Jean Grae

Next artist in the preparation for December 26th posts... Jean mo'fuckin Grae, A.K.A. Jean Grae. Easily the most vicious female rapper of all time. Lauryn Hill is widely considered to be the best female rapper of all time, but it's still debatable. I'm not gonna get into who's better 'cause I don't know of all their shit, but I can say that no matter how good Lauryn Hill is, she can't be nearly as ferocious as Jean Grae.

I mean, name one female rapper who has lyrics like "Mash your teeth, smash you, then bind your feet, ill thrash holes in your dome, snatch your soul and retreat" in a song where the chorus is repeated "Fuck you"s... Nicki Minaj wouldn't even come close to Ms. Grae.

Jean Grae &Talib Kweli? Oh this is too much!

Keep Livin - Jean Grae

(My first favorite Jean Grae song, I'd like it even if it was just for the beat, this song is just too good and should not be overlooked by anyone. That means you. But it's all good if you're not feeling it that much now, at one point in your life you probably will hear it and be like "whoa! fresh!")

My Crew - Jean Grae

(I love the chorus in this one, the sampling is on point, and the lyrics do her crew justice. And of course when somebody raps about their crew in such a way you gotta relate it to your crew and this song does my crew justice. I'm definitely feeling this one)

Don't Rush Me - Jean Grae

("I don't give a fuck if you framed that, or quote it, I meant what I said 'cause I wrote it, point noted." No doubt Jean, now that I got your permission... This song is tough and the lyrics are typical Grae, not too black, not too white, never whack and always right)

Jean Grae making fun of mainstream hip hop and doing her own freestyle, this is actually hilarious. "And I'm still eatin pop rocks nigga, catch me on the block playin hopskotch nigga!"

Ma Cherie

A fun song for you to listen to and download so your days will be funner. You might remember it from the "Just Dew It" Mix as it was the opening song, now you can have the full song just to yourself! You selfish mofugga you.

Ma Cherie (Remady Radio Edit) - DJ Antoine Ft. the Beat Shakers

(I can't even lie, this song is pretty corny, and probably rightly so, but, I just can't help liking it. The drop at 1:20 is on the epic side of things, it's not dirty or anything, just a feel good, loud, happy drop. It's a cute song. You know it.)

Havoc Inducer

Everyone's talking about Dubstep! And since I've already done an earlier post with my thoughts on the matter, now I'm just going to shove forward a heavy dub track that should make your life better if you do in fact like dubstep as much as you say you do!

And if you don't like dubstep, here's another chance to change your mind, with one of the rawest tracks my ears have been graced with.

^ Why? Because anteaters don't get enough love, and neither does bass, until now.

Peacemaker (Dub) - FreQ Nasty vs Propa Tingz

(In my opinion this is one of the best drops, just because for me at least it was unexpectedly dirty and raw immediately from the get go, I might have just ruined that surprise for you, but I still think there's a good chance I didn't because it's so hard hitting even after I've heard it so many times. Favorite part? The 'HEY!' right before drop, very classic. Very jurassic. Why the dinosaur reference? Because dinosaurs are raw and so is this song)

Just Dew It

Here's the mix I made for my little lady (gurlfrand) Maya's birthday.

All corniness aside (and by corniness I mean the fact that every song is relatable, and almost all of the lyrics are too), it's one of my most ambitious mixes yet and I think it turned out pretty damn good (if I may say so myself), even though I have some issues with it.

Favorite part has got to be at when "Love to Edit" and "Baby I'm Yours (Color Blaster Remix)" drop together, shit had me dancing first time I played it, unfortunately I think I messed it up a teeny weeny bit in this recording, but, I still like it nonetheless, I'm just pretty hard on myself.

Some people might just find it corny and not focus on the actual mix, but that's alright cause we all know that:



But all haters aside, here's the mix, with a cute picture to fit the theme (I'd add a more intense picture to fit the theme of 10:59 when you're gonna get shoved behind a plane lifting off and have to deal with that blast of intensity, but I couldn't find a picture dirty enough).

