DOWNLOAD: “Anywhere but Here (featuring MC Huz & Riverina Crew)” by Heaps Decent (via RCRDLBL)

New one from Diplo, Levins and Nina Las Vegas’s charity, Heaps Decent. Take some time to get edumacated about it via A-Trak who also produced this track. Also, you can donate to their initiative over at Heaps Decent.

DOWNLOAD: Dirty South Dance 2 by A-Trak (use widget below)

So I’ve been hyping this like crazy and now the day has come! Major thanks to A-Trak for being generous enough to release it into the internetz. Sequel to 2007’s first Dirty South Dance (and personal favorite of mine), A-Trak’s back again mashing together popular hip hop songs with dance songs (Claude Von Stroke, Jan Driver and more). Love the inclusion of DJ Craze’s remix of Donnis’s “Gone” and Carte Blanche’s new song with Kid Sister. A deluxe pack will be released with Obey about 3 weeks from now so look out for that. Tracklist below along with previews of songs that have already been released:

Tracklist

1. Intro
2. Trizzy Turnt Up
3. How Low Can U Bake
4. We Don’t Want No Goblins
5. She Got a Dum Donk
6. Whatever You Shoot
7. Ice Cream on Blast
8. Carte Blanche ft Kid Sister: “Do Do Do”
9. Twerk That Driver
10. Vampires Going Ham
11. Loonies to Blow
12. Make the Trap Wile Out
13. O Let’s Overdo It
14. Donnis: “Gone (DJ Craze remix)”
15. Ain’t I a Joker

DOWNLOAD: “Trizzy Turnt Up” by A-Trak (right click, save as via The FADER)

I can’t tell you how excited I am for A-Trak’s Dirty South Dance 2. Given the caliber of the first Dirty South Dance and his already released Drake remix, I feel like this album is going to be ridiculously good. Check out the latest leak featuring Soulja Boy (yay…?) and Claude Von Stroke’s “Vocal Chords”. If you are in NY, he’ll be spinning at Shepard Fairey’s afterparty for his May Day exhibit at 88 Palace.

Also, just given the state of music now and its growing tolerance of electronic and dance music, I’m curious to see if this actually will get picked up by the mainstream audience (whatever that means). There’s a ton of potential here given the familiarity of the material.

DOWNLOAD: A-Trak’s Power 106 Live Set (mediafire)

Lots of A-Trak love recently on Beatcakes but I can’t help it. A-Trak was recently at LA’s Power 106 and played a 23 minute set. Expect lots of random blips of “FOOOOLSSS GOLLDDDDD”, random convos, sirens and of course, lots of dance-friendly hip hop and das haus muzak. It’s crazy how far this kind of music has gone into the mainstream - I remember peeing myself when I heard Kid Sister on Hot 97 (hi New York!) 2 years ago. Great testament to what the state of music is today you guys. Also, I love that I’ve heard a lot of songs before but its crazy how putting them in a new set really refreshes each song and makes them feel new again.

Tracklist

1. A-Trak x Drake x Birdman - Loonies To Blow
2. Armand Van Helden ft. Christian Rich - Ski Hard
3. Kid Sister - Big N Bad
4. (secret weapon…) - A-Trak has mentioned its not his or Duck Sauce’s…
5. MSTRKRFT - Bounce (A-Trak Remix)
6. DJ Gant-Man - Juke Dat Girl
7. Green Velvet & Kid Sister - Everybody Wants
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
9. DJ Sega - Colours
10. Big Moe - I’ll Do It (Go Go Garcia Remix)
11. Donnis - Gone (DJ Craze’s Dookie Mix)
12. Travis Porter - All The Way Turnt Up
13. Ludacris - How Low Can You Go (Remix)

DOWNLOAD: “Loonies to Blow” by A-Trak (“Money to Blow” Remix originally by Drake) (mediafire)

New mix by A-Trak using Drake’s “Money to Blow”. Fun and synthy; A-Trak seems to be off on this truncated sampling recently (evidenced from his “Heads Will Roll” remix) by using David Guetta’s “Toyfriend” to mash up with Drake. Even more exciting, this is a new song off of A-Trak’s yet to be released Dirty South Dance 2. Don’t know about you guys but the original Dirty South Dance was one of the first albums that lead me into this whole electronic dance scene. One of the most mindblowing things I heard back then. Needless to say, I am super excited for the next volume.

Just for fun, here are a few of my favorites off of the first Dirty South Dance:

“Going Down on E” - Soulwax vs Yung Joc
“Call That Girl Margherita” - Pitbull vs Massara (italo disco for the win!)