FloRida-GDFRAudio Player
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Summary: If you liked Turn Down for What or Talk Dirty to Me, you’ll love this. Get the Instrumental version here
About Artist: Flo Rida is the radio rapper known for such classics as Low (ft. T-Pain) and Right Round (ft. Ke$ha). Sage the Gemini is more of an underground California rapper but became famous with his single Gas Pedal.
About Song: This is a song off of Flo Rida’s upcoming album The Perfect 10, which I don’t think I’ll be listening to.
Favorite Part: This song isn’t very good. But the drop, oh the drop. I’m just a sucker for that sound at 1:09. I downloaded the instrumental and I have to say I like it more than this version so…
Other:
Flo Rida Wikipedia
Sage the Gemini Wikipedia

LupeFiasco-DotsAndLinesAudio Player
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Summary: New Lupe. Nice and smooth.
About Artist: Lupe FIasco is well known hip hop artist from Chicago. He is know for his positive “conscious” messages and his unmatched lyricism. Lupe it definitely in conversations about best lyrical rapper and his debut album Food and Liquor is a certified classic album. While Lupe’s influence in hip hop has faded dramatically since 2006/2007, which saw the release of Food and Liquor and the critically acclaimed The Cool, he still holds a place among hip hop’s elite.
About Song: This song is off of Lupe’s 5th album Tetsuo and Youth, which dropped today. I haven’t fully deconstructed the song yet so I can’t really say what the song is about but it’s smooth one.
Favorite Part: It’s weird but I like the banjo/guitar intro and outro. I also really like the chorus. I don’t know if it’s because I’m a math nerd or something else but I like this idea of sacred geometry. I also really like the generel instrumentation in the song.
Other:
Lupe Fiasco Wikipedia
Dots & Lines Lyrics (via RapGenius)

YoungOneEra-LifeIsAGameAudio Player
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Summary: Good rap. Soulful hook
About Artist: Young One Era is a local Tucson artist! I don’t know anything about Versailles the Truth but I looked her up on soundcloud and she is actually more of a rapper than a hook singer.
About Song: I don’t know much about this song except that it came out in late 2014. Also that it was produced by J. Dominguez
Favorite Part: The production on this song is awesome. I love the video game sounds (Mario, the Donkey Kong drop at 1:55 etc). The rap is solid, and hook is the best part. So beautiful so soulful.
Other:
Young One Era Soundcloud
Versailles the Truth Soundcloud
J. Dominguez Soundcloud

MickJenkins-JazzAudio Player
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Summary: mmmm

About Artist: Mick Jenkins is a young 23 year old rapper from Chicago. He released his first mixtape in 2012 and is just now gaining a wider audience after his 2014 mixtape The Water[s]

About Song: This is a song from Mick Jenkins’ 2014 mixtape The Water[s]. It’s a really great mixtape with track 14 Martyrs being the most famous. The sample for the beat actually comes from a cover of Toxic by Britney Spears.

Favorite Part: I like how slow and jazzy the track is while Mick Jenkins goes in real hard. He really paints a picture with his lyrics that goes great with the music.

Other:
Mick Jenkins Wikipedia

FarEastMovement-TheIlleststRiffRaffScHoolboyQBoBAudio Player
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Summary: Get Pumped

About Artist: Far East Movement is an underground four man asian american hip hop group from LA. Riff Raff is a crazy ass white rapper from Houston. ScHoolboy Q is an up and coming rapper who is part of Kendrick Lamar’s Top Dawg Entertainment (from LA). And B.o.B. is pretty famous pop/hip hop artist from Atlanta.

About Song: The song, which is Far East Movement’s most successful. came out in the summer of 2013 and this remix was released in spring of 2014

Favorite Part: The beat, especially the electronic horn type sound, is pretty awesome.

I love Riff Raff’s line “I’m in the buildin, more gold than Rumpelstiltskin”

And of course B.o.B.’s verse if off the chain..

