Here’s a quick update for ya Sunday, starting w/ a song I like by Taio Cruz “She’s Like A Star”! It’s the RMX w/ Busta Rhymes, who does a nice job adding something 2 the track. In a lil bit of a rush, so also be sure 2 check out the latest from Yung Berg, Akon, & videos featuring Q-Tip, Dead Prez, & The Game! Enjoy!
So here’s a lil somethin’ different up above - instead of a feature track, check out a sweet mixtape sent over from our friends at HIP HOP UPDATE - a themed mixtape called The Sole Of Hip Hop, where they compiled some of the best trax about fresh kicks! As somewhat of a shoehead myself, and certainly Max G. is up on his shoe game, we are fans of how the sneaker culture influences hip hop and vice versa. This mixtape is a nice reminder of how the two cultures blend 2gether. Peep the tracklist by clicking on the back cover above or check out the post at HHU! Down below is ur NEW music featuring some big names like Ne-Yo, jennifer Hudson, Kanye West, Mos Def, & MORE as well as NEW videos featuring more behind the scenes looks at upcoming videos as well as a recap of the Rock The Bells concert in Chicago we attended, Lupe Fiasco on CNN, a video premiere from The Game, & Jim Jones losing his mind and dissing Nas when Nas can absolutely destroy him! 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!
So I was teased into thinkin’ the above version of “Stop Playin’” was the FULL, FINAL version featuring Usher & Michael Jackson, BUT this 4:42 long song still has no Michael Jackson vocals and I did some digging and it seems like the track is complete, save for a verse for Michael Jackson, which is either happening at the end or in place of Ryon Lovett’s 1st verse. Phew, so hopefully u followed that. I’d DL this extended version anyway… my thoughts… Usher is awesome over this track, but T-Pain… what is T-Pain doing on this track? He ruins it with his trademark autotuner crap, except that it sounds awful in that chorus. When used properly, the autotuner enhances the song, but in this case, even T-Pain might be getting a lil carried away. Ugh, why can’t this just be an Usher / Michael Jackson duet..?? It’s what everybody wants 2 hear! Oh well, down below, u can enjoy a couple trax from R&B singers Taio Cruz & Casely and the video premiere for Yung Berg’s rising single, “The Business”! Enjoy!
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!
Producer: Drumma Boy - FULL, CDQ, Track off upcoming album I Am Trap*Tibs Fav.
“NEW JEEZY AND YEEZY!!! WHO’S YEEZY??? THAT’S MEEZY!!! PUT ON!” - Kanye West
Haha! That’s Kanye’s title of his most recent post on his blog, promoting the latest track featuring him and Young Jeezy! Kanye goes T-Pain with the Auto-Tune on his verse over a nice dirty south beat. I can see this blowing up so be sure 2 DL it and blast it for your friends. Oh, and while you’re at Ye’s blog - check out his beef with Entertainment Weekly, a wildly passionate and entertaining comeback at the EW review of the Glow In The Dark Tour. Also be sure 2 DL a couple NEW trax below that I really like - Swizz Beatz gettin’ it hyped with a sick, hard beat and a bonus track from R&B crooner Taio Cruz that is a nice 1 2 chill 2. (haha @ the numbers, I just wanted 2 see what that looked like…) Oh yeh.. J. Holiday request as well! Enjoy!
The above live performance is simply a must-see. Lupe straight up rips it word for word on my favorite track from Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool and Nikki Jean provides the nice, soulful chorus. Their energy really gets the crowd going and you can tell as the song progresses 2 the very end. I had 2 watch that another time myself, haha. A few notes on the NEW trax below… really feelin’ the Taio Cruz/Estelle RMX and “War Is Necessary”, which I’m re-posting with the CDQ version. The “Flashing Lights” track is the Glow In The Dark Version, which is not live, but CDQ and features a slight, yet interesting take on the track, that I’m sure sounds 10x better if that is used when he performs it in his show. Finally, the Jay-Z track is an interesting one as he fired back at DeShawn Stevenson in support of his boy LeBron James - in fact, it is one of the strangest, most entertaining feuds (LeBron & DeShawn) that I can remember. There’s a link 2 the full story below the track that is a must-read if you’re interested in the details. Enjoy!
FULL, LQ Radio Rip, Track off upcoming GTA 4 Soundtrack? *Tibs Fav.
(Shouts 2 Our NEW Affiliate J.D. for the full version!)
Above is another NEW track from “Esco, let’s go!” and it’ll be appearing on the GTA4 Soundtrack, I believe. It’ll definitely be in the game on one of the radio stations (”Flashing Lights” is the next song on the radio station, that’s why you hear that in the last 2 seconds) and the game itself comes out on Tuesday! Can’t wait to play it, haha. Below is for your R&B fix as there’s some NEW trax featuring Bobby Valentino, Akon, Francisco and video premieres of a couple Tibs Favs by Danny Fernandes and Taio Cruz. Oh, and also peep the hilarious video of Kanye playing Jonah Hill (Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) in a game of Connect 4. Check them out below, and I should be back later 2nite! Enjoy!
A LOT of NEW music and videos from yesterday and 2day (didn’t have time outside of posting the interview with Nikki Jean, the post below if u haven’t read it yet!) so you guys get a HUGE update with new music, mainly hip hop, from Talib Kweli, Guru (2 ridiculous trax!), Fabolous, Snoop Dogg, & Obie Trice! There’s also a NEW R&B track by Rob of One Chance as well as 4 NEW R&B videos featuring Trey Songz, Taio Cruz, Casely, T-Pain, & Chris Brown! So take a moment to browse thru 2day’s updates, download the trax, watch the videos, and really check out the Nikki Jean EXCLUSIVE Interview below if you haven’t already!
Enjoy a TON of new music and videos featuring some of your favorite artists! My favs of the day include an awesome snippet of a StarGate produced track by Usher that is supposedly going 2 also feature Ne-Yo on the full version! We’ll be on the lookout when the full version is leaked! I’m really feelin’ the 2 new Taio Cruz trax as well as the video for a favorite song of mine - “Get Buck In Here”! And there’s a ton of other good music and vids featuring Trey Songz, Swizz Beatz, Talib Kweli, John Legend, & MUCH MORE! Just scroll down below!
Taio Cruz “She’s Like A Star RMX” f/ Busta Rhymes & Sugababes - MORE
