2011 has been a GREAT year! Creative Beach started off as a tumblr page and as name and website did not exist in 2010. Sooooo many thanks! I’ve received many compliments and trust this is a mid-way point. I’ve been writing online for three years now and I’m looking forward to continued progression. So, getting to the point, Creative Beach will be taking a little vacation. This time of year it’s always good to re-focus or to focus for that matter. You all can check for me @creativebeach on twitter for continued updates and interaction. Also check the Facebook and Tumblr pages for archives.See you soon here at creativebeach.net
What up, what up yes indeed back for another beautiful Sunday. This is a group you all should definitely bookmark, keep an hear out for and just be aware, they are called the Couch Brothers. I’m just going to let you all press play and enjoy, I’m going to let the music speak for itself.
I will be honest I did not plan to post anything today but as I went back n forth joking on twitter I was reminded that Lupe was going to drop his project today. So on this day of family and food add Friend of the people and the DJ Kayper mixtape to your playlist. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving Early(no Philly) As everyone thinks of tables full of your favorites, lounging on the couch and using all the aluminum foil as relatives insist “take home a plate” what is Thanksgiving without the “Holiday mixmaster weekend”. Yes, you all know as your local DJ hypes up the ‘nonstop mix’ over seemingly every major holiday here in the states. I’ve always wondered why is this only a holiday thing? Ehhhhhhh I can’t be bothered this is Creative Beach and it’s all about the music and all props to the DJ. Here’s a mix you can keep and play long after your “hot whatever” station has returned its regularly scheduled programming. DJ Kayper did this mix back in 2007 but hey it was new to me! Check the tracklisting and download!
To end your Sunday on an upbeat tip Creative Beach has some DOPE, super ill(note the old school slang) dance battles for you all. Of course CB hit you all with the introduction to the French dancer Laura Nala a couple weeks ago well here is some more of her dance skills as well as much much more. This is video from the Cergy Original Floor Battle. I have to say if you feel like working out after this don’t worry you’re not alone dancers? No I’m replace that with athletes. Have a great Sunday evening enjoy the vids!
Oh! Def need to post more dance battles contact Creative Beach, worldwide it’s all culture. Alright Press Play on the vids let’s go!
Adam Tensta and Eboi are two names that Creative Beach readers should definitely be familiar with. The pair have definitely caught the attention of CB and they have been doing shows and putting out a lot of music lately. Creative Beach caught up with Adam and Eboi and got to know them a little better as they talk about their musical styles, friendship and future projects. Stay a little while and take a short trip to Stockholm, Sweden with Adam Tensta and Eboi.
For those that don’t know, let the people know who you guys are?
Eboi: My name is Eboi, which is the Gambian abbreviation of my given name Ibrahima. I’m a musician from Stockholm, Sweden but with an international background that seeps through my being.
Adam Tensta: I’m Adam. Fortunate enough to be living one of my childhood dreams. Right now I’m traveling the world, doing music and meeting inspiring people. Currently music is my form of expression, but if you ask me the same question in 10 years, the answer would probably be completely different.
So, You guys seem close, how did you all meet?
Eboi: We’re both from the same region of Stockholm, just not the same hood. In addition, our parents knew each other way before Adam and I did. Our fathers are both from Gambia, West Africa. So I knew of dude long before we started kicking it and now we’ve got history together.
Adam Tensta: Although we started kicking it after Eboi featured on the Bangin’ On The System remix in early 2006, we had known of each other through mutual friends.
This question is for Adam, you’ve definitely changed your style and added more of an electronic sound to your music was that a conscious effort or more of a natural progression?
Adam Tensta: I guess my current “style” was solidified half way through the recording of It’s A Tensta Thing with tracks like They Wanna Know, Dopeboy, Before U Know It and My Cool. Since then it’s been more of a natural progression to delve deeper into the sounds of what became my second solo effort; Scared Of The Dark. Sonically, this album follows a more strict line that It’s A Tensta Thing did.
For Eboi, you were on “It’s a Tensta thing” but the people haven’t heard much music from you but now things are starting to roll along. Did you feel like now is a better time rather than before?
