The Game - Jesus Piece

I have always respected The Game as an artist because in my early days of listening to rap I remember all of his old songs and how much I liked the grimy, tough, emotional beats. I really enjoyed his last album because it had great features and the rapping was outstanding. This new album called Jesus Piece has caught my attention once again from the distinguished beats.

Here is my favorite song from the album

Austin Music Map: Honky Tonk Revival At The White Horse

On KUT the other day I listened to the Austin Music Minute and they were talking about the rising of country music amongst young people in austin and how genres like country indie and bluegrass were blending together. I found the video and thought it related to some of the music that is found at Woodstock.

Here is the video
Austin Music Map: Honky Tonk Revival At The White Horse

Louis Vuitton - J. Cole

J. Cole is a young rap artist signed to Jay-Z's label RocNation. He has developed over a couple years making 3 mix tapes and a debut album all very successful, whenever he puts out a new single it is a must have for me. With his new single I like it because it resembles some of the songs on his old mix tape, with a relaxing and dazed feel. The single comes from another song that he did with fabulous on his mix tape. The tune is superb and I like the way the song progresses during each verse. It's a fun song that is satirically speaking about the designer brand Louis Vuitton.

The song is called Louis Vuitton

Music Festivals

When we watched the documentary about Woodstock I found it very interesting because I have been to Fun Fun Fun fest and ACL. It was definitely a lot different from the new festivals that we have in Austin, but at the same time it had a lot of similarities. When looking at the festival grounds, even though it was on a farm the grounds looked the same and the stages were very complex for just learning about the festival idea. The concept hasn't changed since the first try and thats something I liked seeing. The amount of people at the fest was also shocking and it was surprising to see that many people. When the camera was walking around it made me feel like I was at ACL just a less developed version.