"How Could You Be So Heartless?"

http://www.zshare.net/audio/20614334b605967b/

Just dropping this off to the 'Ye stans, it's the full version of "Heartless". I personally think, after a couple listens, that this should've been the first single, instead of "Love Lockdown".

GGR Episode 4

Here's the fourth installment of Phonte's podcast, where he discusses the Young Buck call. He also counts down the 10 greatest Lit Brites of all time.

Tracklisting:

Little Brother “I See Now” (feat. Kanye West) (Instrumental)
Wale “Strings”
Royce The 5′9 “Boom”
2pac “Do For Love”
Mel’isa Morgan “Fools Paradise”
Jesse Boykins III “Baby I Don’t Know”
Coldplay “Yellow”
Comfort Fit “Sorry”
DJ Day “A Place To Go”
Freddie Cruger “Sunday Love Beat”
The Away Team “The Blah Blah”
Foster Sylvers “Misdemeanor” (Remix)
24 Karat Black “Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth”
Sylvia Striplin “Can’t Turn Me Away” (Re-edit)
Azymuth “Morning” (Peanut Butter Wolf Re-edit)
Little Brother “Too Late For Us” (feat. Tiye Phoenix) (instrumental)
Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (Todd Terje Edit)
Stevie Wonder “You Got It Bad Girl” (The Randy Watson Experience Remix)
Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (Mr. Beatnick’s Reconstruction)
Young Buck “Driving Down The Freeway” (feat. The Outlaws) (FS Green remix)

Gordon Gartrell Radio Ep. 4 From GGR

Take On Me

No, there is nothing new on this post as far as music, but I felt it’s only right that I speak on this upcoming project from Detroit’s Zo! and Phonte (of Little Brother). Te recently spoke with DX about the project saying that it’s their way of paying homage to the stuff they grew up listening too. If you aren’t aware Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80’s! is a project that is chalk full of covers to 80’s R&B and pop songs. And to be honest, it’s one of my most anticipated albums of 2008. I had the honor to preview a few tracks during our chill time in MPLS and despite me not knowing a few of the originals (since I’m a real 80’s baby and was too young to remember) the music itself is amazing. Te also said they were very serious with everything, from the vocal side, to the production side, to the final mixing and mastering. And based off what I heard I can’t argue that at all! Be on the lookout for a new leak from the project sometime next week (most likely on the ever-so-dope Gordon Gartrell Radio podcast). Until then, enjoy the three tracks that have been released in the past.

Zo! & Phonte - Take On Me f. Carlitta Durand | (Original)
Zo! & Phonte - Africa | (Original)

The cover art was just released today, props to 2dopeboyz

Also, here is the video of Shaq dissing Kobe that is making rounds:
Kobe diss.

"I Want What I Want"

You may remember dude's name from his feature in Pac Div's "Paper" joint.

If you get the chance to chop it up with TiRon, you’d be wise to give him his due diligence.

His background with, knowledge of, and ear for Hip-Hop gives him tough seating in a diverse Los Angeles scene. He moves seamlessly from underground neck-snapper spots to flyer-laden shows, paying many respects and accruing many a handshake. A supreme hustle.

A Renaissance man, this emcee has lived an a-thousand-and-one-Arabian-nights of a life. Born outside of Chicago and coming up in Los Angeles, TiRon wrote the first chapter of his story with a mixtape that’s been out for a minute, but went vastly overlooked…

Handshakes and Pounds, ladies and gentlemen.

This is why I like going to TSS. I'm gonna give you a little bit of bias, and say my favorites are "P.I.C.K.Y.", "Never Happy" and "If". That's not even all of them. Overall, this thing is solid. How did folks overlook this one the first time around? Guess it got swallowed up in the speed of the blogosphere. Everybody always has to have that new...


TiRon - Handshakes & Pounds Mixtape

TiRon - Handshakes & Pounds Mixtape

Bounce That

This is a Girl Talk post. Girl Talk is one of my favorite artists of ANY genre, period. I think it sucks now that I can't remember where I got my first couple of Greg Gillis' songs, but I remember being in awe of his mash-up ability. Maybe it was just the music nerd in me, that loves to be like, "Ooo, I know where he got that background beat from!" or, "I know that melody!". Whatever it is, it got had fiending for more. I only had maybe two songs from his newest album at the time (Night Ripper), but I ordered the album online on the strength of those songs alone.

