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Jens Lekman : Wes Anderson

Jens Lekman is the Scandinavian reincarnation of Wes Anderson armed with a guitar and a baritone.

Yes, the aesthetics they use at times reaches levels of mawkish fabrication. But this allows them both to produce the kind of endearing wit that nudges you on the arm with a teethy smile. 

A quirky, clever sense of humor has become a signature for both Lekman and Anderson. However, what is most striking to me is their abilities to maintain a fine balance between being playful and dealing with more introspective and even grim subjects that resonate with a wide audience. This has formed the basis of their creative success, and I would love to see a Jens Lekman song inserted into the next Wes Anderson film. 

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MUST LISTEN

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this was 40 years ago.

marlon brando, timeless on and off the stage

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givenchy my toes and my bros and my hoes

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this right here is magical

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"there's intention and then there's execution. execution is a whole nother skill set."

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BANGER

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battle of the beats vol. 2

Chief Keef - Kobe (prod. Young Chop)

2 Chainz - Fork (prod. Mike WiLL Made It)

First, at the end of 2012 Chief Keef released this track off of his debut album in which he compares his success in the rap game to that of Kobe Bryant, one of the best basketball players to play the game. Then, almost exactly a year later, 2 Chainz releases his single off of his sophomore effort where he states that if his day job didn't work out as a rapper, he would "heet it wit da foe" and return to his successful days as a drug dealer.

So, not exactly the most refreshing topics in hip hop, but these tracks play to their respective artists' strengths in creating catchy, enjoyable, trunk rattling bangers. To do this, they enlist two of the biggest producers in hip hop over the past couple years, and the end result is strikingly similar.

Similarities: - bass line in Kobe and the organ in Fork are almost identical melodies driving the beats - use of organ in both tracks - what i like to call the "underwater" effect to create tension and build to make the next hit of the beat more effective (Mike WiLL Made It's specialty)

So which one is better? Young Chop adds very little variety to his beat, looping basically the same 8 beats for the whole song. On the other hand, Mike WiLL Made It plays around with the track in terms of the kicks, 808s, and instruments. However, when it comes to the hits of the beat, Mike WiLL Made It drops out the beat, while Young Chop allows the bass-line to take over making a harder hitting track. And with songs like these, the little intricacies in a beat are overseen and overtaken by how well it sounds in the car, and because of this Kobe drains the buzzer beating 3 to win the game. 

Verdict: Kobe, because it bangs harder. "bangbang" - Chief Keef

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guess the verdict's in

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i take my hip hop strongly intoxicating and strange

THUGGA THUGGA

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whippin the yam. whippin and flippin the yam. turnin a whole brick to a Lam

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sometimes I just wish i was a HAIM sister

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tuesday blues

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must listen all the way through

free your bones first

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this vid is all sorts of clownin. love it.