Tonight was a landmark show for So You Think You Can Dance because of what transpired when Alex Wong, a trained ballet dance from Vancouver, British Columbia did with a Napoleon and Tabitha D’umo hip hop routine which saw him dancing with all star Stephen “Twitch” Boss.   It was nothing short of spectacular, you could feel the energy from the start it and  never let up.    This was pure magic and the track they danced to was, “Outta Your Mind” by Lil Jon featuring LMFAO.

Lil Jon ft. LMFAO – Outta Your Mind

This is the routine that just killed it tonight:

Mouth’s Cradle – Front Porch

Bio:

Mouth’s Cradle is making waves; seamlessly combining pop and hip-hop into a unique blend. But their mix is not an acquired taste. The duo, both who are students attending Syracuse University, is currently featured on the iTunes Store’s “New and Noteworthy” as well as Pop page. Mouth’s Cradle is undoubtedly on its way to emerging as a leader in the new class of college artists, who create buzz for themselves while sitting through lectures. If you can imagine the musical equivalent of a sugar-rush, you can probably get a solid picture of Mouth’s Cradle

You can pick up their album on iTunes:

Loving this remix which takes Just Jack’s, “Embers” and cuts and sliced it with Wale’s voice over the top of it.  Simply brilliant!   Watch out for a sick build around the 2:35 mark.  Be sure to swing by Phillip’s soundcloud page and drop some love.

Embers (feat Wale) [Phillip Martell Remix] by pmartell

Bio from Phillip Martell:

I’m from Detroit but moved to Atlanta for university.  Growing up I really enjoyed listening to heartland rock by guys like Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, and Bob Segar, but when I hit high school I met a bunch of italian kids that turned me onto dance music.  I’ve always liked music that put emphasis on melody, whether it was Mark Knopfler’s guitar work in DIre Straits or Above & Beyond’s lead key lines in “Air For Life.”  For Ember’s, I thought Just Jack lead violin hook was incredibley melodic and it could serve as a great beat for someone to rap over.  So i chopped up the song, added vocals, drums, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  To make sure I kept to my dance roots, I also added my own electro-house break down at the end so I could get bodies banging on the dancefloor.

Previously unreleased track from Kid Cudi sees him laying down his unique flow over a bed of Bob Dylan, pure joy.

Kid Cudi – Highs N Lows

Latest track from Sade’s forthcoming album due out in February 8th 2010.  This track is a slight departure from Sade’s signature sound and features more edgier  sounds such as hard rockin’ guitar licks and military-esque snare drum hits.  But I suppose that latter is to tie into the “Soldier” theme of the track.   Also this track features more modern hip hop elements.

Sade – Soldier of Love

Picking up where The Creatures left off and infusing the off-kilter instrumentation with some soul is Planningtorock.  Planningtorock is:

The alter ego of multi-instrumentalist/programmer/videographer Janine Rostron, Planningtorock fuses all of Rostron’s talents into a dazzling audiovisual presentation that borrows from classical music, glam rock, spacey imagery, and hip-hop. A classically trained violinist who began playing at age eight, Rostron moved from Bolton, Lancashire, to Berlin in 2002 the Planningtorock persona first surfaced in 2004, when she began performing at the city’s clubs. Planningtorock’s live shows blurred the boundaries between concerts and performance art, with Rostron wearing outlandish helmets and costumes and interacting with video characters. Planningtorock’s debut single Modern Love and the Weimar Tour EP arrived early the following year and showcased Rostron’s unique mix of pizzicato strings, beats, and husky vocals that could change from bluesy to quirky (or vice versa) at a moment’s notice. In 2004, Rostron issued the MP3 EP Topics on a Foreign Mind via Twisted Nerve Records, as well as EP Eins — which featured the underground hit “Local Foreigner” — on her own Rostron imprint (which also released work by the Knife, the Soft Pink Truth, and Kevin Blechdom). After signing to Chicks on Speed Records, Planningtorock released the limited-edition 7” Changes/I Wanna Bite Ya early in 2006 and her first full-length, Have It All, that summer.
After extensive touring through 06/07/08 both solo and with artists such as LCD Soundsystem, The Knife, Peaches and Hot Chip – Planningtorock took time off to record her second full length album.
Rumor has it that the new record with be release on DFA records early 2010.   [taken from last.fm wiki]

This track is taken from Planningtorock’s full length (which I suggest you pick up) called, “Have It All”.  And I would like to thank Felix Martin for turning me onto her!

Planningtorock – Hiding Where I’ll Find Me

Side note, It looks like Felix Martin and Al Doyle of Hot Chip will be working with Planningtorock on her forthcoming album, this sounds very interesting to me.  Here’s the twitter that Felix posted,

“Hot_Chip: Me & Al are working in the studio with @planningtorock all week on her forthcoming album and she might help a bit with our stuff too ”
Planningtorock – Hiding Where I’ll Find Me

Video for “Planningtorock – When are you gonna start”:

Loving this Gorillaz’s esque hip-hop track from Massive Attack’s ep, “Splitting The Atom”, that sounds quite freaky.

Massive Attack – Splitting The Atom (Ft. The 3D, Daddy G, and Horace Andy)

From Kid Cudi’s full length album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, we get a Ratatat produced track with guest vocals from MGMT.

New KiD CuDi – Pursuit of Happiness (ft. MGMT & Ratatat)

Yet another great find on thesixtyone.com, this time we have a get up and dance tune with some hip hop flavor.  This really gets going about mid-way through, so be sure to let it ride for awhile.

Shoops is a duo (David and Yury) from Montreal, Quebec Canada which features Crookers-esque dance inspired builds and clever well produced vocals  — an amalgamation that’s easy to get addicted too.

SHOOPS – Move Bounce Flip