Good news came in yesterday – Schlachthofbronx are supporting M.I.A. on some shows of her European tour! Check them out heating up her majesty:
26th November @ STRP Festival, Eindhoven, NL
28th November @ Muffathalle, Munich, DE
06th December @ La Riviera, Madrid, ES
07th December @ Razzmatazz, Barcelona, ES
Check the new M.I.A. song “Space Odyssee” mashed up by João Brasil
Barbamamma look a like M.I.A. performed “Paper Planes” at last Sunday´s Grammy awards introducing a supergroup of rap, consisting of Jay-Z, Lil Wanye, T.I. and Kanye West. While the tuxedoed rappers banged over M.I.A.´s line “No One On The Corners Got Swagger Like Us”, I was thinking: Werent the mid 1970s rock supergroups the signifyers of the genre´s last breath – just before punk kicked in and turned rock music upside down ? Isnt´t this memorable performance shown at the Grammy´s a sign for a similar development in rap? Maybe it had to take a pregnant UK MC to show what the future could be all about…
M.I.A. send us the link to a new track she did with Blaqstarr – a cover version of the legendary opening song to the U.S. series “The Wire”. Originally sung by Tom Waits, Blaqstarr and M.I.A. did a club friendly version, alongside the cheapest video ever made (still it´s good).
3rd Bass, one of the 2nd generation of Def Jam artists, did a cool version of the Tom Waits song back in 1991. It´s called “Soul In The Hole” and you can download it from here:
