Tibs and I were patiently waiting for the record to drop, and I have to say that it’s incredible. I wouldn’t be surprised if it took over the world. Hahaha. Put on and support this fresh up and coming Chicago bred artist, Mr. Music! This club banger really makes you vibe with the summer heat, perfect record for the ladies and the fellas.
This is the new Chicago Summer Anthem.
Let’s get B96 tired of hearing from us!
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So first, I’ll hit ya with a brand NEW live performance featuring Lupe Fiasco above! It is the FULL, 27 minute set he did in Glastonbury the other day, but trust me, it is worth the time because Lupe turns in yet another amazing performance. And not only Lupe as well because his guest stars shine just as bright with Matthew Santos and especially Sarah Green lending their talents 2 the set. I gotta say, the more I see and hear Sarah Green, especially in this video and up close, in person at the Glow In The Dark Tour, the more I am impressed by her. The way she enhances the live performances of some songs is incredible. Case in point, “Streets On Fire” - my favorite song from the live set, quite possibly because I didn’t see it at Glow In The Dark, but it is ridiculous nonetheless with Sarah Green echoing the chorus! Other favs include, “Hip Hop Saved My Life” and “Little Weapon” where he goes a capella. I was further impressed with the outdoor venue and HUGE crowd and how Lupe had the crowd going! “Hip Hop Saved My Life” AND “Superstar” especially, when DJ Simonsayz drops the beat and Lupe lets the crowd sing, that’s just chilling! It reminded me of an old school performance that I included below for Old School Sundays, featuring fellow Chicago rapper, Kanye West. When I watched Lupe’s performance, I was reminded about Kanye’s electric performance in front of an even bigger outdoor crowd from last year. All I remembered was that it was somewhere in England and he performed “Stronger” live for the first time. After a series of Google searches, I re-located this video and included the medley below! Performing in front of a crowd that large has got 2 be a thrill for the artist and such an experience for the fans that it makes me want 2 experience that atmosphere as well. This was another sweet performance by Mr. West and like I said, the debut of “Stronger” live, but also the ‘Stronger Shades’, haha! Peep the videos above and below and enjoy!
Kanye West LIVE Medley @ Concert For Diana
(OLD SCHOOL, ENTIRE LIVE SET FROM 2007 f/ “Gold Digger”, “Touch The Sky”, “Stronger”, & “Diamonds From Sierra Leone”)
FULL, CDQ, Track from upcoming mixtape, That’s Stupid!*Tibs Fav.™
First off, I’m really feelin’ the cover art (I got that Michael Jordan Dream Team USA jersey! :D) for The Cool Kids’ upcoming That’s Stupid! mixtape and the first track leaked from there is a hot one! The beat reminds me a lil of The Neptunes-produced “Money Maker”, the smash hit by Luda & Pharrell, but it’s not nearly the same also. Definitely a fresh beat and a song that would be even more ridiculous seen live! Below is more from the abundance of old, unreleased trax from Lupe, Kanye, etc., and it’s old Lupe on his G swag, but still comin’ thru w/ some intellect (Napoleon Bonaparte, haha!). (Some more props 2 Andrew & Boogz!) Furthermore, check out the latest from Obie Trice, Papoose (some solid bangers I mite grow into..), and R&B singer, Colby O’Donis! Old School Sundays coming late 2nite! Enjoy!
Chicago’s own rising star, Bullet, is back with another hard freestyle! Homie is doin’ it real smart, jumpin’ AND killin’ all the latest, hot beats, with Polow Da Don’s banger for Nas - “Hero” - is straight up fire. But damn, Bullet is droppin’ the gloves and building his rep and press. And the talent is there, just peep a couple lyrics from the freestyle above,
“And I study everything,
I got the game down to a science,
And I give it my aalll,
But I could lose like Kobe Bryant,
Even though your boy deny it,
Cuz you know that I’m a winner…”
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“I got drive like the shore by the lake,
And I’m rare like the rare meat in steak,
My girl thicker than a Baskin Robbins’ shake,
Yeah, you love the music that I make,
I go hard like a virgin hittin’ on the first date!”
- Bullet “Hero Freestyle”
And don’t worry, he’s got more witty, clever lines like that throughout! Big ups 2 Bullet himself for the shoutout 2 GWHH around 3:20! (”Whattup Tiiiibs?!”) Jyeaaa! Much appreciated young fella! Make sure 2 click the Bullet ‘tag’ for more from the Chi-bred rapper cuz you’ll be hearing his name a lot more real soon. Don’t sleep and DL above! And I can’t forget a couple trax dropped by some heavyweights 2day - Beyoncé & R. Kelly! Beyoncé comin’ thru w/ a nice slow jam and altho R. Kelly is the hundredth person 2 jump on “A Milli”, I’ll give him some dap cuz it sounds pretty smooth. Here’s a challenge for someone: round up every single RMX of “A Milli” and make it into one whole track. Including the original, I’m eager 2 see if we’d reach the 50 minute mark, haha! Enjoy!
