Will.i.am Attempts to Explain Stealing from Arty & Mat Zo with Video

After Will.i.am admitted that he did in fact steal the song “Rebound” from Arty & Mat Zo for his song “Let’s Go”, he sits down with none other then the Assosiated Press (AP) to explain himself. He basically plays dumb while saying some outrageous statements.

“If you look on the album there is credit. YOU CAN’T STEAL if you credited someone.”

Does Will.i.am for some reason think that you can “steal” or “sample” parts of other commercial released songs and release them as your own by simply putting someone’s name on album credits? Is he actually this horribly misinformed or just being very sneaky and playing dumb?

“That happens a bunch of times. Where legal takes so long but creative is instantaneous. And a lot of times, the community, for the sake of the art, bond with each other.”

Wow really? Arty & Mat Zo are supposed “bond over the art” after you steal one of their tracks and give them no compensation at all and release it commercially?

“What do I know? I give it to legal I’m not no attourney. I did my piece. I gave credit to the person who did it, It’s not my fault he didn’t tell me about the other guy. So who’s to blame? I didn’t know, I wasn’t in the room when you made it. You shoulda told me you had a collaborator.”

Then he actually goes on to say that he is sorry about Mat Zo not getting his name on the album credits.. Mat Zo is probably looking for a little more then simply getting his name on the album credits, maybe getting compensated for the song Will just released commercially.

This is above legal and financial obligations. It comes down to an artist who is more popular not giving respect to lesser known artist and attempting to take advantage of him. We will keep you posted on what Will.i.am plans to do.

Listen to the shocking case of Will.i.am stealing “Rebound” from Arty & Mat Zo here or below.

Will.i.am justifying stealing from Arty & Mat Zo to the Associated Press (AP)

Will.i.am – Let’s Go (ILLEGALLY SAMPLING MAT ZO & ARTY)

Mat Zo & Arty – Rebound (Go to 1:00) (SONG THAT WAS SAMPLED)

Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful (Kulkid Remix) + Original + DH Orchestral Remix : Chill House Remix [Free Download]

Lana Del Rey‘s offering from the soundtrack to The Great Gastby is an incredible smooth ballad. From the emotional piano lines to powerful voice, “Young and Beautiful” is guaranteed to give you chills. We have fresh chilled out remix from unknown Kulkid adding some minor elements highlighting the track. Listen to the remix, Original, and the moving DH Orchestral Remix. You can purchase the original and Orchestral version through iTunes now. Grab the download of the Kulkid one. Enjoy!

Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful (Kulkid Remix) | Download | Facebook to Download

Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful (Original) | iTunes

Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful (DH Orchestral Remix) | iTunes

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Ace Hood x Future – Bugatti (HeroesxVillians Remix) : Huge Trap / Rap Remix

HeroesxVillians is an incredible producer helping bridge the electronic bass heavy trap and rap worlds and puts nothing but solid stuff out.  He’s been working with rappers for years and carrying over that true rap sound to his bass heavy electronic productions. Today we have his massive remix to “Bugatti” from Ace Hood and Future. It gets harder and hard as the song progresses, never letting you catch your breathe. Another certified trap anthem. No release plan yet, just this to tease us.Also HeroesxVillians will be playing at the This Song Is Sick Stage at Camp Bisco this summer. Turn it up, enjoy!

Ace Hood x Future – Bugatti (HeroesxVillians Remix)

Jamie N Commons – Rumble & Sway (TORN Remix) : Extra Funky Glitch-Hop Remix [TSIS PREMIERE]

Today we have quite a funky glitch-hop remix from TORN of “Rumble & Sway” by Jamie N Commons. He reworks the piano, drums, and vocals and smashes it full of funky glitch-hop magic. This track is not out yet, but in the mean time you will find yourself doing the Rumble & Swag. Turn it up, enjoy!

