Dubstep | Drake – Started From The Bottom (Feature Cuts Remix) [Music Video]
Posted by Jess on February 13, 2013
Ever since Drake released “Started From The Bottom” a little over a week ago, it was only a matter of time before it was remixed and remixed it has. You’ve heard the many renditions from rappers all over the globe but you haven’t heard anything like Feature Cuts’ remix of the track. He takes the memorable chorus and turns it into Drumstep call for celebration. I guarantee you will have this one on repeat, so download it for free below.
“It’s been a little over a year now, and what a crazy trip this has been thus far. Sometimes I am overwhelmed with the reality that I live. However, at the end of the day I just take some time to remember what it was like when I first started. I truly hope that everyone who pursues their dreams may achieve them. Struggles make the reward sweeter. There’s still a ways to go, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.” – Feature Cuts
Free Download: Drake – Started From The Bottom (Feature Cuts Remix)
Hip-Hop, Videos | Thoughts On Drake, “Started From The Bottom” [Video]
Posted by jeffwbaird on February 10, 2013
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Drake’s awareness of the divide between the substantive hip-hop of the underground scene he came up in and that of the mainstream (which he’s currently immersed in) has always fascinated me, and his success is largely due to how he’s been able to perform so well in both realms. But his ideals are changing fast. I fear that we may never get another record as honest, introspective, and meditative as So Far Gone. His first two LP’s highlighted his complexity as an artist as he produced ultimately thoughtful records, inter-spiced with pop jams that didn’t fit the rest of the album’s tone — a trend that is replicated in the majority of major releases in the present day. But with the release of “Started From the Bottom,” Drake has finally given us a single that harshly abandons his beloved idiosyncrasies and fortes—a record where his delivery is so determined to be gruff that it is unceasingly stagnant and unimaginative.
When he was starting out, he knew that in order to gain credibility he had to provide something different, so he presented himself as a beacon of honesty, and as a genuine storyteller—which, for the most part—he lived up to originally. But while he wanted to unite a passionate fan-base around this self-image, he also wanted to attract consumers of pop radio and commercial hip-hop, and it’s no secret that gangsta hip-hop has dominated the mainstream for the past two decades. Drake’s concerns have become less about his originality, and in reality, have turned to the opposite—fitting the portfolio of a hip-hop artist that has led to respect and stardom for much of the current genre-toppers. With his third album, we may finally receive the Drake that told Kate Couric that Lil Wayne was the “voice of our generation,” and whom seems more interested in what the hip-hop community thinks of his childhood than making music he can be proud of.
Drake’s new album is slated to come out this year, and I’ll be waiting to see what kind of a move he makes on his new single, but from where I stand, “Started From the Bottom” is a bold step in the wrong direction. The direction I’ve feared he’s been heading in for quite some time.
Hip-Hop, Videos | Mike Stud – Started From The Bottom (Remix)
Posted by LoffyG on February 5, 2013
A few days back Drake released “Started From The Bottom”, a preview off his third studio album. It didn’t take long for Mike Stud to catch wind of it and have Paul Judge produce a remake of the instrumental so he could take his hand at it. I can’t take sides on which is my favorite because I dig both versions, but I definitely think Mike set the bar high on this one. There couldn’t have been a better candidate to do a remix of this song. If you never heard the original from Drake you can listen here.
Hip-Hop | Drake – Started From The Bottom
Posted by W8 on February 1, 2013
After a year of only scarce features and appearances, Drake’s back with a preview off his third album. The video treatment is set to release on or before Grammy Night.
DOWNLOAD: Drake – Started From The Bottom
My good friends,
It has truly been too long. I assume you’re all keeping well and making the most of this year that has been given to us. Today is the day to begin sharing my newest work with you. This is the first single off of my upcoming album. I feel sometimes that people don’t have enough information about my beginnings and therefore they make up a life story for me that isn’t consistent with actual events. My family and my second family (consisting of the best friends anybody could ever have) all struggled and worked extremely hard to make all this happen. I did not buy my way into this spot and it was the furthest thing from easy to achieve. I am proud of every part of my past and I’m excited for this song to find a place in your life as well. I didn’t feel I needed any interviews or radio or press to launch this song. It felt right to come back to the site that I started on and release it to the people that started here with me. Judging by this post, the tour that we’ve been planning, the conversations about new songs and album artwork…I think it’s safe to say we’re back together again. Looking forward to seeing you all soon. – Drake
“You don’t have to ask me how I’m doing…just listen to the music” – K.Samir
Hip-Hop, Videos | ASAP Rocky – F**kin’ Problems ft. 2Chainz, Drake, & Kendrick Lamar [Music Video]
Posted by Grubeats on December 5, 2012
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No artist or group will ever top Blink 182’s “Family Reunion” when we talk about vulgar songs. A$AP Rocky brought along his R-rated clique for his blazing single, “F**kin’ Problems,” which in short, is not a track you want to have a sing along with Grandma in your passenger seat. Now I’ll admit this is (and has been for weeks) my favorite song to crank in my car. 40 knocks the hell out of the beat and when you have an all pro cast assisting you, it’s hard to fail. Knowing that 3 of the industry’s hottest features all landed on the same track, I can’t help but critique young Rocky.
Among others, “Peso” and “Goldie” awarded him the opportunity to have such a respectable cast on this single, but did he abuse his leverage? Sure this record is the filet mignon of features, but was it necessary? I’m still left questioning whether A$AP can make a mainstream hit on his own account. One feature, sure, but 2Chainz, Drizzy, and K.Dot? In my eyes, he was out shined on the track. As much as I enjoy singing along to this with my middle finger flying, I wish A$AP made HIS own.
Long.Live.A$AP 1.15.13
iTunes: A$AP Rocky – F**kin’ Problems ft. 2Chainz, Drake, & Kendrick Lamar
Hip-Hop, Videos | PropaneLv – Fuckin Problem (A$AP Rocky Cover)
Posted by Jess on November 12, 2012
Despite a serious hangover yesterday, PropaneLv managed to hop into his home studio and put out a new cover/remix video late last night. Having recently straying from the Hip Hop lane in his cover series with Stay With You and Heard It Through The Grapevine, Lv gets back in his comfort zone reworking “F*ckin Problem”. Download is available below via his Facebook page.
Dubstep, Videos | ASAP Rocky – Fuckin Problem (Feature Cuts Remix) [Music Video]
Posted by Jess on October 23, 2012
In lieu of performing at The Something Wicked Music Festival in Houston opening for Kaskade, Nero, Zedd and Flux Pavilion to name a few, Feature Cuts put this remix together of ASAP Rocky’s epic collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz and Drake entitled “Fuckin Problems”. He takes the catchy hook about “their problems” and turns it into a Dubstep banger with an onslaught of bass. Along with the remix, he dropped a NSFW video to go along with it that it may be hard for you to keep your eyes off of. Check it out and grab the free download below.
