Good.Music.Week! feature artist #7: Outasight

Musically speaking...


Good.Music.Week! is rounded out by the New York-based rapper, Outasight, who describes his style as "Energetic hip hop mixed with melodic soul. Positive, smooth, head knockin." Definitely give this cat a listen, the tracklist is:

Song #1 - Good Evening (Dream Big), Album: From Here to There
Song #2 - Another Late Night, Album: Radio New York
Song #3 - 2-0-0-9 (ft. Kid Daytona, 6th Sense & Harlem's Cash), Album: From There To Here
Song #4 - Love Or Confusion?, Album: From Here To There
Song #5 - Downtown In My Mind, Album: From Here To There


--- ygb

Good.Music.Week! feature artist #6: Nujabes

Musically speaking...


The sixth feature artist of Good.Music.Week! is the late Hip-Hop producer, Nujabes, whose music may be more widely known (at least in America) for its contribution to the Samurai Champloo soundtrack. Like many producers, he features guest rappers over his beats, however, there are quite a few instrumental gems in his catalog, check out the tracklist:

Song #1 - Feather (ft. Cise Starr & Akin of CYNE), Album: Modal Soul
Song #2 - Lady Brown (ft. Cise Starr), Album: Metaphorical Music
Song #3 - World's End Rhapsody, Album: Modal Soul
Song #4 - Counting Stars, Album: Hydeout Productions Second Collection


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Good.Music.Week! feature artist #5: Van Hunt

Musically speaking...


The following is the tracklist for Thursday's feature artist:

(All songs are from his self-titled, debut album "Van Hunt")

Song #1 - Dust
Song #2 - Seconds Of Pleasure
Song #3 - Down Here In Hell (With You)
Song #4 - Hold My Hand


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Eldest Of These LikeMinds

Yo, what's good people? The name is E.D. I ELM the moniker and government are one and the same. Signature: chOseNbelovE.D. you'll catch it, in due time, it's nothing special just creative I think. I figured I would post something since my brother and Bono are the only cats from the group who have posted, so...here we go. I've always been a lover of music, I always believed that I knew what it should sound like. The creative aspect of music was always left to cats I was hanging around at the time. They would say things, and I would be like naw, say this or say it like that. Anyway, so I embarked on the gift to rhyme during my transition from college and a dispute with my child's mother, she pissed me off so I converted that energy into a poem which I titled the REALization. Fast forward to now, I've fallen in love with the way you can make words rhyme. With me, it's about doing it stylistically, RANDOM SIDE NOTE, but why are the cats I rock with my favorite MC's? I don't know if either counterpart has mentioned this, p.s. I can't read what's already been posted so if it's already been said forgive my dereliction of duty, to read prior to blogging. But...Independent Media is comprised of myself, Jojo who is my youngest sibling, Bono, the man, the myth, the legend, and Chrispi The Infalliable. The story of how we all came about will be included once people began to inquire about that information. After writing this and rereading it, I've yet to say anything, but don't fret...it's coming. Peace(5x)...(In Mos Def Voice)

Good.Music.Week! Interlude

Musically speaking...


In the midst of Good.Music.Week! I've decided to post some well-needing-to-be-distributed music that was created some time ago. Back in October my brother came across the second installment in Oddisee's season-themed, mostly instrumental projects, "Odd Autumn," on 2dopeboyz; the last of which ("Odd Spring") I posted a couple of weeks ago. Shortly thereafter (possibly minutes), he found the previous release, "Odd Summer" and downloaded that one as well. One thing lead to another and over the course of a couple weekends, eventually me, him and Mr. Infallible himself concocted 14 tracks of what we consider to be one of our best projects to date, "Oddisee of the Mind."

P.S. Bono is nowhere to be found on this project, but he will be accounted for in the future.


