When I read the write-up of this song on OC ReMix, there were certain terms thrown around like “Shenmue,” “Nujabes,” “downtempo beats,” and “silky Rhodes” that made me pretty sure this one gonna be one of the greatest songs ever. Then I listened to it and I was right. If you’ve never heard the soundtrack to Shenmue, do it – then listen to how Radiowar flipped Cherry Blossom Wind Dance into something new and incredible while still keeping the feel of the original. This is heavy-duty vibin’ music; dig it.
When I dropped a song called Moonlight Vibin’ a couple years ago, I was proudest of having done some justice to a source tune that I’m absolutely in love with, the end credits music from Mega Man X5. So when OverClocked ReMix started work on an album rearranging tunes from the MMX series, I hoped someone would show the track some love…actually, I hoped that person would’ve been me. But after I mysteriously found myself off the participants’ list, melody came in an whipped the ass of anything I could have done. After you give it a listen, check out the rest of Maverick Rising; it’s got SmoothedOut faves like Joshua Morse & Diggi Dis on it as well.
Here’s a brief story to preface this song: So back in the days when Myspace was cool, I found a girl by the name of CJ Suite whose music absolutely blew me away. Combined with the fact that she was drop-dead gorgeous, it was scary that she hadn’t become a huge star yet. Fast forward to Valentine’s Day 2012 (who DIDN’T put out a song that day?) – CJ, now going by her given name of Cy Jackson, dropped a new song entitled Walls, which shows that as great as she was a few years ago, she’s only gotten better. Side note: the lyrics to this song make me want to take this woman on a date. I mean, Florida and Texas aren’t THAT far…
When you don’t update your website for almost 3 months, you tend to miss a couple things. Things like the passing of R&B deity Whitney Houston, Rihanna making a song with Chris Brown (and people inexplicably giving a damn), and this song, Right Now, that the lovely Lola released back on Valentine’s Day(!). This CalQulated-produced jam is extra-smooth and the best part is you can tell from Lola’s delivery that she’s not unleashing her full potential. Doing so naturally wouldn’t be appropriate for a song like this, but I can feel like one of these days she’s gonna go all Mariah on a song and I can’t wait to hear it.
After 6 days of anticipation, Lydia finally gives us the first single from Caesar, the Grand Staff-produced Lottery. (I just wish I wasn’t at the day job so I could hear it). March 15 is the date!
Tomorrow’s the big day! Day 6 is essentially a trailer for Lottery, the first single from Lydia‘s Caesar album. I don’t think this site has ever updated as frequently as it has in the last week…and it’s gonna be a while before it happens again.
Day 5 has Lydia taking us into a studio session for a track entitled The Most Beautiful; very smooth stuff indeed. We’ve got only two days left, with the debut of Lottery at the end!
On the fourth day of Ceasar, Lydia has a listening session with her focus group to preview the album. Judging from the snippets we get to hear in the video, Miss C. has a pretty solid album going on…but we’ll all get to check out the total package on March 15!
On the third day of Ceasar, Lydia gives us an inside look as to the photoshoot for the album, and reminds me why I moved from new York to Florida. But seriously, that Lottery song? That Lottery song.
Rock&B diva Lydia Caesar, who was the subject of our first post, is gearing up to release her debut album, CAESAR, on March 15, so she’s decided to release a new promo video each day for the next week, with her first single, Lottery, dropping on the seventh day. I missed the first post yesterday but it’s here along with post #2. Be on the lookout for CAESAR!
