#ma first art collab! :D

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Boom Xmas Joy~

Collab with ma lovely friend @banana-jar-studio ~~(Original sketch done by them)

Have a great Christmas an happy Holidays yall! <3 And a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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#OverloadMonday: New Music, Visuals + More

Here's some overload for your Monday blues. Check out what went down this past week, Jan. 15th-21st.

Singles

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After coming out of the rock he’s been living in, Cozz emerges in 2018 with a lot of new music. First he announced a new album, Effected, and then released its lead single, “Questions.” Now he’s teamed up with Curren$y for the smooth-jazzy “Badu.” Listen above, and stay plugged for more from.

We got new music from Wolftyla, OnCue, Joey Bada$$ x Dessy Hinds, Syd x Leven Kali, and Black Milk.

Drake hit us with two back to back joints, check them out!

We also heard new music from ToBi, ABRA, Audio Push, Rotimi, A$AP Ferg and Skyzoo x Raheem Devaughn. 

Lloyd Banks continues on with his At Your Request series with another fire freestyle.

A new band is amongst us! Lyricist Common, pianist Robert Glasper, and drummer Karriem Riggins form August Greene. And first act as August Greene is to release music of course. Listen to their first single, “Optimistic,” featuring guest vocals from Brandy.

Oh and then…yes there’s more…we had new music from Step Brother (Alchemist and Evidence), Chris Dave x Anderson .Paak, and Pollári.

We heard from the likes of Nino Man and Jadakiss…yes, again Nino Man and Jadakiss. I know, they just released “I Hate You", but check it, they got some new heat for us with “From Trap to Rap.” Mmm, what are these two up to?

And then we heard from Dreezy x 2 Chainz, Russ, Fat Joe x Dre, and Rudimental teamed up with Macklemore, Jess Glynne and Dan Caplen.

Despite all the drama with his Generation Now label, Lil Uzi Vert is still releasing new music. Check out his new single, “200 My Dash.”

After making a surprise announcement, 38 Spesh and Benny the Butcher have teamed up with Jadakiss and Styles P for “Driver’s Seat.”

Remy Ma teams up with Chris Brown with what may be the leading single for her next album, “Melanin Magic.” We also got new music from hubby, Papoose. Definitely take a listen to him “Set Trippin” all over the previously owned by Casanova track. Looks like we’re getting two new projects from the love birds.

Visuals

After releasing Paranoia 2, Dave East reverts back to its predecessor, Paranoia, for his newest visual. He released a short film for joint track with Mass Appeal boss, Nas, titled “The Hated.” My favorite track off of the mixtape, it’s great to see East go beyond just the usual music video treatment. And the guy hasn’t even released a debut album yet - well, damn. Watch the Kid Art-directed video above, it’s gritty and raw as is the track itself. A must watch, check it out. With Victory Lap right around the corner, Nipsey Hussle gave us a second offering featuring YG. He followed up the release of the single with a visual, check out “Last Time That I Checc’d." 

Tinashe is back! Teaming up with Offset for her new single, and visual, “No Drama."

Watch new videos from Ye Ali x K Camp, Young Buck, Jorja Smith x Stormzy, and Joell Ortiz x Fred Da Godson.

After riding that “Unforgettable” wave, here’s French Montana with a visual for another track from Jungle Rules.

NF dropped some a visual treatment for his lead single from Perception. “No Name” packs some heat, a must see.

We also saw visuals from Sylvan LaCue, Vic Mensa, Moneybagg Yo, and JaqueBeatz.

Young Thug dropped new video with Trouble and Shad Da God in tribute for “MLK.” 

Young M.A dropped a visual for her freestyle over Gucci Mane and Migos’ “I Get The Bag.”

Famous Dex teamed up with A$AP Rocky back in October and now they have released a visual for their joint track, “Pick It Up."

Right before the release of November, SiR releases the album’s leading single, “Summer in November," along with a visual treatment.

Let’s add them right to list: O.T. Genasis, Russ, Cousin Stizz, and Tyga.

Back in 2016, Lin-Manuel Miranda had a wildly successful run with his broadway musical Hamilton. He also released a mixtape that followed up the musical. Now he's back with HamilDrops, a new series where Miranda will be releasing visuals from the mixtape on a monthly basis. First he dropped “Ben Franklin’s Song,” now he’s here with a visual treatment for the track “Wrote My Way Out,” which features Nas, Dave East, and Aloe Blacc.

