There’s so many whiplashes in this mix of free downloaded music that everybody should find something they’ll love.
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#musicmonday: no days off on the grind [free MP3 downloads]
Just because you take a day off doesn’t mean the free MP3 downloads will! Grab some tunes to relax to on your holiday!
Music: The Perfect Chord from @darrylzero: Bad Brains
Seemingly everyone, from unmistakably top-40 pop bands like No Doubt, Sublime, and Sugar Ray, to rap icons The Beastie Boys, to metal bands The Entombed, Deftones, and Sepultura have overtly proclaimed their fandom; even dance producer Moby and pop-hip hopper Lil’ Jon have shown the band love over the decades, to say nothing of music critics. Despite the band’s remarkably high profile, all of the most effusive praise in the public arena focuses on a mere two albums: the band’s self-titled 1982 debut, and their third album, 1986’s “I Against I.”
Music: Kelly Price Gives A Free Concert Wednesday in LA [@bhcplive]
The songstress brings her musical stylings to south LA in a free summertime show.
Respect: Michael Jackson, 1958-2009
Today is the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s birth, and the world may never see anything like him again.
#musicmonday: happy birthday michael jackson [free mp3 downloads]
Alt-rock, hip hop, neo-soul and rock and roll, from Chubb Rock to Red Hot (Chili Peppers), free MP3 downloads for everybody.
Music: The Perfect Chord from @darrylzero: Hardware
Laswell initially released the album in Japan with the title “Hardware” under the band name Third Eye, but encountered slight difficulties when it was discovered an American band, The Third Eye, held the official rights to the name. Rather than, say, pay the band to change their name, Laswell simply retitled the album “Third Eye Open” and used the Japanese album title as the American band name
Radio: A Real “Virtual” DJ Hits The Airwaves In San Antonio
Once upon a time, real people had to play records on the radio. A San Antonio station is making that irrelevant.
Respect: Musical Legend Nick Ashford, 1942-2011
One half of the legendary songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson has left us.
#musicmonday: the element of freedom [free mp3 downloads]
Free MP3s to download. What else do you really need to know?
Music: The Perfect Chord from @darrylzero: Chocolate Genius
The album’s tongue-in-cheek title suggests the difficulties Thompson had in finding a label for it. Black radio in the 90’s had been dominated by various iterations of music spawned by the hip-hop explosion at the beginning of the decade, and Thompson’s arrangements strayed closer to Bob Dylan than Blackstreet
Music: Rakim and EPMD Play NYC’s Central Park for FREE on Sunday!
The 18th Letter joins Erick and Parrish Makin’ Dollars to show NYC hip hop heads some love.
Respect: The Jazzy Styles Of Thelonius Monk
The skill. The sound. Thelonius.
Music Video: @MalcolmBarrett Screens “Revenge of the Nerds” in Hollywood
The Better Off Ted actor brings his act to the Hollywood masses tonight.
#musicmonday: doin’ it again [free mp3 downloads]
Another great set of free MP3s to download and enjoy!
Music: The Perfect Chord from @darrylzero: Ten Grand
The melding of styles was as widespread as it was seamless and, perhaps, inevitable; as a genre, punk was always as defiantly resistant to clear definition as it was to authority, with bands like Fishbone, The Clash, Fugazi, Bow Wow Wow, and the aforementioned Bad Brains merging rock with dub, calypso, funk, jazz, and any imaginable musical form. Still, the starkness of The Vidablue’s approach—the instrumental arrangements so delicate and tender, with vocals so scrapingly abrasive—suggested a sort of identity crisis, an inability to move too far in one direction.