Friday Night Lights (Out)

The internets were all sorts of buzzin' today about this clip of blog-whore Charles Hamilton gettin a knuckle sandwich from his ex-girl/jumpoff/manager/whatever she may be. Sonic got a lil' too personal for shorty's liking, so she jabbed his jaw pretty heathily. I don't blame her - I'd wanna punch anyone wearing a stuffed Pink Panther on his forearm, too.

Even though I do enjoy some of his music, this goes beyond that - I don't condone airing people's personal business out like that. I think she has every right to rock his grill, dude seems like a straight asshole to shorty when he thinks he's funny, but he ain't. Plus, it makes for some of the best Twitter chatter in a minute.

Got some new music, course. Three new Eminem freestyles with Tim Westwood showin' he still has some skills, two new Wale tracks (one with a host of MCs and the other an unfinished album track) and the official "All The Above" reeeemix equipped with a revamped Just Blaze instrumental.

Throw in the full demo to Madonna & Weezy's collabo (that's growing on me, listen by listen), and tracks from T.I., Donny Goines, Nore featuring DJ Webstar, Torae & Marco Polo, & U-N-I and we've got ourselves a full Friday night.

Shouts to LowKey, Shake & Mike for the heads up on the Em frees, Necole Bitchie for the hilarious Sonic footage, and a gang of others for the random tracks, Enjoy!

Donny Goines ft. Che Grand & Izza Kizza - She Likes

Eminem - Alchemist Freestyle

Eminem - Chonkyfire Freestyle ft. Mr. Porter

Eminem - Respect My Conglomerate Freestyle ft. Mr. Porter

Madonna - Revolver ft. Lil' Wayne [Demo Version]

Maino ft. Young Jeezy & T-Pain - All The Above (Remix) prod. Just Blaze

NORE ft. DJ Webstar - So Hot

Torae & Marco Polo ft. Sean P & Masta Ace - Hold Up

T.I. - Hell Of A Night (DJ)

U-N-I - Land of the King

Wale ft. Peedi Crakk, Young Chris, Black Thought & Tuphace - Hot Shyt

Wale - Magic (Unfinished) prod. Best Kept Secret

Congratulations

Congratulations - Drake

(Final Track on the CD Version of So Far Gone, a.k.a. the second best song next to "November 18th")

Uh..

Black hearts on my cardigan

At the crib telling ya girl that we should order in

And tell G to put his feet up on the ottoman

We just up against a buncha rappers I go harder than

Damn, I’m so catching and smarter than

A lotta these niggas, swear the coaches brought the starter in

Yeah, and I’m the type to tell ya daughter things

I flow high, don’t try and cut my water wiiings

I’m still myself

Suicide bars, I kill myself

Charge it to the game, I bill myself

And I don’t feel y’all but I feel myself

And to dough, tell ‘em I deserve a mazel tov

I’m rappin like a shepherd with the muzzle off

I’m next to blow, pause

And I can’t hear the critics talkin over the applause

Yeah, I try to tell ‘em Future let ‘em know

Send the haters all my love, X and O

I got a black box where suggestions go

But I don’t really give a fuck, it’s probably best you know

My reality is brighter than your dreams are

I got ya dream girl ridin in ya dream car

Yeah, and the visual is stunning

I hope they document what I’m becoming

Congratulations…

So what, you want an award or somethin?

I’m at the private airport, bored or somethin

I see nothing from afar but I’m far from nothin

Put on your poker face, I pull your card if ya bluffinnn

But I ain’t with the hard talk

I got a monopoly, catch me on my boardwalk

Like I said, we pull your card and find out you’re a Hallmark

Just know I’m breakin world records, no false start

I don’t see your point unless it’s gunpoint or somethin

My deal like Weezy first week, 1-point somethin

And my verse’s getting stupider

Wayne, if you’re on Mars, can you pick me up from Jupiterrr?

Phone blowin up so I’m cutting off my cellular

I’m a super star, know they’re on to my nebula

I will break a leg, break a arm and a fibula

When I break it down

When I, When I break it dooowwnnn

I hug and kiss the drum kick

I put the beat in my back pocket and just sit

But, you could never beat my ass, pause

Again damage y’all, again

Y’all, pretend that we all some men that get it on

And in,

I die before I lose ‘cause I was born

To win,

If he don’t fuck with y’all, then don’t bother him

And yes I fucked this game, but I won’t fall to them

It’s like, these days man I’m booked and I’m busy

Dad named me Drake, Foots named me Drizzy

They tried to tell me I’d be nothing like a protégé

But if you watched the VMA’s there’s nothing more to saaay

I got the key to happiness and all the copies

Remember this day like you bought a poppy

And damn, how I get so nice?

