Despite the efforts of his Def Jam record label, The Dream has released this "album" free as an internet download. Some guest on the project include Pharrell & Big Sean.
Download: The Dream - 1977
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
CyHi The Prynce – Jack Of All Trades : Mixtape
01. Jack Of All Trades
02. Assassin
03. Artist
04. Farmer
05. Robber (Interlude)
06. Blacksmith
07. Carpenter
08. Teach-Her
09. Jack (Interlude)
10. Motivator
11. Hunter
12. Historian
13. The Heist (Interlude)
14. The Messenger
15. Ambassador
16. Charmer
17. Preacher
18. Musician
Download: CyHi The Prynce – Jack Of All Trades
Game – The Making of The R.E.D. Album : Video
Some behind the scenes footage of Game making The R.E.D. Album which is currently #1 on the charts this week.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Prodigy on ‘The Infamous’ : Video
Mobb Deep's Prodigy speaks from the studio about the origins of Havoc's haunting, wobbly hooks, sampling jazz records inherited from the legendary Budd Johnson, and finessing the MC skills that made The Infamous a classic.
Smoke DZA’s Rolling Stoned Release Party : Video
Rolling Stoned is available for purchase digitally on Amazon and iTunes. The cd features Kendrick Lamar, Bun B, Dom Kennedy, Curren$y, and more.
D’Banj Brings Out Kanye West @ Hammersmith Apollo : Video
Kanye West flew straight to London after the VMA's to surprise D'Banj and make him an official member of GOOD Music.
Curren$y @ Rock The Bells In San Bernandino, CA : Video
Curren$y performs at Rock The Bells in San Bernandino, the show where he broke his ankle.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Classic DMX In-Studio Freestyle : Video
XXL shares some footage of a freestyle DMX did in the studio back in the day.
J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story (Track List + Track-by-Track Summary)
After revealing the cover of his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, last week J.Cole gives us the track list.
1. Intro
2. Dollar and a Dream III
3. Can’t Get Enough ft. Trey Songz
4. Lights Please
5. Interlude
6. Sideline Story
7. Mr. Nice Watch ft. Jay-Z
8. Cole World
9. In The Morning ft. Drake
10. Lost Ones
11. Nobody’s Perfect ft. Missy Elliot
12. Never Told (Prod. by No I.D.)
13. Rise and Shine
14. God’s Gift
15. Breakdown
16. Cheer Up
Bonus Tracks:
17. Nothing Lasts Forever
18. Work Out
19. Daddy’s Little Girl
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Curren$y ft. Lil Wayne – Smoke Sumthin : New Musik
This was supposed to be on Spitta’s latest mixtape Verde Terrace but he broke his ankle jumping off stage at Rock The Bells.
Download: Curren$y ft. Lil Wayne – Smoke Sumthin
Mary J Blige – 25/8 : New Musik
MJB's latest single from her 10th studio album My Life II: The Journey Continues which drops in October.
Download: Mary J Blige – 25/8
Wale on NBC Nitecap : Video
Peter Bailey catches up with DC poet emcee Wale inside Ocean Drive's Prime Hotel, where the impassioned star dishes on resurrecting hip hop's social conscience.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Outlawz Really Smoked 2Pac’s Ashes : Video
The Outlawz confirm a rumor that they smoked the legendary rappers ashes.
DMX Arrested in Arizona
The rapper known as DMX was arrested on Wednesday by Department of Public Safety officers on the U.S. 60 westbound at Power Road.Read the full story here
The 40-year-old whose real name is Earl Simmons, was caught on radar at 102 miles per hour in a Chrysler 300. There was another vehicle following him and both were stopped.
A check showed Simmons' license was revoked.
Lil Wayne On Jay-Z Diss "I'm Not Worried About Any Fallout"
“I got your baby money/Kidnap your bitch, get that how much you love your lady money.”Lil Wayne goes on to say,
“I know there won’t be any repercussions behind what I did,” says a confident Wayne when asked if he had second thoughts about recording his acidic verse for ‘It ‘s Good.’ “I know for a fact music is about perception. You can’t do anything but perceive what you hear. I know that for a fact. So I can’t ever be upset about someone’s reaction.”
Tha Carter IV drops digital this Sunday, August 28th at midnight after the VMA's
Previous: Lil Wayne ft. Drake & Jadakiss - It's Good
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Lil Wayne - How To Love : Video
Carter IV drops digital this Sunday after the MTV VMA's @ Midnight.
