Mapei has been quite quiet since her EP "Cocoa Butter Diaries" dropped on Downtown and since she appeared on 'Mary Jane' from Major Lazer's album debut "Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do", both from 2009. She even was replaced by Robyn on 'Cardiac Arrest' when the Teddybears' "Devli's Music" album was re-released for the American [...]

We Swedes have been getting pretty used to get the royal treatment from Marcus Price by now esp. we over here in Stockholm with clubs like SÅS etc. the last year. If your not familiar with the name Marcus Price at all, perhaps you recognize his productions on Mapei's 'Video Vixen' or Maluca's 'Hector' and his 'Mat Bira Kvinnor Weed' (which earned the #1 spot in Juno's Funky/Garage charts) that he did together with Carli earlier this year accompanied by one of the biggest eyesore of all time. But things are about to change, because now it's time [...]

From Mapei's '09 EP "Cocoa Butter Diaries". Click here to download mp3.

So Valentine's Day is around the corner and this year is a fresh year. I don't need flowers or candy and shit cause I'm gonna be kickin' it with my independent women parts 1 AND 2. Every fucking year it's always like boo hoo, being single sucks. You know what? I don't even want to have to think about what shit to pick out for someone. If I had my way, a boy would be like, I picked you up McDonald's and brought over the entire first season of Freaks and Geeks. You ready to chill? And you know that's [...]

So here is a picture of me jamming out on a light up tambourine at Korean karaoke... January has been a shitty month. All the shits happen in January. It's cold, the number of crazies who've stumbled in to work far outweigh the cute and fun people, and to top things off, I need to go to the dentist. Sometimes I hate my life. But I find myself at 6:20am bored out of my mind and playing music way too loud. The one good thing about this year so far? The jams. January and so far February have [...]

I had heard of Mapei awhile ago, but never took much notice to her music. I was wrong to do so, seeing as she is extraordinary. Mapei is a hip-hop/electronic/club/pop artist from Stockholm, Sweden, and hasn't really had that much exposure, from what I have seen, and has actually been out for quite awhile. She reminds me a lot of Kid Sister, and dare I say she may even be better? Don't get me wrong, I love Kid Sis, but Mapei's flow is much more smooth and her overall tone is just more gritty. [...]

Prelude to his RED BLACK AND BLUE compilation, DJ Mehdi offers this mix of all the tracks that couldn't make the final cut. Damn, label clearance, copyright infrigement, inappropriate tempo, politics as usual. You can call it the forbidden mix, the black podcast, or just the BBB: BLACK BLACK AND BLACK. Download : Bless DJ Mehdi BUSTA RHYMES 'World Go Round' Remix DJ Mehdi GHOSTFACE KILLA ' Hey Hey' Remix DJ Mehdi XXXXX 'Xxx [...]

Prelude to his RED BLACK AND BLUE compilation, DJ Mehdi offers this mix of all the tracks that couldn't make the final cut. Damn, label clearance, copyright infrigement, inappropriate tempo, politics as usual. You can call it the forbidden mix, the black podcast, or just the BBB: BLACK BLACK AND BLACK. Download : Bless DJ Mehdi BUSTA RHYMES 'World Go Round' Remix DJ Mehdi GHOSTFACE KILLA ' Hey Hey' Remix DJ Mehdi XXXXX 'Xxx [...]
Mapei's Cocoa Butter Diaries is an interesting mix of hip hop, jazz, and house music. The Swedish rapper combines her cleverly astute rhymes with technotic hip-hop beats. It's definitely something you could jam to at a rave. But it also makes you think, with lyrics like, "We can say what's on our [...]

Nylonmag.com is offering some free MP3s for all you hipster dance party people out there (and really, isn't that all of us?); find it here . Just make sure you got the iTunes up and going and it'll do its thing. There is some sweet stuff in there, for sure, and it'll expire August 31, so get to it. Find the track listing after the jump. ANJULIE - Boom CRYSTAL ANTLERS - Andrew GAY BLADES - O Shot HEARTS REVOLUTION - Ultraviolence LaROUX - In For The Kill LISSY TRUILLE [...]

