Filed under: Emerging Artists, Free 4 All | Tags: Chester French, Clinton Sparks, Common, Diddy, electro, Emerging Artists, Harvard, hip-hop, Interscope, Lady GaGa, Love The Future, mixtape, Pharrell, Talib Kweli, Vampire Weekend, Wale
Anxiously awaiting Chester French’s new album Love The Future (April 21, Interscope)? Do you have no clue who Chester French is? Either way, you must peep their free new mixtape, Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance. This star-studded jump-off is replete with retro appeal, but don’t let that fool you. Heavy electro and hip-hop influences give this mixtape a smooth shine and fresh new-car smell.
Curated by Boston native Clinton Sparks, the mix’s guest list includes such established and emerging figures as Diddy, Pharrell, Common, Talib Kweli, Bun B., Kardinal Offishall, Lady GaGa, and Wale. The list goes on! Stay posted, these Harvard grads are the Massachusetts answer to Columbia’s Vampire Weekend. Hey Bandersnatch, try getting these dudes soon before they’re too hot to handle!
— Trevor Kiv, Web Editor
Get ready party people; the first single from WALE‘s seemingly long awaited Interscope debut is here and it BUMPS.
Perfectly suited for the much anticipated summer party scene, “Chillin” boasts some tight M.I.A.-esque vocal stylings from labelmate Lady Gaga, who made a huge splash with a debut of her own last year, The Fame.
Needless to say this dope new track will be all over the place soon, so grab it here and be the first one Chillin’.
— Trevor Kiv, web editor
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