Phonte ft. Elzhi – Not Here Anymore (Prod. by 9th Wonder) : New Musik
Phonte drops the first single off his upcoming solo project, Charity Starts At Home.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Joe Budden TV: The Joe Budden Experience : Video
No radio x No TV x No label = Self made x Fan made / Thank you. ALL of you.
Curren$y x DJ Drama – Verde Terrace : Mixtape
1. Job
2. The Jet Business
3. Pinifarina
4. Hennessy Beach
5. Car Talk
6. Smoke Sum’n
7. Run Dat Shit
8. One For Da Wave
9. Sky Miles
10. Crack BC
11. High Tunes
12. Music To Ride To
13. My Life Is A Movie
14. Ways To Kill em
Download: Curren$y x DJ Drama – Verde Terrace
Monday, August 22, 2011
Uncle Murda ft. French Montana, Jadakiss, Styles P, Jim Jones, Vado & Cam’ron – Warning (Remix) : New Musik
Download: Uncle Murda ft. French Montana, Jadakiss, Styles P, Jim Jones, Vado & Cam’ron – Warning (Remix)
J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story Cover
Cole World: The Sideline Story In Stores September 27th, 2011.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Jay-Z Watch The Throne Release Party at LIV in Miami : Video
Some better footage of the Watch The Throne Release Party at LIV.
Previous: Jay-Z Spends $250K On Bottles @ Club Liv
Machine Gun Kelly’s Flash Mob Shut Down South Park Mall : Video
Machine Gun Kelly and his fans shut down South Park Mall in Strongsville, OH after a planned flash mob ended up getting way to crazy.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Big K.R.I.T. – Last King 2 (God’s Machine) : Mixtape
01. Big K.R.I.T. – Intro
02. Big K.R.I.T. – The Big Payback [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.]
03. Big K.R.I.T. – Yoko (Remix) (Feat. Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa & Berner) [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.]
04. Big K.R.I.T. – 2 Mph (Feat. Dom Kennedy)
05. Big K.R.I.T. – Cruise Control (Feat. Mike Jarggerr)
06. Big K.R.I.T. – Pimps (Remix) (Feat. 2 Chainz & Bun B)
07. Big K.R.I.T. – Hometeam (Feat. Cyhi The Prynce & Wes Fif)
08. Big K.R.I.T. – Fulla Shit (Feat. Yelawolf & RITTZ)
09. Big K.R.I.T. – Grippin’ On The Wood (Feat. Pimp C & Bun B)
10. Big K.R.I.T. – 4eva And A Day [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.]
11. Big K.R.I.T. – Where It’s At (Feat. Cory Mo)
12. Big K.R.I.T. – Comin’ From (Feat. Slim Thug & J-Dawg)
13. Big K.R.I.T. – On The Corner (Feat. Smoke Dza & Bun B) [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.]
14. Big K.R.I.T. – 4 Tha 1′s (Feat. Bobby Creekwater) [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.]
15. Big K.R.I.T. – Home Again (Feat. Tha Joker) [Prod. By Big Fruit]
16. Big K.R.I.T. – Ova Da Sky (Feat. Big Sant) [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.]
17. Big K.R.I.T. – Happy Birthday Hip Hop (Feat. Yelawolf) [Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.]
18. Big K.R.I.T. – War Stories (Feat. Self Scientific)
19. Big K.R.I.T. – Hold You Down (Remix) (Feat. Laws & Emilio Rojas)
20. Big K.R.I.T. – Born On The Block (Feat. Killer Mike & Big Sid)
21. Big K.R.I.T. – So Be It (Feat. Rapsody)
22. Big K.R.I.T. – Rotating Valets (DJ Breakem Off Mix) (Feat. Wiz Khalifa & Bun B)
The Weeknd – Thursday : Mixtape
The Weeknd drops his newest project, Thursday.