Download link: http://www.zshare.net/download/76583759880823aa/


Here are a few standout joints:

Everything Changed Nothing (What Happened Thursday) by youngiftednblack


Chocolate City Dreaming (Color Scheme) by youngiftednblack


The Supplier (of Murder, Drugs, Misogyny etc.) by youngiftednblack


Theatre by youngiftednblack


Viva Brasil (Coming Back Home to You) by youngiftednblack


Thank You's and shout outs to:

- Oddisee for blessing the world with his musical gifts, and providing us (IM) with something to work with.
- Anyone who listens to us
- Anyone who listens to any unbeknownst-to-the-public artist


--- ygb

Good.Music.Week! feature artist #4: Goapele

Musically speaking...


Check out the tracklisting for Wednesday's highlight artist, Goapele:

(All songs are from her "Change It All" album)

Song #1 - Different (ft. Clyde Carson)
Song #2 - Fly Away
Song #3 - Love Me Right
Song #4 - You (ft. Dwele)


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Good.Music.Week! feature artist #3: Maxwell

Musically speaking...


Maxwell tracklist for Tuesday is:

Song #1 - Eachhoureachsecondeachminuteeachday: Of My Life, Album: Embrya
Song #2 - For Lovers Only, Album: Now
Song #3 - Whenever Wherever Whatever, Album: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Song #4 - The Lady Suite, Album: Maxwell MTV Unplugged


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Good.Music.Week! feature artist #2: Blu

Musically speaking...


The tracklist for the second feature artist, Blu, is as follows:

Song #1 - Fly (Song Of Liberation), Album: Dirty Science
Song #2 - Dancing in the Rain, Album: Below The Heavens
Song #3 - Blu Collar Worker, Album: Below The Heavens
Song #4 - Just Another Day, Album: Get Lifted EP
Song #5 - Show Me the Good Life, Album: Below The Heavens

As with the previous tracklist (and those to follow), let me know if you want the songs or any other information about this or other artists.


--- ygb

Good.Music.Week! feature artist #1: Eric Roberson

Musically Speaking...


Here's the playlist for the first artist on the Good.Music.Week! list. If you'd like any of these songs, or more information about the artist, let me know.


Song #1 - Couldn't Hear Me, Album: The Vault Vol 1.5
Song #2 - Runaway, Album: The Esoteric Movement
Song #3 - Further, Album: Music Fan First
Song #4 - Pretty Girl, Album: Left


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Good.Music.Week!

Musically speaking...


Good.Music.Week! started yesterday (which is only about half an hour away) but unfortunately I didn't have an opportunity to mention it until now. The 7 featured artists for the week are:

Sunday: Eric Roberson
Monday: Blu
Tuesday: Maxwell
Wednesday: Goapele
Thursday: Van Hunt
Friday: Nujabes
Saturday: Outasight

I'll update the songs that were highlighted for E Robe later on as I post the ones for Blu.


--- ygb

C. Diddy messed up.

Grey's Anatomy (I Wonder What It Feels Like) by user1465922

Throwing it to you

Grey's Anatomy

http://soundcloud.com/user1465922/greys-anatomy-i-wonder-what-it-feels-like

In the event of tonight's epic episode of Grey's, I decided to post up the appropiately titled Independent Media joint. Give it a good listen. Peace.

-C. Diddy

The Introduction of Sonny Bono

Whats up people? I am Sonny Bono aka Sonny Rockwell aka Sonny Carson aka Funk aka chocolate daddy. I am one of four members of Independent media...just signing in to say hi to cyberspace because somebody other than Joe has to post on this joint hahaha.

Feel free to hit me up on here or facebook (Lance C. Ellis) questions or comments directed toward me or the group. I'll be back with some mad introspective shit for you to sit at work and wrap your brain around instead of actually doing your job lol.

OH, BTW, We will be on The Session, 88.3 FM tomorrow night (May 19) at 10pm. Listen to us rhyme and answer interview questions lol. Trust me we are an entertaining bunch. Take care.

-Chocolate Daddy

Oddisee's Odd Spring

Musically speaking...



