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Coming out of Chicago is up and coming emcee Jams Dean with his brand new tape The Price is Alright . Take a listen to the 10 track tape as Jams touches on the frustrations of being broke and the silliness of mainstream. Stream and download below. DOWNLOAD| Jams Dean - The Price is Alright [MIXTAPE]

Our Jams Dean will join indie psych-pop act Netherfriends at The Viaduct Monday, December 13. Isn't this flyer amazing? Look at the teeth on those majestic kitties.

A grand statement to start the post: "Terrible Yellow Eyes is a wonderful website." Music to establish the right mood before elaborating: Jams Dean - Where the Wild Jams Are Language-Arts - Where Were You in the Wild? Explanation: Terrible Yellow Eyes is a project initiated by Cory Godbey in an attempt to pay tribute to one of his favourite artists, Maurice Sendak. If you [...]
Relive 1995 with Mariah Carey's Fantasy video here and enjoy all of the year's best hits below. Mariah Carey - Fantasy (261 kbps) Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby (247 kbps) Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day (248 kbps) Seal - Kiss From A Rose (192 kbps) Oasis - Wonderwall (192 kbps)

Jams Dean is currently on tour with local indie rock act the Netherfriends and Friday his promised mixtape, The Criterion Collection , arrived in my inbox. There was no title to the email nor any message, just a download link. That's just the kind of guy Jams Dean is, a bit mysterious, and often vague, but full of ideas and creativity. This mixtape makes me smile ear to ear, an hour of highly personal, bedroom backpack rap over unexpected samples. By the way, Jams Dean's real name is Blake and The Criterion Collection is [...]

Its almost 2010!! We started The Music Ninja in May and thanks to all the wonderful people that have sent us emails and suggestions we have been able to discover wonderful artists. With that said, there are just TOO many great artists that we have discovered that for some reason or another, have not been featured. I do not want to start 2010 with "song submission debt" and so for the next weeks, I will attempt to clean out my inbox before Jan 1st. This way great songs get some fresh air rather than stay sleeping on our [...]

We played this new re-mash-mix from Jams Dean on our SIRIUS XM Blog Radio show today, but have had it on repeat since he sent it over a while back. Jams' early 90s-esque, unapologetically silly rap lyrics seem way more profound over top of The XX's Heart Skipped A Beat backing track. MP3 : Jams Dean : Chicago Girls (The xx Heart Skipped A Beat Remix) All you wanna-be-djs should check out Jams' remix [...]
Tune in today for My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU ! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. The program starts at 12pm EST, last two hours, and is replayed again at Midnight EST! Lykke Li - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Shirelles cover) (follow link) Blakroc - Coochie (feat. Ludacris & Ol' Dirty Bastard) Jams Dean - The XX vs. Chicago Girls [...]

Here's a new track from Jams Dean . It's his remix of The xx's "Heart Skipped A Beat" and, yup, it's about loving girls from Chicago. Girls with weird tattoos, heels, bangs, hoop earrings, American Apparel clothes, short skirts, long legs, white skin, black skin, bad attitudes, Euro girls, Puerto Rican girls, skinny girls, fat girls...you get the point. Jams Dean - Chicago Girls YouSendIt Pigeons and Planes
I admit that for a time, I avoided The xx for fear of having another Black Kids on my hands; another blog fetishized quartet of mixed gender twentysomethings, with an ear towards danceability and an eye toward Beacon's Closet who ultimately failed to deliver in the sustainability department. Then, I pulled my head out of my ass. Maybe it speaks to the general cynicism I've developed about "it bands" three years deep with this site, but I've begun to empathize more and more with my friend Brett (who I'm still trying to convince to write an essay about [...]

Who doesn't love a musical ode to their city? Double it up as an ode to fine ladies and you've got the next sure-to-be-hyped club jam. If you live here, then you've surely observed the madness surrounding BBU 's Chi Don't Dance firsthand. We love our Windy City, and we can't get enough of Chicago-centric tracks. The next in line comes to you courtesy of our very own Jams Dean . I don't want to spoil this with analysis. It's just a straight up, unpretentious jam that every guy in Chicago is sure to identify with [...]
Check out more from BBU here and if you're curious about the concept behind the trio with the funny name, tomorrow Jams Dean will share part two of this post, an interview with BBU. BBU - Chi Don't Dance (256 kbps)
Check out more of Shaina's music and Weirder Park . Shaina Hoffman - To Do (192 kbps)
Check out more from Brother Reade on their myspace . Brother Reade - Lucifer (320 kbps) Brother Reade - Lucifer (The Works Remix) (320 kbps) Brother Reade - Don't Start None (320 kbps)
Check out more from Cher Ami on their myspace page. Cher Ami - Indians, Soon (160 kbps) Cher Ami - Everything, Everywhere (160 kbps)
Maral Salmassi - My S**t Is On (Bird Peterson Mix) (128 kbps)
Notorious B.I.G. (ft. Puff Daddy & Mase) - Mo Money Mo Problems (Laidback Luke Bootleg) (320 kbps)

Jams Dean - Weezyer (Weezy vs. Weezer) (320 kbps)
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (Moody Boyz Vocal Mix) (180 kbps VBR) (via Winnie Cooper )