“Badaboom badabambi
Every day in her hair like Pantene
Pro B, ain’t ready for a family
Fuck family, so she better have a Plan B
Plan B, never mind what the rumors say
Rumors say, never mind what the rumors say
Rumors say, when I walk into a room they say
Bobby Ray, bomaye, bomaye
I’m faded, my eyes are glazin’, dialated
You hate that that nigga made it so you jaded
Your momma, your baby momma, and your lady
Be bumpin’ my music naked while they’re shavin’
Thots be like “Bobby save me, Bobby save me”
But this ain’t no bank for checkin’, ain’t no savin’
I’m never known to accept a limitation
You want it with me well here’s the invitation
Bands, Bobby, there’s no more debatin’, wow I’m just amazin’
Damn, she started gettin’ naked ’till her panties start wavin’
Man, man I’m so sick, I’m so ill
Thermometers cannot monitor my level of chill
Grippin’ the grain, whippin’ the wheel”

Other:
Far East Movement Wikipedia
Riff Raff
The Illest Remix Lyrics (via RapGenius)

KanyeWest-ThrowSomeDsCousinColeRemixAudio Player
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THIS SONG HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO A COMPLAINT BY THE RIAA.
Summary: Back to school swag!
About Artist: Kanye needs no introduction but I’ll just say… He’s one of my favorite artists of all time, a lot of people hate, but go back through his catelogue and tell me Kanye hasn’t cranked out some of the best music of the last decade. Plain Pat help Kanye launch his career and managed him early on. DJ Benzi is a kinda famous DJ and Cousin Cole is someone I’ve never heard of.
About Song: This song is from a project of Kanye West remixes that was hosted by Plain Pat and DJ Benzi called “Sky High”.

The song Throw Some D’s was originally by Rich Boy in 2007.The song was about putting Dayton rims on a car. The song was super popular and spurred remixes with verses from Lil Wayne, Andre 3000, Rick Ross, The Game and others. Kanye’s verse was on a mixtape remix that didn’t get much exposure was creative in that he re-interpreted the Throw Some D’s line to refer to breast implants instead of rims. Then in 2008 DJ Benzi and Plain Pat came out with project of different Kanye West remixes and this remix (with completely new instrumentation under Kanye’s original verse) was one of the tracks.

Favorite Part:
I love the chorus “Kanye got stacks, y’all already know that…” with the new instruments.
I really like how completely different this song sounds than the original.
This song makes me wanna bounce down down the strip with the top down.

Other:
Kanye West Wikipedia
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LaurynHill-BlackRageAudio Player
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Summary: Raw and real.
About Artist:
Tthe one and only Ms. Lauryn Hill needs no introduction. While her musical career has completely fallen apart her immortal works on Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and with the Fugees have earned her a solid place in the pantheon of hip hop / R&B.
About Song: This song was recorded in her living room and is dedicated to the community of Ferguson MO where Mike Brown was killed. Elements of the lyrics and melody are borrowed from The Sound Of Music’s “My Favorite Things”

Favorite Part:
Though it’s a rought cut, I love how raw it is. That simple driving rhythm over her haunting melody is really powerful.

Other:
Black Rage Lyrics (via RapGenius)
Lauryn Hill Wikipedia

JCole-GetFreeColeWorldftMajorLazerAudio Player
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Summary: Too real. I just want to get free.
About Artist:
J Cole is a younger-ish rapper who has a diehard following and has been very well established ever since he signed with Jay-Z and released his blockbuster debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story in 2011. He is known for his lyrical ability and the way he weaves stories and scenes with his words. Major Lazer is a DJ goup anchored by the one and only Diplo

About Song: This song is just single that dropped in 2012. I recently saw a friend post it online and gave it another listen. It feels as real as it ever felt. Too much truth in this track : (

Favorite Part:
Major Lazer does an awesome job on the track, I really love the hook. The track is really really great… but the best part is J. Cole’s lyrics. The truth in his words are so powerful.

Other:
J Cole Wikipedia
Major Lazer
Get Free ColeWorld Lyrics (via RapGenius)

Raggaesta-SetFireToTheRainftAdeleAudio Player
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Summary: Not Hip Hop

About Artist: Reggaesta is another remix artist that I’m really into right now who does Reggae music. He’s from Italy but his Adele reggae CD is super popular in Brazil and it really got me back into reggae.

