3 Feet High & Rising: Stones Throw's Latest Signee Sudan Archives Unleashes Impassioned Bare-bones Violin-assisted "King Kunta" Cover, "Queen Kunta" (Kendrick Lamar)

"Meet Sudan Archives, a 22-year-old self-taught violinist/vocalist who writes, plays, and produces her own music. In this live performance video, she flips Kendrick Lamar’s “King Kunta” with just her voice, a violin, and a loop pedal. She'll be performing at Stones Throw Superfest in Los Angeles, November 5th," Stones Throw Records wrote on their Facebook page Thursday afternoon. Their latest signee, formerly know as Sudan Moon, "began playing the violin at age eight in her hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, where she also played in various school and church choirs. Her [2014] debut EP, GOLDENCITY, was self-produced on an iPad in her parent’s basement." Now, just two short years later, Sudan Archives is currently preparing to release her proper self-titled "debut" album, which it appears as though, was completed long before she recently signed a deal with Stones Throw. "While classically-trained, Sudan finds inspiration from the various fiddle styles of Africa and aspires to lead an all-female orchestra" and her Facebook page lists West Aisha El Falatia, Issa Mbaye Diary Sow, African Folk, and Traditional Sudanese Music as Artists [She] Also Likes and Influences. Aside from the aforementioned assorted tidbits of information, little else is known about Sudan Archives; although, I can undoubtedly say this much, she's indeed in a league of her own, even on a label that's become increasingly left-field or even non-Hip-Hop in recent years!

Sudan Moon has seemingly assembled an as-yet-untitled "Quartet" in preparation for for her upcoming Stones Throw Superfest appearance, which consists of herself, Iridas & Yvette Cornelia, and Max Kaplan on keys. While it's currently unclear when exactly her Stones Throw debut might end up materializing—fingers crossed, before the end of 2016—Moon is additionally preparing for her first international trip to Ghana, Africa this upcoming December "to teach Electronic music production to the children of The North Star School" with an array of donated equipment from Pandora and Ableton. "Your generous donation today will help our team cover the logistics costs associated with producing this magical workshop. This 3-day workshop will prepare our students for an increasingly tech savvy world. Please share or donate [to] The Taiwo Fund," Sudan Archives wrote on her Facebook; donations can be made to The North Star Beat initiative on either The Taiwo Fund Facebook page or GENEROSITY.COM. Ahead of Sudan Archives self-titled full-length, Stones Throw has uploaded a spine-tingling sparse, impassioned cover of Kendrick Lamar's (already gripping) To Pimp a Butterfly stand-out, "King Kunta," now, for all intensive purposes, fittingly re-titled "Queen Kunta" recorded "with just her voice, a violin, and a loop pedal" and filmed by in-house photographer and director Eric Coleman.

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of

All-around Breakdown: Sean Martin Discusses Debut Instrumental EP Introducing The Magician As No More Magic (Residual Effects)

Sean Martin is a multi-versed musician, producer, and tattooer hailing from Connecticut. As a guitarist, song-writer, and/or producer he has worked with a variety of well-known artists including Hatebreed, Cold Cave, Wear Your Wounds, Umbra Vitae, Twitching Tongues, Cage, Kid Cudi, House of Blow, Head Automatica, XO Skeletons, Jet Fueled Horses, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and more. His versatility and flexibility within music allows him to blur the lines in-between the confines of Hardcore, Electronic, Metal, and Hip-Hop. Martin is, also, a skilled tattooer at Brass City Tattoo located in Oakville, Connecticut promoting the traditional approach to the craft. Founded by Martin himself between 2020-22, No More Magic combines ominous melodies with downtempo beats to create a dizzying dream-like atmosphere. Paying homage to the golden era of Hip-Hop while forging ahead down its own dark road. For fans of Portishead, Massive Attack, and DJ Shadow. No More Magic's Introducing The

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