I was not disappointed at all, the album is heat rock. I play it regularly to this day. And most times when I listen to it, I play the entire thing. By it's nature, as a mash-up CD with many different song blended together, it's cohesive, but it seems like it's more than that.

All that to say that I've been waiting on a new Girl Talk album, and on Friday he finally delivered. It's a bit different than Night Ripper, but I'm on my third listen, and while it's a bit slower/choppier, I can still jam out to it.

And that's all I need.

Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

Definitely grab this one also if you don't have it: Girl Talk - Night Ripper

Pac Div Signs With Universal

Just got word that Pacific Division signed with Universal yesterday, and man am I relieved.

About a week ago, rumor had it Pac Div were going to be the premier act to sign with Jermaine Dupri’s new TAG Records – a Proctor and Gamble/Island Def Jam effort to meld product with product. When I mentioned the contract on the table, Gotty™ said “I hope they sign with invisible ink.”

While the TAG Body Spray deal seems well intentioned – what with immediate spotlight shine and a hefty signing bonus – the Over/Under is bleak. JD inevitably pops up in his artists’ videos and adds a real weak-sauce glaze to the whole swag, not to mention instant association with the splashy Funkdafied or kiddy Lil’ Bow Wow. When is the last JD project you were really feeling? Because it was probably Kris Kross and you probably only liked them because they were your own age and the radio was fresh at the time.

That aside, had Pac Div signed with TAG, they would forever be known as “the TAG group.” It would be infinitely harder to shake the image of product placement, however great or small, than it will be to get Universal to put out a quality record. And Pac Div got records. It would be a damn shame to have their music lost to the pages of gimmick history.

Congrats to the homies. Stolen from TSS.

Tracklist for that radio mp3 I just posted...

1. common . sun god
2. the fab five - leflaur leflah eshkoshka
3. pete rock and cl smooth - caramel city
4. common ft sadat x - 1999
5. jay z - dead presidents 3
6. pacific division - put me on
7. camp lo - luchini
8. jay dilla - shake it down
9. spacek ft frank n dank - eve (dilla rmx)
10. lootpack - questions
11. q tip - lets ride
12. pacific division - f.a.t. boys
13. 2pac - old school
14. ill al scratch - where my homies
15. nas - 2nd childhood
16. jay z - imaginary player
17. grand puba - baby whats your name
18. az - ho happy jackie
19. j dilla - baby
20. hall and oates - one on one
21. tha dogg pound - big pimpin
22. g'd up - tha eastsidaz
23. suga free - like what
24. ice cube - how to survive in south central
25. the click - hurricane
26. all city crew - the actual
27. ugk feat outkast - international players
28. outkast feat marsha ambrosious - the art of storytellin part 4
29. scarface feat jay z - guess whos back
30. kanye west - the glory
31. busta rhymes - turn me up some
32. jodeci - come and talk to me
33. swv - you're the one for me
34. method man and redman - y.o.u.
35. bob james - nautilis
36. ghostface - daytona 500
37. pacific division - hello goodbye

Jesus Shuttleworth

HELLO WORLD.
WE DID THIS HOUR MIX FOR DJ JAMAD'S SIRIUS SHOW "AFROMENTALS: OPERATION HOTCOMBS" WHERE WE PICK SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CLASSIC JOINTS, FROM HELTAH SKELTAH TO HALL AND OATES, AND SEAN G MIXES THEM UP. OF COURSE THERE'S A FEW SPECIAL TREATS IN THERE. POSTING IT NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE MISSED IT TO DOWNLOAD. ENJOY!!!!

