Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 02-09-2010
Okay, seriously, I listened to the track a couple of times when it first came out a couple of months ago, but it’s only been now that I’ve actually sit down and listened to what Asher was saying in this song and I have to say that this new maturity thing of his fits him very well! You know, alot of people were wondering what would be the progression of Asher Roth coming off from his I Love College days, well if this is a small taste of what to come… count me in.
Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 02-09-2010
You know, a couple of months ago I don’t think I would have been able to say that I was a fan of Trey Songz… but the quality of the material he’s been releasing as of late for his forthcoming album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure, has been on point (except maybe his cookie cutter lead single with Nicki Minaj) and really converted me into a fan. He delivers another quality song with The Unusual, which is another song that will be found on that said album and features no one else than his long time collaborator and friend Drake who’s career really took off since his association with him a couple of years back.
Passion, Pain & Pleasure is set to drop on September 14th.
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Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 02-09-2010
I first heard of The Foreign Exchange while I was sitting in the car of one of my friend and I have to say that it immediately caught my attention as soon as it started to play. It’s been on my radar ever since and I couldn’t be more excited when I heard that they were going to release a new album on October 12th… They didn’t make us wait too long to give us a little taste of it as a week after the announcement, they unveiled the first peek of it with Maybe She’ll Dream of Me featuring Phonte.
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Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 02-09-2010
Alright, so not only did T.I. released a brand new track featuring Rick Ross and produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League while we wait for his forthcoming album King Uncaged, but there has been reports that T.I. and his wife Tiny were arrested last night for possession of illegal substances. I’m not going to go in too much into that, but man, he was just in prison like months ago, how could he not be on the look out for these kinds of things? I mean really…
I hope nothing too serious comes out of this little run-in with the law as the name of his album could take a whole different meaning.
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Posted by Martin | Posted in Music | Posted on 01-09-2010
Before I’ll start talking about this next single, let’s do a rundown of what you readers are thinking after reading the blog title:
”WTF?!”
”Dude, Taylor Swift DOSEN’T have the greatest videos of all time”
”Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber…and now Taylor Swift?!”
Okay now that you boys and girls are satisfied with this minute of complaints, let me explain why I had the guts to talk about Taylor Swift. First of all, I don’t like country music. The whole weird Western/Texas accent just makes me wanna punch a wall and the lyrics are always based on riding a horse and have good times with your pals at the tavern. However, I used to like Shania Twain because it was the beginning of what I call pop/country (currently new-country) but then it took a while for someone new to step up in this category…then Taylor came. I mean come on! How can you hate those bright blue eyes and blond hair? Dosen’t make you wanna grab her cheeks and squeez them? Anyways, I think she’s good and I’ll keep my foot on the floor.
After many prestigious awards includiing 4 Grammys for her album Fearless released in 2008, the innocent yet impossible to hate Taylor Swift was on top of the country industry and became the youngest artist ever to win Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the year, and is one of only six women to win Country Music Association’s highest honor. Two intense years has ”swift-ed”and she’s back with her first single from her upcoming album Speak Now hitting stores on October 25th.
Posted by Ryan | Posted in Music | Posted on 01-09-2010
Lo-fi, independent art is always more appealing to those who have a scent for talent.
Elliott Smith’s self-titled couldn’t album be less in your face, but his proficiency at making even a weathered man want to cry is undeniable; El Mariachi, being paid for with the money out of Robert Rodriguez’s pocket, bleeds talent. These are the kind of works of art that deserve every bit of appreciation from their fanbase.
“Lights, Cameras, Action” gets its sun-bleached video treatment which isn’t much new in concept, but in quality it’s kind of fascinating. The vimeo page credits him as the director, and another dude for “shooting with a macbook”. So these guys literally just jumped around in an alleyway, one of them holding a laptop and throwing it around like a video camera. It sounds silly to describe, but it’s pretty fun to see done on his level. This is something we can definitely appreciate.
Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 01-09-2010
I know, I know, there’s been a couple of posts with tagged tracks as of late, but as much as I hate tagged version, I just cannot ignore them… plus we always update the post with the CDQ as soon as it drops. Anyway, YoungMoneyHD premiered little CuDi’s song on their latest mixtape and it’s possibly going to appear on it’s upcoming album, Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager.
Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager is set to drop on October 26th.
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Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 01-09-2010
Cee-Lo Green single, F**k You, has easily become one of my favorite song of the year as even with an upbeat rhythm that could make Outkast jealous, the song is raw as hell. A budget lyrical video came out with the release of the single a couple of weeks back, but we were promised a full fledged video for it in the upcoming weeks and it finally arrived this morning. Enjoy.
Oh and yeah, his album might still be far away, but if he drops singles anything like this up to the release of his album, I can bare the wait. The Lady Killer is set to drop on December 7th.
Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 01-09-2010
It took awhile to get released, but it’s finally here… Hosted by Don Cannon himself, Big Sean finally unleashed his new mixtape, Finally Famous Vol. 3 and I can safely say that it was worth the wait. Now that we have Vol. 3, we’re back at playing the waiting game for his debut album coming out in a couple of weeks, September 14th, to be more precise.
Thanks to Hypetrak for the player yet again and XXL for the download link.
Posted by Matt | Posted in Music | Posted on 01-09-2010
This came out a week ago or something, but I’ve been so so busy all around lately… So NYC indie-rocker Interpol released the Moh Azima directed visuals for the lead single (technically second if you count Lights), Barricade, of their upcoming self-titled album.
The album is set to drop on September 7th, but it’s been on the internet for a little bit. I have yet to listen to it’s entirety, but I’ve heard that it was so-so… I guess everyone can make up their own opinions about the album, but the mass consensus of the Interpol fan is that it’s not as good as they hoped for, but like I said, everybody has different taste and I can say that my friends who went at their concert in Montreal a couple of weeks ago were blown away.
