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Young C Talks New Album

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:47:00 +0000

April 28th

If you didn't get the hint from records like "Ocean's Seven" and "Live in Effect," State Property have officially reunited. Young Chris of the Young Gunz told us all it took was for everybody to sit down together and air out their differences like grown men.

"We had good conversations," said Chris, who just released a duet with Beanie Sigel called "Rush." "It's all good. I always kept my same relationship with everybody. I never had no problem with nobody. We been together for a little minute now. Dropping records, releasing records on the streets, getting the streets back, letting 'em know we still here. Shout-out to Beans. Everybody is good, though. Everybody is doing their thing."

While Beanie is serving out a small bid for parole violations (he should be home this summer), the rest of the Prop are continuing to work in his absence. Chris is on schedule to drop his long-talked-about solo LP, Now or Never, this year. The youngster maintained that it wasn't difficult making the transition from group member to soloist.

"I been working on the album since the end of '05," he said. "Jay-Z came to me and said, 'Next, your solo album.' So ever since then, I been working on it. Every time I go in the studio, it's three verses and a hook. This has been three years now. I got it down pat now. I feel good. I'm going into it this year. I won't say it was hard. If you look at the timing, it took a little time, but it wasn't hard."

Chris has been working with producers Dre & Vidal, Lil Wayne ("our song is called 'Welcome to Paradise' — welcome to our life behind the rap") and has a song with The-Dream that might be the first single.

There's also a mixtape with DJ Omega and Ahmir called Campaign for Change. That project is the follow-up to previous solo releases The New Crack, Politically Incorrect and Young Chris-Mas.

Lebron - Z

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:25:00 +0000

April 28th

I was planning to write a little response to Mr. James in my c-box who seems to think I have some obligation to him, but now that I'm writing this post I don't care enough for it. I just wanna let you know this; first I know I aint big, I'm a small hiphop and RnB blog that started just two months ago, and second, that thanks to me having more going on in my life than this blog, there'll always be days that I just can't post. If that means you won't visit this blog anymore, so be it.
With that said, I have to announce that tomorrow I'm leaving ya'll again for a short trip that I'll have to take for my work. I hadn't planned this and if it was up to me I wouldn't go but it's not and it's just two days and I'll be back Wednesday night or by Thursday morning. If I don't have access to a computer during the trip Thursday will be the day I'll start posting again and the day from which this blog will be back to normal. I hope ya’ll can understand and continue to support this small blog.

DeShawn Stevenson may have made the biggest mistake of his carreer last month by calling MPV-candidate Lebron James overrated. When LeBron was asked for a response he said that answering him is "like rap icon Jay-Z responding to a one-hit wonder like Soulja Boy." Next thing you know Hova drops in with a freestyle over Too $hort’s Blow the Whistle, dissing DeShawn.

Jay Z - Blow The Whistle NO DJ

showing he got LeBron's back. Today DC rapper Proverb has decided to step into this beef and take a stab at Jay-Z on the behalf of DC & Deshawn Stevenson over Jay-Z's PSA track. This ain't over.

Proverb - PSA Jay-Z diss

For those who haven't been following this,can read more about this in this article in the Washington Post.

What do you think? Should've Hov stayed out of this? Why react to a relatively unknown not rapping basketballplayer that LeBron compared to the Soulja Boy of the game, but let Joey get away with 'Talk To Em'?

Ryan Leslie showing his talent by creating Addiction from scratch

Ryan Leslie playing Lollipop live

Karina Pasian - 'First Love' album EPK

Solange shooting video for 'I Decided'

Consequence, Nelly and Murphy Lee Rap City Freestyle

Ace feat. Rick Ross & T-Pain - Cashflow

Hot Dollar - I Love The Streetz

Five new Curren$y tracks off his upcoming mixtape 'Welcome To The Winnerscircle'. Shouts to C-Mob.
Curren$y - Another Story To Tell
Curren$y - All My Life
Curren$y- The Only Thing
Curren$y- The World Is Yours
Curren$y - Who Styled Ya

Two Cassidy NODJ tracks, shouts to Splash.
Cassidy - All In The Hood
Cassidy - Come On Baby

LL Cool J Ft. Jim Jones, Method Man, KRS-One & Lil Kim - The Five Boroughs
Kidz In The Hall Ft. Bun B & Pusha T & The Cool Kids - Riding Down The Block Remix
Busta Rhymes - Where My Money At(cdq)

Red Cafe - Long Live Sean Bell(Shouts to Splash)
Lil'Kim - Rider Pt.2 freestyle

Nas - War Is Necessary

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:37:00 +0000

April 25th New Nas and Busta tracks from the GTA4 soundtrack.