1. common . sun god
2. the fab five - leflaur leflah eshkoshka
3. pete rock and cl smooth - caramel city
4. common ft sadat x - 1999
5. jay z - dead presidents 3
6. pacific division - put me on
7. camp lo - luchini
8. jay dilla - shake it down
9. spacek ft frank n dank - eve (dilla rmx)
10. lootpack - questions
11. q tip - lets ride
12. pacific division - f.a.t. boys
13. 2pac - old school
14. ill al scratch - where my homies
15. nas - 2nd childhood
16. jay z - imaginary player
17. grand puba - baby whats your name
18. az - ho happy jackie
19. j dilla - baby
20. hall and oates - one on one
21. tha dogg pound - big pimpin
22. g'd up - tha eastsidaz
23. suga free - like what
24. ice cube - how to survive in south central
25. the click - hurricane
26. all city crew - the actual
27. ugk feat outkast - international players
28. outkast feat marsha ambrosious - the art of storytellin part 4
29. scarface feat jay z - guess whos back
30. kanye west - the glory
31. busta rhymes - turn me up some
32. jodeci - come and talk to me
33. swv - you're the one for me
34. method man and redman - y.o.u.
35. bob james - nautilis
36. ghostface - daytona 500
37. pacific division - hello goodbye

DJ Jamad Sirius Radio x PAC DIV Takeover



In other news, well, I don't really have anything lol. Slow week, but there is the audio of Young Buck losing. Badly. On the phone with 50. The jokes flowed after that...

Young Buck & Curtis Phone Conversation

Part 1
Part 2

Kardee Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

The Beatles feat. Young Buck - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (remix)

^^^

lol white people would be so mad

...And combined with the terrible ass-whoopin' the Celtics put on the Lakers. I'm just glad KG got his ring, I hate all Baw-stun sports teams.

That Man Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 10:52 pm

Lakers = How Young Buck feels

pockets Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

Yo, he avoided the block plus got the foul on the way DOWN.

^gasol shoulda stayed close…

"Fast Live, I Live"

New music off of the upcoming Re-Up Gang album. No Ab Liva or Sandman on this one, just Pusha T and Malice. This is kinda funny, because I had "Breakfast In Cairo", off of Exclusive Audio Footage, stuck in my head today. If you don't know about EAF, go find out. I might post it.

Clipse - Fast Life (Prod. by Scott Storch)

Green Means Go

Well, some of you got the snippet from various sources a while back, but here's the full version. This shit is straight crack, so serious. On some 80's House/Techno tip, for real. 3 Stacks goes in on this one, and of course John is on his game. Just listen to it.

John Legend Feat. Andre 3000-Green Light (Full)

"Getchoo"

I'm probably the only one that checks for Weezer on a consistent basis around here. To make it even worse, I'm probably the only Weezer fan who likes the "Pinkerton" album. So, this note will most likely get no comments whatsoever.

That said, they have a new album dropping very soon that I'm kinda late on. It's no "Pinkerton", has more of a traditional rock feel, but then again it doesn't. I don't like doing my own statements, but it's true. Anwho, here it is.

Download: Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album)



Download: Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album)

"He's A N*gger, You're A N*gger..."

Yeah, well, said I was gonna post it up. I haven't even got the chance to listen to it yet...Not enough time in the day, I'm tellin' ya. Hosted by that popular super hero DJ (again). The mixtape for his upcoming album N, I present to you folks, the Nigger Tape. Now I just gotta go listen to it myself.

Nas & DJ Green Lantern - The Nigger Tape (Tracklisting included)





Nas & DJ Green Lantern - The Nigger Tape (Tracklisting included)

"Yahtzee!"

I really don't have anything to post today, I mean there is the Nig*er Tape...but I haven't even started in on that one yet, just kinda sitting on my desktop. But, in this age of fiendin' fa that new new, here's some old funk off of one of those arbitrary "best albums" lists. Download at your leisure, props to Shadow Man for the blog post.

Every album title is a download link.
Die, Shadow Man, Die!: 100 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Albums

Oh, an it just occurred to me that people might not agree with the list, I guess you can discuss that here too.

"You're So Anti..."

No Words.

N.E.R.D.-Seeing_Sounds-2008 [Non-GroupRip]

1. Intro/Time For Some Action
2. Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)
3. Windows
4. Anti Matter
5. Spaz
6. Yeah You
7. Sooner or Later
8. Happy
9. Kill Joy
10. Love Bomb
11. You Know What
12. Laugh About It

http://www.sendspace.com/file/71kfha

"More Sicka MC"

Stuff I was gonna post anyway, courtesy of TSS. The pic, well, I just like the chair. It's supposed to be about the relationship between Man and Woman. Think about that, and stare at the pic. Comment if you get it...

Also, congrats to Mr. Obama. They said America wasn't ready, and we still might not be. But as it stands, he’ll take the stage @ the Democratic convention on the 45th anniversary of MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

Let that marinate.

