[Chill] Alex Young / Lontalius – Maybe Your Smile Will

Alex Young / Lontalius
Maybe Your Smile Will

Alex Young never hesitates to switch up styles on his releases. His newest is a big contrast from his recent Skrillex cover/Galantis mashup, which is in no way a bad thing. He decided to to reshape Lontalius‘s short, but impassioned Maybe His Smile Will into an icy soundscape not unlike that of James Blake. A longing for something as simple as a smile drives the track in its quest to elaborate the powerful emotive delivery of the original, and collects reverb soaked synths, tactful bitcrushing, and pitched vocals pining for the slightest proof of silver lining into a skillful union.

This is the type of track tailored for reflection. Not just for the artists involved, but even/especially for the listeners and fans. Maybe Your Smile Will is absolutely one of Alex Young’s best tracks, not only for the reaction it triggers, but also for showcasing his range as a producer. There’s a glimmer of hope within the song’s overall message, allowing the possibility for a return to a reassuring environment even within overwhelming turmoil. Let this new Alex Young and Lontalius tune comfort you in a trying time, and enjoy above.

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[Chill] GoldLink – When I Die (Alex Young + Jonah Baseball Version)

GoldLink
When I Die (Alex Young + Jonah Baseball Version)

GoldLink is the fastest rising rapper of 2014, period. Since The God Complex dropped in April, the DMV-raised hip hop artist has been all across the country playing shows and festivals, teaming up with the Soulection collective, and more. He has already collaborated with Lakim and Sango so he is no stranger at all to futuristic garage productions, but Alex Young and Jonah Baseball decided to take it one step further and bring the vibes to the McCallaman production of “When I Die.” It’s got an infectious energy to it that even non-hip-hop heads can appreciate. Alex Young is already quite established as a producer, however I urge you to definitely take Jonah Baseball’s catalogue for a spin if you aren’t familiar. And if you want to hear more from GoldLink, you can download his massively successful debut tape The God Complex here!

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The Trap Dojo #43

Before whats sure to be several weeks of Yeezus remixes flooding the dojo, I just had to feature the original with the heaviest trap beat, “Blood on the Leaves”. Featuring beautiful, haunting samples of Nina Simone‘s cover of Billie Holiday‘s “Strange Fruit,” a massive beat from TNGHT‘s “R U Ready” heartbroken autotuned vocals and hard hitting stadium rap, this song encapsulates virtually all Kanye eras and is easily on of the highlights of the album. Next up is Jackal who we have been seeing alot more of lately as his refined trap beats are starting to blow up, and he shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Cop his “Trick/Machine” EP at beatport. The duo of Buzz Trillington and Shooter McNappin always bring the heat on their own, but when they come together its nothing less than an out of control wildfire, with their mashup of UZ’s Trap Shit and The Neptunes. Dis I mention Yeezus remixes? DMNDZ urn it up on the sexy “I’m In It” and tear it back down again. They perfectly rearrange the vocals over a horn, snare and chime heavy trap beat and made it (Dare I say?) a better track than the original. Run the Jewels is the duo of El-P and KillerMike and together have been releasing some killer Hip Hop through Fools Gold Records. Team Bayside High, always keeping it interesting with their remix choices have first a remix of the classic Isley Brother‘s tune “Shout” that you’ll definitely have to turn a little bit louder now. Next is a heavy remix of Chief Keef‘s “Hate Being Sober” with a huge dubby bassline. Alex Young takes on the task of remixing Daft Punk‘s instrumental for Kanye’s “Black Skinhead” and while its a great instrumental track, i found it lacking more of Ye’s lyrics either in verses or hooks. The next bunch are all heavy trunk bangers with some filthy bass lines and all the real trap shit you need to get through another week along with a couple midnight bedroom jams at the end.

