It feels like it’s been a minute since we’ve done a hip-hop mix, but quite honestly I haven’t come across anything quite inspiring, until now that is. Q-Tip is the shit, ’nuff said. He has a new album coming out and teamed up with Dj Dub to present an array of songs that he’s been featured as an artist or produced.This soon-to-be classic features new, classic and unreleased from Q-Tip. Artists like Busta Rhymes, Andre 3000, Kanye West, D’Angelo and more all make appearances on this momentous mixtape.
1. Intro - DJ Dub
2. Verses From the Abstract - A Tribe Called Quest
3. Midnight - A Tribe Called Quest
4. Midnight 08 Smirnoff Signature mix - Q-Tip
5. Wild Hot - Q-Tip / Busta Rhymes
6. Oh My God - A Tribe Called Quest
7. Got Til Its Gone - Janet Jackson / Q-Tip / Joni Mitchell
8. Footprints - A Tribe Called Quest
9. The Promo - Jungle Bros / Q-Tip
10. Buddy Remix - A Tribe Called Quest / Jungle Bros / De La Soul
11. Check The Rhime - A Tribe Called Quest
12. Groove Is In The Heart - Dee-Lite / Q-Tip
13. Sh. Fe. Mcs - A Tribe Called Quest / De La Soul
14. Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest
15. Drink Away The Pain - Mobb Deep (Prod by Q-Tip)
16. Get Down Q-Tip Remix - Q-Tip / Craig Mack
17. Dont Curse - Heavy D / Kool G Rap / Grand Puba / CL Smooth / Big Daddy Kane / Pete Rock / Q-Tip
18. Make It Better - Kanye West / Talib Kweli / Q-Tip
19. A Rolling Skating Jam Named Saturdays - Q-Tip / De La Soul
20. Heels - Q-Tip
21. Abstractionisms - Q-Tip
22. I Believe - Q-Tip / D’Angelo
23. Vivrant Thing - Q-Tip
24. Can I Kick It (Spirit Mix) - A Tribe Called Quest
25. Lyrics To Go (Tumblin Dice Remix) - A Tribe Called Quest
26. Get It Together Remix - Beastie Boys / Q-Tip
27. Sucka Nigga - A Tribe Called Quest
28. Get A Hold - A Tribe Called Quest
29. Lets Ride - Q-Tip
30. One Love - Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
31. Give Up The Goods - Mobb Deep (Prod By Q-Tip)
32. The World Is Yours Remix - Nas (Prod by Q-Tip)
33. In The Sun - Large Professor / Q-Tip
34. Bonita Applebum (Hootie Mix) - A Tribe Called Quest
35. Glamour & Glitz - A Tribe Called Quest
36. Feva - Q-Tip
37. Practice Session - The Ummah
38. Thats Sexy - Q-Tip / Andre 3000
39. What The Fuss (Hard Remix) - Stevie Wonder / Q-Tip
40. Ill Vibe - Busta Rhymes / Q-Tip
41. Gettin Up - Q-Tip
The rumor mill has it that Jay-Z is aiming to release the much anticipated The Blueprint 3 on December 2nd, which puts him in competition against 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Eminem. Anybody else realize that the three artists I just mentioned are from Aftermath? They’re definitely gonna be doing big things. One of the alleged tracks that is suppose to be on The Blueprint 3 is a remix of “Swagga Like Us” which is going to feature Nas, Andre 3000 and Young Jeezy, seriously that remix is going to be ridiculous.
In other related news Jay-Z will be helping out Barack Obama by holding two charity shows in support of Barack’s Presidential campaign. Jay-Z will be holding two free shows in Detroit’s Cobo Arena and Miami’s Bayfront Park Amphitheatre on Saturday, October 4th and Sunday, October 5th. It’s hoped that the concerts will encourage people to register to vote before the deadlines. Jigga man ain’t the only one to support Barack, both Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will throw their first joint concert at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on October 15th.
New John Legend video for his first single “Green Light” which features Andre 3000 of Outkast. This single is confirmed to be off of the upcoming third studio album Evolver, which is currently set for release on October 28th. The video is directed by Alan Ferguson who’s also worked on videos for Jay-Z, 112, Fallout Boy and Natasha Bedingfield to name a few. The video starts off slow with John Legend on the keys playing “Ordinary People” at a party where everyone is talking over the music, so he snaps so it appears, but he breaks into this song. RnB songstress Estelle also makes a cameo in the video.
First video from Farnsworth Bentley from his upcoming album C.O.L.O.U.R.S, wait did I just write that? Wasn’t this dude Diddy’s assistant or umbrella-ella-eh-eh holder? Seems he’s signed to Kanye West’s GOOD music label. Song is old and was featured on a few mixtapes last year, but here’s the official video featuring Andre 3000, from Outkast, Kanye West and Sa-Ra. Farnsworth rappin’? really? I don’t know about this. See for yourself and let us know what you think. On some nerd shit, but isn’t the compression on this video f’in amazing?
On a side note did anybody catch From G’s to Gents on MTV? My lord, is this what tv programming has gone to?
MTV just released their “Hottest MCs In the Game 2008″ list. I’m pretty sure these picks are all based on 2008, which seems odd as it’s only May, 5 months into the year and we’re determining who the hottest MCs are? Really? I’m not so sure about this list, have a look for yourself.
The year was 1993/94, hold up, what the fuck? It’s been about 14 -15 years since these cats debut? God damn, I’m gettin’ old. As I was saying the year was ‘93/’94 and the east and west coasts were fully reppin, what appeared to be out of nowhere came this fresh new duo called The Outkast. The group consisted of Dre, now known as Andre 3000, and Big Boi. The duo brought this fresh southern sound that hip hop hadn’t heard at the time and flipped the script. The song featured here is a CLASSIC, “Player’s Ball” came out in ‘93 and shot straight to number 1 on Billboard and eventually went gold. This helped push out their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, which featured Goodie Mob and production by Organized Noize. My favorite verse that made me go “oooooooooh shit”, mostly cus this is a fuckin’ tongue twister was done by Dre and goes:
“it goes simply ten and i’ll serve you then now we bend the corner in my
cadillac my heart does not go pitty pat for no rat i’m leaning back my
elbows out the windows cold rum and indo fills my body where’s the party
we rode deep we dip to underground see’s a lot of hoes around i spit my
game while waiting count down a five, fo a three two here comes the one
a new year has begun, please folks, spark another one”