Just Dew It - Taywi

(My favorite parts are at 7:48 for one of my favorite sounding 'choruses' ever, I just find "Praise You" so beautiful, 10:59 for the bass murder - one of my new favorite drops, and at like 16:01 when "Baby I'm Yours (Color Blaster Remix)" and "Love to Edit" start playing together as the epic finale)

A Reminder on the 10,000 Deal

I have come to the realization that there's a good chance I could be the 10,000th person to view Tay Today, and there's also a good chance it could be someone completely unaware of the whole 'event' going on.

So, to solve this dilemma of the 10,000th view getting wasted.

It'll be the person closest to 10,000 but up to 10,010 who takes a snapshot and shows me who will get their own mix (of which they can request a specific element or theme).

This means that if you're 10,007 and somebody else was 10,005 then they get mix and you lucked out by a little, but if you're 10,009 or 10,010 and nobody else submitted before you, then you're in luck.

We're getting near 9,900 so keep your eyes peeled!

King of Africa

I was recently asked for the name of the song that begins the Rumble in the Jungle Mix (in honor of our Sigma Chi Pledge Party), so I'm posting it here today to add some serious TUnEnage to your TUEsday. Only difference between Tue of Tuesday, and Tune of Tuneage? U 'n E.

A.K.A. Tuneage implies you and e, who would've known!

This song would absolutely satisfy your primal instincts (and nostalgia, due to Lion King reference) sober or on drugs though, so don't think you need to go buy some ecstasy right now for it, it's a school day guys. And Tay Today does not condone drug use.

^ Africa, the real-world LSD trip

Shown to me by my main man Funabetic, partner of Leet, tri-component of Lit.

King of Africa - Douster

(The build-up to this song is just a blast from the past, 'cause who hasn't watched the "Lion King" at least once? - No offense if you haven't, but you should probably get to it. And therefore not only is this nostalgic, but this is an example of good sampling and a great jungle beat arising out of it. All-around good stuff, and that's that!)

Monday Monday

Here's some "Monday" to brighten your Monday!

I know there's been a lot of Steve Angello recently, but this isn't my fault, I had good reason, and I mean really, it's a Monday, and this song is called Monday, I just can't help it that the cleverness I've been cursed with has this effect.

Not that big of a post today, remember, if you're the 10,000th view (and you can check at the bottom of the page), take a snap shot of it and let me know and you'll have a mix dedicated to you within which you can choose a song or theme. I got'chu.

^ Don't ask, cause I'm not really sure how this got on here. What do you guys think of my new waxed chest though? I think it's a nice self portrait for my portfolio.

Monday - Steve Angello

(I think this song is just great, it's not a huge dropping frenzy of electronic ferocity, as many of my favorite songs are, but it's almost chill in the way that it just builds up and up with a constant rhythm underneath, I think it works well and is seriously catchy, hearing it live would probably be epic. It could be the song playing when humans accomplished something amazing in outerspace, I'll leave that up to you to further imagine)

Kanyay

Couldn't really go on the computer for the past week, hence the lack of posts, I know I said they would be coming more frequently after the periods of post-delays recently, but I wasn't anticipating not being able to go on the computer! (It was part of initiation into Sigma Chi, we were only supposed to focus on school-work and the fraternity, tough stuff).

Anyway, since I can now come back on the computer at ease, I'm giving you guys the Saturday morning delight to start your day off right, and no that doesn't mean I'm giving you guys head, sorry if that got your hopes up.

Since it's the morning, and in light of Kanye West's recent success, I've decided to post my favorite of the G.O.O.D. FRIDAY tracks that were dropping each Friday, which is coincidentally "Good Friday" (the only one titled as such).

Also, in light of being at around 9400 views, I've come up with the idea of the person to be the 10,000th view, if they take a snapshot of the view-count at the bottom of the page saying 10,000 and send it to me, will get their own mix and can specify any song they want in it. You'll be getting reminded about this in the next coming posts but remember to keep a look out on that view-count bar!

Good Friday (Ft. Common, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean & Charlie Wilson) - Kanye West

(This is my favorite of the G.O.O.D. Friday tracks, and for good reason. The beat and chorus are simply on point, they really hit home for me, seriously catchy and ear-appeasing stuff. And of course the lyrics and featured rappers are all good. Kid Cudi works that chorus too, one of the things he's actually good at.)

