Afrojack is busy cooking up some new beats to attend Ty Dolla $ign‘s house party in their official music video for “Gone.”

Cookin’ BBQ on the grill, dancing around the house, and hanging by the pool, the singer/songwriter is living the life. Not to mention he’s enjoying the good vibes accompanied by “20 bad ass f****n ladies.”

Ty sings “If I give you what you wanted / Can you keep it off the record / And when I turn on the camera, tell me, can you take direction?” It’s all fun and games, but once it’s the morning… Ty is “Gone.”

Recently, Ty Dolla $ign dropped his album ‘Campaign,’ but from the music video, it looks like he’s already working on his next project – ‘Beach House 3,’ in which Afrojack is helping out with.

Party with Ty and the ladies below!

 

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The Dutch-born DJ/producer Afrojack teams up with R&B singer Ty Dolla $ign for his new single “Gone.”

This new summer banger keeps the pop/hip-hop vibe while it builds up to the EDM production which Afrojack is more used too. Over the beat, Ty$ provides the melody with some lushful lyrics like “If I give you what you wanted / Can you keep it off the record /  And when I turn on the camera / Can you take direction?”

Fans will be satisfied with the new single as Afrojack is preparing for the release of his follow-up to his debut album Forget The World this summer.

Listen to the summer-ready track below and be on the lookout for more Afrojack music!

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Jay-Z wrapped up his debut Made in America festival 5 days ago, however, it has taken us nearly a week to fully wrap our minds around the phenomenal event that took place over Labor Day Weekend. Before Jay-Z took his special interest in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia may have very well been the only major city in the U.S. without its own major music festival. Philadelphians were left to travel far and wide to New York, California, Chicago, or Tennessee if they wanted a taste of the summer music festival scene. Of course this is not to say that Philadelphia is not home to a mass multi-genre music culture or a host of summer music events, rather she had not yet gotten a taste of what a large scale music venue could offer her city.

And then came Made in America. The festival, born from the efforts of Jay-Z and Philadephia’s Mayor Nutter, blew away all previous notions of what Philadelphians knew a large scale concert to be. Needless to say, Illadelphia is now rightfully stamped on everyone’s music map.

The event started on September 1^st, bringing approximately 80,000 music lovers to the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Aside from the diversity of artists represented on the list of performers, the most impressive feature of the event had to be the gargantuan size of the festival grounds. Made In America situated itself along the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, taking up about half of Philadelphia’s Champs-Élysées. It was easy to get lost trying to navigate between the two main stages and the main DJ tent; however, that seemed to be no problem for the hoard of attendees who were greeted with heavy bass no matter where they turned.

Essentially the festival could be broken up into three sections, each represented by three performance stages (making it almost impossible to see every act in the lineup). House and Electronic Music found their home at the Freedom Tent, where AfroJack, Calvin Harris, DJ Shadow, Michael Woods and Alesso spun everything from classic electro-hits to urban trap-house fusions. While it could be said that the tent was dominated by frat boys eager to rub against anyone dressed in neon, the high-powered bass and dance tracks definitely maintained an authentic Chicago house feel.

The Liberty and Rocky Stages supported the rest of the lineup, showcasing Rock n’ Roll, R&B, Soul, Funk, Reggaeton and of course Hip-Hop. Some highlights from the Liberty Stage included The Hives, who gave a very theatrical, highly interactive performance, as well as Gary Clark Jr. who seemed to be channeling a super soulful version of a Jimmy Hendrix-Tracy Chapman hybrid throughout his show (minus the dreads, mass destruction or fire). Jay Electronica performed before dubstep pioneer, Skrillex whose light show nearly blotted out the Philadelphia skyline. Definitely the most exciting performers to grace the Liberty Stage were Odd Future, who triggered not one, not two, not three, but four mosh pits as a well as a fist fight–all this before Earl Sweatshirt came on stage. Of course the crowd went bonkers when the Wolfgang hero made one of his first reappearances on stage since his exile in Samoa. In other words, security was not ready for the Liberty Stage crowd.

