Common - Blue Sky (Official Video)

I knew this sample sounded familiar... Common - Blue Sky ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

Ludacris x Rilo Kiley - Moneymaking Money

Producers take note: This is how you flip a sample. This songs been in the rotation for a while now Ludacris x Rilo Kiley - Moneymaking Money (The Hood Internet) And the original by Rilo Kiley. It's actually a mini documentary but, if you just want the music, skip to 9:10

Game - Red Nation ft. Lil Wayne

A sick video from the upcoming R.E.D. Album. The main sample is the classic dance track and popular sports anthem Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation.

New School vs. Sample Source

Which is better? the 80's punk original? or the David Guetta Remix?

Gramophonedzie - Why Don't You

Bass Thumpin' Thursdays - The Go! Team

Bass Thumpin' Thursdays - International Dance Hits

Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On

A sample of Modest Mouse + Lupe Fiasco's killer flow = Good Music

The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts Trailer

The Go! Team is an amazing mash-up of various styles and influences and they have an album dropping on February 1st entitled Rolling Blackouts. Check out the trailer for the album below and a mini documentary on the group under that. The Go! Team was one of the first groups we spotlighted here at Digitally Read almost a year ago and if you like what you hear, make sure to swoop up their album when it drops next month.

Kanye West - Monster and Welcome to Heartbreak

Kanye West just dropped a couple of videos this week and we picked them up. First up is a collaboration with Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Jay-Z titled Monster and the other features Kid Cudi and is called Welcome to Heartbreak.

Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (1979)

The sample that made Will Smith get Jiggy wit it. Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer.

Bass Thumpin' Thursdays

Today, I bring to you an assortment of music that has been coursing through my head, as well as my car and computer speakers. First up is a new song by British artist Wiley. This addictive dance/ rap track has infected me since I first heard it and reminded me of the song it sampled: White Town's Your Woman. White Town's original featured a sampled trumpet line taken from "My Woman" by Al Bowlly, therefore Wiley's Song is a sample of a sample. Don't be dismissive however, because Wiley makes great use of the source material. This pulsing track is an excellent lesson on how to use a sample that's rarely been used to make an entirely new compilation. Too often producers try to use the same samples that have been shown to be tried and true hits. They follow the reasoning that if a song sold 10 million copies, they can nab a percentage of that original song's fan base. Regardless, here is my first pick, as well as the sampled source material from the 90's.

Wiley Ft. Emeli Sande - Never Be Your Woman

White Town - Your Woman

Next up is another act that's gaining popularity in the UK, Serbian DJ Gramophonedzie. Aside from being a DJ, Gramophonedzie (real name Marko Milicevic) studied Sound Design at Belgrade University, in Serbia. He has made music for many video commercials, shows, films and produced projects of some major hip-hop groups in Serbia as well as the theme for the Balkan version of Big Brother. He is definitely an act to watch and we wish the best for Gramophonedzie when and if he decides to drop a full-length album.

Gramophonedzie - Why Don't You

Lastly, to round out the April Foolishness, I'd like to share a little ditty that has my head bobbing like, well, a bobble-head doll. Rene Ablaze (real name Rene Bos) started his career in 1986 in smaller clubs and discotheques and surprised many people while playing a fledgling musical genre known as trance. His off-the-cuff sets never repeated themselves and Rene was always happy to take audience requests. "Beside working for his own company “ABLAZE PRODUCTIONS”, which among other things deals with mediation of artists and music productions, Rene also founded the record company “REDUX RECORDINGS” That is growing to a very populair [sic] Trance Label" according to Rene's Myspace. Check out Floating from Rene Ablaze and give me some feedback on music you like and would like to hear.

Rene Ablaze - Floating

The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike

An amalgam of a variety of styles, samples, and influences, The Go! Team has a creative and unique approach to the art of the music video as eclectic as their music itself. If you like this stuff, be sure to check out The Go! Team's first album Thunder, Lightning, Strike.