Consequence Presents… No Matter What The Consequences
TON of videos and a couple trax above & below, starting with Consequence’s FIRST episode of his NEW video series, No Matter What The Consequences, entitled “Frontin’ Ass Niggaz”. Inspired by the Q-Tip album release party from earlier this week, Consequence rants about the hipster craze that is comin’ up in hip hop, but how some of these new artists are frontin’. Oh yeah, he also casually mentions that Q-Tip & Kanye West TOGETHER are producing his next album, You Win Some, You Lose Some due out in Spring 2009! Can’t wait for that and it’s a passionate, thought-provoking rant that us hip hop fans should really see. Down below, a couple NEW trax featuring a nice one by Ryan Leslie and a captivating Rich Boy track that will appeal to the masses, I’m sure. Also a bunch of videos featuring some of your favorite artists like Common, T.I., & MORE! Just scroll and 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!)
Producer: Swizz Beatz? - FULL, CDQ, 1st single off upcoming album, Theatre Of The Mind*Tibs Fav.™
A few standout trax from the bunch above and below, starting with Ludacris’ latest single (thx 2 Steve-O for the send) that will surely be hitting the radio in due time. It features Chris Brown & Sean Garrett and supposedly is produced by Swizz Beatz. The song is pretty solid on 1st listen and is exactly the type of song that will grow on me over time. The song is aimed squarely at the pop crowd, especially with a unique beat that is also likely 2 annoy some as well. I’m indifferent on the beat, like many of the vocals by Luda & CB, so we’ll see how this track lasts over time. Down below, Trey Songz kills the first verse of the “Girls Around The World RMX” and T.I. & Fabolous kill the “Hi Hater RMX”! Also be sure 2 check out a few vids and the extensive Complex feature on Lupe Fiasco & N*E*R*D! Enjoy!
The Game “My Life” f/ Lil’ Wayne (Behind The Scenes)
Young Jeezy - The Recession (Trailer Pt. 1)
Lupe Fiasco & N*E*R*D Covering Complex
Lupe & N*E*R*D are getting some much deserved pub in the next issue of Complex Magazine and below are the goodies, straight from their website (including a lil’ snippet of the Lupe interview below!)
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So are there gonna be no more Lupe solo albums? Is there a CRS project that you’re—
Lupe Fiasco: Yeah, the CRS project hopefully will come before my last album. So that will probably be the next thing that everybody kind of goes into.
I heard you were the one that actually gave the sample for “Us Placers” that was out there.
Lupe Fiasco: Yeah, I produced the record; Pharrell came up with the name and the idea. And “Us Placers” was the first song that’s like, “Yeah, this could work.”
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Above is the latest production from the fellas at Rogue Lion Films as they made a video for one of my favorite Alicia Keys tracks, “Where Do We Go From Here”! The directing and editing really stand out and the concept of the video also plays out nicely at the end! Judge for yourself above and visit their MySpace HERE!
Below are some performance videos from Day26, Danity Kane, Donnie J., & Diddy and you can also DL the latest trax from Day26, Donnie J., One Chance, Trey Songz, & Rich Boy below! Enjoy!
Producer: Malay & P. Diddy - FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming self-titled debut album in stores 03.25.08 *Tibs Fav.
Diddy would be happy with 2day’s update, haha. A lot of NEW trax from the winners in Making The Band, including the hot collaboration from all 3! Above is the latest from Day26; really lookin’ forward 2 that album. Below is a bonus track from Danity Kane’s album, in stores next Tuesday, and that is the colabo with Day26 & Donnie Klang There is another solo track by Donnie Klang, but my boy Dj MiniMaxX and I think it’s just the chorus looped together - either way, hot chorus, even hotter beat! Diddy and the crew spend top dollar for the game’s hottest producers and it’s really showing. Finally, some more NEW trax from Casely & Rich Boy and a Flo Rida & Girl Talk request! Enjoy!
UPDATE (03.25.08): Donnie J. is now Donnie Klang, Bryan-Michael Cox did NOT produce “I’m The Reason”, AND “Ain’t Going” is a hidden track off of Day26’s album, not Danity Kane’s.
HUGE Update for u late nite viewers (Note that Tuesdays and Thursdays are my real busy days and I won’t be able 2 update til late nite…) Anyway, above is a supposed unreleased old school Lupe Fiasco track, with the literal title haha. From what I can tell no one knows where it is from but it is either from before Food & Liquor or just a NEW, recent track… either way, I’ve never heard it and I have all the Lupe songs I see and its a straight up ridiculous beat and track overall! Scroll down below for a bunch of Tibs Favs, including the “Ghetto Rich RMX” and HQ version of Usher’s NEW single “Love In The Club” as well as the video premiere 2 Chingy’s latest single, “Gimme Dat” f/ Bobby Valentino and Ludacris! I kno Chingy is not well-liked but he holds his own and the features and beat make that track a good one. Enjoy!
Wow, I can’t believe we’ve been up and running this long without a single J. Legend post, haha! Well, the weekend in music is a little slow and I’m sure ya’ll are jammin’ to Kanye anyway so I’d figure I’d hit ya with some JOHN LEGEND! There has not been many new JL songs to surface, none in fact, since the beginning of the year. I read that he has an untitled 3rd album on the horizon for 2007, but I highly doubt we’ll see that out this year. Other than that, he has background vocals on “Good Life” & “The Glory” off of Kanye’s Graduation. Anyway, here is the last song he was featured on - an interesting, yet pleasant collaboration with Rich Boy. The Polow Da Don (check out his production credits here) beat is a dark thumper that Rich Boy rhymes over nicely and JL amazingly sings over on the chorus. Below that, I put out a couple old videos. One is his special remix (just him and a piano) to “Selfish” - a 2004 song that features him and Kanye w/ Slum Village that you can DL here if you don’t have it already (sry no divShare preview, didn’t come up w/ one for some reason). Finally, in the fall of 2006, John Legend performed in the legendary (no pun intended) Royal Albert Hall in London that I watched at the time live on msn.com. All his live performances from that show can be found on YouTube and below is his opener, and Tibs personal fav. “Heaven”. You can explore the rest of the show on the related videos on the side. Enjoy!
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