House of Reps Kills Huge Increases In Penalties for Mixes. USA!

A US House of Representatives subcommittee has removed portions of a bill which would increase penalties for pirated songs from $30,000 per album to $30,000 per track. In it's previous form the bill would have increased the maximum fine to $1,500,000 for an illegally obtained album. A million and a half fucking bucks. Thank god the house thought better of it.

It seems this was in large part due to the benevolence of subcommittee chairman Howard Berman (D) California.

Dude's probably a illegal sample enthusiast.

In it's present form the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act would still establish an Office of U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Representative at the Federal level, and would create an intellectual-property division in the U.S. Department of Justice. Fucking Bummer.

Video - The Teenagers: "Love No"

Here's the new video for "Love No" from the Teenagers album Reality Check. Enjoy.

Bun B releases tracklist for II Trill

II Trill is set to release April 29th. Should be good, Bun B is kind of a badass. Thanks Cocaine Blunts.

1. II Trill (prod. by Clinton Sparks)
2. That’s Gangsta feat. Sean Kingston (prod. by J.R. Rotem)
3. Damn I’m Cold feat Lil Wayne (prod by Chops)
4. You’re Everything (ft. Rick Ross, David Banner, 8 Ball & MJG) (Prod. by Mr. Lee)
5. Swang on Em feat Lupe (prod by Enigma)
6. I Luv That (Produced by Scott Storch)
7. My Block (prod by Jazze Pha)
8. Get Cha Issue (Produced by Bigg Tyme & Qwest)
9. Good II Me feat. Mya (prod by Bigg Tyme, co-produced by Intl Red, & Bun B)
10. Pop It 4 Pimp feat Phatz & Webbie (prod by Mouse)
11. Underground Thang feat Chamillionaire & Pimp C (prod by Cory MO)
12. If I Die 2Nite feat. Lyfe Jennings & Young Buck (Produced by J-Rock)
13. Another Soldier feat. Mddl Fngz (prod. by DJ Khalil)
14. If It Was Up II Me feat. Junior Reid (produced by Blackout Movement)
15. Angel in the Sky (Produced by Cozmo)
16. Keep It 100 (produced by Chops)
17. My Paper (prod by Bigg Tyme)

Santogold Remix + XXXChange + The Kills

For those of you who have been sleeping on it (and from the people I've been talking to, it's the majority of you) Brooklyn's Santogold is this year's M.I.A. Her first single "Creator" was released a week or two ago and is worth every penny (so go out and buy it stupid, that way you look like you're on the cutting edge of music). Her debut LP is soon to be released on Downtown Records and will feature a slew of indie-club/tronic/rap/dance guests (Diplo, XXXchange, Switch, M.I.A., Spank Rock and Pase Rock) getting production credit and lending other musical talents to the sure-to-be top 10 album of the year. That being said XXXchange released the first (in what I'm sure there will soon be a myriad) remix of "L.E.S. Artistes", it made its debut on Eli's East Village Radio a week or so ago. Needless to say it's XXXchange, so it's fucking solid. I'm sure after this you'll be drooling for more, so hold tight the rest is coming.

Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (XXXchange remix)

Speaking of XXXchange, the man is busy (as fuck, if you listen to EVR #69 you'll find that out pretty quick). He's taken on countless projects since the unpredicted success of Spank Rock's debut album YoYoYoYoYoYo. Not only is he releasing an LP with fellow Spank Rocker DJs Devlin (watch him fuck up Fall Out Boy's award acceptance speech) & Darko under their label Fully Fitted, but he's been working on getting some interesting production credit in as well:

This last year XXXchange teamed up with UK duo The Kills to produce their new album Midnight Boom, which has a release date of March 17th (you can currently stream songs from either of their websites linked above). Midnight Boom will be XXXchange's first rock production credit, thus he is emerging as an all-around producer that proves he has the capability and talent to move from genre to genre making great music. I don't have to tell you that he is one of my favorite people in the music world right now and somewhat of an idol, but I just did anyways.

The Touch - "Le Night Dominator" featuring LINA

This is the first single from the Touch, a Swedish group I was just recently introduced to. They are having their record release party at the end of this month in far away Stockholm with DJ Assault (who has also remixed one of their tracks) and DJ Funk. The Touch are also preparing for a US tour. Finally some good house music that isn't French.

Pete Rock Featuring Redman - "'Til I Retire/Best Believe"

Pete Rock is probably one of the best rap producers in the history of rap production. His first full-length album since 2004 came out yesterday. It's called NY's Finest and it's quite good. Here's the new video for the first single "'Til I Retire/Best Believe." The Redman verse is sick. Enjoy.

VÍVA EL GUINCHO!

Hola, no se Espanol mucho. So I'll just tell you about Barcelona artist El Guincho in English. Now my high school Spanish only goes as far as ordering tacos and a cerveza followed by asking where the bathroom is (thanks public school system), so I'm not quite sure what Guincho means in Spanish; thankfully my tenure in high school Spanish did teach me that "El" translates to "The." Here is my guess at what Guincho means:

Guincho - Spanish (noun): A one-man band consisting of Pablo Diaz-Reixa using a SP-404, a drum machine and several effects pedals while screaming into microphones. Known for his sanguine melodies and flamenco-inspired loops, he is rumored to have audiences in fiesta-like frenzies. Album Alegranza! just released.

Synonyms: Spanish Dan Deacon.

Bailar aqui!


El Guincho - Antillas