DOWNLOAD MP3 Kanye-PowerftDweleprodbySymbolicOne.mp3
Summary: The blog had really gone to shit, I felt bad and after I heard this song I just couldn’t NOT post any longer. Here it is off of his fifth and upcoming album Good Ass Job due out this fall, Kanye’s Power
About Artist: Everyone “knows” who Kanye is. He’s a world famous star. But before Heartless, before Love Lockdown, before 808′s and Autotune, before Stronger, before Good Life and Can’t Tell Me Nothing, before Touch the Sky and before Goldigger, before Jesus Walks, All Fall Down, and before The New Workout Plan Kanye was famous makin beats for Jay-Z (before he was King). This is just to say that Kanye has been around now for a long time now and his career and talents is more than a drunk evening with Taylor Swift. So get it right.
About Song: It called Power.
First the beat is crazy. The west African vocals with the clapping with the King Crimson guitar and screaming it’s just great. The second part of the song features vocals from Dwele and the song really progresses from beginning to end.
Favorite Parts
“The system broken, the schools closed, the prisons open
We ain’t got nothin’ to lose, ma’fucka, we rollin’
Huh? Ma’fucka, we rollin’
With some light-skinned girls and some Kelly Rowlands” -(0:37)

“Now I embody every characteristic of the egotistic
He know, he so, fuckin’ gifted
I just needed time alone, with my own thoughts
Got treasures in my mind but couldn’t open up my own vault
My childlike creativity, purity and honesty
Is honestly being prodded by these grown thoughts
Reality is catchin’ up with me
Takin’ my inner child, I’m fighting for it, custody” -(1:47)

“Colin, Powers, Austin, Powers
Lost in translation with a whole fuckin’ nation
They say I was the obamanation of Obama’s nation
Well, that’s a pretty bad way to start the conversation
At the end of day, goddammit, I’m killin’ this shit
I know damn well y’all feelin’ this shit
I don’t need yo’ pussy, bitch, I’m on my own dick
I ain’t gotta power trip, who you goin’ home with?
How ‘Ye doin’? I’m survivin’
I was drinkin’ earlier, now I’m drivin’
Where the bad bitches, huh? Where ya hidin’?
I got the power, make yo’ life so excitin’ (So excitin’)” (2:42 third verse, 2:54 has a piano part almost identical to parts in Jesus Walks)
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DOWNLOAD MP3 Eminem-NotAfraid.mp3
Summary: Eminem single from Recovery
About Artist: Eminem is the highly regarded rapper from Detroit. Despite being known for his explicit lyrics, the violent and crazy content of his songs, as well has his just don’t give a fck attitude, he sold more albums from 2000-2010 than anyone else, anyone. He released an awesome freestyle called Despicable, which you can listen to HERE in promotion of Not Afraid.
About Song: This track is the first single off of his next, and 7th, album “Recovery”Favorite Verse:. Originally called Relapse 2, Eminem suddenly decided to take it in a different direction, scrap the old tracks, and create the new album “Recovery”.
Favorite Lines:
“And to the fans, I’ll never let you down again, I’m back
I promise to never go back on that promise, in fact
Let’s be honest, that last Relapse CD was “ehhhh”
Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground
Relax, I ain’t going back to that now
All I’m tryna say is get back, click-clack BLAOW”
(1:42-1:57) In this line he admits that Relapse was not up to his own standards
Other: It is interesting to see how Eminem changes with the times while maintaining his style. I don’t know what to think about his singing, but it does get in your head
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DOWNLOAD MP3 Estelle-PrettyPleaseLoveMeftCee-LoprodbyJackSplash.mp3
Summary: Hardly Hip Hop. For the mainstream (and the girls). Not New.
About Artist: Estelle is a British R&B singer possibly most famous for her single American Boy (ft. Kanye West) from her 2008 album Shine. Cee-Lo is probably known most for being half of Gnarls Barkey with DJ Danger Mouse. Cee-Lo is a super creative funk, hip hop, R&B, artist with a unique voice and an even more unique musical sound. Jack Splash mainly works on production for pop music like this song and is releasing his debut album “Technology and Love Might Save us all…” sometime this summer.
About Song: This is a 2008 song off of Estelle’s Shine. I hadn’t heard it in a long time but it came on my iTunes and I remember how, despite being kinda girly, I really liked it. The song was the 4th single off her album and despite not receiving much airplay appeared on the second volume of the Sex and the City movie soundtrack.
Favorite Lines:
I mainly like the song for its choruses but I also like Cee-Lo’s verse at 1:23
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Jack Splash Official Website

