Soulja Boy x Fabolous – Pretty Boy Swag (Green Lantern Remix)
NMC says it’s an old Loso verse (and i’m trying to check on that)….regardless, Green Lantern DID HIS THING with this one, especially mixing it over Wayne’s “Single”.
Ron Artest x T-Pain – Champions (Produced By Polow Da Don)
This track was already pretty good, now it’s about to grow Usain Bolt legs and really get out (maybe like Usain Bolt, but still…).
W.A.R. Set For September Release Date?
So, I was cruising through Wikipedia (yes, I do know that isn’t the MOST accurate source, but it is certainly the most updated, even if I don’t treat the words on it as official confirmation) and I noticed that on Pharoahe Monch’s Wiki page it states that W.A.R. is being released on 9/14 (which, BTW, is apparently also G.O.O.D. Music Day?!).
Two thoughts come to this: 1) I am somewhat worried about him getting drowned in a sea of other good music coming out that day (although that thought almost gets cancelled when I realize that all potential releases will be drowned in the sea of Kanye West, whether they are under West’s label or not), ans 2) I’m excited. I immediately put him at the top of my list for the most anticipated album release this year. So, as I just wanted to share this (even if I may be late), here’s to hoping the date either sticks or gets pushed to an earlier date. We’ve already given up on Detox, but I don’t know if I can make it another year without that rediculously talented emcee from Queens.
Check out an older XXL article breaking down his upcoming album in more detail.
If You’re In DC For The 4th…Or Just Nearby A TV…
Watch the full episode. See more PBS Presents.
This July 4, America’s national Independence Day celebration will mark 30 spectacular years on air featuring the most dazzling display of fireworks anywhere in the nation, captured by 18 TV cameras stationed around Washington, D.C.
The 30th anniversary broadcast will be hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jimmy Smits, with unrivaled performances from some of the country’s biggest musical names – including multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning country music superstar Reba McEntire, legendary R & B artist Gladys Knight, country music sensation Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish), singer David Archuleta (American Idol), and actor and singer John Schneider, as well as world-renowned classical pianist Lang Lang with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly and the Choral Arts Society of Washington, under the direction of Norman Scribner. (additional talent to be announced).
Source: PBS.com
The Video For The Roots "The Fire" Is Finished
Now this is something to look forward to. Rik Cordero (with Three21Media) created this video without an appearance from the Roots or John Legend. Check out pictures from the video shoot below (after the jump):
Source: Okayplayer
Stevie Wonder Brings Out Prince & Sheila E. For "Superstition"
Not sure what I would say if I was fortunate enough to witness this with my own eyes….fantastic.
Nina Sky – You Ain’t Got It (Funk That)
Call me crazy, but with a pretty moderate hit (in the midst of comparable music today) and smashingly good looks, why are these two so far below the radar (nationally, I’m sure they get spins in New York, I imagine…)?
Source: NMC
Waka Flocka x Ciara – Hard In Da Paint (Remix)
I see Ciara is wasting no time putting in work collaboratively with 1017 Brick Squad…ATL unite.
Trey Songz Interview With AmaruDon TV
Trey Songz sits down with AmaruDon TV and discusses everything from his success as an artist, the misconception of Trey Songz, his top three singers and rappers and a slew of other interesting topics.
Source: NMC/AmaruDon TV
Pharrell Customs Bike For Harley-Davidson
Ced Hughes – Spacely Sprockets
More great music from artists I’ve never heard of. Yes, I’m obviously new to this blog shit but I’m gettin’ it together. Sue me.
Lil’ Jon x Joell Ortiz – Famous Shoe Release Party
Boy I’d sure like to make it to these kinds of parties…Famous released some limited edition kicks and had a release party both in LA and NY (at the same time, mind you). This is some behind the scenes footage from the event that went down.
Paul Wall In Texas Monthly
The People’s Champ is featured in the July issue of Texas Monthly where he talks about his new song “Codeineâ€and the effect drug use has had on his life:
The advance copy of your new album has a song called “Codeine†that’s a pretty tough look at drug addiction. You got your start in a hip-hop scene where cough syrup was the drug of choice and was central to the music. What prompted you to write the song?
That was actually my wife’s idea. It’s a remake of Dolly Parton’s song “Jolene,†but where Dolly Parton was saying, “Jolene, please don’t take my man,†we’re saying “codeine.†That’s something we were going through, me and my wife, my family. I was addicted to codeine, and it was stealing me away from them. To be honest, though, I don’t think we got clearance [for the song sample] in time, so we might have to save it for the next album.
Can you tell me a bit more about your experiences with codeine?
