Ryan Leslie “Quick Sand”

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

A TON of nice R&B trax for ya ears w/ this update, starting off w/ Ryan Leslie comin’ thru w/ another midtempo beauty. I’ve been lovin’ his production lately, even giving the beats some solos as illustrated in “Quick Sand”, “When We Dance”, and his single “Addiction” off the top of my head. Those instrumental solos really enhance the song and are just simply ridiculous. R-Les comes thru w/ lyrics that I can find some relation to - a common theme throughout the R&B trax in the entire update, in fact. Snippets of Barack Obama’s speech appear in this NEW version of Usher’s “Hush” and I like them there as it enhances the message of the track even more. I love the message of Ne-Yo’s “Put In Work”. From the title alone, you can get the gist of the message about both sides having to put work into a successful relationship, but it seems like a demo for a female singer.. so it comes off a lil’ strange, haha! I also like the slow jam from Beyoncé and a very solid, StarGate-produced track from Qwote. Scroll below for a couple videos featuring Common and Ludacris as well and finally, peep this MTV news story about a NEW (ugh, prolly annoying) supergroup that Nelly is planning with T-Pain, Akon, & Pharrell. Enjoy!

Usher “Hush” f/ Barack Obama

FULL, CDQ (Supposed ORIGINAL Version thx 2 MTM) *Tibs Fav.™

Ne-Yo “Put In Work”

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

Beyoncé “At Last”

FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming Cadilac Records Soundtrack *Tibs Fav.™

J. Holiday “Come Here”

FULL, CDQ

Charlie Wilson “Shawty Come Back” f/ Birdman

FULL, CDQ

Qwote “Fallin’ 4 U”

Producer: StarGate - FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

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Common Speaks On The Believer

(The Kanye-No I.D. produced album that will be comin’ up after Universal Mind Control - MTV Story HERE)

Ludacris Recaps The BET Awards

~ Sgt. Tibs

Lupe Fiasco “I Know Why” f/ GemStones

Producer: Prolyfic - FULL, CDQ, 2001 Unreleased track *Tibs Fav.™

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!

Mos Def “The Glow”

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

DJ Felli Fel “Feel It” f/ T-Pain, Sean Paul, Flo Rida, & Pitbull

FULL, Limited DJ

Flo Rida “Hot Like Fire” f/ Qwote

FULL, CDQ

Pitbull “Knock Me Down” f/ Casely

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

Nelly “Lie” f/ St. Lunatics & Keri Hilson

FULL, Limited DJ, HQ, Rumored track off upcoming album, Brass Knuckles

Chris Brown “Golden Girl” f/ Andre Merritt

FULL, CDQ, Possible Demo

Trey Songz “Love Song (Different For The Other)”

FULL, CDQ *Tibs Fav.™

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Dem Franchize Boyz “Turn Heads” f/ Lloyd

VIDEO PREMIERE!

~ Sgt. Tibs