The Foreign Exchange feat. Muhsinah - "House Of Cards" from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo.
Dopeness. Anything Phonte touches is insane. Great video, great song. Cop the album if you haven't already!
So here's the early leak of 'Forever', the much hyped Drake joint featuring the heaviest of heavyweights - Yeezy, Weezy and Em. I been heard Drizzy using this beat and hook in the past so I'm surprised that this is the one, but it's heat. Each MC killed it in their own way, although Em murked it, as expected. Peep the audio above and DL the proper version below.
Spotted @ SOHH
Slaughterhouse on KUBE 93's Sound Session from DJ Hyphen on Vimeo.
Wooooord up. Big ups to the homies DJ Hyphen and J. Moore out in Seattle, WA, and their Sunday Night Sound Sessions show on Kube 93fm. Myself, Notion and Bekah done rolled through the studio last year in September during our US radio trip, and the boys been had the biggest names in Hip Hop on the show. None other than Slaughterhouse - Royce, Joell and Joe (Crooked was recording with a Seattle artist) - came through and gave a great interview. Check the video, and check out Hyph's blog for the audio and other details.
Oregon's Sandpeople are back with the first video off their new EP, 'Long Story, Short' entitled 'Hate Aside'. I love everything about this - the fresh beat, the damn near falsetto hook, Illmac's fucking amazing verse, even the video is hella dope. Don't sleep.
Aight, so I'm a recent convert to Asher. I been had his shit since like last year but wasn't really feeling it until now. So I checked for this straight away, and honestly, that hook is garbage. Keri came weak as fuck, though the call and response part will get some love in the clubs, I'm sure.
Ridiculous. Creative as fuck. Some much needed freshness. See folks, rap in 2009 can be good.
Well, well. This is one interesting ass track. Jigga be on some future shit right here, and getting Drake on this was oh-so-now. I fucks with it, though.
So I'm a lil behind on this one, but Rae BEEN leaking a few joints from the new album (dope cover by the way), and I thought it would be a heresy for me not to share it with the people:
Raekwon ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface - 10 Bricks (Prod. by J. Dilla)
Raekwon feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & Method Man - House of Flying Daggers (Dirty)
Wale Live at Love 8-22-09 from pleasedontstare.com on Vimeo.
This is some cool shit. Wale murkin' a club set in his home town over a joint I'm personally not familiar with, but apparently was one that set him off. Peep game.
Ah man. Kev just don't quit. This competition was probably longer than The Movement Fam Remix Contest, so it's nice to see the final result. Peep the details:
With Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 set for release this year, it was only right that we pay tribute to the original 2001 classic in our latest remix contest. For 14 weeks, producers from around the globe showed up a KevinNottingham.com to take a stab at remixing The Blueprint. But this isn't just any old remix album. We stuck to the original formula by using the original samples that were used in Jay's 2001 classic. So each track, though different from the original, still has a familar feeling.
The purpose of this remixtape is not to try and outdo the original, but to pay tribute and give it a new light. The winning remixes are compiled here in The Blueprint Reconstructed and I firmly believe that this project is just as good as the original.
Enjoy.... I appreciate any support you can give this project.
1. The Ruler's Back [prod by Tenth]
2. Takeover [prod by SCAM]
3. Izzo (H.O.V.A.) [prod by EB Productions]
4. Girls, Girls, Girls [prod by 44th Productions]
5. Jigga That Nigga [prod by G.C.]
6. U Don't Know [prod by Rashid Hadee]
7. Hola Hovito [prod by S.T.T.R.E.S.S.]
8. Heart of The City (Ain't No Love) [prod by SCAM]
9. Never Change [prod by G.C.]
10. Song Cry [prod by Vol]
11. All I Need [prod by Bidimridim]
12. Blueprint (Momma Loves Me) [prod by G.C.]
13. Lyrical Excercise (Breathe Easy) [prod by Isbjerg]
14. More Girls, Girls, Girls [prod by Sima]
DOWNLOAD The Blueprint Reconstructed
Spotted @ 2 Dope Boyz.
"Reggae Royalty, Damian Marley talks about the Distant Relative album with Nas, Rastafarianism, and the 1st time he visited Ethiopia. We also have Nas rhyming over Ragga beats and Damian rhyming over Primo beats, then they perform songs from the forthcoming album, Distant Relatives."
Aight, so the homegirl Jessica Kaya (sister of the amazing Eternia) is a talented jazz singer (peep ∫'s 'The Soul Movement Volume 2' for the collab with Jess, 'Tomorrow (I'll Be Gone)'). The above video proves as much. Brilliant.
On the new video tip, here's the 'Digital Girl' remix joint. The track itself is decent, video is a bit of a trip. I still don't really fuck with Foxx on the mic though. Seems too forced for me.
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Aight, so here's the official video to 'Run This Town' off 'The Blueprint 3'. About to check it now, heard good things...can't wait for this damn album.
Here's the video for Classified's new single, 'Up All Night'. DOPE studio. So pissed I missed when he came to MEL.
Caught this over at Smoking Section. K'Naan has gotta be one of my favourite artists now; my man Dave out in Toronto BEEN telling me about dude but I fronted, til I heard 'Soobax'. Anyway, check the info below, dude did a free EP, peep...
"I could note how long I slept on K’Naan, his album Troubadour and the rest of his deep catalog. Then, I could speak on how he pretty much stole the entire show when I saw him at Rock The Bells as an opening act, amidst half of my favorite rappers. Following up by harping on how excited I got upon reading the details to the Somalian-turnt-Canuck’s new digital EP, The Messengers, and finding out he was not only doing an ode to one Bob Marley, but another as well.
Or, I could just cut the bullshit and say, here’s one extremely talented musician doing tributes to a few others.
Yea.
That sounds better."
Aight, so we posted the prospective tracklisting from Jigga's 'The Blueprint 3' a couple weeks back, but here's the official joint. Dude BEEN up on the guests, which doesn't really seem that necessary being that we just wanna hear Jay. Seems that he is jumping on a fair few bandwagons here, the biggest being Drake. I've been bumpin' J.Cole's mixtape 'The Warm Up' recently so it's quite a surprise to see him on here, and Luke Steele from Empire of the Sun has gotta be the first Australian artist to collab with Hov. Peep game...oh and the album drops September 11th...
1. “What We Talkin’ About” feat. Luke Steele (of Empire of the Sun)
2. “Thank You”
3. “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
4. Run This Town” feat. Rihanna and Kanye West
5. “Empire State of Mind” feat. Alicia Keys
6. “Real As It Gets” feat. Young Jeezy
7. “On to the Next One” feat. Swizz Beatz
8. “Off That” feat. Drake
9. “A Star Is Born” feat. J. Cole
10. “Venus vs. Mars”
11. “Already Home” feat. Kid Cudi
12. “Hate” feat. Kanye West
13. “Reminder”
14. “So Ambitious” feat. Pharrell
15. “Young Forever” feat. Mr Hudson
So I've been vibin' 'bout this for a minute. Brother Ali is one of my favourite MC's, and dude is back with the first official single off his new album 'Us', called 'Fresh Air'. Peep the audio above, and check it out live at Soundset 2009.
