FG co-founder Nick Catchdubs’ monthly Flashing Lights party (thrown with buds DJ Ayres and Jubilee) turns one year old this Saturday, and it’s time to celebrate at 88 Palace in NYC. Toddla T is even coming to town to lend a hand with the festivities! RSVP here for reduced entry and grab all four volumes of our Flashing Lights mix series after the jump. Read More
Peep the new issue of XLR8R (“Funkstep!”) for a great lil interview with our esteemed art director Dust La Rock, featuring a bunch of FG sleeves, personal artwork from Best Of The Beast and beyond, and those anecdotes y’all folks love so much. Grab it on a newstand near you or download the free PDF and flip to page 46.
We’re proud to release a new grab bag from Crookers today! The “What Up Y’all” EP is out now on Beatport, iTunes, Juno and everywhere else fine digital music is sold (with vinyl on the way). What’s included, you ask? Read More
Some funk-aay before lunch! Grab the latest edition of Greenmoney’s radio show here, and as a bonus snag this exclusive Annie Mac blog mix featuring a bunch of remixes and original production new and old. Check them at Annie Mac’s show at Koko LDN this Saturday (10/10), more dates up on the MySpace – including some Fool’s Gold Euro Tour dates?!? Details soon…
Whutup blog! Sorry to leave you with nothing 2 step 2 for a minute, you can check the MySpace blog to catch up on all the news. So a year ago, Skinny Friedman of the Philadelphyinz and I started a party called Player’s Club (1st & 3rd Weds at Pianos 158 Ludlow NYC) and tomorrow she turns one year old! Skinny has been slicing the country up in an wrapped Alize tour bus with the homie Izza Kizza as his tour DJ for the past month, but he will be in the building tomorrow for the celebration! The great response to our first PC mix made us want to do another for the anniversary. Check below for the full tracklisting + a surprise.
Tommie Sunshine hit us up a while back with a hankerin to put “Right Hand Hi” over some Black Box. Who are we not to oblige? Our mailing list got first crack at this tune today (sign up on the right!!!!) but no reason why our blog friends shouldn’t get a chance to peep this TS DJ edit too. Enjoy!
More “RHH” remix goodies coming soon. Meanwhile, go enjoy Kill The Noise + Kingdom’s takes, along with the excellent original right here. Ultraviolet in stores 11/17!
This week we have Young Money vs Travis Porter, Playaz Circle w Lil Wayne, Da Undagods (aka Keith Murray and… Canibus!), Strong Arm Steady w The Jacka (and Madlib!) and De La Soul. Now THAT is a coalition, people! I’m a uniter not a divider. Read More
It’s a nice little snapshot of where Rocco’s been going in the studio as of late, more new jams from him very soon. Meanwhile, head over to his Tumblr to check upcoming tour dates in Europe and Australia for October, along with all sorts of random visual goodies.
Go download the homie Rusko’s new one for Mishka’s fun “Keep Watch” mixes, featuring a new “Slow Nails” take on his remix of Kid Sister’s “Pro Nails” (from our FG Remixed comp). While you’re at it, get Jokers Of The Scene and Congorock’s contributions to the eyeball series as well!
Slamming, jacking, sweating, pumping, thumping, EXPLODING… yep, must be Crookers.
The Italian DJ/production duo has been synonymous with all manner of intense dancefloor activity over the past few years, crafting absolutely massive (and massively influential) original tracks, along with remixes for some of the biggest names in pop. The Crookers’ version of Kid Cudi’s “Day N Nite” snowballed from an underground club must-have to an international smash hit – so we’re obviously, undeniably proud to present this follow-up Fool’s Gold release.
The stacked “What Up Y’all” EP features the first official release of the title track (now properly mixed and mastered, with a shouted hook from Izza Kizza) as well as a hyperactive juke remix of Crookers’ anthem “Knobbers” by DJ Gant-Man, and two incredible takes on the follow-up Cudi collab “Embrace The Martian” courtesy of UK beat maestro Seiji – a crunching, hard-hitting “booty mix” and a squelchy acid version that take the dreamy original to two new heights. Take a listen to the acid mix right now at RCRD LBL.
You can also snag the dub version at Seiji’s blog. Grab these now and brace yourself for whatever the Crooks are cooking up next on their debut LP, coming soon.