Producer: Swizz Beatz - FULL, Radio Rip, Rumored track off upcoming album, Paper Trail *Tibs Fav.™
Enjoy some NEW T.I., albeit in radio rip form, the quality of the track is still solid and if u can successfully ignore the DJ drops, you’ll see that the song is immediately catchy and is sure 2 be a solid banger off the upcoming album, Paper Trail! Also below is an even harder banger from producer Nitti by Alfamega w/ some help from the producer and the man above, T.I.! I’m not really high on these types of trax all the time but this one I like, which likely means those who are into those types of trax will definitely like it, haha. And finally, DL a short, 1:30ish track that I think will be the intro for Nas’ upcoming album, Untitled, and the end lil’ verse by Nas is straight up chilling. The lyrics are, as u should expect, on point as he drops the gloves and fires back at some criticism. This lil’ track gets me even more hyped for the album! Just throw on “Hero” after the track ends and boom, ur all set! Enjoy!
Here’s a clip of a speech by Lupe Fiasco stressing how hip hop belongs and people will be entertained by hip hop as much as rock or whatever other genre. It’s a nice lil’ clip with the crowd going nuts. Head over 2 lupEND for downloads of the speech and performance and peep the small blurb on BET about his performance that is the biggest news of Lu’s performance in the U.K. last night…
“During his set at the Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. last night, rapper Lupe Fiasco spoke out about “tyrannical world leaders”, clumping Zimbabwe’s longtime dictator and the American president in the same category “F*@K Robert Mugabe, F*@K George Bush,” he said. F*@k politics, democrats, socialists, the Labor party. Music’s what it’s all about.” It’s likely there won’t be any blowback from his American fans for his comment considering the current political climate. But remember just a few years ago the Country music group, Dixie Chicks, were bashed for much milder comments they made about the President in the U.K. Fiasco drew an excited crowd to his performance which included his hits “The Cool,” “Food and Liquor,” “Hip Hop Saved My Life” and ‘Kick Push.’”
Wow, some strong words then from Lupe Fiasco and more power 2 him. He’s truly a strong and passionate artist as u can tell above and in his music. Down below, check out a few NEW trax, with my favorite of the bunch being the NEW version of “Diamond Girl” including a better, less repetitive beat than the original. Definitely a MUST-HAVE for the R&B fans! Peep the rest of the trax below and the Day26 video premiere! Enjoy!
Damn, how can u dislike the song above? Now that the video is out, you may like it even more, associating T.I.’s deep first-person experiences with a straight-forward video that further illustrates T.I.’s emotions in the song. The video is solid, the song is even better as the recent charges and conviction of the ATL rapper may just bring the best out of him. I hope for some more heat in the coming months as Paper Trail’s tentative release is just right around the corner (August 12th). Thankfully, there will be a boom of Nas comin’ up as his album, Untitled is due out in just a few weeks on July 15th. Nas is rightfully considered one of the all-time great lyricists and rappers overall and I’ve been impressed with all of his recent records. He’s not losing a step over time and “Fried Chicken” below is further evidence. The song was released by Mark Ronson a couple weeks ago, but it was the clean, LQ version w/ Mark having no choice but 2 shout over the track. Well 2day, the full, dirty version has leaked and u can DL it below. 2gether with another old, unreleased freestyle from Kanye West and w/ T.I.’s video above, the lyrics are at a high level and if ur in the mood 2 just sit back and listen, no better place than 2 start than right here. And 2 contrast it, take a listen 2 Ludacris’ freestyle over the Rick Ross/T-Pain hit “The Boss”. I’m a fan of Luda, but he sounds pretty weak on this, just rappin’ about his wealth and assets… same ol’ same ol’. I’ll stick 2 “Runaway Love” for my Luda fix. Anyway, enjoy!
***Boogz just dropped yet another old, unreleased track from Lupe Fiasco. Seriously, all this old Kanye & Lupe can make an album, its ridiculous, haha. But hey, can’t complain, and this Lupe track has a unique, choppy beat as Lupe goes at it pretty hard and I love the way he delivers the words in this track. Anyway, I just added it below (bout half an hour after the orig. post time), so DL and listen for urself!
“Hold your horses, like Trojan forces.”
- Lupe Fiasco “4 Real” (hah, that line just jumped out at me on 1st listen!)