Jamie N Commons – Rumble & Sway (TORN Remix) | Stream Only

Logic Tears Up the XXL Freshman Class Freestyle Cypher Along with All other Cyphers

XXL Magazine just let loose their legendary Cyphers. For those unaware, these are their freestyles from each person who made it on their annual Freshmen class cover. This first video show Dizzy Wright, This Song Is Sick favorite Logic, and the incredible female rapper Angel Haze. They all really tear up the beat, but Logic manages to blow it out. He lays down exactly why there is so much hype around him, and why he just got signed to Def Jam Recordings for his debut album. He manages to rep Visionary Music Group and the Ratt Pack (His loyal fans) both so hard in the cypher. Dizzy Wright and Angel Haze both bring it as well. Enjoy!

Also included below is the first 2 episodes featuring Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Ab-Soul, Travis Scott in the first; as well as Kirko Bangz, Trinidad James and Schoolboy-Q.

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XXL Cyphers Episode 1 (Ft. Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Ab-Soul, Travis Scott)

XXL Cyphers Episode 2 (Ft. Kirko Bangz, Trinidad James, Schoolboy Q)

Lil Dicky Drops Funniest Music Video Ever “Ex-Boyfriend”

Today I present you one of the funniest videos we have ever posted. Meet Lil Dicky, and his new song “Ex-Boyfriend” which is a comical hip-hop song complete with full music video discussing the harsh subject of a guy running into an ex-boyfriend. The result is one of the funniest things I have seen in months. Enjoy.

Lil Dicky – Ex-Boyfriend | Direct Download

Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky (Tom Budin Remix) : Funky Electro House Remix

The insanely popular single “Get Lucky” from Daft Punk that got released last Friday just got a funky electro house remix from rising producer Tom Budin. He manages to maintain the raw funk while giving it a more bass heavy edge with a Madeon-esque flair. He has been nice enough to pass out the track for free. How do you think it compares to the original? Enjoy!

Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky (Tom Budin Remix) | Direct Download

Daft Punk x Panda Bear – The Collaborators Documentary

Continuing the Collaborators series on the amazing cast of contributing talent for the ground breaking new album Random Access Memories from Daft Punk.

This video sits down with Panda Bear who collaborated with Daft Punk on their track “.. Panda Bear has released several solo records, on top of his praised work apart of the band Animal Collective who continues to tour worldwide.

Panda Bear discusses working with the myseterious Daft Punk, and moves onto highlighting his skills as a muscian. He talks about how he excels at rhythm instead of techincal skill. He also mentions breifly on drum sampling.

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This Song Is Sick Stage at Camp Bisco 2013: Details, Lineup Additions and More

We are extremely excited to announce that we will be curating the first ever “This Song Is Sick Stage”, this year at this incredible Camp Bisco Music Festival that takes place in New York at over the weekend of July 11th – 13th. The festival has been bringing some of the best rising electronic, hip-hop, and live band acts for the past 10 years, and we couldn’t be happier to team up with. OWSLA vs Boys Noize Radio and French Express will also be curating the other stages at the festival.

Add us to your custom schedule on the Camp Bisco Website

Our stage features a great collection of rising artists from all over the electronic world. We have Gramatik, Dirtyphonics (Live), Crizzly, Congorock, Heroes x Villians, and HeRobust.

Also added to the lineup is Madeon, Danny Brown, Destroid (ft. Excision, Downlink, KJ Sawka), Seven Lions, Bondax, Moon Boots, Autobody, Alpha Data, Manhattan Project, Perseus, Digital Tape Machine, and Stip Steve.

We are also going to be having a booth at the festival where you can come by and say what up and grab some new TSIS summer gear and stickers. We are also going to be having  Meet & Greet at the booth where you will be able to come meet and grab a picture with some of your favorite artists who are playing the festival.

Also look out for a Camp Bisco mixtape that we have coming out next month featuring 20 exclusive unreleased originals and remixes from some of the best aritsts playing the festival this year.

Tickets for the festival are still available and will be going up in price, so grab them before the jump.

deadmau5 drops off 2 Unreleased Song Previews + Ultra Music Festival 2013 Live Set

Deadmau5 continued his regular routine of putting out unreleased previews of his upcoming tracks as he experiments with them. First off we get a 2 minute tease of “moog bass + modular” which is a smooth melodic track reminding me a little of his anthem Strobe. Then next up we hear a change of pace with “Assume Control” which hits us with a dutch house styled ending that Deadmau5 refers to as “jacked afro crap”, which he claims was unintentional. These both keep us on our toes for new Mau5.

