@realjlive – Money Matters (Video) (Prod. by @ODDISEE)

J-Live drops a cool new song (and video) about saving money.  Yes that sounds boring, but the track is the farthest from boring.  Over a soulful beat from Oddisee, the veteran rapper spits an eloquent message about saving money and self-worth that is pretty refreshing to hear alongside lots of materialist music (that I help promote in some way.)  You can buy the single on iTunes or wait for the album Around The Sun, which drops soon.

Smoke DZA Feat. Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y – Legends In The Making (Ashtray Part 2) (Video)

Courtesy of HotNewHipHop:

Smoke DZA jumped on a track with his smoking buddies Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y, “Legends In The Making (Ashtray 2)” and all three reunited to shoot the official music video with HotNewHipHop. Directed and edited by Armen Soudjian, the visual tells a story of street life with the feds watching. The video portrays all three rappers as clever hustlers teasing the feds as they attempt to bust them.

LIVE STREAM: President Obama’s State Of The Union Speech

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Obama takes center stage at 9:00 EST. You can read more about what you can expect at NPR…..we’ve also included an extra stream from PBS NewsHour which will include additional commentary on the speech, including a response from the Republican party.

As President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union speech Tuesday evening, he does it against a backdrop of some of the lowest voter-approval ratings of his presidency, with a divided Congress that has largely stalled his second-term agenda and with Washington’s collective focus starting to shift toward the midterm elections and beyond.