’Jackal – Trick (Original Mix) OUT NOW’
’Jackal – Machine (Original Mix) OUT NOW’
’UZ x Clipse x Pharrell – UZ Clips  Buzz Trillington x Shooter McNappin Bootleg’
’Kanye West – I’m In It (DMNDZ Remix)’
’Run The Jewels – 36″ Chain’
’The Isley Brothers – Shout (Team Bayside High Summer Slam Remix)’
’Chief Keef – Hate Being Sober (Team Bayside High Bootleg)’
’Kanye West – Black Skinhead (Alex Young + Royal’s Horny Edit)’
’HavocNdeed – Bass4yaface (K Theory Remix)’
’Kai Wachi – Back to the Lab
’THUGLI – Listen Up’
’Hydraulix & Party Favor ft Whiskey Pete – Hustle State Of Mind’
’Magnifik – I Know (Spenda C Remix)’
’Rise at Night – Lady Killa (Whiiite Remix) Out Now on Firepower Records!’
’Estelle Ft Janelle Monae – Do My Thing (JayCeeOh Remix 2.0)’
’Quewin – Apex (4KORNERS Remix) ‘
’Shackles – Fire’
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The Trap Dojo #41

We’re kicking off this weeks Trap Dojo in a hard way with the newest track from trap music prodigy Alex Young, an original titled “Mastermind”. Don’t let the emotional electro build-up fool you, when this one drops, nothing will stop you from banging your head and attempting to shuffle, no matter where you are. Vinnie Maniscalco puts a fresh spin on an old favorite this week, remixing The Champs classic tune “Tequila”. With heavy bass and clever drum work, he flips the familiar sax tune on its head. Ookay and Pyramid Juke come together for a huge collaboration with this minimal track “Yen”, hope you have your subs turned up for this one. The name Aylen should be a familiar sight to you ninjas, so you know when he remixes Porter Robinson the result is going to be massive, complex trap banger. Both ETC!ETC! and CRNKN bring us two very different remixes of Tokimonsta. ETC!ETC! pulls some huge 808s and snares over some lyrics by Kool Keith, while CRNKN chills it out a bit. TRILLWAVE remixes “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch on their nostalgic EP www.trapgodz.com which also includes a remix of “What is Love” and “Believe” by Cher Theres plenty more heaters for you to discover in this weeks dojo, so be sure to check them out.

’Alex Young – Mastermind (Original Mix)’
’Vinnie Maniscalco – TaKillya’
’Ookay & Pyramid Juke – Yen (Original Mix) ///FREE DOWNLOAD///’
’Porter Robinson – Say My Name (Aylen Trap Bootleg)’
’Tokimonsta – The Force Feat Kool Keith (ETC!ETC! REMIX)’
’TOKiMONSTA – GO WITH IT (CRNKN REMIX)’
’♔♛♔ TRILLШΔ∇Σ – GØØD VIβRΔTIØΠS  ♲ RΣDUX ♲ ♔♛♔’
’Far East Movement – Turn Up The Love ( Rell The Soundbender’s Death to Cupid Remix)’
’FAR EAST MOVEMENT & RIFF RAFF – THE ILLEST’
’K Theory – Watch Me Kill It (Free Download)’
’Getter – Fallout (The Hi Yahs X Tron Johnson Remix)’
’Felix Cartel & Autoerotique – Alarm (KEYS N KRATES Remix) ‘
’Boys Noize – Go Hard’
’C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make you Sweat (Wick it Remix)’
’MINE – #BANGDADESH’
’AC Slater – Party Animals Feat. Nina Sky (Flinch Remix)’
’Jesse Slayter – Bleesh(Original Mix)”CLICK BUY FOR FREE DOWNLOAD”‘
’Flosstradamus – Assquake  Buzz Trillington x Shooter McNappin Bootleg’
’FERAL is KINKY – TWEET (Spenda C Remix) OUT NOW!!!!!’
’Jackal – Shakedown (Original Mix)’
’Popeska – The New Kings (Flaxo Remix)’
’Penthouse Penthouse – When It’s Hot feat. Djemba Djemba & Mr. Carmack’
’Spol – Raindrops (Original Mix) Free Download’
’Kastle – Things We Can Do ft. Reva DeVito’
’The xx – Together (Maxx Baer Edit)’
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[MP3 Playlist] The Trap Dojo #27

