Here’s a clip of a speech by Lupe Fiasco stressing how hip hop belongs and people will be entertained by hip hop as much as rock or whatever other genre. It’s a nice lil’ clip with the crowd going nuts. Head over 2 lupEND for downloads of the speech and performance and peep the small blurb on BET about his performance that is the biggest news of Lu’s performance in the U.K. last night…
“During his set at the Glastonbury Festival in the U.K. last night, rapper Lupe Fiasco spoke out about “tyrannical world leaders”, clumping Zimbabwe’s longtime dictator and the American president in the same category “F*@K Robert Mugabe, F*@K George Bush,” he said. F*@k politics, democrats, socialists, the Labor party. Music’s what it’s all about.” It’s likely there won’t be any blowback from his American fans for his comment considering the current political climate. But remember just a few years ago the Country music group, Dixie Chicks, were bashed for much milder comments they made about the President in the U.K. Fiasco drew an excited crowd to his performance which included his hits “The Cool,” “Food and Liquor,” “Hip Hop Saved My Life” and ‘Kick Push.’”
Wow, some strong words then from Lupe Fiasco and more power 2 him. He’s truly a strong and passionate artist as u can tell above and in his music. Down below, check out a few NEW trax, with my favorite of the bunch being the NEW version of “Diamond Girl” including a better, less repetitive beat than the original. Definitely a MUST-HAVE for the R&B fans! Peep the rest of the trax below and the Day26 video premiere! Enjoy!
Another HUGE update for ya (sry, going 2 be inconsistent w/ timely updates the next few days…) with the feature track being the HOT, Swizz Beatz-produced?, RMX of Alicia Keys’ latest single “Teenage Love Affair” featuring LL Cool J! LL’s male perspective definitely adds 2 this song that was lyrically brilliant in the first place. Another big RMX below is from Usher for his latest single “Moving Mountains” featuring Hood Fella. Not sure if that’s official, but Hood Fella adds 2 the original beat pretty well also. More songs 2 add 2 ur collection include the latest GemStones track “Never Give Up”, which features the new and improved GemStones - meaningful, conscious lyrics and a beautiful, passionate chorus that brings the cliche some depth. The mixtape should be hitting the web within the next couple days as it’s finally done (unfortunately we couldn’t hit up the mixtape release party last nite). It’s just a matter of time and once it pops up in our e-mail or around the other blogs, u’ll see it on GWHH. Be sure 2 scroll below for the boatload of new hip hop and R&B trax, requests, and videos as the Keyshia Cole Letterman performance is especially worth ur time! Enjoy! (Big ups 2 FSD & NMC)
Our man Bullet is blowin’ up! The Chicago rapper is currently featured on Hip Hop DXNext (GemStones w/ a nice shout in the comments as well…) and with all the buzz gained on the internet with his first 2 singles “Earth Girls” & “Take That” (also on iTunes now), Bullet should be making a nice debut when his debut album, Back To The Lyrics, will be released this summer! Bullet’s got that true Chicago flow and matches it with some unique wordplay as evident in the GWHH Exclusive “Quick”, another album cut “Blue Moon” (thanks 2 FSD)! He also gave us the mp3 for “Burning Up”, which hasn’t been downloadable off his MySpace, but now u can get it above! Watch out for another Chicago rapper, Bullet, hittin’ the forefront soon!
Below, check out some R&B from the Chicago boys One Chance - another nice, smoother R&B track from them. I’m also really feelin’ “Crazy” by Trey Songz, as it’s got that unique beat and I’m a sucker for the lyrics in that song. Finally, young R&B sensation Karina Pasian is set 2 debut with her new album, First Love, and u can find a track from that produced by Ryan Leslie as well. Enjoy!
Producer: Kanye West - Track from the 2004 album, The College Dropout *Tibs Fav.
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For all our Chicago readers & FNF Fans, check out the flyer above and celebrate with GemStones as he releases his long-awaited mixtape, The Testimony Of GemStones! And who knows, maybe you’ll see Tibs & Max G. there 2, haha! Shouts 2 KayCee!
FULL, CDQ, Track from the lost album, World Record Holders*Tibs Fav.
Props 2 FSD for their track by track leak of a “lost” album by the Go Getters (Kanye West, GLC, & Really Doe) called World Record Holders. The title track is up above and it’s another hot one by the Chicago rappers. It is also interesting 2 see the growth in Kanye from a track like this (from years ago apparently) 2 how he is 2day. Def a MUST-DL above! Below are some NEW trax f/ Lil’ Wayne and R&B singers Ryan Leslie, Digga (really feelin’ the NEW version of “Broken”), & Ashanti! Along w/ those, peep the Roscoe Umali video premiere and Atmosphere LIVE @ Conan! Off 2 the Glow In The Dark Tour in Chicago 2nite! JYEA! Enjoy!