Projects

Apple | TIDAL | Spotify 

Over the weekend, SiR dropped his debut album, November. Right before it’s release he dropped the album’s first single. Pick your poison above, definitely a must listen.

Dave East’s Paranoia 2 is here! The 15-track project features the likes of Matt Patterson, Marsha Ambrosius, Lloyd Banks, T.I., Tory Lanez, Pimp Pimp P, and Nino Rideaux. Available on iTunes, stream via Spotify and Apple Music.

Kollision dropped his debut tape this past week. The ATL-native recruited the likes of Twisted Genius, D. Hill, OG Parker and more on the production tip. Better Than Yesterday dives in deeper into his own world. Worth a listen, check it out via SoundCloud.

Well, looks who’s back. Paul Wall released a new album, Bounce Backs Over Setbacks.

Check out Juicy J’s newest surprise project, SHUTDAFUKUP.

Fetty Wap dropped his final chapter of his For My Fans series.

Coming Soon...

Keep an eye out for Audio Push’s new project, Cloud 909. It’s slated to release February 9th, and scroll up for its leading single. Pre-order available via iTunes. After dropping The Wild last year, Raekwon took to Instagram to confirm a new album is officially on the way. 

While it’s been a long time coming, the collab project from DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9 is coming soon. When the duo comes together, they are known as PRHYME, and rumor has it that the sequel to their self-titled debut is set to release March 16th. That’s hope this time it comes out. 

While we still wait on SremmLife 3, Swae Lee still plans on dropping a solo joint. After some success with featuring on hit singles last year, he has spoke about Swaecation. It did fuel rumors of the duo splitting up, but they put those to rest. No, this is just Swae riding the solo wave for just a bit. While we have no official date for both project, just “soon,” now Swae announced that Swaecation will be out for the masses in “less than a month, confirmed.” So stay plugged. 

August Greene are gearing up to release their debut self-titled album on March 9th. It will be an Amazon Music exclusive drop. Scroll up to hear their first single and to find out who August Greene is. 

38 Spesh took to Instagram to make a surprise announcement that he and Benny the Butcher have a joint project on the way. Stabbed & Shot is slated to drop February 16th, scroll up to catch the first single released. 

After four years since his last solo project, If There’s A Hell Below, Black Milk is back in 2018 with new music on the way. He took to Instagram to announce a new album is on the way, titled FEVER. Set to release February 23rd, scroll up for the album’s first single.

Let’s not forget Nipsey Hussle debut Victory Lap that drops February 16th.

Check This

Joey Badass started 2018 with some major news. Along with announcing that we’ll be hearing more from the Pro Era clan, as well as a sneaker, he also revealed that his debut project, 1999, has now become available everywhere to stream. Let’s not forget that his TIDAL podcast, “47 Minutes,” is on the way, and he has also become PONY’s creative director. Now has officially become a platinum-selling artist with his hit “Devastated.” Quick timeline for the single: Released May 2016, hit Gold January 2017 and now platinum in January 2018. A joint project with XXXTentacion has been teased. Stay plugged, the year is just beginning and Joey is too. 

Black Panther, where the hell do I start. I was originally excited to see the movie, but um…can we talk about this soundtrack though?! Once confirmed that Kendrick Lamar and the TDE clan were recruited to piece together the album, we received its first offering from both Kendrick and label mate SZA. Then there was that new trailer for the movie that featured an untitled track from Kendrick and Vince Staples. And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for - literally. (Ha, can you tell I’m from Jersey yet?) It was pretty much confirmed through TDE’s MackWop’s Twitter that we are getting a track from Kendrick and Isaiah Rashad. Yasss, come through TDE! After taking over 2017, it’s pretty much safe to say they’ll be making a huge impact on 2018.

A biopic is underway for Gucci Mane, fueled by his autobiography he released back in September 2017. The same autobiography that made Gucci Mane a New York Times best-selling author. He took to Twitter to make the announcement. Stay plugged for more updates on Guwop. Not only is the film on the way, but The Evil Genius is on the way too.

From the underdog to top bitch, 2017 was Cardi B’s year. Breaking record after record, Cardi is on a streak that doesn’t seem to end any time soon. She recently teamed up with TIDAL and put out a documentary, I’m Here MuthaF*cka. A must watch, so don’t pass it up if you have TIDAL.

