Around The World 1

I’ve been waiting to drop this one for a minute, waiting for all the pieces of the puzzle to come together, and that has finally happened. I’ve been wanting to do a post on music from multiple corners of the globe, and with submissions from Portugal, Chile and the USA, I think I’ve got enough covered to post.

The first thing I noticed about these beats was the amount of sounds that were present in each track. Groove Niño brings in sound after sound, but is still able to keep some order. I’m not used to hearing as many different things as I did in these tracks, maybe its just how it is in Chile.

Groove Niño’s album is the second official release off of Modismo, a Chilean net-label. If you like what you hear, hit up their site for more of the same kind of goodness.

Debilidad (Mucho El Gorila) (Money Pick)

DJ Manaia (shortened to “Manaia” because using “DJ” is so ‘07) is straight up party/ rave tracks. Based on what I’m hearing from these tracks I’m thinking I need to head over to Portugal, drink some drinks and get down with the native hotties. I’m picturing a crowd of sweaty people just losing it to these tunes… Ooooh, he just dropped some low key stuff, very cool.

“Break” and “Shake It To The Booty” are my favorites of this bunch. “Break” is a body mover with a nice break down and “SITTB” is nice because it sounds familiar. “SITTB” obviously samples Blaqstarr’s “SITTG” (G = Ground) but, in my opinion,  the added Portuguese flavor makes it an all around better track than the original.

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Shake It To The Booty (Money Pick)
Break (Money Pick)
James Brown Is Not Dead
Twilight Zone

First of all, shut up. Asher Roth is making hip-hop listenable again. He’s what the kids call “real talk”, meaning, his talk… Is real. I like his flow, his lyrics, his personality, the fact that he’s a white kid beating out these “hood” characters… I like it all.

Check out his second stand-out track from his new mixtape; “Roth Boys”. Also, be sure to check out the video, it does a great job of showing off his personality and on top of that its funny as hell.

Asher Roth – Roth Boys (Peep the video here) (Money Pick) (Money Pick) (Money Pick)
Asher Roth – The Greenhouse Effect Mixtape

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