Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Dream - 1977 : Mixtape
CyHi The Prynce – Jack Of All Trades : Mixtape
Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar – Code Red : Video
Labels: jay rock, kendrick lamar, Video
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Wale ft. Jeremih & Rick Ross – That Way : Video
Labels: jeremih, rick ross, Video, Wale
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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.
Queen of The Ring: @ShooneyDaRapper vs. @MzFuneral : Video
Part 1
Part 2
Labels: mz funeral, queen of the ring, shooney da rapper, Video
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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$y, and more.
Estelle ft. Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss & Busta Rhymes – Break My Heart (Remix) : New Musik
Continue...Labels: busta rhymes, estelle, jadakiss, new musik, Swizz Beatz
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D’Banj Brings Out Kanye West @ Hammersmith Apollo : Video
Kanye West flew straight to London after the VMA's to surprise D'Banj and make him an official member of GOOD Music.
Pusha T ft. Kevin Cossom – Feeling Myself : Video
Curren$y @ Rock The Bells In San Bernandino, CA : Video
Curren$y performs at Rock The Bells in San Bernandino, the show where he broke his ankle.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Classic DMX In-Studio Freestyle : Video
XXL shares some footage of a freestyle DMX did in the studio back in the day.
Kendrick Lamar, Cory Gunz & CyHi The Prynce Takeover Atlanta : Video
Labels: corey gunz, cyhi da prynce, kendrick lamar, Video
Posted by gWiz Musik at Monday, August 29, 2011 0 comments
J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story (Track List + Track-by-Track Summary)
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Snoop Dogg & Drake Receive BMI Awards / Nas, Game & Wiz Khalifa Honor Snoop : Video
Labels: dr dre, drake, snoop dogg, Video
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Young Jeezy ft. Freddie Gibbs – Do It For You : Video
Labels: freddie gibbs, Video, young jeezy
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Fabolous ft. Trey Songz & Red Cafe – Sicker Than Yo Average : New Musik
Continue...Labels: fabolous, new musik, red cafe, trey songz
Posted by gWiz Musik at Friday, August 26, 2011 0 comments
Curren$y ft. Lil Wayne – Smoke Sumthin : New Musik
Mary J Blige – 25/8 : New Musik
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
Young Jeezy Ft Freddie Gibbs – Do It For You (Behind the Scenes) : Video
Labels: freddie gibbs, Video, young jeezy
Posted by gWiz Musik at Thursday, August 25, 2011 0 comments
Red Cafe ft. Rick Ross & Ryan Leslie – Fly Together : New Musik
Continue...Labels: new musik, red cafe, rick ross, Ryan Leslie
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Lil Wayne ft. Drake & Jadakiss - It's Good (Jay-Z Diss) : New Musik
Continue...Lil Wayne - How To Love : Video
Carter IV drops digital this Sunday after the MTV VMA's @ Midnight.
Raekwon x Ghostface Killah x Cappadonna – Live At Rock The Bells Dallas : Video
Labels: cappadonna, ghostface, raekwon, Video
Posted by gWiz Musik at Wednesday, August 24, 2011 0 comments
Lil Wayne ft. Drake, Trey Songz & Rick Ross - She Will (@TreyPeezy Remix) : New Musik
Continue...Labels: drake, lil wayne, new musik, rick ross, trey songz, treypeezy
Posted by gWiz Musik at Wednesday, August 24, 2011 0 comments
Phonte ft. Elzhi – Not Here Anymore (Prod. by 9th Wonder) : New Musik
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
Monday, August 22, 2011
Eminem & Royce Da 59 ft. Bruno Mars – Lighters : Video
Labels: Bruno Mars, Eminem, royce da 59, Video
Posted by gWiz Musik at Monday, August 22, 2011 0 comments
Uncle Murda ft. French Montana, Jadakiss, Styles P, Jim Jones, Vado & Cam’ron – Warning (Remix) : New Musik
Labels: camron, french montana, jadakiss, jim jones, new musik, styles p, unclle murda, vado
Posted by gWiz Musik at Monday, August 22, 2011 0 comments
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Jay-Z Watch The Throne Release Party at LIV in Miami : Video
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.
French Montana x Coke Boys – Coke Boys 2 : Mixtape
Continue...Labels: coke boys, french montana, Mixtape
Posted by gWiz Musik at Sunday, August 21, 2011 0 comments
Friday, August 19, 2011
Big K.R.I.T. – Last King 2 (God’s Machine) : Mixtape
The Weeknd – Thursday : Mixtape
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Fred the Godson ft. Diddy, Meek Mill & Cory Gunz – Gettin Money Pt. 2 : New Musik
Continue...Labels: corey gunz, Diddy, Fred The Godson, meek mill, new musik
Posted by gWiz Musik at Wednesday, August 17, 2011 0 comments
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.
Pusha T ft. Kanye West & Young Jeezy – Amen ; New Musik
Continue...Labels: Kanye, new musik, pusha t, young jeezy
Posted by gWiz Musik at Monday, August 15, 2011 0 comments
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
Continue...Labels: cookin soul, Jay-Z, Kanye, Video
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Lil Wayne ft. Drake & Rick Ross – She Will (Remix) : New Musik
Continue...Labels: drake, lil wayne, new musik, rick ross
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Royce Da 59, Joell Ortiz & Sway Discuss “Watch The Throne” : Video
Labels: joell ortiz, royce da 59, sway, Video
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Lil Wayne ft. Drake – She Will : New Musik
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Trailer #2) : Video
No leak, this album is under lock and key.
Jadakiss & Styles P on LOX Album Delays : Video
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.
Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka – Ferrari Boyz : Video
Elle Varner ft. J.Cole – Only Wanna Give It To You : New Musik
Continue...Busta Rhymes & DMX – Otis Freestyle : New Musik
Continue...Thursday, August 4, 2011
Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, Styles P, Jadakiss & Raekwon – Wu Block (Prod. by The RZA) : New Musik
Labels: ghostface, jadakiss, raekwon, sheek louch, styles p
Posted by gWiz Musik at Thursday, August 04, 2011 0 comments
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.
Nicki Minaj Brings Out Kanye West At Nassau Coliseum : Video
Chris Skillz ft. Kyle Owens - Falling Clouds : Video
Labels: chris skillz, kyles owens, Video
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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.
Labels: drake, lil wayne, rick ross, Video
Posted by gWiz Musik at Tuesday, August 02, 2011 0 comments
Monday, August 1, 2011
Jay-Z Angie Martinez Interview 8/1/11 : Audio
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Labels: angie martinez, interviews, Jay-Z
Posted by gWiz Musik at Monday, August 01, 2011 0 comments
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
Freeway & Young Chris - Otis Freestyle : Video
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