1. Lonely Star
2. Life Of The Party
3. Thursday
4. The Zone (feat. Drake)
5. The Birds Part One
6. The Birds Part Two
7. Gone
8. Rolling Stone
9. Heaven Or Vegas
Download: The Weeknd – Thursday
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Kanye Buys His Other Other Benz : Video
How ironic, in 2002 the same day Hov blessed Kanye with a verse on the blue print 2 album & they're 1st calabo ever, Kanye got his other, other benz.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Joe Budden TV: Girlfriends, Ballers & Twitter : Video
So my guy Mike Beasley came thru the studio to kick it, & i sat in awe at how quickly women 4get they're in a relationship, its actually a very scary thought if u wanna get serious, which i don't ... i decided to dig deeper n2 the mind of @MarisaMendez .. while her boyfriend was present.
Game Working On ‘The R.E.D. Album’ : Video
Some studio footage of Game working on The R.E.D. Album
Jay-Z Spends $250K On Bottles @ Club Liv : Video
Besides females paying around $300 and dudes paying $500 to enter Liv in South Beach last night for the Watch The Throne party, Jay spent about $250K on bottles. Competing with what Mark Cuban did there recently I guess.
fyi: Jay didn't perform and Kanye didn't show.
Beyonce – Live At Roseland Ballroom : Video
Some footage of Beyonce performing at her sold out show @ Roseland Ballroom.
J.Cole – Any Given Sunday 3 : Video
Cole's Sunday offering came in the form of a live Ustream where he previewed some left over songs.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis (Remix) by Cookin’ Soul : Video
New remix of Jay and Ye's single, Otis by Cookin' Soul. Video and stream below.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Lil Wayne ft. Drake – She Will : New Musik
Lil Wayne releases his latest single off The Carter IV featuring Drake. Produced by T-Minus.
Download: Lil Wayne ft. Drake – She Will
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Trailer #2) : Video
No leak, this album is under lock and key.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Meek Mill ft. Rick Ross – I’m A Boss (Behind the Scenes) : Video
Meek and Ross shoot the official video for I'm A Boss.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, Styles P, Jadakiss & Raekwon – Wu Block (Prod. by The RZA) : New Musik
Off the Wu Block Project
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Gayle King on Watch The Throne‘s Listening Event : Video
On Monday night, Jay-Z & Kanye West hosted a listening session for their new album at The American Museum of Natural History’s Planetarium. It was all the news yesterday, but in case you missed it: they basically played the album at outrageously high volumes while projecting a light show on the dome-shaped ceiling inside the Planetarium’s amphitheater. It was ill, and I was pleasantly surprised with the album. As someone who grew up on The Blueprint, movies like Fade To Black and who still listens to all 12 minutes of “Last Call”, I wanted to walk in there with little to no expectations – which is probably how we should be treating everything that gets tainted with this much “hype” these days. The worst part is I think that’s what they were going for by not addressing the media (at all) until they were ready and able to put out a full project that they were finally comfortable with[1]. I liked what I heard though: Watch The Throne has a couple bangers, some experimentation to it (they had to) and the album even comes with an overall message. Like I said on twitter yesterday, Kanye’s verses sounded like he was back in rare form but Jay was definitely the one delivering the aformentioned message.
There is a short breakdown of each song after the jump, at least from what I remember (no they weren’t serving drinks at the first session.)
“No Church In the Wild” is nuts, if for nothing more than the slow-building tempo of the beat, but Jay and Ye definitely both got off on the song too. Especially blended in with the surroundings we were sitting in, it really set the tone for the rest of the album. It left me with a scrunched up face for the duration of the track. Same with “Lift Off”, it was initially rumored to be sounding like a “single” early on, but it was sounding good to me (and instantly too, which is rare). When it comes to “Ni**as In Paris”, be warned: this isn’t your typical Hit-Boy type of beat… there’s dubstep on it. Actually one of at least two tracks that have that sort of beat to it. Towards the end of the song however, Kanye starts talking about or to somebody and threatening them to not to let him get in “his zone” and how the summer is definitely his.
“Otis” sounded much better with the added feeling of being catapulted through space. “Gotta Have It” was produced by The Neptunes, has a KiD CuDi feature from what I understood, and it knocks. RZA fucking snapped on “New Day”, which is a song where both MCs address their unborn sons. There are some lines in there that make it, to me at least, a future classic Jay & Ye track. People mainly walked away from the session discussing the lines Kanye said about not being able to find love in a stripclub (paraphrasing here), but Jay’s verse could give any rap fan goosebumps with lines like “it took me 26 years to find my path”, which I thought was the kind of Jay-Z line that won’t be going away any time soon.