Also included is his set from the Weekend 2 of Ultra Music Festival down in Miami a few months back. He played a suprising set spanning from some classic hits to some techy underground cuts. All in all it’s a great balanced mix that should have Mau5 fans in a frenzy. Check out the full track-list below. Enjoy!

Deadmau5 – moog bass + modular | Stream Only

Deadmau5 – Assume Control | Stream Only

Deadmau5 – Ultra Music Festival Weekend 2 Live Set | Download

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Mac Miller – S.D.S. (Prod. by Flying Lotus) (Music Video) : Chill Hip-Hop Collaboration

Mac Miller unexepectedly teams up with intelligent beat music scene pioneer Flying Lotus for an incredible new track “S.D.S.”, complete with brand new visuals. The offbeat mildly weird track from Mac Miller gets a fittingly weird video showing Mac in Pajamas and surrounded by interesting characters. This sounds so far different then his older more predicatble tracks. Loving the bold shift, and hope to see him do more stuff with Fly Lo. This song is now available through iTunes. Enjoy!

Mac Miller – S.D.S. (Prod. by Flying Lotus) | iTunes

Miguel – Do You… (Cashmere Cat Remix) : Must Hear Chill Downtempo / Trap / Electronic Remix [Free Download]

Damn.. The mysterious Norwegian producer / DJ Cashmere Cat just let loose a seriously massive downtempo remix to “Do You…” from Miguel. This track takes original smooth soulful track and pumps it full of the cat’s signature drums, synths, and sample work.  He manages to sample vocals in such a unique way unlike any other producer. This song will have you instantly replaying it. I remember hearing him drop this song at his epic SXSW set which won me over as a lifetime fan. He has been commendable enough to pass this one out as a free download. Enjoy!

Don’t miss his previous remix to “Benzel – Fallin Love “

Miguel – Do You… (Cashmere Cat Remix) | Direct Download

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Disco Fries – Murika : Heavy Electro House Original [Free Download] [TSIS PREMIERE]

New York based The Disco Fries drop off their latest original house anthem “Murika” which manages to span over a few different styles. It has some nice melody driven progressive and hardstyle builds with some vicious electro house drops. In their words the track was “inspired by every melodic, groove, and musical element that is motivating our sets right now.” With just the right vocal samples and unique enough nasty bassline to be a summer anthem, which has already been getting played out by Tiesto, Hardwell, Kaskade and more. They hit us up to premiere the free download of this track to get it out to the fans instead of selling it. You can grab free through their facebook. Also don’t miss their recent Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike x Carnage Electro Bootleg . Turn it up, enjoy!

Disco Fries – Murika | Download | Alternate Download

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SnowBall Music Festival 2013 Recap After Movie

The daring pioneer snow festival SnowBall took place for it’s third year, and first time in the new location of Winter Park, Colorado. The festival had an incredible lineup featuring Pretty Lights, Big Gigantic, Grizmatik (GRiZ & Gramatik), Kendrick Lamar, STS9, Porter Robinson, Flosstradamus, Flying Lotus, Krewella, and too many other awesome acts to name. This quick recap video done by Cinesthetics shows you the gorgeous setting and massive sets put on by all the incredibly acts. Enjoy!

FKi X Flosstradamus – WHERE THAT DANK? (Prod By Zoolydamus) : Huge Trap / Hip-Hop Original [Free Download]

Chicago rising trap stars Flossstradamus have teamed up with Atlanta producer / rapper duo FKi for a new collaboration project “Zoolydamus”. “Where that Dank?” really demonstrates how what magic happens when all 4 of these guys team up on the same track. It packs a bass heavy beat with clever rhymes throughout. Grab the download and expect to see more from this project. Enjoy!

FKi X Flosstradamus – WHERE THAT DANK? (Prod By Zoolydamus) | Direct Download

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