John Legend “No Other Love” f/ Estelle

FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album, Evolver *Tibs Fav.™

Some more brand NEW JL for ya ears, this time featuring his good pal and labelmate, Estelle! As expected, it is a nice R&B slow jam, but has an unexpected reggae feel 2 it. I like the track, but not sure I’m going 2 fall in love w/ it as it certainly is no “You Are” (John Legend’s feature on Estelle’s most recent album, Shine). It is definitely a track ya’ll should DL and maybe it will grow on u as it likely will on me. Down below, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama recently spoke 2 MTV about hip hop! I included a video from the MTV news story (also linked below) along with some interesting quotes from the story. Can you imagine a president hyping himself for big meetings w/ the other world’s leaders to Kanye’s “Stronger”? Haha, well, with Barack, that’s entirely possible and somethin’ that makes me wanna vote for him (…haha, c’mon, I’m kidding. I’m voting for Obama for much more important reasons..) Anyway, enjoy!

51 minutes later.. I’m just throwin’ up the video premiere for Alicia Keys & Jack White’s “Another Way To Die” down below!

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Obama Talks Hip Hop

“I enjoy it, but these days I don’t have the time to listen to it all the time,” he told MTV News. He said that he still finds time to shuffle through MCs like Jay-Z and Kanye on his iPod, but he thinks the genre’s impact extends far beyond a few hot tracks.

“I’m a little older than hip-hop culture,” he said. “I was there at the beginning, but I was already getting older. … What I’ve appreciated, watching this hip-hop generation, is to see how entrepreneurial they’ve been. In the past, musicians oftentimes were commodities. They were just shuffled around. Obviously, they did well, but they didn’t have the vision to say, ‘I’m going to build a business. I’m going to build my own studio. I’m going to create my own production operations.’ I think they’re a lot more sophisticated than in the past, and that is a wonderful thing.” - MTV.com

Alicia Keys & Jack White “Another Way To Die”

VIDEO PREMIERE!

~ Sgt. Tibs

Jack White & Alicia Keys “Another Way To Die”

FULL, CDQ, Theme song for the upcoming Bond movie, Quantum Of Solace *Tibs Fav.™

So I saw the track above a couple days ago in fact, and on 1st listen, I was admittedly occupied and felt like it didn’t sound like Alicia at all. Well, I gave it another shot and found the best version I could and it’s a song that I shouldn’t like, but at the same time, it’s def solid and also the upcoming Bond theme. So def an interesting track that’s outta the ordinary 2 start it off. Down below, a bunch of R&B including trax from Robin Thicke, Jennifer Hudson, & bonus cuts from Joe! Enjoy!

In some Kanye West news, he announced that his upcoming album, 808’s & Heartbreak, will hit stores sooner than expected in November! And in yesterday’s news, he and fellow Chicago rapper, Rhymefest, will be a couple of producers on a Comedy Central pilot of a hip hop meets the Muppets show.

***ADDED ANOTHER ROBIN THICKE TRACK CUZ “TIE MY HANDS” IS ALSO ON THA CARTER III***

Robin Thicke “You’re My Baby”

FULL, CDQ,Track off upcoming album, Something Else *Tibs Fav.™

Robin Thicke “Tie My Hands” f/ Lil’ Wayne

FULL, CDQ,Track off upcoming album, Something Else *Tibs Fav.™

Joe “I Will Come Again”

FULL, CDQ, Bonus track off the album, Joe Thomas, New Man *Tibs Fav.™

Joe “Approach”

FULL, CDQ, Bonus track off the album, Joe Thomas, New Man

Jennifer Hudson “My Heart”

Producer: Polow Da Don - FULL, Limited DJ, Track off the upcoming, self-titled debut album *Tibs Fav.™

Stat Quo “Let That Beat Build Freestyle”

Producer: Kanye West & Deezle - FULL, CDQ

~ Sgt. Tibs