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Top 5 iHearditOn.com Song Recs (week ending 3.06.10)

1. Estelle feat. Kardinal Offishal, “FREAK” (Video) (Ant: Estelle keeps is cosmic for this dancefloor banger. Nabil behind the lens.)
2. STS, “In For The Kill" (mp3) (Ant: Love the La Roux sample on this joint and dude is HUNGRY.)
3. Kid Cudi, “Know Why” (mp3) (Ant: Old Cudi that got leaked and I’m glad. Dope tune.)
4. Mayer Hawthorne, “I Wish It Would Rain” (Video) (Ant: I have felt this way before over a woman and this is a clever way of showing it. Great casting btw.)
5. Ryan Leslie, “When I Think About Luv”, (mp3) (Ant: I’m a sucker for R. Les joints and this was one knocks. Crank This.)

Top 5 iHearditOn.com Song Recs, Week Ending 7.18.09

1. MELANIE FIONA X FIONA – MELANIE FIONA MEETS THE ILLADELPHONICS (Ant: Not mad at this at all)
2. SUGAR RAY “ DAY N NITE” (KID CUDI COVER) Video (Ant: My man Nils sent this to me just me. CRAZY...The OC goes HIPSTER! BIG Shouts to my Raw Session Crew!)
3. Blind Pilot "I Buried a Bone" (Greg: However small the ensemble, the pointed vocals rule and evoke the visage of an Americanized Morrissey, with feet draped over a backwoods porch.)
4. COLIN MUNROE - “START A WAR” MP3 (Ant: I love this record. Colin Munroe getting his Robin Thicke on. Not mad at all)
5. TIE: RYAN LESLIE - “NOTHIN” MP3 (Ant: I like the way this thumps. Makes me wanna cop a benz jeep and ride down 125th.) and DANIEL MERRIWEATHER, WALE, & THE ROOTS ON JIMMY FALLON - “CHANGE” VIDEO (Ant: My homie D bringin the Aussie soul. Wish I was there for this one.)

Ant's Top 5

 

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1. JOHN FORTE – STYLEFREE EP STREAM (Ant: I have had the chance to hear this album and see him perform it live a few times. Here is a teaser but GO BUY THIS AND SUPPORT! One of my favorite lyricists EVER...Pay close attention)
2. EXILE AND DJ DAY MJ TRIBUTE REHEARSAL VIDEO (Ant: OK...so I saw this live in Vienna over the wknd..yes..Austria.. Saturday night and I lost my MIND! This is SERIOUS BUSINESS!)
3. MR. HUDSON “SUPERNOVA” LIVE AT THE CANAL ROOM - video (Ant: Magical Performance by the talented english gentleman.)
4. FORTUNE - “HIGHWAY” JAMES PANTS REMIX (DJFD: The original is good as well, but this mix takes this French electro group to the next level)
5. RYAN LESLIE - “ALL MY LOVE” MP3 (Ant: I like the way this thumps. Makes me wanna cop a benz jeep and ride down 125th.)

YouSleptOn Vol.15 (Anthony Demby)

1. RAGEN FYKES - “IN LOVE” (Ant: Stumbled across this one and im glad I did. OMG)
2. LIGHTS - “HEAVY DROPS” (Greg: A rather somnolent yet playful psych-rock song.)
3. RYAN LESLIE - “YOU’RE NOT MY GIRL” (Ant: I like the way this joint feels. First single from the new Ryan Leslie album)
4. CÉU - “BUBULA” (AR: Summer sounds with a little extra kick. Found this after searching for her album Vagarosa, coming out next month.)
5. FRANZ FERDINAND - “CAN’T STOP THE FEELING” (AR: Fun, low,low,low budget video that does a better job playing with the song's theme than most big budget videos.)

Ant's Top 5 (+1)

1. LOVE GRENADES - “YOUNG LOVERS” (SAM SPARRO EDIT) (Ant: I LOVE the urgency in this song. REALLY dope and Sam puts a nice touch on it.) (Video of the original)
2. SA-RA - “THE BONE SONG” MP3 (Ant: Baby making music. Makes me wanna make a phonecall)
3. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC – CRAIGSLIST VIDEO (DJFD: Weird Al does it again mashing up the Doors and the reason newspapers are broke)
4. RYAN LESLIE FEAT PUSHA T - “SOMETHING THAT I LIKE” MP3 (Ant: This will go into heavy rotation immediately!)
5. KICKDRUMS – ALBUM (Ant: Thanks to Couch Sessions for showing love on this. YOU NEED THIS ALBUM)

And his +1:  PHOENIX PLAY “1901” FOR ALEXA CHUNG, DAVID LETTERMAN (AR: Some alternate versions of "1901" - uplifting track to beat weeks of rain.)

YouSleptOn Vol.11 (Anthony Demby)

1. REGINA SPEKTOR - “LAUGHING WITH” VIDEO (Ant: I LOVE the lyrics of this song and this video is friggin magical)
2. MGMT - “KIDS” - VIDEO (Ant: Monsters. Milfs, & shortys. Besides the fact this kid is probably traumatized, this video is cool)
3. NOLA D “THAT NOLA D” (Ant: My man Laron just sent me this joint. DOPENESS..)
4. LITTLE DRAGON - “AFTER THE RAIN” (TRACKADEMIKS REMIX) (Ant: Track gives this joint a new life and Yukimi sounds sweet as ever.)
5. RYAN LESLIE - “DIAMOND GIRL” LIVE @ SOBS (Ant: Great performances and the horns take it over the top)