Young Chris

Young Chris is half of the hip-hop group Young Gunz who had such hits as Can't Stop, Won't Stop. He currently signed with Roc-A-Fella. Check out his stuff if you haven't.


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RIP Roc Raida

Grand Master Roc Raida (real name: Anthony Williams) of the X-Ecutioners passed away on Saturday due to complications from a mixed-martial-arts accident, according to a statement released by his family.

In 1995 he won the DMC World DJ Championship. He released seven solo albums along with several LPs with his famed crew, the X-Ecutioners. Over the last few years, Raida had been Busta Rhymes' live DJ, where his showmanship skills were a perfect marriage for Busta and Spliff Starr's energetic stage antics.

Busta Rhymes commented,"I never met a more humble man in the industry," he continued. "So unbelievably talented and most importantly such beautiful spirit. I love you my brother. I will never let your name die DJ Roc Raida! We love you, we miss you and we'll never stop reppin' you!"

I am happy to say that I got to watch him manipulate the turntables last month. May his legacy live on!

Ghostface Killah

If you're a Wu-Tang fan then you'll definitely wanna listen to Ghostface Killah Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City. It's release date will be September 29th.

Tracklist:
1. "Not Your Average Girl" (featuring Shareefa)
2. "Do Over" (featuring Raheem DeVaughn)
3. "Baby" (featuring Raheem DeVaughn)
4. "Lonely" (featuring Jack Night)
5. "Stapleton Sex"
6. "Stay"
7. "Paragraphs of Love" (featuring Vaughn Anthony & Estelle)
8. "Guest House" (featuring Fabolous & Shareefa)
9. "Let's Stop Playin'" (featuring John Legend)
10. "Forever" Clyde & Harry 3:44
11. "I'll Be That" (featuring Adrienne Bailon)
12. "Goner" (featuring Lloyd)
13. "She's a Killah" (featuring Ron Browz)
14. "Back Like That (Remix)" (featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo)

Shes A Killer (Feat. Ron Browz) - Ghostface Killah

Remembering Tupac

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996)



Without a doubt Tupac was one of the most successful MC's of all time. He has sold 75 million albums to date and is one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society and conflicts with other rappers. His greatest hits include:
Keep Ya Head Up
Me Against The World
Hail Mary
Brenda's Got A Baby
I Ain't Mad Atcha
Changes
To Live and Die In LA
Picture Me Rolling
Dear Mama
So Many Tears

.....and the list goes on. His legacy will live on forever!

Survival Skills

KRS-1 and Bucketshot will be releasing a collab called "Survival Skills". It will be released September 15th. Some of the artists that will be featured on the album will be Mary J Blige, Talib Kweli, Heltah Skeltah, Immortal Technique, and Kidz In The Hall. Their first released single was "Robot". Check it out!

Air Jordan

Couldn't pass this up...not related to music I know.

Michael Jordan will be entering the hall of fame on September 11, 2009. Michael Jordan has chosen David Thompson to present him at his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Charles Barkley and Isiah Thomas will also be presenters at the ceremony on Friday in Springfield, Mass. Jordan highlights a class that includes David Robinson, John Stockton, and coaches Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz and C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers . He finished a 15-year career with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards with 32,292 points — the third-highest total in league history, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone. His final career average of 30.12 goes down as the best, just ahead of Wilt Chamberlain's 30.07. I consider him the greatest of all time. I'm sure Adidas is really kickin' themselves for passing Jordan up. Good look Nike!

Drake's FEAR

Drake will be releasing his new track called "Fear" on his EP "So Far Gone". Living in the lime light ain't as easy as it looks. He hasn't released his first album and expectations are high. Check out "Fear"

Fear - Drake

Boss Of All Bosses

Cam'ron and DJ Drama dropped a mixtape called "Boss Of All Bosses" featuring their new artist Vado. This mixtape gives me a feel for the good ol' Dipset. Judge for yourself.


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The Collection

I'm a fan of Ne-Yo's music. In "The Collection" you will find some of his great songs. Here's what's on it.....

