Lights + Music

[NOTE: to download songs, simply left-click the song title for a direct download]

Known for his DJing prowess and myriad unique edits he employs in his sets, Laidback Luke is at it again on this track, slapping foolishly fat kicks reminiscent of Daft Punk's "Indo Silver Club" onto an already fantastic TiTAN remix.
Tommie Sunshine - 5AM (Girl Like You) ft. Oh Snap!! (TiTAN Remix) [Laidback Luke Edit]


This pounding, electro banger comes from America's very own Lucky Date. Featuring distinctly wobble-fluenced synths and a certain fidget-house sensibility, this one really gets the blood flowing. Check out Lucky Date's myspace for his remixes for the likes of Tiga and Spencer & Hill.
Lazy Rich - Discofukkr (Lucky Date Remix)


This is another one of those progressive house remakes with the current year in the song title, but I swear this one's different. Tension is created around a pitched-up vocal, giving the track a french/disco house feel. Some fat kicks ultimately lend the track a big-room feeling, filling the dance floor every time.
Redroche vs. Armstrong - Make Your Move 2010 (Original Extended Mix)


Chocolate Puma brings us a balearic, clarinet-centric house beat perfect for nights on the beach. Things get started around 2:45.
Chocolate Puma - Tonco Tone


Olav Basoski gives this classic Boney M sample a progressive rubdown, transforming an ancient disco hit into a rolling, club smash. Once again, thank you to the Netherlands.
Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 (Olav Basoski Remix)


To close out today, I've got some relaxed progressive house from S.co over at 310 Electro. It sounds like something deadmau5 might have made had he spent more time in the Balearic Islands in the middle of his career. And that is most certainly a compliment of the highest order.
S.co - Rise (Original Mix)



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Gone

Underground rapper Donnis has been on for a while now but this shit is unprecedented, with Needlz absolutely tearing it up on the beats. The ultimate pregame jam, bump this shit in the whip with a jay in your right and a cup in the left.
Donnis - Gone (prod. Needlz)


And check out the chillin' ass commercial I jacked this jam from. Props to adidas for successful branding.



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This rarity escaped from Afrojack's brain somewhere around two years ago when some crazy person saw fit to release it to the masses.
Afrojack - Esther


The mad dutchman Chuckie can make bumping, techy progressive house, too? It seems there are no bounds to this man's producing prowess.
Erick Morillo, Eddie Thoenick - Live Your Life ft. Shawnee Taylor (Chuckie Remix)


Denzal Park have been working together for two years now and have made a name for themselves in the Australian club scene. This progressive track has all the funky, high pitched bleeps you could ever ask for, complimented beautifully by a deep, rolling bass line. Thanks to resident Bright & Shiny™ DJ Ruthy Lopez for throwing this into our second ever Saturday Essential Mix which is available here for download!
Keewix - Mariachi Loco ft. Messinian (Denzal Park Vocal Mix)


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Beauty

is simplicity. (round 4)

Example - Two Lives (Kris Menace Remix)

La Zebra - Feel the Music (Original Mix)

3OH!3 - Double Vision (Sidney Samson Remix)

Sulumi - Chaotic Tanze Der Funktion (Blende Remix-Rework)

Sidney Samson - Fill U Up ft. Sicerow (Original Mix)

Bass Kleph, Chris Arnott - Where Do We Go (Club Mix)

Michael Woods - Nitro (Original Mix)

Disfunktion - Magna (Original Mix)

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - Under the Water (Dada Life Remix)

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I'm Doin' It Better

I had work at 8 o'clock this morning and I'm the second most hungover I've ever been. The only thing that keeps me going is the music. All of these tunes are stupid good, listen to them and download them. Without further adieu...

A couple of jamming softies:

The Knocks - Dancing With The DJ

Yuksek - So Down ft. Chromeo

MGMT - Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework) [sounds like rain falling peacefully over your body]


Pounding electrons:

Skrillex - Kill Everybody (Original Mix) [electro]

Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand (Matt Sayers 'Beebs' Bootleg) [hilarious]

Laidback Luke - Til Tonight (PeaceTreaty Skywalker Remix) [SoCal chillin']

Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica [play extra loud]


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I have a foolish amount of stadium-filling, huge progressive sounds today.

