The Salad Days

Stor – Allt Vi Gjort ft. Danjah (Video)

Daniel — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:31:03 +0000

Stor, who recently won the “P3 Guld”-award for best Hiphop/Soul, just released the video to “Allt Vi Gjort”. The Dope video is directed by Jay Veesualz and was recorded in August last year in Rålambshovsparken in Stockholm.

“Allt Vi Gjort” is taken from Stor’s album “Nya Skolans Ledare” which can be downloaded from the Whoa-blog.

Näääk – Namnet Var Näääkish

Niklas — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:06:25 +0000

“Namnet Var Näääkish” is the third single from the solo album “Näääk Vem?“. The beat is signed Charlie Bernardo and the video is produced by the duo behind “Mina Gangsters“, Karl-Uno Lindgren and John Lindgren that is. I find this one as the weakest video coming from Näääk so far but it’s still a very suitable video for the song.

Näääk is truly on the subject with his Grammis2010- and P3 Guld nominations and that’s not all -- Näääk will support as an opening act for Talib Kwelis gigs here in Sweden. Don’t miss that out!

7/2 Mejeriet, Lund
8/2 Trädgårn, Gothenburg
9/2 Göta Källare, Stockholm

Buy your ticket at LiveNation.se!

Promoe & Timbuktu winners at the Grammis award ceremony.

Daniel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:01:44 +0000

The “Grammis 2010” award ceremony is over for this year. The award for “Club/Hiphop of the year” went to Promoe for his album “Kråksången“ and the award for “Music video of the year” went to Timbuktu for his video “Välj Mej” ,from the album “En High 5 & 1 Falafel“, directed by Daniel Wirtberg & Jonas Rudström for Daemon Films.

Petter inks a record deal with Pope Records and releases a new single

Daniel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:49:42 +0000

Petter, who’s been without a record deal since last year when he chose not to renew his deal with Universal Music recently signed a deal with Pope Records. Pope Records will release his upcoming album “En Räddare I Nöden” which will be released sometime this spring. Pope Records are excited about the deal and says that:

“Petter has recorded his strongest and best material yet, and this phase two of his career is going to be something extra!”

The first single from the album is called “Fast För Evigt” and is produced by Collén & Webb who’s also going to produce the whole album. “Fast För Evigt” is available for listening on Petters Blog and will be available through Spotify Premium from Monday and trough iTunes Music Store, Spotify Free and other digital music stores from Wednesday.

Click here to go to Petters Blog and listen to “Fast För Evigt”.

Interview with Ja’Da

Daniel — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:09:12 +0000

Ja’Da (consisting of Jamal Ryback and Daniel da Costa) is the latest group to emerge from the very creative Ayla Crew. Last year they released the track “G5″ through Ametist Blog. They have been collaboration for three years, but this was the first time I ever heard a track from them. We decided to do an interview to get some more info about them.

What got you interested in rap?
- We’ve been interested in music since we were kids, Hip-hop became a part of our lives so it felt right to start rapping.

You’ve been collaboration for three years, did you rap before you formed Ja’Da?
- Yes, Jamal was rapping with the group UKN (now Mohammed Ali) and Daniel was part of the group Panetoz. We both lived in the same suburb so we decided joined forces and form Ja’Da.

Maybe I’m just missed it, but before “G5” I had never heard any track from you, why have you waited for so long to release anything?
- We felt that we didn’t want to release anything that didn’t meet our standards so we decided to work creatively and release our music when it felt right.

When reading your blog there’s very much humor in your posts, will that be reflected in your songs?
- Yes, partly. There will be humor on the album, which we’re recording right now, but it will be on a more serious level. Since we’re recording the album right now the blog hasn’t been updated in a while but it will soon be up and running again.

How will you release your album? Will it be released for free like the other records from Ayla?
- Yes, it will be released for free. Internet is the way to go!

What do you think of the status of the Swedish hip-hop scene?
- It’s been getting better these last years and we expect to top it with our upcoming album.

What artist are you currently listening to right now?
- Daniel is listening to Ayla and everything else I think sound good, Jamal is currently listening to Lupe Fiasco’s new mixtape.

What are you currently working on?
- The album, the album, the album and then the next album!

For more information visit their blog!

DJ Akilles – Best of 2009 (mixtape)

Daniel — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:58:30 +0000

Dj Akilles has previously released two (as far as I know) mixtapes collecting the best, biggest and most influential tracks from the previous year. In 2006 he released The “Best of 2005″-mixtape through the site “Svensk Underjord” which mixed Swedish and American hip-hop. Last year he released “Best of 2008″ trough the Community/Blog Whoa which focused on Swedish hip-hop only. When it’s time to sum up the best tracks from 2009 he’s back to the concept of the 2005-mixtape and mixes both American and Swedish hip-hop.