I just spent it all once, bout to get rich twice

Surprise party bitch, now it’s on and poppin

I always chose dough like it’s my only option

..‘Cause money always knows best

Chain-snatch flow, they say “Get it off yo’ chessst”

And I’m what all the fuss about

And if they talking, I bet I’m what they discussion bout

Hit me at the office, same extension

Consider me the reason y’all should pay attention

(Weezy Outro)

It’s Crack..

Hey-yo Drizzy, you shoulda said that on here.

Shoulda been like…

Congratulations… It’s crack!

Tying Up Loose Ends

I got some time this morning to lay down some quality music and videos, so heeere we go..

KANYE WEST "Welcome To Heartbreak" Directed by Nabil from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.

Up first is a vid for "Welcome to Heartbreak" a.k.a. the best song off 808's and HeartBreak. I know that's not saying much. But director Nabil, the mind behind the fly animated "Champion" vid, did his thing with the colors and transitions on this one for Kanye and CuDi.

B.o.B - "Generation Lost"

The second is another vid, this time for B.o.B's "Generation Lost," one of the dopest tracks from the ATLien signed to T.I.'s Grand Hustle. I presume this is off his debut LP The Adventures of B.o.B. but we'll know for sure when we get the track list. Check it out, it's a pretty simple video. It doesn't matter, the music is powerful enough.

Also finished up Padded Room, and wow. I don't wanna give a rating or anything yet but I'm thoroughly impressed.

Of course, I spotted some newness during my frequent Google Reader browsing. Here's new ish from Jadakiss, Joe Budden, B.o.B., Joell Ortiz, Lil' Wayne & Juelz, Nottz featuring Kardinal Offishall & Cory Gunz, Saigon, Mos Def, Talib Kweli CDQ, Termanology and Skyzoo from that GTA Lost & Damned, Outasight, and Last Emperor (where's he been??).

Good looks to TSS, RapDirt, Ivan, and the usual suspects for the muzak, Enjoy!

Links in the CBox --->

Jadakiss - Magic City (Rumors of a remix with Cam, Weezy, Diddy and more in the works)

Joe Budden - In My Sleep

Joe Budden - Get It In Freestyle

Talib Kweli - My Favorite Song (CDQ)

B.o.B. - Don't Break My Heart

Joel Ortiz - Bout My Money

Lil' Wayne ft. Juelz Santana & Starr - Rockstar

Nottz - Can't Hide The Truth ft. Kardinal Offishall & Cory Gunz

DJ Deckstream ft. Mos Def - Life Is Good

Saigon - Spit (Radio Rip)

Termanology - Here in Liberty City

Skyzoo - The Chase Is On

Outasight - Exclusive prod. Oddisee

Last Emperor - Gangster Groove

And The Grammy Goes To..

With the Grammy's starting within minutes, I'll give my choices for the ones I'm looking forward to. Then, I'll predict which ones are most likely to win.

Keep in mind, Weezy won 3 already. One for Best Rap Solo for "A Millie," one for best Rap Song "Lollipop" and Best Rap Duo/Group for "Swagga Like Us" as did T.I., Kanye and Jay-Z.

Plus, Ne-Yo scooped one for Best R&B song "Miss Independent."

And my boy 'Yeezy got his second with Estelle for Best Rap/Sung Performance for "American Boy."

The question is.. Who will win Best Rap Album?

What do y'all think?

Readyyy?

Go.

Best Rap Album
My Choice: Nas - Untitled
Most Likely to Win: Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III
Winner: Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III

Record of the Year
My Choice: Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Most Likely to Win: M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Winner: Robert Plan & Alison Krauss - Please Read The Letter

Album of the Year
My Choice: Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III
Most Likely to Win: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Winner: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

Song of the Year
My Choice: Estelle & Kanye West - American Boy
Most Likely to Win: I think this one's a toss-up, but Estelle & Kanye might have it or Adele with "Chasing Pavements"
Winner: Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Best New Artist
My Choice: Adele
Most Likely to Win: Jonas Brothers (unfortunately)
Winner: Adele

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
My Choice: Ne-Yo - Closer
Most Likely to Win: Kid Rock - All Summer Long (lame-ass Grammy's love a comeback)
Winner: John Mayer - Say

Best Pop Collab
My Choice: Jordin Sparks & Chris Breezy - No Air
Most Likely to Win: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Rich Woman (yuck)
Winner: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Rich Woman

Best R&B Album
My Choice: Al Green - Lay It Down
Most Likely to Win: Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
Winner: Jennifer Hudson

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
My Choice: Pat Metheny - Day Trip
Most Likely to Win: Brad Mehldau Trio - Live
Winner: Chick Corea & Gary Burton - The New Crystal Science

Grammy Posters

Don't know how much y'all really care, I'm just really feelin these posters right here of Kanye, Rihanna, and of course the Martian.