Dubstep and the Modern World

As Dubstep is getting more and more popular in places other than the U.K., us who have liked Dubstep for more than a month are starting to notice some unfortunate trends. I was talking to my friend from highschool, Lamb-Bam (I don't know why I just called him that) the other day about this shared concern.

The concern is now that dubstep is 'cool', you have more and more people saying they like it and saying they want to listen to it, but don't ACTUALLY like it, or want to listen to it. It's a case of the bandwagon fan, or the trend-follower, who latches onto the seemingly mainstream trend at the moment, and becomes a 'fan'. It makes for good small talk for the new fan, but once they talk to someone who's actually into the music, their conversation drops to 'yeah's and head nodding because they don't know shit.

Now, I don't have anything against people who don't like dubstep, seriously, I completely understand, it's like an electronic heavy metal (in a way), and I don't like heavy metal, so I definitely don't judge anyone for disliking it.

And I don't have anything against people who only like some dubstep, it's ok if you're not into the really dirty, grimy shit and only like the softer, less ear penetrating stuff. That's your personal preference. It's like enjoying milder rock over heavy metal I suppose (wow I'm just running with that analogy).

My issue is that if you say you like dubstep, please actually like dubstep, and be open to listening to different types of dubstep. If you don't like all dubstep, just say you only like some dubstep. I don't like the fans who are like "Yeah I love dubstep! That filthy shit just makes me want to fuck a chicken!" and then when they hear anything dirtier than "Kickstarts (Bar 9 Remix)" (look it up, search bar at the top), they don't know how to react and turn it off. That's called being fake.

Another thing, to all you mo'fuckas who hated dubstep in the past and said it sounded bad, was impossible to dance to, all sounded the same, and all that shit, and who are now fans of it. I'd just like to say, we told you so.

So now, in the spirit of dubstep, here's the dirtiest song I've ever heard, in case you slept on it when it was posted a while ago. If you don't like dubstep, here's a chance to embrace its dirtiest, and if you do like it, see how much you really like it by blowing your face to shreds with this song.



It's too dirty! I do not want!

the Blank (16 Bit Remix) - Skism

(All I have to say is tell your face I'm sorry for the pounding this song is going to give it. I'm kidding that's never all I have to say when I say that. Get some good headphones preferably, or sick speakers. the drop at 0:56 is dope, but the best is at 3:10 at the yell after "a strange disfigured man watches his every move". That's also when the badass human starts fucking up the robot army that had been massacring humanity, yes, there's a story to it.)

Tocadisco Thursday

It's a Thursday, and since we all know I have an affinity for alliteration (caught that?), I'm posting a great track by Tocadisco. Making this a Tocadisco Thursday. If you want to kill me for all the alliteration I hit your brain with, then you'll forgive me once you listen to the song, serious jungle vibes. It'll probably make you feel more directed and be a good fight-song for your one-man marching band of anger against alliteration (somebody stop me! It's too much!), but when the drops hit, instead of attacking me, we'll probably have a dance sesh. Don't turn it into a competition though, I always win those on home turf.

Side Note #1: Sesh means session for you unaware folks.

Side Note #2: How dope is the name Tocadisco. I want us to do a collaboration and call it Taycadisco. (Take-a-Disco! I guess we know the name of a mix I'll have to make at some point in the near future...)


Am I less determined to collaborate with this guy after seeing the above picture? My mind's telling me yes, but my ears are telling me no and to go ahead with it. So the answer is, maybe.

Morumbi - Tocadisco

(The song is just well-structured and well compiled, full of jungle drums and rainforest dance-magic, when I hear this song and close my eyes, I'm immediately in a blacklight-lit rainforest with neon face-painted natives dancing around a bonfire of the dank and surrounded by trees with more pills of various shapes and colors than you can shake a stick at, who needs fruits anyway? Jus' sayin, it's that kind of song)

Favorite Cereal? Angell-Os

It's been a while since I last posted, sorry about that, but I'm back at it and won't leave so much time between posts anymore. In spirit of potentially going to see Steve Angello on Friday, and to see whether or not my friends want to go, today's post is going to be very Angello-fied to show off his good shit. Although he's MUCH better live than his tracks show in my opinion!

