Happy Tuesday My People! Pressed for time today so let's get in a quickie shall we?
First up, you know it! 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day! This is another one off the new album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time. It's actually a bonus track called Employee of the Month...
Next, I can't believe I'm about to say this... But I like this song. It's called 23 by your girl the Twerking Trainwreck herself, Miley Cyrus, featuring Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa...
Also found this song I'm diggin... Never heard a dude say he'd Yike in it.. But I'm pretty sure I can guess what it means...
If you're a fan of The Wobble then here is another song by V.I.C. that's pretty hot called Twerk It... Sort of reminds me of the original version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with the words running across the screen as the Oompa Loompas sang.... What do you get when you shake your booty? Hopefully you don't look wack like Miley... I don't like the look of it.
Happy Friday the 13th My People! I don't know about you but I'm never phased or superstitious about Fridays that fall on the 13th because they tend to be lucky days for me. For real, it would take a lot for today to be worse than yesterday anyway... but we'll get into that later. Now time for theme songs..
So, I had a birthday about a week ago. I turned the dreaded dirty 30. I meant to do a post that day but I was way too depressed and also way too busy to write anything. Plus I've been dealing with some mad crazy drama drama drama which we will also get into later.
Anyway, to celebrate my belated birthday here is the 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day with Kanye West called Birthday Song... When I die bury me inside the jewelry store. All I want for my birthday is a well-endowed man who isn't a walking douchebag.
And OH SCHNAP! Just cause I can... BONUS 2 CHAINZ Song of the Day! The new album B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time dropped on Tuesday, 9/10/13, so now all the tracks on it have hit the streets... and by streets I mean interwebz... and by interwebz I mean YouTube. Anyway, I've been DYING to hear this one song called Mainstream Ratchet and finally did this morning. I gotta say that I was disappointed. I don't like the beat for it at all. 2 CHAINZ where ever you are will you please let me remix this song and make it better?!?! I refuse to let it be wack. Here, you can listen to it for yourself and see what I'm talking about...
Next, it's time for today's installment of Twerkathon OH-13... I found this tutorial for all my Booty Bounce Beginners that I think is extremely helpful. This chick is Keaira LaShae and her dance series is pretty good if you're trying to learn not only how to twerk, wind up, body roll.. even dance in a club in a dress.
Here I got you yo.. Cause I just realized some of you might be going out tonight trying to dance in dresses and doing it improperly...
Now time to practice in front of that mirror gurrrrrlllll... Also in celebration of my belated birthday ya know I gotta get in some Uncle Luke...
Also some Kstylis...
Next I've been getting into more EDM based Trap pretty heavily lately. I actually opened my set at Transit with the other night and apparently people were really diggin it. Real quick shoutout to the Give Crew. Thanks again for having me through to play guys! It was good times and I can't wait to do it again!
Anyway, if you don't know much about Trap then you're living under a rock because it's EVERYWHERE right now. If you're a DJ then it's advisable to learn how to play it or you will cease to be relevant to a rack of kids. Here are some of the tracks I'm feelin at the moment to help you get acquainted...
This one is by Baauer's Remix of Rollup by Flosstradamus...
Also still kicking myself because I totally should've played Harlem Shake. Freaking LOVE this song... Totally lied in my post OH MAH GOD! I Fucking LOVE Major Lazer!!! because Harlem Shake is still totally my ringtone.
Also really diggin on some Bro Safari... This one is good. It's called Burn the Block...
And this one called The Drop...
Plus this RL Grime Salva of Mercy...
And this one too...
And finally this Flosstradamus remix of Major Lazer's remix of Original Don which I'm like 99.9% is a remix of a sample from an Old School UK Hardcore Breaks track from way back in the day...
Happy Tuesday My People! LOTS to get into today so let's do this! I can barely contain myself because there is so much new stuff out today or about to come out over the next few weeks... That's right folks, it seems it's Fall release time!
First up... I'm freaking DYING right now because the new 2 CHAINZ album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time which is set to be released officially on September 10th is being leaked bit by bit. That means we're about to get a rack of new 2 CHAINZ songs of the day!
Here is another new one from the album that I'm feeling called Where U Been? featuring Cap 1...
Next up, don't act like you don't know it's time for today's installment of Twerkathon OH-13...
OK, so one of my proudest accomplishments recently was FINALLY learning how to make it clap. Here is the tutorial that I learned from because I think it's super helpful. What better way to learn how to clap your booty than from strippers since I'm pretty sure they invented that move? For real, you'll know you're doing it right because you will hear a clap sound.
Now let's get into something that I find super funny whilst we practice our new-found booty clapping skills... Who the F is the REAL "King of Twerk"?!?!? Currently Diplo is out declaring himself as the King of Twerk. Between his outright productions and those under his Major Lazer project he's got all kinds of girls all around the world "expressing themselves" all over walls and furniture. He's also currently running a little instagram video submission contest where ladies are sending 15 second videos demonstrating their twerking skills.
(Ladies, before you get excited and make videos to start showing off your twerking skills that may be newly acquired due to this blog, bear in mind that if you do that then your bare booty will be on the internet for the entire world to see and hundreds of thousands of his followers to comment on. I've been reading the comments and some of them are pretty vicious.)