The 51st Grammy's are next Sunday and will feature the first live performance of "Swagga Like Us" plus performances by Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Paul McCartney, and the luckiest man alive Justin Timberlake (if you don't know why, ya don't know me) among others.

You can check the full nominee list here. I'm pullin for Coldplay for Record of the Year, Weezy for Album of the Year, "Viva La Vida" for Song of the Year, "A Milli" for Best Rap Solo, "Royal Flush" for Rap Group Performance (Even tho "Swagga" is guaranteed to win), "Superstar" for Collab AND Best Rap Song, Nas for Best Rap Album, John McLaughlin for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Pat Metheny for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, and Brad Mehldau Trio for Best Jazz Instumental Album.

Shouts to Nigel D for the posters, Enjoy!

Multiple Remixes

Girl I wanna hit that more than I wanna hit the lotto
-Juelz

Ohhh man, what a way to end the work day and head into the best day of the week.

Not only did Q-Tip recruit Busta Rhymes, Raekwon and Lil' Wayne for a remix to his banger "Renaissance Rap," but The-Dream scooped Officer Ross, Juelz Santana, and Ludacris to add to the original remix to "Rockin' That Shit" with Fabolous.


Links in the Cbox ---->

Get your ride on to these two, props to Splash and Eskay for the heat, Enjoy!

Back To Work

It never stops, so just keep on going.


I took part of the weekend off to study and relax, but I'm back at it Monday morning style. Let's recap some of the ish that went down during my brief hiatus.


Lil' Wayne will release his rock album Rebirth on April 7 and the first single "Prom Queen" produced by Tha Bizness leaked on Saturday. Even though I saw this coming once the Martian started to strum the guitar strings, I didn't expect him to put out an entire album of rock music. Since I'm open-minded, I'll give it an honest listen. And honestly, Weezy sounds awkward on this joint. I'm looking forward to see if he is capable of living up to the rock star persona he so often claims.








Now on to an album I'm actually looking forward to. A second cover and official track list for Jadakiss' upcoming LP The Last Kiss leaked courtesy of them NMC boys. 'Kiss is set to drop his 3rd album in early March.

1. Pain & Torture
2. Something Else ft. Young Jeezy
3. Things I’ve Been Through
4. Can’t Stop Me
5. Money and Jewelry
6. Smoking Gun ft. Jazmine Sullivan
7. Times Up ft. Barrington Levy
8. I Tried ft. Avery Storm
9. Searching ft. Sheek Louch
10. Two-Step ft. Pharrell Williams
11. Come and Get Me ft. Sheek Louch & S.I.
12. By My Side ft. Ne-Yo
13. Death Wish ft. Lil Wayne
14. Letter to B.I.G. ft. Faith Evans







And finally we've got music from the homie Wale, who recently came out of Twitteretirement after he and DJ Semtex had a little Twitter scuffle. This here is the DC native's remix to Euro group H.I.G. single "Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes."




Check the Cbox to the right for links to Wayne's "Prom Queen" and Wale's Euro remix, Enjoy!

Just One Of Those Days

Sup all. I'd love to say Happy Friday but mine has been anything but. You ever get that feeling that as soon as your day is started, you feel like it's not your day at all?

After two accidents caused bumper-to-bumper traffic driving to work that impeded me from my daily Dunkin Donuts ritual, I rolled up to the office about a half hour late. I'm not focused here at work, I've got a bunch of projects but can't get my mind right. Plus, a couple of my co-workers are getting on my nerves. Just let me be, damn it.

The only thing I've got goin for me is that it's Friday and the weekend is almost here. That reminds me, I'm hoping to see Mos Def at one of his 6 shows at the Blue Note NYC this weekend. Also, I peeped this flyer up top at Notes from a Different Kitchen for a Bob Marley celebration at the Blender Theater at Gramercy on what would be his born day February 6th. All true reggae heads would appreciate this show.

