i heart Stephen Marley's "The Traffic Jam"

I love it when two genres collide/collaborate into an incredible by-product. This track is kind of old, but i still love it. It's called "The Traffic Jam" by Stephen Marley and it features his brother Damien. This song is pretty sick when you want to chill-out.

Here's the song and video (*enjoy):

	Stephen Marley - The Traffic Jam
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

I heart Mabanua's "Done Already."

So lately, I've been getting myself back into some Hip-hop, especially some old school hip-hop (i.e. a tribe called quest, notorious B.I.G., common, ll cool j, naughty by nature, tlc, etc.). and once again, i was searching for some new and old hip-hop albums, and I came across Mabanua's "Done Already" cd. If you like Common, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Jurassic 5 and hip-hop Jazz, then you'll like Mabanua.

Here's a snippet from his website (http://www.mabanua.com):

Mabanua was influenced by the sound of the 90’s hip hop group such as “Arrested Development” and the music of the 60’s and 70’s legends. He wanted to emulate the groove of black music he listened to as a child. He begun collaborating with a number of bands as a drummer at prominent music clubs in Tokyo. His technical and expressive skills came to full maturity during this period. Simulataneously, mabanua started to work on his own track using Akai MPCs. Since 2006 he was a member of a jazz-hip-hop group “Ovall”. It is a band of four musicians: their music is a unique mixture of sampling and live sound. Mabanua’s contribution as drummer consists of a characteristic, profound beat. His sensibility as a percussionist is also his strength in track making. His sound originates from a personal vision and although the basis of his music is hip hop, the ultimate goal is to create unique sound transcending any genre.

“mabanua” is a made-up word, an anagram of his real name. His first album will be release in October 8th,2008.

What makes Mabanua's cd unique is his jazzy hip-hop instrumental breaks between tracks, and his reminiscent sounds of early old school hip-hop. If you were to fuse Common, Erykah Badu, The Roots, and Jurassic 5 into one band, then you would have Mabanua. You guys should definitely check him out.

Here's a random video of Mabanua making a beat (*enjoy):



related sites:
http://www.mabanua.com
http://www.myspace.com/mabanua

i heart Eagles of Death Metal

i fell upon this band by accident, and I'm glad i did. If you like Queens of the Stoneage, you'll like Eagles of Death Metal (by no means a death metal band). They're worth listening to! They've made about three albums in the past:
* Peace, Love, Death Metal (2004)
* Death by Sexy (2006)
* Heart On (2008).

They also performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live about a month ago, and here they are (*enjoy):

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Happy New Year everyone. 2009 is here, and let's have a happy, healthy, and safe new year.

Let's hope good things come this year. =)

*First random video of the year:


I love this song, especially T.I. & Rihanna together!

all up on the philippine media again

sometimes i like to randomly check on my favorite filipino celebrities, and it usually starts off with sarah geronimo, cuz she's freakin' amazing.

here's sarah singing disturbia:



seriously, if it was anyone else in the philippines, i probably wouldn't have watched it the whole way through. but since sarah's freakin' amazing!!!, she can pull it off. i really love how she gets into character and her dancing is better. she is definitely a force to reckon with and i hope she makes it internationally. not necessarily in the US cuz she's too good for our market, although i'd like her to collaborate with US producers. since i think her voice is more suited for more pop/pop rnb, i'd want her to collab with timbo and ne-yo, and maybe even darkchild (since he collabo'ed with utada hikaru). i'd definitely want her to sing something SHE wrote and something written especially for her by dianne warren.

man! i should be her manager! anyway, she's freakin' hot. i love her! gooo sarah!

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here's nikki gil singing her song "hear my heart". she's freakin' hot and can play piano! the video reminds me a lil bit of alicia keys' vid of "you don't know my name" cuz of the whole diner thing. for some reason, this song is really catchy to me lol.