It seems like Jamie xx , aka one third of the xx, never stops working. If he's not performing solo , he's with his band on the road . And if he's not doing that, he's in the studio working on his own material, writing demos with the xx, or churning out production for some of his favorite artists. In this new interview with MTV Hive, Jamie speaks on what we can expect for his long-awaited solo debut along with whether or not he contributed to Drake's new album, Nothing Was The Same . [...]
Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays… There’s so much more / Left to do / Well I’m not young / But I’m not through Right-Click + Save Link As: The Subjects - The Hounds of War Autre Ne Veut - Play by Play Menomena - Muscle’n Flo Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (Four Tet Remix) James Blake - Retrograde Tangerine [...]
Cover It Up: But Take Care Rihanna and Drake. Not the usual Berri-suspects, but their track “I’ll Take Care Of You” from Drake’s 2011 album “Take Care” is, in this case, worth keeping in remand. Rihanna & Drake – I’ll Take Care Of You Download here (Right Click, Save As) Guilty of blasphemy? I will [...]
Footnotes is the section in our magazine where we take a deeper look at the music surrounding our feature artists. Read Matthew Schnipper’s FADER #81 feature on The xx here, and check out our notes ... read more
Footnotes is the section in our magazine where we take a deeper look at the music surrounding our feature artists. Read Matthew Schnipper’s FADER #81 feature on The xx here, and check out our notes ... read more
After a surprising ascendence, The xx learn to balance sensibility with popularity. The xx is spread out across two circular wooden tables in the drab lunchroom of Music Bank, a large warehouse in an industrial ... read more
The nominations for this year's curiously Lady Gaga -less MTV VMAs are out, and to our pleasant surprise, or perhaps chagrin, some of our favorite names came up a few times, including a Best New Artist nomination for Frank Ocean ("Swim Good") and a Video of the Year nomination for M.I.A. ("Bad Girls"). In the technical categories, you'll find the likes of Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky nominated for more serious things like Art Direction, Cinematography and Editing. Also worth [...]
"This has been our first week of shows for two years", says Oliver Sim as he glances over coyly at the packed Grand Hall of Battersea Arts Centre, "so you might have to bear with us." Since 2010, The xx have cemented themselves in the public consciousness as a force to be reckoned with. To say they’ve exploded would be an understatement, as performances at Coachella and Bonnaroo and a Mercury Prize win have demonstrated. But that was two years ago and since then, the musical landscape has shifted quite seismically. The group’s distinctive brand of dreamy R&B [...]
"This has been our first week of shows for two years", says Oliver Sim as he glances over coyly at the packed Grand Hall of Battersea Arts Centre, "so you might have to bear with us." Since 2010, The xx have cemented themselves in the public consciousness as a force to be reckoned with. To say they’ve exploded would be an understatement, as performances at Coachella and Bonnaroo and a Mercury Prize win have demonstrated. But that was two years ago and since then, the musical landscape has shifted quite seismically. The group’s distinctive brand of dreamy R&B [...]
A few days ago, Drake told NME, "For me, the David Guetta stuff just doesn't work. I don't really wanna go there." We were glad to hear it. Even more exciting, though, are his nods to the undercurrent of more interesting electronic music. He's worked with Jamie xx and SBTRKT, and after explaining why Guetta isn't his first pick, he said the he'd rather work with exciting producers to "turn the club upside down." While he's name dropped a few of the biggest talents in the loosely defined scene, there's a whole host of other artists and sounds out [...]
drake feat rihanna - take care [this gorgeous video by yvonne lemoine just adds to the haunting melancholic genius that samples the original jamie xx/ gil scott heron produced song . i have been playing this non stop for the past week and i'm obsessed. OBSESSED i tell you!!!] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld
Drake has released pair of videos coinciding with two tracks from his acclaimed sophomore effort Take Care. 'Take Care" featuring Rihanna and "HYFR" featuring Lil Wayne.
Watch the video for "Take Care" the title track duet featuring Rihanna from Drake 's latest album. On Friday night Drake chose to release two new videos from his excellent "Take Care" album. First off was his title track duet with Rihanna , produced by Jamie xx reworking one of his Gil Scott-Heron remixes. Directed by Yoann Lemoine [...]
Drake gives two for the price of one on a Friday night, dropping clips for "Take Care" and "HYFR" in succession. For the first, Drake linked up with his once-rumored paramore Rihanna for a second ... read more
One of the more potentially exciting and then lightly disappointing collaborations in recent memory was Jamie XX producing for Drake. The resulting collaboration, "Take Care," featuring Rihanna, may be an incredible song, but it's almost ... read more
In Things That Needed To Happen news... the prolific San Francisco mashup-crafter Wait What has brought the seamless talents you probably heard him exhibit on Notorious XX to Drake’s Take Care title track, blending it together with the song it samples and interpolates, Gil Scott Heron and Jamie XX’s collaborative “I’ll Take Care of You.” Wait What keeps Drake’s verses intact, replacing Rihanna’s hook section with Heron’s vocals. “Take [...]
I’m sort of surprised it took this long for this remix to pop up, but here we have Wait What mashing up Drake and Jamie XX with Gil Scott-Heron. One track is off of Drakes, Take Care , and the other off of We’re New Here from Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX. It’s pretty much the perfect blend of both songs. Enjoy. Download: Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX vs. Drake - “Take Care of U” Wait What Remix
wait what - take care of u (drake vs gil scott heron & jamie xx) by wait what Remember when you heard "Take Care" for the first time and thought, why the hell is Rihanna on this? Well here you go. Nothing against Rihanna but she was basically an unnecessary addition to the song, probably to gain more widespread appeal and radio plays. wait what takes the song to what it could have (and I think should have been), leaving the hook to Gil Scott-Heron and keeping jamie xx's original production, bye [...]
As you kids seem to be quite receptive to the Michael Jackson vs. The Weeknd mash-up , it might not be too far of a stretch for you to like what mash-up expert, wait what , has got up his sleeve. From the maker of the This Is Real Life album and the Notorious xx project, here's a new mash full of relevance. Taking Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx 's "I'll Take Care of U" and Drake and Rihanna 's "Take Care," wait what [...]
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