The Girls That Play Instruments Youtube Cover Round-Up – 9/1/11

Interestingly enough, I noticed that a lot of recent covers were some of our favorite female artists showcasing their talents on their musical instruments of choice. This time around we have Alfa singing a bluesy version of “Grenade”, a faith inspired cover by Esther Lee (aka ThatsEstherLy), Cate Song singing some Jimmy Eat World, Erin Paula on the 6 string for “Skyscraper” and Clara C getting her Weezy on. It’s inspiring to see how talented these girls are, especially since some of these just may be better then the original.

Clara C Covers “How to Love” by Lil Wayne

See the rest below!

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Bruno Mars Features for Lil Wayne on “Mirror” from ‘The Carter IV’

Bonafide hitmaking crooner and song writer Bruno Mars has a guest spot on “Mirror” from Lil Wayne’s just released album Tha Carter IV.  It’s definitely one of the more introspective, conceptual songs on the album. Whether you’re a Weezy fan or not, I’ve yet to hear a track that didn’t benefit from Bruno’s vocals. Interested? We’ve got some streaming and purchase options for ya directly below.

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On a semi-related note…  anyone know if Jay Sean is still signed to Cash Money?

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The All-Female Youtube Cover Round-Up – 8/13/11

Here we go folks. Just in time for the weekend we have another Youtube cover round-up with today’s common criteria being this is an all female affair. That’s right, there’s nary a Y chromosome in this batch – so what does that present us with? We have the return of Kina Grannis, a pair of songs by Jenny Suk, Cate Song doing Beyonce unplugged, and a couple of collabs by Megan Lee/Shin-B and Nessa Rica/Melissa Polinar. Check them all about below and after the break!

*Note: It’s kind of interesting to see “Uncharted” and “Best Thing I Never Had” have an eerily similar chord progression.

Kina Grannis Covers “Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato

Megan Lee x Shin-B Covers “How to Love” by Lil Wayne

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Flu & Passda Tell You Who Is “So Perfect”

The 5th week is upon us, leaving us with just 3 more drops from the A&A sessions by Flu. The latest is a remix of Lil Wayne’s “With You” which has now been re-dubbed “So Perfect” with Sky High affiliate Passda riding shotgun as the guest feature. This track is geared more for the ladies and like all the other joints before it, is available as a free DL. Be on the lookout for his next mixtape,Whatchu Lookin At, that’s dropping in a few weeks.

The Duets Youtube Cover Round-Up – 7/27/11

Today’s collection of Youtube covers all have one thing in common… they are all duets. Two vocalists tackling some of your favorite songs with a few surprises and twists along the way. Twins Janice & Sonia Lee beatboxing & rapping?  Dual guitars? A recreation of one of Karmin’s most famous covers? A double helping of Arden Cho? It’s all here, so check em out below and don’t forget the ones after the break too.

Sam Tsui x Tyler Ward cover “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele

Joseph Vincent x Andrew Garcia cover “How to Love” by Lil Wayne

Janice & Sonia Lee (Jayesslee) cover “Price Tag” by Jessie J

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The Hip-Hop Youtube Remix Round-Up – 7/24/11

Today we’re sharing a collection of recent Hip-Hop cover/remixes by some of your favorite Youtube artists. We’ve got Toestah x Joseph Vincent, J. Reyez x D-Pryde x Ahmir x Chilla Jones, On Fire Ent x Jargon, and Jason Chen all putting their own spin on some popular recent Rap radio hits. Too bad no one covered the same song or else we could have a great new Showdown entry. Don’t forget to check after the jump for the rest of the videos!

Toestah x Joseph Vincent remix “Till I’m Gone” by Tinie Tempah x Wiz

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Chops Releases a Lil Wayne Remix Mixtape – ‘Sorry 4 Your Producers’

Mountain Brothers alum and accomplished Hip-Hop producer Chops likes to keep his talents on point and as a result never goes too long without dropping some kind of project. On this new mixtape he takes on the task of switching up a bunch of Lil Wayne tracks (most of which are remixes themselves) and has called the collection Sorry 4 Your Producers. You pick up the 10 track release as a free DL here and also have the option to stream and grab it via DatPiff as well. Check the widget below.

[Live Performance] Erika David – “Lemme Go” on MYX TV

A couple month’s ago, Erika David shared a new song entitled “Lemme Go” which she also recently performed for MYX TV. It’s a well edited video that showcases the catchy song though I’m not too sure the audio mixing was up to par. Her vocals sounded too loud and could have used a little reverb but it didn’t detract too much from the performance.

And just for kicks, we’ve posted up a new cover video she did of Lil Wayne’s “How to Love”. Catch it after the break!

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Jay Park Releases a “6’7′” Remix

Someone enlisted Jay into a crash course for rap because he continues to show significant improvement with every drop. His flow is more polished than ever and his punches have gone from mostly slightly corny to mostly pretty decent. This is also the most uncensored we’ve ever heard him, in stark contrast to his clean boy-band days from just a year or so ago. If he keeps up this rate, he’s gonna be a rap heavyweight soon enough.

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Michelle Martinez Remixes “Right Above It” by Wayne x Drake [Free DL]

Here’s a short little video by Meesh the singer. She takes the instrumental from Lil Wayne x Drake’s Right Above It and puts her own lyrics and melodies over it. The girl sounds as strong as ever, and she took care of pretty much all aspects of this production. Impressive, I can dig it when the artist knows how to handle their own. It’s only a couple minutes long but it’s also a free DL, so grab it!

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