The Audacity of Dope

Tell me I’m wrong.

Mitch: Brand new single from Logics featuring Element of Second Family, with production by Tryfe. Vintage Flow drops June 6th. Get ready…

Logics – Can’t See ‘Em Ft. Element (Prod. Tryfe)

Mitch: Much more than a song about shoes… Macklemore just let loose the first track off of his and Ryan Lewis’ upcoming album. Don’t let this one slip by ya.

Produced by Ryan Lewis
Chorus Written by Hollis Wear
Violin – Andrew Joslyn
Cello – Danah Olivetree
Piano by Noah Goldberg
Trumpet – Owuor Arunga
Bass – Zach Fleury
Vocals – Ray Dalton, Camila Recchi
Childrens Choir – Denny Middle School, West Seattle
“WINGS” photo by Jason Koenig (JKoePhoto.com)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Wings

This is easily one of my favorite records of 2010, though I much prefer Drake’s original version (download below).  I wonder if he has any regrets over giving it to Jamie…though I suppose it depends on the success the single has.  Chance are, it’ll be tough to catch on with radio or TV since it’s such a slow, brooding record, but I hope it works.

Drake – “Fall For Your Type (Same Mistakes)”

…take you anywhere you wanna go, let you meet my friends / so they can lecture me again, about how reckless I have been…

As much as I love my iPhone 4, the system for creating and importing ringtones is pretty wack (even as an Apple fan, I loathe iTunes).  With that in mind, I decided to knock out a bunch of ringtones for files that were sitting in front of me so I could sync to my phone in one fell swoop.  If you’re a fellow iPhone user, here’s a link for about 40 different .m4r files ready to go.

iPhone ringtones – http://www.mediafire.com/?pavqs74hxuasl8p

Artists include A Tribe Called Quest, Big K.R.I.T., Bilal, Clipse, Dr. Dre, Drake, D-Sisive, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Notorious B.I.G., The Physics, The Roots, Theophilus London, and Wu-Tang Clan.  Also, being a radio DJ (and a civilized person), I used clean edits so you don’t have to worry about any inappropriate ringtones in public.  Enjoy…

Mitch: Back in April we found out by a tweet from Lupe that himself, along with a few other notable emcees, would join forces to create the All City Chess Club, the first “Super Group” since Wu-Tang that has people really talking. Well here we have the first official drop from the group minus/plus a few members. Indulge…

All City Chess Club – Beamin’ Remix

I’m so glad to see the rest of the country is starting to catch on to what Canadians (and TAOD readers/SNSS listeners) have known for years: Shad is one of the illest MC’s out there.  In fact, I dare you to find a better MC who speaks on more realness than Shad K.  The Tanya Morgan homies, Von Pea & Donwill, hopped on the remix to “Rose Garden,” which also features a new verse from Shad.  Remember, the US version of T.S.O.L. drops on October 5th…enjoy!

Shad ft. Von Pea & Donwill – “Rose Garden (Remix)”

And of course, the original video, in case you missed it:

Seattle people: I’m going to see you at Nectar on Friday, October 8th for K-Os and Shad…right?

I like to think about, all the fun we had.
Up on a cloud, never thought we would fall,
Back to the world. Gravity, pulled us down,
Then it tore us apart, why can’t things, turn out,
Like you wanted?

I never want to take away from you.
I feel like you’re flying and I’m weighing you down.
You should be free, to be,
But for now, maybe the second time around,
Will be sweeter.

Oh think it over, think it over. Oh think it over, think it over.

Thought we was gonna be forever.
Like King and Coretta, I thought we could change the world,
But I needed air. I stepped out, on the balcony,
And the world took me out.

But you know I’ll always have a thing for you,
And if I deny it, I’ll be lying to myself.
I pick up the phone, put it down,
But I’ve been asking around,
And I hear you’re doing better now.

Oh think it over, think it over. Oh think it over, think it over.

My favorite song out right now.  Buy Bilal‘s new album, Air Tight’s Revenge, and support good music!

If you’re part of the Twitter world, then you’ve probably heard the news that Kanye West has recently joined the community.  Lately he’s been dropping hints of a collaborative five-track EP between him and Jay-Z that should be dropping sometime soon. I don’t know what’s more surprising:  the thought of a Hov and ‘Ye EP or the fact that I’m kind of feeling a verse from Nicki Minaj. Kind of.

Kanye West – Monster Ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj

Via: 2DopeBoyz

For the gold diggers.  And for the bootleggers, link courtesy of 2DopeBoyz:

Cee-Lo – “F*ck You”

Anger never sounded so good.