Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind Pt. II (Broken Down)
Recently Alicia Keys announced that she will be doing a sequel to her and Jay’s current smash, Empire State of Mind for her upcoming album. This time around, Alicia drops what sounds more like the piano version of the record excluding Jay. Hov or not, the song still sounds epic and will be on her upcoming The Element of Freedom album dropping December 15th.
Dope or Nope 11/24: Empire State of Mind Pt. II
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Categories : New Music, R&B
Dope or Nope 11/23: The Return of Charles Hamilton
23 11 2009Charles Hamilton – Charles Hamilton is Back
Remember this dude Charles Hamilton; the pink wearing, emotional, Sonic the Hedgehog enthusiast? After a number of strange incidents throughout his career (getting punched by his ladyfriend, beefing with Soulja Boy and others, and album issues) Charles Hamilton disappeared from the scene. He was killing the mixtape circuit for a minute with numerous mixtapes dropping, but suddenly went AWOL. He’s back after a 5 month hiatus with this track “Chalres Hamilton is Back” off an upcoming mixtape titled The Normalcy Project due out December 9th. Is it safe to say Charles Hamilton is back?
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What’s Beef: Beanie Sigel Drops Two Diss Joints to Jay-z
23 11 2009Beanie Sigel – How I Can Kill Jigga Man/Think BIG
It seems that the beef that started last month between former Roc=a-Fella artist Beanie Sigel and Jay continues. Over this past weekend, Beanie Sigel dropped two diss tracks towards Jay-z titled “How I Can Kill Jigga Man” and “Think BIG”. On “How I Can Kill Jigga Man”, Beans hops on Cypress Hill’s classic “How I Can Kill a Man” and rips it while taking shots at Hov. Sigel fires shots at Jay-z and also tells Memph Bleek to stop bitchin on “Think BIG” . Ironically, this is the fourth track with Beanie getting at Jay but he is still yet to respond on wax.
Continue reading to peep both tracks, “How I Can Kill Jigga Man” and “Think Big”
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Tags: Beanie Sigel, Jay-z
Categories : Hip Hop, New Music, What's Beef
Dope or Nope 11/19: This Is The Remix!
19 11 2009Dirty Money feat. Fabolous, Jim Jones & Red Cafe – Love Come Down (Remix)
Fab, Jimmy, and Bad Boy signee Red Cafe hop on Dirty Money’s infectious “Love Come Down”. Diddy continues his reputation for hot remixes with this joint and Fab does his thing as usual. Last Train to Paris drops 2010. Take that, take that!
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Tags: Dirty Money, Fabolous, Jim Jones, Red Cafe
Categories : Hip Hop, New Music
Dope or Nope 11/18: New Consequence, Kanye, Common & More!
18 11 2009Consequence feat. Kanye West, Common, KiD CuDi, John Legend, and Big Sean – Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Music Remix)
The G.O.O.D. Music fam takes over Consequence’s latest single, “Whatever U Want”. The original version features production and a verse from Kanye and John Legend; but for the remix, Cons gets some help from Common, Cudi, and newcomer Big Sean. Consequence’s second album, Cons TV is slated to drop this year.
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Tags: Big Sean, Common, Consequence, John Legend, Kanye West, KiD CuDi
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Dope or Nope 11/13: New Beanie Sigel & 50 Cent!
13 11 2009Beanie Sigel feat. 50 Cent – I Go Off
The first collaboration between Beanie and 50 is finally here. As promised, “I Go Off” premiered today, Friday the 13th. Beanie gets back on his grimey tip with Fif with an old school vibe. What’s a new 50 feature without shots fired? Fif goes in on Jay at the end of the track of course.
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Dope or Nope 11/10: Khaled & Friends Are At It Again
10 11 2009DJ Khaled feat. Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, and Usher (Produced by The Runners)
This joint leaked a couple of weeks ago featuring only Jeezy, Drake, Rick Ross, and Usher. It looked as if the feature list is too short for a DJ Khaled single, and next thing you know Wayne is now added to the list. Khaled continues to follow the same formula from “We Takin Over”, “I’m So Hood”, and “Out Here Grindin'” with The Runners providing production to the track as usual. Dj Khaled’s fourth release Victory is expected to drop early 2010.
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Tags: Dj Khaled, Drake, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Usher, Young Jeezy
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Dope or Nope 11/08: New Robin Thicke & Jay-z
8 11 2009Robin Thicke feat. Jay-z – Meiple (Me I Play)
Jay links up with Robin Thicke on the French inspired track “Meiple” (pronounced Me I Play). Similar to Jamie Foxx’s “Speak French”, Jay drops some clever metaphors referencing the French language and culture.
Robin Thicke’s fourth album Sex Therapy is expected to drop this year with “Meiple” appearing on it. Aside from Jay-z, Nicki Minaj will appear on the album while Polow Da Don, Robin Thicke, and others will provide production for the LP.
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Dope or Nope 11/04: New Jamie Foxx & Gucci Mane
4 11 2009Jamie Foxx feat. Gucci Mane – Speak French
Jamie Foxx is back at it with his new single featuring Gucci Mane (yet again) and production from “A Milli’s” Bangladesh. The song contains the same elements as Mario’s “Break Up” with the Gucci feature and sharing the same producer, but sounds completely different. Jamie came out the blue with this joint since no one knew he was working on a new album but expect one in 2010.
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Tags: Gucci Mane, Jamie Foxx
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Dope or Nope 11/3 – New Sa-Ra & Jay Electronica!
3 11 2009Sa-Ra – Love Czars II (Ft. Jay Electronica & Ta’Raach)
Neo-Soul’s best kept secret, Sa-Ra “Creative Partners” drop this dope melodic joint with one of my favorite new artist, Jay Electronica. Though Sa-Ra and Taz Arnold (Sa-Ra’s lead and Kanye’s affiliate) are a bit eccentric, their music is fresh and soulful. If you ever want to get up on their music, check out 2007’s The Hollywood Recordings. The original “Love Czars” appears on their most recent release Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love.
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Tags: Jay Electronica, Sa-Ra
Categories : New Music, R&B
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