I had a crazy busy week but found some time to finally watch Diplo’s much talked out Baile Funk docu Favela On Blast as Pitchfork is hosting it for a week. Now the film was already completed in ‘08 it had a little trouble getting properly distributed. The innanet distribution seems like a good move. Nice busy!

So how was it? I loved it. I’m not the biggest fan of Baile Funk but I love where it’s coming from and the story behind it. I love the ’scene’, rawness, the dances, the girls and all out party spirit. Diplo did a great job mapping the different Funk MC’s, DJ’s and soundsystems. It’s a proper introduction of the music without accusing or glorifying it. In a subtle way the controversies surrounding Favela Funk like gang violence, poverty, the suppression of Brazilian women and the brutal way the police operates in the favela’s is highlighted, but in the end it’s about the music.

Sure, the Funk MC’s talk about punnani and AK’s a lot, but Funk is also singing the blues and gettin’ girls to go to see the doctor if they feel an itch down there. In the documentary I just see a lot of young peeps having a great time listening to the music they love, fuck it that it comes with some Surra de Bunda.

I loved the raw cinematography. Although visually miles away from each other it somewhat made me think of David LaChapelle’s documentary Rize. Rize tells the story of Krumping the same way Favela On Blast introduces and celebrates Baile Funk. It must have been not easy making the film, as filming in favela’s means bribing gangs, ducking for shoot outs and always watching your back. Diplo did a great job.

And as somebody that’s always a bit skeptical this proves to me that accusing Wes Pentz of anything near exploitation is straight gibberish. Sure the Major Lazer project touched (read: did not cross) some borders but this movie is made out of love and fascination, but you’ll have to see that for yourself.

I dug up the Favela Funk mixtapes Diplo did a few back. The first one is a fun and accessible introduction into the music, Favela Strikes Back goes a bit deeper. Good listens. Enjoy!

Diplo – Favela On Blast (mediafire)

Diplo – Favela Strikes Back (mediafire)

Well hello hotty! One swell girl and a zipfile full of great music. I selected some big sunshine bangers by Uproot Andy, Douster and Tropical along hiphop by Ricky Raws, Jigga and J. Cole. For some more hipster dancing kinda occasions we have some cool electropopish shit by the Belgium producer Stijn and Faberyayo, MIA, Amanda Blank and a cool dude called James Teej. For gettin’ down and dirtée we end with some Trey Songz and Ms. Minaj. Download and enjoy:

SWURDIN.COM: GIRLS & BEATS NR. 62

Tracklist
Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie remix)
Rick Ross – Free Mason ft. Jigga & John Legend
J. Cole – Who Dat
MIA – Believer ft. Blaqstarr
Eli Escobar & Amanda Blank – Love Thing Part 3
Stijn – Weten ft. Faberyayo
Los Rakas – Abrazame (Uproot Andy remix)
James Teej – Monaco Villa
Hot City – Hot City Bass (Tropical edit)
Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Augé – Tricycle Express
Busy Signal – Da Style Deh (Douster remix)
Trey Songz – Bottoms Up ft. Nicki Minaj

Earlier: NR. 59 | NR. 60 | NR. 61

So I recently shared this bangin’ Derrick Carter tape with all and all of y’all and started to educate oneself little by little on some other house music than Bmore club. I came across another one of his tapes that I got on repeat ever since. At some website someone said this ‘best of Cajual records‘ tape kinda bridges the gap between the old Chicago sounds and the newskool.

For me it’s just some nice music to play out while working doing what I love to do. It’s time for the perculator!

Derrick Carter – The Many Shades Of Cajual (mediafire)

In ‘08 Wiz Khalifa was one of the first to burst his raps over a ravebeat. Little did he know sampling eurohouse, techno and minimal music would turn into an interesting development in hiphop turning into more bad meaning good music. Now that goes very wrong if Tiesto fucks with it, if Dipset does it turns into something of proportion.

Bird Peterson that I really only know for some electro/housish remixes fucks with the genre and underlined some down south acapella’s wiv samples and melodies coming from eurohouse and music they play at Sensation. Really reminds me of that Paper Route Gangstaz record Diplo put out a year or some ago, which is a good thing. Pop some X while gettin’ your swerve on. Paul van Dyck goes Slim Thugga. Big listen!

Bird Peterson – Drankenstein (download / stream)

“No singles, No release date, No Trailers, No Leaks, No Track Listings Preview, No Promo…. Just Music.”

Fuck yuh. That’s how you release music. Fuck an advertising-, marketing- or hype-scheme. Good music sells itself. Melo-X sort of really gets it if you’d ask me. His new – free – album is never a game changer but definitely worth your attention. Quality sounds and rhymes with a Spike Leeish vibe to it. Stand out track is Rapity Rap if you’d ask me, putting the internet on blast over an interesting beat. Download and stream:

Melo-X – Mustafa The GodKing (bandcamp)