However, the number of actual twerking songs he's produced is quite lacking and the ones that exist are super hard to find... Believe me, I had to do some digging just to find this one for today. It's a track off the Kick Ass 2 movie soundtrack and it's called Earthquake. He co-produced it with DJ Fresh.. Real quick by the way, LOVE DJ FRESH! LOVE HIM LIKE IT'S MY FREAKING JOB! HAVE LOVED HIM SINCE BUZZ DAYS! VIRAM FOREVER!)
Anyway, between Earthquake, Express Yourself, like 2 others I can't find on YouTube, and some Major Lazer joints, which bear in mind are co-produced so Twerk King credit must be shared, the number of actual twerking tracks is pretty limited. He's pretty much coasting on current fan volume. So does this qualify him?
Fans can be fickle and their attention spans are short. If you don't continue to stay relevant enough then they're gone like the wind... and lemmetellyasomething, Diplo is 34 years old. Do you know how hard it is to be in your 30's and stay relevant to teenagers and people in their early 20's? Basically, I think if another newer, hotter, younger guy comes along and puts out a better song girls like "expressing themselves" to more then, unfortunately, it's Bye Bye Diplo. (Sidenote: When that happens, because it WILL happen, I would like to see a 2 stage twerk-off.. Kind of like Scott Pilgrim when the gorilla comes out and kills the dragon. Make it happen. Make it happen now.)
Now, there is another man out there who identifies himself as the King of Twerk and his name is K-Stylis. This man has a rack of twerk songs that call out specific booty bouncing instructions like it's a stripper square dance. I dare you. I triple.. NO.. I quadruple dog dare you to keep up with how fast he calls them out. Best Workout EVER!
So K-Stylis has the volume and if you search him on YouTube he definitely has the following too. The only problem with his claim though is that he is still lost in obscurity and has not put out anything new in about a year. I personally have become all about some K-Stylis so somebody please let that man know he needs to put out a new album. I will take it to the streets and promote it myself because that's how much I want that to happen. Maybe he and Diplo need to team up on something. (If that actually happens then somebody owes me a rack of money for suggesting it.)
However, I was always under the impression that the real Kings of Twerk were the Ying Yang Twins. By sheer volume and following they definitely had that crown for years...
Unfortunately though, they haven't put anything new out in awhile either... So alas, they lost their crown.
For me though, there is only one man I believe is the real King of Twerk. He's got the volume. He's got the following. And for real, I don't give a crap how old he is, he will ALWAYS be relevant... So relevant he still comes out with new stuff that just stays hot. This is hotness which has spanned 3 decades. That man's name is Mannie Fresh.
Rumor has it that he has reconciled with Birdman and they are supposed to be getting back into the studio. Puhhhhleeeeeezzzzz let this rumor be true! Before I die, I just want Mannie Fresh, Juvenile, Birdman, and Lil Wayne to do a Cash Money Millionaires Hot Boyz Reunion.
That's not just good ish right there... That is the BEST ish right there. If you don't know, act like you know because you should.
Next, I promised you some more brand spankin NEW stuff so here goes... Thanks to the all-knowing 2 CHAINZ on Twitter, I found out that 3 albums dropped today: 1) Big Sean's Hall of Fame, 2) Juicy J's Stay Trippy, and 3) Goodie Mob's Age Against the Machine. Big day for hip hop for real...
So first, Big Sean's Hall of Fame... Hated it! Well, not entirely... I just couldn't really get down to the songs I listened to because Big Sean basically gets out-rapped on every track I heard including this one featuring Juicy J and Nicki Minaj. Frankly Nicki Minaj is a beast and dudes who aren't Lil Wayne, 2 CHAINZ, and Drake need to either step up their game or stop letting her be on their tracks because she shuts them down. Get 'em gurrrrrlllll...
Next is Juicy J's Stay Trippy... Hated it! Yeah, I mean that one... which is sad because I freaking love me some Academy Award Winning Three Six Mafia like you don't even know. It's basically a collection of boring, tired stripper anthems that took WAY too long to release as an entire album. And when I say stripper anthems, I mean every song I've heard off this album is about strippers, strippers, strip clubs, and more strippers. Maybe the album took a year to release because Juicy J was too busy making it rain.
The first single Bandz A Make Her Dance was released nearly a year ago on 9/11/2012. Seriously, I can't stand this song...
Also, Bounce It featuring the DMV's own Wale and the R. Kelly of our generation, Trey Songz, sounds exactly like Bandz which makes it boring...
And he gets out-rapped by A$ap Rocky on Scholarship... which also sounds way too similar to the other songs...
Finally, Goodie Mob has reunited after 14 years and released Age Against the Machine... All I can say is, who the F doesn't like Goodie Mob?!?! Cee-Lo is bananas dude. This song called Special Education featuring Janelle Monae is the jam and it has such a positive message. It's on the same page that I've been preaching from about how you should celebrate being a unique individual and not dim your shine for anybody and be "normal" just to gain acceptance.
