The Fader just posted an interesting, yet not to long, conversation between The Faders deputy editor Eric Ducker and Eskay of Nah Right, discussing the lack of good hip-hop albums. I feel like there’s always talk of “the current state of hip-hop”, but I found this interesting because it seems like there is just a bunch of people, labels and rappers, that don’t really know what to do because of what’s happening in the music industry… I don’t really have my hopes up for any good hip-hop albums to drop anytime soon and it’s interesting how my music taste is way more electronic and rock than it is hip-hop lately…

Check out the conversation here.

1. Sonic Youth - ‘total trash’
2. Neil Young - ‘ohio’
3. The Rosewood Thieves - ‘diamond ring’
4. Bob Marley - ‘waiting in vain’
5. The Quarter After - ‘taken’
6. Kanye West - ‘cant tell me nothing’
7. The Rolling Stones - ‘all down the line’
8. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ’still raining, still dreaming’
9. The Beatles - ‘ill follow the sun’
10. The Damned - ’smash it up (part 1)’

Continue Reading DAKOTA ROCHE - iPOD SHUFFLE 10

Out of all the end of the year roundups, The Fader has my favorite thing going on by far. I posted on their list last year and was super excited to see what they came up with this year. They always have the most random topics and I love how the numbers change… Like “Top Six Celebrity Sightings Near The FADER’s LA Office” or “Top Two Different Dances That Are Actually The Same Dance” how about “Top Fifty Things Lil Wayne Is, According To Lil Wayne on The Carter III”.

Definitely a good way to enjoy Christmas Eve Eve. Check Fader’s Listmania here - Part 1 & Part 2.

Check the date on this NY Times article. Thanks David Lang.

Read it here.

Andrew McMullen just posted a little holiday mix on his blog. This was his first attempt at putting tracks together and his song choices are dope! Andrew is always one of my go-to guys when it comes to getting new music. He has a great taste in music and a wide rage as well…

“I was going for a mellow work mix this attempt, maybe something you could play during the holidays who knows, some of the transitions are probably a little rough but hopefully this will be the first of more to come and I will get better at producing them!”

Check out Andrew’s mix here.

Brain Park, one of the guys that posts on the Gnarwhale site, just posted this rad video/mp3 of a track he put together. He created the tracks in Ableton Live, then used an iPod touch to control it… The track is awesome and it’s always fun to see all the random stuff you can do with iPhones/iPod Touches.

Check it out on Gnarwhale.

Check out a photo feature with Skinny on the Volume site HERE, and an iPod Shuffle 10 below:

U Gon Love Me - Lil Wayne
Do Me a Favour - Arctic Monkeys
Pyt - Michael Jackson
Bright Lights instrumental - Diplomats
All Things Ordinary -The Anniversary
William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
Murder - Buju Banton
The Wizard - Black Sabbath
Evil - Interpol
Dear Summer - Kano