Mad late w/ an update for ya.. busy all day/nite on Saturday, but luckily not a ton of trax that I missed. Starting it off w/ the well-known, freestyle/battle rapper, Jin flowin’ on Kanye West’s recent single “Love Lockdown”. Jin is one of the most talented off-the-dome rappers out there (YouTube him if u don’t believe me) and this track is another piece of evidence that showcases Jin’s wordplay and clear delivery. And he commands your attention with lines like, “Switch the beat up to another part of this song” and on cue, the beat indeed changes from the intro to the chorus of “Love Lockdown”. Down below, a various mix of hip hop and R&B featuring Flo Rida, Akon, Ne-Yo, & Ginuwine. I’m really feelin’ the sexually charged “Please You” as Ginuwine lays it all out there for the ladies. R&B fans will certainly love that track! Enjoy!
Producer: Chuck Harmony - FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album, Year Of The Gentleman, in stores 09.16!*Tibs Fav.™
Ne-Yo just continues 2 blow me away. “Stop This World” is another beautiful slow jam from the R&B star where I think the lyrics avoid cliché and make the song an instant hit on 1st listen! “Stop This World” seems like it is the perfect closing track for Year Of The Gentleman, which hits stores next Tuesday! I’ve heard about half the album already and it is already a MUST-BUY for you R&B and music fans, and “Stop This World” just made me as excited as possible for the 16th. Also out on the 16th is new-comer R&B singer Colby O’Donis’ debut album, Colby O, and u can peep a solid, uptempo track from him that is certainly a unique one I enjoy. It also warrants mentioning that Trey Songz absolutely kills M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” and it really showcases the talents that make him special. I always thought he had a ridiculous voice, which is on display again, but his flow is somethin’ I even underrated and that’s what makes his “Paper Planes RMX” special. He flows like M.I.A. to kick it off and follows with a couple real nice and fast rap verses, with some singing in between. I’ve been in a Songz mood recently and always happy 2 hear more from the VA crooner. There’s some more trax below and the “Hi Hater RMX” video premiere so take a look at those. (The Game spits Lamar Odom’s stat line and is clueless about why he’s not an all-star.. haha, awesome. …He’s still not an all-star tho, Game, sry 2 say..) Enjoy!
Oh yeah, if u haven’t heard by now, Kanye West’s 4th album will be entitled, 808’s & Heartbreak and comin’ out on December 16th - right in time for the holiday season. The title and “Love Lockdown” as the 1st single are pretty indicative of an album dealing with the emotion of love, which I’m excited to see Kanye tackle as he hasn’t really gone that deep on the topic in the past. But who knows? I’m just speculating…
The Lupe vault is opened once again, courtesy of former producer Prolyfic and Andrew, and this is yet another track featuring Lupe & GemStones back from ‘01 or ‘02. The track is alrite; like many of the old, unreleased tracks from Lupe, it contains moments of clever lyrics and Lu’s high-quality flow throughout, but it is nothing special. These tracks are illustrating the growth of Lupe Fiasco and GemStones as artists - for instance, throw on “Go Baby” after hearing this track and u’ll see just how much these 2 have stepped up their game since. Down below, some hip hop and R&B featuring some big names like Mos Def, T-Pain, Flo Rida, Chris Brown, & Trey Songz! I’m really feelin’ Casely on the hook of the Pitbull track as well as Songz showin’ why he already has one of the best voices in R&B on “Love Song (Different For The Other)”! Also peep the Dem Franchize Boyz / Lloyd video premiere! Enjoy!
Producer: Tha Bizness - FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album, The Recession*Tibs Fav.™
This small update is taking yrs for me as I’m experiencing some comp probs that will hopefully not go beyond 2nite, but my current frustration can be eased with a simple listen 2 the feature track of the update - the collaboration of Young Jeezy & Nas! It’s a conscious song with both Nas AND Jeezy comin’ thru w/ some nice lyrics over a solid beat. I’m very indifferent on Jeezy - he annoys me moreso than he wows me, but he comes thru nicely on this one! Track should be on the upcoming album, The Recession. Below, a couple more trax f/ the likes of Talib Kweli & Akon, as well as a T.I. interview and a Method Man & Redman performance! Enjoy!
WEEKEND UPDATE for ya’ll.. sorry about the delay on the NEW music, but I was working and out of town all day Saturday and until now on Sunday, but I’m back for good. Quite honestly, none of the trax in this update hit me as incredible on first few listens, but nonetheless, there are some quality trax 2 be had, starting with the unreleased Usher track above! The beat can be hit or miss, some will dig it, some will find it annoying, but the one constant as usual is Usher’s vocals! That’s a track that will grow on me, but it will be remained 2 be seen what direction that may be - positive or negative.. Down below, a bunch of hip hop and R&B, including the U.K. bonus track from Untitled by Nas, which of course is on point lyrically, but overall weaker than the trax already posted on GWHH. I’m also feelin’ the Swizzy beat on Styles P’s new track, and a few of the R&B trax by Trey Songz (is that really him tho?) & Francisco, namely. Peep it all below, along with the video premiere of LL Cool J’s latest single, “Baby” f/ The Dream! Enjoy!