Here’s a quick update for ur Sunday morning. The original R. Les/Cassie collabo of “Addiction” has been stuck in my head all week after hearing it again on DJ B-Bop’s Gotta Stay Fresh Mixtape and I love the RMX even better since I’m a hip hop and Fabolous fan first. LoSo’s (Fabolous, “in case you ain’t kno so”, haha!) versatility definitely adds a nice look 2 the RMX. I think that if the song is marketed well, it has the commercial appeal to become a big radio hit! Down below are a couple more NEW Beyoncé trax… the subject matter is hard for me 2 relate 2, but I have a good feeling the ladies will love it! DL above and below! Enjoy!
11:27 - Wow, I forgot 2 add Usher’s LIVE SNL Performances from last nite, so peep them below as well! Pretty sweet, esp Ush’s dance solo @ the end of “Love In This Club”!
R&B fans rejoice! My boy, DJ B-Bop just came thru with his latest mixtape, spotlighting the best of the underground R&B crooners on the come-up, mixed with some established stars like Ryan Leslie, Craig David, The Dream, Taio Cruz, & MORE - all blended beautifully 2gether for ur listening pleasure! I’ma bump this a lot for sure and get my ears familiar with some of these virtual unknown R&B singers, and u should 2 cuz maybe you’ll find someone new that u like! I got thru it once already and its got my overwhelming approval; any R&B fan would enjoy this so DL it below! Just in time for ur finals and the beginning of a HOT summer!! Special thanks 2 the fella DJ B-Bop for the love! Enjoy!
Here’s a quick early update for u dedicated GWHH fans featuring R&B by the classy Ryan Leslie above. Put him on a piano and let him sing from the heart about his mother and u get a nice slow jam that u can DL above! I also like the Charlie Wilson (frequent Snoop Dogg collaborator) track below and a couple solid trax from Robert (Of Day26). 2 follow up on yesterday’s hit “Everyone Nose RMX” by N.E.R.D., Ye, Lu, and Pusha T… check out the video at the bottom for a behind the scenes look in the studio of the making of the RMX! Enjoy!
Producer: Teddy Riley - FULL, Limited DJ *Tibs Fav.
It was a tough decision on which track 2 make the feature track but since the fly Casely cover was up yesterday I went with a different up and coming R&B crooner in Billy Cook (from Chamillionaire’s “Rain”)! I’m really likin’ both beats especially of the Cook and Casely trax and pretty soon I’ll be singing along as well, haha! Also check out the latest from Uness & Ryan Leslie as well as Lil’ Wayne on a track that might be on his upcoming, highly anticipated Tha Carter III. I don’t particularly enjoy the track but I know some of ya’ll will. One track I do enjoy is the Kardinal Offishall / Akon collabo “Dangerous” and the video PREMIERE is below as well! Enjoy!
And some news that made me happy from Kanye’s Blog…
“Oh and I was in the studio with T.I. last night…. so get ready!!!” - Kanye West
FULL, CDQ, Rumored track off upcoming album, Year of the Gentleman*Tibs Fav.
Another feature track by R&B singer Ne-Yo! I’m feelin’ this one as well, altho I still can’t stop listening 2 “Closer” and this is not as goood, but still good, haha. I’m in a hurry, so not much else 2 say except 2 just peep the new trax above and below, as well as the NEW Roots video for “Birthday Girl” f/ porn star Sasha Grey, hahaha. Expect the unexpected from The Roots, haha. Oh yeah, u may recognize Akon’s vocals in “I’m So Fly” - that’s cuz they’ve been used in his song “So Fly” from the Longest Yard Soundtrack from ‘05. Maybe Fab’s and Joe’s vocals are recycled also, but I dont know them well enough 2 kno. Either way, sounds good, so DL! And keep it locked 2 GWHH the rest of the week cuz we should have a nice surprise by week’s end, hopefully sooner! Enjoy!
ALL videos 2day (for now) as u should enjoy a couple video premieres - I’m really feelin’ “Diamond Girl” - and a couple of sweet videos that my friends passed along 2 me last night… some of you may have heard of piano extraordinaire David Sides on YouTube before - well, here he is with a new rendition of Usher’s mega-hit “Love In This Club”! And the folks in the UK may know V Double O as he is proclaimed as the fastest rapper in the UK. This is the first I’ve seen of him and he was absolutely sick in the video above. Click on the actual video if u want 2 see the lyrics. It’s fun 2 follow with those. Enjoy!
Also check out Max G.’s post, spotlighting the Five One Band below! Take the time 2 preview the trax and you’ll prolly like the unique sound you hear from the DC underground group! Support them up by droppin’ 5 dollars on their album!
Lupe Fiasco Speech @ Glastonbury - MORE
featuring R&B by the classy Ryan Leslie above. Put him on a piano and let him sing from the heart about his mother and u get a nice slow jam that u can DL above! I also like the Charlie Wilson (frequent Snoop Dogg collaborator) track below and a couple solid trax from Robert (Of Day26). 2 follow up on yesterday’s hit “Everyone Nose RMX” by N.E.R.D., Ye, Lu, and Pusha T… check out the video at the bottom for a behind the scenes look in the studio of the making of the RMX! Enjoy!