Nas - War Is Necessary (full)
Busta Rhymes - Where My Money At Shouts to Illroots.

Bonus that has nothing to do with the Nas song: Lil' Mama - On Fire(Bonus)

Def Jam Going Strong

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Rihanna - Take A Bow

'You look so dumb right now'
I said world premiere in my last post, turned out everybody was posting it 10sec later. Mine is better quality though, but it's all good. I'll hit ya with another video before I leave, new Rihanna video of her single 'Take A Bow'. I'm out.

Thats A World Premiere

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:49:00 +0000

April 25th

Ne-Yo - Closer

I haven't posted anything today, got some other things to do, so this may be the last post of the day. With that in mind, why not do something big. This right here is the WORLD PREMIERE off the video off Ne-Yo's new single 'Closer'. "Closer," written by Ne-Yo and produced by Stargate, is the first single from Ne-Yo's upcoming third album, YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN, set to arrive in stores June 24th. It is the follow-up to Because Of You (released May 2007), which received this year's Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album, and In My Own Words (February 2006) -- both of which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

Come With Me

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 +0000

April 24th
Normally I'm posting 3/4 songs whenever a new album comes out that I want to give some promotion. With Bobby Valentino's new album 'Come With Me' I'm just posting two, since there's only five songs and one instrumental on the album. The album was due to release on April 29th, but thanks to the early release you can get the album now here on Itunes.

Bobby Valentino - What's Going On (CDQ)
Bobby Valentino - Another Life(CDQ)

Dave Young - Drinking Smoking

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:43:00 +0000

April 24th

Dave Young has been a songwriter in the industry for a while now, dating back to the early solo albums of Dave Hollister. Mary J. Blige signed him to her record label "Matriarch Records" and now he's getting ready to release an album off his own. The track is called 'Smoking Drinking' and features 50cent. I know I'm a little late with this one, just never got to post it. If you haven't checked it already, make sure you do now.

Dave Young Ft. 50cent - Drinking Smoking

His Myspace: Dave Young

Lil Wayne Scores First Hot 100 Chart-Topper

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:50:00 +0000

April 24th
Rapper Lil Wayne scores his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with "Lollipop," which jumps from No. 2 with the help of 183,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Lil Wayne has made 20 appearances on the Hot 100 since 1999, the majority of which have been via collaborations. As a lead artist, his previous best showing was with "Go D.J.," which peaked at No. 14 in November 2004.

The rapper's highly anticipated new album, "Tha Carter III," has shifted released dates on numerous occasions and is now expected June 10 via Universal.

"Lollipop" flips spots with Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love," which falls from No. 1 despite being the fastest growing track at radio. Jordin Sparks' "No Air" featuring Chris Brown holds at No. 3, while Usher's "Love in This Club" featuring Young Jeezy and Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" hold at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively.

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Karina Pasian - Baby Baby

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:31:00 +0000

April 24th
Every time this 16 year old Def Jam signed artist releases a new song, she convinces me even more of the great talent that she has. Today she released 'Baby Baby' featuring Lil' Mama off her upcoming album 'First Love' that'll drop June 3rd. The video off her first single '16 @ War' will drop next week. For a preview of the album you can click here and for some more songs you should check my previous post.

Karina Pasian Ft. Lil' Mama - Baby Baby

Official Site: MeetKarina.net

Previous: Artist Spotlight : Karina Pasian

The Roots - Rising Up

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:09:00 +0000

April 24th
The Grammy-award winning group from Philadelphia is back with their new album 'Rising Down' following 2006’s Game Theory. I haven't listened to the whole album yet but so far it's hot. The album features guest appearances from Common, Wale to Peedi crack and some production by Dice Raw. 'Rising Down' is coming April 29th and you can pre-order it here. Album cover + complete tracklist after the click.
More...