6.4

Crooked I - W’s Down

Crooked I - Rap or Die

Lupe Fiasco-Cold World (Unreleased) (Props to Fake Shore Drive)

Charles Hamilton - Down

DMX Feat. Freeway- Where You Been

6.4

"I Ain't into Gassin' Niggas..."

"...I run my thing like it's solar powered"



"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

I'm still doing this thing, trying to keep things moving. I enjoy it, and I hope you do too. Some of this stuff is "late pass" picture worthy, you know, if I had actually missed it instead of just not posting it for my readers. Iron Man dropped this weekend, it's a great movie, go see it.

Loosies

Jack Splash & Cee-Lo - Right Now

B.O.B. (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Grip Your Body

Jack Splash & Cee-Lo - Gangsta Boogie Pt. 1

Pacific Division - Taste

Skyzoo (feat. Wale) - Lyrically Inclined

T.I. - No Matter What

Lupe Fiasco & Sway - We Love You

Curren$y - Another Story To Tell

Curren$y - The World Is Yours

Curren$y - This Way Again

Curren$y - Who Styled Ya

Loosies

Ya Diiiiiggg?

Still in that whole soulful mood, I know you guys may already have this one, but here it is anyway. Too bad it doesn't cover some of his newer productions for himself and others, but I have those already.


Gold Digging (As Sampled By Kanye West) CD1

Gold Digging (As Sampled By Kanye West) CD2

Interesting video, pretty well directed. I guess I was the only one who liked the Justice album? Ah well...

Justice - Stress (Video)

And, sadly, Jean Grae is retiring. Guess we see another of the generation we grew into retire. My favorite female MC, peace and love Ms. Grae.


Right back at ya.

The Cool Kids in '08

From The Cool Kids MySpace blog:

YO YO YO ...

Yesterday i gave everyone the date!!

MAY 20th... Bake Sale EP in stores and online

For all the Fans and Folks who have been rocking with us from day one were giving yall.....

"That’s Stupid" -the mixtape... coming in 2 weeks.. (alll new joints for the summer)
available online on our new website.. www.coolxkids.com

Also this summer.. we will be headed back over the pond...
U.K, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, France, and Portugal

get ready to rock! GET THOSE TICKETS

Lollapalooza GET TICKETS

Coachella GET TICKETS

Lollapalooza GET TICKETS (the show will be so insane)

NEW VIDEO from the EP coming SOON

also... get ready for our first full length album...

"WHEN FISH RIDE BICYCLES"....Fall 2008


the update will be coming fast... so tell your friends

Chuck & Mikey

There you have it folks.

"So He Won't Break"

Well, now that they've released a new album, I have an excuse to post about them. I found out about The Black Keys in high school, through my American history teacher. At first, it was just "Oh, just another band." But then I get more of their albums. By the time their CD last Magic Potion dropped, I was hooked. Their brand of garage band, grungy blues/folk music is enamoring.



Their newest CD is a cleaner effort than their last, the result of actually being recorded in a studio (one album, Rubber Factory, was done in one day in a garage). They also teamed up with Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley fame for the production side of things. But really, having already listened to the album about 7 times through, it's the same dirty sound, same soulful lyrics.

And I like it.

The Black Keys - Attack & Release



The Black Keys - Attack & Release

Sneaker Freaker=Leader

Always buying sneakers? It's the sign of a leader: Poll

Haha, I am validated.

"You Can't Be Me..."

So, by most accounts N.E.R.D. rips the stage when they perform. The Virginia Beach "Rock" group was selected to perform at SXSW this year, and I just so happen to have their set of 11 songs. This was in the "Kicks" post, but I felt like it deserved it's own post. So far, I'm digging the live versions of "Rock Star" and "Spazz". New album from them is also on deck for this year, so look out.

N.E.R.D. - Live At Austin, TX



N.E.R.D. - Live At Austin, TX

Royal Bangs

I'm on my Alternative/Indie tip a bit harder than I was yesterday, and some people want balance and blah blah blah, so here I am. I found this band through probably my top favorite band's myspace page, The Black Keys. I have every album, and they're all good, but more on them later (today).

Royal Bangs. I don't know, just a random-ass good find. Their music has energy, especially the mosh-like (kinda?) "Brother". So far, my favorite track would have to be "New Scissors", though.