TRACK LIST

01. Because Of You (Produced By StarGate)
02. So Sick (Produced By StarGate)
03. Sexy Love (Produced By StarGate)
04. Closer (Produced By StarGate)
05. Stay (Produced By Neff-U)
06. Miss Independent (Produced By StarGate)
07. Crazy (Feat. Jay-Z) (Produced By Neff-U)
08. In The Way (Produced By J.R. Rotem)
09. Go On Girl (Produced By StarGate)
10. Mad (Produced By StarGate)
11. When You’re Mad (Produced By Shea Taylor)
12. Can We Chill (Produced By Eric Hudson)
13. Part Of The List (Produced By Chuck Harmony)
14. Do You (Feat. Utada) (Produced By The Heavyweights)
15. Because Of You (Remix) (Feat. Kanye West) (Produced By StarGate & Kanye West)



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M.O.P.

Foundation is M.O.P.'s fifth album dropping September 15th. Here's the tracklist:

1. I’m a Brownsvillian
2. Foundation
3. Stop Pushin
4. Street Life (Feat. DeMarco Brothers & Drop Outs)
5. What I Wanna B (Feat. Drop Outs)
6. Rude Bastard
7. Blow the Horns
8. Brooklyn
9. Forever and Always
10. Bang Time (Feat. Drop Outs & Styles P)
11. Riding Through (Feat. Drop Outs)
12. Crazy (Feat. Drop Outs & Termanology)
13. Sharks in the Water
14. Salute a G

Foundation - M.O.P.

2Pac Shakurspeare

Shakurspeare is the upcoming posthumous released album from Tupac Shakur. It contains some of Tupac's songs recorded in 1988. Shakurspeare was originally recorder acapella and is digitally mastered to contemporary beats by Baltimore producers.

Be on the lookout. The album drops September 13th.

The New Face Of Hip Hop

ILL DUBS is "The New Face Of Hip-Hop"

Nowadays it's hard to find a rapper that has the ability to flow and produce good lyrics. ILL DUBS brings it...

Check out his mixtape Jan 2 Dec


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HOT VERSE.mp3 - ILL DUBS

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II

Raekwon has been working on his fourth solo album which will be released on September 8th of this year. It is the sequel for "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx". Check out the tracklist:

01 Return Of The North Star (Ft. Papu Wu)
02 House Of Flying Daggers (Ft. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface & Method Man)
03 Sonny's Missing
04 Pyrex Vision
05 Cold Outside (Ft. Ghostface)
06 Black Mozart (Ft. Rza & Inspectah Deck)
07 Gihad
08 New Wu (Ft. Ghostface & Method Man)
09 Penitentiary (Ft. Ghostface)
10 Baggin Crack
11 Surgical Gloves
12 Broken Safety (Ft. Jadakiss & Styles P)
13 Canal Street
14 Ason Jones
15 Have Mercy (Ft. Beanie Sigel & Blue Raspberry)
16 10 Bricks (Ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface)
17 Fat Lady Sings
18 Catalina (Ft. Lyfe Jennings)
19 We Will Rob You (Ft. Slick Rick, Masta Killa & GZA)
20 About Me
21 Mean Streets (Ft. Inspectah Deck Ghostface)
22 Kiss The Ring (Ft. Inspectah Deck & Masta Killa)

10 Bricks (ft. Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah) - Raekwon

Shop Till You Drop

I love this version of "Throw It In The Bag" featuring Drake. It is the remix version of the song featured on Fabolous new album "Loso's Way".

Take a listen and stimulate the ears.....

Throw It In The Bag Remix - Fabolous feat. Drake

Loosing My Balance

Not too many people are familiar with J Cole. He is a rapper that recently got signed to Jay-Z's label Roc Nation. I recently blogged about his mixtape "The Warm Up". Here's what to expect from him.

Losing My Balance (Bonus) - J. Cole

Back On My B.S.

This weekend I had the opportunity to check out Busta Rhymes. All I can say is WOW he puts on a show. If you're debating whether to watch him or not go for it. He is bang for your buck.

Thinking About You

Mario's new single "Thinking About You" is the next song following "Break Up"

It will be on his anticipated album D.N.A. which will be released on October 13th of this year.

thinking about you - mario ft ace hood