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Earlier this evening Mr. Folarin stopped by 106 and finally gave the world what they been waiting for, the official debut of his long-awaited video for “Pretty Girls” sorry ya, no Gucci. Up top peep the interview and under the cut we give you not 1 but 2 new vids.
Also Check Out – Wale ”Pretty Girls” Behind The Scenes
Drizzy has decided to hold down the YM fort while the boss sits behind bars. He has announced that he will be trotting up and down the east coast at a number of colleges and private venues joined by New York based Pop Band Francis & The Lights as well as fellow Canadian rapper/singer K-OS, hit the flip to see if he’s coming to a city near you.
DOWNLOAD: Kid Cudi & DJ Green Lantern Present – How To Make It In America (The Mixtape)
By now you’ve all heard about Scotty’s acting debut on what looks to be an interesting series premiering Sunday February 14th (The first episode has leaked online by the way). Well the Man on the Moon has linked up with the “Evil Genius” Green Lantern and put together a collection of music by some of the illest artist, hit the flip for the tracklist.
God Son speaks on his classic collabo with the one and only Lauren Hill at the BMI Song Writers Panel that went down Grammy Weekend. Make sure you check out how Nasir’s “Hate Me Now” Came together.
DJ Whoo Kidd Dropped this a few days back, Nip spits hard bars as usual, Xpect nothing less from the Slawson Loke.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Khaled x Nas x John Legend – Victory
ITS ABOUT TIME THIS LEAKED!!!! Been waitin on this record to hit the net and its finally here, Nas and John Legend Lets Goooooo its a Mooooooovie! Victory in stores March 2nd.
Sidebar: Wasn’t Kanye suppossed to have a verse on this? (Kanye Shrug)
LISTEN: Maino – “The Realest”
DOWNLOAD: Maino – “The Realest”
Maino turns up the tempo on this new joint of his upcoming Unstoppable project…”I’m a man baby skinny jeans aint fittin me”
Speaking of those who don’t sleep, Ludacris has joined the Black Eyed Peas on their world wide tour and this weekend it stopped in Miami at The American Airlines Arena. Up top you can peep Cris perform some of his earlier classics while after the jump there is sooooo much more.
Puff is truely the man that never sleeps. Thursday he arrived in the Sun Shine State and begun his wild weekend where he hosted 7 parties. Here he is at Club MIA where he partied with some of his really really rich friends and also debuted a new song that is believed to be for his upcoming Last Train To Paris album entitled “Hello, Goodmorning”. Check out Biz Markie on the 1’s and 2’s and celebs like Trey Songz, Red Cafe, Big Tigger DJ Khaled and…Just watch the clip you know nobody parties like PUFF!
Robin Thicke is dropping a vid for track 8 of Sex Therapy with English vocalist who loves her American Boys Estelle. MTV was on set with the singers and Rob gave us a little insite on the record.
The song is all about the ups and downs of love, as the title suggests. And while the song’s subject matter is deep, Thicke wanted to keep the video’s vibe a little lighter.
“The song is about the roller coaster you go through in a single relationship, but in this video, we’re just talking about the roller coaster of romance,” he explained. “We’re trying to throw a nice little house party that’s representative of the house parties that I have at my house, which is classy, sexy, wild, naughty all at the same time.”
Some big names came through to support the Big Boss on his Born-Day at the mansion in Miami.
E.S. Posthumus and the Rutgers Symphony Orchestra assist Hov and Ri Ri in an orchestrated version of “Run This Tow” to kick off last nights big game which later led to the New Orleans Saints defeating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. WHO DAT!
Joey Crack is not playing this time around, with a smash single already wit “Ha Ha” featuring Young Jeezy, the BX Don plans to make a serious come back the recent FLOP! of J.O.S.E 2. Here he is in lab cheffin up some more heat for his upcoming album Darkside along with long-time friends and super-producers Cool n Dre and the homie Trigga Trey.
Tyga Tyga got a new joint in the works featuring his YM boss and White Knight. Santana Bandana is also featured on record. Check out some behind the scenes of this green screen visual.
If you haven’t already heard Luda’s Conjure Mixtape then you MUST! In a sit down with MTV Cris breaks down his beat selection and what the songs mean to him.
Definite joints to check for
“O Let’s Do It.” “Atlanta’s been on fire for quite some time,” Ludacris said, before delving into why he got on Waka Flocka Flame’s beat. “We stay on fire. Right about now, it’s a lot of crazy aggressive beats that’s coming out of the hometown. That keeps me inspired; aggressive tracks I feel I gotta put a voice too. That’s a beat that caught my attention the first time I heard it. I was in the studio with Gucci Mane. It’s aggressive. I felt like I wanted to do something on it. I made it happen. What am I talking about [on the track]? It’s about lifestyle, about culture, expressing yourself. It’s about getting gritty and grimy in the streets. All the hustlers know that. Let’s do it.”
» “All Da Way Turnt Up.” “The whole record is talking about being yourself, turning your music up as loud as hell and not caring what anybody had to say,” Cris explains about his takeover of Roscoe Dash’s record. “It’s about you being too loud. Sometimes you get tickets for disturbing the peace. When you see a cop, you have to turn it down.”
» “Pennies.” “Something that happened a while ago, but a lot of people didn’t get to hear it,” Luda says about the original version by the Cool Kids. “I definitely love the underground and all the artists for making names for themselves and making sure they have a following of their own. That’s something the Cool Kids have done and continue to do. I still have a passion for hip-hop and I still love it. No matter how many records I’ve sold, I feel a need to get on underground records.”
DOWNLOAD: Lloyd Banks Ft. Juelz Santana – “Benz, Beamer or Bentley (CDQ)
Told ya we was goin get it, here it is without further adue, the official single from Banks and Bandana “Beamer, Benz or Bentley”
Also Check Out – In Da Lab: Banks x Juelz
Here’s the video for Jaheim’s song “Ain’t Leavin’ Without You” w/ Jadakiss. Be sure to pick up his album, Another Round, dropping on February 9th.
Here it FINALLY is, the visual to Kevin Rudolph’s “I Made It” featuring his Cash Money Heroes Stunna, Jay Sean and Jailbird, I mean, Weezy.
In a recent sit down with XXL The “Al, Al, Al, Alchemist” who dubs as Em’s tour DJ and has been around the detroit M.C. a lot more lately, revealed that 2 of the games top producers have been locked in da lab with Slim Shady cookin up heat for Relapse 2. Alch, a production powerhouse himself says Just Blaze and West Coast beat man DJ Khalil who are responsible for such hits as Jay Electronica’s “Exibit C” and Khalil who’s produced monster smashes this past year like Drake’s “Fear” and The Clipse “Kinda Like A Big Deal” have been keeping Em pretty busy.
“Khalil—who I think is like the best producer right now to me—he had been sending records to Em for a while that wasn’t like, they weren’t like clicking in,” Alchemist told XXL. “Em knew he was dope but they haven’t found the right one. And I think they found a couple joints now… the joints they have are crazy. I can’t say 100 percent [that he made the album], but I have heard at least two joints Khalil did and they’re fuckin’ stupid.” Al Says of DJ Khalil
One person that Em has been working a lot with is Just Blaze. Al gave XXL insight into their chemistry: “He clicked with Em,” he said. “It was really amazing, too. They really vibed and made some music, beyond like Just just sending him beats, it was nothing like that…I think it’s a perfect meshing of the two…If you could imagine what they could bring to the table at this point, it’s pretty close and maybe a little more.”