In the hip-hop community, it’s kind of cool to take codeine; it’s kind of like marijuana. When you smoke weed, people don’t look at it like you’re smoking drugs—they think it’s cool. But codeine is an actual narcotic; it’s like liquid heroin. It was a real hard thing for me to kick, especially because people didn’t treat it like it was a real drug. When you’re sipping on codeine, you get a little lazy, you get fat—but that’s something people accept in Texas, because we’re one of the most obese states in the country. All my friends are fat.
How did you manage to kick the habit?
My biological father was addicted to heroin, and he left me and my sister when I was about four or five years old. That was always my main fear: I don’t want to be him. I don’t want to turn into him
Read the entire article here.
Source: Ozone Mag
Outasight x Freddie Gibbs – Near The End
This collab track is dope….when I saw Nah Right post this I had to actually reseach to see who Outasight was…the results are? VERY DOPE. I’ll be checking more of this guy in the future right this second.
Source: Nah Right
New Pimp C Album On Its Way
It’s been over two and a half years since the death of the late rapper, but new music from Chad “Pimp C†Butler will soon be available to his fans.
With UGK partner & rhyme Bun B’s Trill O.G. slated for an August 3rd release date, it’s only right for the Pimp’s album to follow soon after. Preliminary artwork for The Naked Soul of Sweet James Jones leaked online over a year ago, leaving people to speculate and anticipate the album’s release. Now the speculation is over as the album is currently set for release on September 21, 2010. The record will be Pimp C’s third and probably final solo release under famed Southern label Rap-A-Lot Records, which will be distributed through their new venture with Fontana/Universal Records.
While this may be a posthumous album from Pimp C, longtime friend and UGK partner Bun B assured their many supporters that the album will be of quality.
“We had enough vocals [for the album], but it wasn’t just about taking whatever vocals I had available,†Bun B said in an interview with XXL Magazine last year. “It was about constructing songs. It wasn’t about just throwing all the Pimp C I had out there. I had to really try to make an album.â€
The tracklist is not currently available for the album, but we suspect it will be released within coming weeks. Stay tuned to Keep It Trill for updates regarding the album. R.I.P. Pimp C.
Coming out a day before my birthday at that? This news just made my weekend.
Source: Keep It Trill
Mazzi & Noemad Present NY Clout – Tastemakers Series: Sway
You know what…this is one of the more creative hip-hop interviews I have seen…definitely inspiring.
Juvenile – Beast Mode (Album Review)
Okay, my first album review….not sure why the hell I’m reviewing anything on a blog I’m still trying to build, but maybe we can show you just how serious to are when it comes to both studying the in and outs of this music industry while also showing our true undying love for it…but anyway…
So, before I start the review, let me first say that I 1) was a HUGE fan of Juve and his crew during the Hot Boy days, and 2) I can’t honestly say that I been really heavy on post-Reality Check Juve. Aside from the very hot track “We Be Gettin’ Money” (while not taking away from “Gotta Get It“), Cocky & Confident was a bit of a continuing decrease in my eyes.
So now we have his new album “Beast Mode” (Atlantic/UTP) which, if one were to judge a book by it’s cover, we not put it off to the greatest start. To paraphrase it, it’s a very unoriginal (maybe I shouldn’t call it that, given how long he’s been in the game providing this music), monotonous, formulaic-sounding album that touches on the usual topics of sex, drugs, and generally living life like a rock star. With that said, after a few cups of cognac and a couple blunts, this album will probably satisfy every rock out moment in the modified system of your car on the way to and from the (strip) club.
Too simple read the title of each song on the tracklist tells you plenty. Most of the tracks are too similar to even really separate, include the first track, “Go Hard Or Go Home”, and the tracks “I’m Da Man”, “Nothing Like Me (which features a Juve Jr.?)”, “No Team” and “Lights, Camera, Action”, which are all pounding minimal beats filled with braggadocio layered in between thought of violence and triumph. For the more adult subject matter you need look no further than “Drop That Azz” and “Pussy Cat”. You also have the straight party music (“Drinks On Me”) and well as the obligatory didn’t-Lil-Wayne-already-do-this-but-better get-high track (“La La La La La”).
As far as lyrical ability, this is probably Juve at his strongest as he continues to master his craft, completely with southern countrified lines like “got flavor like steak sauce” and “shit stains on my tennis shoes, I be kickin ass'”, lines that only he and a few other emcees could even pull off without sounding completely laughable.
To close out, as said before, this album is great for getting to amped to party, wherever that may be. It’s also great for riding music in the whip. But at the end of the day, you may find yourself breaking out the old Cash Money records as a reminder of when Juve was definitely at his prime.
“Drop That Thang (Drop That Azz, Edited)”
