Interesting new video from The Foreign Exchange for Authenticity.Although their videos do not have crazy special effects, they always make you think. The video was directed by Matthew Cherry.
Interesting new video from The Foreign Exchange for Authenticity.Although their videos do not have crazy special effects, they always make you think. The video was directed by Matthew Cherry.
It took us a while to come up with this list, since 2010 was the year of quite a few great projects. However, after careful consideration this is what we came up with. Please note that there is no particular order, just the albums that we felt produced the best work. Feel free to chime in here and let us know if you agree or disagree with our picks.
Check out the video from one of my favorite track’s from The Foreign Exchange’s Authenticity album entitled Maybe She’ll Dream of Me. This video was directed by Matt Koza and the leading lady in the video is beautiful.
We were too thrilled to find out that one of our favorite groups The Foreign Exchange will be releasing their third album on October 12th. The album entitled AUTHENTICITY will be available in stores and online for purchase. PLEASE SUPPORT GOOD QUALITY MUSIC and if you have not seen this group perform live you need to the next time they visit your city.
Tracklisting
01. The Last Fall
02. Authenticity
03. Eyes To The Sky
04. All Roads
05. Fight For Love
06. Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me
07. Don’t Wait
08. Make Me A Fool
09. Everything Must Go
10. Laughing At Your Plans
11. This City Ain’t The Same Without You
A MMIM fave – YahZarah is back with a fierce new track Why Dontcha Call Me No More from her upcoming LP entitled The Ballad of Purple St. James. Phonte and Nicolay produced the album, and with that collaboration you can’t help but to expect greatness. While this track has an upbeat tempo, you can’t help but to feel YahZarah’s anger as she explains to a past love that the perils of heartbreak are anything but fun.
I can’t even express how much I love The Foreign Exchange and this video/song, “I Wanna Know” explains just why. On a album as great as theirs, its hard to pick a favorite song. But if I had to, this song would come very close.
The Foreign Exchange – ”I Wanna Know” from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo.
You just do not know how excited I was when I first saw this flyer. I have only seen the Foreign Exchange once but it was at a large venue so I really couldn’t experience it. The venues listed on the flyer are a little more initimate so this would be the perfect chance to catch them live. Hope to see you there!
Finally a second video from The foreign Exchange. The video features Darien Brockington and a cameo from Yahzarah. Check it out “Take Off The Blues” below.
For those of you that live in Charlotte be sure to check out The Foreign Exchange in concert on April 18th. For more information on this event click here.
If you don’t own The Foreign Exchange latest project “Leave It All Behind”, you are seriously depriving yourself of real music. But for those of you who didn’t get a chance to pick it up, itunes is giving you all a deal this week.
“You can download the song for free here, and don’t forget to leave your review! To celebrate the song’s selection as ‘Single of the Week’, iTunes this week offers the full digital album, ”Leave It All Behind”, for the sharply discounted price of $5.99! After this promotion, you can purchase the full digital album on iTunes for the new low price of $7.99. So if you haven’t already, now is the time to get your digital copy of ”Leave It All Behind”.
Their single “Take Off The Blues” is the itunes Single of the Week. Congrats to Phonte and Nicolay!
MMIM had the pleasure of talking to The Foreign Exchange. Their story is quite unique as the group was formed through them meeting over the Internet. Talk about digital revolution…. Their music is refreshing, as well as unique and they recently released their sophomore album entitled Leave It All Behind. Be sure to check out the Daykeeper video after reading the interview just to see a sample of how talented this group is.
MMIM: So you guys met via OkayPlayer.com, how did the musical relationship begin? Did you guys just start exchanging songs back and forth? Can you explain?
Nicolay:It began from me and Phonte basically being in the same discussions on the Okay Player message boards when it came to musical topics. I eventually got enough courage to put some stuff online to see what people were thinking. He was one of the people that really liked what he heard. From that point on we would send stuff back and forth. I would send him a beat and he would take over from there with the production and the vocals.
MMIM: How long after you guys started making music did you meet in person?
Phonte: We probably did not meet face to face until two years after we started working together. I had a tour date overseas with Little Brother and that was the first time we actually met.
MMIM: What about each others music made you want to make music together?
Phonte:Nicolay was doing stuff that I was not really hearing. Most of the producers that I was working with were primarily sampling music. He was one of the first producers that was able to mix live instruments and sampling. His beats are intricate, and that’s what attracted me to his music.
Nicolay: Up to that point I had been making hip hop by myself and for myself. With Phonte reaching out to me and then being able to hear vocals laid over my tracks was a good experience. It’s also good to work with someone that has an incredible work ethic because you can learn from them.
MMIM:Loving the song and video for “Daykeeper.” Can you tell us what was the inspiration behind this track?
Phonte: We don’t really have a quote on quote meaning for the song. We don’t want to ruin the song and want people to grasp their own meaning for the song. There is a lot of symbolism in the video. Basically though you are looking at two people deal with issues within their relationship.
MMIM: By the way the album is simply beautiful. Can you tell our readers what it was like releasing the album in the US and overseas?
Nicolay: It was a big deal for us. For one reason, it has been four years since the first album came out, so it was something that had been a while in the making. I am proud of this project and to see people responding to it.
MMIM: You all seem to have a hold on the digital revolution. How important do you think it has been in your careers?
Phonte:I think the Internet has had an incredible role in our careers from both the creation of our music, marketing and keeping in contact with our fans. Really it’s a new day for independent artists. This is a time that we have all have prayed to have, but now that it’s here a lot of artist do not know how to navigate it. It’s like when slaves were free, it’s like okay we have our freedom, but now we don’t know what to do with ourselves. Now you don’t have to worry about the hassle with a label, but some people aren’t used to that because they are used to the old model working directly under a record company. I feel proud because we are at the forefront because we built this from the ground up. We pretty much did everything ourselves and have just been hustling. I feel like artists now should really embrace the internet.
MMIM: So what’s next for the Foreign Exchange and how can our readers reach out to you?
Nicolay: They can hit up the website The Foreign Exchange Music. They can also hit up MySpace. Right now we are looking at touring more cities and doing more shows. We want to thank everyone for the support and for purchasing the album.
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This week’s lyrical analysis is brought to our music lovers by The Foreign Exchange with their smooth single “Daykeeper.” What could they be referring to? In Phonte’s and Muhsinah’s lyrics, “And when the sun rises, she watches over me” I believe they are metaphorically speaking of music, for it will always be there with you through whatever you may experience… I’ve listened to this song several times so far and I think I got a good idea of their concept. I’m such a huge fan; I just had to post the lyrics in its entirety!
I can’t sleep at night
Cause they won’t see me
Running from the daylight
To where she keeps me
And when the sun rises, she watches over me
Waiting for the daylight
Cause then she’ll keep me
In the safety of her arms
She never leaves me
And when the sun rises, she watches over me
He tells me all his secrets
He thinks nobody knows
We lay together in daylight
I love him so
And when the sun rises, he watches over me
It’s not like it was before
And she can’t keep me anymore
She loves me…
Why don’t you stay here with me
I pray that our morning won’t leave
Let me keep you, then you’ll see
Don’t hide the truth from yourself
It’s you that I’ll love and protect
Let me keep you here with me
Let MMIM know your thoughts on what they could be expressing in this song.
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The Foreign Exchange – Daykeeper