Big K.R.I.T. & Yelawolf
As much as I can hate on the interwebs and how it’s destroyed the quality of music by flooding the industry with quantity, there are occasionally artists that I hear from small towns (Meridian, Mississippi?) and far away places that I never would of likely run into if it wasn’t for the interweb.
Big K.R.I.T.
I came across this dudes mixtape a few months ago. Good to see he is picking up of some recognition. He’s part of that next generation of rappers who are talented, but won’t go anyway. (Not their fault. The game’s done changed…) But don’t mistake the fact he will never sell out the Garden in four minutes deter you from listening, if you are a hip-hop head. K.R.I.T. does a lot of his own production too.
Here’s a remix of Hometown Hero with Yelawolf:
Yelawolf
First time I saw dude was in Pill’s video for Trap Goin’ Ham. The girls at work were swooning, I did some research and turns out the Alabama representative is a rapper. Definitely wasn’t feeling the first few times I listened to his mixtapes and he’s an acquired taste, but he has grown on me.
Tags: Big K.R.I.T., Yelawolf
Ross + Badu
Slightly late on this one, but I have a good excuse.
Tags: Erykah Badu, Rick Ross, Turn Me Away (Get Munny), Window Seat (Remix)
I’ve got some issues that nobody can see…
And all these emotions are pouring out of me.
Tags: Kid Cudi, Soundtrack 2 My Life
DiegoStocco – Bassoforte
Few days ago I started thinking about how I could re-purpose the keyboard of the dismantled piano I keep in the garden, so I thought to build a new instrument by combining it with some other parts I had laying around.
I ended up with this mechanical hybrid thing I thought to call “Bassoforte” (bass + pianoforte).The neck is from a broken electric bass, as a bridge I used a cabinet handle, the pickups are from a guitar, and the part at the top where the strings are attached is a chimney cap, which works as resonator as well as percussive sound.
The track I created is a tribute to my Dad who is a big fan of Western comic books and “spaghetti western” films, and because of him I am too.
I hope you’ll like it!
The track is available also at my Bandcamp page: http://diegostocco.bandcamp.com/track/bassoforte
Here you can see a gallery with pictures and more detailed descriptions: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Bassoforte/535175
