With the ball just dropping for the 2014 FIFA World Cup yesterday, Diplo kicked off  with his hour-long mix on the BBC 1Xtra Mistajam. The Brazilian location of the soccer showdown seems to have had some impression on the mix, as much of the mix is heavy with Latin-American verve, not to mention some big-name remixes of […]

I’ll just let Thomas Traum describe this work, aptly titled Boats*Cars*Dollars*Girls*Helicopters*Jewellery*Skylines: “[This is] a typology of rap videos and an attempt to construct the most generic Rap and R&B video out of many. Musical genres are always heavily codified and rap seems to be one of the most extreme ones, each video has similar if […]

As my friend, Alexi Lawless, who sent this to us said, “Maybe you dont love the folks in the remix — but its a fuckin well done song.” Amen! For commercial dance music, it doesn’t get any better than this. Culled from available Youtube interviews (Jay-Z, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Drake, & Lil Wayne), Boston […]