Azealia Banks c'est cette petite nana d'Harlem d'une vingtaine d'années aussi souriante que vulgaire dans ses textes, que personne n'a vu arriver mais que tout le monde a senti passer tant sa collaboration "212" avec Lazy Jay est explosive et jouissive. Ado, elle fut pourtant signée sur XL Records mais mais un départ prématuré du label fut le seul résultat d'une incompréhension artistique. Aujourd'hui elle est chez Universal, qui semble prêt a lui accorder toute la liberté artistique qu'elle demande et déjà beaucoup de grands noms lui font les yeux doux. Parmi eux Kanye West ou encore Karl Lagarfeld qui l'a booké de Paris à Tokyo pour des événements très exclusifs pleins de tastemakers: le rêve de tout jeune artiste. Si elle a indéniablement une certaine étiquette de rappeur hipster il serait bien audacieux d'essayer de définir son univers musical tant ces influences sont diverses. Azealia est connue pour son caractère bien trempée, en témoigne ses déclarations à l'encontre d'Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj ou encore Kreayshawn. Mais à l'entendre son caractère n'est qu'une manifestation de sa volonté de "trouver SA place dans ce monde tout en restant jeune et en ayant du bon temps". A n'en pas douter elle incarne le renouveau nouveau Hip Hop new-yorkais décloisonné qui refuse de s'appuyer sur des gimmicks et qui séduit à nouveau un public global. Son album "Broke With Expensive Taste" n'a pas encore de date mais nul ne doute qu'à ce rythme il sera très attendu. Elle annonce un album "très New-York" dans son récit mais pour ce qui est de la musique il faudra attendre pour le savoir. Aujourd'hui le nouveau track est produit par son pote Diplo et on ne regrette qu'une chose, c'est qu'il ne dure pas plus longtemps. Now Bounce!
Straight outta Brighton young duo bringing fresh energy to the game. Rizzle Kicks is "mixture of pop and hip hop incorporating the fun elements of the old school hip-hop era circa 1988-92". Don't believe the hype still but Trust The buzz!
Tyler, The Creator is part of OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) "a group of young, precocious audio/visual artists based in Southern California who also happenned to be a collection of disturbed teenagers obsessed with swastikas, rape and kidnapping that produces some of the most original and interesting rap music you are likely to hear anytime soon"
what do you use in your production? Who engineers all your records?
I use everything from Logic to fucking Fruity Loops. It doesn’t really matter the program, it’s the person making it. I stay away from samples, not saying I don’t like people who sample, but I like to create shit, some brand new shit, that kids will sample in the future. And Syd the Kyd sits and makes sure the shit we record sound good.
"Outside of your crew who/what do you listen to?
Me personally, Stereolab, James Pants, The Liars, Alen Tew, Grizzly Bear, Erykah Badu, shit like that.
You’re a Grizzly Bear fan?
Yeah, Grizzly Bear swags their shit out.
If I had to pick something diametrically opposite the music that you make, it would probably be something like Grizzly Bear. So what attracts you to them?
I don’t know, maybe it’s the chords or the way they set their shit up. I don’t listen to much rap, matter fact I kinda hate rap. If I listen to rap it will probably be Clipse, Eminem, Waka Flocka, fucking Nas, Outkast, and Snoop Dog and that is probably it if it’s not Odd Future. People sometimes forget that I am a producer too so I am into jazz and stuff like that…
Who does the artwork on all the OFWGKTA stuff? It is as impressive as the music...maybe more.
I usually do the artwork, and Left Brain comes here and there with some crazy shit. Artwork is really important to me, album covers especially. Seriously, if the album cover doesn’t match the music to some point, I can’t fuck with it. I love releasing singles too, because when you do that, you have no choice but to have art with it. Most people just have some faggot photo to go along with it, but I want every listener to have an experience when they listen to any song OF releases. So if it's no video, its cover art. If it’s not cover art, then I don't fucking know."
Si vous n'aviez pas encore été touché par la vague Mac Miller c'est chose faite. Il a 17 ans, vient de Pittsburgh et il rap bien le tout sans trop se prendre au sérieux. Ah oui et il est blanc!-)
Asher Roth is this kid from Morrisville rapping about the young middle class college kid life that is his.You got it he's doing him without faking and of course if we post about him it's because the boys goes hard. The new track "Lark On My Go-Kart" is simply dope (you can listen to it in our music player >>) and I believe his album "Asleep in the Bread Aisle" is definitly worth checking when it comes out which is in a month. Below is a cool interview that I've jacked on Joyengine.