Onomatopoeia Exclusive Download: /ˈjedˌīak/ - “Catacomb Animals” & “Maximalist Love” (Baths vs. Aesop Rock & Drake)

Hey Ho, happy Monday folks, How did the weekend treat you, did you spend time marching in the name of climate change? I spent some of mine sorting through what is quickly turning into a very large stockpile of remix work I’ve built up since June of this year.  I managed to finalize some of the tunes in question and thought why not start out the work week properly by washing away the troubles of last with two Baths’ mashups for your listening pleasure. Aesop Rock provides the story telling, focusing on being an outcast and alienation, for “Catacomb Animals” while Drake talks romance and vulnerability in “Maximalist Love.” 

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Catacomb Animals (Aesop Rock vs. Baths)
Aesop Rock – “Catacomb Kids” vs. Baths – “Animals”
Recorded August 2014 in LIC, NY
93.00 BPM Key D#m
Design by Jediak



Maximalist Love (Drake vs. Baths)
Drake – “Find Your Love” vs. Baths – “Maximalist” 
Recorded August 2014 in LIC, NY
96.04 BPM Key D#m
Art by Jediak

Onomatopoeia Exclusive Download: /ˈjedˌīak/ - “Forever Fearful” (Drake ft. Kanye West & Lil’ Wayne vs. Ian Brown & “Honesty Is The Best Policy” (Future vs. Fossa)

I skipped posting something special yesterday to give myself a breather and work on something new instead. Pretty happy with how these came out although there is nothing worse then spending an entire day making something and then facing a roadblock at the last step; Soundcloud wouldn’t let me upload one of the tracks due to DRM issues with what I imagine must have been the Ian Brown track used. I like to try and keep everything in one place so when I have to stream one random track someplace else, frankly it’s annoying. Whatever the case I figured I’d go with Mixcloud and also create a download link since they don’t offer the option as such.

On that note first up is “Forever Fearful,” which took me a stupid amount of time to get just the way I wanted. Sometimes these things can take an hour or two; sometimes they can take nine or ten. This was one of those painfully long ones.  The music is handled by the aforementioned, Ian Brown by way of his song, “F.E.A.R.,” while the vocals come courtesy of Drake, Kanye West and Lil’ Wayne’s “Forever.”

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/ˈjedˌīak/ - Forever Fearful (Drake feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne vs. Ian Brown)
Drake feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne – “Forever” vs. Ian Brown –“F.E.A.R.”
Recorded August 2014 in LIC, NY
158.11 BPM Key F#m
Design by Jediak

Next up is something I came up with spontaneously after hearing Fossa’s new tune “Bae.” I figured it be fun to try something out that fit the contemporary landscape after spending so much of my day on the retro based “Forever Fearful.” I’d been sitting on a bunch of Future acapella’s for a while and “Honest” fit the vibe I was looking for nicely.  The irony isn’t lost on me that I only just properly heard the Future track right now for the first time as reference for what I’m writing here!

   

/ˈjedˌīak/ - Honesty Is The Best Policy (Future vs. Fossa)
Future – “Honest” vs. Fossa –“Bae”
Recorded August 2014 in LIC, NY
140.07 BPM Key Am
Design by Jediak

Listen: Vancouver Sleep Clinic & GXNXVS – “Hold On We're Going Home” (Drake Cover)

Brisbane, Australia’s Vancouver Sleep Clinic the project created by 17 year-old Tim Bettinson has been killing it as of late and his latest partnership with GXNXVS for a memorable cover of Drake’s “Hold On We’re Going Home” from the Nothing Was the Same LP is no exception.

While your at it you should check out “Collapse’ from last year’s EP which is sure to please Bon Iver fans.

Video: Kendrick Lamar ft. Drake – “Poetic Justice”

Kendrick Lamar‘s dropped another video from his critically and commercially successful LP good kid, m.A.A.d. city via the Drake assisted and Janet Jackson sampling “Poetic Justice.” The video paints a story of love and murder.

