Blog: Side Street of Life

If there's any time during the year musical connections are made, it's during Summer. With an abundance of music releases highlighting both the highs and lows of life, a song that you fell in love with during the Summer can resonate with you forever. By creating this playlist, not only did I want to expose you to recent music releases, [...]

Wiz Khalifa takes 2 Chainz and Drake's 'No Lie' for a spin in his latest freestyle visuals. Check out the visuals below, and look for Wiz's Sophomore album O.N.I.F.C. coming out August 28th.

Nas, once again, delivers a heat rock from his upcoming LP Life Is Good. With Large Professor providing background vocals and No I.D. on the beat, Nas proves that real Hip-Hop is far from dead. In his own words, “Locomotive” is “for my trapped in the 90’s n***as.” Check out the locomotive grove of “Locomotive” below and look for Life [...]

Pusha T and Kanye West are quite the duo, and with their newest track released entitled “New God,” we are firmly reminded why. With strong lyrics, unconventional flows, and overall great execution, this G.O.O.D. compilation album can’t come any sooner. Look for Cruel Summer coming out in August. For now, stream “New God” below.

Happy 4th of July from Mac Miller! Via iLLRoots. Today’s the 4th Of July, what better time for us to drop off our latest music video. We linked up with Mac Miller in New York City a few weeks back when he was in town on the Macadelic tour, selling out a headlining show at the Roseland Ballroom. Also in [...]

Here’s the official remix to Curren$y’s “Jet Life.” Having heard Young Jeezy’s verse already due to a previous leak, this remix was probably released a lot earlier than planed. “Jet Life” features Curren$y’s long affiliated business partner Lil Wayne and the catchy snowman himself Young Jeezy, check the track out below!

No matter what your ethnicity, religious background, or location, one common ground we, as humans beings (hopefully) all share, is an individual music taste that can be appreciated. Whether I’m hanging out with my friends or meeting new people, one thing I commonly find being a topic of conversation is music; but rightfully so, that’s usually the most unbiased form [...]

Jesse Harris is no newb to the music industry. Harris has worked with Conor Oberst, Emmylou Harris, and Norah Jones (He was responsible for writing and playing guitar on Jones' breakout hit "Don't Know Why"). For his 11th solo album, Harris is taking influence from Brazilian music, recording the majority of Sub Rosa in Rio de Janeiro. Here's the video for [...]

Lykke Li performed an acoustic version of arguably the best and most adored unreleased Fleetwood Mac track "Silver Springs" on RTL2 French Radio. You can watch the performance here or listen below. Its a beautiful vocal take on the track evoking Nicks' subtle sincerity that makes "Silver Springs" such a classic.  A studio recording of the track will be found [...]

Last time we saw POP ETC on Yours Truly , they were The Morning Benders performing the phenomenal and triumphant Excuses.  This performance skyrocketed Big Echo to one of my favorite albums of 2010. Now after a name change and a few years of acclaim under their belt, POP ETC are trying to break through again. They return with a new [...]

Watch Northern Connecticut's Mercies perform the track "Sleep" from their album Three Thousand Days. They perform in The Barn where the band records and rehearses. The group fully restored the barn in the Connecticut woods in 2011 and recorded their first full length there.

Big Boi has just given us a little tease of his new second solo album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. Dj Greg Street got the green light from Big Boi to premier "Gossip," the first single off his LP last night. "Gossip" is quite the southern delight. With features from the UGK veterans and the southern rap prodigy Big K.R.I.T., [...]

When I first heard about DJ Khaled, I actually thought he was a legitimate DJ. I was wrong. DJ Khaled's innate skill to network and scream "DJ Khaled" on everyone of "his" songs has got him another hit. Enlisting Hit-Boy on the beat, accompanied by Rick Ross and Kanye West, "I Wish You Would" mixes all the artist's favorable traits. [...]

In a music scene where people are trying to emerge left and right, we find ourselves meeting Fergus Miller, or better known by his moniker Bored Nothing. Coming from Melbourne, Australia, Bored Nothing’s self-titled EP brings nostalgia of 90’s washed out indie-rock. Unlike many artists who are constantly pushing to “get that break,” in a recent interview with Triple J [...]

As Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky continue to take over my blog, the newest cut from Rocky's much anticipated album LongLiveA$AP has been released. While it's still uncertain whether or not this is the final cut of the track, Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky sound great together. "Ridin'" is a great cohesion of the two artist's style, and [...]

We got the preview of Lana Del Rey's "National Anthem" video featuring A$AP Rocky yesterday , now we got the full version of the hit single off of Lana Del Rey's Born To Die album. With Rocky playing John F. Kennedy and Lana Del Rey playing Jackie O, its definitely an interesting take on the video. Watch it below.

Founder A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs of Fool's Gold have created a great free sampler series entitled Clubhouse. Enlisting some names you may and may not know from the Fool's Gold roster, this is a great way to get a better feel for the record label. Download it below.

A$AP MOB for congress? For the music video of "National Anthem," off Lana Del Rey's Born To Die Album, A$AP Rocky will be playing John F. Kennedy to Lana Del Rey's Jackie O. This is definitely an abstract take on what I visualized for the video. Here's what Rocky explained the video to be in a recent interview with Rolling [...]

When Summer comes around, you can't help but to listen to music that compliments the beautiful weather and everything that surrounds it. Fortunately for us, Sydney surfer-rockers Sures has released a new EP entitled Stars that is quite the treat. Their short-but-sweet EP only has five tracks and the classic surf-pop jam of "Poseidon" stands out from the rest. "Poseidon" [...]

Animal Collective kicked off the inaugural DJ set for London's new morning program "Breakfast Show" on the music platform Boiler Room. Having a new album Centipede HZ coming out in early September, the bands members Avery Tare, Geologist, and Deakin give us two hours of experimental genius that is now available for us to watch. This DJ set doesn't disappoint [...]