Bay Area singer Maya Hruby has been on our radar for a minute now. Her smooth vocal stylings and eclectic yet souful aesthetic inform possibly her best track yet on “Stereolab (Lose Myself)”. p.s. check the vid directed by another b3sci fav, Jesse Boykins III.
Mara Hruby – Stereolab (Lose Myself)Mara Hruby: (Official) (Myspace) (Bandcamp)
Rating: 8.3
Paris producer Kaptain Cadillac picks up Scrap on this mint new remix of “Look At Me”. The weekend of Apr 8-10 has met its official dance anthem. Money got legs so of course we gotta chase it.
Lil’ Scrappy – Look At Me (Kaptain Cadillac Remix)Lil’ Scrappy: (Official) (Myspace) (Twitter)
Kaptain Cadillac: (Myspace) (Facebook) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.0
Saadiq appeared on Gilles Peterson’s show this week and previewed much of the material from his upcoming Stone Rollin’ LP. Wow, just wow. We heard much of the new material played out live during SXSW but hearing the recorded versions, the album is just crazy. Stone Rollin’ will no doubt be one of the best records of the year. Mark it!
Raphael Saadiq – Good Man (Live Acoustic)Raphael Saadiq: (Official) (Myspace) (Twitter)
Rating: 9.0
Hottest Record in the World on Zane Lowe today. Big tune. With the right push (which seems now to be set in motion) it could be a massive track.
Smiler – Big SpenderSmiler: (Myspace)
Rating: 8.1
Grimshaw’s been spinning the shit out of this Adam F & Herve Remix of “Get Involved”. Like Grimmy, we’re into it too. Are you? Let us know.
Missy Elliott – Get Involved (Adam F & Herve Remix)Adam F: (Myspace) (Facebook)
Herve: (Myspace) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.0
New shit from b3sci favs BretonLABS. The London production team takes tourmates’ Esben and the Witch’s track “Warpath” for a spin reworking it with some heavier beat textures and retouched synth voicings to give it that extra cool BretonLABS shine.
Esben and the Witch – Warpath (BRETON Remix) via Welikeit.indieEsben and the Witch: (Myspace) (Official) (Facebook)
Rating: 7.9
Karen Elson’s soulful “The Birds They Circle”, from last year’s solid The Ghost That Walks gets the vid treatment via her husband rock and roll’s Jack White. The feel of the clip matches up well with the song, the ominous lighting, the shadows, the stark deeply colored background, all sort of frame “The Birds They Circle’s” forboding, almost ghostly sensibilities.
Karen Elson – The Birds They CircleKaren Elson: (Official) (Myspace)
Rating: 8.0
Damn, Atlantic really fucked up with Lasers, the record is still solid, it is Lupe after all, but hearing some of these outtakes that “didn’t make the record”, Lasers could’ve been a modern classic. Way to go Atlantic.
Lupe Fiasco – Airplanes (Feat. Hayley Williams)Lupe Fiasco: (Official) (Myspace) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.2
Listen to this track and try not to imagine it’s 1991. Your hair’s a little longer (or maybe not). The recession sucks (still does). And sandwiched between “Souvlaki Space Station” and “Only Shallow” on your latest mixtape is “Leave” by San Francisco band Whirl.
Whirl – Leave via SKOAWhirl: (Bandcamp)
Rating: 8.5
New DISCO Texas signee Zimmer just dropped this new FREE track entitled “Cruisin'”. Vibes up, G’s down for the Parisian producer on “Cruisin'” as cool synth atmospheres float over a pulsing backbeat; that and the best use of vocal chants on a track yet heard in 2011! haha.
Zimmer – Cruisin’Zimmer: (Facebook) (Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.0
Anytime Sade drops new music it’s cause to get psyched. “Still in Love With You” is excerpted from Ms. Adu’s upcoming greatest hits package The Ultimate Collection, due May 3. “Still in Love With You” keeps with the smooth organic sounds of last year’s excellent Soldier of Love LP. Killer track, check it below.
Sade – Still In Love With YouSade: (Official) (Myspace) (Facebook)
Rating: 8.4
Chiddy and Mac jump on Xaphoon’s fresh flip of Martha Reeves.
Chiddy Bang – Heatwave (Feat. Mac Miller) via illROOTSChiddy Bang: (Myspace) Official) (Facebook)
Mac Miller: (Myspace) (Official) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.2