“That’s My Bitch” sounds relatively similar to the the leak. Yes, Kanye isn’t speaking gibberish on the intro anymore, the beat sounds like it might have been changed (the volume at which it was being played at honestly made it pretty hard to tell) and Jay added a few bars to his verse. However, Kanye doesn’t finish the song off anymore, it’s been cut down to two verses now. On “Welcome To The Jungle”, Jay pays homage to Guns ‘N Roses on the first few lines but I can’t remember if that was what I remember as being one of the best beats Swizz Beatz has ever done or if it was “Murder To Excellence”, which was only two songs away. (It’s probably the latter.)
In between the two there’s “Who’s Gon Stop Me” which is the second Dubstep song listeners should know about before listening to the album. After that there was “Made In America” which was cool (I’m Canadian). It had a few good lines, but Kanye really stole the show with his verse referencing being from “the murder capital where we murder for capital”. “Why I Love You” (featuring Mr Hudson) is the last song, and to me was sounding like one of the best on the album (along with the intro, actually). It’s the track Jay is recording in the Watch The Throne documentary that leaked last week. From what I can remember, Jay’s the only one rapping on that.
There was a lot to retain, especially since we weren’t allowed to have our phones with us and I didn’t think to bring anything to write on, so there might be a few details about the songs that got mixed up, but that’s pretty much it. Either way, everyone will be able to form an opinion and write it on Twitter when the album drops in 5 days.
Spotted @ Ibn’s tumblr.
Related: Rap-Up did a pretty good job at writing down the most of what they could catch so head over there to read a pretty thorough break down of the album, including production credits and some memorable lines.
Also: Thanks to the people who wrestled to get me a wristband to get in. To Kanye: Sorry for wearing a FADER t-shirt.
[1] My understanding of it was that they scrapped the project several times before coming up with this last and final version.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Rick Ross At OVO Fest 2011 : Video
Here's some more footage from OVO Fest in Toronto featuring Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne, Stevie Wonder, Nas and J.Cole.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Jay-Z Angie Martinez Interview 8/1/11 : Audio
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Game x DJ Skee – Morning (No Typo): Candy Coronas : Mixtape
02. The Game – Drug Test (Feat. Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg) [Produced by DJ Khalil]
03. The Game – Can You Believe It (Feat. Lil Wayne & Baby) [Produced by Lifted]
04. The Game – Mr. West / Money & The Power [Produced by Che Vicious]
05. The Game – Monsters In My Head [Produced by Boi-1da]
06. The Game – Wow (Feat. Gucci Mane) [Produced by Mars]
07. The Game – 25 To Life [Produced by Mars]
08. The Game – Out Of Towner [Produced by Terrace Martin]
09. The Game – Standin On A Corner (Feat. B.o.B & Wiz Khalifa) [Prod. by Gun Roulet]
10. The Game – Grave Yard (Feat. Sam Cooke) [Produced by Mars & Point Guard]
11. The Game – The Town [Produced by Mars & Rance]
12. The Game – Uncle Otis [Produced by Mars & Point Guard]
13. The Game – Infrared [Produced by Cool & Dre]
14. The Game – Change Your Life (Feat. BWS) [Produced by Mars]
15. The Game – Red (Feat. Redman) [Produced by Cool & Dre]
16. The Game – I’m On [Produced by Mars]
17. The Game – Ace of Spades (Feat. Joi StaRR & Paypa) [Produced by Mars]
18. The Game – F*cked Up [Produced by Mars]
19. The Game – She Wanna Have My Baby (Feat. Trey Songz)
20. The Game – Rough (Feat. Yelawolf) [Produced by Jim Jonsin]
Download: Game x DJ Skee – Morning (No Typo): Candy Coronas
J.Cole – Any Given Sunday EP
2. Knock On Wood - One of my fav. freestyles. OG Dreamvillains gotta be reminded, new fans gotta get put on.
3. Pity - Brand new J. Cole, Omen, Voli. Produced by Voli @volitheentity
4. How High - at one point this was guaranteed to go on The Sideline Story.
5. Unabomber - Just heard this today for the first time in a longgg time. Love these raps.
Every Sunday til the album drops I’ll be back with something. Maybe just 1 song, maybe a video, depending on how I’m feeling.
September 27! We almost there. Until then…
Download: J.Cole – Any Given Sunday EP
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