Youtube Diggin' With Kingdom

Here's a line lifted straight out of NYC royalty - and Fool's Gold famalam - Kingdom's biography: "Kingdom may play everything from kuduro to juke, but R&B is his first love, and it shows in his bass-heavy remixes and original tracks, often featuring R&B vocal samples on top of his trademark production style - what some have called 'a Brooklyn take on the UK garage sound.'"

So it comes as no surprise that, when we prompted Kingdom to send us 5 random youtube finds, this was the result. 5 dope little gems, and no less varied and unexpected than his righteous DJ sets. Go on and indulge.

But before you do that, crank your speakers and blast this ridic mix he's put together for us for the Fool's Gold takeover in Room Two next Friday. Put this in your diaries, people - 5 February will be epic.



01. Choice - Acid Eiffel
02. Cooly G - Weekend Fly
03. Roska - The Sheppard
04. Mosca - Square One (Kingdom Edit ft. Willie Carter)
05. Kingdom - Bust Broke
06. Shaun-D - Spanish Fly (Kingdom Remix)
07. Mike Q - I Am Legend
08. Kanji Kinetic - Thrill Seeker (Kingdom Remix)
09. Dj Toño - Nanue
10. Bok Bok - Citizens Dub ft. Bubbz
11. Untold - Don't Know. Don't Care.
12. Bionics vs. Slimzee - The Capsule
13. Kingdom - You
14. Kingdom - Mind Reader ft. Shyvonne (Todd Edwards Remix)
15. Kingdom - Mind Reader ft. Shyvonne (Todd Edwards Dub)

KINGDOM'S RANDOM YOUTUBE FINDS



1) Monica performing the MJB classic "Not Gon Cry" involves Monica jumping up and down in insane boots while Mary looks on in tears.



2) There are countless home videos of Juke footwork on YouTube but this one stands out with it's dark folk sample and white socks on carpet.



3) Same goes for this one, but this one is a Baltimore video: there are a million great Bmore dance YouTubes but nothing tops some dancing in the dark.

WATCH HERE.

4) It's criminal how many label issues Nicole Wray had. After her project with Missy didn't work out, she was signed to Rocafella briefly... then worked with The Diplomats on a few tracks, and now lives in Atlanta and continues to release music independently.



5) The world needs this track. This video was uploaded August 2009 but I haven't heard it anywhere else since.