Finally back with some loose ends from some major artists, including The Game up above. It’s a nice track with a mellow beat that takes a backseat to Game’s lyrics. Down below, check out the latest from Jay-Z with a track that is produced by Kanye West. I’m not really feelin’ it but I know a lot of you will so be sure 2 check that one out right under this. There’s also some more trax featuring a couple nice ones from up and comers Jay Electronica and B.o.B. as well as some other names like Jamie Foxx, Baby Bash, & Colin Munroe! And of course there’s a couple videos featuring Common & Immortal Technique to be viewed below as well. Enjoy!
Here’s our NEW music update encompassing late Thursday night and Friday morning. (My apologies… travelling from Minny 2 Chicago took 12 hrs and then I jetted 2 the Lupe concert @ the Congress w/ the GWHH crew… more details above). Regardless, I’d figure I’d kick it off with a video premiere (and cuz I’m 2 fatigued 2 find a pic for an artist w/ a track below, haha) by Keyshia Cole f/ 2Pac! However, it peeves me that this track was actually on Pac’s Life - the 2006 album by 2Pac and is now considered new to many others as it looks to be the 1st single off of Keyshia Cole’s upcoming 3rd album. Eh, at the same time, it is a beautiful track that I liked a lot a couple years ago and the more people who hear that nice message, the better. Down below, a buncha trax f/ a T-Pain / Kanye collabo, Chamillionaire, Talib Kweli, The Dream, & MORE! And finally, check out a few more videos featuring Common talkin’ politics, the latest Lil’ Wayne video premiere, along w/ video premieres from Saigon and Pharoahe Monch, and a couple live performances by T.I. & Kidz In The Hall! Enjoy!
***NOTICE: As many of you are quite aware, GWHH was temporarily unavailable due 2 some sort of copyright infringement involving the T.I. “Live Your Life” video premiere and the Mos Def track, “Life In Marvelous Times”. It seems due to our high traffic volume, and visitor rate we’ve been targeted for the second time, and thus shut down temporarily until the materials in question were removed. We have no problem taking down material that’s leaked (by the record labels themselves), however by law our host is contacted and our site gets temporarily shut down; robbing our daily visitors of seein’ more content from those artists and many others! If only we were just contacted directly….. We will now have to be more careful in re-upping broken links to new tracks as they are probably getting broken for a reason; so if a new record comes out and the link gets broken, we will have to oblige to the broken link in order to prevent ourselves from being temporarily shut down again! Anyways, sorry for the inconvenience everyone, and just remember what is happening when you see our site temporarily unavailable. Although it’s a major inconvenience, we here at GWHH will take it as a compliment as no other hip hop blogs apparently get affected by this when posting the same material! Much love for staying with us, and lets move forward with some great new updates!
Anyway, here is a big update 2 get caught up, starting with an important video premiere 2 Usher’s latest hit, “Hush”! I think Usher recorded this real recently as the mp3 was released just a short couple weeks ago (if that) and a video is already being shot, just in time for the election on November 4th! The video illustrates the hardships that they lyrics describe and obviously comes thru with some very powerful images. The message is clear: VOTE on November 4th (2 our majority U.S. visitors)! Down below, a batch of solid trax, with Freeway echoing the above message in “Change”. Jamie Foxx comes thru w/ a formulaic single, featuring a somewhat tiresome production from Tricky Stewart & The Dream because it sounds like a lot of what they put out already. U can always count on T.I. comin’ thru tho so this one might grow on me. There’s also some R&B featuring another potential grower from Ne-Yo and some nice trax featuring Solange & Casely (prolly my fav. in the update). Finally, Cons hit everyone w/ a couple e-mails w/ what he’s been up 2 recently - some exclusive footage from the John Legend Album Release Party and the announcement of his last video premiere from Don’t Quit Your Day Job, with “Job Song” hitting the internet on election day; yes, November 4th! Enjoy!
Truthfully, somewhat of a forgettable update for me cuz I’m not really diggin’ a lot of the NEW trax; however, Royce Da 5′9″ comes thru with a very respectable hip hop track over a real nice DJ Premier beat! His rhymes are clear and fast, yet you’re still able 2 follow them on 1st listen. Down below, Beyoncé comes thru with her first 2 official singles off her next album, I Am… (I’ve also seen that the album will be called Virtuoso, but idk which it is for sure..?). They are actually really great songs for the ladies, especially the slow jam “If I Were A Boy”, but as the titles of the songs suggest, guys like me can’t really relate and put the song on repeat, haha. I know that Mrs. Carter’s female fans will LOVE those singles tho as it also warrants mentioning that the “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” track is her club banger single. Finally, peep the various trax and videos below and u’ll prolly find somethin’ u like. Enjoy!
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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FULL, CDQ, Rumored track off upcoming album, Walk With Me Now*Tibs Fav.™
Some NEW DMX for ya ears and this is a solid track where Dark Man X raps from his heart in response 2 all the trouble he’s been gettin’ into recently, w/ all his arrests. I respect his approach as much as I like the track itself, in that he is attacking his problems head on and I am really optimistic and hopeful that he comes as strong as ever on his upcoming hip hop CD, Walk With Me Now, and his upcoming gospel CD, Fly With Me Later. From what I can gather, they’ll be split into individual albums now. Below, enjoy some Casely, Jagged Edge over The Dream’s hit “I Luv Your Girl”, and a RMX of one of the hottest songs in the country right now, “I Kissed A Girl” f/ the rapper Mims. All trax u may like more than I do, haha. Enjoy!
Again, we gotta apologize for no updates on Saturday, but Max G. & I were busy chillin’ as VIPs backstage, enjoyin’ the first stop in the Rock The Bells tour in Chicago all day Saturday! We will have some exclusive coverage & photos comin’ 2 ya soon shortly, but in the meantime, here’s a catch-up on some of the NEW trax released so far this weekend! First off is a cool R&B banger with some unique lyrics by my boy Trey Songz! It’s definitely a HOT one his fans and R&B fans will enjoy! Down below is a cool Akon track, the full/real version of Ciara’s supposed 1st single w/ Ludacris “High Price”, which I actually like now, and some good hip hop for ya ears f/ Skills & The Roots, Murs & 9th Wonder, Freeway, & Maino! 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)
My apologies for rollin’ thru late 2day… was traveling w/o cpu access for nearly half the day, but a ton of updates for 2day with the “Moving Mountains” premiere above! It is supposed 2 be a continuation of the “Love In This Club” video where Usher is standing in the wreckage from the club burning down around him from the previous video. Definitely a more powerful video with all the imagery and special effects that u should see for urself. Down below is a bunch of NEW trax f/ Usher again (Here I Stand bonus track), a John Legend/Andre 3000 snippet - the first single of JL’s new album that I’ve been anticipating for quite sometime now. Also check out some more unreleased Cool Kids trax, a couple Saigon trax, an Akon feature, and an acoustic version of the Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown hit “No Air”! Enjoy!
***For all our Chicago fans, Matthew Santos is going 2 be doin’ his own thing while he’s in town for the Glow In The Dark Tour 2morrow night! All the info is on the flyer and while I can’t make it, ya’ll should go if u can and have a good time!***
The Game “Laugh” - MORE