Oh, and this is my 300th post, it's a celebration bitches. I haven't hooked up new tracks in a lil bit, so here's a couple. Hopefully they'll help you have a better day than me, Enjoy!

Links in Cbox --->

Joell Ortiz ft. Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9 & Crooked I - Move On (Slaughterhouse Remix) [Heard the show was dope last night at SOB's, good ish]

Bobby Valentino ft. Ludacris, Lil' Kim & Lil' Wayne - Beep (Official Remix)

Solange ft. B.O.B. - I Decide Remix

T.I. ft. Snoop Dogg & Wyclef - Holla If You Hear Me

Beyonce ft. Ciara & Ms. Jade - Diva Remix

Little Bit of Hip, Little Bit of Hop..

What up mid-day Monday! I'm back in the grind mode at work but I'm taking some time off to bless my loyal readers with some info on upcoming NYC events and some new tracks I'm feelin.

Producer and MC 88-Keys will be hosting a special performance and signing autographs at Fat Beats NYC this Thursday, the 15th. If you haven't already, you'll have the chance to cop that Death Of Adam LP and maybe even see some special guests swing thru. Good looks to Deadly Melody for the info, check the flyer up top for details.

A little further down the road on Thursday the 22nd, Jersey rep Joe Budden is performing at S.O.B.'s with the Slaughterhouse crew - Royce Da 5'9, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz. Presented by Amalgam Digital, sounds like a real dope line-up - if you want to scoop tix, get 'em right here. Shouts to knobbz at Metal Lungies for the heads up.

Don't forget about those Mos Def shows at the Blue Note, he'll be rockin 2 performances a night for 3 nights starting the 23rd.

And now, for your listening pleasure..

50 Cent - Shut Your Bloodclot Mouth prod. DJ Premier (50 is hungry again, and you already know how Primo does)

Blu - Vanity

Ciara ft. Lil' Wayne & Lil' Jon - Roll Call

Kat Deluna ft. Lil' Wayne - Unstoppable

Nas - Fear of Mandango prod. DJ Green Lantern

Nas - Livin' It (Both Nas cuts are unreleased off Untitled)

Young Chris ft. Wale - Searching Remix

So Far Gone

After hearing Drake outshine Wayne at times on Drought Is Over 6 (want proof, you say? listen to "Stuntin'"), I've checked a lot of dude's material and most of it is fire. His lyrics are real crisp and his wordplay is legit.

..Which is why I was dumb excited when Drizzy posted this weekend on October's Very Own:

"And so it begins...

This is the first piece of artwork for So Far Gone, my next OFFICIAL mixtape which is coming out in the next few weeks. The tape is a conceptual journey of my life since January 2008 and its my way of telling the stories that people want to hear in a more entertaining fashion. This particular piece is done by Oliver's boy Darkie and it's an adaptation of a classic cover from the international affairs magazine "The Economist"."

Check the creative cover up top - I'll definitely keep my ear to the street for this one, Stay up!

What A Great Feeling

[yea, not gonna get the rest of the government, sorry y'all]

.. After years of bustin' my ass day-in and day-out trying to excel in my classes, I feel pretty damn great right about now. This right here is the culmination of arguably the best 4-years I'll ever experience, so I feel a certain type of way looking at this.. piece of paper.

Anyone that already has or is working for a degree knows what it takes to successfully complete those credits - caffeine-aided, sleep-deprived nights of papers and exams studying and online exams and homework and studyingand online homework (did I mention studying?) and a whole lot of motivation.

Don't get me wrong, I partied with the best of 'em in Scarlet Knight country. Words can't describe my life as a college kid, I'll let the memory tell it. But all that work, in the library and on the alchy, finally paid off for this moment - I gotta cherish this shit.

You thought I'd forget about you? Quit buggin, I gotcha some gems from Wale & Brother Ali, Ghostface featuring Raekwon and Malice, and Cassidy & Lil' Weezy, & Swizzy and Wayne to help me party to tonight.. It's a celebration bitches!

Like always, muchas gracias to Rizoh, Heather and Eskay, Enjoy!

Wale & Brother Ali - 2nd Time Around

Ghostface ft. Raekwon & Malice - Kilo (Remix) [the orig is a straight banger off Ghost's '06 LP Fishscale]

Cassidy ft. Lil' Wayne - Get More Money

Swizz Beatz ft. Lil' Wayne - Up In This Club

Doin' A Buck Down Memory Lane..

