Ok, so technically the song and video came out on Monday, but I finally stopped shaking with excitement over it to have steady enough fingers to type about it today. Mind you, it's not the best thing I've heard this week, but it is my most anticipated. The first teaser from the Broken Ankles EP that drops next week, this track will hold you over until April 8th when the full-length video and album are released.

Full disclosure: I'm borderline obsessed with Girl Talk. Haters gon hate, but I think his baggy sweats/no shirt/dope hat and/or headband steez at shows is superfly. The Pittsburgh native has been churning out mixtapes for years, sampling everyone from Jay-Z to Bruce Springsteen on well-produced and well-acclaimed albums that are the lazy man's dj at parties. Too lazy to make a playlist? No worries, because Gregg Gillis has you covered.

Freeway, *not* to be confused with "Freeway" Rick Ross, though both copped their name from the same famed drug trafficker, hits hard on this track, and his chain game is, shall we say, brilliant. The Roc-a-Fella affiliated rapper, who caught my ear guesting on slept-on Kanye track "Two Words" from Ye's debut album, College Dropout, is known for his gritty delivery over even grittier beats, and while this style doesn't necessarily mesh with GT's seamlessly sampled sound, on this track it works.

Multiple mixtape maker Waka Flocka brings his usual flair to the track, and while he isn't featured heavily, his combo of thick braids and thicker video hoes makes up for his short verse.

The video itself, directed by Allen Cordell, is a teaser for the full-length vid, and is a kung fu/fight club hybrid that features GT and Freeway ripping limbs off the people unlucky enough to cross their paths while swagging their way through the city.

Cordell, who also directed videos for Cloud Nothings (who are coming to Buffalo this Friday y'all!) captured the self-proclaimed "anti-hater" message that GT and Freeway are trying to convey in the most over-the-top and almost campy way possible...if you had told me that classic low-budget horror flick turned Spider-Man franchise ruiner Sam Raimi decided to direct a bloody funny music video, I would have believed you.

Waka Flocka goes hard in the motherfuckin tape on his new mix, Re-Up, an 11 track compilation with solid production and clever collaborations. His much-anticipated album, Flockaveli 2, doesn't drop til later this year, and this mix will carry you through til it's release.

Fellow Atlanta rapper Young Scooter is featured on the 808 Mafia produced second track, "Cook Jug," and has one of the catchier hooks on the mix. Both "Lottery" and "Ain't No Problems" have that signature Waka sound, and the latter has verses from oddly charismatic ATL rapper Young Thug and Judo.

"Word to the Wise," an impeccably produced track by up and coming rapper-turned-producer Metro Boomin, is one of the strongest on the tape, and it's worth mentioning that Metro is only 19 years old. He can't get into the clubs that play his music, but that's what house parties, like the one in "Real N!gga Love," are for. Featuring the OG of putting dollar signs in your name, Too $hort, it's a banger, with Waka rapping about liquor, molly, weed, bad bitches, and turning the house into a club.

Former graffiti artist Gepetto (government name: Brendan Hanna) mellows the mix out on "Ghetto Child," a synth-y and chill track that gives you a moment to relax before going to the next track, "Work It Like A Pro." Featuring English-Caribbean rapper Giggs, it's the perfect track to dance to like you do it in the mirror.

The tape closes with the old-school sounding, Macon Hamilton featured, "Knowledge God," a track that could easily fit in on a mixtape when they were actually tapes. It's a surprisingly solid ending to the mix, and makes up for the first track, "Fuck N!gga," which is easily my least favorite of the compilation.

Overall, this is a solid mix that's been on repeat in my headphones for the last two days, and is available to stream and download for the low, low price of free99. 

Grade: B+

Peep out the self-proclaimed "legendary" 22-year-old's soundcloud here, and because spring is so so close to being sprung, here's "Seasons Change," a standout track from the album, which dropped March 12th.

On the second Friday of every month, resident Ghetto House DJ's Arehouse and Juicy Junk invite you to get grimy at DBGB. The aptly titled event promises "good vibes and glowy things" from The Bass Face Girls, who I've never seen but I'm sure have juicy junk, so you know this is gonna be a good night.