About Song: This song is part of a full CD of Adele reggae remakes by Reggaesta. Of course the original Set Fire to the Rain is from Adele’s 2011 album 21.

Favorite Part: Just sit back and enjoy it.

Other:
Reggaesta Official Website
Adele Wikipedia

AmerigoGazaway-TwoWorldsftMosDefMarvinGayeKanyeWestAudio Player
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Summary: Taking mash-ups to a whole new level.
About Artist: Amerigo Gazaway is my number 1 favorite artist right now. He is a remix artist who blends classic tracks into entirely new creations. He is my favorite example of how remixes can be so transformative, and not just a “rip off” of the original material.
About Song: This song is off of a project called Yasiin Gaye: The Departure (Side One), which has launched Amerigo Gazaway’s career to a whole new level. This free project is part of a series called Soul Mates where Amerigo takes two artist and blends their songs together into a whole new album. In this case Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) collides with soul legend Marvin Gaye.

The vocals on this song are from Kanye West’s first album College Dropout (2004), on a track called Two Words (ft. Mos Def).

Favorite Part:
Having listened to the original Two Words version so many times, so many years ago, I love you this song breaths new life into the lyrics.

Other:
Yasiin Gaye – The Departure (Side One) – Free Download
Amerigo Gazaway Official Website

Usher-GoodKisserAudio Player
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Summary: Unofficial anthem of my trip to Brazil.

About Artist: Usher is… Usher. From My Way to Yeah, from U Don’t Have to Call to Burn, from U Got it Bad to OMG.

About Song: This song is the lead single off of Usher’s upcoming eight studio album “Everything You Can Imagine”. The song was released in May and I haven’t gotten it out of my head since. I become one of the anthem of my recent trip to Brazil so… here it is.

Favorite Part:
Let be real, the strength of this song is Not the lyrics. I like the du du du dum do parts, and of course… Usher’s voice. The harmonies are awesome. The song is just so smooth and trips sexiness.

Other:
Usher Wikipedia

DojaCat-SoHighYMNORemixAudio Player
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Summary: Blunts Up!
About Artist: Doja Cat is an LA artist who recently came out with her first EP title Purrr! Which is a suuuuper chill kind of smoke out album. This track is an official remix by New York based French producer YMNO. 
About Song: I don’t know how I came across this song on Sound Cloud but it caught me with the intro and then it just kind of rolled. Though I don’t smoke anymore it did bring me back to those days in a good way : ) This track is a little more upbeat than the original which is even more chill.
Favorite Part: I like that the track is both laid back but also has sharp little rythem. And I do like the sound of her voice singing on the chorus.

Other:
Doja Cat Soundcloud

Xiomara-ElectricRelaxationftAmerigoGazawayAudio Player
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Summary:  Smooth and Jazzy
About Artist: Xiomara is Berkeley singer sonwriter who has yet to catch her break but I really like what she does. Amerigo Gazaway is one of my favorite producers right now. He specializes in remake, mashups, redits, reworks, he is one of my all time favorite remix artists.
About Song: This song is a cover of a Tribe Called Quest’s “Electric Relaxtion”, with some other lyrics from Tribe’s “Find A Way”, and a little musical bit from No Diggity (which I guess was originally Bill Withers).
Favorite Part: This song is almost a little tooo laid back for my tastes but like how smooth she is on it, and it’s a creative reimagination of the two original Tribe Calle Quest songs.
Also, not gonna lie, I like the don’t mess with bill part at the end ;)

Other
Xiomara Official Website 

ChinxDrugz-CoupleNiggasAudio Player
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Summary:  A nice little banger.
About Artist: Chinx Drugz is a member of French Montana’s Coke Boys group. This is the third song of Chinx I’ve posted (just search Chinx to find the others)
About Song: This song is off of the latest mixtape in his Cocaine Riot series #4 which came out in may.

Favorite Part:
Nothin super special, just like the way it bumps

Other:
Chinx Drugz Wikipedia