Eboi: I pretty much got out of my business management classes in college and was thrown into the studio back in ’06-’07 as a recording rookie. I’m somewhat of a perfectionist and stubborn at that. And so, I had to allow myself to grow as an artist and decide on how I wanted to be perceived. I think the time has come and I’m ready to be presented.
So Adam what can we expect from your upcoming project?
Adam Tensta: I don’t want you to expect anything actually. I want you to listen to it with new ears and see it with new eyes. I don’t even know what to expect from it to be honest.
Eboi, do you have an EP/Album coming in the near future?
Eboi: I’m in the process of putting together my most official projects to date, so yes, there will be releases.
Alright I have to ask, why rap in English? and for Eboi, being an American you sound very American with a southern accent…that definitely deserves an explanation (laughs)
Eboi: There are many reasons for me to rap in English. The most obvious being that more people know English but also, I think there are people around the entire globe that can relate to huge chunks of my life and my stories in different ways and they all deserve to hear them. That being said, my story is still unusual which brings me to your question. I have family in Texas and Oklahoma and that’s where my accent stems from. I have traces of my intercontinental childhood in the south, in Sweden and in the Gambia.
Adam Tensta: Coming up, I listened to American Hiphop, more specifically to east coast based acts like NAS, Mobb Deep and Biggie. Wanting to be like them, I couldn’t write in any other language than English, right?
Besides new music is there anything else you guys want to pursue with your careers in the near future?
Eboi: I want to travel the world and meet new, interesting people to inspire me and to collaborate with. That’s been a true source of inspiration throughout my life.
Adam Tensta: I’m into photography right now and that’s something I’d like to dedicate more time to. I’m actually having my exhibition in September of 2012. I’m really looking forward to that.
Welcome, welcome yes Creative Beach took a break on Jazz Sunday last week but Jazz Sunday is back! This one is definitely for my 80′s babies and definitely the 70′s, via Miami I’m gonna take you all to the Soviet Union and back to Long Island. Well actually not to the Soviet Union because it doesn’t exist anymore but DJ Tendjiz dug up some Soviet era jazz, soul beats(yeah Soviet Jazz and Soul!?) and mashed it up with some classic De La Soul tracks(De La Soul are the mash-up group of choice lately) so if you actually remember, think back to when Gorbachev was Russian President, MTV was actually music television and the letters KGB had folks saying whoa! Then snap back to the present where all of that is history that 90′s babies study in school, while you do that don’t forget to press play and zone out. This mix is great there is a whole new sound to the songs we know and love because the mix sounds like it could be the original! Enjoy everyone.
Tanya Lacey is definitely a rising star. To everyone in the U.S. you most likely are saying who!? But the Bristol, UK native has been making moves in the UK having contributed to the Loick Essien song How We Roll and now is focusing on her own solo career. After hearing “How We Roll” and you’re thinking that her sound follows that path, you might want to switch up your thinking because Tanya Lacey’s influences are diverse and she brings a heavy old school hip hop and reggae influence to her sound. Creative Beach profiles a lot of brand new up and coming talent but Tanya Lacey is one to look out for, check below and get hooked on her music.
*Here is her lead single and Literally, this song has been on repeat!!*
*The good folks over at Soulculture caught up with Tanya Lacey and here is an in depth interview*
*Check some well done live performances from Tanya Lacey, her lead single Letter to my ex and the single Born to Fly*
You seen some videos and heard her music but stop pass her website Tanyalaceyofficial
If you want to know what is going on you have to go directly to the source. Creative Beach continues to keep you all as informed as possible on news that is relevant to our readers. The mainstream media reports on the issue but the #ows(twitter hashtag) movement has a continuous live stream available for all, so stay informed.
I’m gonna keep this short. J.Nolan will be performing at the Dunk Exchange in Atlanta tomorrow Saturday November 19, 2011 1pm-6pm. Check J.Nolan on twitter @J_nolan for the set time. If you are in Atlanta and you can make it, definitely come out and support!
For more on J.Nolan just head to the top of the page and click on the “artists” link