When I was back to the future, Star Trek
Exit memory lane now where can I park at?

.. Why can't Wayne always be this serious? Weezy F gets into the beat from the underrated Mary J Blige joint "I Love You," freestyling his lean-sippin' ass off about a love lost (LOL!) and other random streams-of-consciousness.

Much thanks again to the good people at TSS, Enjoy!

Edit: My bad, didn't realize this is just a sample from Mary J's joint with Keyshia Cole on the hook, I knew those drums sounded different!

Lil' Wayne - Freestyle (I Love You)

Get, get it ------>

Grammy Family

.. Found this list of the most important Grammy nominations over on Eskay's blog - Lil' Wayne leads all artists with 8 nominations, Coldplay has 7, and Jay-Z & Kanye West each have 6.

I couldn't find the date for when the 51st Grammy award show airs, does anyone know?

Who do I think should win? Check the categories below and the ones in bold are my choices, Enjoy!

Album of the Year
Coldplay, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Big Boi (featuring Raekwon and Andrew 3000), “Royal Flush”
Jay-Z and T.I. (featuring Lil Wayne and Kanye West), “Swagger Like Us”
Lil Wayne (featuring Jay-Z), “Mr. Carter”
Ludacris (featuring T.I.), “Wish You Would”
Young Jeezy (featuring Kanye West), “Put On”

Record of the Year
Adele, “Chasing Pavements”
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”
Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”
**M.I.A., “Paper Planes”
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Please Read the Letter”

Song of the Year
Estelle (featuring Kanye West), “American Boy”
Adele, “Chasing Pavements”
Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours”
Sara Bareilles, “Love Song”
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”
The Eagles, “Waiting in the Weeds”
Gnarls Barkley, “Going On”
Maroon 5, “Won’t Go Home Without You”
OneRepublic, “Apologize”

Best Rap Album
Jay-Z, American Gangster
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Lupe Fiasco, The Cool
Nas, Untitled
T.I. Paper Trail

(The toughest one to choose,why does it seem like AG came out ages ago? Hmmm)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
Nigel Godrich
Johnny Karkazis
Rick Rubin
Will.I.Am

Best Alternative Music Album
Beck, Modern Guilt
Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Best Rap Solo Performance
Jay-Z, “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is … )”
Lil Wayne, “A Milli”
Lupe Fiasco, “Paris, Tokyo”
Nas, “N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave and the Master)”
Snoop Dogg, “Sexual Eruption”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Estelle (featuring Kanye West), “American Boy”
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain), “Low”
John Legend & Andre 3000, “Green Light”
Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain, “Got Money”
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos), “Superstar”

Best Rap Song
Lil Wayne, “Lollipop”
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain), “Low”
Snoop Dogg, “Sexual Eruption”
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos), “Superstar”
Jay-Z & T.I. (featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne), “Swagger Like Us”

Friday Randomness

I know it ain't the Matrix but I'm feelin' like the one right now

.. It feels great to be off of work early, I had to go in early but I'm out now and it's glorious!

I'm not feeling that holiday hangover because I know we've still got maaad food left and today I started my shopping for Christmas - online, of course, there's too many idiots out today. Now that I'm getting my money up it feels good to buy the right things rather than piecing gifts together like I did throughout college.

Don't think I forgot about y'all, my loyal readers - I've got some jams that'll start your weekend off right. First, The Drought Is Over 6 leaked on Thanksgiving and Wayne's got some serious heat on it - I've upped a couple of my favorite songs.

I also got my hands on an "Arab Money" remix featuring Everyone, a Jadakiss exclusive with Weezy from DJ Plus' Expensive Taste, and a Common track apparently from Universal Mind Control featuring a hook by the off-the-wall Cee-Lo Green.

You know the deal, the new rules are in place - Uppin' my links in the Cbox on the right. Shouts to Shake & Meka and Obese, Enjoy!

Lil' Wayne - I Feel Me

Lil' Wayne - Forever ft. Chris Brown

Lil' Wayne - Louisianimal ft. Lil' Boosie

Busta Rhymes - Arab Money (Remix) ft. Diddy, Swizz Beatz, Ron Browz, Akon, T-Pain, & Lil' Wayne

Jadakiss ft. Lil' Wayne - Death Wish

Common ft. Cee-Lo Green - Make My Day

Oh What A Feeling, I'm Feeling Life

It's a celebration bitches!

