Left To Right: 50 Cent, Lady GaGa, Robin Thicke, Shakira, Pill
Each day Complex scours the music blogs for 5 fresh songs that you should listen to in our 5 O’Clock Shuffle post. Instead of going crazy trying to keep up with your RSS feeds everyday, just head over to Complex.com to stay up-to-date on important leaks and releases.
The weekend is over and nobody with a case of the Mondays wants to spend their time looking through a million blogs for new music–that’s our job. Today’s Shuffle includes collabs between Robin Thicke and Jay-Z and Shakira and Kid Cudi, a bonus cut from the 50 Cent album, and more just-released tracks from Pill and Lady GaGa. We keep the playlists diverse around here. Keep reading to start listening…
Have you ever had your girl leave you for another girl? We’re not exactly sure if popular DJ Sharam or Kid Cudi has dealt with that dilemma, but they made one hell of a song about it. Although “She Came Along” has been on our radar since it leaked over the summer, the video is just now arriving. The Wild Wild West setting fits the sound of the song, but the concept’s visual transition seems kind of half-baked. Cudder never even makes an on-screen appearance. Basically: the song > the video. It’s definitely worth a watch though, for the hot Western chicks, if anything.
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Left To Right: Snoop Dogg, Ellie Goulding, Jennifer Lopez, Emalkay, Kid Cudi
Each day Complex scours the music blogs for 5 fresh songs that you should listen to in our 5 O’Clock Shuffle post. Instead of going crazy trying to keep up with your RSS feeds everyday, just head over to Complex.com to stay up-to-date on important leaks and releases.
Every new song has its purpose. Sometimes newcomers are trying to get in the game. Sometimes superstars are trying to get back in the game. Both types of efforts are intriguing for their own reasons and there’s never really any guarantee of who’s going to have the hotter song. Today’s Shuffle kind of epitomizes these statements. It features music from iPod staples and artists you probably never heard of until today, but the playing field is more even than you’d expect. MP3 streams and download links wait after the jump. Keep reading to get started…
After all these years (and blog posts) talking about “Free Shyne,” the day is upon us! Despite rumors that there may be a slight release, all appears on schedule for Moses Michael Leviy né Shyne né Jamal Barrow to come home from Clinton Correctional Facility today after serving nearly nine years of a 10-year bid for shooting up the club (and maybe hitting a lady in the nose). And, not too surprisingly, “Shyne” is the #1 trending topic on Twitter.
Of course, that probably means nothing to the rapper once heralded as the second coming of Biggie; technology has exploded in the time since his cell door clanged shut, so we imagine he might have a bit of a tough time getting adjusted to the way things are now. In fact, we peeped our special limited-edition crystal ball to see how it might go…
ILLFONICS is Matt Friedman (left) and Jed Cappelli.
After this week’s in-depth interviews with RATATAT and Emile, our behind-the-scenes series on Kid Cudi’sMan On The Moon: The End Of Day continues with today’s Q&A subject: Matt Friedman, one-half of ILLFONICS, and the man who produced the ’shrooming anthem “Enter Galactic.”
As ILLFONICS, Friedman and partner Jed Cappelli have churned out beats for notables like Jim Jones (”Na Na Nana Na Na”) and the Re-Up Gang (”My Life’s the Shit”). On Cudi’s debut, Friedman is responsible for the album’s outlier—”Enter Galactic” is clearly the LP’s most uptempo, dance-friendly track. Read on as he talks about how he came to work with Cudi, why “Enter Galactic” almost didn’t make the album, and future projects…
Yesterday we presented our interview with Ratatat, who produced “Pursuit of Happiness” and “Alive” on Kid Cudi’sMan On The Moon: The End Of Day album. Today, we turn our focus to Emile, who is not only Cudi’s co-manager but the person who racked up the most production credits on the LP.
The man sometimes referred to as “The Urban Gentleman” has previously worked with Raekwon (”Ice Water”) and Obie Trice (”Wanna Know”), but it’s with Cudi’s project that Emile is truly making a name for himself. After producing the majority of the A Kid Named Cudi mixtape with Plain Pat, Emile shifted his focus to work on Cudi’s studio album. (The trio have since started their own indie label, Dream On.) On Man On The Moon, Emile’s touch is apparent from start to finish—he produced “In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem),”“Soundtrack 2 My Life,”Solo Dolo (Nightmare),” and “CuDi Zone.” In this exclusive interview, Emile breaks down how each track came to fruition, and also talks about the first night he met Cudi…
Last week, Complex cover starKid Cudi moved an impressive 104K units of his debut album Man on The Moon: The End of Day—but more than just sales, Cudi’s record has been generating a lot of discussion with its unique sound. While most people are familiar with Scott Mescudi (click here for our in-depth cover interview if not), those who’ve listened to the album have been asking about Ratatat, who produced two records for the album, including the standout third single “Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare)”.
The Brooklyn-based instrumental duo has gained a big following in the electro/indie rock world over the last five years with their eclectic albums on XL Recordings (in fact, their 2006 album Classics ended up on Complex’s 100 Best Albums of the 2000s list), but this marks their first exposure as producers within the hip-hop scene. In this interview, we talked to one-half of the group, Evan Mast, about how the Cudi collabos came about and what it was like to work on the album. Read on to learn more about Ratatat, yeahhh….
Kid Cudi is becoming synonymous with packing out retail shops (Bape store anyone?). Last Thursday night, more than 500 guests lined up outside the grand opening of the Boost Mobile store in Brooklyn on Flatbush Avenue. Hot 97’s Funk Master Flex threw down on the 1’s and 2’s while Kid Cudi addressed a screaming crowd by signing autographs and donating $10K to the Urban Assembly School of Music and Arts.
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Left To Right: Kid Cudi, Bow Wow, Alicia Keys, Pelican, Raekwon
Each day Complex scours the music blogs for 5 fresh songs that you should listen to in our 5 O’Clock Shuffle post. Instead of going crazy trying to keep up with your RSS feeds everyday, just head over to Complex.com to stay up-to-date on important leaks and releases.
Not only is it already Wednesday, but we’re also back at our usual time with another Shuffle playlist full of new songs. Double win. Today’s mix has a freestyle from the Man on the Moon that’s actually off-the-dome, a cut from Young Money’s newest member, one of the hottest chicks in the game, and more. There’s not much left of the week and in some weird way, we feel like a bunch of new music will help it go by quicker. Keep reading to get started…
It seems like Kid Cudi is everywhere these days, especially with his debut album, Man On The Moon: The End Of The Day, dropping in less than a week. But the groupies, Kanye West co-sign, and Complex cover didn’t come overnight. This unreleased music video for his hit, “Day N Nite,” was shot by directing duo BBGUN in April 2008 on a budget of only $250. The clip, which holds up surprisingly well against the other two music videos for this song, not only proves that dreams come true, but that Scott Mescudi had the right vision long before the world knew his name.
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