Who the fuck is Steve Angello?

A third of Swedish House Mafia (you'll see a song of theirs later, the biggest hit of this summer "One") along with Sebastian Ingrosso and Axwell. A half-Greek half-Swedish DJ known as one of the top in the field, with a shit load of awards recently and other impressive stuff that I won't go into detail about, that's what Wikipedia is for!

My favorite song here is probably "Partouze (Jean Elan Remix)", just for that drop at 4:22, it's madness I tell you, MADNESS.

Tivoli - Steve Angello

(One thing to keep in mind with this song, is the drop at 1:28, will literally give your ears the loving and satisfaction they so properly desire when it drops on good speakers or good headphones, that bass is a vibrating massage waiting to happen)

Yin for the Kill (Steve Angello Remix) - La Roux vs. Wolfgang Gartner

(This is one of my preferred remixes of "In for the Kill" by La Roux, Steve Angello combines the two different songs very well I think)

One - Swedish House Mafia

(This could easily be regarded as the song of this summer, at "Electric Zoo" the electro festival in New York earlier this year, this was the most played track and the encore at the end of the two-day festival. It's just a hit.)

Partouze (Jean Elan Remix) - Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso

(It's all fun and games, and then it hits the build up until the drop at 4:22, then it becomes a complete wasteland, ideal for your dancing and auditory needs, you dirty listener you. I also think that drop is very reminiscent of Wolfgang Gartner, oh, and atomic destruction too)

Rumble in the Jungle

This has been a work-in-progress so that's why it's late, I kept getting distracted by distracting stuff (such as getting back on my cellular grind, basketball, cleaning, you know, the regular stuff) and I also kept fucking up (excuse my english) (oh new catchphrase alert!) the mix by like randomly scratching by accident or something (there's a tiny mess-up in this one too, actually there's two, but they're little and I'm too lazy to fix them).

So here it is, after the long wait...

In honor of the Sigma Chi Fraternity Pledge Party "Rumble in the Jungle: Deep Within the Bush", an exclusive Tay Today Jungle Mix made up of the most exotic sounds known to man (or a good amount of them).

I prefer this one much more than the HalloWeakEnd Mix, and I think there are some really good parts! Let me know what you think, improvements, stuff you liked, etc. Same deal with commenting as before, you can always just comment anonymously.

Without further ado (except you'll have to scroll past my fascinating flyer),

This was my first attempt at making a flyer, needless to say, another more legit looking one got chosen for the event haha.

Rumble in the Jungle - Tayzan

(Haha see what I did with the name there! I'm a man of many names, so mysterious. But about the song, I like a lot of parts, I'm happy with a good amount, I think the "Animal" mix came out decently, or has potential, and I really like the two songs that come after Panther (Marvul Remix) - that's the song with "Animal", I'm not going to tell you much else because that could spoil it. Also, the ending makes sense because the song is called "Turn Down the Lights" and it's the end.. I thought it was clever)

 
Hit the Jump for "Stuff I Didn't Like" and the Tracklist

I Like It

I'm feeling nice, so here's a sick song for you to enjoy and be thankful for, I think you'll like it, I'm basically positive, unless you don't like dirty dutch house...

Had to use this pic again, it's my fav shot of Chuckie!

I Like It (Chuckie Remix) - Enrique Iglesias

(There's not much to say about this hit, it's just your classic Chuckie banger, that classic high pitched dirtfest and use of popular hits, this song is just good, 'nuff said)

HalloWeakEnd

Sorry for the wait, busy weekend, and horrible, because I lost my phone and glasses. So I couldn't get around to finishing up and perfecting the Halloweekend Mix, but since we're all ok with a little bit of error, I'm still going to post the mix for you guys to check out, and download if you think you're ready to settle down make its relationship with your ears a more steady and permanent thing.

Comment whatever you think if you want, criticism is always ok, you can even do it anonymously in case you think I'll slay you.

