Blog: Other Music from a... Different Kitchen

THE WEEKND - NEXT (KEYS N KRATES RMX) by Keys N Krates Remix of a track The Weeknd 's Echoes of Silence mixtape . Keys N Krates Live at The Hoxton TONIGHT with Grand Theft of Team Canada DJ's . CLICK HERE for details or hit the jump for the flyer. Follow Key N Krates online - twitter | facebook

I'll be there. Will you? CLICK HERE for more details.

Following the 'controversy' with former hipster 'It girl' and 'activist' MC, M.I.A. occasional guest blogger here at The Kitchen , Brendan Philip weighs in on her new video that dropped just days before The Big Game.... Overall I love this song, the fusion of what sounds like traditional Indian music with hip-hop/dancehall percussion is just genius. But for me this is the combination of the song AND the video that really sells it for me! I was pleased with her first collaboration with director, Romain Gavras ( "Born Free" ) and [...]

Music video for absolutely one of my favorite hip hop songs of the past couple years. Can I also just say I love Jill Scott 's hair short like that? [ Red Bull via Duck Down ]

Along with the homies, KJ and Spek Won . NOTE: This is a FREE event! I'll be there, will you? CLICK HERE for full details.

Congratulations in advance to President Barack Obama on his re-election for a second term. The dude 30 seconds in pretty much has it right. Unless the economy goes south, an Obama re-election is a lock IMHO....

Don't believe the hype! Related: 'Obamacare' to the rescue : A woman who felt President Obama had let the middle class down has changed her mind.

How do I keeping hearing about these things after the fact??! Yesterday I missed a salon discussion with the goddess, Ms. Pam Grier. Total #FAIL! For those of you already downtown who can hightail it over to Harbourfront right quick, CLICK HERE for details.

Video I spotted on the facebook page of my homegirl, Ren . Track from the album, AROuSAL​(​i​)​The ARRiVAL . Check it out here: AROuSAL(i)The ARRiVAL by CHRiS ROuSE Call me crazy but the dude put links for everybody's website in the credits on his bandcamp except his own??! WTF??!

Do I really need to say anything here? F-CKING AMAZING!!! [via Jay Smooth and Zuhairah]

Never heard of this group before even though they have actually played my boy, Chilly's Rollin' & Scratchin' party in the past. I came up on them from screening submissions for this summer's NXNE (you can still submit, deadline is tomorrow ). Honestly, the dude vocalist is kind of mediocre but she sounds (and looks ) good, the beats (which are more hipster, electro-club fresh than some straight-up hip hop ish) are great, the songs are fun & catchy and they're local plus look at the video! Their swag is pretty unf-ckwittable! [...]

Very backpacky but this is a pretty immaculately produced piece of music and you know I'm a Tanika fan ! Thanks for the heads up, Del . [via Vibes and Stuff ]

This is pretty much the only album, besides Common's , that I have played on repeat since end of last year. I was a major fan of Slakah 's two projects last year, Art of Fresh 's When the Night... and his solo Something Forever album and (probably unrealistically in hindsight) lobbied hard for both to make the Polaris Music Prize long list because I think the dude's a genius and an under-appreciated treasure here in Toronto. Both of those albums were amazing, beautifully-produced, cohesive, quality [...]

F-CKING EPIC!!!! He's BACK! This is just one small slice of evidence for why I say D'Angelo live at Radio City on the Voodoo Live Tour is the greatest show I have ever seen! [via The Fader ]

Hint - Aliens Enter Feat T Fly by Tru Thoughts Dig that beat! From the excellent UK Tru-Thoughts label . [via 546inthemorning ]

Loved Santi 's debut album but for those who said she was too much of an M.I.A. knock-off, this new Switch and Buraka Som Sistema -produced track is not exactly going to convince them otherwise! Dig the track though? Download "Big Mouth" HERE . [via Life + Times ]

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PleaseDontStare x HipHopIsRead Presents "RootBeer & Sour" The Top Samples Of 2011 Mix by Ben Ha Meen on Mixcloud [ via ]

MP3 Download : All of the Above [BBRC] by NotestoSelf " Feeling like Frontiersman, we grew our beards and arrived in Mactier at 7:30pm. Cold as f*ck. 4 hour drive North. Pitch black outside. Cabin smelled like pine and rosé. Dropped our bags, chose our beds, Bronze took the air mattress. Half hour till the NBA Dunk-Off. Donk was geeked. Flat screen, satellite, middle-of-nowhere. Heats on. Lee is lit. Drunk off Timbits. Blake Griffin jumps over a car . Here to shoot a music video. [...]

Brand New (Prod. Savilion & Bova) by King Reign The 1st " This is the first single off of the Free Trade Agreement originally an idea from Canadian Shadyvile dj's representative, Dow Jones ." I actually didn't even know about this dropping today, I just happened to be looking for an streaming embed of the old King Reign track, "Money" featuring Saukrates and Kardinal Offishall as my homegirl, A had posted it on her brand new 546inthemorning [...]

MP3 Download : (Trae Tha Truth) I'm On ft. MDMA,Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi, Wale & Wiz Khalifa by Getonpromo This.is.F-CKING.EPIC!!! Bonus: Trae the Truth - Shot Caller (Freestyle) [mediafire link]