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A hard-hitting, grimey instrumental and 2/3 of the LOX? The combination promises much for the hip-hop heads, and it definitely delivers.
From Jada’s upcoming Consignment mixtape, the production has a real dark aura around it, blending some horror-esque melodies with pounding bass, sharp additional percussion and packaging them into a slow, menacing pace that enhances the atmosphere of the track. Wale opens the track with a disappointing verse, largely as his style doesn’t suit the beat at all, though Styles and Jada recover the song well with their verses, whilst French’s string of hook features continues here with another simple yet catchy chorus.
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A very slow week for R&B/pop music this week (those new Chris Brown/Rihanna collaborations don’t count as music), and as a result it’s a pretty short, and stream-heavy, episode this week.
I’ve made this statement before, but R&B really is in a bad spot at the minute, with a serious lack of both quantity and quality as many of its stars are either inactive or pursuing pop careers. It’s a sad state of affairs, but I retain hope that the likes of The-Dream will be back soon to restore the natural order.
Click below for this week’s relatively diverse edition.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 139
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An interesting collection of ‘mid-rangers’ this week, as 3 of the 4 included artists are of the sort who regularly release material and frequently collaborate with big name artists, but don’t quite seem to have fully nailed down a spot in their respective lanes. There’s always plenty of talent floating around in that middle ground, and inevitably it’s where we find the next big stars: time will tell if any of these guys are to be that breakout artist.
2 posts to catch up on from the week gone by, with Mike Posner releasing his first project since his debut album, and The Weekend unleashing his first ever music video (I use that term loosely). Click below for this week’s goods.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 128
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What a line up. Here’s DJ Suss One’s latest drop from his upcoming album, The Feature Presentation. Production on this is has that epic sound to it, which is perfect for Jada, Banks and Montana to flex their lyrical and bravado-filled muscles.
Not much else to talk about here, other than the seemingly pointless feature from Floyd Mayweather (just give us that super-fight we all want already!). It’s your standard decent posse cut right here, those who enjoy that sort of thing (like me) will enjoy it, those who don’t, won’t.
DJ Suss One – Champion ft. Jadakiss, Lloyd Banks, French Montana, Junior Reid & Floyd Mayweather
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“Talkin’ ’bout baby money, I got your baby money / Kidnap your bitch, Get that ‘how much you love your lady?’ money.” Fairly innocuous line right, what’s the fuss? Well, when you consider this line from Jay-Z on H.A.M….
“I’m like really half a billi ni**a, Really you got baby money / Keep it real with ni**as, Ni**as ain’t got my lady money.”
Things become a little more clear: the Cash Money camp have clearly taken offence to Jay-Z’s line and have shot back. Will Jay respond? Don’t hold your breath. Will he respond through a subliminal in about 12 months that will go over most people’s heads? Probably. As Ajay joked last night: “you can quite easily imagine these two laughing about it. Whilst sipping some sort of exorbitantly priced alcohol. On a boat. Surrounded by b*tches.”
Download this track and hear that line (and subsequently more antagonistic lines) by clicking right here.
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From Complex Magazine:
“After the release of his gold-selling 2009 LP The Last Kiss, Jadakiss promised fans he’d put out Top 5, Dead or Alive—his fourth studio album. Problems with Def Jam lead to the album being indefinitely shelved with no release date in the new future. However, Jada is not letting label woes get in the way of releasing new music.
The warmly titled, I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans), features guest appearances from Rick Ross, Styles P, Trae The Truth, Teyana Taylor, Emanny, and much more.
Download and listen to the 11-track mixtape two days before it’s official release May 24 release.
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From the upcoming Maybach Music album Self Made vol. 1. Regardless of your opinions on Ross’ music, there’s no denying he’s assembled a talented trio in Pill, Wale and Meek Mill, with this album serving as the ‘introduction’ to their Maybach Music careers.
With Wale already having a fairly established album out there, you’d think he’d probably be looking to use this label change to call in some heavy-hitters and such to work with: that’s certainly been done with the Jada feature, but sadly he’s also roped in Lex Luger for another one of those ‘intimidating’ style beats that Ross so very much loves. I thought I was just bored of hearing Ricky on these, but it turns out I’m just sick of the beat style full stop. Hence, it stops me from ever getting into the track but the mainstream/casual hip-hop fans will probably really dig this.
Wale-600 Benz ft. Rick Ross and Jadakiss
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Swizzy’s #MonsterMondays is a little confusing this week. It’s being labelled with a big Ruff Ryders Indy logo, and I’m not entirely sure what that’s meant to represent. There were rumblings a few months ago of a Ruff Ryders reunion, so I’m not sure where this fits in but there we are.