David Gausa, David Tort, Thomas Gold - Areena (Dirty South Remix)

Christopher S - Are You Ready For This (Dirty Organ Mix)

Nadia Ali - Rapture (Avicii New Generation Extended Mix)


This one was taken from a dirty little mini-mix by our friend and fellow Washingtonian Aristotle from A3 Lifestyle. Listen here.
Usher - O.M.G. ft. Wil.i.am (Alvaro Remix)


Now go get silly, it's Friday.

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C'mon Give Me A Break

Starsmith first caught my attention for his production on Ellie Goulding's fantastic single "Starry Eyed." As an up and coming pop producer, I never have expected much from his original mixes, but this track is a surprisingly delightful nu-disco house jam. Look out for his debut solo single to be released on Neon Gold, coming this October 18th.
Starsmith - Give Me A Break (Radio Edit)


Parisian new-kids-on-the-block Gliterium have here some delicious disco house flavor for your ear.
Gliterium - Deep Down Inside


I know it might seem like the world is coming to an end, what with Bright & Shiny posting TWO dubstep songs in a week, but at least let me try to explain. I heard this song at a frathouse the other night, and was drawn to the dank hip-hop beat at the beginning. When the wompwomp comes in the songs goes downhill fast, but I find myself able to tolerate this sort of dubstep, or Dup-Hop as we here at Bright & Shiny have coined it, because of the compelling hip-hop beat fixed firmly beneath the womps, as opposed to the usual reggae-inspired dub beats or driven d&b beats which dominate the dubstep landscape. Props to Bassnectar.
Bassnectar - Bass Head (Original Mix)


We've been supporting Porter Robinson, 19 year old from Chapel Hill, NC, for quite a while now. I have not been too impressed by his new single "I'm On Fire," no disrespect to PK, but there's no doubting the kid is talented and I do have a couple of incredible remixes to share with you all. Right from the very beginning of every track you can distinctly hear the presence of Robinson's self-appointed primary influence, Wolfgang Gartner. And this is most certainly a good thing. Robinson takes the programming insanity that Gartner brings to the table and proceeds to smash it into as many things as he can. Robinson's frenetic productions have clear elements of electro, house, dubstep, progressive house and trance, yet as a whole his productions sound cohesive and resist genre categorization. Well played, my friend. First up is Robinson's hotly anticipated collaboration with Lazy Rich, "Hello," featuring Sue Cho on vocals. Second is his remix of Tim Berg's "Seek Bromance," a song whose many iterations never really really clicked with me. This outstanding remix gives the prog house anthem a thick electro sheen.
Porter Robinson & Lazy Rich - Hello ft. Sue Cho (Radio Edit)

Tim Berg - Seek Bromance ft. Amanda Wilson (Porter Robinson Remix)


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Australian duo Light Year have come up with a winning combination. "Sex Education" blends a heaping serving of funk with wonderfully strange computer noises reminiscent of Soulwax/2 Many DJs. Maybe that's why they've been getting so much support from the brothers Dawaele and good friend Tiga. Yeah, you need to hear this fucking song. No release information yet, but these two are working on a new EP entitled "Five Girls" so keep your eyes out for some more of this techno funk.
Light Year - Sex Education


Big, fat yet deep, prog house bomb from the afrolatin Dutch master, Gregor Salto. I love Salto's consistently fantastic employment of knocking afrolatin drum patterns, but he even used a like pattern for his lead synth this time around. The Dutch are ahead of the game, like usual. Watch out for the final drop where Salto throws the lead synths from the original into the mix, forging an undeniable clubhaus anthem.
Chris Kaeser - Go Deeper ft. Erire (Gregor Salto Remix)



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if i'm not beside you i'm behind you

