TAG: B’more

Sep24

Blaqstarr ft. M.I.A. “Lemme Hump You” (KSFW) (Video)

M.I.A. has been keeping it fairly low for a minute (or maybe that’s the media just taking a breather after her worst summer ever). But the web never sleeps, so we offer up the third piece of new music from M.I.A., following Monday’s “Story To Be Told” and yesterdays Diplo leaked demo. This time Maya gets rappy with her long time b-more protigee Blaqstarr. The video is KSFW (Kinda Safe For Work) although I’m certain we’ve seen the whole animation over vintage porn thing before (the Google is failing in finding anything on “porn animation indie rock video,” so if you remember what I’m talking about, please leave a comment.

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Nov01

In Da Club :: Baltimore

Baltimore club music is the raunchy, pitched-up sound of the city's urban underground. Go inside the world where the only thing bigger than the booty is the beats. 

By Tony Ware

“If you’ve got $5 in your pocket put your middle finger in the air,” blares the command, and several hundred fingers like antennae perk up in response. Any other night, some of these fingers may be looking for respect, others looking for blood. But tonight, all these bony receivers are attuned to the same frequency, and all their energy is fueled by a mouth on the mic and unrelenting 120 BPM calls to “hit that ass from the back,” “pop yo’ pussy” and “put yo’ hands up like a gun in the air.”

Onstage is “Club Queen” DJ K-Swift, on the floor are several hundred hipsters and on the speakers is Baltimore club music, known alternatively through the years as “Doo Dew,” “Baltimore Trax,” “B’More club” and simply “party music.” …