The track is pretty much everything you mainstream heads could want: catchy Akon hook, very energetic, club friendly production and simple verse work. I’m not really enjoying it as the beat seems stuck in that awkward spot between old school and modern, and hence comes off as a 1999-2001 era reject. It’s just too formulaic for my liking, but I expect the mainstream fans will enjoy it.
Mook, Jadakiss, Shella and Akon-Freaky
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The other three quarters of the Slaughter join Joell’s collaboration with The Lox, Put Some Money On It, which is from Joell’s recent Free Agent album.
With that classic early to mid 90′s sound with the production, this song is all about a hella amount of top-level lyricists doing what they do best. A great beat can make any artist sound good, but only the truly special emcees can take average beats, or looping posse cut type beats such as this one and make it into an enjoyable track. I’m unsure as to has the best verse on this, I’m going to need to listen to it a lot more before I come to any real conclusions, but on first impressions Royce takes it for me. Great to see Slaughterhouse on their grind again, what with their other recent track announcing their return.
Slaughterhouse – Put Some Money On It (Remix) ft. The Lox (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch & Styles P)
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Again, I’m aware it’s a Sunday…it is (or was) Christmas though, so finding a few hours to throw this together wasn’t really going to happen. I’m surprised there is enough material, given that the industry usually shuts down a little around this time of year, but it seems most artists are intent on continuing success they’ve found this year.
The week’s recap: Taio Cruz’s latest video, Chipmunk and Chris Brown’s much anticipated video, UK upcomer Talay Riley’s latest single, the mixtape debut of the highly-rated UK singer Bluey Robinson, and finally the official remix for Dirty Money’s Loving You No More. You know where to look and where to click for this week’s episode.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 80
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#MonsterMondays have been really strong in recent weeks, and this week we get a Maino single with assistance from some of New York’s more prominent rappers.
The production is built around a California Love sample, with touches of claps, horns and a thudding percussion coming together in an upbeat and positive manner. Arguably, the sample could have been used a little better, but it does make for easy listening and each rapper approaches the track with good flows, with Joell unsurprisingly coming through with the most memorable verse.
Maino-We Keep It Rockin’ ft. Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss, Jim Jones and Joell Ortiz
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The ‘shuffle’ being the hectic week I’ve had.
After the jump, a couple of Kanye-related tracks, a Cam’ron tribute to a fallen soldier, Sway, Grafh and a posse cut which features 3 heavy hitting New York rappers.
Oh and a collaboration between Jadakiss and Uncle Murda. In retrospect a pretty New York influenced post here, but would you expect any less from me?
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Some of these have sat in my inbox over the past few days, some have just hit the Internets today. The pick of the bunch has to be that 50/Jada collaboration; with the one time foes teaming up for some New York heat. I’ve also dropped the new Big L single from his upcoming posthumous Return Of The Devil’s Son, but not only are the vocals recycled (Danger Zone), but the beat isn’t original either (O.C. – Jewelz).
Game – All Day, All Night ft. Cassidy
Big L – Zone Of Danger
Lloyd Banks – Finish Line
Jadakiss – Dump (It’s Like That) ft. 50 Cent
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The original to this is quite possibly one of the most underrated hip-hop anthems of modern times. The lead single from Nas’ God’s Son album, this was the perfect follow up to his previous album Stillmatic, which proved his renaissance was not a fluke. This track was just the perfect mix of NY rap and a track to go crazy to in the club, so what better than enlisting feature killers Jadakiss and Ludacris for the remix!?
Grab this rare and epic track below, and also look over to the left here to check out this absolute classic video of them performing it live.
Nas – Made You Look (remix) ft. Jadakiss & Ludacris
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Long overdue video for Jadakiss’ hit, All Falls Down.
Click here to get the audio for this (which was posted 3 months ago).
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Probably the last leak we’ll post from Teflon Don (unless Ricky leaks the Jay-Z collaboration himself). This is quite simply a great collaboration, has that epic feel to it that Justice League are renowned for producing. Surprisingly Rick Ross’ verse steals the show on this one. Go grab it below.
Rick Ross – Maybach Music III ft. Jadakiss, Erykah Badu & T.I.
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Some of these features look rather interesting. Cee-Lo, Badu, Songz, Saadiq makes for a superb list of acts. Also, Free Mason with Jay-Z? HA!
1. I’m Not A Star
2. Free Mason ft. Jay-Z
3. Tears Of Joy ft. Cee-Lo
4. Maybach Music 3 ft. T.I., Jadakiss & Erykah Badu
5. Live Fast, Die Young ft. Kanye West
6. Super High ft. Ne-Yo
7. No. 1 ft. Trey Songz & Diddy
8. MC Hammer ft. Gucci Mane
9. B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast) ft. Styles P
10. Aston Martin Music ft. Drake & Chrisette Michele
11. All The Money In The World ft. Raphael Saadiq
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Good amount of stuff in here for your enjoyment, without swarming you with too many tracks. As ever, there’s a lot of variety with some upcomers, newcomers and established artists all contributing this week.
