Mark Ronson told me he was working with Action Bronson last year, but who knew it would be a remix to “Uptown Funk?” Meanwhile, Ronson performs with Mystikal and The Roots on The Tonight Show in the second clip.

Taken from the upcoming album Uptown Special.

In this episode, Mark Ronson takes us on a whirlwind tour of his life as a music obsessive, vinyl lover and in-the-know personality with famous followers. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections.

Directed by Reg Traviss. “(Is It Gangsta?) Yes Yes Yes” is taken from the UK rapper’s forthcoming album, When Will It Stop. The single is produced by Mark Ronson, who makes a cameo in the video, and is due Oct. 6th.

Wale chats with Tim Westwood, discussing Mark Ronson, Rick Ross, music deals, contracts and collaborations, Lotus Flower Bomb explained, fashion & jumping on dubstep.

Ronson, Badu and company perform their joint from the recent REGENERATIONS project.

Produced by Mark Ronson, “A La Modeliste” is the Jazz track for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings.

Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music.

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Part 2 of 2: Wale previews an unreleased collaboration with J. Cole called “Traffic Jam,” shares advice from his Maybach Music boss Rick Ross, and reveals a new project with producer Mark Ronson.

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Amy Winehouse’s long-awaited follow-up to Back To Black will take shape in the form of Lioness: Hidden Treasures. A collection of new, previously unreleased tracks, and alternate versions, the album will feature production from usual collaborators Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, as well as a guest spot from Nas called “Like Smoke”. We’ll also be treated to alternate versions of each “Tears Dry On Their Own”, “Valerie”, and “Wake Up Alone”, some cover tracks, and a duet with Tony Bennet, “Body & Soul”. The 12 song collection is due December 5th, and proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.

01. Our Day Will Come (Ruby & The Romantics cover)
02. Between The Cheats
03. Tears Dry On Their Own (Alternate)
04. Wake Up Alone (Alternate)
05. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles cover)
06. Valerie (Alternate)
07. Like Smoke (feat. Nas)
08. The Girl From Ipanema
09. Halftime
10. Best Friends
11. Body & Soul (feat. Tony Bennett)
12. A Song For You (Donny Hathaway cover)

Produced by Mark Ronson, “A La Modaliste” is the Jazz remix for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings.

Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music.
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Recently unearthed x-mas banger from the Here Comes The Fuzz era.

“I’ll jingle your bell, you bitch ass n***a”. (c) Saigon

LISTEN: Mark Ronson – “Wreck The Halls” (feat. Saigon + Rhymefest)

via: Semtex

When Mark Ronson first stepped on the scene, it was easy to dismiss him as “the guy from Foreigner’s kid”. After all, showbiz is filled with nepotism, and time after time we’ve seen famous people put their less talented relatives on. In Mark’s case, talent runs in the family, as he has proven over and over again, whether producing Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black LP, giving beats to Nas, or delivering ridiculously listenable covers of Britney Spears tracks. With his latest album, Record Collection, his stride of consistency hasn’t broken.

Unlike his last LP, Version, Ronson’s latest is a collection of all new material. Also different this time around is the abandonment of a funk-soul backing band, as this album’s sound is a bit of a combination of raw hip-hop drum breaks and an almost folky British pop sound. Vocally, most each track meshes whimsically sung lyrics with aggressively rapped ones; it’s a bit like that N.A.S.A. record from last year, but good.

The album starts of with a bang – make that three of them – with “Bang Bang Bang”, an instantly addictive, melodic collaboration that combines the indie cool of MNDR with the classic voice of Q-Tip. The track instantly brings back Tip on his Tribe shit, but in a whole different way. Making sure to not lose your attention, the Ghostface featured “Lose It (In The End)” follows, with a brilliantly juxtaposed team-up of Tony Starks’ bravado and Alex Greenwald’s light-hearted melodies.

While Spank Rock and Pill help round out “The Bike Song” and “Introducing The Business” respectively, the rap vocals ultimately are secondary to the sung ones, and after a few listens to the LP, you aren’t even concerned with who’s performing, just how good it sounds. Songs like “You Gave Me Nothing” (feat. Rose Elinor Dougall and Andrew Wyatt) as well as “Record Collection” (feat. Simon LeBon of Duran Duran and Wiley) are so infectious, eventually the open minded hip-hop listener isn’t concerned with whether or not there’s a rapper involved. And oh yeah, D’Angelo appears on “Glass Mountain Trust”, killing shit.

Packed in between Ronson’s always eclectic guest list are a handful of instrumental tracks, many which find Ronson going for an almost RJD2-esque sound. Some of these are lo-fi interludes (“The Colour of Crumar”, “Selector”), as if Ronson is testing the waters, almost asking his audience if we’ll accept him as an instrumentalist. He proves himself in full on “Circuit Breaker”, a breakbeat driven tour-de-force, suggesting the prospect of an instrumental based LP might not be such a bad idea.

While Ronson uses many of the same collaborators as in times past (Alex Greenwald, Q-Tip, Ghostface), he flips the script on the full-length LP, not settling for creating the same LP over and over again. With a diverse palette of musicians joining him, Ronson somehow manages to create a cohesive LP – one that sounds totally different from what he’s done in the past – but somehow without alienating his core fanbase. Yes, talent runs in the family.

In tandem with TWV.

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl Perform “Bang Bang Bang” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Ronson’s Record Collection is in stores now…. HHS review coming sooner or later.

If you are cruising around on that bicycle of yours before the summer ends, Mark Ronson has made the perfect song for you. This is the second single from his anticipated “Record Collection” album, that can become part of your collection on September 27th.

Second offering from Ronson’s forthcoming Record Collection LP, due out September in the UK. That album cover has some familiar imagery, huh? We definitely see traces of Duran Duran’s Rio in there….What do you see?

LISTEN: Mark Ronson – “Lose It (In The End)” (feat. Ghostface Killah)