Another HUGE update for ya (sry, going 2 be inconsistent w/ timely updates the next few days…) with the feature track being the HOT, Swizz Beatz-produced?, RMX of Alicia Keys’ latest single “Teenage Love Affair” featuring LL Cool J! LL’s male perspective definitely adds 2 this song that was lyrically brilliant in the first place. Another big RMX below is from Usher for his latest single “Moving Mountains” featuring Hood Fella. Not sure if that’s official, but Hood Fella adds 2 the original beat pretty well also. More songs 2 add 2 ur collection include the latest GemStones track “Never Give Up”, which features the new and improved GemStones - meaningful, conscious lyrics and a beautiful, passionate chorus that brings the cliche some depth. The mixtape should be hitting the web within the next couple days as it’s finally done (unfortunately we couldn’t hit up the mixtape release party last nite). It’s just a matter of time and once it pops up in our e-mail or around the other blogs, u’ll see it on GWHH. Be sure 2 scroll below for the boatload of new hip hop and R&B trax, requests, and videos as the Keyshia Cole Letterman performance is especially worth ur time! Enjoy! (Big ups 2 FSD & NMC)
Weekend update for ya here 2day with a video trailer for the latest, hot track from Nas - “Hero”, with some clips from the upcoming movie, The Incredible Hulk as well. The track may be on the movie’s soundtrack, but it is surely on Nas’ upcoming album, now called Untitled. I definitely can’t wait for the video and the movie looks cool also (Edward Norton is sweet, but not sure I can see him as the Hulk…). Anyway, I digress.. some NEW trax below - another CHI-Town banger from Mikkey Halsted with Kanye West only on the intro. Regardless, a pretty solid track again that was recorded years ago. Also some NEW trax featuring LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Casely, and a Danity Kane request, along with a video premiere of Flo Rida’s next club banger “In The Ayer” f/ Will.I.Am! Hopefully we’ll get an installment of Old School Sundays up for ya before day’s end, but it is Father’s Day, so a special GWHH shout out 2 all the fathers out there. I just enjoyed another Cubs victory with mine. Crazy day in sports with baseball, the US Open, & Game 5 of the NBA Finals for u and ur family and friends 2 watch. Anyway, enjoy!
BIG update featuring an unreleased track from the Chicago/Detroit hip hop duo - The Cool Kids! Ya’ll should kno them already anyway and they’re back with another nice track. The lyrics aren’t the deepest but its a cool track for the sneakerheads out there and set 2 another dope, unique beat that defines the sound of The Cool Kids! Also above is a bonus interview with Karmaloop TV! Down below, we got the latest from Bullet himself with the song “Get It” produced by Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids. So if you like the beats of The Cool Kids, you’ll definitely wanna DL Bullet’s track for more of the same!
Further down, check out a nice, uptempo R&B track produced by one of my favorite up and coming producers - J. Lack (Usher’s brother) by Ryon Lovett & Ne-Yo! You can also find the latest from the mainstream with NEW trax from T-Pain, Lloyd, and VIDEO PREMIERES from Nelly & Ray Lavender, AND finally a LIVE performance of The Game’s latest hit, “Pain” f/ Keyshia Cole! Enjoy!
Real quick update for me, then off 2 work and Common @ DePaul! Usher performance vids above that are pretty sweet as you’d expect and a couple NEW trax below f/ Ashanti & Robin Thicke and a large RMX f/ a bunch of guys by Rick Ross w/ Trey Songz on the chorus. Scroll and check out Max G.’s sweet post below! Enjoy!
FULL, CDQ, Rumored track off upcoming album, Year Of The Gentleman*Tibs Fav.
R&B fans pay attention! Ridiculous amt of trax leakin… Ne-Yo above, ridiculous. MUST-DL right there. U also got the elite droppin their latest below… Usher, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, R. Kelly… and don’t forget about Lloyd, Cassie, One Chance, Sterling Simms, and I even threw in the Madonna “4 Minutes RMX” w/ Flo Rida, haha. I gotta get some sleeep and zShare is taking foreeeverrr, couldn’t get it up here right away… but anyway…… Enjoy!
Oh yes, enjoy a sweet performance by Estelle & John Legend at Ellen… they’re awesome, lovin’ Shine and the story about how JL & Estelle met at the end of the video! Ya’ll will like that, so check it out!
Jin “Love Lockdown Freestyle” - MORE