This weeks Trap Dojo is divided into four sections. The first track, from thefaded. kicks off with a massive build up that will have you saying “Wait For It” to drop that almost never seems to come. The mood and pace continues to build over the next few tracks, including the UZ remix of “Cowboy” by Zeds Dead, a remix of Baauer’s “DumDum” and climaxing with Alex Young‘s insane remix of Ah Yeah”. The next four songs are all spaced out trap bangers. Starting it off with the deep and jazzy “Ride Up”, heRobust infuses some electro beats, and the other two tracks lay down a big room sound thats still thuggin enough to hear coming out of the trunk of a Cutlass. I should warn you that the next section is going to be an all out assault on your senses. Starting with some dark drumwork in the intro, “Brain Splat” drops a bassline that will leave your head splattered over your backseat like Marvin from “Pulp Fiction”DJ Snake throws some dark trap with a hardstyle twist over French MC, Stromae’s aggressive bars, then Team Bayside High does something crazy and makes the heaviest track we’ve heard to date. Remixing none other than Pantera, they are able to chop the heavy riffs into filthy trap beats, and June gives us some spooky bass to finish. Our final section includes a remix of the “Django Unchained Theme” by Kissy Sell Out,  some Cyber-Footwork from the LOLGurlz and three progressively more emotionally evocative Love trap songs for a beautiful send off.

I hope you enjoyed this trip through the extremes of trap. Download all the free tracks right here

’thefaded. – Wait For It’
’ZOOLY – TWERK SUM’
’Zeds Dead Feat Omar Linx – Cowboy (ƱZ Remix) *ULTRA*’
’Baauer – DumDum (Atlas Remix) (Free DL)’
’Will Sparks – Ah Yeah (Alex Young Remix)’
’Big Chocolate – Ride Up’
’heRobust – Cosmos Def’
’Carnage and Borgore – Incredible (Knuckle Children & Ruka Remix)’
’SHACKLES – EQUINOX ( FREE  – CLICK BUY)’
’Kai Wachi & Squnto – Brain Splat (Original Mix)’
’Stromae – Humain à leau (Dj Snake Remix)’
’Pantera – Walk (Team Bayside High Remix)’
’June – Pure Life (Original Mix) (Free Download)’
’Django Unchained Theme (Kissy Sell Outs Trap Mix)’
’LOLGurlz
Digital Divaz ft. Uniique (❦DIGITAL CHERRY POP❦/LOST IN THE REALM)’
’DFace & Sazon Booya – Let It Be (DFace & Mr. Vega Trap Revival)
’The Weeknd – Wicked Games Cover (Young Piff & Sandor Feat. KIKO M Remix)’
’Hannah Georgas – Enemies (Houcemate Remix)’
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[MP3 Playlist] The Trap Dojo #17

Another week, another massive list of trap bangers to make you twerk. If you are stuck studying for finals like so many of us are, make sure to keep your headphones turnt up loud enough to let the people studying next to you in the library know whats up in the trap. Prepare to go “Buck Wild” with this first track by Brillz. This song hits hard in all the right ways with heavy bass and lazers and a super tribal second drop. Next Yellow Claw will make you throw your “Hands Up” with this remix of Dirtcaps but keep your hands down for his next original banger with Cesqeaux, because “Make It Clap” is for asses only. Another couple guys from Amsterdam, The Partysquad work with Tommie Sunshine on this track “Alright” for his recent Scion A/V EP and it is definitely better than just alright. The homie D!RTY AUD!O gets a lot trancier than we are used to hearing from him, but with a deep rumbling bass throughout, he proves that nothing is going to hold him back on his rise to the top of the Trap game. Huglife continues his path towards reclaiming his position as a Trap master with this remix of a classic Outkast track. ƱZ, LOUDPVCK, and many others round out the list while M!NT and Alex Young chill things out at the end.

