Video: Corinne Bailey Rae, “I’d Do It All Again” Live On Jimmy Kimmel
I think it’s safe to say that Corinne is aware of the fact that she keeps her eyes closed during her performances and therefore needs to have fantastic eye makeup steez. Also her jumpsuit is so fly I immediately felt bad about my outfit today. As for the music, what more do you want us to say? We know that she doesn’t have to see in order to perform this dope cut from new album, The Sea. She kills it! She may not jump around and have things blow up around her but I’m pretty sure she dropped all panties and boxers in that room. Everybody probably left immediately to go make love, which means XXXmas babies! Ok we can’t verify that but people should have left immediately after and got it on. Corinne Bailey Rae is hella smooth!–Judnick Mayard
Audio: Trazz F/Lloyd “Internet Love”
When New York rap isn’t under fire, too bad the rest of the state goes unnoticed. Trazz doesn’t get salty like the ground in his snow-ridden hometown of Buffalo, he’s got bangers like his latest with Lloyd to remind you that the Big Apple stretches beyond the five boroughs.
Don’t let the title of the cyber love opus fool you though, it’s not the same ol’ song sung by rapping technophiles. History has proven you can’t trust songs that involve sexting, e-mailing nude pics, or the flavor of the month, Chatroulette. We come to expect a sample of Zapp & Roger’s “Computer Love,” followed by a subsequent video of models spending what brain cells are left on their pewters. The Trazz twist is a little less predictable. Listen below.
Download: Trazz F/Lloyd, “Internet Love”
Letter from the Editor/DJ: Richard “Treats” Dryden
It’s a rare feeling when you think you’re the only normal person in the room. It’s tingly, like goosebumps, or rubbing a balloon against the hairs on your forearm. No matter how weird shit gets onstage, albeit a girl being attacked from the waist-down by Theophilus London, or a gnawing thought of a Mickey Factz lyric prefaced by his need to emphasize “Truthfully,” these are musicians who can make magic. You see the strings being pulled by DJ Treats (no third person hubris). Playing the tracks, scratching the samples, my role as a music technician was the heir apparent to a Michael Caine in The Prestige. Despite where the spotlight shines—most of the time in the direction of the talent—there was always someone who can see the pledge, and the turn, before the prestige. That is what FADER Media did when they tapped me as Suite903’s new editor. Who knew that months after running through London town, Japan to California, that I’d be here as an eyewitness to the musical massacre journalists pen from a distance. We go in to give those first-hand accounts, the flashes of brilliance that come with the first four bars of an artist’s voice, or the glow of a true performer through Suite903TV. With that, I welcome you to total soul.
Video: Lupe Fiasco & Kenna, “Resurrection”
This is the official video for the track these dudes made for Haiti, and accordingly it’s a collage of stunning, heartbreaking images from the destruction and recovery. It’s also a good reminder that the post-earthquake situation is going to affect the country for years, so don’t stop donating just because it’s not in the immediate news cycle.
Video: Erykah Badu Is Dolled Up In Her Window Seat
Technically it takes Erykah Badu 4 minutes and 20 seconds to do her makeup. The other 32 seconds of Ms. Erykah’s teaser is saved for mugging in the mirror, and a few funny faces (no fuck faces, sorry guys). Is she trying to send a message through “Window Seat”? She will grant fans intimate access to the treasured moment of beautification. Clearly vanity doesn’t kill. Erykah puts on her best. Now only if Vanity 6 could have got the memo back in the day for “Make Up.” See the video below.
Via RapRadar
Video: J*Davey, “Get Together”
This video is essentially: a bunch of people having a slumber party took ecstasy and caught feelings. Even the double vision part and the scary fox dude are pitch-perfect! You think we’re making stuff up? Check the lyric If you’re looking for a high/ well I surely got the guy/ let me take you there. Fox dude is gonna get ya! Stay clean kids!
Video: U-N-I f. Miguel, “Lately”
This is ABSOLUTELY the kind of slow jam we still fiend for since the physical copies of mixtapes got deaded in 2007 aka the year that Drama died. Which is also to say it’s not that 2010-sounding, but not everyone can be Kanye or Basement Jaxx or Will.i.Am or wait what? Nextel Chirp us if you wanna go out for a beverage this weekend, shorty, we’ll just be chilling thinking about the Left Coast.
(via Nah Right)
Solange, “Under Construction”
You never know what to expect from Solange but at least the lady keeps it interesting. We’ve been playing this song for 15 minutes on repeat. Why do we like it? To put it simply: it stirs the eternal J. Davey love that resides in our hearts. Stronger voice from Knowles (that sounds pretty damn great), similar sentiment. #notmadatall. -Judnick Mayard
Download: Solange, “Under Construction”
Video: Big Boi f. George Clinton & Too Short, “Fo Yo Sorrows”
This video is funkier than a fifty bag of OG kush grown under a bed in the projects. (We know nothing about any of this. We heard it from Snoop.) GAWDDAMN. Also three ridiculous OGs in one video, one being George Clinton obviously riding high on the purp, love it. Also love: Too $hort with a white goatee. Dude, salt and pepper beards are the shizz. Also the boy making it rain and the girl doing the MJ hip pivot: they are our children come back from the future. As if you didn’t already know. But seriously, you don’t think George Clinton is stoned in this? There’s only one thing left to say then: oooooo weeee BEEEEIAATCH! -Judnick Mayard
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If you’re headed to Austin this week, The FADER has a killer new app for iPhones and Androids for this year’s Levi’s FADER Fort. With the full schedule, streamable music from our bands, places to share your photos of the fun and an entire section called “useful info” (directions!), it’s a crucial—and free!—need for anyone attending the Fort. Even those of you attending in spirit.
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