Yes! In time for NYE! This is my favorite year-end list to make because its obviously the most fun. And I give it the least amount of stress. Read on for all my favorite party/dance jams split into three increasingly heated sections. Almost all these tracks could fit into the last one but I had to split them up somehow! There is not much organization here, just grooves for miles. So polish those dancing shoes and get limber because I wanna see you bounce! Note that the list ends with a very appropriate title (and song) for New Years [...]
One of our favorite urban alternative bands who just blends a variety of sounds to create something raw, but something that feels real, is Rocky Business. Recently Rocky Business gave us permission to drop "Here's Looking" which will be off their upcoming EP, July's Joy, dropping real soon on the web. I decided it was best [...]
Pining for the days of summer still? So, it seems are the boys of Rocky Business , who for their latest video for the summery and shimmering "Ghost House" have joined up with Toronto indie pop trio Azores , writing a love song for a girl and a feeling altogether, and it's a feeling we certainly share, as sunny days turn to stormy ones and the lack of sun from early evening until daybreak is all but putting us all down. Godspeed!
Check out this reader request, Rocky Business ' video for "Ghost House" . Definitely one of the better up and coming rap groups out there, and somebody we've proudly featured in the past. TGIF, kids.
The Afro-punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park for the 7th Annual Afro-punk Festival on August 27-28. The festival is free this year thanks to sponsors Nike, Beats By Dre, Boost Mobile, Harley Davidson, and Sesac. The festival line-up includes Gym Class Heroes, Das Racist, Kenna, Tamar-kali, Bad Raddbits, Joe Jordans Experiment, featuring DJ's Stack-Aly, Jillionaire, Dances with White Girls & D://BOi, dj.shErOck, toni*K!, Cee-Lo Green, Santigold, Janelle Monae, Fishbone, Toro Y Moi, Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Gordon Voidwell, Reggie Watts, Res, Joi, Rocky Business, Straight Line Stitch. In addition, the NikeBattle For [...]
The Afro-punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park for the 7th Annual Afro-punk Festival on August 27-28. The 2011 festival has the most stellar line up yet with Cee-Lo Green, Santigold, Janelle Monae, Fishbone, Jay Electronica, Toro Y Moi, Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Gordon Voidwell, Reggie Watts, Res, Joi, Rocky Business, Straight Line Stitch and more to be added! In addition, the NikeBattle For the Streets Skate and BMX Competition, the largest street skate and BMX competition in NYC will return this year with the nation's top amateur skaters and BMX riders in a competition [...]
South by Southwest may be the rear view mirror, but there's still plenty of opportunities to hear new music. Case in point is this week's Friday Mixtape, which features brand new jams from the likes of Fleet Foxes, Fucked Up, Thurston Moore, Bill Callahan, YACHT, and more. Plus, courtesy of our friends at Cover Me , there are covers of everyone from Kanye West and Adele to Leonard Cohen and Broken Social Scene posted below. And we still have mentioned the remixes, as well as the mp3s from brand spakin' new acts worth knowing. So, yeah, South by Southwest, [...]
Here's some more mixtapes you might have missed this year from some good under the radar hip-hop artists. Each of them have some unique sounds to them and are fairly underrated and on their grind. First we got Midwest rapper Olu who sent us Boys And
From the inbox: ++Coming out of Cincinnati, The Seedy Seeds play The Mint on March 25th. The video below is for joyous song about someone desperately needing some root touch-up. No, really it's a celebration of sorts and I'm sure I'll be able to enjoy it again one day that is not a daily savings time Monday. Here's a track off the Seeds' new album: [...]
A couple of week ago, I hit you with NYC LES group Rocky Business' latest mixtape, White People Are Drug Dealers Too . Now, I have the pleasure of lacing you with some visuals accompanying the band's debut EP A Rebel's Roar . "Rocky's Theme" is one of those songs you don't want to admit to liking at first. This single is quite different that most of Rocky Biz's catalog and is very radio-friendly despite a few references that slip under-the-radar. With that said, the chorus is infectious and most likely will stay lodged [...]
I recently came across Rocky Business' music through their mixtape White People Are Drug Dealers Too which is a blend of hip-hop, electronic, punk-rock and pop. The duo consisting of Strictly Business as the emcee and Jonny on the Rocks on vocals and production definitely have a unique sound. The first single to their upcoming A Rebel's Roar EP is titled "Rocky's Theme". Its a catchy song that incorporates the aforementioned genres, nostalgia and a reminder that things never stay the same. Rocky Business' will be performing as a part of the SXSW [...]
Mardi Gras happened a few days before it was supposed to at the Electric Warehouse deep in Brooklyn, and photo intern Belle Z. was there, as live performances were staged by Maluca, Rye Rye, Memberz Only and Rocky Business and DJs Cobra Krames, Anton Glamb, Hiro, the WCKids and Sazon Booya played to a packed [...]
Some of my favorite hip hop of the last year revolved around the likes of Chiddy Bang, Hoodie Allen, Childish Gambino. Theophilus London etc. who have basically redefined this genre. There's a new Brooklyn act that I want to add to that fantastic list . Rocky Business make easily digestible hip hop mixed with traces of indie rock to it. They consist of BK rapper Strictly Business and Johnny on the Rocks from Toronto. The duo make a great team, and balance off each other seamlessly. They obviously have a vast number of influences and are not scared to bring these varied [...]
Photo intern Belle Z. is kind of obsessive about Rocky Business, the group she's been shooting for a few weeks now, appearing at all of their local shows to hang out and catch the band play their exceptionally poppy brand of music. So when the boys were on hand at Tammany Hall on Tuesday night [...]
Independent rock/rap/destructo act on the rise Rocky Business had their mixtape release party this past Wednesday (for "White People Are Drug Dealers Too") at Mercury Lounge and Belle Z. was so stoked about it she just had to go. We were of course cool with it--she shot their rehearsals a bit ago too--so she got [...]
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I figured I'd take this opportunity to post something a little different. I witnessed Babygrande Records latest signees, Rocky Business , rock out at Mercury Lounge last night and I must say that they completely tore it down. The group just released this unique mixtape, entitled White People Are Drug Dealers Too . The project was summed up by this passage: We are all addicts of a substance beyond our control. In today's consumer driven society, addiction goes beyond drug abuse. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, and Natalie Portman [...]
Tweet No. I don't keep up with the Kardashians. I could care less about living through vapidity. I understand though that there is a world out there where following the goings-on of people like Kim Kardashian is par for the course. I also must admit that the girl is hot. Apparently the boys from NYC hip-pop duo Rocky Business feel the same way as they present their debut single from their brand new mixtape called... Kim Kardashian. The song is exactly what you would expect it to be about. A nearly [...]
Well, the weekend is upon us, so I feel absolutely compelled to drop this one. Rocky Business is Brooklyn-based rap duo possessing the skillz and cojones required to share bills with the likes of Rick Ross, Diplo, Ghostface Killah, and Maluca. They've got a headlining gig at the Mercury Lounge on February 23rd, a mere 24 hours after the release of their new mixtape, White People Deal Drugs Too . The mixtape will be available for download free of charge, and I've dug what I've heard thus [...]
Made In Heights(Hip-Hop)Alright, I want to apologize in advance because I have been holding this one for a little while and it should've been up here a little while ago. Sabzi of Blue Scholars and his friend Kelsey Bulkin sent us a fantastic little Christmas gift (yeah, I said I'm sorry it's late, Happy Valentines I guess?). That gift happened to be a four song EP called Winter Pigeons (Songs to
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