Also Performing: One Be Lo, Aceyalone, and The Shotgun Wedding Quintet
The time is almost here for the show in Los Angeles and five years later the collaboration is stronger than ever. Originally Zion I & The Grouch used a true Underground Rap feel, but they have evolved from that including reggae, electronica, and even a jazz rhythm. The positive thought of the album keeps the stage alive in times of hardship. For most, Silly Puddy was the route to enter the wave of good music. Amp Live of Zion I will electrify the beats to a majority of the songs which you cannot purchase. One Be Lo and Aceyalone perform real Underground Rap, and The Shotgun Wedding Quintet will mix it up with a mix of Jazz and Rap. Join us Tuesday April 26th at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. The entrance is $20 with a portion of the ticket sales being donated to J.U.I.C.E.
The video below is a Freestyle session with DJ Amp Live Producing LIVE as well as a Dub Step intro using his new MPC/Guitar
Yes they may be Underground music artists, but they are featured on movies and video games. "One"" was featured on the movie Step Up 3D
Working with Zion I has given the Original Grounds Music blog the ability to tap into the underground music scene to diversify your music library. The live performances of Zion I are not available for purchase as DJ Amp Live is the producer and has the ability to change up the songs a bit to give the concerts an original feel. The work of DJ Amp Live has given OGmusic the ability to provide those limited track mixes to you at a minimal nominal fee of $5 a complete mix. Music artists are continuing to only provide Original Grounds Music with the limited mixes and tracks and we are here to provide. The $5 is used to help keep up the blog and we give you a personal download of limited work by music artists. We have included the ability to donate more if you wish, but the minimal fee is all we ask from our listeners. Thank You for your interest and OGmusic will continue to Diversify Your Music Library!
We just can't get enough of Black Eyed Peas! Their new song called "Just Can't Get Enough" is their newest song on the radio. The beat is original. It is calm, soothing, and simple. The hook that Fergie sings is very catchy. Her voice is electronically changed, but is still sexy like always. like how towards the end, they added a little techno remix. It was unexpected, but very exciting to hear. Also, great lyrics by everyone in the crew.
Black Eyed Peas is an amazing group. They have their own style that can not be explained with words. They don't follow trends, but they do make their own unique way to express music. They are the one group that must be listened to.
Ironically this music video was filmed in Japan a week before the tsunami. Much love for the people of Japan and other countries that were affected by the disaster.
The new Zion I & The Grouch album is now available and ready to purchase. Your music library deserves this quality music. After running through the album, I confirm my continued love for the projects Zion I delivers. The Underground Rap album provides true to life lyrics with a variety of music styles. Catch some reggae, guitar, electro, and Spanish. Incorporation of other music styles doesn't sound like such a great idea. Zion I & The Grouch ensure that their work is appreciated by the non-rap fans. The plan is executed very well. Healing of the Nation has the positive vibe that rap has needed with all the events occurring early in 2011. Want to check them out LIVE? Remember Zion I & The Grouch will be performing April 26th 2011 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. The Shotgun Wedding Quintet will be opening the show for them. Did you notice on the picture above has the LRG Clothing Company? Yup Lifted Research Group sponsors The Grouch and will be selling a special The Grouch hat which has a "G" on the front of the cap using LRG font. There will be music fans of all sorts, so come and join the show of SPRING.
Is the radio still continuing to deliver overplayed songs that eventually become soo repetitive that you wish to stop listening to it? Here is what you should be listening to.
I will have to agree that LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem has the right beat going on. Play this when your are driving or when you have the need to SHUFFLE!! I have the official music video below since I think the intro is worth watching.
Next up is Afrojack. He is able to produce a very nice and fluid beat with its transitions. The first video is mainly a beat while the second one is something to sing to.
MASTRKRFT's Heart Breaker is a very good track as well. I have decided to post on this update the Laidback Luke remix, since I believe that it feels a lot more livelier than the original song. Feel free to also check out the original song so you can hear the difference.
Ahhh yes The Black Keys. For you individuals with the refined taste of music, you may have heard of the Black Keys. You may have also heard that they also won a Grammy. Crazy. Crazy as in crazy awesome, seeing as they were completely deserving of it. What they were not deserving of was no air time on the Grammys. Subsequently many have not yet heard the music of The Black Keys. This could just be my multitude of lame friends who are too lame, and haven't listened to them. Regardless, this is a travesty. Thus I take it upon myself the burden of spreading the good word.
Where to begin with The Black Keys? Don't answer that. It's rhetorical, its my post, of course I know where Im going to start. With that I segue into their members: Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. Allow me to succintly describe the two in analogy format. Dan Auerbach:No Glasses :: Patrick Carney:Glasses. Thats about all you need to know. I apologize if my description was a little bit wordy, but I felt I really needed the detail. With all tihs unfulfilled space, maybe I'll go into some extraneous details about them. Dan Auerbach is the guitarist, and Patrick Carney is the drummer, pretty simple at that. Now if you did quick Google search you may find their newest album, Brothers. An excellent album, but do not be confused they are not in fact brothers, simply bandmates. I'm not a sure a single human womb could hold their dual awesomeness over any space of time.
Now, I may have built up the two quite a bit, and maybe gone a little overboard, and you may be wondering my warrants for why their music is so good. Their music is great, because they took the simple concept of blues, and reinvigorated it, not to denigrate the whole genre of blues by calling it "simple." For blues, its the structure itself that is very simple, the very structured pattern and rhythmic music that makes it easy to learn and easy to follow, however its what people can do within that structure that makes Blues such an enduring genre. You see a lot of that with the Black Keys, the heavy blues structure, heavy deep rhythms, but reinvigorated with distorted guitar, drums pumped to 11, and whatnot. Basically the formula for the Black Keys is thus: You take Blues, add some heavy guitar, great drumming, Dan's vocals, you slap on a sweet beard (a beard that Dan has shaved much to my dismay), and you've got the Black Keys. The music they play is so vastly different from what we hear on the radio today, and it's not just shades different from other music. Its out there. Even in the all inclusive umbrella of "indie music." Its a refreshing taste of excellent music, and all jokes aside you ought give thema lookthrough.
Plus the Black Keys have some of the most subtlely hilarious videos ever.