Couple of R&B posts this week you may have missed: the final version of Johnta Austin’s Close Your Eyes, and the official video for The-Dream’s Make Up Bag. After those treats, click on for some more.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 51
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It took me a while to take Fat Joe seriously, I’d always dismissed his skills on the mic due to the persistent rumours that he didn’t write his own music, says the N word a lot despite being white/latino and the fact that he’s fat. That all changed when I heard his track ‘My Lifestyle’, this is a track that took my attention immediately with the beat blasting out of my speakers, with a chorus that is just as good. He could be spitting the worst lyrics in the world and it wouldn’t even matter on this track. What I have for you today is the remix to this featuring a much welcomed verse from notorious feature-killer, Jadakiss, as well as former Fat Joe affiliate, Remy Ma. Download this for yourself below and give your ears a dosage of classic mainstream hip hop.
Fat Joe – My Lifestyle ft. Jadakiss & Remy Ma
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Complex, Vitamin Water and Don Cannon have hooked up for a three-track mixtape, each based on a city that LeBron James could be headed for when he decides the next phase of his career in July. Each track tries to convince him to head to that particular city, and will certainly make for interesting listening for both hip-hop and NBA fans. Some pretty big name artists involved too, so click on below to grab it/preview the tracks.
The Choice Is Yours Mixtape
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This would be the much-anticipated official remix to Banks’ massive hit. I have to say that whilst I didn’t mind the original, this version is probably better.
The beat has been changed a little, which could have been terrible given how good the original beat was, but it definitely improves the track and it’s a rare case where ‘fixing what ain’t broke’ works. The guest spots are all decent, with Ludacris definitely bringing his A-game, and The-Dream coming through nicely. Banks’ does a good job too, and does Jada. Never really been big on Gotti. Definitely one to check out.
Lloyd Banks-Beamer, Benz or Bentley (Official Remix) ft. Ludacris, The-Dream, Jadakiss and Yo Gotti
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Yeah, I told you there was more to come from The Game. Here is the latest leak from his upcoming mixtape The Red Room (due to drop by monday at the latest according to the man himself). Go grab this by clicking below.
The Game – Gangs In New York ft. Jadakiss & Jim Jones
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Another regularly-sized episode, which pleases me greatly. Good R&B (and some non R&B…) in here as ever, with plenty of big names sitting alongside some of our favourite newcomers such as Brutha and Bruno Mars. Click on for your weekly R&B allowance.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 44
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Just spotted this in my inbox, and expect there will be fans. From his upcoming mixtape, hopefully ‘Kiss will bring some nice rhymes to this one.
Jadakiss-All Falls Down ft. TL Cross
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Red’s track is steadily gaining some serious momentum, and these two remixes will certainly help that. The first has Ryan Leslie on the hook, with additions from Claudette Ortiz and Lloyd Banks. The second features hip-hop vetereans The LOX. Both are worth checking out for sure. Love this beat the more I hear it, and I’m not irritated by the Jay-Z sample for a change. Original can be viewed/accquired here.
Red Cafe-I’m Ill Remix ft. Ryan Leslie, Lloyd Banks and Claudette Ortiz
Red Cafe-I’m Ill Remix ft. The LOX (Styles P, Sheek Louch and Jadakiss)
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Mixture of tracks this week, with a couple of new artists (to this site at least) making appearances. As well as them, there’s big names such as Lloyd (with an official remix of Bedrock), J.Lo and more.
Click below for your weekly R&B fix.
→ Continue Reading R&B Fridays: Episode 34
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Chester French drop a video for the Diddy/Jadakiss/Clinton Sparks-assisted track from their debut album. Loads of cameos in this one too, see if you can spot them all!
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A few new tracks after the click from the last day or two, some of which are pretty good Most of it is made up of remixes, and a whole host of well-known artists are involved, so be sure to keep reading.
→ Continue Reading A Bunch of New Sh*t
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Who the hell is Bonecrusher!? I hear you ask. Well I can’t really answer that one for you except for that he had a ‘one hit wonder’ with the track Never Scared.
This week’s track is the remix to that with feature heavy hitters, Jadakiss, Cam’ron and Busta Rhymes jumping on it.
I’ve been in the mood today for tracks that hype me up and this post reflects that!
Don’t forget to get the audio below, which is an extended version of the track you hear in the video.
Never Scared ft. Cam’ron, Jadakiss & Busta Rhymes
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