Monday, February 28, 2011

F*ck you, Haiku

It is with great pleasure that I announce a new installment of the Landing Pad! A daily haiku brought to you for your enjoyment. Each day,17 syllables of  insightful perspective, reflection on nature, and the address of common problems our society faces today whether it's ugly chicks, light pollution, or penis envy (that's you, not me). Even a stab at Doo Doo Mamas of America! I promise you won't be let down. However, if you are a true connoisseur of prose and poetry and manage to stumble across the haiku series you'll probably be little more than slightly nauseous in which case I'd recommend that you pop some Skittles and chill the fuck out. Really excited about this...no, the picture is not entirely relevant, I simply hoped to evoke a similar level of disgust with the series to come.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Back to Lupe

Next month is looking to be a great one for hip-hop with Mac Miller's new mixtape Best Day Ever, Wiz Khalifa's new album Rolling Papers, and Lupe Fiasco's long awaited Lasers all dropping in March. A new Lupe song made it's way onto the internet recently called All Black Everything. So as to avoid confusion with the P.O.S. Soulja Boy track that you'll no doubt find if you search this title on youtube I've gone ahead and posted it below along with another one of my favorites he released not too long ago titled Words I Never Said. Enjoy on the one condition that you'll crank Soulja Boy in the face if ever given the chance... thank you in advance.

OFWGKTA - WTF WTF

Hold up. Damn these guys are nuts. Seriously on some other shit when it comes to Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. Yeah, they sound fucking crazy right? Hands down these guys are the dopest set I've come across in a while. Download the album Bastard, the handiwork of Tyler, The Creator and the rest of the Wolf Gang crew. Also check out the Yonkers video at ToastedRobots.

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Also, peep the dot com OFWOGKTA

Monday, February 21, 2011

For you loners out there

I stumbled on this great track today. For those of you who don't already know, Nero is an amazing dubstep artist well known for songs like Act Like You Know. This track, a remix of the song Recluse by Plan B, is one of my favorite. The song speaks for itself. You just might lock yourself in your room with this track on repeat... I know I'm about to.
Btw, don't forget to check out the original track. It's far from my usual tastes but somehow still found it's way onto my iTunes before I even finished listening to it so it's definitely worth a listen.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Smoke DZA

Puff, puff, pass! Smoke DZA is one of my favorite artists as of recent. Dope hash-baked flow with awesome features (Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T, Mickey Factz, and more), this George Kush Da Button Mixtape is stuck on my playlists. It's been out for a minute but if you didn't get it, get on it. Snatch it HERE. It's 4:20 somewhere.

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

robot+pirate=???

So a few months ago I found this pretty funny video for a pretty funny song called robot pirates. If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth checking out so i'll post it.

After seeing this video I thought I would be pretty justified in assuming this would be the best thing to come of the unlikely duo of robots and pirates. I was wrong. I stumbled upon the Disturbing Pleasant Streets EP the other day. Its a great listen brought to us by Robotic Pirate Monkey. You can think it's a coincidence... but you'd be wrong. It's now been proven... Robot + Pirate = win
Here's the first track off the EP titled Into a Dream. Enjoy and definitely check out the other tracks.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Bass... Nectar

Bassnectar has got to be one of the coolest and most accurate artist alias ever. My friend recently put me on the Bassnectar remix of Ellie Goulding's song Lights and umm... well... this song melted my face... and then my soul drank it. Do be warned, nothing you've ever heard or will hear will allow you to reach this sort of eargasm again... Enjoy, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Maverick Sabre

Large ups to my boy from across the pond!  Out of England, I bring to you Maverick Sabre, the lyrically inclined artist of the acoustic guitar/ hip-hop genre. I found this guy on a feature with Professor Green and had to pull up a search tab before the video was over. I don't currently have a playlist that he isn't on, he's that dope. His mellow vocals and smooth beats often coupled by guitar have a unique sound; it's as if the best sounds of reggae and conscious hip-hop decided to gang up on some dope beats. Enjoy a full interview,courtesy if the good folks at Beatnik. Check out his Bandcamp profile for the free download of his mixtape Traveling Man here. Peep the video, Professor Green feat. Maverick Sabre in "Jungle"

Dear Blog,


I feel like I've neglected you and I deeply apologize. I promise you I won't ever leave you alone like I did these past weeks. Yes, my homework is my bread and butter, but you...you do something to me that's hard to explain. Maybe I haven't been in my right mind lately, hopefully some regular waken baken sessions will cure this. I love you, I really do.


                                                   Sincerely,
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