As soon as I heard this video came out I stopped what I was doing to watch. Big Boi’s album is very close to being album of the year in my book. It’s an amazing all around great album. I’ve been playing it a lot as of late and it gets better with each listen. This album gives me extreme high hopes for the next Outkast project. Big Boi brought back that Outkast sound 100% on this album. Any current, previous, or new fan of Outkast can’t deny that. As far as the video goes it’s probably my least favorite yet but there are some cool parts, such as where the DJ flips the record. Also someone please tell me why they didn’t use the Vinyl artwork for the CD version. It looks way nicer. I think he should put out a video to “Back up Plan” and “Shine Blockas (Remix)” next. Am I right?
Big Boi – Ain’t No DJ (feat. Yelawolf)
“Space Invader, I’m the lyrical Darth Vader, give thanks pussy nigga I’ll expose you as a hater” – Big Boi
Cee-Lo always comes with that dope shit. He had 2 very successful albums with Dangermouse as Gnarls Barkley but his newer listeners don’t realize that he was a rapper in Goodie Mob first. He also put out 2 solo rap and rnb influenced CD’s as well. After reaching more popularity he finally has decided to return to his solo career. This new song is sure to be a hit on the radio. Not only is it catchy as hell and somewhat humorous, it has a great message. The radio version known as “Forget You” isn’t as explicit but people will still get the gist of what he’s talking about. The video is great as well! Be on the lookout for The Lady Killer, later this year.
This week I’ve been listening to Ghostface’s first album, Ironman. This was a great Wu album from start to finish. I think I might actually like it more than Only Built for Cuban Linx. This is very similar to OB4CL in that most songs feature fellow members of the Wu-Tang Clan. My favorite songs are “Assassination Day,” “Wildflower,” “Iron Maiden,” “260,” “Box in Hand,” “Daytona 500,” and “All That I Got is You.” The video I picked for today was for “All That I Got is You.” The album version features a hook from Mary J. Blige and an outro from Popa Wu. They couldn’t get Mary J. Blige to the video shoot for whatever reason so they used one of their in house RnB singers, Tekitha. To all you new heads, Kanye ain’t the first rapper to make a song about his moms.
Ghostface Killah – All That I Got is You (feat. Tekitha)
R. Kelly is back again this year. He’s currently working on 3 projects. The are Zodiac, Love Letter and Epic. None of them have scheduled dates yet but I’m willing to bet atleast one will drop before years end. You got to love when an artist is keeping busy. This song is from his Love Letter EP. It’s got a 50s type feel to it that is very enticing to me. His last album Untitled was a very solid effort in my eyes. With that said my expectations for these are pretty high. You can love him or hate him, but lets be honest, no other RNB artist today is touching this dude musically.
Here is Fab’s latest video off his upcoming EP, There is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music. As I’ve stated before it’s a slimmed down version of the mixtape containing the songs with the original beats plus a few new ones. The EP hits stores tomorrow. I still haven’t gotten a chance to listen to it but I can tell you that the mixtape was plain out insane. It’s most definitely one of the best mixtapes this year. I’ve probably bumped it over 10 times. As far as the video goes, Fab keeps it high budget and rocks a red lighted jacket. Seriously where they do that at? Shoutout to DJ Clue for being at the beginning of the video. Haven’t heard much from that dude in a minute.
Here is a brand new track from Brotha Lynch Hung. It features Cashville’s own, Young Buck. This is one of those tracks that looked like it would be a hot collabo and after listening to it I was right. Brotha Lynch kills it with his horrorcore lyrics and even Young Buck provides some dark lyrics of his own. Brotha Lynch’s upcoming album, Tha Coathanga Strangla is due out at the end of this year. It’s supposed to be a sequel to his last album, Dinner and a Movie. If you haven’t heard that then you definitely should. Its one of his best albums. Young Buck’s planning on releasing his street album, The Rehab on September 7th. All the tracks that have leaked off of it thus far have been hot so my expectations are somewhat high.
Brotha Lynch Hung – Out the Way (feat. Young Buck)
I recently started bumping some old dipset mixtapes and I’ve been listening to all these old songs I’ve never heard. One of the dopest was this Jim Jones and A-Mafia joint that I found on DJ Six’s Got Dipset? Vol. 5. You can download that and all the rest of the Got Dipsets on JustDipset right now! This track is vintage A-Mafia before he got locked up. He was also part of the Purple City group at this time. Let the track speak for itself. It’s pure piff homeboy believe that. lol.
I was going to post the single of the week early but to be honest I wasn’t really feeling any of the tracks that were out. I’m glad I waited. Kanye promised the world via twitter that there would be a new song from G.O.O.D. Music every friday through December. Today he let lose of the first track. It was originally scheduled for his album but now it looks as though it will be on his collaboration EP with Jay-Z called, Watch the Throne. This sir, is some epic shit. Nicki, Ye, and Jay all killed it. Shoutout to 2Dope on the link.
Kanye West – Monster f. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver
Here is Bun B’s latest video off his album, Trill OG, in stores now. I wasn’t really anticipating this album too much to be honest but it really surprised me. It’s definitely better than II Trill. At first I thought this single was very cliche. To me and felt kinda stupid especially since we just had that Travis McCoy single, “Billionaire.” It’s grown on me a lot but the main reason I’m posting this is to cosign the album. It’s definitely a solid effort. My favorite part of the album is the “Churrch!” intro with J. Prince. That intro is epic on so many levels and the Pimp C samples are spot on. Hit the jump for the “Countin Money” video.
Today I heard the much praised Paid In Full album from Eric B & Rakim for the first time. I know, I know, I should be ashamed for waiting this long. Atleast I finally heard it though. While I don’t usually listen to hip hop from the late 80s I actually thought it was pretty good. I really enjoyed hearing all the rhymes that today’s rappers have borrowed from him. I noticed atleast 2 lines of which Eminem borrowed. My favorite songs on the CD were “I Know You Got Soul” and “Paid in Full.” For today’s music video I was planning on posting the first of the 2 but after seeing the video I decided not to. It didn’t feature Eric B or Rakim in it so I didn’t think it was very suitable. So here’s the most popular song from that album, “Paid in Full.” All you new rap fans will notice a very familiar melody in the first few seconds.
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