Danny Brown goes on the wild side for his video — named after the rapper ODB — off his debut album OLD which is set to drop on September 30th.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis hit up the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and performed ”White Walls” with ScHoolboy Q and Hollis.
“You Know You Want It” – Sirah [Inhale]
Not 100% there yet, but she’s got it. The potential at least… She could be a super dope rapper. Not your average background, but she “gets pretty on these bars” and does her thing. Spits some nice lines at times and has a lot of swagger with it.
Sirah just released her recent EP [Inhale], which for the most part I wasn’t really feeling, but I did pick up on her lyrics being smooth, so went ahead and listened to the whole project. “You Know You Want” was the song that made me stop what I was doing and listen. Wasn’t fully convinced on first listen, but on 2nd play… it was a jam.
Give her chance, you might like it. Posted “You Know You Want It” below…
Great hooks too!
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BONUS: Here’s the other song I was feeling of hers, “Stick Up.” The rest of her [Inhale] EP was too poppy for me. But you’re welcome to listen. I posted that as well.
J. Cole sat down with Vibe and he talked about being at 50′s house in Connecticut years ago where he met Sha Money XL, Tony Yayo and others. He also reveals that Sha Money XL played some of his music for 50 Cent but he passed on him ( he thought he was “one of these skinny jeans ni**as”).
Sha Money XL told me once that he brought you to 50 Cent before you signed with Roc Nation. What do you remember about first meeting him?
I didn’t meet 50 when Sha was trying to introduce me, but there’s a crazy story. I was unsigned and my name was starting to get around the industry. I took a meeting with Paul Rosenberg and a meeting with Mark Pitts, but my stuff hadn’t got to Jay Z yet. Nobody was making a move. “Lights Please” and “Lost Ones” were making their rounds, but it wasn’t no real action yet. I ended up in Connecticut at 50’s crib and he wasn’t home that night but people was still in his crib.Were Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks around?
Yayo, Sha Money and a couple other people were there, but Banks wasn’t that night. Yayo was going nuts, like, “Son!” When I see Tony Yayo today we still talk about that. It was a crazy night. After that, Sha Money was trying to fuck with me heavy. He was like “Son, look, I’m playing 50 your shit.” Supposedly the story is that he played 50 my shit and 50 wasn’t sure. Like, “I don’t know, man. Is he one of these skinny jeans niggas?” He couldn’t see it, but it was a good time in my life. It was brand new, fresh. Being in that crib was amazing.
J. Cole also speaks on recording with 50 for ‘NY Times’ and how he wanted Nas on the same song but didn’t work out.
Fast forward five years and you feature 50 on “New York Times,” off of Truly Yours 3. How did that track come about?
I made that song and didn’t write the hook, I just did the melody. On the original reference I’m humming the melody, but all I did was steal a 50 Cent melody—some shit I would hear 50 singing. I had that song for a year before the album came out. I was like, “Damn, I’d love to get 50 or Nas on this.” Nas was my original plan but he didn’t get the verse done in time. So we had this other kid from Queens named Bas.Wow, reuniting 50 and Nas could’ve been huge.
Exactly. For hip-hop, period. But really for New York. I wanted that to be a real New York record. This down South nigga coming and putting on for the city because I have a connection. So 50 came to the studio in L.A. to lay the verse and he heard the melody and he was like, “I could tell you was thinking about me when you were doing that melody.” He wrote that shit in five minutes, maybe. It was crazy to see that melody that was in my head come to life with the actual person who I wanted to do it. He gave us three hours worth of game that night, just talking.Were both Nas and 50 aware that they’d both be on the same record?
Yeah. I told 50 that night he laid the hook, “I just want to let you know I want to put Nas on this.” He was like, “Yeah that’s cool.” Then I hit Nas and told him I got this joint with 50 on it, and he was like “Cool.” Nobody had a problem with it. I think that they saw the moment was going to be big. I wish he could’ve gotten that verse done, but my nigga Bas is on that, so it’s all good.
In addition to some new music, New Yorkers can come out August 30th to see Wyclef and Friends at the Barclays Center.
2 Chainz had his listening party at Prive’ in ATL. Some of the celebs that were in the building were Pusha T., Stevie J & Joseline, Lil Scrappy as well as DJ Drama, Don Cannon, and DJ Sense who recently launched their new venture.
Mz Sasha drops off a new record with William Casanova, not sure if this will end up on her debut mixtape but this shit is dope. I have heard some records off her project and she has some real records on her hands.
Last night, Big Sean had a show at Terminal 5 to celebrate his new album Hall of Fame. During the show, Big Sean brought out Wiz Khalifa for a performance of ”GangBang”. Later on he brought out Juicy J to perform “Show Out”. At the end, Big Sean brought out his father on stage while he was presented his Source cover.
Big K.R.I.T finally released the full version of his track ‘Just Last Week’ with Future. We first heard a snippet of this on his King Remembered In Time mixtape. He is currently in the studio working on a new album, let’s hope we get it early next year.
