Finally back w/ some NEW trax for ya ears featuring some of the superstars in hip hop and R&B! Ne-Yo comes thru w/ a real nice slow jam that I think will only grow on me even more. The lyrics are on point, as you should expect from arguably the best R&B songwriter in the game. Usher also comes thru w/ a solid track that’s supposedly produced by T-Pain, who’s also in this update with the official RMX 2 “Can’t Believe It” w/ Justin Timberlake. In addition to the CDQ version of Jay-Z’s “HIstory” (supposedly produced by Kanye West), you can also check out the rest of the trax featuring One Chance, Slim (Of 112) & Big Boi, and MORE including videos featuring Will.I.Am, Kanye West, & Ludacris! Enjoy!
Be sure 2 hit up the Mr. Music and LA trax that were requested earlier this week below in the update if u don’t have them already! Stay tuned for yet another HOT GWHH exclusive from the fellas sometime next week!
Producer: Dela - FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album, Changes Of Atmosphere*Tibs Fav.™
The above track is all Talib spittin’ on a nice, slow, simple beat from Dela, which of course allows Talib to spray some clear wisdom and even attack “lullaby rappers”, a term I would love 2 adopt now, haha. Def a good hip hop track for ya ears. Down below, mainly R&B (or Pop&B), including the next T-Pain single with pop star and frequent collaborator, Chris Brown. I’m not really feelin’ it - autotune 2 the max here, but I’m sure it’s somethin’ that won’t sound bad in a club setting. (Just a thought… “One Nite Girl” by LA & Mr. Music above simply BLOWS “Freeze” away.. prolly a biased thought, but one that I’m sure many of you will agree with…) Anyway, more videos below as well with a Luda feature premiere, ConsTV’s latest installment, and Sarah Silverman hilariously endorsing Barack Obama! (Shouts 2 Urban Music & HHU for a few of the trax & their continued support!) Enjoy!
So we got an interesting track sent over 2 us 2day, that if others got it, they prolly skipped over, but I was initially attracted because Brandon Lloyd (B. Lloyd) is a WR I’ve followed since his days at the University of Illinois and now he plays for my hometown Bears. Turns out B. Lloyd is an aspiring rapper, and he showcases some nice flow on his 1st single w/ respected R&B singer, Bobby Valentino on the hook! I always find tracks by athletes very interesting, doubling as a big sports fan, and while most of them are below average, I think I might be bumpin’ this B. Lloyd / Bobby Valentino track well into the near future! Check out more info on B. Lloyd and the track below and check him out on MySpace HERE:
It is not often that a person has the opportunity to have, and fulfill, 2 separate and distinct career dreams but Brandon Lloyd aka B. Lloyd (if ya nasty) may just be one of them. Now a Wide Receiver for the Chicago Bears, Brandon Lloyd, who knew he wanted to be in the NFL since kindergarten, was a 4th round draft pick to the San Francisco 49ers back in 2003 and also played for the Washington Redskins before finding his home in Chicago. Living out a career as a pro athlete might have been enough for most but Brandon’s musical alter ego, who fell in love with Hip Hop after hearing Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s Nightmare on My Street, also wanted to make music of his own.
A phone call to his agent by Still Hustlin’ Records owner and fellow artist and long-time friend, Renegade Foxxx gave B. Lloyd the label home, and the shot, he was looking for. With a first single that features the old school crooning of Bobby Valentino called “She All Mine” that is making all the right moves at radio (Corpus Christi, Lexington, Shreveport, Jackson, Baton Rouge, Gainsville, Tulsa, Biloxi, Augusta et al), it seems that Brandon has every chance of pulling off a career with his 2nd love. She All Mine is B. Lloyd’s musical reflection back on the dating escapades of he and his wife and he wrote it while the two were vacationing together.
“She All Mine is about a man who feels that his relationship with his lady is about more than the lovemaking.” he shares. “I knew Bobby Valentino’s voice would be a perfect fit for the song and he blessed me by being willing to grace the song of an up-and-coming artist. Not everyone is willing to do that.”
What drives this young man to not only pursue with equal fervor 2 very challenging career paths, but to offer himself up to the derision that often accompanies sports figures who try to break into music? The youngest of 7 children, Brandon Lloyd gives all of the credit for his incredible drive to his parents.
