"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
Hunter S Thompson
01. Fairy Tales & Castles (Part 1) 02. I’m A Star 03. Number One 04. Fairy Tales & Castles (Part 2) 05. I Don’t Know Why, But I Do 06. Let Freedom Reign (Feat. Talib Kweli & Black Thought) 07. Goodbye Game 08. So Cool 09. So In Love (Feat. Rick Ross) 10. So In Love (Skit) 11. I’m Your Life 12. I’m From NY (Skit) 13. Unsaid 14. If Nobody Sang Along 15. I Know Nothing
1. Take It How You Want It 3:45
2. No More 4:02
3. If I Lose My Woman 3:34
4. Put Your Money On Me (Feat. T.I.) 3:46
5. Supposed To Do 3:36
6. Dance For Me 4:07
7. What I Mi e Most 4:37
8. I Need You 3:55
9. Youve Got A Friend (Feat. Aretha Franklin) 4:56
10. You Had Me At Hello 3:53
1. RIHANNA FEAT. DRAKE – WHATS MY NAME?
2. MARY J. BLIGE FEAT DRAKE – THE ONE (REMIX)
3. DR. DRE FEAT. SNOOP DOGG & AKON – KUSH
4. FAR EAST MOVEMENT FEAT. 50 CENT – LIKE A G6 REMIX
5. CIARA – GIMME THAT
6. GAPPY RANKS – STINKIN’ RICH
7. RICK ROSS FEAT DRAKE – ASTO MARTIN MUSIC
8. NIICKI MINAJ – CATCH ME
9. SWIZZ BEATS FEAT BUSTA RHYMES – BAD ONE
10. MARSHA AMBROSIUS – FAR AWAY
Rappers want to be atheletes and athletes want to be rappers. Very few excel in one arena, let alone both. But don’t tell Stalley about defying the odds A native of football hotbed Massillon, Ohio he managed to score a basketball scholarship to Michigan. After an injury derailed that dream, he decided to throw his hat in the fold for this thing we call music. Moving to New York to pursue his next dream: he’s already toured opening for Mos Def and released a mixtape with fellow Ohio native Terry Urban. He’s currently working with GFCnewyork, most known for their involvement with Mickey Factz, to further his career. For his second mixtape, MadStalley: The Autobiography, he gives you his life story over re-imagined Madlib productions.
1. Welcome To The Show
2. Masterpiece
3. Slim’s Return
4. Babblin’
5. Stay feat. Jesse Boykins III
6. Distant Land Feat. Melo-X
7. TinLizyFordToARollsRoyceBoy
8. Sunrays Feat. Jade
9. The Autobiography
10. All For You
11. Worldwide Feat. Mickey Factz
12. Spice Island Feat. Brian Auger
Nicki Minaj is next to get her own documentary on MTV. “My Time Now” will be similair to the documentary that MTV put together on Drake. The cameras will be with Nicki as she records her debut album and while she is on the road. November 28 at 10pm, make sure you are near a TV to catch it.
1. Roman's Revenge (Feat. Eminem)
2. Raining Men (Feat. Rihanna)
3. Blow Your Mind
4. Right Thru Me
5. Check It Out (Feat. Will.I.Am)
6. I Ain't Thru (Feat. Keyshia Cole)
7. Monster (Feat. Kanye West)
8. Haterade (Feat. Gucci Mane & Pharrell)
9. Cupids Got A Gun (Feat. Shanell)
10. Tekquilla
11. What's Wrong With Them (Feat. Lil Wayne)
12. YM Salute (Feat. Young Money)
13. Ice Cream Man
14. Bottoms Up (Feat. Trey Songz)
15. 2012 (Feat. Jay Sean)
16. In My Head (Feat. Jason Derulo)
17. Hello Good Morning (Feat. Rick Ross & Diddy)
18. Dutty Dutty (Feat. Sean Kingston)
19. Woo Hoo
20. Dang A Lang
01. Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles)
02. 10 Seconds
03. Good Enough
04. Don’t Make Me Wait
05. Love You Long Time
06. Redemption
07. Excuse Me
08. U Get On My Nerves (Duet With Ne-Yo)
09. Stuttering
10. Famous
11. Luv Back
15 RZA feat. Method Man & Cappadonna – Wu Wear
16 Ghostface feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo – Back Like That (Remix)
17 Davina feat. Raekwon – So Good (Remix)
18 Wu Tang Clan – It’s Yourz
Disc 2/3
01 Wu Tang Clan – Soul In The Hole
02 Raekwon feat. Ghostface, Method & Cappadonna – Ice Cream
03 Wu Tang Clan – Reunited
04 Genius & GZA – Liquid Swords
05 Wu Tang Clan – Triumph
06 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Brooklyn Zoo
07 Masta Killa feat. Streetlife & Prodigal – Whatever
08 Method Man feat. Mary J Blige – All I Need
09 Ghostface Killah feat. Mary J Blige – All That I Got Is You
10 Genius, RZA feat. D’angelo – Cold Sword
11 RZA feat. Method, Killa Sin & Beretta – La Rhumba
12 U God – Bizarre
