Mood stream. Scene and heard: Odd Future. The past few Scene and heard blogs have thrown their net wide, visiting India, Colombia and South Africa in search of new sounds. For this week's instalment, we return to the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles, where an extended family of suburban skate kids are busy reinventing hip-hop in their own image. Odd Future, or to give them their full name, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, are a dozen or so teenagers, calling themselves things such as Tyler the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genius and Hodgy Beats.
Hailing from the Crenshaw district of LA, they're suburban rather than ghetto kids, but no hint of a comfortable upbringing has made it into the music, which is dark as hell and has little to do with any prevalent hip-hop trends. The raps are seedy, surreal and ugly, featuring tales of illicit sex, drugs and splatter violence. The beats are often cold and experimental, alien-sounding synths and just off clap. Richard Ashcroft | Home. R.I.P. Nate Dogg, 1969-2011. Posted by Andrew Unterberger on 03/16/2011 at 9:59 AM News The Popdust Files: nate dogg “It must be a single with Nate Dogg singin’ on it,” rapped Ice Cube on Westside Connection’s “Gangsta Nation” of his bandmate Dogg’s hook-crooning prowess in 2003. Indeed, “Gangsta Nation” was merely one of dozens of hip-hop hits over the last 20 years to feature the velvety-voiced Nathaniel Dwyane Hale providing the chorus. Nate Dogg died earlier this morning from causes unknown at the age of 41. He had suffered a number of strokes over the course of the last few years, which led to the loss of his voice.
Never a superstar in his own right—he only ever had two top 40 hits as a lead artist, the mostly-forgotten “Never Leave Me Alone” and “Nobody Does it Better“—Dogg nonetheless spent the better part of two decades as hip-hop’s perennial Best Supporting Actor. Nate was versatile enough to do far more for a song than just provide the chorus. Grease is the word. Suicide Birds. BOMBA ESTÉREO. FilterMusic - Internet radio stations, electronic & house music, online web radio. 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums. Lil Wayne - Right Above It feat. Drake (Lyrics)