Junclassic: Bust Ya Melon [Music Video]

View #304. I don't think this will blow up that big, but it's too bad they don't show the views/time graph for all videos in youtube.

The beat is so oldschool, and has a sick piano loop. Sampling Busta on top of that for your hook is a crazy combination that really works and keeps the track surprisingly mellow. A really jazzy track for hip-hop.

Flight of the Conchords: Mother *uckers

ODP? Yeah, you know me.

Too many mother uckers alright. I'm 4 days behind mother ucker. This has a fun beat.

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010 Version)

I'm months ahead of the curve sometimes and years behind others... And Stephen Colbert having her as a musical guest was what caused me to know she existed. Well I'm a fan of big drums that drop in after the song has been going for a while, and she's got one hell of a voice.

Check out the wiki page on this track. It's funny how random things inspire great music, like a 'giant text installment' (billboard?) that Florence biked by every day.

Girl Talk - Get It Get It

I'm a sucker for a song with Windowlicker in it. I'm just glad he kept the awesome part. Just like the last track... crazy before the awesome. Or well... In this case the awesome may also be crazy. Whatever. This track has great transitions and samples from a number of cool songs. It also samples some kinda nasty music, but hey, it's hip-hop and a whole bunch of other genres of music. It can't all be clean.

Daft Punk and Aphex Twin for beats in music just feels right. What a surprise, electronic music with a good beat works well with rap on top.

Girl Talk - On and On

As always, http://mashupbreakdown.com/ is an awesome place to see a breakdown of these tracks. Biggie says a lot of nasty stuff in a hurry, but I really dig this song for how it flows starting at 4:05. Twista raps at an insane pace and the growing driving beat is a perfect match. Even the Bono in the background works to help the crescendo.

Or if you want to start at the beginning... It does get a bit crazy here and there, but there's always crazy before awesome in music, right?

Boog Brown "UPs" [prod. Apollo Brown]

I wasn't even paying attention and suddenly heard some 22-twos-sounding rap. She's got a nonstop flow and knows her hip-hop. Apollo Brown is the Producer and I think he's got a bunch of good beats.

Slum village - fall n love

Another one found with Mick Boogie and dj Jazzy Jeff's Summertime 2 mixtape. A chill classic beat. 2 minutes of googling later... it's a Dilla beat. Supplies!

Apollo Brown "Tao Te Ching"

Always a fan of the horns. I also dig the I Ching, so that makes this doubly cool.

grand puba_ i like it

And ya say New York City

An oldschool track found on the new DJ Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie Summertime 2 mixtape. That vibraphone sample is pervasive is great hip-hop. Subtle but a great clean sound.

Mos Def- Sunshine

We on top-a top-a, shout-a shout-a
Check it out..

A little piano, a lot of Mos spitting Fire. Happy 4th.

Scissor Sisters - Return To Oz

A crazy band. A crazy song. It gets pretty epic. It has a Queen/Elton John feel while being very modern. Crazy.

Ghostface Killah - Back Like That ft. Ne-Yo

This is a great video to see the kind of crazy mobster/pimp outfits Ghost rocks. The beat is as always amazing, and Ne-Yo drops a good hook.