13 Method Man & Redman – How High (Remix)
14 Raekwon – Criminology
15 Wu Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
16 Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna – Daytona 500
17 U God feat. Leatha Face, Method & Inspectah Dek – Rumble
18 Ol’ Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis – Got Your Money
Disc 3/3
01 The Notorious Big feat. Method Man – The What
02 Gangstarr feat. Inspectah Deck – Above The Clouds
03 The Alkaholiks feat. ODB – Hip Hop Drunkies
04 Mos Def feat. Ghostface Killah – Miss Fat Booty (Remix)
05 Mya feat. Noreaga & Raekwon – Movin’ Out (University Dirty Remix)
06 Pras & Mya feat. ODB – Ghetto Superstar
07 Limp Bizkit feat. Method Man – N 2 Gether Ow
08 Pete Rock feat. Kurupt & Inspectah Deck – Tru Master
09 Afu-Ra feat. GZA – Big Acts, Little Acts (Primo Remix)
10 Cocoa Brovaz feat. Raekwon – Black Trump
11 The Beatnuts feat. Method Man – Se Acabo
12 Gravediggaz – Dangerous Mindz
13 Swv feat. Wu Tang Clan – Anything (Remix)
14 Mariah Carey feat. ODB – Fantasy (Remix)
15 Amy Winehouse feat. Ghostface Killah – You Know I’m No Good
16 Shaquille O’neal feat. RZA & Method Man – No Hook
17 Real Live feat. Ghostface & Cappadonna & Va – The Real Live Shit (Remix)
18 Onyx feat. Wu Tang Clan – The Worst
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, just as the civil unrest that rocked the country was beginning, rapper K'NAAN spent the early years of his life trying to avoid death and listening to the hip-hop records sent to him from America by his father, who had left Somalia earlier. When K'NAAN (whose name means "traveler" in Somali) was 13, he, his mother, and his two siblings were able to leave their homeland and join relatives in Harlem, where they stayed briefly before moving to Rexdale, Ontario, where there was a large Somali community. As soon as his English started improving, he began rapping, and in tenth grade he dropped out of school and traveled around North America for two years, performing occasionally. In 2002, he met Jarvis Church, part of the Track and Field Productions team that helped propel Nelly Furtado to fame, a connection that eventually led to a record. The Dusty Foot Philosopher came out in Canada in 2005, and was followed with tour spots with Mos Def and Talib Kweli, as well as a performance at Live 8. In 2007 the live album On the Road appeared and then, two years later, the album Troubadour became K'NAAN's first for the major label A&M.
1. T.I.A. 2. ABC's 3. Dreamer 4. I Come Prepared 5. Bang Bang 6. If Rap Gets Jealous 7. Wavin' Flag 8. Somalia 9. America 10. Fatima 11. Fire In A Freetown 12. Take A Minute 13. 15 Minutes Away 14. People Like Me
1. Wash it Down 2. Soobax 3. What's Hardcore 4. My Old Home 5. Moment [Interlude] 6. I Was Stabbed By Satan 7. My God [Interlude] 8. Smile 9. If Rap Gets Jealous 10. Dusty Foot Philosopher 11. Strugglin' 12. In The Beginning 13. Hoobaale 14. African Way 15. Voices In My Head 16. Boxing My Shadow 17. For Mohamoud [Soviet] [Interlude] 18. Until The Lion Learns To Speak 19. Blues For The horn 20. Till We Get There
1. Wash it Down 2. The African Way 3. What's Hardcore 4. In The Beginning 5. Smile 6. Strugglin' 7. Be Free 8. Until The Lion Learns To speak 9. Voice In My Head 10. Is It A Myth 11. My God [feat. Mos Def] 12. By The End Of The Day 13. Soobax
J.Period is a Brooklyn-based Mixtape DJ, remixer and hip-hop producer. He is best known for producing Official Mixtape collaborations with Nas, Big Daddy Kane, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, The Isley Brothers and Mary J. Blige, and an "audio-biography" style that incorporates personal interviews with these artists into his “Best of” compilations. His original production and remixes have also recently appeared in film trailers for Universal Pictures' American Gangster (2007) and Fox Searchlight's Street Kings (2008). In November 2008, J.Period became the first DJ/producer ever commissioned by Activision to score and produce an entire video game soundtrack—Tony Hawk’s Motion for Nintendo DS.