Big news for Future. While he wiped his Instagram clean, we all expect new music and it turns out we were right - well, sort of. It was announced that Director X will be taking on the remake of the 1972 cult-classic Superfly. Where does Future play in all of this? Well, Future is set to co-direct the film. Let’s not forget that he will be curating the soundtrack along with Joel Silver. Yes, new music indeed. It was also revealed that 21 Savage plays some role with the film, but nothing has been confirmed yet. Director X took to Instagram to make the announcement revealing some of the cast and crew. So far we know that Grown-ish star Trevor Jackson will be playing the part of Youngblood Priest. Jason Mitchell, who played Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton, will be playing the part of Eddie.

Released Sunday, and yeah I missed it…I’ll just leave this right here.

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— AtlantaFX (@AtlantaFX)

January 14, 2018

Stay plugged

That sums up this past week in Hip Hop. Come back next week for more.

Oh and I’ll just leave this right here. And while it’s not Friday, we’ll pretend he said “Monday MOOD,” because well, Diddy just makes everything better.

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The Floozies Are Better 4 U: An Interview with The Kings of Electro-Funk

The Floozies are Kings of Electro-Funk. I had the opportunity to catch their set on the Mysteryland last year, and I was blown away. The amount of groove inducing electro-funk has me vibing and dancing uncontrollably. They were one of the funkiest groups I’ve seen live, comparing them to the likes of GRiZ, Big Gigantic, Pretty Lights and other all time greats in the Electro-Funk space. Their sound had a bit more natural POP than the aforementioned greats. Electro-Funk is one of my favorite genres, and The Floozies are at the top of my list – their use of eclectic samples while still maintaining a funk rhythm is both impressive and mesmerizing.

The Floozies are made up two brothers – producer/guitarist Matt Hill and drummer Mark Hill. They’ve played the biggest stages, calling their music party rocking funk – energizing dace floors around the world.  All of The Floozies music can be downloaded for free from www.flooziesduo.com. The two are gearing up for their upcoming album, FUNK JESUS, coming this fall.

They recently released their new single, Better 4 U, and it’s FIRE.

Better 4 U is about the moment when you realize you’ve let someone down, bringing yourself to admit to the mistake made. Doing it more than for self-improvement, but also for the sake of the the people that surround you. When you’re down, it’s important to realize that the people around you are then affected. Yourself and the ones around you deserve the best from you, and this will ultimately lead towards a path of happiness.Positivity and love should be your driving force.

I had the pleasure of interviewing these kings of funk below. You know the drill, click the play button on the soundcloud embed and read the interview below to get the FULL The Floozies experience. The first song on the embed below is their new single, Better 4 U. If you’re into as much electro-funk as I am, The Floozies is a MUST LISTEN.

  INTERVIEW:

Where are you guys from and how has that shaped the musicians you are today?

Kansas. We have both been able to learn from teachers and musicians around us throughout our lives. Learning from them has definitely led us to where we are musically.

What instruments did you play when you were younger?

I played trombone, piano, guitar, bass, a bit of banjo, and of course drums. Matt did all the same except he didn’t play trombone or banjo. He can figure his way through any instrument pretty easily though.

Are there an instruments that you currently wish you COULD play?

I really want to learn flugelhorn! It sounds so dark and lovely and the finger method of trumpet/flugel are really intriguing to me, so I bought a flugelhorn. I haven’t had a chance to dive in yet. I think Russ Liquid is going to give me a lesson next time we are together though.

Tell us the story of how you started creating music on your computer?

We played and traveled as a live looping duo at first. For a long time. We just used a guitar and pedal for Matt and I accompanied with drums. It was incredibly difficult, but it had really great moments. The computer came way late as a means to make the live set better, so live computer creation happened basically once we figured out how it worked and saved up enough money.

Producing on the computer has been happening for a long time! I remember Matt making beats on an old casio keyboard with this way ahead of its time loop record function! We were little kids and he was making world class beats on our sisters cheap keyboard haha! i think thats when it started. Then years later, Matt made an album on a computer a long time before we ever tried to recreate it live. He made some really great albums that we never really even shared as the floozies. He is the type of guy that just keeps trying to figure everything out, so naturally, we have continued producing and also using the computer live.

What was your favorite studio moment when producing your new single, Better 4 U?

For me it was the moment Matt sent me the original vocal idea. Just in a voice message to my phone. I was on my way to the gym and I remember listening to it (10 second clip) of its bare form just over and over and over the whole way. I had goosebumps the entire drive.

