Im presenting you the perfect soundtrack for the spring/summer 2009. Dancing till your flipflop burning! I tried to make this setup with all genre across hiphop to electro, jazzfunk to trip hop. Inspired form the Air&Style aftershow-party and Fabio i also created this wallpaper just for you and this post. Hope you like this post and i made you bounce and happy.
Estelle – “Wait a minute” ( Just a touch )
A great voice, smooth rap-flow with a mix of hiphop and reggae-style – that fits to most of the british musicians nowadays. And so to her too. DJ Dynamite recorded in 2002 a great Album (“Welcome to the World of Joni Rewind”), no doubt the album was great, but what made this record so outstanding was just one song – “Uptown Top Rankin” – the remake of Althea and Donna.
Today Estelle lives in NewYork, makes music with Kayne West, John Legend und all top notch of the US-rap-biz.”Wait a minute” was her 2nd release and it comes with perfect sample, with perfect rap, and perfect hook. Just perfect!
Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris – “Dance Wiv Me”
The Grime-Days are over…thats what i think when i hear this tune. Back in 2003 Dizzee let all her critics and listener standing around with wide opened mouth and smiling faces – her debut album was just sexy and blew my shoes off. Minimalistic, roughen Lo-Fi-vibes coming from hiphop, electro and techno – that was the secret. Now 6 years later, with more then tousands of sold records and some winning prices later, there isnt so much left of this roughen “Roll Deep Sound” like in the beginning of this great career. But thats not really negative, because when Calvin Harris´80s-Indie-Electro meets Dizzees Rascal Grime past, it can just equal one thing – that sounds suspiciously like a summerhit to me
Chromeo – “Bonafied Lovin” ( Riots In Belgium Remix )
“The only succesfully arabic-jewish partnership since the beginning of the human culture” is what the label V2 says about their musicians Dave 1 and P-Thug. This duo is action since ever and shows and makes us listen to, how understanding among nation with canadion accent works and sounds. But what sounds here very political is just pure fun – rock guitars ( no Rock guitar heroes ) and rhodeo meets analog synthies and a 808 drum-machine. Sound, that is made to move your feets and what i call electro-funk as its best. The original version of this song is a masterpiece – but Riots In Belgium give them another touch with a portion of POWER with, that none in the crowd stop from bouncing. ( ohohohoh )
Kraak & Smaak ft. Ben Westbeech – “Squeeze Me”
Heineken, Van Gogh, me, and Kraak & Smaak. The four most famous things to come out from the netherlands. Some of you wont agree this quote of the biography on the profile on myspace, but this trio comes from my hometown, the 120.000 ppl big town Leiden. And yes, the know how to make good music. Kraak & Smaak make their own music, and their own definition of this sound is “Future-Funk”. Its a mix of liveinstruments with programmed beats and guestvocals such as Ben Westbeech or Dudley Perkins. You have to watch the video to “Squeeze Me” or i kill you (joke) – flip-book as its best, just love it!
Golden Bug – “Bisco”
The frenchmusic industry earns lot of success, and if the french ppl just had sent Justice, Daft Punk & co., the “grande nation” wouldnt have fallen in this collective depression. But that outside of the illustrious circle of Ed Banger Records one hattrick follows the other, proves Golden Bug. His tunes are little dangerous missiles, made of gloomy basslines, cross synthiesound und really fucked off vocals. France = division winner 
Blind Alphabetz ft. Sean Price – “Hammer”
Some say, this band is the answer of Public Enemy, others just hit the spot like my friend Fu did – its a wonderful mixture of hiphop, spoken words, lots of poesie, with thoughtfulness and subject matter. The two MCs Mohammed Yaha and Iron Braydz are pious musleme and brought us with “Luvolution” hiphop as its best and not this gangster/crime/shit and without MTV look. And when you can get Sean Price, the NewYorker scene-heavy-weight, it just can go perfect. Thats how hiphop should sound in 2009, <3!
www.myspace.com/blindalphabetz
Siedah Garrett – “Do you want it right now”
Sometimes member of the Brand New Heavies, worldwide succesfully duett with Michael Jackson, discovered by Quincy Jones, songs written for Aretha Franklin, walk-ons with the Commodores and Chaka Khan and last but not least, sampled by the house-genious Armand van Helden. This woman had to tell you many many storys while having a good bottle of vino together. However, this 80s revival-thing could be very exhausting (probably), but this song, that has to be said here, is just amazing, still unbelievable good!
Kings of Leon – “Fans”
To make things clear, for all friends of good riffs and whiskeyfucked vocals, to a real bbq or party with friends, a real good rocksong shouldnt be missing. And here the Kings fit like the herbed butter to your steaks. “fans” is now two years ol, but is still a wonderful-melancholic song, that comes stright to your ears when you hear this itchy voice of the leadsinger. And im allowed to quote Noel Gallagher
“The Kings of Leon are my new fucking favourite band!”
Yes King ft. Tor, Baby Chann, Ayak&Mystro -”Crunch”
Oh behave – and again im addicted to the british kingdom. Yes King is a project that started years ago with Mark Rae and Rhys Adams. This release from the UK made it clear and showed me/us once again, the border crossing naturalness of this hiphop, the sky has no limit.
www.myspace.com/yeskingrecords
Roisin Murphy – “You know me better”
What can i say, shes an irish producer-songwriter and known for her electronica style, shes founded Molokko ( one of my fav bands ever ) and started her own way back in 2004. When relations break, or go their own ways, sometimes its not enough to split your house, sometimes bands split too. And so she said “Ciao, byebye” to Mark Byrdon and the band Molokko. But she is very expermimental and a real limelight hog, and it was clear that she wont stay inside her 4 walls. Since that day she toured to nearly every stage in the world with her solo performance. In 2007 in moscow, she headbanged so hard on a gig, that she hit her head on a chair next to her and had to cancel this concert. Yes when she bangs, shes in her elements. Electronical music with rockn roll attitudes, what else can i say – shes good, shes hot, shes a woman!