As always, click here for all of this weeks free tracks

’Brillz feat TeddyTuxedo BuckWild – FREE DOWNLOAD’
’Dirtcaps – Hands Up (Yellow Claw Remix)’
’Yellow Claw & Cesqeaux – Make It Clap’
’Tommie Sunshine & The Partysquad – Alright’
’Code Black & Nitrouz – Cant Hold Me Back (D!RTY AUD!O Trap Remix)’
’SpottieOttieTrapaliscious – HugLife Remix **FREE DOWNLOAD**’
’Alex Metric – Rave Weapon (ƱZ Remix)’
’Ree$e – Molly (LOUDPVCK Remix)’
’Showtek – Cannonball (KO Trap Remix)’
’Hydraulix & Slakk – Whole Crew **FREE DOWNLOAD**’
’OZZIE – RIDE (Feat. LIEf)      (DOWNLOAD LINK IN DESCRIPTION)’
’Sir Charles – Ca$h  To The Ceiling’
’M!NT – Saber
Tooth’
’Seven Lions.Days To Come ft. Fiora (M!NT Remix)’
’Cults – Bad Things (Alex Young Remix)’
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[MP3 Playlist] The Trap Dojo: Volume #5

This week has been absolutely massive for Trap music! I won’t bother to tell you about how Trap is conquering and infiltrating all forms of EDM, because, if you have been paying attention over the past couple of months I’m sure you already know (and if you didn’t know that, we welcome you to the wonderful world of the Dirty South). First up Wick-It The Instigator throws some classic dub sounds before switching it back to a straight-up “Dirty South Gangsta” beat. Next is a kid you definitely need to be familiar with because he is blowing up in a HUGE way. Already featured on two of the past Dojos 15 year old ∆lex Young brings us two absolute bangers; the first, a collab with The Hi-Yahs, “So Much” and the booty-dropping “Boomerang”.  Hey, while we’re on the subject, experts in booty dropping, shaking, bouncing and percolating, Bro Safari drop “That A$$” down to the floor once again. Watch out for another huge track from him later today. Another Trap Dojo regular, Ookay remixes a couple old favorites by Sidney Samson and Bingo Players. I hope this guy can keep making such great tracks so consistently, so far releasing 8 tracks in the last month that his Soundcloud profile has existed. Yet another big figure, Luminox, whose Trap mix of Bingo Players “Rattle” has been picked up by the likes of Ministry of Sound, remixes one of the two tracks this week by The Party Squad, bringing those Hardstyle sounds to the streets. The rest of the list basically serves as a who’s who in the Trap scene, with names like Oh Snap!!, gLAdiator, Trill Murray, Gent & Jawns along with a few lesser known names sprinkled in for good measure.

Oh, and one more thing. Here is the link to download all the free tracks this week. Enjoy.

’The Golden Trap Gangster **** (88 bpm to 70 bpm transition)’
’Alex Young X The Hi
Yahs – So Much (Original Mix) Free DL!!!’
’▲lex Young – Boomerang’
’Bro Safari – That A$$ (Free Download)’
’Ookay vs Sidney Samson – Riverside (TRAP REMIX) ///FREEDOWNLOAD///’
’Bingo Players – Devotion (Ookay Trapstyle Mix) ///FREEDOWNLOAD///’
’The Partysquad ft. Alvaro – Badman (Luminox Remix)’
’Yolanda Be Cool – Change ft. Nola Darling (Oh Snap!! Remix)’
’The Mavrik
Show Me How Ya Shake
’TRiLL MURRAY – Struttin {Exclusive FREE Download}’
’Clique (gLAdiator Remix)’
’CHIEF KEEF – 3HUNNA (GENT & JAWNS BOOTLEG)’
’Apashe & SNAILS – Bubble Gun (Original Mix)
’KLEVER – ALRIGHT’
’Grimey Thirsty (Original Mix)’
’UGK – International Players Anthem (eSenTRIK Remix)’
’The Partysquad – Go Down Low (Gold Top Remix)’
’Self Evident Numba One Stunna ‘
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