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Raaaaaaaandy and Dave Sitek-Baby Baby ft. DJ Ol’ Youngin This is very good. It’s over 9 minutes long, which is almost MJ-esque, but it’s really worth watching. They’ve gone in a direction absolutely no-one would have expected with the video in terms of theme/story, but it works and it’s worryingly compelling to watch. Audio can be swacker-jacked here if you were too ignorant the first time.
As always, get the track below. Young Chris – Still The Hottest ft. J. Cole
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – I’m Gone Visuals for this Mike Shindoa-produced collab, which was one of the tracks from the Haiti Relief album. You should really look to get that album (the amount you pay is up to you) as not only is it a great cause, but the music on it is actually very good. Can be accquired (and previewed) here.
Click here for more Intuition too. He’s an underground rapper I’ve only recently heard of, but he’s very good. This particular track is from his I Ruined These Songs For You collection. Hilarious name, but not remotely true luckily! Grizzly Bear-Two Weeks Remix ft. Intuition
Wale-Who Don’t ft. Fat Trel and Black Cobain This week’s TT is for Ajay as much as anyone as I know he is a big fan of Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y) was the lead single from Rock and Smooth’s debut Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992). A now classic, T.R.O.Y was inspired by the death of a close friend, “Trouble” T. Roy of Heavy D and the boys. → Continue Reading Throwback Thursdays Vol 17
It’s naturally got a Gym Class Heroes feel to it, but definitely with some differences. If you enjoyed B.o.B and Bruno’s collab (see a few posts below), you’ll like this. If you like chilled out crossover hip-hop you’ll like this. Hell, if you like music you’ll like this! Travie McCoy-Billionaire ft. Bruno Mars
He’s gearing up for a US release, and here’s a taster. This mixtape below has 8 tracks, of which the last 5 can be found on his debut album. 4 of them were probably the strongest on the album too so it’s 100% worth checking out. I’m not as keen on his new stuff (i.e. the first 3 tracks which have been in previous R&B Fridays) but I’m a huge fan of the others. They’re up there with my favourite R&B tracks of recent years, so don’t let yourself down.
Up and coming emcee Mysonne, collaborating with the seasoned veteran – Styles P, have set the gangsta levels to MAX on this track. Download below.
Here is another one by him that fans will enjoy, a track with no hook, focusing on his lyrics and delivery. One to nod the head to. Sweet! Finally, we get the visuals for this awesome track and the video is really good. It’s a happy, positive video which really fits the track well and has a superb feel-good factor. For those of you who are complete idiots and missed this first time out, you can either continue in blissful stupidity or grab the audio here.
Click on for 14 more tracks to see you through until Friday. → Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 38 Leftovers I genuinely love this song an awful lot. I got round to checking out the Free EP this was taken from a couple of weeks ago, and this was possibly the strongest track. It’s really chilled, with a mixture of soul, R&B and alternative elements and it just works so well. The video’s pretty unusual but I quite like it. Probably ‘cos I’m a bit weird. Please, for the love of God, do not sleep on this track though. This is actually really, really good. It’s got a much eerier feel than the original video, which fits the song really well. Not that the original didn’t, but they fit the song in different ways. I really like the ‘groundhog day’ repetition that they’ve got going on, and it definitely catches a different mindset than the original. Very interesting video, and really well directed. I’m not sure which version I prefer though, I think I’m 50/50. Great song, 2 great videos=winner!
One rapper gets banged up (Lil’ Wayne, finally!) and one comes back. I think most hip-hop heads would take Tip over Wayne, so this is a welcome comeback. This has that classic T.I. sound, with a banging beat and some nice flows. T.I. brings his usual intensity and sounds as passionate as ever on this one. Very likeable track, and is definitely worth checking out. Oh, and all you terrible Southern rappers who somehow profited in Tip’s absence- your 15 minutes of fame are up, get out of my inbox and back to washing cars. Oh my. This is absolutely ridiculous/hilarious. I’m not even going to tell you what happens, or describe it. You just have to, HAVE TO watch this. Aziz > You.
Anyway, this is a mixtape full of new tracks from these guys and will 100% be worth grabbing. Some of these guys are definitely going to blow up this year, so don’t miss out. XXL’s 10 Freshman For ‘10 mixtape |
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