Special guest DJ Medison is also in the house...trust me when I say your boy will keep you dancing all night. Check his soundcloud out for a minimix promo for last month's Waiting Room show with Alvin Risk so you have something to dance to while you get ready.

The event starts at 10 and has a $3 cover so bring some singles.

When Rochester's Joywave asks "how do you feel?," they really want to know. Using an interactive online concept where listeners can hashtag both the band name and song title to express in words what the song made them see, the band created an evolving stream of images to go with the four song EP that dropped yesterday. "Happy visualizing" is how the band puts it, and when you combine the visual and the audio, it makes for a listening experience that forces you to focus on the music, instead of the things you do when you should be actively listening to an album.

Streaming an album online usually means that the album is one of 20 open tabs you're kinda, sorta focused on while you update your Twitter bio and lurk your ex on Instagram and finally get around to paying that parking ticket you got six weeks ago, but this one forces the music into the foreground and it makes for a fresh listening and viewing experience. The album is only a day old, and already there are flashing images and words of the visions it evokes on the internet. To quote Jay and Ye, that shit cray.

The album, for all its brevity, is bountiful with sound. The first single, "In Clover," was released earlier this month and is the club/getting ready to go to the club jam you didn't know you needed in your life until it was there. It's electronica in the best way possible: slinky, synthy, and just a little bit arrogant, and while it gives "Tongues," a killer KOPPS-featured track some serious competition for best dance song, it's the crashing, smashing drumbeats that "Tongues" opens with that make it the winning song. It's one of those rare songs where you know there are words, but it doesn't matter what they are because you're too busy stomping the yard to even hear them. Shamelessly dancing in my car is a daily activity, and this song is my new favorite one to get down to on the commute to work.

Overall, the Cultco released album is a banger. Literally. SO many drums. Like, layers and layers of drums and bass and cymbals and I know I've said this about Joywave albums before, but their music is the exact soundtrack Patrick Bateman would play to kill an unsuspecting hooker in a ritzy Manhattan apartment. It's that 80s electropop vibe that keeps me wanting more from these guys, who, by the way, are currently holding it down at SXSW. You can stream the entire How Do You Feel EP below.

Everyone in this town is a DJ, but tonight you can put your money where your mic is at Buffalo's only monthly hip hop karaoke event. Hosted by Billy Drease Williams, the good people at DTR, and Hip Hop Karaoke Buffalo, this is the most fun you'll have at karaoke in the 716 (sorry, Tudor Lounge).

The event starts at 10, and all performers must pre-register here. Unfortunately, registration is full so if you slept on getting your song in, you'll have to wait til next month. All performers are supplied with a free drink, a dj, and a hypeman, but what rapper doesn't show up with his own entourage?

Pro tips: hold the mic from the bottom, remember to breathe, and for all your swag needs, remember that 2 chainz are better than one. 

Looking for the perfect track to play 10 times in a row while getting ready to go out with your friends? Joywave's new single, "In Clover," is it. Super saturated in electronica, major lazer tag vibes, and drums that are probably made out of giant Diet Coke cans, it's a hype-y, dance-y, shake ya ass (but watch yourself) track that I cannot stop listening to.

Before the Rochester-based band head west for SXSW, you should head to Bug Jar tonight for their last pre-tour show. Featuring KOPPS, FOWLS, and Hawker M. James, the $10/12 at the door show is worth every cent. Doors are at 8/music at 9 (BJT aka Bug Jar Time). Stay late as the band will be previewing "In Clover" as well as the rest of their new EP, How Do You Feel, following the night's performances

Buffalo friends and fans, make the short drive to the 585 and catch this show.

It's Valentine's Day, y'all! Take a break from hating on every happy couple you see sitting on the same side of a booth at your local T.G.I.Fridays to check this track out. Local emcee Chae Hawk has the perfect addition to the slow jams mixtape you should be making for that special someone you plan on meeting on Allen St. later.

Clocking in at just under four minutes, "Worth It" has a slinky beat, great advice for the ladies (take your fucking heels off, it's worth it), and should definitely make its way into your headphones.