COACHELLA 2012 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!

I honestly had no idea that the announcements for who would be at Coachella would come out so soon. On social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, so many people are posting the picture that was released on who was going to be at Coachella this year.

Last year, they made headlines with Kanye West being the last performer on the third day. Now Coachella will end the three day festival with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Let the west coast rap have a comeback!

If I was going, which I'm not planning to as of yet, this is who I would be excited to see (in no particular order):

The Black Keys, Afrojack, Frank Ocean, David Guetta, Childish Gambino, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, and Calvin Harris.

I honestly don't know a lot of these artists. This year, Coachella will be hosted for two weekends instead of one: April 13-15 and April 20-22. What artists are you looking forward to seeing? Do you think the lineup is as good as last years?!

You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

Believe It Or Not.. But Hit-Maker DAVID GUETTA Was Wearing $2,000+ Worth Of Clothes, But Execution Made It Look THRIFT-STOREish!!

I just HATE it when perfectly good (and expensive) items are worn like pure TRASH. Check out hit-maker DAVID GUETTA, responsible for collabos with Usher, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, and more artists, and his look above.

Does it look like David has on more than $2,000 worth of clothes?? But he does, ladies and gentlemen... he does.

David Guetta wore $1,200 BALMAIN jeans and Christian Louboutin Alfie flat sneakers for $995. Maybe up close and/or separately they would look nice, but here? With the scraggly hair and beard? Poor execution. UGH.

If David had pulled his hair back into a ponytail, wore a fitted black T-shirt, and gold aviator shades.... OHHHH WHAT A DIFFERENCE JUST A LIL' CHANGE MAKES!!!

Pic: Upscale Hype

ELECTRO-HOP TAKING OVER THE AIRWAVES!!!

I am not a fan of trance or techno music that is all the rage nowadays...what happened to the club scenes where hip-hop was dominant in the scene? Now they usually play it doing the early hours, then when everyone is heavily inebriated, techno comes on and brings its cult following.

But lately I have been into ELECTRO-HOP which is the fusion of mostly techno and hip-hop. The movement was pioneered by Kraftwerk and further developed by Afrika Bambaataa. This style of hip-hop began underground in Southern Cali then has gained popularity universally. Electro hop features harsher synthesizer sounds than other hip-hop styles, using heavily distorted lead and bass sounds. When hearing this style of music, it transports you in a world full of color and lights that can last forever making you want to groove to every song.

The group that made me really interested in this style was LMFAO. Their songs are not only catchy but very danceable and have a great beat. Artists today that use this beat are the Black Eyed Peas, Pitbull, Far East Movement, Pharell Williams, Kid Cudi, David Guetta, even Kanye West. It's obvious this is the type of sound that is selling and becoming very popular amongst the masses because of it's fusion of many types of styles that people can relate to. Every mainstream radio station will play Electro-Hop, and the biggest names in music are putting out songs fitted in this category. ELECTRO-HOP PROMOTES PARTYING ALL DAY LONG!!!

My Picks:

Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO

ET - Katy Perry f/ Kanye West

Shut It Down - Pitbull f/ Akon

Bass Down Low - Dev f/ The Cataracts

Club Can't Handle Me - David Guetta f/ Flo Rida

Take Over Control - Afrojack f/ Eva Simmons

Getting Over You - David Guetta f/ Fergie, LMFAO, & Chris Willis

Hey Baby - Pitbull f/ T-Pain

Ghosts N Stuff - Deadmau5 f/ Rob Swire

You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille Mendez