Future Fire - Tarrus Riley is Powerful

We love Major Lazer and what there are doing especially as it showcases the talent of reggae and dancehall to a much wider audience.
 
This one is bound to be a hit and so we give it our "FUTURE FIRE" title as when we heard it WE LUV'D IT.  Remember this is where you heard it first memba we told ya. What make us happy is that its our own talented Mr "Singy Singy" Tarrus Riley getting the cross over potential with Ellie Goulding on this powerful ballad courtesy of Major Lazer.

A song that arranges the reggae crooner's smooth vocals with the ever dynamic vocals of British superstar Ellie Goulding. Yes thats Ellie Goulding of  "Burn and " I Need Your Love " fame

A lot of non reggae  listeners are going to open their eyes and ears to Tarrus after this song. 
The song is the second single off their new album “Peace Is the Mission“,  which already has the monster hit "Lean On".

Dis ya tune has remix written all over it (up the tempo a notch to 100 BPMs and watch out)

Check out the second verse and that chorus di girls going to love this one

Trust me Tarrus  your  verse Shaaaaat ............maaaaad

Banging Beats from Black Mozart

Another gem from our under the radar producer Ryan Leslie. Yes his videos are staged yet it is tastefully done to look almost like it was shot spontaneously. What we like about this one is the beats on this video they are BANGING 

Check out Full Moon @ 1:23 then Lay Down @ 6:18

This guy is a musical genius, definitely a better singer than a rapper, his lyrics are fire though (although a bit materialistic)but his flow is too much on the same level don't get us wrong we are not about hate, we are all about the maaaad congratulate.

Plus he is a musical mogul no Itunes for this dude all his songs are available through his site, no middle man......maaad .

24 Hours of Happy, the longest, most expensive yet feel good video you willl see!!

That's right the world first and probably only 24 hour video, believe it, 24 hours, 1440 minutes of the same song being played over and over again. That's the concept behind uber, Grammy winning Producer Pharell Williams warm and fuzzy, hand clapping ditty "Happy", the song commissioned for the movie Despicable Me 2.

The movie studio probably bank rolled the truly exhaustively fun 24 hour videos, understand there is a video for  every hour in the 24 hour day so there is a 5 am video and a 8 pm video etc. each apparently shot to reflect that time of day. The videos all have the same format with Pharell singing the song for the first 3 minutes 43 seconds then various persons including celebrities singing  and dancing to the Happy tune for the remaining of the hour. Written and produced by Pharell,"Skateboard P" surely is showing why he is a maaad musical genius:

Here are a few of  our favourites:

5pm video, check Jamie Foxx and family cameo at 5:28pm

and the 12:00am video

for all those of you here watching Pharell debuted his Smokey Bear hat from back then...lol


You quickly get the idea, great concept (gets a little tiring after a while)

So if you are truly bored you can go to the  site  24hoursofhappy.com and spend a " whole day " watching the videos. We here at Mad Music like to save some time so we will direct you to some of the Maaaaad cool sections.

Odd Future (1:48pm), Steve Carell (5:08pm), JoJo (6:16pm), Kelly Osbourne (1:28am), Magic Johnson (5:36am), Sérgio Mendes (10:32am) and Jimmy Kimmel (11:48am). The minions from Despicable Me 2 are in various scenes including one scene at 3:00am where they dance with Pharell.

And then lets not  forget the Jamaican version that is going viral as it captures the happy go lucky concept of the original video while showcasing the truly indelible Jamaican vibe, energy and natural beauty.
Maaaaad

Bored with your job, you "Could be the One" in Barbados

Dutch Dance DJ Nicky Romero and the Super Swede DJ maestro Avicii, have  teamed up along with Swedish singer Noonie Baomaestro to create a dance masterpiece in "I Could be the One" a danceable number which stands head and shoulders above current dance tracks just by itself but  is even more likeable with the release of the accompanying video, we love the get loose from the norm, escapist concept and also the fact it features our fellow Caribbean island of Barbados. We have a lot of family, friends and fans in Barbados and we like the shine the video gives to Barbados, its famous beaches and landscape.

Apart from the end of the video, some telltale sings of Barbados, the constant Banks Beer shots, the picturesque east cost, weed smoking :-), dancehall wining (which strangely enough is at the same tempo as this dance music ) and we are sure thats Accra Beach she is walking on.

All our Bajan fans can you please tell me where those other shots are taken?

Maaad song and maad video it cant go wrong

Be warned the video is rated R just a little raunchy and naughty ;-)

This track is already poised for great things as this  new track just hit the #1 position on the Top 100 BeatPort chart, which is the ITunes equivalent for EDM (Electronic Dance Music)

Plus if you don't think this song has danceable vibe peep this performance video from Miami and some other dance festivals ...can you feel it!!