Videos | Chasing Daylight: Episode 1 Feat. Paper Diamond
Posted by GMONEY on August 8, 2012
From the minds of Slice Media and FreshNewTracks comes Chasing Daylight. A Docu-Reality series centered around the hectic and often unfamiliar lives of the worlds top-touring DJs. From behind-the-scenes producers to overnight rockstars, DJs have been propelled into the spotlight with little more than turntables and a laptop.
Experience the real side of chasing daylight and living on the road. Playing as many as 30 shows in 20 days, DJs race against the clock and around the world in order to bring fans the most cutting edge music the world has ever heard. We’ll take you on tour and show you the real stories behind this explosive genre and its headliners. It’s high pressure, high intensity and high drama.
In our debut episode we give you an intimate look into the life of Paper Diamond…
Alternative, Hip-Hop | Aer – Like the Way (Official Video)
Posted by dshaq on July 23, 2012
There’s just something about summer that makes Aer’s music perfect for it. Whether it’s their relaxing melodies, or their laid back rhymes, they are like two peas in a pod. Their latest single, Like the Way, is no exception either. Their debut album, The Bright Side, comes out in a week so make sure you look back for that. Show some love to their Facebook and Twitter pages below.
Freestyle, Hip-Hop, Videos | New Childish Gambino on Tim Westwood [Video]
Posted by jeffwbaird on July 14, 2012
It seems that the days of genuine freestyling are all but behind us. Once a critical part of an upcoming emcee’s resume, freestyle sessions (like those of popular English DJ Tim Westwood) have now become a place where artists preview written verses, generally covering up the fact that they actually can’t freestyle at all. In the past year or so, this fact has become even more transparent, with artists like Drake (and now Childish Gambino) literally reading their “freestyle” verses off of their phones. Call it what you want—I’d still say it’s more honest than the opposite—like when J. Cole went on Westwood last year and delivered an impeccable freestyle that we all realized a few months later was just a verse on his debut album. Regardless, Childish Gambino is blowing up fast, and not only that—he is improving ridiculously fast as a rapper. While there are definitely a few songs off of CAMP that I like to bump, on a scale of most impressive elements of the project, his flow and lyricism were dead-last. Royalty, on the contrary (which you can download here in case you missed it), is a showcase of his radical improvement, which occured most clearly in those two areas. Now, he’s on a press tour, and of course makes the critical Westwood stop to drop off a handful of newly-scribed verses (you can tell just how fresh they are when CG laughs at the “bok choy” line). Watch him drop some impressive lines over Usher’s “Lemme See”, and do justice to the Harry Fraud instrumental that has been getting torn apart lately (cc: Kinetics’ “Chris Nolan”).
Events, Hip-Hop | Chance The Rapper – Cordial Invite
Posted by J_Salzer on June 2, 2012
Chance Bennett is taking the blogosphere by storm. After the wildly successful release of his debut mixtape #10Day, Chance decides to give my favorite song off the mixtape the cover treatment. His vocals can grab any willing ear, while his lyrics keep them listening. The hook and chorus of “Prom Night” was already phenomenal, but was made even better with Chance crooning it soulfully. Chance The Rapper is on the cusp of becoming one of my favorite rappers in the game, and this only helps his cause. For all of our FNT fans in Chicago, grab tickets to Chance’s show coming up next friday HERE. I’ve gotten word that Chance will be doing something extra special so all of our Chicagoites better be there. Be on the lookout for more Chance coming soon. Also, like his fanpage below so you can say that you liked Chance before it was cool.
Hip-Hop, Videos | Mike Ballz – Letter To My Former Self (Video)
Posted by J_Salzer on March 22, 2012
Don’t be fooled by his artist name. Mike Ballz is NOT messing around. Fresh off the successes of his debut mixtape, The World According To Ballz, that I had the honor of handling on my old blog. When he sent over the video for one of my favorite tracks I was ecstatic. I was super amped about watching, but after watching the first 2 mintues, I thought I was watching the wrong video. Little did I know it was just setting the stage for the story Mike goes on to tell. This track was also produced by Mike, and samples one of my favorite tracks of 2011 The Cave by Mumford and Sons.
Contests, Videos | Na Palm “She Like That” Video [Announcement + Giveaway]
Posted by Grubeats on March 14, 2012
Na Palm has been quiet over the past several months since the release of his last mixtape, Late At Night, but that’s not to say he hasn’t been spending countless hours in the studio writing, selecting the perfect beats, and plotting his next major move. While “Electronic Chronic” is not far around the corner, Nay has given us the opportunity to debut his newest music video, “She Like That” featuring Bad Boy’s own, Machine Gun Kelly next Tuesday, March 20th.
Team Na Palm always likes to take care of the fans, so of course they will be offering up shipments of swag fresh from http://shopnapalm.com/ through the release of the video. This giveaway (today through Friday) will be for a tee or tank from the shop BUT on the day of the release, there will be a grand prize winner who will get an exclusive swag bag full of Na Palm merch, a ‘pill shaped’ 1GB USB drive, CDs, and tons more (details to come). Complete the simple directions below to be entered to win a tee or tank!
1.) “Like” this post
2.) “Tweet” the link to this post @freshnewtracks and @napalmlive using #shelikethat and #DGDB
Hip-Hop | Tayyib Ali – Dear Lord
Posted by dshaq on March 12, 2012
Ah, I remember the days when Tayyib Ali was just starting out with his debut mixtape. Now, every new song he releases has us on the edge of our seats, with good reason though. Tayyib has been killing it and ascending to stardom is the next stop on his journey. Jahlil beats on the switches while Tayyib goes in. Grab this and also if you haven’t seen the FNTxTayyib interview peep that HERE.