Video: BBC Radio 1 Special, DJ Benji B & Composer Grant Windsor Reinterpret the best of 2012

DJ Benji B teamed up with writer and composer Grant Windsor for an hour long BBC Radio 1 special in which a 16-piece string ensemble play along side a variety of electronic and hip-hop tracks. Benji B handles the decks while a string section provides new layers to some of 2012′s biggest tunes and more. Check out the full tracklist and video below, let’s hoping an audio rip of this gets released.

Tracklist:
Dwele – A.N.G.E.L
Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane
Ossie – Love Crazy
D-Malice – Gabryelle Refix
Bok Bok – Silo Pass
Wiley – Highs n Lows
S-X – Bricks
Timbaland – Ayo Technology (Instrumental)
Africa HiTech – Out in the Street (Snippet)
TNGHT – Higher Ground
Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean – Clique
Drake – Headlines
Jeremih – All The Time
Raphael Saadiq – Skyy Can You Feel Me
James Blake – Love What Happened Here
Radiohead – Everything in its Right Place

BONUS: HERE is another similar performance from a year ago.

Video: A$AP Rocky ft. 2 Chainz, Drake & Kendrick Lamar – “Fuckin’ Problmes”

A$AP Rocky dropped the official visuals for his “Fuckin’ Problems” single, featuring 2 Chainz, Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The song will be the first single off of Rock’s upcoming LONG.LIVE.A$AP album, which is scheduled to drop on January 15th of the New Year, check out the video below.

Video: The Weeknd featuring Drake - "The Zone"

This week has seen an unparalleled amount of posts on the Weeknd , when it rains it pours I guess. The latest post related to the R&B group is a new video for the Drake and Abel Tesfaye collaboration known as “The Zone” which of course appeared on the Weeknd’s Thursday mixtape. The clip was directed by Tesfaye.

Listen/Download: A$AP ROCKY Feat. Drake, 2Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – “F$cking Problem”

A$AP Rocky‘s new single features Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar, Noah “40″Shebib handles the production on this one. 

Video: Drake – “Take Care”

Drake offers up the latest video from his 2011 LP Take Care in the form of the title track. The MC brought on Yoann Lemoine, aka Woodkid, to direct the video. Between this, the “BornTo Die” video and the directors visuals for his own song “Iron,” Lemoine has been creating a grandeur, otherworldly and  majestic  aesthetic  that’s becoming his calling card and deffenitely works well with the epic feel of the song that famously samples Jamie xx.

Listen: Tumblewoof – “M▲JOR”

Tumblewoof is a mashup artist that takes little snippets from songs by such artists as Feist, Drake, AC/DC, Kid Cudi, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, The Roots and many more and then melds them together for one seemless mix. You’re familiar with this process, think closer to Girl Talk in how rapid fire each sample is than a one off song the blends two artists together. Tumblewoof doesn’t always take the obvious route on  M▲ JOR giving this tiny mix a big punch. Give a listen below and download for a price of your choice if interested, and yes you can get it for free if you so choose.

Video: DJ Gothy Jeff - "Getting Witchy Wit It"

Watch this mash-up video featuring scenes from various Will Smith movies/music videos and vocals from many of his rapping attempts layered untop of beats from Clams Casino, Salem and more.  This witchy mash-up was created by DJ Gothy Jeff, an alias for a well known producer whose other name we won't mention here.  Enjoy:

Listen: Drake - "Crew Love" (Love Thy Brother Remix)

Montreal-based duo Love Thy Brother have hit us up with a remix  of Drake’s “Crew Love” taking it in a whole new direction, check it below…

Drake featuring The Weeknd - Crew Love (Love Thy Brother Remix) by Oscar213

Video: Florence & The Machine Covers Drake’s “Take Care”

During a stop at BBC’s Live Lounge, Florence & The Machine covered Drake’s “Take Care.” In a scenario that could only be described as a Charlie Kaufman like screenplay in its layers “I’ll Take Care of You” was originally done by Gil Scott-Heron, then Jamie xx remixed it. Then Drake remixed that, and now Florence covers Drake’s version. So here is where we are now…