Made in America Festival performers
THE MADE IN AMERICA festival has an eclectic lineup, so don't be sad if you aren't hip to every act on the bill. And we're here to help. Just study this playlist from these Made in America performers and you, too, can sound like a pop-music nerd.
THE MADE IN AMERICA festival has an eclectic lineup, so don't be sad if you aren't hip to every act on the bill. And we're here to help. Just study this playlist from these Made in America performers and you, too, can sound like a pop-music nerd.
SATURDAY
* Jay-Z
A/K/A: Hova, Jiggman, Sean Carter, Mr. Beyoncé Knowles.
Recommended If You Like: Any hip-hop in the past two decades.
Listen: "Izzo (Hova)," "Big Pimpin'," "Dirt Off Your Shoulders"
* Skrillex
A/K/A: The boy who made dubstep famous.
RIYL: Deadmau5, LMFAO.
Listen: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites."
* Calvin Harris
A/K/A: Hot producer/DJ/singer of the moment behind Rihanna's "We Found Love" and the insanely catchy "Feel So Close."
RIYL: David Guetta.
Listen: "Feel So Close."
* Miike Snow
A/K/A: Swedish pop group.
RIYL: Phoenix, the xx, M83.
Listen: The soulful "Black & Blue."
* Maybach Music Group
A/K/A: Rick Ross (a/k/a "The Boss"), North Philly's own Meek Mill and Washington, D.C.-gone-national's Wale (pronounced WAH-lay).
RIYL: If you like one of those guys, you know the other ones: Lil' Wayne, Drake.
Listen: Meek Mill's "Ima Boss" (featuring Rick Ross).
* D'Angelo
A/K/A: Soul music's savior, returning after a hiatus that was far too long.
RIYL: Erykah Badu, Curtis Mayfield.
Listen: "Brown Sugar," "Untitled (How Does it Feel)."
* Passion Pit
A/K/A: Music school-educated electropop.
RIYL: MGMT, Miike Snow.
Listen: "Take a Walk."
* Dirty Projectors
A/K/A: Indie kid who uses voices as if they are instruments.
RIYL: Of Montreal, tUnE-yArDs.
Listen: "Cannibal Resource," "Offspring are Blank."
* Gary Clark Jr.
A/K/A: The baby of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and a whole lotta reverb.
RIYL: Everyone from Nas to the Drive-By Truckers.
Listen: "I Don't Owe You a Thang," "Bright Lights."
* Janelle Monae
A/K/A: The person Beyoncé would be if she spent a lot more time being the weird kid in high school and wrote a concept album about being a robot who falls in love with a human.
RIYL: OutKast (especially Big Boi), Estelle.
Listen: "Tightrope" or "Cold War."
* Prince Royce
A/K/A: Smooth-voiced, Bronx, N.Y.-born bachata singer.
RIYL: Selena, Marc Anthony.
Listen: His bilingual cover of "Stand By Me."
SUNDAY
* Pearl Jam
A/K/A: Grunge's surviving superstars.
RIYL: Nirvana, Neil Young.
Listen: "Even Flow."
* Jill Scott
A/K/A: Philly's favorite native soul-singing daughter.
RIYL: Lauryn Hill, Angie Stone.
Listen: "A Long Walk."
* Run-D.M.C.
A/K/A: Hip-hop royalty of the highest degree. If you don't know who they are, you should probably sell your tickets.
RIYL: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Public Enemy.
Listen: "It's Tricky," "It's Like That."
* Santigold
A/K/A: Arty, yet accessible former Philly girl who is always the coolest kid at the party.
RIYL: LCD Soundsystem, TV on the Radio.
Listen: "L.E.S. Artistes," "Disparate Youth."
* Afrojack
A/K/A: Dutch house DJ wunderkind.
Listen: "Take Over Control."
* X
A/K/A: Purveyors of L.A. punk rock.
RIYL: Black Flag, The Replacements.
Listen: "Los Angeles."
* DJ Shadow
A/K/A: Longtime influential hip-hop DJ.
RIYL: UNKLE, Philly's RJD2.
Listen: "Building Sound with a Grain of Salt."
* Odd Future
A/K/A: Los Angeles-born and -bred hip-hop collective led by Tyler, the Creator.
RIYL: Hot new hip-hop young guns like A$AP Rocky.
Listen: Tyler, the Creator's "Yonkers," Earl Sweatshirt's "Earl," Frank Ocean's "Pyramids."
* Rita Ora
A/K/A: British popper, think Ke$ha mixed with Rihanna.
RIYL: The aforementioned pop princesses.
Listen: "How We Do (Party)."
* The Knocks
A/K/A: Electronic duo with a sunny sound.
Listen: "Dancing with the DJ." Give the Chiddy Bang remix a spin to give big ups to our Philly homeboys.