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Mark Ronson| ‘Bang Bang Bang’ [Video]

// June 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // Video

Whether you love him or loathe him, Mark Ronson always keeps it current. He dresses dapper, parties with celebs and last we heard, has a nice little French actress/model in his corner. Yeah if you think about it, we’d have a slight dislike for the lad also, but we’re more focused on the music he puts out. “Bang Bang Bang” is heavy track and is sure to be heating up your Summer, visuals are up above. “Record Collection” will see daylight soon.

Week in Review [May 24th - May31st]

// May 31st, 2010 // No Comments » // Listening Section, News

Another week at the cafe, hope you guys had a great Memorial Day Weekend.

Major Lazer x La Roux | Lazerproof [Free Mixtape]
Vampire Weekend | Holiday [Video]
Jovi Rockwell | Keep It Real [Video]
Introducing Lea Mason
The Black Keys | Tighten Up [Live on Letterman]
Mark Ronson | Bang Bang Bang feat Q-tip [Audio]
Gil-Scott Heron | New York is Killing Me feat Mos Def
Francis and The Lights | For Days [Audio]
Lissie feat Ellie Goulding | Everywhere I Go [Video]
Donnis | Yup [Audio]
Grouplove | Goldcoast [Audio]
Outlandish | Let Off Some Steam [Video]
Everything Everything | Schooling
Local Natives | World News [Video]

Mark Ronson | Bang Bang Bang feat Q-Tip [Audio]

// May 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // Listening Section

Couldn’t resist throwing this picture up. Mark Ronson recruits the services of Q-Tip for his track Bang Bang Bang for Ronson’s upcoming album, which is due this September.

We are huge fans of Ronson’s last two albums, and obviously getting a head of ourselves, we are sure the third one will be just as good.

Mark Ronson – Bang Bang Bang feat Q-Tip

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New Years Eve…… Events, Parties & More!

// December 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // News

The biggest night of the year is tomorrow and if you’re plans are undecided on all the festivities happening in New York, here’s a listing of some events that should make the night go smoother.

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Hollywood Q’s Top Videos Of ’09

// December 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Video

Fever Ray- “When I Grow Up”- Taking the word “Haunting” to an extreme level, Karin Andersson definitely raised the creativity bar and scared the hell out of many.

Howlies- “Angeline” Providing one catchy single and a real in depth look into our MTA system and for that reason alone you gotta love it.



Washed Out- “Feel It All Around”; Ernest Green aka Washed Out made me think about the good times that Summer brings with this chill out video.

Q-Tip Ft. Norah Jones- “Life Is Better”; Who would’ve thought that such a collab could create such magic! 15 years strong and Hip Hop still makes me appreciate true gems like this.


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Q – Tip | Life is Better Feat Norah Jones [Video]

// October 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // Video

This just released video, Life is Better, is off of Q-Tip‘s 2008, (underrated and overlooked) The Renaissance album .  It’s weird that you have a video from an album that hasn’t been making much noise since Spring.  But maybe the record company was sitting on this.  Either way, go cop The Renaissance and his Q-Tip’s latest album, Kamaal The Abstract (an album recorded in 2001, but released in September 2009).

BlakRoc Project | WebEpisode 1 & 2 [Video]

// October 1st, 2009 // No Comments » // Video

A couple of weeks ago we posted the trailer for Dame Dash and Black Keys‘ project entitled, BlakRoc [here].  This week we’re posting web episodes 1 & 2.  It’s a detailed version of the trailer.  We have high hopes for this project.  In this day and age its rare that artists meet in studios and work together. For each artist to come in the studio and lay down vocals with the Black Keys, only makes the music that much better.  Episode 1 after the jump.

BlakRoc [Official Site]
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Mos Def| Casa Bey (Video)

// May 13th, 2009 // No Comments » // Video

While we here have been vibing to this tune all last week, Mos Def was nice enough to drop a video for us yesterday for “Casa Bey” the Banda Black Rio sample where Mos got his inspiration on the track after a trip to South America. The “Estatic” drops on June 9th and is rumored to be a return to the “Black On Sides” era, not sure about that after the release of his last two albums. Great tune though and looking forward to see if Dante Smith could be the Jonathan Davis (Q-Tip) of 2009.