What do you like to do when you’re simply hanging out – aside from music 

We’ve been best friends since we were babies. Never fought or had problems. So anything really. We like to have our business meetings on the basketball court. We both love playing basketball, exploring cities, seeing cool things. A lot of us hanging out is just sharing ideas and laughing a lot. It’s a dream to tour with each other really.

Who are your musical influences?

Grew up listening to funk bands and some soul (thanks Mom!) such as: kool and the gang, p funk, earth wind and fire, michael jackson, temptations, all the good stuff.

After that, we’ve just pretty much listened to everything we can get! you can find inspiration in so much different music.

I love bluegrass stemming from going to see “The String Cheese Incident” back in the day. Too many to list in that category! We’ve both been influenced by Robert Glasper, Chris Cornell, Lettuce, Rick James, James Brown, D’ Angelo, Tower of Power just to name a few.

Who has been one of your favorite artists to collab with?

Ryan Zoidis from Lettuce. Not only an incredible sax player, but an awesome guy all around. His playing and presence always leave me with a smile.

What are some of your favorite venues to play and why?

All of them have character and beauty individually. We have memories in each one.

What are some of your favorite cities to play-in and why?

All of them have character and beauty individually. Exploring each city has been an incredible experience. I will say we just came back from Portland, Maine, and that whole area is just beautiful and lush and spacious.

Do you have a favorite festival you played this summer?

They were all great, I don’t like to compare moments much if you can’t tell ha. One festival that was different than the others greatly was Electric Forest. We brought out a live band performance for the 1st weekend performance. It was an incredibly challenging and beautiful show for us. The group killed it together and the crowd was really special on that day with us.

What DAW do you use and why?

Logic. It’s what we started with and I think it’s pretty.

You’re a two man group, do each of you have different strengths and weaknesses that play well off each other? 

Yeah. Business wise especially! It seems that everything I lack ability for Matt can handle pretty easily and vice versa. I am really good with logistics and handling that side of it, Matt has a really creative big picture side for artwork, direction, merch, etc. Although there are definitely crossovers. Sometimes an artwork or merch idea will be mine. We have a good ability to share ideas and work them out together most especially. Together we make our best ideas in the end.

Live we are both strongest when together. We feed on each other and have so much fun when we play. We always know when to help each other with cues and stuff when things get musically challenging.

What is your favorite MIDI Controller or instrument to produce with right now?

We just got an Harpejii string instrument and its incredibly cool.

Do you have a key production tip for our young producers out there?

Make your own sounds and have fun with it.

What is your favorite color?

Green

What food do you eat the most?

salad at the moment

Do you have a favorite in-studio snack?

tea or coffee ha

What is your favorite social media platform and why?

I like Instagram because its well run and clean and pictures are neat.

What is next for The Floozies?

Funk Jesus Tour (biggest raddest tour we’ve done) is in a couple weeks and goes all through the fall! Then we have a couple shows in December leading to some rad unannounced NYE week stuff. Right after that is our 2nd Powder Rangers tour which is two weeks every night in ski towns throughout Colorado! Every show sold out last year so that was fun.

Funk Jesus Tour Dates Below

Sept. 28 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium Sept. 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre Sept. 30 – Minneapolis, MN- First Avenue Oct. 1 – Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose Oct. 4 – Raleigh, NC -Lincoln Theatre Oct. 6 – Richmond, VA – The National (Click here to get tickets) Oct. 7 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of The Living Arts Oct. 12 – Hartford, CT – Infinity Music Hall Oct. 13 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club Oct. 14 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom Oct. 15 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt Oct. 20 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection Oct. 21 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre (Click here to get tickets) Oct. 28 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom Oct. 31 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall Nov. 2 – Missoula, MT – Top Hat Nov. 3 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom Nov. 4 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox (Click here to get tickets) Nov. 5 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Theatre Nov. 7 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s Nov. 8 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Music Club Nov. 9 – San Diego, CA – Music Box Nov. 10 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre (Click here to get tickets) Nov. 11 – San Francisco, CA – 1015 Folsom Nov. 16 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall Nov. 17 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Nov. 18 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues Nov. 19 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre Dec. 7 – Fajardo, PR – Island Of Light Dec. 8 – Fajardo, PR – Island Of Light Dec. 9 – Fajardo, PR – Island Of Light Dec. 10 – Fajardo, PR – Island Of Light

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