1. The Pow Wow
2. Rising Down (w/ Mos Def & Styles P)
3. Get Busy (w/ Dice Raw & Peedi Crakk)
4. 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction)
5. Time Up
6. Criminal (w/ Saigon & Truck North)
7. I Will Not Apologize (w/ P.O.R.N. & Dice Raw)
8. I Can’t Help It (w/ Malik B & P.O.R.N.)
9. Singing Man (w/ Truck North & P.O.R.N.)
10. Up There (Unwritten) (w/ Mercedes Martinez)
11. Lost Desire (w/ Talib Kweli & Malik B)
12. The Show (w/ Common)
13. Rising Up (w/ Chrisette Michelle & Wale)
14. Birthday Girl (w/ Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy)

The Roots Ft. Mercedez Mar - Unwritten
The Roots Ft. Saigon, Truck- Criminal
The Roots Ft. Malik- I Can't Help It
The Roots Ft. Common- The Show

Voice Of The Young People

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:08:00 +0000

April 24th
Lil Mama get ready to finnaly release her album on April 29th. The album is called 'VYP: Voice of the Young People' and features production by T-Pain, Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch, & The Runners. Below you can find three tracks of it, you can buy the album here.

Lil Mamma Ft. T-Pain - What It Is
Lil Mamma - Pick It Up
Lil Mamma - Swim

G-Unit, The Game's Delayed Until July

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:08:00 +0000

April 24th
A Soundscan showdown between 50 Cent and his G-Unit collective and Compton rapper The Game will not take place, AllHipHop.com has learned.

Both G-Unit and The Game were scheduled to release their newest albums respectively, on June 24, pitting the two rivals against each other for sales.

50 Cent claimed he was going to push The Game’s third album L.A.X back, so that G-Unit could release their highly anticipated sophomore release Terminate on Sight on June 24.

Representatives for The Game released a statement denying 50 Cent’s claim.

Now both rappers' release dates have been changed by Interscope.

G-Unit’s Terminate on Sight will land in stores on July 1, while The Game’s L.A.X. will follow the next week, hitting the shelves July 8.

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R. Kelly - Hairbraider

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:43:00 +0000

April 23th

R. Kelly - Hairbraider

Love In This Club Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:27:00 +0000

April 23th

So I go away for a couple of hours and look what happens. New Usher track titled "Love In This Club Part II' featuring none other then Queen B and Lil' Wayne.
Shits hot, but I think it would've been better with Ludacris on it. Lil'Wayne actually ruins a part off the track for me with his T-Wayne voice-boxisness, but it's all good. Shouts to Lowkey and Splash. 'Here I Stand' hits stores May 27th and looks to be even better than Confessions, you can pre-order it here. Make sure to get your copy.

Usher Ft. Beyonce & Lil Wayne - Love In This Club Part II

Rising Up

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:59:00 +0000

April 23th

The Roots - Rising Up ft. Wale & Chrisette Michele

I'm doing this song no justice by just posting it without any explanation, header or saying how good it is, but I have no other option. The rest will have to wait till I get the no dj version.

The Roots - Criminal Ft. Saigon and Truck North (very little dj)

Alicia Keys 'Teenage Love Affaire

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:37:00 +0000

April 23th

Alicia Keys - Teenage Love Affair

Money

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:51:00 +0000

April 23th
I'm a little late with this one but that don't mean I shouldn't post it. The new Swizz Beatz artist Money gets on a track with Lil' Wayne. I know most of ya probably gonna click this just because it's saying Weezy's on it, so I guess that $75.000 is some well spent money.

Money Ft. Lil' Wayne - Best Friend

Is That A New Ye

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:52:00 +0000

April 23th

Some early morning visuals.

Kanye and L.A. Reid backstage - New Consequence or Kanye?

Behind the scene of G-Unit - Rider pt.2

Unreleased Jim Jones Ft. Game video

Go Get Em

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:14:00 +0000

Prodigy - Dirty New Yorker

Lunch Ft. Ray J - Get Em Girl

Bonus: 2Pistols Ft Ray J - You Know Me

New Prodigy and Ray J videos and a 2pistol Ft. Ray J track that I couldn't post earlier. Shouts to Splash for showing the Ray J video. I'm out.

Nas Album Delayed

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:35:00 +0000

After having Hip Hop websites and Bloggers, going crazy with his recently leaked single "Be A Ni**er Too" the Queensbridge rapper Nas is reportedly planning to release what may be the most anticipated hip hop album of the year "Ni**er"

Although most media outlets had reported that the album would be released in April, it seems that the controversial album is expected to drop July 1st according to a rep of the rapper. Despite receiving some public scrutiny from political activist, it seems that Nas is contempt with the name of the album and has no plans on changing the title.

Hardcore Nas fans as well as casual Hip Hop fans seem to all be very excited about the release about this album. According to Sohh "In a recent survey, out of 1,899 respondents 85.27% said they were not offended by Nas' decision to name his album N*gger, while only 14.73% of those polled said they were."