31 tracks are mixed together by scratch and beat-juggling to form this mixtape that contains tracks from Snoop Dogg, Raekwon, Method Man & Redman, Jay-Z, Drake, Clipse, Organismen, Mofeta & Jerre, Ken Ring and many more. On top of this the mixtape also contains a brand new exclusive track from Professor P & Dj Akilles called “Each and Every Station”. Professor P & Dj Akilles will release a new EP later this year, so this could be a taste of what’s coming.

Click here to download “Best of 2009″ from Dj Akilles Blog.

Intro
Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Rock
Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Method Man – New Wu
Blaq Poet – Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed
Method Man & Redman – A-Yo
M.O.P. feat Redman – Riding Through
Royce Da 5’9” feat. Phonte – Something 2 Ride 2
Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli – History
Asher Roth – I Love College
Edo. G & Masta Ace – Over There
The Game – Bang Along
Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
Fat Joe feat. Raekwon & TA – Ice Cream
Busta Rhymes Feat. Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend & Common – Decision
Q-Tip – Blue Girl
Method Man & Redamn – Mrs. International
Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common – Make Her Say (I Poke Her Face)
Wale feat. Lady Gaga – Chillin
DJ Quick & Kurupt – Blaqout
Michael Jackson – This Is It (DJ Akilles Refix)
J Dilla feat. Havoc & Raekwon – 24k Rap
Organismen – Den Vita Kaninen
Clipse feat. Cam’ron – Popular Demand (Popeyes)
Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – Forever
Mofeta & Jerre – Sitter Som En Smäck
Drake – Best I Ever Had
Camp Lo feat. Tyler Woods – Gotcha
Raekwon feat. Lyfe Jennings – Catalina
Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – Crack A Bottle
Slaughterhouse – The One + Travis Barker Remix
Ken Ring – Hiphop
BONUS TRACK: Professor P & DJ Akilles – Each And Every Station

New music from Superci

Staffan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:35:06 +0000

More christmas gifts, this time from Mr Noun and Arka of Supersci. “What It Is EP” consists of four tracks and some nice artwork. Music wise, producer team Flyphonic has left out the melodic jazz vibes from earlier releases in favor of a more electronic sound. And the result is dope as hell. Review is coming up.

Download from http://www.flyphonic.com, or by this direct link.

Erik L – Loose Control EP [Download]

PH3 – Telefon (Video)

Daniel — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:13:11 +0000

PH3 gives you an early Christmas present in the form of a video to their track “Telefon”. The single will be officially released on Pope Records/Universal Music on January 15 (it was released independently by PH3 earlier this year). The video is directed by Elinor Aldal.

PH3, which consists of Eye N’I, Profilen, Nils Wallfält, Salem Al Fakir and Jacob Birgersson will release a new album this spring which apparently will be about

subscribers and non-subscribers

I have still no idea what that means, but some clues might be found on their website!

The nominees to Grammis 2010

Daniel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:51:49 +0000

The final nominees for the Swedish Grammis Award 2010 was revealed earlier today. After the jurys first nomination and a public voting round the final nominees in the category “Club/Hip-Hop” are

Andreas Tilliander - Show
J-Son – Never Half Stepping
Lorentz & M.Sakarias – Vi mot världen
Maskinen - Boys II Men
Promoe - Kråksången

Gin Joints & Young Ivy – The Conjugal Visit

Daniel — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:23:01 +0000

In 2004 the producer Gin Joints and the rapper Young Ivy were living on different continents. Ivy had moved from Luleå in northern Sweden to USA for high school studies, and later college. During the end of summer 2004 Young Ivy returned to Sweden for a vacation and to visit friends and family. This also became a conjugal visit with music. During three hectic weeks of writing and recording he and Gin Joints managed to produce the material to this EP.

During the recording of the tracks Gin Joints didn’t have studio so he had to sit on the floor in some friends apartment whilst Young Ivy had to squeeze himself into a closet with a mic.

After Young Ivy left to go back to the US, Gin Joints mixed the Ep and managed to get guest verses from Planet Asia and Kashal-Tee. The plan was to release the EP on vinyl but due to problems with distributors the EP was never released. Until now. 5 years later the Ep is finally ready to be released. The EP is available through iTunes, Amazon, Napster and other digital music vendors as well as trough Spotify. But Gin Joints is a generous and also offers it as a free download! I’ve listened to it a couple of times now and I really recommend you to download this!

Gin Joints is currently working on a mixtape which will feature appearances from Supersci, Adam Tensta, Prop Dylan and Kid Colt amongst others.

Click here to download Gin Joints & Young Ivy – The Conjugal Visit

Track List

Intro
Round here
On point
Faithful feat. Dj Hands
What feat. Planet Asia & Kashal-tee
Speak truth
Tryin’ to make it
The conjugal visit

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