J.Period elevates his documentary style to new heights to pay respect to this incomparable hip hop icon with The [Abstract] Best, a comprehensive collection of Q-Tip’s music and production, new remixes, interviews, plus brand new tracks from an All-Star lineup of hip hop heavyweights—paying tribute to The Abstract’s legacy.
This unprecedented mixtape arrives on the heels of Q-Tip’s critically–acclaimed album, The Renaissance (released Nov 4), and urges a new generation of fans to take note of Q-Tip’s tremendous contributions to hip hop throughout his career. The [Abstract] Best also follows J.Period & Q-Tip’s November release entitled “Q-Tip for President”—an Obama anthem that received over 100,000 downloads surrounding the Presidential Election.
But nothing makes this mixtape more highly-anticipated than the all-star lineup of contributors—De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, ?uestlove, Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Consequence, Zion I, Skillz, Black Sheep, Kid Cudi, Blu—a first of its kind in the mixtape game, and a testament to the depth of influence Q-Tip has had on hip hop’s elite. No mixtape has ever boasted such a lineup, and no DJ has ever ventured to bring so many artists together for a single mixtape release. Hip hop’s unbridled creativity once thrived in these kinds of collaborations, and J.Period is determined to re-ignite that spirit.
01 When The Night Stood Still (3:24) 02 Something Forever (3:06) 03 Living For The Rush (4:10) 04 Things I Do (For Her) (3:10) 05 Down (Flood Remix) (4:04) 06 B-Boy Beef V2 (Version 2) (4:16) 07 Illusions (5:21)
Renowned for blending musical genres as he did with his 1989 multi-Grammy winning "Album of the Year" Back on the Block and 1995's platinum Q's Jook Joint, Q: Soul Bossa Nostra will feature an assortment of artists and producers from the Pop, R&B and Hip-Hop worlds such as Usher, Ludacris, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, T-Pain, Robin Thicke, LL Cool J, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Three 6 Mafia, David Banner, Bebe Winans, Mervyn Warren, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Paul, and Scott Storch, among others who wanted to pay tribute to these works by Jones.
02. Strawberry Letter 23 (Feat. Akon)
03. Soul Bossa Nostra (Feat. Ludacris, Naturally 7 And Rudy Currence)
04. Give Me The Night (Feat. Jamie Foxx)
05. Tomorrow (Feat. John Legend)
06. You Put A Move On My Heart (Feat. Jennifer Hudson)
07. Get The Funk Out Of My Face (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
08. Secret Garden (Feat. Usher, Robin Thicke, Tyrese Gibson, LL Cool J, Tevin Campbell And Barry White)
09. Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me (Feat. Mary J. Blige, Q-Tip, And Alfredo Rodriguez)
10. Everything Must Change (Feat. BeBe Winans)
11. Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (Feat. Wyclef Jean)
12. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Feat. T-Pain And Robin Thicke)
13. It's My Party (Feat. Amy Winehouse)
14. Hikky-Burr (Feat. Three 6 Mafia And David Banner)
15. Sanford And Son (Feat. T.I., B.O.B., Prince Charlez And Mohombi)
01 – Hudson Mohawke - Joy Fantastic (Feat. Olivier Daysoul) 02- Shafq Husayn – The U.N. Plan 03- Onra - The One (Feat. T3) 04- Siji – Morenike 05- Giovanca – Everything 06- Bonobo - Stay The Same (feat. Andreya Triana) 07- Donwill - Shake It Easy (Feat. Peter Hadar) 08- Dam-Funk – Hood Pass Intact (Feat. Mc Eiht) 09- Zo! – This Could Be The Night (Feat. Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington & Rapper Big Pooh) 10- Aqeel – Nasty 11- Quadron - Simili Life 12- D3CCPT – U & I (Feat. Sly Johnson) 13- Stacy Epps – Floatin 14- Reggie B – Hydraulic City 15 – Rita J – Surrender Remix (Feat. Rashid Hadee) 16- Gonjasufi – Holidays 17- Little Dragon – No Love 18- Enz - Fuck Money Remix (Feat. Tasco) 19- Samon Kawamura – Try 20- Theophilus London - Hey Wonderful
Coultrain, known just as much for his solo work as his collaborations with PPP, simply deserves more attention than he receives. The guy is an extremely talented vocalist and songwriter who, for whatever reason, isn’t necessarily catching on with a bigger audience. Oh well, at least those of us who know him embrace and appreciate what he’s doing. But in case you have been meaning to get acquainted with the man who also calls himself Seymour Liberty, he teamed up with DJ Limelight for the While She Was Sleeping mixtape. It features material from Coultrain’s previous releases along with his guest spots on other artists’ songs. You can download the mixtape after the jump. Stream the the track “Lost in Translation” below.
