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Artist : Jewel Kid Title : Techno Tools Vol. 3 Label : Suara Genre : Techno Date : 00-05-2013 Quality : 320 kbps Source : WEB SHOW PLAYER ? Tracklist : 01. Debt Collector (Original Mix) 02. Dockyard (Vox Version) 03. Crazy (Original Mix) 04. Land Of Hoods (Original Mix) 05. Dockyard (No Vox Version) Download Novafile Download Uploaded

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Kanye West is a genius. No denying that. This weekend’s unveiling of his latest record, “New Slaves” was viral marketing brilliance. It brought together folks of all backgrounds to not-so-hood areas of major cities to consume hip-hop. Bravo! And the song is great, lyrically. It grabs you right from that vivid opening couplet about segregated water fountains. Backpacker Kanye is back! Or is he? Sonically, “New Slaves” would make a perfect album intro. It’s synthesized beat is simultaneously eerie and contagious, his vocals blunt and impassioned. But the message is a bit convoluted. Here’s a giant, scowling Kanye face illuminating 66 walls around the world, grumbling about how Black folks spend too much bread on ludicrously priced fashion and celebrities—himself included—are coerced into signing BS contracts merely to cash in on luxury car bonuses. Corporations are profiting, while the underclass and rich rappers who refuse to read contracts are under the psychological spell of materialism. Or as Yeezy puts it, “new slavery.” It’s a direct bridge connecting College Dropout ‘Ye—“I spent four hundred bucks on this/Just to be like, ‘Nigga, you ain't up on this!’”—to Watch The Throne, only now, Kanye isn’t just the victim; he’s part of the problem. You could call it the Kanye conundrum. The Versace that he facetiously mispronounces in “All Falls Down” is now the Alexander Wang that he sports in excess, in turn, making it the lust of fans who might be able to afford a Wang duffle if they skipped a rent payment or two. The Maybach that he converts into a go-kart and joyrides for the “Otis” video isn’t in the budget for this writer, despite the heft of VIBE’s payroll (ha!). And have you ever tried to stuff your toes in a pair of Nike Air Yeezy sneakers that are so limited that their $250 retail value reportedly ballooned to $90,000 in an online auction? The truth is, Kanye is contributing to the same materialistic values he shuns on "New Slaves." Can a man who’s claimed he shops so much that he can speak Italian—the same dude who played mute at an Occupy Wall Street protest while sporting multiple gold chains—truly be a voicebox for the middle-class man? Kanye's early work, while conflicted between Benzes, backpacks, diamond chains and blood diamonds, christened him with that distinction. But the flashy, new money stunts and One Percenter raps that 2013 'Ye exudes makes him an unconvincing proponent against consumerism, and an unlikely victim, as he presents himself in "New Slaves." While the song has protest rhymes about the lopsided Black men in prison statistics, just a few bars earlier he’s flossing for listeners who, in some cases, can’t even afford dental insurance. Def Poetry Kanye seems to be a fading memory. There’s leaders and there’s followers. Kanye may belong to the former classification, but as a people, where exactly is he taking us? —John Kennedy

Meet Matt Webb, an Ed Sheeran dead ringer who dominated a surprise freestyle rap battle before Kendrick Lamar's Hangout Fest set. Sorry, Action Bronson. There's a new ginger rapper on the come up. You probably hadn't heard of him -- and still haven't -- unless you were one of about 10,000 people waiting under the Boom Boom Tent at the Hangout Festival waiting for Kendrick Lamar's set to start. One of the few drawbacks to having a music festival on the beach is that, well, it takes a little effort to get to paradise, and Kendrick Lamar was running about 30 minutes late to his set due to a travel delay. So Sway, who was introducing Kendrick, took to the stage to keep the masses entertained. And what better way to keep an Alabama hip-hop beach party going than to stage an impromptu rap battle? Which is where my new favorite ginger comes in. Sway scanned the audience for any potential young MCs in the crowd. A few young hopefuls rose up and spit a few bars and quickly sputtered out. Sorry, kids. No Kanye contracts for you. Until the final MC -- a red-headed Floridian in a black tank top -- stepped up to the mic and, without even a beat to rhyme against, dropped some "8 Mile" knowledge all over the stage in what was, if I may, probably the fifth-best hip-hop performance of 2013 Hangout Fest right behind Kendrick himself, Macklemore, The Roots, and Public Enemy. Watch the rap game Ed Sheeran win Hangout Fest's spontaneous freestyle rap battle after the jump. The young unknown rapper's name is Matt Webb, he's 19, he's from Florida, and while he sounds like a young Eminem, he looks like the rap game Ed Sheeran. And considering Ed Sheeran's next album may be more hip-hop than coffee house, maybe he could set up a guest verse by the hip-hop bizarro version of himself if Matt (who goes by the rap name Tempoh), isn't too busy finishing up his degree in physical therapy. Or maybe Ed and Tempoh can team up for a "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" mixtape. Maybe Tempoh will end up battling Ed Sheeran in next year's Musical March Madness. And you never know -- perhaps we'll even see hip-hop Ed Sheeran on next year's "Hottest MCs in the Game" list. Of course he'll have major contenders to battle for the title, like this year's Hottest MC... Kendrick Lamar. Watch the rap game Ed Sheeran win Hangout Fest's spontaneous freestyle rap battle: Photo credit: Getty Images; Sarah Ward/ MTV