French Touch gods Daft Punk are true jacks-of-all-trades. Their robotic interpretation of the R&B/hip-hop beat is refreshing. The duo crafts a smooth, muffled soundscape over which Pharrell exercises his famous falsetto with his funk band N.E.R.D. along for the ride. To be honest, I'm not even close to digging the vocals, but try and listen to the backing track because it's gorgeous; this brand of robot hip-hop is something I could definitely get used to.
N.E.R.D. - Hypnotize U (prod. Daft Punk)


Before his Daft Punk days, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo was one half of Le Knight Club off the legendary French house imprint Crydamoure. Quinten 909 of the Netherlands (another goddamn Dutchman) has impressed the whole of Bright & Shiny with the consistently outrageous quality of his productions. He does it again here, making this song more like Daft Punk than it already was. Do yourself a favor and watch out for this guy.
Le Knight Club - Soul Bells (Quinten 909 Remix)


Geht's Noch?, a couple of nice young men from Belgium, have made a very nice song. The build-up is very strange, but when it drops... well, you know the rest. And make sure you're wearing a helmet.
Geht's Noch? - Body Jack (Original Mix)


Frenetic, pounding electro beats: exactly what we've come to expect from Felix Cartal.
Felix Cartal - Love (Original Mix)


I don't know what this says about me, but I had never heard of Martin Solveig until the release of his Hello EP with Dragonette. That being said, I am now convinced this man is a genius. The lineup of artists he commissioned to rework this track is so obscene that he will have forced us to put nearly every track from the EP on the blog by the end of the week-- it's THAT good. Now, I do have a conscience, so I insist that you go and buy the "Hello (Club Mix)" on beatport this instant. It's better than all the remixes, which are incredible, because it will have everyone from your girlfriend to your grandmother on the dancefloor faster than you can say "Who the fuck is Martin Solveig?" The first remix is from Dada Life who bring their uniquely ragetastic brand of electro direct to your face. The second is from Dutch warlock Sidney Samson, taking it back to the good old days with some delicious acid house. God, I love acid house and Martin Solveig.
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello (Dada Life Remix)

Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello (Sidney Samson Remix)



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Today's edition of Clubhaus is a mainly Dutch production... like usual. First up is Oliver Twizt, with this sexy, afro-latin inspired track.
Oliver Twizt - Loca ft. Maluca


AFRO YAAK. This is just a preview ripped from Tongy's show on Radio 1, but it sounds to me like Afrojack is taking his interpretation of the Dutch sound in a new, more club compatible direction. This is the most spacious shit I've heard out of him in a while. I dare you to listen to this and not imagine yourself dancing your ass off in some futuristic, warehouse rave like the one in that awesome Yeasayer video.
Afrojack - Amanda (Radio Rip)


Speaking of spacious, I am very proud to bring you today a beautiful, prog-house song from AMERICAN producer, Ian Carey. Apparently Carey hails from Maryland like 3/4 of Bright & Shiny. Weird, right? Think again. Maryland is the next Netherlands. Mark my words, one day we'll all be listening to Maryland house when we're too drunk to do anything but dance. Anyway, this is the only good remix I've heard of chart-smashing single "Take Over Control" by Afrojack and it's VERY good.
Afrojack - Take Over Control ft. Eva Simmons (Ian Carey Remix)


Check out this sexy video for Swedish House Mafia's summer anthem "Miami 2 Ibiza" which came out a week ago.

Swedish House Mafia feat. Tinie Tempah - Miami 2 Ibiza from EMI Music Norway on Vimeo.

THANK GOD IT'S technically FRIDAYYY

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Sticky Icky

The past few days have seen some great tunes on the internets. Checkit oouutt.

