By
sweeney kovar
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Jan 19, 2014
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Jazz really is becoming cool again. I mean, it never really stopped being cool. The great American art form is the basis of modern pop music, and though sadly our myopic collective history can reduce it to memories of deceased black men in suits play...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Dec 10, 2013
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This guy Sly 5th Ave is a beast!He's taken some of 2013's biggest pop hits in the black cannon and re-recorded them as orchestral covers... in his damn living room! Now he takes on Drake's stadium power ballad "Hold On We're Going Home" and turns it ...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Nov 13, 2013
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Musician and producer extraordinare Sylvester Onyejiaka, aka Sly 5thave, comes through with yet another pop-turned-orchestral cover.After tackling Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar, Sly takes Rihanna's ubiquitous trap/strip-club anthem, "Pour It Up," and ...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Jul 11, 2013
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Sly5thAve and the ClubCasa Orchestra return to turn another high-fructose corn syrup pop jam into something a bit more interesting. This time, the crew of saxophones, flutes, trombones, flugelhorns, clarinets and trumpets take on Rihanna's platinum b...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
Jun 6, 2013
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After making waves covering Kendrick Lamar and Justin Timberlake, the prodigal instrumentalist Sly 5th Ave is back with another installment in his cover series. Enlisting the talents of the Club Casa Orchestra, Sly goes even further by flipping Lil W...
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By
sweeney kovar
on
May 11, 2013
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Folks have been saying that hip-hop is not "musical" since fanny packs were popular, maybe even before that. I guess one could see that arguments' root, however flawed, but in 2013 there can be just as much effort and musical ability put into a rap s...
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