Never Sleep..

.. Cause sleep is the cousin of death.
-Nasir

Since apparently I'm an insomniac tonight, I've got nothin better to do than bless my loyal readers with some late-night music. Works out well for you, huh?

A couple announcement's first, ahem:

Drake drops So Far So Gone this Thursday, he leaked track with (who else?) Weezy F called "Ignorant Shit" over the instrumental from Jigga's American Gangster. If you ain't excited for Drizzy's third mixtape, shame on you. Peep October's Very Own for details and track list.

It looks like Raekwon means business this time about OB4CL II 'cause he's back on the map, first ripping thru 2 new joints - "Realer" with Maino and a remix to Serani's reggae riddim "No Games." Not that I predict these two will be on the album, but at least Rae's rhyming consistently again. Will 2009 be the year of the Linx? Only time will tell.

Finally, the good homie Hurricane Ivan hooked up this unreleased Tupac collabo with the Boot Camp Clik called "Initiated." Here, Tek n Steele and Buckshot flip verses alongside an older a capella from the Left Coast legend. Since Suge had him in the studio so damn much, I got a feeling Pac's got a lot more material for us to hear even after his death (R.I.P.), so I'm always open to new ish. Shit, new to my ears at least.

Other than that, we got new ones from 6th Sense & Outasight, Wale featuring Tre and Young Chris, Slim Thugga, Blu, Playboy Tre and B.o.B., and a fresh Green Lantern remix to Jadakiss' "Letter to Big." Oh, and that video up top is for Asher Roth's "I Love College" courtesy of OnSmash because I loved college, too.

Big ups to the usual suspects - Shake, Ivan, Eskay, KSY and Splash - plus October's Very Own for the Drizzy tape info, Enjoy!

Drake ft. Lil' Wayne - Ignorant Shit

Raekwon ft. Maino - Realer

Senari ft. Raekwon - No Games Remix

Tupac ft. Boot Camp Clik - Initiated

Outasight ft. 6th Sense - Rehearsal Tape

Wale ft. Tre & Young Chris - Nightlife

Slim Thug - Show Me Love

Blu - Amnesia

Playboy Tre ft. B.o.B. - We Are The Robots

Jadakiss - Letter to B.I.G. (Green Mix)

Celebrate Good Times

C'mon!

I feel like celebrating heavy right now, mad relieved after my iTunes gave me a scare. Well, I might have deserved it 'cause I apparently deleted an integral file for the program to function properly when I was deleting files off my comp's HD, so I had to reinstall it.

I thought I'd have to reload my library, which wouldn't be THAT bad because I'd be able to reorganize my digital crates, but it's a total pain in the ass. I'm not sayin I have the largest collection by any means - I'm positive the homies Ivan, Eskay, Dart, YN and various others has a comparable if not bigger one (no Ellen Degeneres) - but a little under 30,000 is a bitch to organize.

But alas, my library was salvaged. Praise the Lord, or whoever you choose to worship.

In light of this wonderful moment, I'ma share some new tracks and old gems with y'all. Let's celebrate, Enjoy!

Links over thurr --->

Young Chris ft. Wale & Bun B - "Searching" (Newest track on the list)

Justin Timberlake - "Better Not Together" prod. Timbaland (Relatively new).

Yves La Rock - Rise Up CDS (Definitely not new, dropped '07, but one of the most unique songs I've ever heard, on a reggae/dance tip with excellent vocals)

Horace Silver - Song For My Father (Way old, ill jazz)

The-Dream ft. Lil' Jon - "Let Me See The Booty" (New new, a guilty pleasure right chyea.)
B.o.B. - 12th Dimension EP (Not new)

Little Brother - The Chittlin Circuit 1.5 (If you ain't heard it, don't consider yourself a head.)

Jim Hall & Pat Metheny - Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (Chill jazz, two of the best guitarists. Ever.)

A Tribe Called Quest - Revised Quest For The Seasoned Traveller - Retail - 1992 (Killer Tribe remixes and rarities, a true gem)

And last but certainly not least..

Kool & The Gang - "Celebration" (Big shouts to my homie Ana, the link is coming soon I gotchu !!)

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