Blogging!

Hey,

Just wanted to let you know, alot of my blogging will now be taking place over at www.djsemtex.com .

I'll still be updating here but the frequency of posts may drop a little, come over to www.djsemtex.com and check it out.

R

Yeezys

If you know me, then you'll know im no sneaker freak. Dont get me wrong, I like a fresh pair but seeing some of the footwear thats coming out now, wow, crazy. The yeezys I like alot, could I rock them? prob not, the thing I like most is the hype surrounding them and how everyone wants some.

Check the video below, some funny stuff

Toys R Us. from kwest on Vimeo.

The Clips & Ye - Kinda Like A Big Deal Video Shoot

Just over a month ago this track hit the net and I gave you the Mp3 here and now we have some footage from the video shoot courtesy of highsnobiety . Make sure you watch till the end to catch a Ye freestyle.

CLIPSE x KANYE - "KINDA LIKE A BIG DEAL" BEHIND THE SCENES from Lavall Chichester on Vimeo.

Lol @ Gotta keep your pepermint up

Mr Hudson - O2 Academy Oxford

Yesterday I travelled up to Oxford to check out Mr Hudson on tour. I had seen him at The Scala back in March which left me wanting to see more. The venue in Oxford was quite an intimate one, making the performance that little bit more special

I got to say, Mr H didn't disappoint, his band and the brilliant Joy Joseph are tight, the sound was incredible.

The gig saw performances of some new material set to be featured on 'Straight No Chaser' which is due to drop August 3rd.

Here are some of my favourites;

Mr Hudson - Supernova from Roy Thomas on Vimeo.

Mr Hudson - Instant Messenger from Roy Thomas on Vimeo.

Mr Hudson - There Will Be Tears from Roy Thomas on Vimeo.

Mr Hudson - Stiff Upper Lip from Roy Thomas on Vimeo.

Heavy right? These are the remaining tour dates, if any are in your city, do yourself a favour, get some tickets here and go see some good music!

Sat 23 May2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	444 Club @ The Rainbow	Birmingham, UK	18+
Sun 24 May2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	academy 2	Oxford, UK	Under 14s (wt. adult)
Tue 26 May2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Nice & Sleazys	Glasgow, UK	18+
Wed 27 May2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Cluny	Newcastle, UK	18+
Fri 29 May2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Fibbers	York, UK	14+
Sat 30 May2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Stealth	Nottingham, UK	18+
Sun 31 May2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Cockpit	Leeds, UK	14+ (wt.adult)
Tue 2 June2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Ruby Lounge	Manchester, UK	18+
Wed 3 June2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Hanburg Club	Brighton, UK	18+
Thur 4 June2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Joiners	Southampton, UK	14+
Fri 5 June2009	Mr Hudson 2009 Tour	Barfly	Cardiff, UK	18+
Wed 10 June2009	Intimate Gig	ICA	London, UK

Drake - Best I Ever Had Remixes

With over half a million downloads of his So Far Gone Mixtape I think its safe to say that Drake has got a big fan base, it seems that this isnt just exclusive to you and I but some of the biggest RnB & Hip Hop Artists are feeling him too.

This week has seen 2 remixes of one of the stand out tracks from the so far gone mixtape, Best I Ever Had. These are in addition to the Swizz beats, Busta Rhymes and Tearria Marie that have hit the net over the past couple of months.

Best I Ever Had Remix 1 Featuring R.Kelly

Best I Ever Had Remix 2 Featuring Tank

Best I Ever Had Remix 3 - Featuring Busta Rhymes

Best I Ever Had Remix 4 - Featuring Swizz Beats

Best I Ever Had Remix 5 - Featuring Tearria Marie

I know im feeling some of these remixes more than others, what do you think? Favourites?

Maxwell x Angie Martinez x Hot 97

Last week Maxwell swung by Angie Martinez's show on Hot 97 in NYC. They talk about his up coming album, relationships and baby makin'

The audio is taken from Angies podcast, its in 3 parts.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Sidebar - Hot 97 really need to start allowing people to listen to the shows live through the net, I would have that sh!t on 24/7

Wale - Chillin - Live

Wale - Chillin' Live in Minneapolis - ATFMPLS.COM from Justin Andert on Vimeo.

