Diplo Friday

Diplo has been on fire all summer with the explosive Express Yourself EP [video] and he keeps the fire coming with a video from the EP, the collab Bueller EP and a Major Lazer video in a week’s time. Dude is unstoppable

Lupe Fiasco – Bitch Bad [video]

Lupe Fiasco has long been a personal favorite (top 2 here), and after campaign with the commercially successful yet artistically questionable, LASERS, the now grizzled vet returns with the album that he always intended to make, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, coming this fall. Check out the  the single “Bitch Bad” via MTV

A$AP Rocky – Purple Kisses [video]

Flacko is definitely about that life, definitely NSFW

From A$AP Mob’s forthcoming mixtape, ‘Lord$ Never Worry’ due 8/28

Mount Eerie – The Place Lives [video]

This foray into nature taken by Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie makes the outdoors seem soothing and peaceful, unlike this past weekend’s fence-building project. The video for “The Place Lives” from ‘Clear Moon’ (needs revisiting) also makes hole-digging look way too easy. Oooo rain….

Best of 2012 (so far)

2012 has been a good year, and it’s only due to get better for the second half. Before that, here are my favorite records from the first.

The Weeknd – Montreal

The High 5 Collective continues to drop amazing videos, check out this unofficial clip for The Weeknd’s “Montreal” from Echoes of Silence, which you can still download for free here

The Weeknd – Montreal (music video) from High5Collective on Vimeo.

Schoolboy Q feat. A$AP Rocky – Hands on the Wheel

Because it’s Friday and life is just weed and brews