Even though this is the umpteenth American Gangster remix album, the concept intrigued me enough to give a least one listen. I'm happy I did, because I was pleasantly surprised by the effort here.

Production team The Engineerz (I'm actually 100% this is them thanks to an e-mail, also check MySpace) reinterprets two of Jay-Z's works by utilizing specific vocals from AG and the samples from Reasonable Doubt. The best part about it is they didn't just jack the beats from Jigga's '96 classic but rather flipped the samples, creating brand-new instrumentals that still capture the disc's essence.

Gracias to the uparalled hip-blogger Ivan of Hip Hop Is Read who even compiled the samples for both LP's (WOW!). I've linked my favs down bottom and you can find the full-length at Ivan's blog, Enjoy!

Download Jay-Z's Reasonable Gangster mixed by The Engineerz

Track List:

1. No Hookz
2. Dreaming Again
3. Roc Boyz Return
4. Brooklyn 3.0 ft. Lil' Wayne (Producers absolutely killed this rendition of "Brooklyn's Finest"!..)
5. Too Ignorant ft. Beanie Sigel
6. Falling '09 (..And again with the piano riff from "Dead Presidents")
7. New Magic
8. More Success ft. Nas
9. Party Feeling
10. So Sweet

Quien Es Numero Uno?

Weezy just let 'em, just let 'em die
I got all the answers so they call me 'when, why,
What, where, who'
You think you fly?
I'm up there too

I'm an animal hear me growl
You against me is like man versus wild
Me against you is like man versus child
Heh... And I am the man!

.. Y'all probably think I'm slipping with all these distractions rocking heavy lately, but don't fret - your boy is still out here grinding.

Amidst the mayhem, the rockstar-goofball-entertainer-rapper Dwayne Carter is puttin' out some worthwhile material. Two of is latest three come off The Drought Is Over Part 6 I believe, dropping soon - "Best Thing Yet" showcases the Martian's virtuoso swagger over one of the hottest samples I've heard in a while and "Different Girls" with Nu Jerzey Devil bumps indefinitely for the players.

And lastly, Jersey (stand up!!) rep Just Blaze infuses a distortion-heavy and 808-thumpin' R&b instrumental for Jamie Foxx and Wayne to strut on the ultra catchy "Number 1 (Get Dumb)."

Dopeness compliments of eskay, Obese and KSY Music, Enjoy!

Lil' Wayne - Best Thing Yet

Nu Jerzey Devil ft. Lil' Wayne - Different Girl

Jamie Foxx ft. Lil' Wayne - Number 1 (Get Dumb) prod. Just Blaaaaze!

I Just Wanna Be

The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun
Where drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones
Walk like warriors, we were never told to run
Explore the world to return to where my soul begun
Never lookin' back or too far in front of me
The present is a gift and I just wanna be

.. Sorry for the hiatus y'all, I had a ton of work piled up today, took longer than usual at the gym and watched my usual Thursday NBC line-up (Office & 30 Rock!). But don't fret, we back.

Upon my return to the blogosphere, I made some ill discoveries. Apparently Kanyeez wants to try his hand at designing ish (Good looks Heather), Dedication 3 is hitting the 'net any second (Video compliments of the homie eskay), and someone leaked the (supposedly) original version to the title track of 2005's BE.

I dunno, I still believe the LP version was a classic intro track, so I posted those lyrics instead 'cause I make the rules 'round these parts.

Plus, how could you disagree? You can't really top lines like "I wanna be as free as the spirits of those who left/ I'm talkin Malcom, Martin, my man Yusef/ Through death through conception/ New breath and resurrection/ For moms, new steps in the direction" and "Waitin' for the Lord to rise/ I look into my daughters eyes/ And realize I'ma learn through her/ The messiah might even return thru her/ If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world thru her."

I'll let you decide, but Comm obviously stays true to form and rips infintely on both. Spread love, Enjoy!

Common - Be (Possibly the Original Version)

Common - Be (The LP Version)

Words Can't Describe..

.. History was made last night, Sorry for the lack of pictures but you'll just have to visualize what 15,000 strong felt like cheering on D-Block, Ne-Yo (with guests Plies and Fabolous!), Weezy and finally Jay-Z (with special guest Beyonce!).

Edit: Here's a nice 6 minute video clip, good looks RealTalkNY.. Enjoy!



'Til next time..

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Power 105.1 presents Powerhouse, Tuesday, 7:30 in the heart of north Jersey. This here is history in the making, I should have some pics later in the week.. Stay tuned!

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