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Comme chaque année, il est temps de faire le point sur toutes les sorties musicales et de rassembler tous nos coups de coeur dans une petite dizaine de Best-Of . Découvrez pendant tout le mois de Décembre les sélections d'une partie des membres de WATM Magazine , travaillant sur le site ou dans l'ombre du projet, avec dès maintenant le Best-Of des morceaux qui nous ont le plus marqués, envoutés ou mieux encore totalement électrisés en 2012. Gabriel : 1. Kölsch - GoldFisch 2. N'to - Jane 3. Pleasurekraft [...]

Jazz has continued to creep up in popularity over recent months, as exciting musicians both young and old embrace newer movements to bring a refreshing vibe to the genre. I'm talking everyone from Robert Glasper to Flying Lotus . Trumpeter Christian Scott and his Quintet were performing in St. Louis not long ago when they pulled out a vivacious rendition of The Throne's "No Church In The Wild". That is right, the 88-Keys produced and Frank Ocean featured single from Kanye West and Jay-Z's hyped collaborative album Watch The Throne . The melodies are distant but [...]

• Funk ItBlog - Christian Scott Quintet - No Church In The Wild (Jay-Z / Kanye West cover) 10/20/12 St. Louis

In all forms of art and expression, sometimes less is more. There's an art to getting right to the point, chopping off all the extra and presenting an idea as succinctly as possible. In music, this often means the sub-2:00 song. These tracks often get dismissed as interludes or filler, but sometimes they're anything but that. Here are the 25 best songs that clock in at 2:00 or less. Click “next” or hit shift+right to read/listen...

Up above is photographic evidence that Frank Ocean , Jay-Z and super-producer Pharrell recently hit the studio together. On Monday (October 8), the Neptunes leader tweeted the photo, adding , "Can't wait for y'all to hear what I'm working on with big bro @S_C_ and lil bro @frank_ocean." Classic Hova: Oh, I just performed eight shows in eight days, I should probably get back to work. We don't know what the new music is for, but [...]

With the recent release of DJ Drama's Quality Street Music , we (finally) got to hear what happens when Waka Flocka and Tyler, the Creator link up " I'ma Hata ." There was quite a bit of commentary regarding how well Tyler meshed with Drama and Waka. We'd known Tyler was a fan of Waka for a while now, but the resulting song had us asking: does that appreciation make for a great pairing? How does the Odd Future camp, who collaborates internally more often than with artists outside of their circle, stack [...]

Justin McAllister is a talented artist we've been following for some time now. Working exclusively with 100% Sharpie marker he meticulously creates incredibly realistic masterpieces point by point. Seeing Justin in action is like watching a robot printer that occasionally takes smoke breaks, he is a machine with forearms like Popeye and a mouth like a sailor. Justin's Art graces the walls of high profile celebrities (Zac Efron, [...]

Did You Hear? :: Pop power couple Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez may have to chat with the LAPD regarding the May incident in which Bieber allegedly got into a scuffle with a photographer. Cops didn't speak with the stars after the incident because by the time the pap called the cops, the couple had already departed the scene. [ TMZ ] :: Is Frank Ocean premiering his "Thinkin' Bout You" video on VEVO next week? [...]

Most women announce their pregnancy by telling a few close friends or perhaps updating their Facebook status. Beyonce is not most women. The Wold Humanitarian Day supporter broke the happy news by cradling her baby bump on the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet. Not one to do things by halves, the 16-time Grammy winner made it official later that night by asking the world to “feel the love that’s growing inside of me” after delivering a flawless rendition of “Love On Top” . [...]

Today, Gwyneth Paltrow, buddy to Beyonce and Nas, fledgling rapper and big Azealia Banks fan, shares a 13-song playlist of summer jams on Jay-Z’s site, Life + Times. Every pick is accompanied by Paltrow one-liners; ... read more �

MTV have announced the nominees for 20122s Video Music Awards. Frank Ocean's "Swim Good" was nominated in three categories, Best New Artist, Best Male Video, and Best Direction. M.I.A.'s epic "Bad Girls" clip is curiously ... read more �

I'm going to let Macklemore give you the story on his new track, Same Love . This song, which I wrote in April, is a response to what I have observed and experienced, and is also an act of personal accountability. It was not easy to write, and I struggled with how I, as a straight male, could genuinely speak upon this issue. Initially, I tried writing from the perspective of a gay, bullied kid, but after getting some feedback, I felt it wasn’t my story to tell. What I [...]

As someone who is involved both in the music blog-o-sphere and the LGBTQ community, I got about 10 texts, Facebook messages, calls etc. the morning Frank Ocean became one of the first openly queer individuals in the rap/R&B game. While this was very exciting information, in some ways it overshadowed the release of his first studio album Channel ORANGE,  which technically drops today (though it had an iTunes “exclusive” release a week earlier). In the massive amount of press about which songs include references to his sexuality, the surprising support of fellow industry up-and-comers such as Tyler the Creator, [...]

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Frank Ocean has announced the release of his new album, Channel Orange, out July 17th through Def Jam. The smooth R&B of Frank Ocean could previously be heard in the Odd Future collective releases and Ocean’s own 2011 ULTRA mixtape. After scoring collaborations with Beyoncé , and Kanye West [...]

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Odd Future, D'angelo, Jay-Z, Sa-Ra, Song: Frank Ocean - Pyramids [download here ] What's so good? Full disclosure: I [...]

• Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Jay-Z & Kanye West Feat. Frank Ocean - "No Church In The Wild" Directed by Romain Gavras. Nas - "Daughters" Directed by Chris Robinson. Backburner - "Heatwave" Directed by 3:AM Design. Diplo Feat. Nicky Da B - "Express Yourself" Directed by LIL INTERNET. El-P - "The Full Retard" (NSFW) Directed by Timothy Saccenti. Killer Mike Feat. Bun B, T.I., Trouble, & El-P - "Big Beast" [...]

Mufuckin Frank Ocean is about to rock your nuts off, yeah both, one, or even three. Hold on to your titties as well and listen up! Def Jam just confirmed that  Channel Orange  is the name of Frank Ocean 's debut commercial long one, out July 17th . Technically, this can be considered his sophomore record as the now legendary, "Nostalgia, Ultra" was dropped on the mixtape circuit last year. However, that record never made it to the store fronts and instead was given [...]

Frank Ocean has the whole mysterious vibe down pat. Earlier this morning, the Odd Future -affiliated crooner posted a short snippet of a brand new song onto his Tumblr . He left no comment and from the video, we're left to guess that the new song is called "TV" and will appear on a new release entitled Channel Orange , out on July 17th. The song features layered vocals and a dark, glitchy synth in the background. The two minute snippet features, unsurprisingly for Ocean, a BMW station wagon. Listen [...]

Jay-Z and Kanye unexpectedly release yet another video from last year's Watch the Throne . This video was directed by Romain Gavras, best known for M.I.A.'s videos for "Bad Girls" and "Born Free," but also my personal favorite, Justice's "Stress."

Didn't get a chance to post this yesterday because I was on the run from the mob AND the police... but the evidence framing a congressman was successfully planted thus freeing me up for more important things like posting videos.