Rye Rye, “Rock Off Shake Off” MP3
We still cannot get over the fact that Rye Rye is pregnant in the “Bang” video. If we were pregnant we would be sitting on our couch eating popcorn, watching Oprah reruns, bitching excessively and cursing the bastard who planted the bun in our oven, not dancing our asses off and looking super cute and being awesome. Some people have different skill sets. They’re offering this new Daft Punk-sampling electro banga on the finally-launched N.E.E.T. site, where you should go now if you want MIA’s hand to flip you the bird while you bang your head on Rye Rye’s sub bass.
Download: Rye Rye, “Rock Off Shake Off”
Video: Rye Rye f. MIA, “Bang”
MIA directed this video for her young youth protegé, Bmore sweetheart Rye Rye, and it looks virtually identical to half the stuff on Brooklyn Cable Access (but with more neon outfits), which is brilliant. Somehow extra lo-fi video FX and scrappy animation (i.e. Major Lazer “Hold the Line” video) seem exactly right for recession times, like with all our circumstantially forced-DIYness and dearth of resources people have foregone pricey HD and dug up the Betacam from a box in their parents’ basement. The budget was clearly spent on Rye Rye’s epic makeup job (props) and handiwipes to erase the sweat from peoples’ brows, most of which went to Rye Rye cause she is the best dancer.
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Exclusive Video: Rye Rye Webisode with Super Pregs MIA
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Oh man, the good old days. Before we knew his cool little ass was named Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman, MIA’s baby son was chilling in the studio in his mom’s tummy while she talked up her new protegé—burgeoning superstar and rainbow-hair-flipper extraordinaire Rye Rye, who is currently getting ready to release her debut album. We met up with Rye Rye down in Austin and will have some special stuff with her up soon, but in the meantime, we just got this exclusive look behind the scenes with her and mama Maya.
Freeload: Rye Rye feat. M.I.A., “Bang”
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We put Rye Rye in our summer music issue LAST YEAR thinking the world would trip over itself for the jams available only on her MySpace, so please excuse us, we get excited. This time, the song appearing on her MySpace is an official single, features M.I.A. mumbled and sampled and, from what we think we hear (his voice saying “all day”), our perennial favorite Blaqstarr shifting into Bomb Squad mode for one of the more ridiculous beats we’ve heard in a while. If we’re lucky, Rye will show up to the FADER Fort this Saturday when Blaqstarr pulls a DJ Set. Whooooo knoooowwsssssss…
Download: Rye Rye feat. M.I.A., “Bang” (via Attorney St)
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posted on Mar 16, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Blaqstarr, electronic/dance, freeload, hip hop, M.I.A., Rye Rye
Video: Rye Rye Breaking It Off To New Song With The Count & Sinden
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Domino Records is putting out a new EP by our dudes The Count & Sinden this October featuring a song called “Hardcore Girls” with Rye Rye, who may be our all-time favorite Baltimore resident. Yes, we are counting Michael Phelps. That dude has never made a YouTube this awesome. Both Sinden and Rye Rye have been in the Gen F section of the magazine and The Count aka DJ Nine Million Names has been on this blog plenty, so this is pretty much a supergroup. Dance along to the video and try not to have a heart attack.
Audio: The FADER Issue 55 Podcast
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Now that summer’s here and you’ve read our totally conveniently released (and titled) summer music issue, you’re probably looking for some music to listen to while you eat ice cream in the park or ride the train in the evening. Well, crack the windows wherever you are, because we’ve got heaters upon heaters upon heaters contained within this podcast. Including the music of polar opposite, yet both awesome cover stars Estelle and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Crookers’ over the top club music, the new NYC hitmakers Sean C & LV and Ryan Leslie, the dark pop of Abe Vigoda, cumbia’s new low-fi dance scene and a solid selection of Gen Fs, including Whalebones, Windsurf, 77Klash and a lot more.
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Check the tracklist after jump.
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posted on Jun 25, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags 77Klash, Abe Vigoda, Crookers, Drakkar Sauna, Ebony Bones, Estelle, F55 Podcast, Lindstrom, Ryan Leslie, Rye Rye, Sean C & LV, Whalebones, Windsurf
Audio: Rye Rye, “Gangsta Girl”
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When did Rye Rye get all grown up? We feel like we’ve been riding for her since the day she was born, starting with “Shake It To The Ground” up to right this minute while you’re reading this word, but her raps on this new track, sent to us by her producer Zakee, are crazy. Did MIA teach her to do this? If so that’s even crazier than the raps being crazy because MIA doesn’t rap like this. That’s like Norman Rockwell teaching Pollock to paint. It’s just two totally different awesome things. Check them both on tour this month to compare and contrast, and eat Pumpkin Pie Fry Chicken with Rye Rye and Zakee and a bunch of other folks this Sunday at Dante Fried Chicken (best chicken in the world) at Galapagos.
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posted on Apr 4, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Dante Fried Chicken, electronic/dance, hip hop, MIA, Rye Rye, Zakee
Video: DJ Blaqstarr & Rye Rye, “Shake It To The Ground”
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Imagine being a 16-year-old in Baltimore, not doing much other than dancing and being cute, and all of the sudden local club genius DJ Blaqstarr (read up on him here) puts you on a song and you’re touring the globe with your rap mentor MIA and have a video of you dancing and being cute. Rye Rye did that. Buy the Shake It To The Ground Remixes EP on iTunes now and get this video as a bonus.