01. Dark Fantasy
02. Gorgeous (feat. Kid Cudi & Raekwon)
03. Power
04. All of the Lights (Interlude)
05. All of the Lights
06. Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)
07. So Appalled (feat. Jay-Z, Pusha T, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz & The RZA)
08. Devil In a New Dress (feat. Rick Ross)
09. Runaway (feat. Pusha T)
10. Hell of a Life
11. Blame Game (feat. John Legend & Pusha T)
12. Lost In the World
13. Who Will Survive In America
Having left a trailblazing mark on the hip-hop scene with her DJing skills, Yasmin was spotted at just 21 by Pharrell Williams, and has since then has toured with N*E*R*D, The Cool Kids, Will.i.am, Taio Cruz and Eve. Meanwhile, her recent feature on Devlin's record 'Runaway' saw her receive huge support from BBC Radio 1. This along with numerous festival DJ sets - including Ibiza Rocks with Dizzee Rascal, a killer performance with Devlin at the 1Xtra Live event at Wembley Area plus a 17-date UK tour with Example - sees her fast becoming one of the hottest names to hit the music scene this year.
She's now taking on the world from the other side of the decks as a singer-songwriter, and debut single 'On My Own' - produced by Shy FX - showcases her ethereal voice, lyrical imagination and candid choruses, which reflect her totally unique, very independent style. Expect big things from Yasmin next year and stay tuned for 'On My Own', released on Levels Recordings/Ministry of Sound on 24th January 2011.
Tracklisting01. Breathe 03:5402. Keep It Going (Feat. Raheem DeVaughn) 04:0503. Need You 05:1204. Forever (Feat. Musiq Soulchild) 05:0505. You 03:4806. Come Over (Feat. Lalah Hathaway) 03:5707. What R U Looking 4? 04:2408. What U Gonna Do? 03:5109. Go Get It 03:3510. Overtime 03:2611. Let Me 03:5412. The Stand 04:2513. Alright Then 04:33
1. P.M.T. Introduction
2. Fly-C - The Introduction
3. Paul Lowe Jr. - Don't Play Me Feat. McCoy Prince
4. Incomparable Shakespeare - Everyone's Mad
5. Magnum Dollars - Elevators
9. Impulse Tha Don - Old Skool 2 Nu Skool
10. Tha Modyst - Hypnotized
11. Neffew - Keep They Heads Ringing
12. No Mercy - It's Like That, Like This
13. Page - I Am The Fresh Prince
14. Sell Ski - So Saucey (Outro)
15. Dirt Dolla - Diamonds In The Sky Feat. T. Loc (Coast2Coast Exclusive Bonus)
16. Sha Stimuli - The Title (Coast2Coast Exclusive Bonus)
17. Audio-Ology - Pretty Girls (Coast2Coast Exclusive Bonus)
Lifes Good 4 U taken from the Life's Good 4 U EP. Music composed by LX & Mr P. Renaissance Productions 2010. Executive producer Mr Sobers. All lyrics written and performed by LG.
1. The Lady Killer Theme (Intro)
2. Bright Lights Bigger City
3. Forget You
4. Wildflower
5. Bodies
6. Please (Feat. Selah Sue)
7. Satisfied
8. I Want You
9. Cry Baby
10. Fool For You (Feat. Phillip Bailey)
11. It’s OK
12. Old Fashioned
13. The Lady Killer Theme (Outro)
14. F**k You