DOWNLOAD MP3 PacDiv-BirdsftPill.mp3
Summary: Something Hard. Westcoast. Good Speakers Required!
About Artist: PacDiv is a young west coast, L.A. area, trio who were friends in high school. While very young (they describe themselves as big kids) there sound is very traditional modled after early 90s rap. They are full of engergy (GREAT LIVE), and have beats that just BUMP! If you don’t have nice speakers this song and others aren’t worth listening to. While PacDiv doesn’t do a lot of different styles they have really perfected their sound and if you got something to bump this on I would highly recommend downloading both their mixtapes Church League Champions and Don’t Mention It. Pill is and ATL rapper who was featured in the XXL Freshman 2010 among Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa and J. Cole.
About Song: This song if off of their third mixtape Don’t Mention It. If this song isn’t for you but you like this genre download the tape and check the rest out. Pac Div has a strong L.A. sound and is worth checking out even if you don’t like this song specifically.
Favorite Lines:
“They wanna flock now…”
-(0:06-0:08) with the bird sounds on the beat and the hooting at 0:31
“They tryin work they way up from the rock bottom, and they’ll slurp it all up like it’s top ramen…”
-(0:20-0:04)
“…she fucking ball players, rap stars, entertainers, got 2 baby daddies and 3 twitter pages,
this is outrageous, this is absurd, she call herself a diva I call that bitch a bird”
-(1:57-2:08) Misogynist? probably. Good Rap? definitely
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DOWNLOAD MP3 Leftside-ILoveBreast.mp3
Summary: This is a remix of I Am Blessed
About Artist: I have no clue who this dude is.
About Song: This is just a funny song that my friend showed me. The melody can really get stuck in your head and I put it up here cause I don’t really have anything else like this musically up here. I guess its technically house music but its close enough to Hip Hop in its broadest sense.
Favorite Verse I don’t know if there is a favorite verse it’s just a funny song
Other Check out the original song I Am Blessed on youtube HERE

DOWNLOAD MP3 BoB-PaperboyftCharlesHamilton.mp3
Summary: Just a random track from a few months ago
About Artist: B.o.B is an awesome and versatile musician. His debut album The Adventures of Bobby Ray was the number one selling album last week, it’s all over iTunes. Check out older Bobby Ray posts HERE
About Song: This is just some collabo track with everyone’s favorite (jk), Charles Hamilton.
Favorite Lines:
“I got skills
Nunchuck Skills
Rowing SKills
Bowing Skills
Im pretty much Flowin still so I guess I got Boating skills
But are you sewing quilts
All On This like Hoes on Stilts
So I tilt on like rollin wheels
Ya’ll fall down like bowling Pills
Bowling pins I dont know here I go floatin again
Up into the sky like smoke into the wind
Up to the Ozone again”
-(2:28-2:45)
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DOWNLOAD MP3 Wale-BreakupSong.mp3
Summary: Wale says “for the lovers and those with broken hearts :)”
About Artist: Wale is one of my favorite rappers. He’s from DC and has a TON of great mixtures including “100 Miles and Running” which may be my favorite mixtape ever. Check out other Wale songs on the blog HERE. Wale’s debut album “Attention Deficit” came out last year and the popularity of it was a huge disappointment. I still think Wale is one of the most talented and creative guys in the game but has recently faded from the cutting edge without putting out that much music as of late.
About Song: This is just a standalone track that Wale released on twitter about a month ago. It samples Stevie Wonder’s “All I Do”
Favorite Lines:
“Thought this was forever love
Guess that was just seasonal
She got back with her old boy
She’s probably had a reason though
Although thought that we would grow
Guess that wasn’t feasable
But we ain’t gotta be beefin tho
I miss you at my recent show…”
-(0:24-0:38)
“Ya, tell me about the love of ours,
contemplate I wrote about her
We no longer close or nuttin
That’s why she ignore my flowers
And my call, and my text
spendin her time wit him I guess
I regret some shit I did but…”
-(1:15-1:27) This beginning of this line is in reference to Wale’s song Contemplate from Attention Deficit.
“Can we stay broken up
And all these pages close em up
I hope we both do learn from this
So my next don’t don’t gotta be so rough
Gotta get better wit time
Relationships should never rewind
Better leave it all behind
Guess that mean you can never be mine
Well, ummm, theres a but
Without your love it’s cold as fuck
Life is a movie we both say cut
But most the time darlin the sequel sucks.”
-(1:36-2:00)
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