SHIELD YOUR EYES, OPEN YOUR EARS

/\ I'm here to penetrate your mind with my saber and then fill it with dirty electro. "That's not a saber!" Shut up nobody cares about correct sword terminology. I would've called it a rapier but then how inappropriate does that sentence sound? Exactly.

HalloWeakEnd - Tay

(See what I did there? Weak End Weekend because I lost my phone. But I hope it was fun for you! and I hope this mix is fun enough for you too. If it's not up to your standards, sorry hotshot, there's still better - and less depression-over-lost-phone influenced - mixes to come)

Tracklist:

Hahaha - Smf

(I love this kid)

You Used to Hold Me (APproject Remix) - Calvin Harris

Martyr - John Roman

Lemonade - Boys Noize & Erol Alkan

Lemonade (John Roman Remix) - Boys Noize & Erol Alkan

Heartbreak on Vinyl (LA Riots Radio Edit) - Blake Lewis

Saturday 'Morning' Cartoon

I know there haven't been that many posts lately, but that's because I've been working on the TayToday HalloWeekend Special mix for you guys, like, I'm a nice guy! But just to show I'm sorry if you've been checking and not receiving any newness (you could check the archives though!)...

But anyway, today I figured I'd hit you with the TayToday version of Saturday Morning Cartoons. 'Cause a long time ago, as a little Tay, I'd always love to watch the cartoons early in the morning on Saturdays, and many other kids have felt those same sentiments.

So now, in ode to that, I'm gonna post a dope ass cartoon. And since we've grown up/you might not care about watching a cartoon on a music blog, I chose a trippy ass music video shown to me by my maiin (two i's on purpose) man the Caged Jizzdale, aka Keiji Drizzdull or Kevin Garnett as you may know him (celeb alert).

Maybe even smoke before this video if you're into that! (...no really, do it, best wake and bake you'll have)

I mean, the lyrics are "We call that a joint, we call that a joint" repeatedly

The Music Scene - Blockhead

(The song is pretty ill, I like the "We call that a joint" part, but for me it's really about the video though, the visuals and coordination with the beat are way too sick. I bet this could get somebody back into smoking weed who had quit, or be on like an advertisement for LSD. Na, I'm wrong, it could be an advertisement against it, 'cause this could give a natural high. Wow TayToday deep thinking!)

Two'sDay: Two Versions!

Rap on Sunday, Dubstep and Techno on Monday, and now for a Two'sDay Tuesday, you get two dope ass music videos, the original and the remixed video, corresponding with two versions of Mark Ronson & the Business Intl's "Bang Bang Bang", a funky techno pop rap soul song that is sure to set the tone for a good week.

Funky

Bang Bang Bang - Mark Ronson & the Business Intl

(This song is smooth, well constructed, well layered, hits the right tones and spots with a seemingly perfectly suited cast of members due to beat, singing, and rap corresponding seamlessly. Seemingly seamless. I like it, I think you might too)

Funkier

Bang Bang Bang (Count & Sinden Tribal Horn Remix) - Mark Ronson & the Business Intl

(This version is faster, more instrumental, and a tribal - jungle - lovemaking dance tune at that. The count in Count & Sinden is Herve, who's a Tay2Day legend - peep his remix of "Under the Sun". No actually, if you haven't heard it, search it now, it's been posted more than once here too. "Oh, but I just started reading tay2day, I couldn't have heard it yet!" NO EXCUSES!)

Fun Day Monday

Sunday was all rap, including the Kanye West film which you should check out if you haven't yet (it's easy! Scroll down!),

so today's going to be a Harsh-in-the-Best-Way-Possible return to electro music, specifically some dirty dubstep because I promised it to a couple of friends

(including the fellow raveman Caveman, Funabetic - the 1/2 of Leezy, and the best debating German I know - De Vun en Only Schneidah)

The Vicious

Fight - DJ Fresh

(I was never big on the more high pitched sounding bass in dubstep, but this song literally blew my face off when it dropped and now I'm a fan of the higher pitched bass, it's not too high pitched to be screeching, but it's at the right level where it's still in-your-face thump and wobble down your spine, and I loove the girl voiced "FIGHT!" right before the drop)

The Less-Vicious

You Used to Hold Me (APproject Remix) - Calvin Harris

("You used the whole meat, you used the whole meat, you used the whole meat, beef - beef eater" - Youtube comment, listen to the song and I think you'll get why I thought it was funny enough to quote here. This song is good, and it's an easier listen than "Fight" if you're ever not in the mood for raging adrenaline music. Psh none of my readers are ever not in that mood... Kidding, we only like Beethoven)

Take a Trip With Yeezy Airlines

Kanye West's new 'music video' "Runaway" came out yesterday in its full length, which is about 34 minutes.

