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He’s my fave. xo

Abel starts off the album with a cover/re-work of MJ’s “dirty diana”(kills it), and continues his 3rd (amazing) album with the beautiful sound of piano, percussion, strong words and beautiful voice.

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Album leaked 2 nights ago but I will definitely still buy it on November 15th to support (how else will Drizzy be able to afford the strippers? If we don’t support, he might just stop rapping about all that good-life shit!)
Warning: listening to it will give you mad chills. The production done by 40(Drake’s producer), and a few others (Jamie Smith from “The XX”, The Neptunes, Boi-1da) is insannnnnne! 40 sampled some tracks and re-vamped them into a ridiculous vibe. Most of them are however, his (few from the other’s) very own. Lets just say the engineer knows what the hell he’s doing and he’s damn good at it doing it. There is no I in TEAM and that definitely shows through Drake and 40′s friendship/partnership in their music.Without each other, who knows what would have been?
Again, Drake raps about his exciting life stories in many words and expressions of emotion. New girls he’s been with, new dudes he’s passed by, new money he’s earned, new crib he’s bought, new music he’s conquered , new places he’s been, relationship with fam and his peeps – you know, shit like that. But it’s fucking good. It’s not always what he says, it’s the way he says it and in the form of expressing that he does it in aka: GOOD MUSIC.
OK, so I’m a fan obviously, but if you aren’t very familiar – take a listen and you might just become a little bit in love (with the music). There are also a few cameos to look forward to: Stevie Wonder, Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Chantal Kreviazuk and The Weeknd.
Here are a few that stood out for me (it was hard to narrow down, I seriously love ‘em all)
Over my dead body – girl Chantal Kreviazuk sounds like an angel in this one. Being the first song of the album, it shot chills down my whole body, no joke.
A little family love: “Look what you’ve done” (beautiful sound of piano and fuzz of a room full of people in the background + grandma’s recording at the end)
It’s The Motto bitch. YOLO (You only live once) – that phrase will def be over-used like a mutha’ until the next “motto” they come out with. Hey, at least it’s a good one. Carpe Diem baby, that’s the way I live life – to the fullest.
Camera’s / Good Ones Go – I like the bouncy ” how you mean, how you mean? Whatchu know about the team?” “she look like a star, but only on camera, only on camera” and the bits of background soul/r&B singing is amazing.
Crew Love feat The Weeknd: sick, ass, beat.
I will definitely practice some booty poppin to this song. Boom boom boooooommdiddy dum dumm

Hey Drake, you’re hot.

A couple of weeks ago I was browsing through Drizzy Drake’s blog and found out about a new Toronto-based (Woop Woop Canadian pride!) R&B artist called “The Weeknd“. Since then, he’s been flowing on my iPod repeatedly.

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I recently went to listen to the sounds of “Smalltown DJ’s” @ Fortune Sound Club. The hype to hear these dudes was massive. It was crazy busy inside of Fortune, full of hipsters, scensters and people ready to party. After putting together a way-cool ensemble (purple tights, a hippie fringe dress, flowery vintage blazer and my killer new miss sixty booties along with some big hair & accessories) I rocked the night away (literally didn’t stop dancing all night long) to some ear-loving tunes.

Pete Emes, and  Mike Grimes are the two creative music-making minds behind the decks. Their “fun maximization philosophy” (the unifying force be-hind the Smalltown’s genre-warping club sets) never disapoints a crowd ready to have a great time. They started out in Calgary in the late 90′s and still rock the house around the world today. They describe their sound as “community hall punk rock, block party hip-hop and early nineties rave” or “AC/DC. Meets Raffi. At a water-slide park. With a lot (a LOT) of beer”.

So basically, I had a grannnnndd time and would love to hear their fabulous sound again. Heres a video I found to get a glimpse of their party scene, and a link to download their sweet “best of 2009 mix”.  Plus a few party pics of the night. ENJOY :)

PEACE & LOVE – MAR

DOWNLOAD!DOWNLOAD!DOWNLOAD!

http://smalltownromeo.blogspot.com/2009/12/smalltown-best09-mix.html

http://www.myspace.com/smalltowndjs