[Music Video] Freedom Writers – The Grille

Hardcore and conscious. Y’all confused by that concept? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s defintion of intelligence does apply here. Get smart!

[DJ mix] Arcee, Kaewonder, & Dj Serious present Cratery #43

Spotted on the homie, Arcee‘s twitter feed:

The Canadian content on Cratery is at an all-time high. Could be the influence of our bi-coastal brethren Sipreano and Birdapres. It could be a desire to snatch up that local sh*t for trade leverage. Or an overwhelming source of national pride (It’s probably not the last one). The CANCON on this month’s episode arrives courtesy of 3 tripped out artists from Quebec: Guy Rheaume, Sex and Les Champignons [ed note: I don’t see Les Champignons in the track list below]. So much incredible music was recorded in Quebec in the 60’s and 70’s. Sadly, much of it remains unknown. We do venture outside of La Belle Province with selections like Irene Kral’s “Wheelers and Dealers”, a recent vocal jazz discovery I found in a local spot for $6. Kaewonder reminds us not to sleep on the Carla Thomas catalog (as does Madlib) and DJ Serious unearths a randomly alternate version of George Benson’s “The Changing World” (without the ‘I used to love H.E.R. sample). Cratery 43, bitches. Stream it or download below.

I love the fact that there’s a skip at the end of the Johnny Trouble record (real vinyl, yeah!) and “2,4,6,8”, one of my favorite songs from my favorite album of all time, is in this mix.

TRACKLIST:
1. Irene Kral – Wheelers and dealers
2. Guy Rheaume – Ca Tourne
3. Tim Maia – Joao Coragem
4. Premiere Capsule – Folies du Mercredi
5. Sex – Born to love
6. Ahmad Jamal – Patterns
7. Gary Burton – Vibrafinger
8. Twelve Top Hits – Chicago
9. Johnny Trouble – Turns me on
10. Bobby Wilson – Don’t shut me out
11. Carla Thomas – I’ve fallen in love with you
12. O Donel Levy – I wanna be where you are
13. Jackson 5 – 2-4-6-8
14. Bobbie Huston – I want to make it with you
15. George Benson – The Changing World

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Stream:

Alt. download link: Arcee + Kaewonder + Dj Serious – Cratery #43

[MP3] The Weeknd – Enemy

New track apparently not part of the official, commercial release of his three mixtapes under the name, Trilogy on November 13. Word to The Smiths‘ “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” on the chorus.

[Album Stream] Listen to Kid Koala’s 12 Bit Blues in FULL

Blurb swaggerjacked from CBC Music:

The continuing adventures of Montreal turntablist, Kid Koala have brought us all a healthy dose of the blues. The endlessly creative phenom’s latest album is 12 bit Blues, an homage to the classic E-mu SP-1200 drum machine and sampler that fulfills a childhood dream and the Kid’s creative impulse.

“But y’know, technology has caught up and, by today’s standards, it’s almost completely pointless to make records using this machine! But that was almost the challenge; I wanted to do this future/past blues record and use these hip-hop tools. So, all of these are essentially studies in that and I just numbered them as such. Back in my classical piano days, it’d always be ‘Study #2,’ ‘Study #3’ and you’d learn things along the way.”

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[via Exclaim!]

[BLOG WORLD PREMIERE] Sam Roberts Band – Let it In (Grandtheft Remix)

Former Eh! Team member and party rockin’ DJ extraordinaire, Grandtheft lets loose his rather bangin’ remix of Sam Roberts Band‘s “Let it In.” Be prepared to move!

Grandtheft previously on The Kitchen:

– Justin Bieber – Boyfriend (Grandtheft & Yung Skeeter Edit)

– Keys N Krates – Give Me the Night w/ Grand Theft / Lyrics Born – Lies X3 (remix)

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