LEE JULIEN

Sunday, 31 January 2010

BIG SEAN - SUPA DUPA LEMONADE FREESTYLE

This is why the homie Big Sean is a lot better than a lot of the other "new age" rappers now.

Listen to this flow and his punch-lines within this song; he goes hard as hell!!!

Keep a look out for Sean's "Finally Famous Vol. 3" Mixtape dropping in the next few weeks!

And Finally Famous the album coming 2010!!!

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

CUDDERISBACK

New video from the homie Scott Mescudi a.k.a Kid Cudi!

This video basically sums up what I do on a weekly basis with my homies haha!

Big props to Scott for this video!

KiD CuDi "cudderisback" - Directed by Jason Goldwatch - DatNewCudi.com from DP on Vimeo.

MY WINTER PLAYLIST

You know when it comes to January/February time and the weather gets the worst of you and all of a sudden you find your tastes changing?

Well yeah it's happened to me; here are 5 songs that are on my winter playlist right now.

1) Take It From Here - Justin Timberlake

This song brings me back to 2002; I was 10 years old when this came out and I love it still to this day.

It was around that age when I really distinguished my taste in music and I must say this is one of the best pieces of production from The Neptunes.

2) Bittersweet Poetry - Kanye West feat. John Mayer

This unlikely combination made sure this song stuck in my head!

3) Before She Said Hi - Mario feat. Big Sean

Mario came back with a lot older image and deeper lyrics;

and helped by the homie Big Sean this song definitely keeps me through the hard winter times!

4) Abraham, Martin & John - Marvin Gaye

This song has a lot of personal meaning to me; so when hard times hit I just put it on and kick back...

Definitely one of the finest records ever made!

5) No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley

Do I really need to say much about this song?!

No matter how anyone is feeling this song will always uplift you!

Friday, 18 December 2009

STUDIO

Some studio footage from today with me and the big homie Scott!

You see him spit his freestyle for a verse but which one we choosing??

Wait & see!

Thursday, 17 December 2009

THIS WHAT YOU BEEN WAITING FOR!

This pic is what a lot of people have been waiting for!

Me to get in the studio and finally get some demo songs down!

Well not long to wait now people before I show you all what I got; 2010 I GOT YOU!!

PEACE!!

ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR REVIEW

Here is my review on the big homie Mike Posner's mixtape "One Foot Out The Door"

The Mike Posner "One Foot Out The Door" is this multi-talented college student's second mixtape this year.

His first mixtape entitled "A Matter of Time" led him to being signed by none other than Marty Bandier of Sony Records.

Mike, a modest college student aged just 21, explains his life as "Living the dream" and often balances college life with touring and doing performances each weekend.

It is Mike's Sophomore mixtape (Mike describes it as a 'mini-album') that is truly impressing. Listening to the 2 mixtapes back to back really gives the listener of how much this guy has developed throughout this turbulent year.

The production on this second tape is mainly Posner himself, with names such as Block Beattaz, Benny Blanco, 3OH!3, Gigamesh and Clinton Sparks also appearing on the production credits (Sparks presented the mixtape)

The mixtape features collaborations from artists such as KiD CuDi, 3OH!3, Bun B, XV and Posner's friend, G.O.O.D Music signee and Detroit native Big Sean.

Listening to this mixtape you can feel the quality oozing through your speakers, hence explaining why Mike calls this mixtape a 'mini album', with the production being none less than expected from a mixtape presented to you by Clinton Sparks.

A couple of the songs on this tape relate to Mike's crazy journey over this year, especially "Speed of Sound" which features a sweet verse from Big Sean; explaining how as Mike puts it as "I got a hundred million numbers inside of my phone, and I still got no-one to call" which really gives a listener a reality check that the music you're listening to is from a 21 year old student who shot to success just 5 weeks after releasing his first tape.

Also featuring on Mike's mixtape is a remix of Soulja Boy's "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" which features Saigon, and this version of the song is surprisingly un-corny; unlike the original. The production and recording process behind this song can be seen on Mike Posner's YouTube page (The majority of this mixtape was created in Posner's college dorm)

All in all; this mixtape is actually way more than a mixtape. As said by Clinton Sparks on one of the skits "We're practically giving away an album already" which is why everybody should go download this 'One Foot Out The Door' mixtape and Mike's freshman mixtape 'A Matter of Time' to truly get a feel of this young man's versatility, diversity and creative talents.

Mike's debut album is also coming in 2010 so keep an eye out for that.

Find out more about Mike Posner in the up and coming Tick interview with him and also at myspace.com/mikeposner

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

SNEAK SNEAK SNEAK OF THE WEEK!

Yes it's back!

You old school blog readers will remember this!!

Every week I choose a different sneaker that I'm really feeling that particular week!

This week I have chose the Adidas Originals Star Wars Collection "Storm Trooper"

I just love the simplicity yet complexity of this sneaker; with the nice white with the black highlights but then the detail on it such as the raised stripes and the small detail on the front of the toe.

This is by far my favorite shoe from the Adidas X Star Wars collection, despite it being a hi-top which I have been thrown off by recently due to the masses and masses of people wearing them.

The rest of the Adidas X Star Wars collection can be seen HERE