Yet, despite the hype that captured Liberty, the smaller stage was only made to play second fiddle to the iconic steps of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art. The soulful sirens Janelle Monae, Rita Ora, and Jill Scott (who brought out Eve), along with Santigold, D’Angelo, and Mike Snow lit up the stage and attracted crowds of more than 41,000 viewers. Some crowning moments from the left wing included Maybach Music Group who got the fans hyped up and turnt out in their early saturday morning set. Of course Run DMC, who reunited for the City of Brotherly Love, reminded fans what hip-hop truly meant as they blasted classic hits like “Tricky,” “Mary Mary,” and “Walk This Way.” Drake naturally went all in, representing for Atlanta as he brought out 2 Chainz to be his onstage costar. 

The centerpiece for the two-day event received two hour-long sets. After almost blinding the crowd with his diamond chains, Jay-Z took advantage of his time alongside a bevy of surprise special guests. Memphis Bleek, Freeway, all of G.O.O.D Music and even Barack Obama (via webcast) took time to join the fun. Beyoncé was notably absent, but still not bad either way. Jay also blessed the stage again on Sunday as well, in order to perform a closing duet with Sunday’s Headliner Pearl Jam. A rock rendition of “99 Problems” sealed the deal for Made in America, but the Festival’s debut journey may not be over. According to the New York Post, Jay-Z plans to collaborate with Oscar award-winning director Ron Howard and producer Brai Gazer to recreate the festival on the big screen. Regardless of how the film is handled, it remains clear that it will be a daunting task to capture accurately. Grazer told the Post that the film, “is going to be born through Jay-Z’s perspective . . . how he puts the event together. Jay stayed the king for a very long time . . . I can’t even begin to explain how he is capable of remaining relevant. He is a phenom, like a musical Michael Jordan.” Mayor Nutter couldn’t a agree more. He expects that Made in America will be returning next year for another jam-packed weekend with even better performers, artists and special guests. See ya next year, Illadelphia! 

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Earlier this week Mac Lethal released a remix to Chris Brown‘s “Look At Me Now,” while making breakfast. The Kansas City, Mo. emcee does his thing on the Diplo–Afrojack beat, but I’m still astonished he didn’t burn a pancake. Not that the hip-hop scene needs any more spoofs, but this joint made my day. I’m partial to multitasking rap so maybe I’m a bit biased, but this “Cook With Me Now” bangs hard. Check out the video below, and you can find the lyrics after the jump.

“Winter’s hard, so have some pancakes.”

Check out the lyrics after the jump:

yellow cheese eggs, white pancake batterrrr,
put a little bit up on the skillet when it starts to bubble flip it over with your spachla
…yeah yeah, that shit look like my breakfast
i gotta remember to flip the motherfucker over after cookin it for 30 seconds
ladies love me, i got my OJ!,
everybody said to do another fast rap to this beat so i said OK
but imma speed it up real real fast til the whole damn bottle is gone
and im challenging busta, watsky and twista, ANY of you rap kids FOLLOW ALONG
COOK WITH ME NOW, COOK WITH ME NOW OH
IM MAKING PANCAKES
FRESHER THAN A MAFUCKA
chris brown broke up with rihanna so he lookin for another silly idiotic hoe he can beat up
i wish that he was man enough to get inside the octagon with me i’d knock him out like im lyoto machida
front kick to the face just by throwin my feet up
wink at rihanna, baby show me your d-cups
im givin it to the man, the cakes are stickin right to the pan
your fate is imminent imma diminish it anyways so if you smoke then reup
Lets go!
Gotta butter up another one and put it on the skillet couple minus til its done done
aint no body fuckin with this kid, so tell jerry sandusky im gonna kill him with a stun gun
come come get a get a crumb, hit a spitta with a fit of venom when i split a drum
take another visit in a minute where the menaces to society in inda gada davida-vida
you’re danny devito when i belittle literally itll better you
battling anybody with a better view ahead of you
like bitter batter batter imma hit you with an auto mo’ battery
bada bing bada bada boom
boom!
im the king better get a clue get offended when im sentimental and i spit at you
im thinkin about my rhythm it’s DOPE and much BETTA
these rappers think their animals. nope. it’s CHUCK TESTA.
I gotta get up the economy’s
a little brutal to me the dichotomy
ain’t suitable I gotta go to Pluto
for a little bit of comedy or
something beautiful, there’s nothing beautiful that’s in this world.
gonna pucker up my lips ta barf
gonna choke a fuckin rapper in his hipster scarf
im never gonna put another piece of music out deliberately if it isn’t genuine and grips the heart

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