Happy 1/23!  Stream a kooky random music mix for free:

1. “Frank Sinatra” — Miss Kitten
2. “I Think She Ready (Dirty)” — FKi X Iggy Azalea X Diplo X HXV
3. “Girls Next Door (prod. Aaron LaCrate)” — Mz. Streamz feat. Lily Allen
4. “I Do (Sammy Bananas Bootleg)” — Young Jeezy
5. “Liquorice” — Azealia Banks
6. “Crank Dat Kitty Katt (Radio Edit)” — Kitty Katt
7. “Up All Night” — Nicki Minaj & Drake
8. “Wobbley Remix” — SebastiAn
9. “Spaghetti (AKA Party with Your P***y Out)” — Andy Milonakis feat. Chippy Nonstop
10. “I’m On One (Unicorn Kid Stadium Mix)” — DJ Khaled
11. “Trilla (prod. Beautiful Lou)” — A$AP Rocky feat. A$AP Twelvy & A$AP Nast
12. “Hands On the Wheel” — Schoolboy Q feat. A$AP Rocky
13. “Cockiness (Love It)” — Rihanna
14. “Chill as Hell” — 1982 feat. Statik Selektah & Termanology
15. “Last Name London” — Theophilus London
16. “We Mobb (DatPiff Exclusive)” — Waka Flocka & French Montana feat. Prodigy
17. “Rainbow in the Dark” — Das Racist
18. “Let’s Go Study” — Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa

*In no way do I espouse any of the lyrical contents herein [NSFW] / mixtape artwork via Prada

ZUMgollyGOLLY by Jules Frakes playlist available at 8tracks: listen here.

Theophilus London — Flying Overseas (featuring Devonte Hynes & Solange Knowles), 2011

Raise your hand if you’re suddenly jonesing to pack up all your Pendleton bits and hop a beach-bound flight pronto.

All aboard…

People often ask me on twitter or formspring—rather than in, you know, life—about the sort of music that I listen to, my favorite albums, and so forth.

Well I can divulge with 100% sincerity that I have literally listened to Andy Milonakis’ latest EP Gazpacho every single day since its release last month. And that I know each song verbatim.

I promise you: Gazpacho’s bon mots of lyrical genius—produced to some crazy-sick beats—will be the most prolific expenditure of $4.99 that you will ever pony up [sample below].

“Lemonade Bubblegum” and “Goat Cheese & Watermelon Salad” are definite highlights, in my book.

Also, just so you have been properly forewarned, some may consider the EP ‘offensive’ or otherwise NSFW.

androidmiller:

http://andymilonakis.bandcamp.com/

Tumblrs! Be sure to follow my old friend from summer camp in Maine—nowadays best known for his work as the resident Wall Street reporter at The New York Observer—on his addictive and witty tumblr, Max Abelson’s Super Groovy Music Video Spectacular. 

It’s an entirely genius concept: on Mondays he posts a 1960s music video, on Tuesdays a 1970s one… and so on throughout the week. maxabelson.com

abelson:

#667: raekwon (ft. method man, ghostface killah & cappadonna) - ice cream (1995)

this is probably the finest love song of the 1990s. it is rap that cannot be argued with, from its opening minute (“black miss america! your name is erica?”) to the finale, where, as the music fades, method man coos, “parlez-vous français, mi amor, merci, oui oui, bon bons, and all that good stuff,” which is the “you’re my pride and joy, etcetera” of rap.

STRIKE A JUXTAPOSE — “No Time” by Lil’ Kim featuring Puff Daddy, 1996 vs. Ann Demeuelemeester Fall/Winter 2010

Admittedly it is an unlikely parallel to be drawn… and yet the Lil’ Kim/Puffy anthem immediately came to mind while taking in the show last season (especially as evidenced by 2:50 minute mark through the end of the music video).

I’ve been thoroughly crushing on Tesla Boy today; I have mighty soft spot for Anton Sevidov in particular. Dreamboat.

Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (1992)

Visage - Fade to Grey  (1981)

Ludacris featuring Shawna – What’s Your Fantasy? (2000)

• The lyrics from 2:45-3:40 without a doubt comprise the most illustrious verse of all time

Dee D. Jackson – Automatic Lover (1978)

Cerrone - Supernature (1978)

Sparks – The Number One Song in Heaven (1979)

Culture Club – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? (1983)

Arrested Development – Tennessee (from their 1992 album 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of…)

Act – Snobbery and Decay (1987)

How alluring is Claudia Brücken (as always)? Definitely ripe for an SNL Digital Short spoof, though. Can you imagine?

»More Claudia videos here