Rock and roll music that beeps and shakes. We must and will use electrical guitars, drum machines, sampling, electrical bass guitar, electrical pianos, personal computers, shakers, 2 many drums, and everything else.

Like a more traditional NERD, they add in electronica elements to some of their music, and it works out well. Head on over to their MySpace and give them a listen.

MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/royalbangs

Official Site:
http://www.royalbangs.com/

"I'm Your Son's Teacher."

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving
at him.
She says hello.

He’s rather taken aback because he can’t place where
he knows her from.

So he says, ‘Do you know me?’

To which she replies, ‘I think you’re the father of one of my kids.’

Now his mind travels back, and he says, ‘Ohhhhhhhh…aren’t you the stripper from my boy Jamal’s bachelor party- the one I fucked on the pool table with all my buddies cheering me on, while your partner licked whipped cream off my balls???’

She looks into his eyes and says calmly, ‘No, I’m your son’s teacher.

Joke courtesy of the fools over @ NahRight blog. Look that place up, check them out. They're kinda doing the same thing as me.

Old-School Jam of the Day:
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

Feature Isht For the Day:
DJ Sean G's LEVER 2008 Mixtape, hosted by Pac Div *scrambles for a link*: LEVER 2008 Mixtape (Hosted By Pacific Division)

"Doing Fine"

I'm staying busy at work (until 12AM...), but I just wanted to pop up with something you might not have yet. I originally grabbed this album just for the alternate version of "Homecoming", called "Home" and featuring John Legend instead of Chris Martin. Yes, I like "Home" better, it has the same lyrics from Kanye, but it has a completely different feel to it. Definitely more soulful, and I think it fits well with the subject matter. I read something about a Patti LaBelle sample, but whatever it is, it works.

The rest of the album was gonna be a passover for me, but if you just let it ride, you'll hear some of your favorite lyrics and verses, to either a slightly different beat, or a completely different one. "Self Conscious" is a perfect example, sampling lyrics from "All Falls Down". If you actually listened to "Last Call" from College Dropout, "Wow" makes an appearance here.

Kanye West - Freshment Adjustment



Kanye West - Freshment Adjustment

"Heard 'Em Say"

Kanye West - Late Orchestration

So, I've been picking up a lot of Kanye the past couple days. Sue me. Late Orchestration is a live album, featuring live performances of songs from two of his studio albums. It was recorded in front of 300 personally invited guests and fans at Abbey Road Studios (the famous Beatles studio) in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2005. Kanye was backed with a 17-piece all-female (Oh ho ho! lol) string orchestra and featured guest appearances by John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, GLC and Consequence.

It's always nice to hear live versions of some of your favorite tracks. It doesn't have all the tracks I would want to hear in this situation (maybe "Family Business", "Hey Mama", "Two Words" and (freaking) "We Major". Ah well, can't get everything you want.

Tracklisting:
1. "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" – 4:08
2. "Touch the Sky" – 4:07
3. "Crack Music" – 2:48
4. "Drive Slow" – 4:34
5. "Through the Wire" – 3:33
6. "Workout Plan" – 2:53
7. "Heard 'Em Say" – 4:10
8. "All Falls Down" – 3:13
9. "Bring Me Down" – 3:21
10. "Gone" – 4:15
11. "Late" – 3:54
12. "Jesus Walks" – 3:14
13. "Gold Digger (AOL Sessions)" (bonus track) – 3:18



Kanye West - Late Orchestration

"I Got To Jacob With 25 Thou..."

I thought I'd hit you with some stuff I've been running through during the weekend. Yes, I've had "Luchini" stuck in my head longer than the first time you catch your parents doing it. Also, new shit from Wale to hold you over until his major label mixtape release. I honestly haven't checked it out yet, but I'm gonna listen to it right after I finish listening to Janelle Monáe. Yo, somebody else said it best, she's kinda quirky like a female 3-Stacks, but R&B (or as her album calls it, "Classical Wondafunk"). Oh, and she's cute too.



Too bad she's on freaking Bad Boy, watch Puff eff it up. This is her album "The Audition".

Janelle Monáe - The Audition



Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night

Wale - OpenmeandseeforyourselfI'mtoolazy