Kanye West “Love Lockdown” LIVE @ Jimmy Kimmel

***UPDATE: Our buddies over @ OG Hip Hop came thru with a collection of more extensive thoughts and coverage of Kanye West’s listening party. CLICK HERE!

Above is another passionate, live performance from the superstar Kanye West! Just before the 2:30 mark and the end chorus are the two highlights of the performance… with the lowlight the constant screen time of the same teary-eyed girl.. ugh. Anyway, the performance was a sweet one which came after Kanye hosted the first listening party for 808’s & Heartbreak. The listening party featured forty nude girls, hahaha, and of course the first exposure of the entire album to a select audience. The web has started discussing it here and here and truthfully, I’m warming up to the direction of Kanye’s 808’s & Heartbreak, even though it looks like he’ll be doing more singing than rapping. Time will tell. Below, check out a bunch of NEW trax and video premieres featuring a nice one from The Cool Kids, Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, Trey Songz brilliantly covering another hit w/ Ryan Leslie’s “Addiction” being the culprit this time, Brandy, Chris Brown, Keri Hilson, & MORE! Enjoy!

The Cool Kids “2K Pennies”

FULL, CDQ, Track off NBA2K9 Soundtrack *Tibs Fav.™

Busta Rhymes “Make The World Go Round”

FULL, CDQ, CLEAN *Tibs Fav.™

Statik Selektah “Talkin’ Bout You (Ladies)” f/ Skyzoo, Joell Ortiz, & Talib Kweli

FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album, Stick 2 The Script *Tibs Fav.™

Dilated Peoples “The Last Is First”

Producer: The Alchemist - FULL, CDQ

Wale “Ridin’ In That Black Joint”

FULL, CDQ, 2004 Unreleased track

Stat Quo “That’s Me”

FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming mixtape, The South Got Somethin’ To Say

B.o.B. “Nigger”

FULL, CDQ

Trey Songz “Addicted To Songz”

FULL, CDQ, Ryan Leslie Cover *Tibs Fav.™

Brandy “Long Distance”

Producer: Darkchild - FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album, Human *Tibs Fav.™

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Chris Brown “Superhuman” f/ Keri Hilson

VIDEO PREMIERE!

Yung Berg “Put It On Me” f/ K-Young

VIDEO PREMIERE!

Pitbull “Krazy” f/ Lil’ Jon

VIDEO PREMIERE!

Plies “Heard Of Me”

VIDEO PREMIERE!

~ Sgt. Tibs

Stat Quo “Dear Summer Pt. 1″

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

The hip hop heads should already be familiar with the ATL’s Stat Quo, who was a rapper I first heard a few yrs ago and liked everything he was droppin. He is still with Shady/Aftermath from what I heard, but his debut album, Statlanta, has been constantly delayed and while it has apparently been completed for awhile, the label has yet 2 release it. The song above is Stat telling that story, along with other stories about his journey in the industry, Proof’s death, & more! Some pretty heartfelt lyrics attracted me right away on the 1st listen and reminded me why I liked Stat Quo in the first place. So if ur a big hip hop head, def give Stat a chance and DL 2day’s feature track above! Below, plenty more hip hop and R&B.. some thoughts on the trax below… Twista kills “The Business RMX”, Songz kills the hook on “Love For Money”, & I’m tryin’ 2 love Chris Brown’s “Captive”, but its slightly disturbing me that the song is in fact written in a girl’s perspective (a demo for the Pussycat Dolls… I can see Nicole S. on that Polow beat makin’ the radio for sure…). There’s also a couple videos featuring more from hip hop with Kidz In The Hall & Skillz! Enjoy!

Yung Berg “The Business RMX” f/ K-Young, Pleasure P, Twista, Casha, Maino, & jim Jones

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

Parker Brothaz “Text Me (Tha Bizness All Star RMX)” f/ Big Pooh, Talib Kweli, & Naledge

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

Willie Da Kid “Love For Money” f/ Trey Songz, Bun B, LA Da Darkman, & Gucci Mane

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

Chingy “Anotha One”

FULL, CDQ

Chris Brown “Captive”

Producer: Polow Da Don - FULL, CDQ (previously NOT FULL), Demo for Pussycat Dolls *Tibs Fav.™

Charlie Wilson “The Reason”

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

Rob (Of One Chance) “My Love”

FULL, Limited DJ

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Kidz In The Hall On Freestyle 101

Skillz Speaks On Hip Hop

~ Sgt. Tibs