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In other news.....

Ja Rule finally set a date to release his album : More...

Ja Rule has kept his face from the spotlight for some time now. Hoping to gain back the fans he may have lost since his last album, Ja Rule explained his rhetoric for The Mirror that is due out soon.
“Right now it’s coming on the 6th of May, crazy, incredible album. I touched it up…A lot of it got leaked so I had to go and do some new things so it’s definitely the revamped ‘Mirror’ so it’s gonna be crazy,” Ja Rule told murderinc-online.com.
No new single has been out since “Uh Oh” featuring Lil’ Wayne, but Ja’s got a track in mind that might show a different side of him.
“I want to put ‘Father Forgive Me’ out as a single, I think I want to do a real dark video, real series, real fresh, real fly, something that y’all really aren’t used to seeing or haven’t seen before, so yeah I think I’m going to do that.”

When asked about a collaboration between the “old” crew, Ja Rule sees the glass half empty but kept the door open.
“I doubt it, we’re all in different places of our lives, you know me and X (DMX), we have our differences but I have no hard feelings towards X, I still got love for X. If X was to reach out and ‘Holla’ at me I’d reach out my hand and ‘Holla’ back. Jay, me and Jay are good we cool, we speak. It’s just that we’re all doing different things in our lives right now.”
The Mirror is set to be released May 6th.

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..and 50ty reacts to Young Bucks 'My Interview' joint: More...

'I blame myself for overextending myself,' Fif says of the rift between Buck and G-Unit.

50 Cent is no psychic. He just knows his friends — those close to him and estranged.

"I knew he was gonna do that," 50 reiterated on Sunday on the Brooklyn set of the G-Unit's videos for "I Like the Way She Do It" and "Rider Pt. 2."

"Well, Buck, he doesn't think very clear," Fif added. "He has things to help him not think clear — not using a sober mind when you're doing things. I knew he would do that first, because he felt if he mentioned the things that people said he did in a song, it would defuse [perceptions of him]. He said, 'Yeah, I sip syrup. Yeah, I did this. I did things wrong.' If you say it in the music, [the fans] can accept it, because they had stars prior to this use drugs. They don't have a problem with Amy Winehouse. There is a lot of other rock stars who use drugs and sh-- like that. I don't see how they would feel that that's unacceptable. Some of their favorite rappers are sipping syrup. Me, personally, I don't do it. I'm getting high off the situation of accomplishing my goals.

ByeBye

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:37:00 +0000

April 22nd
Jay-Z jumps on Mariah Carey's 2nd single 'ByeBye'. I hope this will become the version that they'll put out as the 2nd single. Mariah's album E=MC2 is in stores now, you can get it here. Shouts to Splash and LowKey for this one.

Mariah Carey Ft Jay-Z - Bye Bye Remix

Labels Or Love

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:20:00 +0000

April 22nd

New Fergie single 'Labels Or Love' off the 'Sex In The City' soundtrack. Track is produced by Salaam Rabi. To be honest I don't know how new this is , I couldn't find it with Google so I think it's new. Haven't even gotten a chance to listen to it yet, since I have no speakers at work so ya'll just have to check it for me. Let me know.

Fergie - Labels or Love

Customer Remix

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:12:00 +0000

R.Kelly hooks up with Raheem DeVaugh to remix his song 'Customer'. Original track is off Raheem DeVaughs album 'The Love Behind The Melody' that was released in january. You can get the full album here. Look out for R.Kelly's new album this summer. Shouts to LowKey for the track. I'm out.

Raheem DeVaughn Ft. R.Kelly - Customer(Remix)

Self Construction'08

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:08:00 +0000

April 23th
Posted a snipped of this song a long long long time ago. Thought it would've leaked sooner. This is the short version, full version is going to feature a lot more mc's, but we'll have to wait a bit longer for that.

KRS-One Ft. Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, David Banner, Redman, Method Man, The Game, Ne-Yo and Nelly - Self Construction'08

Lavish

noreply@blogger.com (iii) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:08:00 +0000

April 23th

Metro Ft. Bobby Valentino - Lavish

Here's the new video of Metro's new single 'Lavish' featuring Bobby Valentino. The single is featured on Metro's album "Prophet vs. Playboy" that's set to release May 20 and will feature artists Bobby Valentino, Young Buck, E-40, and Jimmie Reign and production by Sha Money XL, Tha Bizness, and Key Kat. The video filmed in Malibu, California, was directed by Dr. Teeth.