Videos of the Week July 15th

With late night TV continuing to be on a bit of a summer break, music again dominated the top 5 videos this week. First off, if you didn't catch the ESPYs, it turned out to be a heavy show overall. Lots of cultural messages and heartfelt stories throughout. Among those stories was a new song by Chance the Rapper's new song he made as tribute to Mohammed Ali. What a great performance to properly commemorate a true legend.

In the land of music videos, DJ Snake, BANKS and Tiesto came through with new videos. In DJ Snake's case, conflict led to a fiery ending. In Tiesto and John Legend's case, there was some cost saving holograms and dirty dancing in the streets. Then there was the BANKS video. Not sure I have words for what that was all about. Lots of creepy images, caressing of manakins, and an overall sultry vibe, which she's become known for. She's the queen of dirty, seductive lyrics and she delivered just that with her new video. Last, but not least, there was the ODESZA after movie at Red Rocks. Having now been to Red Rocks and seen a show, I can now sort of imagine how awesome it would have been to see them perform a set there. Such a great performance at a legendary venue...#RedRocks
Chance the Rapper Peforms New Song as Muhammed Ali Tribute on the ESPYs

DJ Snake feat George Maple - Talk (Video)

BANKS - F*ck With Myself (Video)

Tiesto feat John Legend - Summer Nights (Video)

ODESZA Aftermovie from Red Rocks Performance

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Videos of the Week June 24th

It was a very rare week where actual music videos dominated this week's top five. Led by the visuals from twenty one pilots' new track off the Suicide Squad Soundtrack and PARTYNEXTDOOR's slow jam Come and See Me, the music touched a wide variety of genres. Those two videos were cool, but my favorite music video was by far What So Not and George Maple's Buried. The slow motion action mixed with the melodic trap was an awesome combo.

In the land of non-traditional videos, Anderson .Paak showed everyone who he's the toast of 2016's XXL Freshman class. Such a charismatic dude with an abundance of talent oozing from his pores. And last but most definitely not least, we all got a firsthand look at how awesome of a vocalist Josef Salvat is. Led by some ivory tickling from Gryffin, the in-studio acoustic rendition of Heading Home gets the nod for top video this week...#HeadingHome
twenty one pilots - Heathens (Video)

PARTYNEXTDOOR feat Drake - Come and See Me (Video)

What So Not x George Maple feat. Rome Fortune - Buried (Video)

Anderson .Paak Freestyle - XXL Freshman 2016

Gryffin - Heading Home (Acoustic) (Video)

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Slow Trap is the New Tasters Choice

Slow, melodic trap is quickly becoming my drink of choice when it comes to electronic music. About a year ago, months would go by without hearing a track like What So Not's Gemini. The sub-genre of slow trap is now being flooded with releases, but that doesn't take away from how chill and soothing heights that the track below is able to achieve. Much in part to the soulful vocals of George Maple and jazzy rhythms thrown into the mix, there's a cavalcade of reasons why you shouldn't have a problem latching onto this one. While you're at it, feel free and check out What So Not's new Gemini EP that dropped on iTunes. Where there's smoke there's fire and there's enough heat on the one below to warrant a full spin...#Gemini

What So Not feat George Maple - Gemini