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BBNGLive
''BBNGLive 1'' and ''BBNGLive 2'' (stylized in all caps) are a pair of albums released by BadBadNotGood in 2011 and 2012, respectively. The albums were released at regular intervals between the band's debut and second studio albums. Both albums were self-released as free downloads and helped build buzz for the band during their inaugural year. The band's next live record would be their ''Spotify Live EP'', released by Innovative Leisure in 2017. Recording and release ''BBNGLive 1'' was recorded at one of the band's first shows, a 2011 club date in Toronto. Most of the tracks performed also appear on one of the band's earlier releases. Exceptions include the "DOOM" medley, which was released as a standalone single later in 2011, and the Joy Division cover "Division." ''BBNGLive 2'' differs from ''1'' as it recorded while the band was producing music for their album ''BBNG2'' and acts as a teaser for that record. ''BBNGLive 2'' was recorded at Club Koko in London where the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBNG (album)
''BBNG'' is the debut album from Canadian jazz instrumental hip hop band BADBADNOTGOOD. It was released as a free download in 2011. The album features a mixture of original compositions and covers of songs from the artists Flying Lotus, Gang Starr, J Dilla, Joy Division, Nas and Ol' Dirty Bastard. The cover artwork was designed and made by Connor Olthuis and Sam Zaret. Release and reception After putting out a series of covers, as well as the original track "Salmonella," in mid-2011, the band released their debut album ''BBNG'' for free on their Bandcamp page in September 2011. The album circulated around the blogosphere and was championed by tastemakers DJ Gilles Peterson and critic Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop. Peterson would go on to invite them to play at his Worldwide Awards in London in January 2012. In a positive review of the album, Fantano complemented their fusion of hip hop, electronic, and jazz traditions and said that the group "show a lot of great musicianship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBNG2
''BBNG2'' is the second studio album from Canadian music group BADBADNOTGOOD. It was made available on the band's website as a free download in various formats. The album is a mixture of original compositions and covers of Earl Sweatshirt (track 1), Feist (track 4), Tyler, The Creator and Gucci Mane (track 5), James Blake (tracks 4 and 9), Kanye West (track 10), and My Bloody Valentine (track 11). It received generally very positive reviews. Production and release Following their prolific first year as a band, which saw the release of the viral ''Odd Future Sessions'', an EP, two live albums, and their debut album '' BBNG'', the group self-released their sophomore album on April 3, 2012. The group made the album available for free download online. The entire album was recorded in one ten hour recording session at Revolution Recordings in Toronto, with the group making a note that "no one above the age of 21 was involved in the making of this album." The album included more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BadBadNotGood
BadBadNotGood (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian instrumental band and production team from Toronto, Canada. The group was founded in 2010 by bassist Chester Hansen, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, and drummer Alexander Sowinski. In 2016, they were joined by frequent collaborator Leland Whitty. Among other projects, the group has released five solo studio albums, with the latest, '' Talk Memory'', released in October 2021. They have had critical and crossover success, finding audiences in the hip hop, jazz, and alternative music communities. The group combines jazz musicianship with a hip hop production perspective and are well known for their collaborations with artists like Tyler, The Creator, Daniel Caesar, Mick Jenkins, Kendrick Lamar, and Ghostface Killah. For their songwriting and production work, they have been nominated for four Grammy Awards, winning two. History 2010–12: Beginnings and mixtapes Matthew Tavares, Alexander Sowinski, and Chester Hansen met in 2010 throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Zoo (song)
"Brooklyn Zoo" is the debut single by American hip hop artist Ol' Dirty Bastard from the album '' Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)''. Ol' Dirty Bastard was the second member of the Wu-Tang Clan to release a solo effort, behind Method Man. "Brooklyn Zoo" is Ol' Dirty Bastard's second highest charting single, behind "Got Your Money". Composition and lyrics The song is composed of an intro followed by a single long verse and finishes with a repeated hook, "Shame on you when you step through to the Ol' Dirty Bastard, Brooklyn Zoo!" This line is an interpolation of another Ol' Dirty Bastard line from the song "Protect Ya Neck" by the Wu-Tang Clan from the album ''Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)'' ("Shame on you, when you step through to the Ol' Dirty Bastard, straight from the Brooklyn Zoo"). The song's lyrics take the form of a tirade against an unnamed adversary. About halfway through the song a line is repeated in a crescendo which builds to a scream ("By a nigga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Lotus
Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, Disc jockey, DJ, filmmaker and rapper from Los Angeles. He is also the founder of the record label Brainfeeder. Flying Lotus has released seven studio albums''1983 (album), 1983'' (2006), ''Los Angeles (Flying Lotus album), Los Angeles'' (2008), ''Cosmogramma'' (2010), ''Until the Quiet Comes'' (2012), ''You're Dead!'' (2014), ''Flamagra'' (2019) and ''Yasuke (Flying Lotus album), Yasuke'' (2021)to critical acclaim. He has produced much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. He also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd. In 2012, Flying Lotus began rapping under the persona Captain Murphy, based on the ''Sealab 2021'' character of the same name. Ellison kept this fact a secret for several months, finally revealing his identity several weeks after the release of his first rap mixtape: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler, The Creator
Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. Okonma self-released his debut mixtape Bastard (Tyler, the Creator mixtape), ''Bastard'' in 2009 and rapidly gained attention among the online music press for his horrorcore-influenced sound and violent, transgressive art, transgressive lyrical content. His debut studio album Goblin (album), ''Goblin'' (2011), brought him mainstream exposure aided by the popularity of the single "Yonkers (song), Yonkers" and its accompanying music video. During this period, Odd Future gained rapid popularity and Okonma faced controversy over his lyrics. Beginning with his second album ''Wolf (Tyler, the Creator album), Wolf'' (2013), Okonma began moving away from his stylistic horrorcore towards a more alternative hip hop sound. His 2015 album ''Cherry Bomb (album), Cherry Bomb'' featured a greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastard (Tyler, The Creator Mixtape)
''Bastard'' is the debut mixtape by American rapper Tyler, the Creator. It was self-produced by Tyler, the Creator, and was first self-released on December 25, 2009. Due to its free online release and lack of retail availability, ''Bastard'' is commonly considered a mixtape, although Tyler himself refers to the project as his debut studio album. The mixtape was published on DatPiff. Concept and content The songs were written and recorded by Tyler from 2007 through 2009, and released on December 25, 2009. Tyler produced most of the album using FL Studio. ''Bastard'' features Tyler speaking to a character named Dr. TC, who acts as Tyler's therapist and guidance counselor. The title track contains Dr. TC hinting that Tyler's then-upcoming debut album, called ''Goblin'' (2011), will be an additional session with him, stating that there would be three sessions. Both songs "Odd Toddlers" and "Slow It Down" were previously released on ''The Odd Future Tape'' (2008). The chopped and sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily from Staten Island, New York City, which rose to mainstream prominence with its 1993 debut album ''Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)''. His professional success was hampered by frequent legal troubles, including incarceration. He died on November 13, 2004, of an accidental drug overdose, two days before his 36th birthday. Ol' Dirty Bastard was noted for his "outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes delivered in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style". His stage name was derived from the 1980 Chinese martial arts film ''Ol' Dirty and the Bastard'' (also called ''An Old Kung Fu Master'', starring Yuen Siu-tien). According to fellow Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard's name was also a reference to the unique nature of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Is Yours (Nas Song)
"The World Is Yours" is a 1994 song by American rapper Nas. It was the fourth single from his debut album ''Illmatic'', released a month after the album. It is considered by music critics as one of the greatest hip-hop songs ever recorded; About.com ranked it seventh greatest rap song of all time. It reached number 13 on the chart in 1994. It contains a sample of 's 1970 song, "I Love Music". The song (including the title) and its accompanying video pay homage to the film '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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