Too often you see Artists go through the motions when performing and I think a lot of it can be down to the venue and set up. Above is an example of the opposite, any Emcee with a live band for me is a great combination, Wale Kills it here on his 'Attention deficit' tour of the states

I gave you the Chillin Mp3 a few weeks back now, if you havent got it yet, do yourself a favour and get it here now.

Lil Wayne Ft Juelz Santana - After Disaster

Wayne & Juelz go in on this one. The subject matter being hurricane Katrina and 9/11 ensures that the passion and flow is on point.

Get It Here

Maino Ft T-Pain & Young Jeezy - All The Above Remix

This track is absolutely huge!

The album version was just Maino & T-Pain, the remix sees Jeezy jump on and damn, he kills it. Play it loud and enjoy.

Get it here

Mike Skinner & The Skinimix

Im listening to Mistajams show on 1xtra right now, he has invited in Mike Skinner to take over his show and the result has been a lot of good music and some random chat.

Mike has been releasing a massive amount of music on to the internet via his twitter account and via his blog, both singles and a weekly 30 minute skinimix. The latest skinimix is what I want to share with you now

The tracklisting for it is as follows;

1. Juggernauts (feat. The Streets) - Enter Shikari
2. Slow Songs (feat. The Streets) - Giggs
3. Champions - The Cool Kids
4. Strangest Thing - Clare Maguire
5. Where My Heart Has Been - The Streets
6. Heartbreaker Ft. John Legend - MSTRKRFT
7. Melo - Pryda
8. Turn Me On - Soul Rebels
9. Standing On The Shore - Empire Of The Sun
10 Little Secrets - Passion Pit
11. Leeches - Gallows

Download it here

The 6emeia project

Today I had a bit of time to catch up on a few blogs that I read & 2 or 3 of them all featured the 6emeia project. After seeing a few snaps I had to do a bit of digging and I have to say I really like their work, not only is it simple but extremely eye catching.

To give you a bit of info on what 6emeia is all about I took this from their website;

The 6emeia project was created and developed by the artists Anderson Augusto, also known as SÃO, and Leonardo Delafuente, also known as Delafuente. The duo live in the Barra Funda neighborhood of São Paulo where they began the project with the purpose of changing and transforming daily life.

The duo's objective is to modify the means within which we all live, proposing a new way to view things by reflecting upon themes generated through creative and unusual works. Such modifications are made by painting storm drains, light posts, manhole covers and any other object which makes up the urban scenario.

With the painted storm drains, a new type of communication is proposed between art and the city as well as between art and the residents. Art then becomes within the reach and at the service of everyone. By looking with care at the most forgotten and indifferent objects, one can take in art in a new way. The painted storm drains are like colorful drops falling into animmense ash-colored canvass.

Maxwell – BLACKSummers’Night

Today the artwork for the much anticipated album release from Maxwell hit the internets along with a track listing.

1. Bad Habits
2. Cold
3. Pretty Wings
4. Love You
5. Stop the World
6. Fist Full of Tears
7. Help Somebody
8. Playing Pussum
9. Phoenix Rise

After doing a bit more research it seems this album is part of a 3 album project with the 2nd and 3rd album supposidely dropping in quick succession. There was a playback of the album this week at Sony BMG over in Kensington and from what I have read from the people who listened we can really look forward to the album being classic maxwell.

There are strong rumours that Maxwell will be touring Europe October/November time. Exciting stuff!

Downtime

As you may or may not know the blog was down for a few days, a couple of people hit me up on twitter and I recieved a couple of emails asking me what had happend.

The blogs address was supposed change seamlessly as of sunday but when the change happend everything dissapeared. Still trying to sort it out it out but I have fixed the problem for now, thanks for those who asked what happend!

Roy

The Empire And Drake - Friends With Money The Drought Is Over Special Edition

(Click on the image for the tracklisting)

So another Drake Mixtape drops although a little different to the So Far Gone Tape . A number of the tracks were featured on So Far Gone, A couple have been leaked over the past couple of months and the remainder are new.

Regardless, if your a fan of Drake, you wont be dissapointed. Download it here