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Gazzillion Ear
"Gazzillion Ear" is a single by the British-American hip hop artist MF Doom, released through the British independent label Lex Records. It contains the main single produced by J Dilla and remixes by Thom Yorke, Dr. Who Dat?, Jneiro Jarel and Dave Sitek. The main single was featured two months later on March 24, 2010, as the second track on MF Doom's 2009 album ''Born Like This ''Born Like This'' (stylized in all caps) is the sixth and final solo studio album by British-American rapper/producer MF Doom. It was released under the pseudonym "Doom" on March 24, 2009 through Lex Records. It debuted at number 52 on the ''B ...''. Yorke released a second remix of "Gazzillion Ear", the "Man on Fire" remix, in 2021, after MF Doom's death. Track listing CD single 12" vinyl single A-side B-side References 2010 EPs MF Doom albums {{2010s-hiphop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born Like This
''Born Like This'' (stylized in all caps) is the sixth and final solo studio album by British-American rapper/producer MF Doom. It was released under the pseudonym "Doom" on March 24, 2009 through Lex Records. It debuted at number 52 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, having sold 10,895 copies as of March 29, 2009. In addition to tracks produced by MF Doom, the album includes production by frequent collaborator Madlib, as well as J Dilla. The album title is borrowed from Charles Bukowski's poem "Dinosauria, We", which employs it as a cadence. The track "Cellz" opens with a sampled recording of Bukowski reading the poem. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Born Like This'' received an average score of 77% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ''Born Like This'' ranked at number 4 on '' The Skinny''s "2009: A Year in Records" list. ''Pitchfork'' included it in their best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Records
Lex Records is a British independent record label. Most releases on the label are alternative hip hop, alternative rock or electronic music.Nicola Slade, "Life Blood: Lex Records," (Record Of The Day, 11 June 2009) Dazed described Lex as a label "...whose wildly creative output spans over a decade of landmark releases that have changed the music industry no end." History 2000s Founded in 2001, Lex was originally an imprint of Warp. By the end of 2003, Lex had released several albums including debuts by Boom Bip, Non-Prophets and Danger Mouse and the success of these albums allowed Lex to expand. Young, Rob, ''Labels Unlimited: Warp'', ( Black Dog Publishing, 2005) (), pp. 134–135 In 2004, Lex managed '' The Grey Album'' campaign, establishing Danger Mouse as a critically successful artist. Damon Albarn got a copy of ''The Grey Album'' and this led to Danger Mouse being approached to produce Gorillaz's second album ''Demon Days''. ''Demon Days'' was released by Parlophone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J Dilla
James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village. He was also a member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He additionally collaborated with Madlib as Jaylib, releasing the album ''Champion Sound''. Yancey's final album was ''Donuts (album), Donuts'', which was released three days before his death. He was also known for producing The Pharcyde album ''Labcabincalifornia''. Yancey died at the age of 32 from a combination of Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, TTP and lupus. Although his life was short, he is considered to be one of the most influential producers in hip hop and popular music. J Dilla's music raised the artistic level of hip-hop production in Detroit. According to ''The Guardian'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jneiro Jarel
Omar Jarel Gilyard, known by his stage name Jneiro Jarel, is an American recording artist, music producer, composer, and DJ. Recognized for his versatile, abstract, and often experimental style, he is also known for his beat-making alias Dr. Who Dat? and his groups Willie Isz, JJ Doom, and Shape of Broad Minds. He has collaborated with artists such as Damon Albarn, Count Bass D, Massive Attack, TV on the Radio, and Kimbra. History Jarel was born in Brooklyn. He spent several years of his life living in Maryland, Arizona, Atlanta and Houston, before eventually moving back to New York City. It was in New York that he started his own label, Orienj Recordings (now Label Who?), and released his first EP as a solo artist. In 2003 he signed to indie record label Kindred Spirits, and was the sole representative from New York to participate in and perform at Red Bull Music Academy in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2004 Jneiro moved to Philadelphia and, through his success in the indie m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thom Yorke
Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the vocalist and main songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. He plays guitar, bass, keyboards and other instruments, and is noted for his falsetto. ''Rolling Stone'' described Yorke as one of the greatest and most influential singers of his generation. Yorke formed Radiohead with schoolmates at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire. They gained notice with their debut single, "Creep (Radiohead song), Creep", and went on to achieve acclaim and sales of more than 30 million albums. Yorke's early influences included alternative rock acts such as the Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. With Radiohead's fourth album, ''Kid A'' (2000), Yorke moved into electronic music, influenced by artists such as Aphex Twin. For most of his career, he has worked with the producer Nigel Godrich and the cover artist Stanley Donwood. Yorke's solo work comprises mainly electronic music. His debut solo album, ''The Eraser'', was released i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papermill (song)
"Papermill" is a song recorded by American hip hop duo Madvillain. It was released 26 May 2010 as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program. Background "Papermill" was intended to serve as the first single from Madvillain's still-unreleased followup to ''Madvillainy''. According to label Stones Throw, the album had been in progress since 2009. The song was the second single released in the 2010 Adult Swim Singles Program. The Madlib-produced beat samples a chopped-up europop song with German lyrics. Adult Swim also released some behind-the-scenes videos to go along with the song of Madlib talking about his creative process while taste-testing some Intelligentsia coffee branded with his name. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from Stones Throw's website. * Doom – MC * Madlib Otis Lee Jackson Jr. (born October 24, 1973), known professionally as Madlib, is an American record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. Critically acclaimed for his eclectic, mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Music
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music Music genre, genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African Americans, African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip-hop includes rapping often enough that the terms can be used synonymously. However, "hip-hop" more properly denotes an entire hip-hop culture, subculture. Other key markers of the genre are the disc jockey, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and hip hop production, instrumental tracks. Cultural interchange has always been central to the hip-hop genre. It simultaneously borrows from its social environment while commenting on it. The hip-hop genre and culture emerged from block parties in ethnic minority neighborhoods of New York City, particularly The Bronx, Bronx. DJs began expanding the instrumental Break (music), breaks of popular records when they noticed how excited it would make the crowds. The extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Sitek
David Andrew Sitek (born September 6, 1972) is an American musician and record producer, known for his work with his band TV on the Radio. He has also worked with bands such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Foals, Celebration, Little Dragon, Wavves, Beady Eye, and Weezer, and produced free jazz-influenced remixes of songs by artists such as Beck and Nine Inch Nails, and has contributed a solo track to the Red Hot Organization '' Dark Was the Night'' charity compilation. He is also a photographer and painter. In April 2008, Sitek was named number one in ''NMEs Future 50 list of the most forward thinking people in music today. In 2009, Sitek contributed a cover of "With a Girl Like You" to the AIDS benefit album, '' Dark Was the Night'', produced by the Red Hot Organization. A solo album from Sitek under the moniker Maximum Balloon was released on September 21, 2010, on Interscope with individual songs released as singles commencing June 15, 2010. The record includes contribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres including pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. ''Pitchfork'' is one of the most influential music publications to have emerged in the internet age. In the 2000s, ''Pitchfork'' distinguished itself from print media through its unusual editorial style, frequent updates and coverage of emerging acts. It was praised as passionate, authentic and unique, but criticized as pretentious, mean-spirited and elitist, playing into stereotypes of the cynical hipster. It is credited with popularizing acts such as Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens. ''Pitchfork'' relocated to Chicago in 1999 and Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. It expanded with projects including the annual Pitchfork Music Festival (launched in Chicago in 2006), the video site ''Pitchf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 EPs
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