Odd Spring is the fourth & final installment in Oddisee's season themed series. Just as Odd Summer, Autumn &, Winter, Odd Spring will be the theme music to it's season.

http://oddisee.bandcamp.com/album/odd-spring


1. The Blooming 04:29
2. Birds & Bees Feat. Diamond District 03:48
3. Juba May 04:09
4. Warmer In The Day 01:10
5. Anticipation Feat. Kingpin Slim & Oddisee 04:45
6. In The Now Feat. Olivier Daysoul 02:41
7. The Riches Instrumental 01:16
8. This Beat Is For Finale 01:17
9. I'm From PG Feat. Oddisee 04:00
10.Two Way Street Feat. Muneshine 03:25


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to Whom it may concern...with Love

Musically speaking...

to Whom it may concern...with Love ft. Valencia by youngiftednblack

To whom it may concern, you are my one and only and I just thought I’d let you know that you are something lovely in my heart always and forever it’s funny seems like we’re always together but there’s always a maybe maybe we are maybe we aren’t keep fingers crossed for my lady-luck on my side when I find and touch you so stuck in your eyes when I stumble inside your presence cause I want you but I can’t disrupt the current moment it’s just the design that we follow I don’t know where you are but I know what you hide and that’s what you and I might have one day if I could just come to my senses and discover the rhyme to my reason for loving you why I really don’t know but this is such a wonderful high

I've never touched you
I've never held you
But when I get to
I'll know who you are to me

My one and only yeah

Don't know how I got to
Fallin' in love through
The walls I built to
Keep love pain at bay

Just listen to me when I say

To whom it may concern, this is for you personal address but I don’t know what to do the thought of the action of passion everlasting passing time won’t wait we have to grasp it the concept of who we are in each other and if past lives’ll stop what we want to become of us but identity unknown memory spilling over eventually come to the conclusion of heartbeats skipping in awe we move from exclusive to the fusion we sought be the truest in all the pursuits of our union intertwining our souls with every moment alluding to discoveries unfound the top of the bottom still awake in a dream every option we got them so here I’ll close with a last sincerely yours, with love

(Chorus)


--- ygb

Post-Mother's Day thoughts

Intimately speaking...

Yesterday was as uneventful as any other day, not only for myself, but for my mom as well. I understand that people should appreciate others in their life because...well, it's just the thing to do. There have been, and will be, many times that I've expressed my gratitude towards those with whom I've shared my life these past 22 years; from the smallest interaction to the largest. However, days such as Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas (in other words, all the social holidays) allow one the opportunity to materialize that gratitude in the form of personalized gifts, vacations and/or physical affection; sometimes the latter is multi-faceted. Basically what I'm trying to say is that that wasn't the case yesterday. For some time now I'll happen to hear my mom "speaking to herself" saying things such as, "I never get anything for my birthday, for Christmas, for Mother's day...nobody loves me," to which I'd respond, "HA!", to let her know that 1) I hear you lady and 2) it's true. Not the love part, but the 'not receiving any gifts' part, which is kind of a hard blow for a young black male, such as myself, who was single-handedly raised by this woman; especially when I feel that it's a child's duty to repay the investment made by one's parent(s). My emotional gratitude can only go so far as making her feel good for the time being, it isn't a momentary vacation from her daily living, it doesn't buy food, it doesn't pay bills, and it sure won't let me let her to stop working. So a small token of my appreciation by whatever means would at least let her know I'm well aware of the situation and care enough to do what I can. Unfortunately, that small token will have to wait until Wednesday, when I finally get paid. Then I'll be able to say, "Happy (Belated) Mother's Day" as I present her with...uh...I have no idea, but I hope she likes.


--- ygb

Introduction

Hola,

You may (or may not) be unfamiliar with me but don't fret, because soon you will be fully immersed in the personal/public/musical thoughts of a regular cat with super powers. "What powers?" you may ask...in due time, in due time...oh look, it's due time! As stated in the description, this space is reserved for all things listed above, however, the stand-out item is 'musical'. Here you will have the opportunity to witness my journey and growth as an up & coming emcee, and I hope that you will be as excited and motivated to tune in, as I am to provide you with something into which you may tune. With that being said, welcome, enjoy your stay, and come back soon!


--- ygb