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j. cole - lights, please
9.28.2009 @ 11:55 PM



J. Cole released his second offical mixtape, The Warm Up on June, 15, 2009. After hearing that mixtape Jay-Z signed J. Cole to become the first artist to be signed to his new label Roc Nation. The song that caught Jay's ear was Lights, Please. He also appeared on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint 3 on a track titled "A Star Is Born". And he will be opening on Jay's tour. He will be in Toronto, October 31st, 2009, and incredibly enough, we will literally have the chance to be 'witnesses' to a star being born. Dope!

Listen: J. Cole - Lights, Please


Listen: Jay-Z feat. J. Cole - Star Is Born

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david guetta feat. akon - sexy bitch (video)
9.24.2009 @ 6:44 PM

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drake feat. kanye west, lil' wayne & eminem - forever (video)
9.22.2009 @ 9:51 PM

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amerie - pretty brown eyes & why u r [remix] (audio)
9.17.2009 @ 12:42 AM



STOP LOOKING @ MY WIFEY LIKE THAT!. Thanks!

Here's a couple track's off Ms. Amerie's (에므리 pronounced Eh Muh Ree) next studio album through her imprint Feenix Rising Entertainment, a division of Island Def Jam Music Group. Scheduled released date is November 3rd, 2009. Please support cause I'm needing mommy to pay the bills! lol.

Listen: Amerie feat. Trey Songz - Pretty Brown Eyes (audio)


Listen: Amerie feat. Nas, Jadakiss, Rick Ross & Cain - Why R U [remix]

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the making of the blueprint 3's artwork
9.15.2009 @ 11:21 PM

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alicia keys - doesn't mean anything (audio)
@ 6:19 PM



Rumored 1st single off my wifey's next album, which is yet to be titled, and yet to have a release date. Enjoy bitches!

Listen: Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything


Also in case you missed it an incredible performance by Ms. Key's and HOV @ the VMA's 2009.

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kanye west & lady gaga - fame kills tour
@ 5:18 PM



“Fame Kills Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga”

Nov. 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
Nov. 11 – San Diego, CA @ Vegas Arena
Nov. 13 – Las Vegas, NV @ Madalay Bay Events Center
Nov. 15 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
Nov. 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
Nov. 18 – Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
Nov. 19 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
Nov. 24 – Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
Nov. 26 – Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
Nov. 28 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
Nov. 29 – Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
Dec. 2 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
Dec. 4 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
Dec. 9 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
Dec. 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
Dec. 12 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Dec. 13 – Norfolk, VA @ Scope
Dec. 16 – Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
Dec. 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
Dec. 19 – Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
Dec. 20 – Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena
Dec. 22 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ IZOD Center
Dec. 26 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
Dec. 30 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
Jan. 3 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
Jan. 6 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Jan. 8 – Kanata, ON@ Scotiabank Place
Jan. 11 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Jan. 14 – Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan. 16 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Jan. 19 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena
Jan. 21 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
Jan. 22 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Jan. 24 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

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50 cent feat. ne-yo - baby by me [remix] (audio)
9.11.2009 @ 12:46 AM



Rumored single off 50's "Before I Self Destruct" supposedly due out November 17th, 2009 via Aftermath/Shady Interscope Records. Enjoy bitches!

Listen: 50 Cent feat. Ne-Yo - Baby By Me [remix] (audio)

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onerepublic - all the right moves (audio)
9.08.2009 @ 11:43 AM



'All the Right Moves' is a song written by OneRepublic for the band's next album 'Waking Up'. Scheduled to be released to mainstream radio on September 22, 2009, it will be the band's first single of the album.
'Waking Up' is scheduled to be released November, 17th, 2009.

Listen: OneRepublic - All The Right Moves

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kid cudi - soundtrack 2 my life & pursuit of happiness (audio)
9.07.2009 @ 9:03 PM



"To be in the same category with great people of great talent is amazing. But, my mission statement is to change things and make shit better. I want to make music that inspires motherfuckers to feel like they are me, that they can do what they want if they believe in themselves. I don't know another artist that makes music with that type of motivation."

- Kid Cudi

Definitely 2 of my favourite tracks of that new Kid Cudi album, 'Man On The Moon: The End Of The Day'. For sure some inspirational shit right here. The album is in stores September 15, 2009. Make sure to cop the album ya heard?!

"i've got some issues that nobody can see
and all of these emotions are pourin' outta me
i bring them to the light for you
it's only right
this is the soundtrack to my life
the soundtrack to me life, ohhh"

Listen: Kid Cudi - Soundtrack 2 My Life


Listen: Kid Cudi feat. RATATAT & MGMT - Pursuit of Happiness

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leona lewis - happy (audio)
@ 10:43 AM



First single off Ms. Lewis' LP titled "Echo" produced by Ryan Tedder. You all might know Ryan from the pop group One Republic, but he was also the producer of Leona's smash hit "Bleeding Love". I'm just saying, you put these together and you should get smashing success. This ain't no "Bleeding Love", but I'm sure it'll do just fine. Keep your eyes out for "Echo" in stores November 16th 2009.

Listen: Leona Lewis - Happy

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dj am is dope.
9.06.2009 @ 3:53 AM



“I already heard people are trying to hate like he wasn’t important, like he wasn’t a dope DJ. Let me tell you something…he is the f–kin’ shit. This dudes’s a f–kin’ maniac on turntables, for real. You have to experience this dude’s tactics on turntables, he’s sick with it. And if I cosign it, f–k any DJ who disagrees. You either haven’t seen him spin…and this dude’s history, his knowledge of music was intense…Ive known this dude for over 15 years so I bear witness to seeing him get busy. So any DJ that feel different, f–k y’all, man, y’all don’t know the dude, and I know him. So f–k all of y’all, f–k you.”