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For those who haven't been keeping up, here's what Kanye West has done over the past few days: He debuted a brand-new track, "New Slaves" , by way of a video projection in select cities across the globe Friday night. Then, it was revealed yesterday that his next album is called Yeezus . Later that day, he was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live , during which he performed "New Slaves" and "Black Skinhead" . Now, we're seeing the packaging for the album that is intriguing to say the least. What is it exactly? Read MoreBlog: Potholes In My BlogRelated: Kanye West Reveals Cruel Summer G.O.O.D. Music & Film ProjectsKanye West: il nuovo album 'Cruel Summer' esce il 4 settembre 2012Kanye West Announces New Album & Collabs w/ Daft Punk, Skrillex, Odd Future + More!Kanye West reveals album, filmKanye West Reveals G.O.O.D. Musics Cruel Summer Album Artwork

"Crystal Fighters have one of the top albums of the summer, and possibly even of all 2013, so there can be no doubt that they got it righteven if it did take them almost three years..." Crystal Fighters | Cave Rave It is fairly routine for a bands sound to evolve in between their initial album and subsequent efforts. This is especially true when the band in question take a lengthier period of time in crafting their follow-up, such as the three years it took for Crystal Fighters to create Cave Rave . Successor to Read MoreBlog: When The Gramophone RingsRelated: Crystal Fighters - Cave Rave (Album Sampler)Features: Track By Track: Crystal Fighters - Cave RaveCrystal Fighters | Cave RaveAlbum Review: Crystal Fighters Star of LoveALBUM REVIEW: Crystal Castles III

I am in Portland, Oregon, for reasons unrelated to opera and was asked out of the blue if I would like to go to see Falstaff at the Portland Opera. This is the Verdi year, so everyone has chosen to do Falstaff, including the San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera live in HD next fall.The only familiar name in the cast was Susannah Biller as Nanetta. She spent the entire opera smooching with Nicholas Phan as Fenton, pausing briefly to sing a very nice aria toward the end. She is progressing nicely in her career.There were some pleasant features to the production. Falstaff, sung by Eduardo Chama, was played with more dignity than is usually the case. When women smile at him in the street, he imagines them to desire him passionately. The joke is that he is hugely fat. At one spot he kneels on the floor before Alice and cannot get back up. My favorite part of the production was the two story window in the Ford's house. The servants carry Falstaff in the laundry hamper up to the second floor. Then when they toss him out the window, you can see him descend into the Thames.I have known people who love only Falstaff of all Verdi's operas, but I am not one of them. I prefer more arias, even in comedy. Nevertheless, the performance was enjoyable.

On the 25th day of the 12th month of 2012, the Six-Tongued Hellgoat was summoned to arise from the ashes and bring darkness to this place called POPdose. Join him in his quest. Ritual Thrust into the Profane Maw of Churning Filth Album: Satan, Life Sentence Label: Listenable Release: May 21, 2013 Genre: Heavy Metal Rating: 10/10 Saliva everywhere. All six-tongues thrashing about like crazy. The Hellgoat bows down to master Satan. Wait, this isn’t the real Satan? The Hellgoat feels a little duped as he’s tricked very easily sometimes but he really thought this might be from Satan himself since it’s a virtually perfect album. Let’s face it, when you name your band Satan, you best bring it hard, every motherfucking day. And that they do. Yeah folks, this is the same Satan that brought you one of the greatest slabs of NWOBHM in existence, 1983′s Court in the Act. After that, they would change their name to Blind Fury, then back to Satan, then to Pariah, then break up, then reunite as Pariah, then break up again, reunite in 2004 to play some shows as Satan and then come back in 2011 with the current form. Whew. One look at the album cover, with pretty much the same look as the artwork for Court in the Act and you get a clear idea of what to expect inside. But even so, no one prepared the Hellgoat for this perfect of an album. The lineup from that classic album is back in full for Life Sentence, including the fantastic vocals of Brian Ross and it’s like they never split up (or branched into 2500 other formations at least). From the moment the Hellgoat heard the first real riff at :25 of the opening track “Time To Die,” he was clear the type of disc he was going to get. Blistering, rifftastic and totally fierce through and through.  Between that, the amazing soloing in “Testimony,” the jagged riffs in “Tears of Blood” and the machine gun drumming in “Another Universe,” from start to finish, Life Sentence is exactly what a metal record should be.  If this was released right after Court in the Act, these would have went down as one of the best one-two punches in the history of metal, without a doubt.  Twenty years later though, it plays like a sequel to that disc which is good enough. Satan really couldn’t have picked a better time for this record either. With all these new bands cropping up playing music influenced directly by the NWOBHM movement and ’70s rock riffs they are bringing this classic sound back into the spotlight again. However, this is really the first time the Hellgoat has heard an album by a group that lived through the era, make a better new LP than the young guys.  If you haven’t figured this out yet, the Hellgoat isn’t going to dance around this any longer.  Not only is Life Sentence even better than the classic Court in the Act but it’s leaps and bounds better than any record released in 2013 so far.  Seriously, by a wide fucking margin.  Devastating brilliance here.