The Urban Retro Playlist

The song of the day is Radioactive by Indie rock band Imagine Dragons from their début album Night Visions originally from their E.P Continued Silence (2012). I heard it from one of my friends then I like it and I began to listen to it frequently. The song is very cool and it would be very good for karaoke I guess. The song was very commercially successful with very good critical acclaim. The song received two Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance. Lyrically they were talking about an apocalypse and the a revolution. Its a very nice song and i would recommend you listen to it if you haven't heard it before.

See the link to the song here

There are too many spicy E.P.L games to look forward to.

The song of the day is From Time by Drake featuring Jhene Aiko from the album Nothing was the same (2013) produced by 40. The song is  in  a way "Fruity" but I like it anyway. Drake talks about an ex mostly in his verses (he has too many sha). The song was very well crafted and the fast rising star Jhene Aiko killed the chorus. Gosh I love her voice she has been in a number of song recently like Sparks will fly by J.Cole, Beware by Big Sean and some other ones. The song From time is one of my favourites from the album probably because it relaxes me and it is just such a cool tune. I recommend that you listen to it if you have not heard it before.


See link to the song here

The song of the day is Jonzing World by D'Prince Featuring Wiz Kid and Jesse Jags from the his 2010 album Omoba. Well just heard the song from a playlist I have for old song and I was like "whattt!" it is a very chilling song the artists on it were just having fun on the track I guess. At the time the song came out it was very big and you would here here the song every where you went.


See the link to the song here

The song of the day is Old School Love by Lupe Fiasco featuring Ed Sheeran. It is Lupe Fiasco's first single off his upcoming album Tetsuo & Youth announced earlier in the year. Its a very calm song. I value Lupe's  collaboration choices they are usually quite unique. In the song he is talking about a previous time and the lyrics are in a way related to Kanye West also The track also features a piano riff from Kanye West’s Family Business. The depth of Lupe Fiasco verses on the song,that's a level I would like to reach and the chorus was beautifully rendered by Ed Sheeran.

See the link to the song here

Just realized this and it is so true.

The song of the day is The A Team by British singer Ed Sheeran from the album + (2011). The song was Co-written by  Jesse McCartney, Aileen Marie Quinn, Ryan Tedder. I just developed this sudden affinity for Ed Sheeran after a friend of mine played  a different version of the song "Little Lady" featuring Mikill Pane. That version was very sad and deep it talk about child trafficking if I can call it that, but its not just what they talked about it was how they talked about. Its like a soul song just too calming .
What surprised me was that Mikill Pane is a black guy. There are several covers of the song and it got nominated for a Grammy. I recommend you listen to the song its very nice.

See link to the song here and here

I was feeling down for a while then I thought "if I'm sad what is the true meaning of happiness?" I happy to say I have found it. The meaning I mean...

The song of the is Thank You by The Choc Boys from the album Everybody Loves Ice Prince(2011). Well this was from a few years ago,it had the whole Choc Boyz collaboration thing I talked about a while back. Their collaboration makes me very happy because they just bring something new to the table. But sadly it looks like they may not be collaborating any time so seeing the recent string of events. I think the point of the song was to thank his(Ice Prince) fans and every one that supported the song. This song was motivated to thank all  the people that read my blog. I apologize for the lack of posts I've been having exams for the past week and I will be having more in the weeks to come.

See the link to the song here

The song of the day is Stronger by Kanye West from his Second Album Graduation (2007). The song contains a vocal sample of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by French house duo Daft Punk. This is one of his best and most successful projects,It went 5x Platinum. It has this electronica-infused hip-hop vibe like this. I don't even know how he thought of such a concept, its just brilliant.It won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 50th Grammy Awards. I like the song because he produced it himself and he was able to fuse several concepts together and not make it sound disorganised.


See link to the song here