Beautiful remix of Gyptian's "Hold Yuh" courtesy of Toddla T which stands somewhere between hip-hop and house, while utilizing d&b drums and featuring a dubby breakdown.
Gyptian - Hold Yuh (Toddla T Remix)


By now you're all well aware that we here at Bright & Shiny love to do the Dada. Here's yet another shining example of their interminable and unique mastery of the loudness.
Boy 8-Bit - The Suspense Is Killing Me (Dada Life Guerilla Fart)


Bird Peterson crafts a downright funky electro jam below quality dirty south raps courtesy of the immortal Three 6 Mafia.
Keep My Name Out Ya Mouth (Bird Peterson Remix)


I hadn't seen Foamo's name 'round these parts for a while but I'm guessing he's back in the studio. First "Here Comes" and now this, the king of UK Fidget house always brings his A-game.
Purpl Pop - The Way (Foamo's Love Remix)


Coming all the way from Brazil, DirtyLoud's self-described jacking, nu-electro sound is a breath of filthy air.
c2001 - Disco Popp Shit (DirtyLoud Remix)


Aside from having a hilarious name, Jey Key have a dirty electro sound in the vein of fellow countryman, SebastiAn.
Lazy Late Kids - Francis (Jey Key Remix)


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Axwell and Henrik B give this track by Adrian Lux the big room, progressive treatment.
Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime (Axwell & Henrik B Remode)


One of the top 5 dutch house producers, Sidney Samson brings the dutchness to this Guetta club smash.
David Guetta, Flo Rida - Club Can't Handle Me (Sidney Samson Remix)


HUGE electro sounds with a distinctly prog twist on this remix from Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike.
Dani L. Mebius & Bill the Klit - Work This Pussy (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Remix)


Finally, the dankest song from Sticky K to date. My homie Augustus literally went to UCSB because of a crazy YouTube video he saw of Mr. K DJing his ass off at a house party.
Sticky K - Prince of Persia by Sticky K

And last but most certainly not least, the awesome, cameo-filled music video for Duck Sauce's summer smash "Barbra Streisand" which came out yesterday.

Duck Sauce "Barbra Streisand" from Mr Goldbar on Vimeo.

P.S. if you're a Daft Punk freak like me, I recommend going to the Tron Soundtrack website, clicking the logo to enter, clicking anywhere in the blackness outside the highlighted border of the site content, and typing "derezzed" for a scrumptious surprise. Note: no field will appear to accept the code upon clicking the space outside the border.

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I Drank Too Much

I had about 30 tracks I was tryna post this afternoon, so here is the creme of the cream. Check out that space monkey, right?

So Grum is making beautiful full-fledged futuristic soundscapes at this point... propers are due to the 80's synth master.
Gamble & Burke - Let's Go Together (Grum Remix)


Louis La Roche knows how to put the "groovy" in "groovy french house." Haha I'm an idiot.
Boy Crisis - Fountain of Youth (Louis La Roche 'In the Discoteque' Remix)


In Augustus' absence (he's rafting in Oregon, the shit), I'm posting this song off a mix CD he left in my car. This track would scare the pants right off your grandmother.
Mightyfools - Amsterdam ft. Guerilla Speakerz (Dem Slackers Remix)


Vandalism vandalized this song. Thank goodness for them, otherwise I'd never feel completely comfortable listening to Katy Perry.
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (Vandalism V8 Club Remix)


I saw this a week ago but I didn't want to post it until it had a name out of respect for its makers... deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner. Together. On one song. If this doesn't excite you, get the fuck off my blog.
deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights


Obscure yet dirty electro grooves out of Berlin for your soul.
ULTRNX - Rockstr (GhettosexXx Remix)

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It does not get crazier than this Proxy fellow. Thank you, Russia.
Congorock - Babylon (Proxy Remix)

BONUS!!
Proxy - Raven (HQ Rip)


I hope P. Diddy commissioned this remix cause that would be so sweet.
P. Diddy - Hello Good Morning (Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick Mix)


This one will get you dancing.
Kid Massive, Bass Kleph & Chris Arnott - All Right (Original Mix)


Better start packing, only 2 days 'til Electric Zoo, NY!
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I Won't Let You Down.

Boy, oh boy! Do I ever have a load of goodies for you all today!!