“I knew I wanted to be in the NFL when I was in kindergarten.” Brandon remembers. “I once got sent to the principle’s office for saying I wanted to be a professional football player in class when the teacher asked us all what we wanted to be when we grew up. The teacher said it was an ‘unrealistic goal.’ My Mom and Dad had always told me I could do anything I wanted. Just give it 100% and I can attain it.”
From where Brandon Lloyd is sitting right now, it looks like they might just be right.
There’s also some trax below 2 DL featuring a bunch of big names like Lil’ Wayne, Ne-Yo, Busta Rhymes, & much MORE! The theme of the trax below is that many of them have great beats, by big name producers nonetheless, yet for whatever reason, I’m not really into the track. It’s lacking that something special I suppose, but that doesn’t mean some of these won’t grow on me. Check ‘em out below and enjoy (Shouts 2 Urban Music for some of the exclusives!)
Saturday’s update includes some solid trax throughout, starting w/ 2 by the rapper - Dolla with some 2 very strong features by superstars T.I. & Lil’ Wayne. I especially like T.I. on the hook of his feature, but the song as a whole might not have a strong lasting appeal. Still worth the DLs if ur fans of both of them tho. Below, the latest from Slim Thug, Lloyd Banks, Donnie Klang, & Rob (Of One Chance) as well as Pt. 3 of The Clipse’s Road 2 Success videos! Enjoy!
Ooh, I almost forgot - head over 2 our aff - lupEND for the Amajanese EP, featuring our boy S-Preme! Much love.
Jazmine Sullivan is an R&B singer and a RMX f/ mega stars T.I. & Missy Elliott has surfaced for her song “Need You Bad”. I’m not big on Missy at all, but this song is a nice one that touches a chord w/ me with Jazmine’s nice voice and T.I.’s slow flow, yet solid lyrics (and slow flow can be good as u should kno..) More R&B that deals w/ boys & girls can be found below, including a nice lil’ slow jam from Ne-Yo, a solid new-age R&B track by Mario Winans and of course, some hip hop w/ Naledge showin’ his intelligence in a freestyle. Of course there’s more trax below that u may like, along w/ some video interviews w/ Lil’ Wayne, LL Cool J, a Snoop Dogg featured video, and behind the scenes w/ Donnie Klang & Diddy (u kno.. if MTB is not enough of an inside look into their lives, haha!) Enjoy!
Check out our boy Bullet with a mention in the upcoming issue of Source! This is a big deal for one of our rappers we’ve helped launch here at Gowhere Hip Hop and we’re happy 2 see him get the pub he deserves! Watch out for his upcoming album, Back To The Lyrics, on July 29th! Down below is a bunch more NEW trax featuring Chicago’s own, Rhymefest, Lil’ Wayne, Ice Cube, and R&B f/ R. Kelly, Avant, One Chance, Donnie Klang, & MANY MORE! There’s also some videos 2 peep with the latest premiere from Taio Cruz, Lupe Fiasco performing @ the ESPYs (supposedly he was performing throughout the night, during the breaks.. def shoulda got more air time tho..), and Will Ferrell accepting Tiger Woods’ ESPY for Best Male Athlete from Justin Timberlake! Hahaha, simply hilarious. Enjoy!
Stay tuned for some Rock The Bells pictures and updates from Max G. & I - we’re workin’ on it 2gether as we speak!
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!
A lot of R&B for ya 2day with the feature track from my boy Trey Songz! I finally found out what his chest tattoo says, peep it below.. it’s pretty deep.
“To God I pray may April’s showers rain down on her Forrest and grow the strength that started with one Rose”
April = Mom
Forrest = Brother
Rose = Grandma
Yeah, I love that. The rest of the trax can be found below - NEW music from Day26 (no space now, haha), Danity Kane, Lloyd, Lil’ Wayne (I’m not a big fan, but I kno a ton of u are, so his first single can be found below.), and MORE! I’m really feelin’ that Johnta Austin track - that’s a must-DL! Enjoy!
FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album The Odd Couple*Tibs Fav.
HUGE Update 2day and I gotta run. A lot of *Tibs Favs., but the ones I’m really really feelin’ is the deep track by Gnarls Barkley that was featured recently by ?uestlove and the Ne-Yo track “Closer”. Most of all tho, u know I’m lovin’ that “Superstar RMX” f/ 2 of my favs - Lupe Fiasco (of course) and T.I.! Max G. posted that up early this morning down below, so be sure 2 scroll up and down and make sure u don’t miss a track! Enjoy!
Ne-Yo “My Diamond” - MORE