- DJ Premier

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jay-z blueprint III tour dates
@ 1:59 AM



Jay-Z's North American and Canadian dates for "Blueprint 3" tour:

October 09 - Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University in University Park, PA
October 10 - Bank of Kentucky Center in Highland Heights, KY
October 13 - Rexall Place in Edmonton, AB
October 14 - Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, AB
October 15 - Prospera Place in Kelowna, BC
October 16 - General Motors Place in Vancouver, BC
October 17 - KeyArena in Seattle, WA
October 21 - Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, MI
October 24 - Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI
October 25 - Mullins Center in Amherst, MA
October 27 - 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, MD
October 28 - Value City Arena Ohio State University in Columbus, OH
October 29 - John Labatt Centre in London, ON
October 30 - Bell Centre in Montreal, QC
October 31 - Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON
November 01 - Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, ON
November 12 - University of Illinois in Champaign, IL
November 19 - Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, NM
November 20 - University of Texas El Paso / Don Haskins Center in El Paso, TX
November 22 - Frank Erwin Center Arena in Austin, TX

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drake - fear (audio)
9.05.2009 @ 6:45 PM



Understand, that Drake is not the best rapper we have ever seen. Nor is he the best rapper out right now (That goes to Eminem, Hov, Wayne and 'Ye). But he definitely is the rapper, with all the attention.
Often times, when you get all the attention, you get confused to be in the above categories: Claiming to be the best rapper of all time, or even the best rapper out.
This isn't what makes Drake so hyped, and so interesting. What makes Drake so intriguing, and what I believe his greatest achievement, is his ability to capture the fear of flying.

'Fear of Flying': The fears associated with the pursuit of and attainment of 'success'


Really listen to 'So Far Gone' and you'll understand that this is not a mixtape. It's a 'free album'. There was a precise theme, and emotion expressed throughout the album, and the theme is about the fears and pressures one faces chasing that ever elusive goal: 'Success'.
Drake communicates this mood incredibly precise, and most of all honestly.
Drake brings a level of honesty and humility in his raps--that's what makes him different. Not his 'lyricism', 'style', 'collabos'...these are all just surface matters. At the heart of his music, is a genuine fear of success...he wants it so bad that he acknowledges the price of failure is high.
This acknowledgement of 'failure' is what is truly missing from hip hop today.

Not only is it missing, it gets covered up--with 'bling' talk, 'hoe stories', and 'gat em up bragging'...at the end of the day we know about the uncertainty the record industry is facing and we know, that very few of these artists really have the resources to ball out the way they say they do, as often as they do--so where's the honesty?
No one acknowledges being afraid anymore.

As a person on the quest for success, is why I feel Drake. It takes a special breed of people to understand the fear that comes along with putting yourself and your idea out on the line. None of us are idiots--we don't put out our vision with an ignorance of failure, to do so would lead to failure.

We find successes be honestly acknowledging our failures, and planning to overcome them. How do we do that?

"I never cried when 'Pac died
But I prolly will when Hov does
And if my tears hold value
then I will drop one for every single thing he showed us
--and I'll be standing in a puddle
I stay away from niggas that can land me in some trouble
and I'ma keep it honest I'm so tired of being subtle
it's just me 40, O and Neeks
Standing in a Huddle...
Staring at the members of my team
who get questioned bout their profit
from this million dollar scheme
Just know that I'm in debt to you for defending all our dreams"


Learn...from those better than you
Share...with your closest peoples
Defend...your dreams with your people.


Here goes the only new track off the re-issue of Drizzy's mixtape 'So Far Gone' EP produced by DJ Khalil. In stores September 15th, 2009.

Listen: Drake - The Fear (audio)

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if you don't know, now you know: mike posner
@ 5:05 PM



Fresh-faced suburban white kid loves hip-hop, goes off to pursue higher education and makes mixtapes on the side, lands major-label record deal before graduation. The Asher Roth Story? Au contraire!
Well, actually, it is the “I Love College” rapper’s tale, in a nutshell, but it’s also Mike Posner’s, too. The 21-year-old Southfield, Michigan, native is about to start his senior year at Duke University, where he majors in business and sociology and possibly beer pong (yep, he’s a frat boy); he’s also got a newly-minted contract with J Records a division of Sony, collaborations with Kid Cudi, Ye's protege Big Sean, and Wale under his Abercrombie belt, and an official debut due out sometime in 2010– as well as another mixtape to follow his first, 2008’s A Matter of Time.
Vocally, he also sounds a little bit like if Macy Gray and Jason Mraz had a baby. Whether or not his voice or lyrical skills will carry him far remains to be seen. However it is rumored that Posner will be featured on the new Lupe album, which is definitely a step in the right direction. Good lucks to him, definitely dope, and definitely on the way up. Holla @ ya boy!. (That's me!)

Listen: Mike Posner feat. Big Sean - Cooler Than Me (audio)


Listen: Mike Posner feat. Eric Holljes - Still Not Over You (audio)

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jay-z & rhapsody blueprint III promo vid
@ 2:23 PM



Jay-Z + Rhapsody shot this cool commercial where Hov is re-creating his album covers on the spot. He does them all except Unplugged + Best Of Both Worlds. Definitely dope shit.
Bonus: Check out below for a couple cuts off the new LP that are some of my favorites. Blueprint 3 in stores September 11th, 2009!

Listen: Jay-Z feat. Mr. Hudson - Young Forever (audio)


Listen: Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind (audio)

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kid cudi - man on the moon: the end of day trailer
@ 2:07 PM





In stores September 15th, 2009!

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wale - attention deficit album cover
9.04.2009 @ 1:44 AM



Wale's, 'Attention Deficit' LP in stores October 20th, 2009.

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