Justin Timberlake stopped by Power 105 this morning on The Breakfast Club . He talked about the VMAs, the NSYNC reunion, Drake and Jay-Z on his new album, working with Timbaland and Pharrell, and more.
According to Page Six , Miley Cyrus skipped her own after party to go in the studio with Kanye West to record something for remix to Black Skinhead. There’s also a rumor that a remix EP of Yeezus is coming later this year.
Check out the latest visual from DC-area artist Son-Son, taken from the forthcoming 1 Year Later mixtape which drops in October.
Kevin Sinatra drops off something new that sounds similar to some old school Roc-A-Fella shit. Produced by Virtuoso The God.
Video: “Don’t Give Me Your Love” – Rush Midnight
“Don’t Give Me Your Love” is a super dope song by Twin Shadow’s Bass Guitarist, Russ Manning (aka Rush Midnight), that I came across about 3 or 4 months ago. Loved it when I first heard it, (posted about it previously), but the song had no video and at the time, and I was under the impression that “Don’t Give Me Your Love” was Rush Midnight‘s only song. …So I didn’t do any digging into his past works.
Randomly today I decided to revisit that search and came across A LOT more of his stuff, including the actual video for “Don’t Give Me Your Love” which he released almost a month ago. …It’s perfection too! SUPER COOL video! The whole vibe is dope and it just truly sets the song off even more. 
Has the same vibe as the song, which I tried to describe earlier as a cool futuristic 80’s sound with a hint of R&B, but honestly I still wouldn’t know how to properly describe it other than just calling it good a** music.
Anyways, posted the new video for “Don’t Give Me Your Love” below. Definitely a good find! Enjoy…
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BONUS: The conclusion of my Rush Midnight digging is that he actually makes some overall pretty decent music. Especially the stuff he released on his [+1] EP. Makes sure you check that out as well. Posted some of the highlights/videos from the EP below. Enjoy…
Exclusive in-depth interview with Dizzy Wright. In part 1 Dizzy talks to Nick Huff Barili about being inspired to rhyme by Krayzie Bone and Bone Thugs N Harmony. Dizzy recalls that at first his Mother, who worked in the music industry, would write his raps but at one point he felt that it didn’t fully represent him so he started writing his own rhymes. Dizzy goes on to share the time him, his Mother and his four brothers and sisters lived in a homeless shelter when he was in 7th grade. Like Asap Rocky whom Nick also interviewed about living in a homeless shelter, Dizzy says that the experience gave him a perspective which he still carries today about being grateful for what he has. “I don’t really want for anything. I don’t expect anything. When you don’t have nothing, anything is cool. Like I said in one of my songs “We was strong when we was weak, thats why I pray before I eat.” As the interview progresses Dizzy talks about how the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ángel Ruiz help inspired Dizzy’s EP The First Agreement. Dizzy calls the book “Life Bars” and says it helps create “Heaven on Earth”. Part 1 end with Dizzy addressing people comparing him to Wiz Khalifa. Dizzy says “Wiz is the new Snoop Dogg….So anybody who comes up with tattoos and smokes weed is going to have to go through thats just another want to be Wiz Khalifa until he creates something for himself.
“Hilary” is the 1st official single off The Kid Daytona’s Savoir Faire album in collaboration with Space Monkeys (SPMK) clothing company. The song was produced by Just Music Beats. Video directed by Christophe Leyton.
Caitlin Rose will release the rollicking ‘done-you-wrong’ single ‘Waitin’’ on 16 September 2013. The track, with killer soul revue backing vocals, is taken from her exceptional second album The Stand In, released to much acclaim earlier this year.
Famed producer Just Blaze reveals how he initially met up with Jay Z after Roc-A-Fella sought him out after listening to some of his music. He also reveals the one song that solidified their relationship, and details the differences in working with Eminem and Jay Z.
Another hopeful new single from Angel Haze to get you folks riled up for her upcoming Dirty Gold project.
JT talks buddy Jay Z and Beyonce, Miley Cyrus and her twerk game, ‘Sinatra In The Sand‘ and more with Angie Martinez on Hot 97.
UPDATE: Complete tracklist added below.
Justin Timberlake is putting the finishing touches on his new album The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) which is set to drop next month (September 30th). Today, he reveals the official tracklist for the project, which you can check out below.
01. Gimme What I Don’t Know (I Want)
02. True Blood
03. Cabaret f. Drake
04. TKO
05. Take Back the Night
06. Murder f. Jay-Z
07. Drink You Away
08. You Got It On
09. Amnesia
10. Only When I Walk Away
11. Not a Bad Thing
12. Blindness (Target Bonus Track)
13. Electric Lady (Target Bonus Track)
Backyard Band performed a new cover song , “Holy Grail” off their upcoming tape at the Fillmore. They also performed some more fan favorite tracks during their 30 min set.
