New Music: Tenda McFly – TheStoryOfMyLife (Mixtape)

Out of Brisbane, Australia! Don’t let that turn you off, this is some good stuff! Dig left-field, hipster-type rap like Chiddy Bang, Kid Cudi and Theophlius London? You might could f-ck with this!

Video: Die Antwoord – Enter The Ninja (Live on Jimmy Kimmel)

I think Jimmy Kimmel had it about right when he introduced this performance by syaing: “You’re about to see something unusual….” Now that I’ve discovered that these dudes are now signed to Interscope and that it might be nothing more than an elaborate performance art spoof created by a South African comedian with a background in hip hop, I’m not as forgiving and intrigued as I was before, especially when dude might be using the word, ‘ninja’ as a synonym for another N-word like many on the Internets do. Or maybe I should be more intrigued now?? Listening to this song was proof to me that hip hop really has become pop and making a hit record is easier than ever: a melodic synth pop beat, a sung hook and some semi-competent universal, heartfelt rhymes and you’re good to go! Erykah might be right. We need a board…..

Previously on The Kitchen:

Watch the Die Antwoord – Zef Side music video.

And hit the jump for the music video version of “Enter the Ninja” (more…)

CONTEST: Win Tickets for DIGIWAXX, THE BLOOM EFFECT, MIZ METRO & CMJ present IMPORT/EXPORT

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“An International Urban Explosion Bridging the Global Divide.” Check the plug/event description:

“Artists from Sudan to Norway, Israel and France will share the stage in the only International Hip-Hop CMJ showcase. Import-Export features an international lineup of hip hop luminaries spanning the globe who descend upon 92YTribeca for an unforgettable battle of beats and multilingual MCs. Blessing the stage are: Philemon, Emmanuel, Sagol 59, Erin Barra, Lido Lido, Bab Collective feat. Miz Metro, Felecia Cruz and Adrienne Mack, and DJ Logan Sama. Hosted by Eternia. CMJ badgeholders welcome!”

The Kitchen is giving away a pair of tickets for this event. To enter to win them, you must do the following:

1. Follow me at @Stellaskid.

2. RT this exact following message: “@DigiwaxxMedia, THE BLOOM EFFECT, @MIZMETRO & #CMJ pres. Import-Export Oct. 21 @92YTribeca hosted by @TheRealEternia http://bit.ly/aNAOU0”

A winner will be selected at random from all eligible entries. CLICK HERE for more details on the show.

Thanks to Amanda and Wendi at 92YTribeca for the tickets. Hit the jump to watch the trailer for the Import-Export show. (more…)

Music Video: Die Antwoord – Zef Side

This is wild old (almost a year at this point) but I just got up on it from Captain Crawl blog search site. There’s so much I could say about this but I’ma just let it ride. On a semi-related note, I saw Mayer Hawthorne last night on the Mazda 2 Music tour with the beautiful Tanika Charles opening up. Thanks to the homie, Josh and my dude Martin (aka DJ Graffiti) on the ticket hook-up. Look up upcoming dates (including NYC) are HERE.

Music Video: Ski Beatz feat. Anarchy, Rino Latina II, 漢 & Maccho – 24 Bars To Kill

New version of “The Prowler” featuring all-Japanese MC’s apparently from a special edition version of Ski Beatz’ 24 Hour Karate School project being released in Japan on October 20th.



And here’s the original (or is it? Did this version make the album because I didn’t get to check it out yet, but had heard all of Mos’ parts were removed because he wasn’t cleared?! WTFH??!?):







[via Semtex]