Audio Files: A Tale Of Four Songs

I ain't sayin', but I'm just sayin'.

After watching The Fighter, my ear and interest piqued to this familiar sound. I'm sure you've heard it before. Living in this age of mash-ups, dubstep and the era of more mixtapes and minimal albums -- it's hard to keep tabs on what should be considered an original work. 

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Audio Files: Santogold "Shove It"

How could I forget to post some audio for the lingerers [thanks for the support by the by]? I'd been debating if I wanted to start another incredibly long [self-indulgent] music post as I did last year. Though the responses were great, I think smaller little informative posts [like I hope this one is] is a welcome change of pace. Also, if you would like to get lost in all-things-music on the site, just click the "Music" link in my "Stuff" menu.

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The Brog's Best Album Of 2010: The Bitters "East General"

Play This After A Long Day Of Work

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The Brog's Best Music Video Of 2010: Everything Everything's "Photoshop Handsome"

"Airbrush! What have you done to my father!" Everything Everything is a band I don't closely follow. I wouldn't even say I'm that huge of a fan of theirs, but their videos have haunted my dreams for the past two or three years. I saw this video debut last month and thought to myself, "Self, when's the last time you've had a collage-oriented nightmare." So yeah, in my eyes, they win. 

Honorable Mention: Slaughterhouse "Microphone", Janelle Monae "Tightrope", Liberty University "Bed Intruder Carol", Cloud Nothings "Hey Cool Kid"

[Keep in mind that some of The Brog's selections may not necessarily been made in 2010. Its just the year I enjoyed them in and if you don't like it ... tough.]

The Constantly Updated Music Post!

[Updated: 12 - 16 - 10] [Supplementary]

Why didn't I think of this earlier? People love posting their musical tastes on their own websites so I figured why don't I? Let the ego stroking commence.

Keep an eye on the date and video, it will be changed frequently.

[previous entries after the jump...feel free to contribute!]

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Commercial Break: The New Age Of Headspins

 For the people who know me in real life and think I 'do the spinny thing'. No, I don't, I use to. In this clip you'll see Aicha [Japan], Lazer [Korea] and my personal favorite Boom [Korea]. Three people [barring the legendary Storm] who are responsible for evolving one of the oldest powermoves in the bboy community. Enjoy.

IBE 2010 - IBE TV

I'm always working on something. Stay tuned guys, I've got some super articles lined up and maybe an interview or three. In the mean time, check out some IBE TV. 

 Dancing and IBE interviews after the jump!

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Commercial Break: Mista Conspiracy Raps, Breaks & Eats Chicken

Sometimes being self-aware works against you. In the above video we see retro-footage from 2005 of Mista Conspiracy. I want to say he's a rapper, but I know I'm wrong. Though I'm glad he was able to make a video making fun of himself and putting KFC product placement throughout, what I could only assume is a masterpiece of rhythmic song, Mista Conspiracy's droning nouns and adverbs leads me to this last question. "Dude, what the f*#k are you saying?!"

EL-P Interviewed By Ford Models Blog

Damien Neva gets mega props for this one. Who would have thought the son of Harry "Keys" Meline would have made it this far?

Bboy Battle: Thesis [KHCA] vs. Lancer [Calamities]

I love to give props to well made videos and well thrown events. Props to both Thesis and Lancer. Thesis is clearly on another level as far as flow and the dance as a whole, but look at Lancer! Very technically sound, seen him flub a couple footwork steps, but he rolled with it and really surprised me with how in tune with the music he was.

Part 2 after the jump.

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