http://www.headnodstatus.com Keepin' it Headnod Status Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:06:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is another year's Rap Up from the great Mad Skillz!  I think he's being a little polite in this one, but it's still worth checking out: Wrap%20Up%202008%20radio%20rough.mp3 Happy New Year Peace! http://www.headnodstatus.com/2009/01/01/mad-skillz-end-of-year-rap-up-2008/ Absolutely incredible electronic track, "Alice" uses snippets from Disney's Alice in Wonderland.  Check out the video below, it's trippy to say the least... and the artist behind it, Pogo. Alice by Pogo http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/11/29/alice-by-pogo-watch-this/ Dilla, Ghost, Doom - Sniperlite These are two of my favourite MC's here rapping over beats by the legendary J Dilla.  Now these tracks have been available since the summer, but I thought I'd share them anyway,for those who hadn't copped it! Description is from the Stones Throw site: In late ... http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/11/28/catchup-dilla-ghost-doom-murs-9th/ Holla readers, The new Kanye dropped a few days ago. I'm not going to talk about the album, I expect this would have been covered on every other hip-hop related blog on the Internet already. I'm intrigued about one thing though; On Kanye's blog he says that he "did not leak" ... http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/11/28/kanye-didnt-leak-robocop-honest/ Welcome back to the redesigned headnodstatus! This post is all about the remixes, and the two I have been listening to a lot this month. The first is the Cool Kids remix that 9th Wonder did a while back premiering on the Green Label Sound site. I think it's good what the ... http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/11/25/were-back-the-field-popnoname-cool-kids-remixes/ Electrifying Breaks All is well in the world of electronic music - there's a glut of sick breaks and electro releases at the moment. Breaks heads everywhere whinge about breaks DJs playing house and "diluting the scene", blah blah blah - but how can mixing house and breaks be anything ... http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/08/02/electrifying-breaks/ Here is the new mixtape from The Cool Kids. This is hot stuff right here: That's Stupid Mixtape Enjoy :) http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/07/05/the-cool-kids-mixtape/ Glastonbury was awesome this year! I have three gems for you... Since I can't post video's here at the mo, I've got the audio's for you to check out. First up is: Hot Chip and Wiley - Wearing My Rolex [audio:http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/5/1241597/Wearing%20My%20Rolex%20%28Feat.%20Wiley%20Live%20at%20Glastonbury%29.mp3] Next up: Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris [audio:http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/7/5/1241597/13%20Dance%20Wiv%20Me.mp3] Finally, all the controversy over bringing hip ... http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/06/30/gems-from-glastonbury/ Broken Breaks, mixed by db! Here's another breaks mix for your ears - this one's a bit more electro-ey. One of the great things about breakbeat is that you can fuse it with electro house and it'll still sound huge. There's a couple of examples of that in this offering; expect more ... http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/06/09/breakbeat-mixup-mk-ii/ Stainless Style by Neon Neon is an unorthodox concept album between some of the big underground names of Hip-Hop, IDM, electronica and indie rock and it somehow works really well. Boom Bip is one of my favourite musicians; if you haven't already then check out Blue eyed in the Red ... http://www.headnodstatus.com/2008/06/09/boom-bip-gruff-rhys-spank-rock-collabo-why/