In a Virginia meets Virginia mash-up, D.R.A.M.’s summer smash “Cha Cha” gets the remix treatment from JDVBBS, who’s been featured on SpeedontheBeat.com before for his RDGLDGRN remix. This remix removes the Mario sample and takes on a more club-like life of its own. Give it a listen, and hit up JDVBBS if you’re feeling it.
Read more#300WordsorLess Review – @FettyWap – Fetty Wap
2015 has pretty much been the year of Fetty Wap, even if “Trap Queen” was technically a song from 2014. But, let’s not split hairs here. The 24-year-old enigmatic artist has finally released his debut album, the self-titled Fetty Wap. Free of the Drake remix of “My Way,” Fetty Wap allows for Mr. 1738 to showcase […]
Read moreFive Years Later: Skrillex’s Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Photo Credit: ROBOTO About five years ago, during the time I discovered La Roux and other outside-the-box artists, I stumbled upon a dubstep EP by a producer named Skrillex. Instantly, I fell in love with the bass-heavy, obscure-sample-having project, being a child of Baltimore Club Music and the like. It was the first project under […]
Read moreShould We Be Worried: Three Thoughts on the Terps, Pre-WVU
Photo Credit: University of Maryland/NCAA So, in case you forgot, West Virginia University is to Maryland Football what Duke is to Maryland Basketball (yes, even with the new B1G Ten move). Terps fans often look forward to this game with venom in their veins and Natty Boh in their hands, eager to cheer the Black […]
Read moreNew Music – @DATHANMusic "Hotline Bling (DATHAN Remix)"
San Francisco native DATHAN put his foot into this “Hotline Bling” remix which features Kehlani and Charlie Puth. It’s futuristic, funky, emotive–just plain awesomeness. H/T to +Run The Trap for hipping me to this one. (UPDATED WITH YOUTUBE LINK)
Read moreNew Music – @BigGhostLTD x @WESTSIDEGUNN x @WHOISCONWAY – Griselda Ghost
I love the vision behind this one. Instead of trying to re-envision and revive the 90s, Westside Gunn and Conway actually give us the essence of the 90s. And who’s that on the boards? Why, it’s no one other than Mr. “Greatest Take Care Review Ever,” Big Ghost. The man more mysterious than MF Doom […]
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