See Musiq, was that so hard? After the debacle that was “Radio,” I’m glad to see one of my favorite R&B singers bounce back with a solid single. It’s not my favorite Musiq track, and I’ve never been a big fan of Mary, but at least it gives me hope that his album won’t be a complete departure from his style.
Musiq ft. Mary J. Blige – “IfULeave”
Swiped from IllRoots.
Check out the brand new single from one of the nicest up and coming MC’s in the game, NYC’s Donny Goines. This will be on his debut album, Minute After Midnight, dropping in December. Get ready.
This is my ish right now and since I’m going to play it on Sound Session tonight, I thought I’d post up the video. Yeah, I’m late on it, but sometimes it takes a second for international hip-hop to catch on in the States. Shad is dope as hell though, so better late than never!
I’ve been meaning to make this post for a minute, but now that 14KT‘s album, The Golden Hour, is officially out in stores, it’s time. I’ve been listening to dude since the early days of the Athletic Mic League and for as long as I can remember, he’s been dope on the mic and on the boards. With The Golden Hour, KT flexes the skills he demonstrated winning the Detroit stop of the Red Bull Big Tune beat battle earlier this year. This is some of the smoothest production I’ve heard all year, but don’t take my word for it…peep some of the tracks A-Side Worldwide has been kind enough to leak:
14KT ft. Tiffany Paige – “The Inside”
14KT – “Ypsilanti”
14KT ft. Aloe Blacc – “Can We (Chill Again)”
14KT – “Illustrious”
14KT ft. Ab & Zo! – “Less Than Enough”
14KT – “The Night”
(links courtesy of 2DopeBoyz)
If you only check one, listen to “The Inside.” That is my ish right now. A-Side has been more than generous with the leaked material, so go support them and cop the album right here (and cop that Buff1 and Now On while you’re at it!). Trust me, there’s even more fire throughout The Golden Hour…
Chyea, those A.R.M. boys are on a roll lately. If you missed Krukid‘s “Swagger Lockdown” voting PSA, download that and then peep M.anifest‘s “Age of Obama” track:
M.anifest drops some great, timely lyrics about Obama and the change we need in this country over an ill beat from Seattle’s own Budo. Be on the lookout for an A.R.M. mixtape coming soon!
Brand new freestyle joint from 1/3rd of the mighty A.R.M. (what up Budo! what up M.anifest!), the immensely talented Krukid. You really need to peep how he rips Kanye’s beats and drops some insightful, educational ish about voting in this year’s election at the same time. It was already my kind of track, and then Krukid went ahead and blessed The Audacity of Dope with a shout too? Aw man, it’s a wrap. Thanks homey!
Krukid – “Swagger Lockdown (A Voting PSA)”
Speaking of voting, an important note to my Seattle people: while our registration by mail deadline has passed, you can still register in person until October 20th if you go down to the King County Elections HQ in Renton. For more information, take your tardy ass here.
I’m on my white guy ish right now. My t-shirts feel tighter every day. Sometimes you just gotta do it.
Here are two joints that have leaked recently, both of which are absolute fire. The first is from Pharrell’s new group, Chester French, who are set to blow the hell up in 2009, if not earlier. I’m still mad that these dudes had to cancel their Bumbershoot appearance and then didn’t open for Common & N.E.R.D.’s tour here in Seattle like they were supposed to. Wtfffff. Anyway, here’s the official, mastered version of their single:
Chester French – “She Loves Everybody”
Yeah, the dude who remade Kanye’s “Flashing Lights” into one of the illest joints of last year, Colin Munroe, is back with his own single.
Be on the lookout for the remix with Wale too. Eh what the hell, one more Chester French joint for the road…
Chyea. For those missing my Wack Lyric of the Day posts, this is hotter than LA sunshine. Happy now? Don’t worry, WLotD will be back soon.
But nah, for real, this is heat. In case you can’t read above, the homies Thurz & Y-O linked up with Evidence, Big Pooh, Aloe Blacc, Fashawn, Mickey Factz, Theo, and Kes Kaos for the remix to their classic “Beautiful Day” cut. Get that:
U-N-I ft. various artists – “Beautiful Day (Remix)”
And a little Sound Session throwback in case you forgot:
And if that wasn’t enough, the Crew passed along a dope new joint as well:
Crew54 ft. Alpha 2020 – “Feel Me”
Chyea @ the unintentional Beats, Rhymes, and Life shoutout hahah. Thanks fellas!
If you haven’t downloaded G-Christ’s new EP, Damage Is Done, do it now right here.
New heat from Thurz & Y-O, off the Dub Frequency mixtape available for streaming here. These guys just make great tracks, time after time. Be on the lookout for the long awaited “SoulHop” video debuting soon on a huge network!