You may be thinking "But wait, that's a long ass music video" and you'd be right. However, "Runaway" isn't a music video for one song, and it's not just about the music. It's a 'film' that Kanye directed which features songs from his next album, and it's fucking dope.

I was skeptical at first to be honest, like, Lady Gaga does her artistic music videos, with "Alejandro" and "Telephone" where she managed to tarnish my view of Beyonce, so there's already been creative musicians going artistic with long music oriented films before, and I wasn't really feeling it and that was like 10 minutes. So a 34 minute long film? I wasn't sure it would be worth it, I figured I'd watch it and maybe skip through it.

Then, I started watching, and when the female narrator (Nicki Minaj's english accent? It fits the purpose) is talking and rhyming and hitting it right, and the opening beat kicks in, and the opening rap by Kanye, I really started feeling it, especially the "You ain't got no Yeezy?" echo and then it hits that "Can we get much higher?" chorus, I mean, I'm not really that into the feathered girl stuff, but from the beginning I was HOOKED. Fish style baby.

And I'm not gonna give you a whole play by play of the film, but needless to say, I ended up watching the entire thing and didn't regret it, the music is dope, the visuals are sick, props to Yeezy for it - except for some corny parts.

So here you go, enjoy:

(Since it's the clean version, the censoring during "Runaway" are so corny)

My favorite parts are the intro, obviously, when he starts jamming out with the samples like at the beginning of "Runaway" at 5:56, especially when it leads to the sampling while the kid is running leading the red smoke behind him, dope!

And cause I couldn't help but give you songs to download, here's that Yeezy:

Runaway (Noise Vocal Sample Edit) (Ft. Pusha T) - Kanye West

(This is my favorite version of the song, the one he played at the VMAs with him going to work with the samples, sounds fresh to death. Wow haven't said that in a while. Or ever maybe, until now! Fresh to death cherry!)

Runaway (Ft. Pusha T) - Kanye West

(The version without the samples, in case you like your music with less samplage?)

"Stupid, but what the fuck do I know? I'm just a chi-town nigga with a Nas flow"

Dark Fantasy - Kanye West

(Easily my favorite song in the film, it was the best introduction 'cause of the song and set the tone in my opinion, had you remember that it was Kanye and that he's fresh and a rapper, Kanye on the mic rather than Kanye singing is definitely the way to get my approval, oh, and mentions of Nas work too)

Bobby Ray on a Sunday

A lot of people are big fans of B.o.B. (a.k.a. Bobby Ray) nowadays after his hit song "Nothing on You" came out. But few of those many people know anything about him, or knew any of his music from back in the day.

So I'ma lay it down. In summary, he used to only be called B.o.B., during his more hood-oriented rap phase, and then to show his move to a different genre of rap, he tried the Bobby Ray name change.

Basically B.o.B. made some hood ass good ass songs back in the day too that you probably haven't heard yet, so I'm here to change that, with two songs for now:

I'm That Ni**a (Ft. T.I.) - B.o.B.

(One of my favorite produced tracks, and maybe my favorite eaaarly B.o.B. song due to the beat, chorus, and lyrics, wait, so due to the whole song! the beat runs so smooth and the chorus is catchy as hell)

Lonely People - B.o.B.

(When I found this I was crazy surprised, "a B.o.B. remix of "Lonely People"!! This should be epic!!" and then I heard it and was disappointed, but, it's still good, and probably the best hood remix of "Lonely People" out. The lyrics are sharp and sad too, he does his thing on this track, fitting the beat like a tailor)