My brief hiatus is finally over, (haha, been mad busy the last couple days, sry!) and as I’m sure many ppl know by now, our hometown Chicago Bulls made it official last nite, making hometown prince Derrick Rose the number 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft! As u can imagine, I’m beyond excited for Rose (nice suit btw, Derrick) in Chicago and the entire city is buzzing about the homecoming of the best Chicago high school player in years! Yes, it’s off-topic but as big basketball and Chicago fans, it is quite an exciting day for us and an exciting weekend as well with the Crosstown Rivalry starting up again as well as the Taste Of Chicago (see below.) And Chicago remains the theme for this post as I gotcha all caught up on the latest music from some of Chicago’s finest MCs (props 2 FSD & Boogz!) NEW, unreleased (quite possibly records from years ago, however) music featuring Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West (pre-accident), Rhymefest, Mikkey Halsted, Bump J as well as Chicago’s finest R&B group, One Chance! A bunch of Tibs Favs 2 be had below, as the listener can really see the talent of Lupe & Kanye at such a young stage in their careers with the below trax. Also make sure 2 get the A-Trak / LUPE version of “Me & My Sneakers” in the post below.. straight up ridiculous! I threw up a lil’ Kidz In The Hall video as well as they just completed a tour out in Europe! Below that, MORE NEW music featuring some of the mainstream artists with Usher covering One Chance, Nas, Joe Budden, and maybe my favorite track outta that bunch, Gym Class Heroes collaborating w/ The Dream! Plenty 2 DL and plenty 2 like, so check it all out below! Enjoy!
Above are a couple Chicago tidbits with the hilarious rap battle between the famous managers of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox - Lou Piniella and Ozzie Guillen. Both are funny for their own reasons and a quick view of that 30 second commercial spot that’s been airing here will simply show u how. (Cubs lose 2day but still up 3-1 in the season series!). Also, it warrants mentioning that the world’s largest food festival starts 2day - the 28th annual Taste Of Chicago! The festival features food from the various, unique restaurants around Chicago, dipping into all forms of ethnicity, and also includes many outdoor activities. The one most relevant 2 u Chicagoland readers is the musical performers each day of the Taste (June 27th-July 6th) and the notable ones include Estelle on July 2nd, Joss Stone on July 1st, and Stevie Wonder 2morrow on June 28th! So if u are planning on going 2 the Taste, but don’t know which day yet, maybe one of those would be a good time for ya! It’s a good time for everyone and a good time 2 vacation 2 Chicago! And maybe you’ll see us there!
Music is motivational, Art is beautiful, but Knowledge is power. lol I love technology; the modern age is just incredible to me, wouldn’t have it any other way…. The design is so pleasing in the modern age, it just makes me happy. The technology that will be released to the world in due time is pretty incredible, so I figured I’d put up some things that are going to be poppin’ off soon. Most the stuff was jacked from My Memory’s Museum, so go check them out because they are on top of their game with this kind of stuff.
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Dynamic Architecture in DuBai
Up & Coming Architecture majors, you better step up your game to this!
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Microsoft’s “Smart” Table
Can you say Minority Report?
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“German designer Akbiyik Volkan has come up with a camera concept that detects emotional response – only capturing footage when the user is angry or happy. While only capable of recording the trigger of your emotion, the device rests on the your ear like an earbud, the lens always facing out towards the action.”
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BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: Premiere
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Watch your toast TOAST! Now that’s magical!
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It’s a chair that resembles the sweet toy that takes form of your hand! Instead it takes form of your phat azz! lol. (uncomfortable? probably not)
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Remember, check out MMM for more cool gems! Put On!
GWHH EXCLUSIVE: Mr. Music - Makin Me Sweat
but still up 3-1 in the season series!). Also, it warrants mentioning that the world’s largest food festival starts 2day - the 28th annual Taste Of Chicago! The festival features food from the various, unique restaurants around Chicago, dipping into all forms of ethnicity, and also includes many outdoor activities. The one most relevant 2 u Chicagoland readers is the musical performers each day of the Taste (June 27th-July 6th) and the notable ones include Estelle on July 2nd, Joss Stone on July 1st, and Stevie Wonder 2morrow on June 28th! So if u are planning on going 2 the Taste, but don’t know which day yet, maybe one of those would be a good time for ya! It’s a good time for everyone and a good time 2 vacation 2 Chicago! And maybe you’ll see us there! 
I love technology; the modern age is just incredible to me, wouldn’t have it any other way…. The design is so pleasing in the modern age, it just makes me happy. The technology that will be released to the world in due time is pretty incredible, so I figured I’d put up some things that are going to be poppin’ off soon. Most the stuff was jacked from 