It's Friday Eve Folks! Just one more day and we are home free 2 whole days before we start this endless worker bee rat race cycle all over again. Anyway, if you're already gearing up for your weekend then I got you...
First up is, of course, the 2 CHAINZ song of the day! This one is dedicated to my next installment of More Adventures in Dating the Douchebags of PoF coming up later...
Next, you know we have to keep Twerkathon OH-13 going... I've been getting an awesome response to this little segment and some readers have offered up suggestions that just might take this thing to a whole nother level.
The past couple days we've been delving into some instructional videos for the twerk-challenged or what I'm dubbing "Booty Bounce Beginners". Here are some more songs for you to practice your new found shaking skills. These have some instructions...
Huey's Pop, Lock, and Drop It shows you have twerking can be coordinated into an actual dance everyone can do...
Also, I'm sure you've heard this one from French Montana on the radio recently...
But, today I'd like to focus on a serious issue that plagues many a twerking veteran... Ass Shaking Addiction. Here is a cautionary tale about 2 young girls named Chuchi and Beba...
For those of you out there who are all too familiar with this affliction, it's OK. We will get through this together. I'm forming a support group called Twerkaholics Anonymous.
Hello, my name is Niki Slik and I am a jiggle junkie. I can't stop twerking. I'm actually doing it right now. So turn off that Taylor Swift crap and turn up that Sissy Nobby!
Now for those of you who are like, "That's cool but where's the DnB at?!" I've got something for you too... It's all about some Chase and Status today. Here are some of my faves...
Hello and welcome to Music Club!
Also Smash TV with the Guns n Roses Welcome to the Jungle sample... Just FYI BTW, this song makes an awesome alarm...
and finally a song I heard yesterday on Slacker that I'm really diggin called End Credits...
Happy HumP Day My People! We have managed to survive half the week so YaY for us! Here are your theme songs for the day...
First up is the 2CHAINZ Song of the Day... This song is called G.O.O.D. Morning and I just happened to stumble across it this morning. For those of you who don't understand my massive LOVE for 2 CHAINZ, songs like this are why. It makes you pull your hair and mush your face and go OH MAH GOD this is SOOOOOOOO G.O.O.D.!!!!
Next up is today's installment of Twerkation OH-13...
Just in case yesterday's instructional video wasn't enough for you, I found this one for those of you who are severely twerked challenged. Be forewarned though that this C-Jeezy dude is a bit of a hot mess and his instructional methods are slightly avant-garde. I'm pretty sure the guy in this is the same one crying to "Leave Brittney alone!" right after Ms. Spears' Blackout album was released and her trainwreck performance at the MTV VMA's of Gimme More.
Anyway, this is considered "advanced twerking" so you can learn the professional ish. Just don't forget to eat some ramen noodles and pretzel dips to get your booty right, put on a pair of pajama pants.. and above all DO NOT FORGET YO DRANK!
I do agree on finding a twerking song with instructions so here is the one C-Jeezy used in the video. Put this one while you practice in front of that mirror guuuurrrrrrlll! It's called Twerk by a chick named Lady and it's actually a pretty hot song.
And for those of you who want to get into crazy advanced twerking, I suggest watching Nicki Minaj. She was rated by Fuse as the #1 celebrity twerker. This song by Nicki Minaj and Ciara is for the ladies...
Now as promised, let's get into some fresh DnB that I found just for you...
This one is so brand spankin' new it's technically not even out yet apparently and you can only preorder it. It's Koncept's - Breathe In and it got posted to the Viper Recordings Sound Cloud Profile 6 days ago and YouTube today. I <3 it which is saying a lot.
Also, I found this Maduk Remix of Thrift Shop by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis that is pretty decent. It definitely makes that song relevant again... which is good if you like the original and bad if you hated it. I personally started out liking it and then began hating it as it got overplayed.
Finally, this track is kinda liquidy but definitely catchy. I'll probably have it stuck in my head now for the rest of the day. It's Control by Matrix & Futurebound featuring Max Marshall...
Hope y'all are enjoying this lovely day. Whether you're super busy or super bored, here are some songs to get you through the rest of your day...
First up, it's the 2 CHAINZ song of the day. This one is off his mixtape from 2011, T.R.U. Religion and it's called Undastatement... You'll need a towel to wipe your leg... Pronto!
But whahappins if you don't know how to twerk? It's OK, I got you. I found this awesome instructional video for those of you out there who are twerk-challenged...
Now that we've got our twerking down.. back to the music... Today is more Ying Yang Twins. Raise your hand if you know this one...
And this one I'm mad into by Busta Rhymes and Nicki Minaj...
I'm also all about some crucial Drum and Bass today...
Lately I've been getting mad into Noisia. This track is pretty brand spankin' new. It's I Am Legion which is Noisia and a hip hop group called Foreign Beggars and it's called Dust Descends.
Also found this one that came out a few weeks ago called Hyenas and it's a collaboration between Noisia, Calyx, and Tee Bee...
But what got me all on Noisia lately is actually a much older track. It's entirely possible I like the track purely because I like the dude who says "Diplodocus" several times throughout it. For those who don't know, a Diplodocus is a dinosaur that had a very long neck and looked quite similar to the Apatosaurus.
