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Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart
Produced by Jeff Bhasker & Alicia Keys
From the forthcoming The Element Of Freedom
It sounds like something off a 2010 The Bodyguard remake. And that’s a very good thing if you’re not up on your Whitney Houston for some reason. The man behind the boards here is Mr. Jeff Bhasker who’s making a name for himself with credits on tracks like “Swagga Like Us”, half of 808’s & Heartbreak (the better half), and a third of The Blueprint 3. If he’s not the king of that new sound, I’m not quite sure who is.
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Atlas Sound - Shelia
produced by Bradford Cox
from 2009’s Logos
Posting this cause it was one of the highlights of last night’s show, not because the album got “Best New Music” this morning. Bradford Cox’s work in Atlas Sound and Deerhunter is really the only new “rock” music that’s grabbed me in the past several months. A testament to the fact that I still have some teenage angst somewhere inside me.
New blog that’s just about rap.
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Brainiac - Fucking With The Altimeter [from 1994’s Bonsai Superstar] DL

I’m not in love with the songwriting here, but the close-mic production is just intoxicating. Besides the percussive mouth sounds in the background, every hard consonant and every popping P comes off as part of the rhythm track. And I dig that.
In my quest to find the best version of the song “Land of 1000 Dances”, I found the best video ever.
This is exactly what I expect both heaven and hell to look like.
I’ve never seen more people on cocaine at once.
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Lil’ Scrappy - I’m Back DL

This song isn’t my fav. ever or anything, but I have to give it up to Lil’ Jon for sampling NIN’s Closer. Also what’s the general opinion on playing Closer at a wedding? Do I need to play an edit? Or just wait til super late at night? … Or should I be relieved of duties for even considering it?