Okay, Frank Ocean is on a roll with these unreleased tracks. The latest is a song entitled “Let Me,” featuring Kyle Christopher.
Assuming this is another track to keep the buzz on Ocean, it is also a refeshing one. Listeners are so used to hearing a production in minimal form but this is different. Ocean’s vocals still manage to complement the busier beat.
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Growing tired of the tracks off of F.A.M.E., well Fortune is not far away with tracks surfacing from the LP. A snippet of a song entitled “Open Road (I Love Her)” leaked and below is how Chris Brown responded:
“If the whole song doesn’t leak then it’s going on fortune! I have so many songs that I’ve recorded in my opinion that are siiiccccckkkk! I just really hope people appreciate the diversity on Fortune!”
Well, guess the Battleroy-produced track won’t be making the final track list of Fortune. The ballad isn’t a new sound from Brown but it is something that Brown does quite well; a midtempo R&B tune about the opposite sex.
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Unusually odd and quirky to the mainstream but a genius and innovator to the rest, Björk, is set to launch her multimedia album, Biophilia, on September 26. Already releasing “Crystalline,” it is clear that this upcoming project will give listeners and critics another reason to place her far into the future. Today, the album’s theme song entitled “Cosmosgony,” surfaced.
What a beautiful piece of music… When it comes to a real artiste like Björk it takes us a bit of listening and reading to properly state why the piece is so great. Besides that, “Cosmosgony” is obviously magical. The Biophilia app will be released via iTunes tomorrow. Read about it below and listen to the magic.
Comprising a suite of original music and interactive, educational artworks and musical artifacts, Biophilia is released as ten in-app experiences that are accessed as you fly through a three-dimensional galaxy that accompanies the album’s theme song “Cosmogony”. All of the album’s songs gradually become available inside Biophilia as interactive experiences, beginning with the first single “Crystalline”…
Biophilia opens into a three-dimensional galaxy with a compass allowing navigation between the 3-dimensional universe and a two-dimensional track list. Take a closer look by tapping on stars within the constellations and you’ll see that each is an in-app purchase that gives access to the inspired combination of artifacts for each new Björk song: interactive art and games, music notation which can be used to sing along karaoke-style, abstract animations, lyrics, and essays that explore Björk’s inspirations for the track. These artifacts bring together conventional and alternative ways of representing and making music to create an environment for entertainment and learning. Biophilia challenges the way we think about music. Here, for the first time, is a music album that exploits the multimedia capabilities of mobile interactive technologies.
Features:
• Three-dimensional galactic interface with the song “Cosmogony”
• Access to new songs and apps immediately as they are released
• Music scores with karaoke playback
• Abstract song animation
• Lyrics
• Essay
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OFWGKTA’s Frank Ocean scored his most mainstream achievement to date; cowriting for Beyoncé’s 4. Ocean’s contribution to the album comes in at track number three, titled “I Miss You.”
“I Miss You” is definitely one of the gems of 4. The lyrics are easily relatable and its beat is airy hypnotic. The minimalistic track sounds almost exactly like something Ocean would put out which is great in this case. He is still fairly unheard of and with this, the phone calls should start to pour in 4, 3, 2, 1…
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In the words on Beyoncé herself, “Somebody’s gonna get firrred!” *Looks Sony’s way*
We’re sure a great deal of you have listened to the leak of 4. With the general opinions either describing the album as Beyoncé’s best work to date or calling it 2011′s equivalent to Christina Aguilera’s Bionic, either way, the album’s leak is a whole flippan’ three weeks ahead of the official release.
Anyway, the leak means listeners finally heard the Diane Warren-penned and Ryan Tedder-produced “I Was Here.” Just last week Warren praised the song in the humblest way. So how does the song fare?
Tedder produced “Halo” so we went in with that… Sonically, “I Was Here” is something off a movie soundtrack: theatrical and dramatic. As for the lyrics, it’s pretty much signature Warren. With Beyoncé’s vocal conviction it makes for quite the beautiful ballad. Career defining? NO, but “I Was Here” is definitely a standout on 4.
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The highly anticipated “Party” collaboration from 4 is here. How does it compare to our expectations?
We’ll admit, the track’s tempo is a little slower than we hoped for; the song is more smooth and chilled rather than banging and hyper. Besides that, “Party” is another track to show that Beyoncé is creating a great urban album with 4. The maturity and growth can be heard in the track and the old-school flavor fits the quirk of Mr. 3000. Beyoncé may not be able to get a top 10 hit to save her booty this era but the music is a lot more timeless than ever before. Check out the Kanye West and Consequence-produced track below.
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Who knows what the future holds for Ciara’s music career. She’s been in the industry long enough to become an A-List Pop/R&B star but the talented songstress just can’t seem to reach the top. Today, an unreleased track surfaces under the title of “Gifted.” The track was produced by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream.
It’s your standard upbeat urban affair from Tricky and The-Dream. The production is neat, nothing super catchy or amazing and Ciara likens herself to a prostitute, lyrically. Take a listen below.
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How fitting, with the belief that the world ends today, Beyoncé’s supposed second single from 4, “End Of Time,” leaks a day ahead. The song leaked earlier, in teaser form, but now the entire song is here. We can finally hear the Fela Kuti-inspired track.
What starts bitter, certainly gets better as this second song from the 4 era is two thumbs up, sonically. The song is a cohesion of her fire from “Crazy In Love,” the funk and soul of B’Day and her best vocal stylings from her past material. As funky as this song is, it still has fluidity. “End…” is a perfect example of Beyoncé being well, Beyoncé whilst attacking a different sound that contrasts what is Popular today. We’re hoping that this is one of many gems from the album.
UPDATE: Get into the greatness with the untagged version.
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Drake did not just release the first single of his sophomore album, Take Care, but he did release the first track kick start the new era. The song is titled “Dreams Money Can Buy.”
The track is that smooth, midtempo, Hip-Hop/R&B sound that Drake has familiarized the listeners with. The track starts off with the sound of raindrops followed by some classic humming with the contrast of some profanity, “Don’t F**k with me, don’t f**k with me.” The beat progresses with Drake’s sharp style of lyricism. Check out the tune below.
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Yesterday, the remix of London producer SBTRKT’s “Wildfire,” featuring Drake and Yukimi of Swedish electro-pop group Little Dragon, dropped. Listen to it after… (more…)
Artiste SebastiAn is releasing his forthcoming LP, Total, on May 30 via Ed Banger Records. Tracks are leaking a little on the hefty side… the latest to leak from the upcoming release features M.I.A.
The track titled “C.T.F.O. (Chill The F**k Out)” brings over M.I.A. Maya with her industrial vibes and cheerleading shouts. A pretty decent track, listen to it below.
