What the fuck is cool anyway? The dude(tte)s who think they know are probably just copying Diplo…but the joke’s on them: He doesn’t think anything is cool. At least in the traditional sense. Is that cool? We’re not sure. His label, Mad Decent makes people dance and kids have shaked their hips to his productions for M.I.A, Santogold and a gang of others. URB caught up with him in Philly where he told us what’s cool. Or not.
URB: A lot of people look to you for musical inspiration, musical taste. Who do you look to for inspiration?
Diplo: I don’t know man. I’m really happy that I’ve got a really good team right now in Philly that works really well on all the Mad Decent material. Like Blaqstarr, Boy …
We I can’t tell you how excited this makes us me. Please join me, so i can make that a plural collective in celebrating the impending arrival of DJ Benzi & Diplo present: Paper Route Gangstaz: Fear & Loathing in Hunts Vegas. It’s more fun to celebrate with friends. URB.com has the exclusive 17 minute album sampler that’ll bring you over to the dark right side until the real CD drops real soon. The real CD officially coming from Mad Decent, like with a jewel case. Enjoy.
This summer, a song hit the Internuts like a ninja on steroids—its origin shrouded in mystery as it hauntingly echoed a tangible eeriness. On the surface, it appeared to be just another song about cars, but there was an urgency that made it feel so much more important. Under a choir of ghostly children la la la-ing a lullaby of death, there was an undeniable and soaring beauty…even as a seemingly satanic Mike Jones slurred the screwed-up hook.
Months later, we know the song is called “Wood Grain” and the artists behind it are the Hood Headlinaz on Paper Route Recordz. The ethereal vacuum where the Headlinaz made the cut is called Huntsville, Alabama—a place that’s ostensibly as unaware of the outside world as the outside world is of it. But, perhaps most surprisingly, by the end of the summer, it …
Leave A Comment!