VIDEO: The Roots & Diplo Keys To The City

Imeem takes on Philadelphia in their Keys to the City feature. It includes interviews with The Roots, Diplo including a Diplo premiere (see below) and others, video premieres of Okay Player¹s Roots Picnic Webisodes, Mad Decent's Block Party footage and dj mix, ?uestlove's quintessential playlist of songs recorded by Philadelphia natives and much more. Check it out here and below.

The Roots - Keys to the City


Diplo

LISTEN: Diplo - BBC Essential Mix (9/19/07)

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BBC Radio 1 brought Diplo in and he mixes everything from Schooly D to M.I.A. to Rich Boy to Queen to DJ Shadow to... ok you get the picture. To get the full track list over to RockTheDub.

LISTEN: Martina Topley Bird - Carnies (Prod: Dangermouse)

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A sideways post: Dangermouse has diversified once more. He produced an entire album entitled The Blue God by UK artist Martina Topley Bird. She was nominated for a Mercury award and is perhaps best known for collaborating with Tricky and Diplo.

LISTEN: Kanye West/Daft Punk/Diplo/Edwin Birdstar - Stronger (Extended Mix)

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Jerome sent me this great 8 minute mix of 'Stronger'. He decided to mess with all the samples that go behind Kanye West's 'Stronger'. The result was a mix featuring the original Edwin Birdsong that Daft Punk sampled for 'Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster' then it goes into Kanye's version and then a blend of Diplo's and A-track's remixes.

Breakdown:
0:00-0:27-Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
0:27-1:50-Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster
1:50-2:52-Kanye West - Stronger (2 Step Chorus)
2:52-7:28-Kanye West-Stronger (A-Trak Remix)
3:52-7:28-Diplo-Work Never Over

Bonus 1: A performance of 'Big Brother/Encore' by Kanye West/Jay-Z

Bonus 2: Kanye's new video for 'Good Life' featuring T-Pain

Diplo Tour Dates + MP3

DOWNLOAD Kanye West - "Stronger" (Diplo Remix) via AnalogGiant


I'm a little late on the Diplo band wagon, but even though I don't enjoy his collaborator M.I.A.'s new album, I am enjoying this man's work. Coming to a town near you soon.

Diplo Tour Dates
Thursday 9.13.07 Suite Dallas, TX*
Friday 9.14.07 The Mod Club Toronto, ON*
Saturday 9.15.07 Metro Chicago, IL*
Monday 9.17.07 MJQ Concourse Atlanta, GA
Wednesday 9.19.07 Holocene Portland, OR*
Thursday 9.20.07 Neumos Seattle, WA*
Friday 9.21.07 Echoplex Los Angeles, CA*
Saturday 9.22.07 Mezzanine San Francisco, CA*
Sunday 9.23.07 Plush Nightclub Vancouver, BC*
* with Switch