Tag: rihanna

Umbrella (Cover) by Alxxa 

Get with alxxa’s Umbrella cover, a very unusual sounding but zeitgeisty beat and production. Love how it has that seductive vast emptiness and sparse instrumentation, clouding it up with only a running synth melody, the perfectly placed effects and her brilliant clear vocals. Of course it helps that everyone knows each word of the track, but undeniably one of the best efforts of a newcomer i have heard this month. The future must be bright for alxxa.

ps promised to share this 10 days ago, but couldn’t keep up with the many new submissions after the summer. Apologies to alxxa ;)

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Rihanna & Drake – Work (R3hab Remix)

Besides topping the worldwide charts and dropping a phenomenal album RiRi also has the best possible remix around, with all the state of the art ingredients, that make this tune a pure pleasure to play out loud. Actually Drake is kind of a downer on this one :(  Buuuut….

Still his verse can’t take away from the production and the chopped vocal hook more than makes up for anything and apart from all those twerk-rework-jerks he actually lets the tune breath for a minute. Big up to R3hab for setting up a killer dancefloor tune out of a killer anthem w/o losing the island vibes. Tropical 2.0 and beyond. “Maximum Respect” is, i guess, the proper Caribbean phrase to recognize superb achievements…

Play this one out loud and save your self the time debating if it’s good or not, cause i said so :)

This Just In: Kanye West Is The Shit! You Hear? (read in Kat Williams voice)

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You can hate on KW all u want. He still makes you listen to his shit, like crackheads looking for a hit. Anyways, don’t believe the (negative) hype. The mans got talent… for like everything, especially all kinds of media that keeps him floating above the rest. This track just proves my point and everything he does is proof for this serious 21st century talent. Check out the full album of this Lifehacker on Soundcloud !

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A little monday roundup for djs

Kicking it off with RACs impeccable version of “Could you be loved”. I didn’t think you could redo this tune in any way for me to appreciate it even a little anymore. This one proved me wrong. Great rework.

While we are at it, another one by RAC. This is one’s coming out July 9th on Verve Rec and its a beast of a tune that i listend to quite often this weekend. I guess there’s no way this version won’t find its ways into my sets. It manages to live up to the original and that is important when you are dealing with real class. Great one, RAC.

The next one’s a new TWRK’rrr tune that we have split opinions on. Sounds solid and will definitely work on the floors, but the rest of the guys say it’s a bit of a downer compared to their other tunes. Well i don’t think so, but make up your own mind.

This next one is a bit overly mellow but it has the right kind of vibe in my view and is a good choice for the early hours.

A new one by Kaytranada, that i didn’t mean to keep from you. He got his trademark sound now, i guess and should probably make a Janet album at this point.

Cyril Hahn delivers as well, that chill summer vibe written all over it, but somehow differs from his previous efforts and has a lot more of that gypsy R&B flavour. Its definitly not the vocals that carry this one. But i guess you’ll hear it a lot this summer.

Stay – Branchez Bootleg (Rihanna) | Free DL

I have been playing this tune for the past two weekends and it does something that little to no Trap reworks manage, it sounds original while at the same time keeping a relaxed vibe, that lets you twist and tweak your set, and lets you take a different path or allows you to switch up while maintaing that infamous 70bpm tempo. If you ask me, thats the best Rihanna tune/ rework out there plus it got that pitched voice vibe that makes it instantly sound like an old Kanye sample. Grab the Free DL while its hot.