The new arrival of Major Lazer 's( Diplo + Switch ) EP cannot be anticipated enough. This dream team collaboration has set the bar for a new soulful genre of electro. The album "Guns Don't kill People, Lazers do" drops June 16th and already tons of remixes have been thrown out on the internet for all you dance addicts to grab. Major Lazer Tour Dates: Jun 13 New York, NY SOBs Jun 18 [...]

In case you haven't heard, the Hands Up Blog is Orlando's self-proclaimed psychic crystal-ball blog for Hip-Hop. In other words, whatever you read/see/listen to on this blog is THE FUTURE OF HIP HOP. Jamaica Avenue! Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Finally, rappers are beginning to focus on topics America cares about! Let's hope for a Bistro Gourmet McDonald's Remix! [...]
Major Lazer consists of the producers Diplo and Switch who will be playing at the annual Roskilde Festival here in Denmark. They will also be releasing their album Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do on Downtown Records on June 16th 2009. Major Lazer is a Jamaican commando who lost his arm in the secret Zombie War of 1984. The US military rescued him and repurposed experimental lazers as prosthetic limbs. Since then Major Lazer has been a hired renegade soldier for a rogue government operating in secrecy underneath the [...]

Calling Mapei the postmodern baby of a Soulja Boy-Santogold-MF Doom-Lisa Lopez - Snoop Dogg orgy is probably pretty sacrilegious, but damn, that's what I'm hearing. MAPEI - LEADER OF THE PACK (ALT) MAPEI - ALL THE YOUNG CHILDREN ON CRACK (ALT)

Stockholm Sweden's baddest bitch Mapei is a natural on the mic. She raps and sings in front of heavy fat beats. She's been getting attention from many different camps, from electro fans to strict hip-hop heads. No matter what you are you should take a listen. Serious attitude, bad bitch, gotta love it. Mapei - Pretty Girls **** FUCKING JAM Ghostface Killa - "Charlie Brown feat. Mapei (Dj Mehdi Remix)" [thanks to RadioMilwaukee] [...]

Два выдающихся продюсера Diplo и Switch решили объединиться под нескромным названием Major Lazer . Вот уже несколько месяцев они диджеят вместе и вместе же долизывают дебютный альбом Guns Don't Kill People - Lazers Do , который обещают выпустить 16 июня этого года на Downtown Records . Вы будете "удивлены", но на запись альбома пригласили таких "неочевидных" гостей, как M.I.A. и Santigold (да-да, раньше ее звали Santogold , но после того, как она узнала, что уже есть некий Santo Gold , решила без лишнего юридического шума сменить имя). [...]

Foamo was very great yesterday at coda. We all had a very great time. Ill drop a couple of track i've heard yesterday and some new stuff. Foamo - Everything Cool (Low Quality) Moving It Over Here (Urchins Remix) Jokers Of The Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys HK119 - Cest La Vie (Rusko Masher) (low Quality) [...]
Behind This Month's Snobcast: The time is approaching for the greatest music festival in the Southwest region. Yeah that's right, Monolith returns to Red Rocks Sept. 13th & 14th. Monolith is the biggest festival to take place at what has been called the "Best Live Music Venue in North America" (Pollstar). Monolith features 60+ bands on 5 stages over 2 days. For year number two the festival has amped-up in every way. Better hip-hop (Del tha Funky Homosapien, The Hood Internet, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip), better electronica (Justice headlines Sunday), better dance music (The [...]
Behind This Month's Snobcast: The time is approaching for the greatest music festival in the Southwest region. Yeah that's right, Monolith returns to Red Rocks Sept. 13th & 14th. Monolith is the biggest festival to take place at what has been called the "Best Live Music Venue in North America" (Pollstar). Monolith features 60+ bands on 5 stages over 2 days. For year number two the festival has amped-up in every way. Better hip-hop (Del tha Funky Homosapien, The Hood Internet, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip), better electronica (Justice headlines Sunday), better dance music (The [...]