GRUNGECAKE

Category: Premieres

  • Premiere: TDE’s Lance Skiiiwalker shares Gnarls Barkley ‘Crazy’ remake for your quarantine times: Listen

    Especially in times like we’re living in right now, it can be so easy for people to lose their mind. I know because I’m one of those people – Lance Skiiiwalker

    Back in 2016, Lance Skiiiwalker released his TDE debut ‘Introverted Intuition’, a thirteen-track album that we think is best for quarantine times. With collective anxiety at an all-time high and the uncertainty of it all, it wouldn’t be far off to say some of us are going crazy, or we’re already there. Living in modern times with a global pandemic feels like a bad dream, mainly for anyone who had the chance to make a life they enjoyed living.

    Most of us have heard the song before, but hearing the ‘St Elsewhere’ single now might bring forth another meaning or realization. Specifically, the lyric about thinking anyone is in control of anything except themselves did it for me.

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    Should the Chicago-native artist’s name look familiar, it is because he’s been working in the industry with several artists, including his labelmates (Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, and SZA) and others.

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    Last night on Instagram, such a powerful tool when used for business and social issues, GRUNGECAKE received a direct message concerning the remake of the monster track. It is a, perhaps, esoteric take on the Gnarls Barkley 2007 GRAMMY Award-winning record ‘Crazy’ (Record for the Year), which happens to be one of my all-time favourite songs. Today, right now, you can stream Lance Skiiiwalker’s ‘Crazy’ exclusively through GRUNGECAKE via the IGTV player below. It’s a first of its kind for us, and we hope it isn’t the last.

  • Premiere: DeonRaps collaborates with Haku Leaf on new single ‘MAC’

    The multi-talented DeonRaps brings us a bar-heavy, Spring-ready bop with his single ‘MAC’. Joined by Haku Leaf and produced by Young Swisher, this track is the lead single off his forthcoming album, ‘The Garden’. The light-hearted bop is accompanied by an artistic and fun video, shot in multiple locations throughout New York, ranging from Brooklyn to Queens. DeonRaps’ distinct voice and original swag grabs your attention and separates him from his class. According to the artist himself, “This is definitely the breath of fresh air Queens has been waiting for.” We have to agree.

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Q8bBbcMsU&h=315]

  • Premiere: Los Angeles-based singer Megan Vice remakes French producer Breakbot’s ‘Shades of Black’ and serves up a new flavor of ‘Strawberry Lemonade’

    Megan Vice teams up with Breakbot for this cute bop ‘Strawberry Lemonade’, premiering today! The Pop track is exciting, perfect for the approaching warm weather. The Los Angeles-based talent mixed her different influences and styles and the result was this fun danceable hit. On her inspiration for the song, Vice says,

    The background music is an instrumental interlude on an album that didn’t have any vocals on it so I decided to write a top-line over it and turn it into a proper song. I don’t see many people out here doing this and thought it would be cool!

    Vice’s originality and style will keep her relevant.

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