SONGS OF THE DAY: MAKJ and Lil Jon – Let’s Get Fucked Up and Contiez ft Treyy G – Trumpsta

Dance music and rap have always been paired together. Going back to the origins of rap, the first major hip-hop song, “Rapper’s Delight,” was rapped over the disco record “Good Times” by Chic. Fast forward to 2014 and Lil’ Jon, no stranger to EDM having already worked with Laidback Luke, LMFAO, and DJ Snake, and also being the rapper seeming most sampled for hype tracks, shouts his trademark “Let’s Get Fucked Up” over aggressive dirty electro beats by MAKJ. Is it Shakespeare? No. Will it be massive at every pool party during Miami Music Week and Winter Music Conference? Yes. Coming from down under, “Trumpsta” exploded on the Melbourne bounce scene and gave 19 year-old producer/DJ Contiez his breakout hit. Based on an insanely catchy trumpet hook, the banging Djuro remix plays the perfect backing for rapper Treyy G’s playful verses. Yes, trumpet plus gangsta equals “trumpets,” and the two fit perfectly together unlike anything you’ve heard before. The video is quite funny as well with the rapper dressed as Donald Trump and controlling people with his vigorous hand motions (as opposed to the cash of the original). Both tracks are not safe for work in their original versions, but there are clean versions available for the impending commercial crossover here in the US.


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MAKJ and Lil Jon – Let’s Get Fucked Up and Contiez ft Treyy G – Trumpsta

SONG OF THE DAY: Medicinne – Saving / Lucid

Following from yesterday’s theme of mellower genres rising from the EDM/big room sound, let’s take a listen to these two deep/tech-house tracks from Medicinne.? The duo of Arcader (“Pillowtalk”) and Allen Tagle start with “Saving,” which is a bit more uptempo with a bouncy beat, effected vocal, and bit of the retro Nu-House vibe while still staying in the tech-house world.? “Lucid” feels more like a progressive concept album track from the ’70s, as produced with modern electronic elements.? It has a few guitar elements that are reminiscent of Deep Dish during the “Flashdance” era, but overall has more of a feel of mid-’90s progressive house/trance.??Both tracks will work for DJs looking for deeper tracks for early evening play and for listeners looking for tech-house tracks that have a beat that you can still chill with.

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Medicinne – Saving / Lucid

SONG OF THE DAY: Porter Robinson – Sea of Voices

Here’s an electronic record that you can’t really dance to.? There’s been a lot of buzz over “Sea of Buzz,” the first track from Porter Robinson’s forthcoming ‘Worlds’ album, because it is completely unexpected.? Just as Avicii incorporated country music into his recent album, Porter has moved away from the electrohouse he is known for (“Spitfire,” “Vandalism,” “Language”) and created a beautiful soundscape for listening while chilling out.? There are no banging beats, massive drops, or shouting “throw your hands in the air.”? The beautiful soundscape washes over you with strings and effected backing vocals until the lead comes in with a simple melody.? Whether the rest of his album will continue in this more BT/m83 direction is unknown, but it definitely does bring a few things to mind.? The banging big room electro/festival EDM sound seems to be starting to slow down with the rise of slower-tempoed nu-house in the UK and deep house across from Europe.? This kind of chilled-out soundscape might be part of that natural evolution.? Since electronic music has been so embraced by the current generation, it only makes sense that they will want to listen to it outside of the club, and let’s face it, the majority of banging EDM tracks just don’t make sense outside of the normal environment.? Chilled-out house and mellower tracks fit that bill much more readily.? “Sea of Voices” is not what you would expect from Porter Robinson, but it’s a sign that during his time off touring to produce his album that he explored some new ideas and might be on the cusp of a major transition in the electronic music world.

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Porter Robinson – Sea of Voices