pretty rad.

TRACK:
Doseone
“Arm In Armaggedon
(D33J Remix)”

Here’s a dope new remix from one of our favorite up-and-coming producers right now,
D33J of the Wedidit Collective -
heard here completely flipping “Arm In Armaggedon”
from Doseone of Anticon‘s latest release, G Is For Deep.

You can stream it before downloading below.

Selected from XLR8R.

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VIDEO:
DJ Manny
“Good Feeling”

 
Nice new one from
Chicago juke producer
& TekLife rep, DJ Manny -
putting his own footwork touch
on the ever-popular Etta James “Good Feeling” sample.

VIDEO:
Maybach Music Group
(Rick Ross, Gunplay, Meek Mill, Stalley & Wale)
feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Power Circle”
(prod. Lee Majors)

 
In this week’s You’ve Probably Seen This One By Now section,
we present “Power Circle”
which finds Rawse’s MMG crew in rare form
along w/ guest Kendrick Lamar – who alongside Meek Mill, easily steals the show,
in a track thats easily tied w/ “Oldie” as Posse Cut Of The Year
(not that there’s too many other contenders).

RELEASE:
Knxwledge -
Knt.Remembr

Forever staying at it,
last week Knxwledge put out
his thirteenth Bandcamp release of 2012,
just two days after dropping his twelfth,
this time leaving the note:

knt.remembr when time allowd ths,
but here.
knx.

MINI-DOC:
Bling47 Breaks Dilla Edition -
Black Milk on “Shake It Down”
(directed by Waajeed)

Waajeed & The Bling47 Group do it again
w/ another installment in B47 Breaks’ exploration of Dilla samples -
this time featuring Black Milk talking about
the Boz Scaggs record that Jay used on Welcome 2 Detroit‘s “Shake It Down.”

Selected from Bling47.