Friday, April 29, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Juice Box By Tamara Bubble
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Monday, March 28, 2016
StarRo
Sitting
here on this cool Monday morning on March 28th
thinking, how this month flew by. Listening to StarRo’s music,
looking around my house wanting to get up and start the spring
cleaning ritual my mother instilled in me at an early age. StarRo is
a Japanese music mixologist, Guitarist, Keyboardist, Producer based
out of Los Angeles. What I like about his music, it has that hint of
his Japanese heritage in it. His music is considered downtempo
influenced by Straight-ahead jazz, Brazilian, Folk, Acoustic, Soul
and Hip Hop. There is one female artist he features on his song
“Can't Get You Out Of My Mind” by the name of Alcordo she can
sing. StarRo’s mixes are unique and very chill. You can listen to
them while you are working or just chilling. Check out StarRo on
Streetwise Radio you will become a fan. Happy listening!
LM
Monday, February 8, 2016
Floetry Reunion
This vibrant duo out of London, England consist of Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart they formed Floetry in 1997. Floetry is ahead of so many contemporary R&B acts. Rather than being put in a box like many of the R&B divas, Floetry has chosen to look outside of the box. With one half dedicated to pipes and the other dedicated to poetry and alterative rap. Their sound is fantastic. From 1997 to 2006 Floetry was doing their thing in the music industry. They put out three albums Floetic in 2002, Floacism in 2003 and Flo'Ology in 2005. In my opinion they just kept getting better. Then in 2006 Marsha Ambrosius signed a solo record deal. In 2007 she released Neo Soul is Dead album and parted ways with Natalie Stewart. In late 2010 Natalie Stewart release Spoken Soul Volume 1. The artistry of both these women is amazing. Both of these women are artists in the truest sense of the word. This is a wonderful merging of styles that is unique. Well, all you fans of Floetry there back together! They will be performing at Yoshi's Oakland, California on April 5th, 6th and 7th of 2016. You can check some songs of Floetry on Streetwise Radio.
LM
http://www.vh1.com/news/40579/floetry-reunion-concert/
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Beauty Behind the Madness By The Weeknd
I had never heard of The
Weeknd until I heard his song “Can’t Feel My Face”. My
discovery of The Weeknd happened, while riding in the car with my
husband. He was listening to The Weeknd because his band was doing
his song. I asked who is that, he said “you haven’t heard of The
Weeknd”. I can’t believe I had missed him. While listening to
this album, the only songs I like is “Can’t Feel My Face”.
Being of an older generation, he has a variety of enjoyable music
from his previous work. Some of his songs are explicit but this young
man is way too talented to resort to such language in is music. I
like the eerie sound and the dancing beat of his music. This soon to
be 26 year olds given name is Abęl Makkonen Tesfaye and is of
Ethiopian descent. What I like about The Weeknd is he isn’t afraid
to be himself and put himself out there. He was previously touring in
the San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland. DJ Michael Ealey had the
pleasure of seeing him in concert. He was part of the press, so he
got to meet him. Michael said he was real nice and humble guy. The
Weeknd will be around for a longtime, if he stays true to himself.
LM
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Oddisee
By LM
I rarely
find rap music that I can stand listening to, the stuff they play on
the On-Air stations and the mainstream is awful. As I was sitting
here listening to Oddisee’s song “Belong To The World”, I
thought he has real talent. I went on to listen to more of his songs
I became a fan. This rapper producer born in Washington, D.C’s.
grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland has been rapping and
making beats since 1999. From his debut album 101 in 2008 to his
latest album The Good Fight Oddisee continues to grow. He is
absolutely incredible. The lyrical depth, complexity, soul, and
beauty of his latest album is amazing. Oddisee continues to stay
fresh producing great beats and strong lyrical content. He is a rare
gem in the world hip hop these days. In my opinion, The Good Fight is
his best work to date. It took me a couple of times listening to The
Good Fight to really appreciate the true beauty of this album, it
became hypnotizing. It is lyrically powerful and thoughtful, the
beats keep your head nodding all the way through. Here are some songs
that are my favorites by Oddisee, “Belong To The World”, “Own
Appeal”, “Back of My Mind”, "The Goings On", “Caprice
Down”, “Song For That”, “That's Love”, “Meant It When I
Said It”, “Contradiction’s Maze” and “Streets Won't Let Me
Chill”. I recommend this talented artist to all that are not really
into hip hop music. Oddisee will pleasantly surprise you. Don’t
sleep on Oddisee, you can listen to Oddisee on Streetwise Radio. Also
listen to Streetwise Radio on MyGen365, iTunes, Athena365, Live365
and Pandora.
LM
Thursday, November 26, 2015
YELLOW CLAW
By AMERO.
Welcome back to Streetwise Radio! Holiday season is here again. Time to get together with friends and fam and turn up a lil bit.For those of you who listen to the station you may have heard of the trio of dj/producers called YELLOW CLAW.The group consitsts of Bizzey,Jim Aasgier,and Nizzle.The amsterdam based group is blazing a trail on the trap music scene with hit singles like “love me till it hurts” and “shotgun” using high paced beats and melodic vocals. Yellow claw burst onto the scene in 2010 after hosting and founding The Yellow Claw Thursday nite party at a popular club in Amsterdam. By 2012 they had a few hit singles and became regulars at many dutch festivals ( dirty dutch festival, solarfest). The group successfully blend a multitude of genres onto one track like the track “thunder” which is a masterful blend. After bouncing around a few labels Yellow Claw has chosen the independentroute and is on tour now in Europe. What's amazing to me about the trap music movement is the collaborative nature of it which reminds me of the beginning of hip hop. The beauty of collectivism at its best. Yellow Claw has that upbeat can't stop partying feel that will be sure to keep you up and going all nite. I couldn't imagine being at one of their shows because i would need a change of clothes from the danceathon that would ensue. So if your curious to check out the sound stop by Streetwise Radio live365.com to hear Yellow Claw and other trap artists on our playlist.
Yellow Claw’s Debut Album “Blood For Mercy”
Sound Cloud https://soundcloud.com/yellowclaw.
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