Diplo has his fingers in many a pie and now he’s chosen to plunge it through the sweet, moist crust of dubstep. Diplo Presents Dubstep is a 16 track compilation which showcases “some brand new and unreleased, some classics, some overlooked sleepers”. The tracklist comprises a mixed bag, with some tunes hitting the jackpot and others floundering like Piers Morgan at a fundraiser. For example, James Blake ‘Sparing the Horse’ falls very much into the “maaate, sick tune” category, whereas Doctor P’s ‘Sweetshop’ falls into the “maaate, I’m not sure how much more I can take” division.
Starkey’s remix of Rudi Zygadlo’s ‘Resealable Friendship’ is definitely the high point, offering the beautifully vulnerable and epic in equal parts whilst James Blake’s refix of Untold’s ‘Stop What You’re Doing’ is similarly alluring. ‘Glazed’ by Brackles is another tune which I could loop and listen to all night long, but if you stop concentrating it drops into Stenchman and that glassy stare will be irreparably shattered forever. Anyway, Oldsy pointed out that this is probably intended to bring dubstep to a new audience, so in that case, it’s probably a positive thing that they’ll get the chance to listen to James Blake and Starkey alongside the bastardised creations from wub wub valley. Let’s just hope they make the right choices…
It may technically be Tuesday, but I’ve still not crawled into my sack for the night, so I’m going to publish this in the past and pretend I wrote it before midnight. Anyway, this week’s slice of musical mingling comes courtesy of Splinter and it’s all about that electro ruffage. Crookers, Boys Noize, Rivastarr, Jack Beats, a bit of Diplo and some other heavyweights comprise this tasty morsel and it’s sure to pop that top button and get you moving like an old lady on fire.
There’s a filthy dubstep ‘yang’ mix on the way too, so keep your ears peeled and I’ll get that up when it surfaces.
I would have posted this yesterday but I was predisposed, it’s pretty hard trying to update your blog and defeat circus crime at the same time you know.
Still, Mad Decent have dropped a free mixtape in the name of currently incarcerated rapper Gucci Mane and it’s dripping with talent. Comprising remixes from Gucci’s The Cold War Mixtapes, there are contributions from Diplo (obviously), Flying Lotus, Mumdance, DZ, Zomby and host of other impressive producers, it’s all very exciting.
What’s that? You don’t like Diplo? Think of this mixtape as a w(rap) of smack; even if you think you won’t like it, you’re probably going to end up loving it.*
This one comes via the beautiful people over at Disturbed Beats and reminds me why I am in love with DJ Zinc’s Crack House mix series. Packed full of absolute bangers, just like its predecessors, this epic includes tracks from Zinc himself, 8-bit, Major Lazer, Vato Gonzalez, Diplo, Geeneus and of whole damn sack of others. The best drop is just over 16 minutes in, it’ll make your baubles jingle…
I guess this is where I’d usually say I’ve posted the track listing after the jump, but I can’t find it anywhere; it’s hidden! If you head over to the Soundcloud page though, you can gather some clues from the comments there.
Diplo has uploaded an instrumental and is appealing for YOU (not you specifically, we’re talking joe public here) to spit some festive lyrics over it. If I was going to enter I’d rap about how I hate people who hate Christmas and cut off their legs and bury them under the porch because they’re making me mad and when they make me mad I do silly things…but that’s just me. I don’t know what’s going to happen to the winning efforts, but I presume that if he likes it your whole life will change and instead of eating frozen pizza alone at Christmas, you’ll be whisked away to a yacht off the coast off Miami and get to limbo under some strippers. This is all speculation, of course, but it reminds me of the time I won that Elton John competition and had to go on a yacht with him. That was sort of fun.
If you think you have the stones, head over to Mad Decent to hear the track, some of the current submissions and how to submit your own entries. If you’re looking for inspiration, some sick Christmas rap lies after the jump.
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