Kele Okereke, frontman for Bloc Party, started doing his own thing on the side. I rather like it. Dance rock is getting a much needed shot of life.
Kele - Tenderoni (Original Mix)



Egyptian Hip Hop is a quartet out of Manchester making really great pop/rock with a hint of electronic stylings.
Egyptian Hip Hop - Moon Crooner



DJ Chuckie just won't stop making the best music. Hands down my favorite artist of the moment. In other news, it seems Lil Jon has legitimately broken into the electronic music scene with this remix. God damn it.
Lil Jon feat. Claude Kelly - Oh What A Night (Chuckie Remix)


Boy band vocals over the dirtiest electro.
Christian TV - When She Turns 18 (LA Riots Club Remix)



Strange raps courtesy of a man who may or may not have taken his name from a videogame character over a compelling afro-latin beat and new age, 8-bit synths.
The Count & Sinden - Mega Mega Mega ft. Deekay



Here's the awesome, water-colored video for summer jam "Baby I'm Yours" by Bright & Shiny favorite, Breakbot.

Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (feat. Irfane) - HD from Ed Banger Records on Vimeo.

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AC Slater slaughters this remix, making a whole lotta something out of an uninspired Crookers and Yelle collaboration, a collaboration of two such high caliber artists that it should never have gone to waste. "Party with the Crookers and AC SLYATA"
Crookers - Cooler Couleur ft. Yelle (AC Slater Remix)



There are no words for this song, its fucking crazy. TAI always manages to kick you in the face with his frenetic beats. Keep this one out of reach of small children.
Don Diablo - Who's Your Daddy (TAI Remix)



Some progressive house to round out the post, hilariously combative vocal sample included.
Paul Attrax - Like A Bitch (Sunloverz Remix)



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Late Night Jams

I'll keep it short and simple. This is late night music. You know, the type of stuff you want to be listening to in a parked car somewhere at 3 in the morning, or on the drive home from a ragetastic shenanigan-filled night. Soak it up.

The name says it all for this first one.

4 AM (Adam K & Soha Mix) - Kaskade

This next song is an absolute classic. If you don't already have it, shame on you (but download it and start loving it as soon as possible).

Lisztomania (Classixx Version) - Phoenix

While everyone knows that Deadmau5 songs like Strobe and I Remember make for great late night listening, most people aren't familiar with the progressive house goodness of his deeper cuts, like these next two. (Warning - play as loud and with as much bass as possible)

Alone With You - Deadmau5

Not Exactly - Deadmau5

Although this next track doesn't quite fit in with the bass-pumping tunes I've been giving you, it's one of my favorites and definitely deserves to be on any legit late night playlist.

Ambivalence Avenue - Bibio

This one is a little low key, but nonetheless a good late night progressive house tune.

True love (Original Mix) - George Acosta feat. Fischer

This song takes a minute or so to build up.. but once it does, it's straight BOMB

Innuendo (Original Mix) - Jean Elan

Late Night Alumni are great.

Run A Mile - Late Night Alumni

When Kaskade and Deadmau5 team up, you know you're in for some seriously progressive and deep late night tunage. While this one doesn't live up to the epicness of I Remember, it's still a great track. Give it a minute or two to build up.

Move For Me (Extended Remix) - Deadmau5 & Kaskade

HOMEWORK

Now for some bonus homework from the Bright & Shiny School of Music, this next track is the absolute opposite of a late night jam. It's a bonafide club-destroying banger of a song. Mixed by JFK from MSTRKRFT, this is a song that you should listen to at your own caution, as it has been known to cause face melting and spastic body movement amongst other physical symptoms. If you do choose to attempt this homework assignment, the only requirement is that you play it as loud as your speakers will allow.

Body Crash (JFK edit) - Buy Now

.Augustus

arrogantmau4

Note: free music is available below the following breathless rant.

