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!
Here’s a unique mix of NEW school trax w/ Old School Sundays! Above is the NEW track from Dwele called “I’m Cheatin’” - simply another good track from the Detroit R&B/soul singer. And below are the OLD school trax that is by or featuring Dwele! They include the Grammy-nominated “That’s The Way Of The World”, the ridiculous collaboration with Kanye West and Consequence, and more collaborations with 2Pac, Slum Village & Proof! Finally, there are also some solid NEW trax featuring Snoop Dogg, Pharrell, & the Minneapolis underground duo - Atmosphere! Enjoy!
Aite, so today is my birthday! And it’s cool and all, but one thing I always do every birthday is go through and listen to the all-time classics that I have loved in the past. I dust off the old TiM’s MiX’s, PumP uP MiX’s, etc. and just reminisce and enjoy all the classic throwback songs I loved when they first came out. So I thought I would share with you 3 LIVE performance videos from my 3 favorite artists! I don’t know how I would rank these top 3, but I feel they represent a different genre and sub-genre of music so I don’t know how I can I guess. Check out the videos below!
Here is Eminem performing my favorite song EVER, “Lose Yourself” at the 2003 Grammys. I’ve seen Em live and this performance was different then the extremely intense encore performance he did of this classic song when I saw him. Rather, this performance, geared toward a Grammy crowd who isn’t going to be up and about to crash the stage, is a more mellow version of the song with The Roots providing the instrumentals! It works out nicely and it’s also worth mentioning that Eminem is out performing with his best friend and hype man Proof (R.I.P.), who does a great job of being a hype man by enhancing the performance and not shouting out every single word like typical hype men. It’s a chilling performance that you’ll like, guaranteed!
Here we got my boy Lupe Fiasco performing LIVE on Letterman with Jill Scott. That’s right, “Daydreamin’” - my fav. Lupe song. I’ve had this in my YouTube bookmarks for awhile and savin’ it for a rainy day. This is just a classy, top-notch performance. Jill Scott kills it and Lupe keeps it classy and I love how he’s just vibin’ and dancin’ to the music. He really feels it inside and after seeing him twice in person, I can say that he’s like that throughout!
Finally, here’s John Legend performing his biggest hit “Ordinary People”. Watch it to the end b/c the band and more piano that comes in only enhances the already sweet performance. I was lucky enough to see J. Legend live as well and he was consistently this good and on-key the whole night. It was such a treat. Anyway, hope you enjoy some of the videos of my all-time favorite hits!
Stat Quo “Dear Summer Pt. 1″ - MORE