We all saw deadmau5 perform at the 9:30 Club this past Wednesday. Not only was our collective evening marred by problems both in and outside of the club, but the mau5 simply did not live up to our hopes and expectations. The openers were Will Eastman and Pleasurekraft, and I was only able to catch the latter. He wasn't very good, a bit too deep and underwhelming for my tastes probably because he wasn't playing very loudly, but he did serve to warm up the crowd toward the end of his set. Then Joel took the stage beckoning the crowd to a deafening roar with his signature unhealthily floppy hands. What followed his entrance was basically an exercise in idol worship. The mau5 mounted his large, expensive cube, put on his hat, pressed "play" and then proceeded to get his rocks off by watching the crowd and dancing to his own music while drinking beer. Now this is not to say I didn't rave my ass off, because I most certainly did. However, when I pay 40 dollars in US currency to go to a concert, I expect a little more than the exact studio versions of the songs I've come to know and love.

Ever since I got into electronic music I had to defend the act of going to artists' concerts just because no one could ever understand what it was they were even doing up there, other than playing the music, that would justify spending one's hard-earned money to see an artist live. When I saw Justice's "A Cross The Universe" tour so many years ago they played through most of their debut album "Cross," in addition to some of their remix selection. But the glaring difference between that performance and deadmau5' was that Justice re-edited every single track and even remixed some in order to make them more dancefloor friendly, in the process creating a notable and fucking phenomenal live experience with their MUSIC and studio/live expertise, not by simply introducing an insane light show into the equation.

And so I charge deadmau5, a technical sorcerer whose productions are absolutely peerless, with the task of creating a live show that isn't downright shameful. In the studio before the tour or on the fly, you must do something because at this point I am unimpressed and frankly cannot believe that you can look at yourself in the mirror; you're not even trying up there, dude. I understand that you're not a DJ and don't appreciate or respect the art of DJing, you've made that clear before, but I do insist that you use your apparent technical skill to go into the studio and produce a live show that you can be proud of and that your (musically educated) fans will love.

But this is only upsetting because I love deadmau5' music and have such respect for his work, as much as I despise the arrogant prick known as Joel Zimmerman. Or maybe it's the fact that today when I commented on a Facebook status update of his about the Thursday 9:30 show saying as much as I have above Joel read the comment and deleted it after it had received multiple likes, confirming that this asshole of a mouse cannot take criticism, constructive or scathing. Whatta bitch.

Anyway, in honor of this dead mau5 (R.I.P.) I'll start things off with one of his songs. I had never heard this before Wednesday and when the melody came climbing out of the distorted chaos erupting from the speakers it sounded ominous and alien; I simply lost my marbles. One of the mau5' more danceable tracks.

Deadmau5 - Arguru

I don't know anything about Bassjackers except that they're Dutch and that I like it when they make music. They tend to keep their dirty Dutch sounds in a lower register than most, or at least Afrojack, and their drums KNOCK. See "Stronger ft. Bizzey (Original Mix)" for a less hardcore, french-house inspired track.

Bassjackers & Ralvero - Bang Like A (Original Mix)

Bassjackers - Stronger ft. Bizzey (Original Mix)

This one's from GRUM, a producer I've been watching ever since his remix of Armand Van Helden's "You Don't Know Me" was the only version of the song I could get my hands on after scouring the internet for hours. "Can't Shake This Feeling" is a groovy, electro house song complete with obscure, pitched-up vocals and a fatass bassline.

GRUM - Can't Shake This Feeling

You'll find that I occasionally pepper my posts with hip-hop, and that starts now. This joint from Fat Joe is just right, but this isn't Joe's doing, not by a long shot. He raps well enough, but the real genius here is in the production by duo Cool & Dre. When these boys do "soulful" they do it right.

Fat Joe - Valley of Death (prod. Cool & Dre) [2010]

Bit Funk turns the verses of Bussa Buss' "Hustler's Anthem" into a veritable House Anthem with his funky synth treatment. Plus the only Rappa Turnt Sanga makes an appearance on the hook.

Hustler's Anthem 09 - Busta Rhymes ft. T-Pain (Bit Funk Remix)



Finally, the funkiest banger of an electro house song I've heard out of prog-house duo Spencer & Hill yet.

Spencer & Hill - Housebeat

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