Sooooo much new music here. My inbox has been flooded that I had to create two separate posts, one for hiphop and the other for electro submissions.
New joint from Young Jeezy featuring Nas with Dj Toomp on the production. The beat is so epic. Next up is Styles P with his latest release ” I Don’t Wanna Be Right”, the drums on this track and mad thumpy. The sampled vocal is hot as well. Also included in the bunch is the “Dangerous” remix from Kardinal Offishall with Akon and Sean Paul and then the new joint from Stat Quo, “Dear Summer Pt.1″, which borrows the same beat that Jay-Z used for his song also named “Dear Summer”.
Young Jeezy ft. Nas “My President” Produced by Dj Toomp
Styles P “I Don’t Wanna Be Right”
Pitbull ft. Lil Jon “Krazy”
Stat Quo “Dear Summer Pt.1″
Kardinal Offishall ft. Akon & Sean Paul “Dangerous” Remix
The year was 1994. The setting, summer time in New York City. This comedy / drama takes you on a journey through the main character, Luke Shapiro, who spends his summer before college selling weed throughout New York City. He ends up trading weed for some therapy with his shrink (Ben Kingsley), which honestly was pretty funny, the conversation the two have throughout the movie. Luke also has a crush on his shrinks’ step daughter and his high school classmate, Stephanie. The reason for the film name The Wackness, is because of Luke’s inability to see things positively and just living in the moment, as Stephanie puts it, “Your all about the wackness, while I’m all about the dopeness”. In addition to this coming of age story this film definitely throws you back to the Golden Era of Hip Hop with tracks like: “The What”, “Summertime”, “The World is Yours”, “Can I Kick It?” and a few other tracks that aren’t actually on the soundtrack such as Pharcyde. Check out the trailer above or visit the film’s site here.
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to link up for lunch with Dave 1 whom I’m sure many of you know is 1/2 of Chromeo, the beloved and infectiously dope electro-funk duo pictured above.
I ordered the grilled chicken panini and a diet Coke, he ordered the smoked turkey wrap and an orange juice - Then I pressed record and the following conversation spanning everything from the beginnings of the band to the current state of hip-hop is what transpired…
Just Blaze drops a mixtape featuring over 50 tracks from the early 90’s. The mix is dope, but there is a bit of talking on it, which I’m not a huge fan of, but hey this is Just Blaze. Features a ton of tracks from artists like Main Source, A Tribe Called Quest, Naughty By Nature, Black Moon, Das Efx, Big L, Mobb Deep and more. Tracklist is after the jump and download link below.
Oh my lord, Stephen Colbert is easily one of the funniest dudes around. Here are a couple of clips from his episode last night where he discusses the whole Nas protest against Fox News, followed by an interview with Nas and then a live performance of the song “Sly Fox”, which we’ve posted the video for here. The other two clips are available after the jump.
Looks like Nas’ new Untitled album is setting out to be a successful one despite all of the controversy. It’s on track to top the Billboard 200 chart next week, with current sales numbers at 113,000 copies. Should this happen this will be the fifth time the MC has reached the top of the charts, the last album, Hip Hop Is Dead, released in ‘06 reached this mark.
With that said, peoples if you haven’t copped this album yet, go do so now. This is definitely one of his best albums.
The year was 1994, the artist, a fairly unknown Nas. In celebration of him releasing his 9th studio album and our collective love for him on Killahbeez.com, we decided to dedicate this Throwback Thursday to the album that kicked it all of. The album, Illmatic, is one of the most classic Hip Hop albums to have ever been released, it received 5 mics from The Source, which back in those days actually meant something.The album featured production from Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S and Dj Premier. The album saw three singles officially released including the one above, “The World Is Yours”. If for whatever reason you don’t have this album, do yourself a favor and cop it today and hear why everybody talks about this album as THE album. Oh and if you ain’t copped Untitled, do so now.
New video and latest single from Alicia Keys’ called “Superwoman”, which is off of her album As I Am. This latest video was directed by Chris Robinson, whose been in the game for a minute now and has done videos for Nas, Big Pun, T.I., Busta Rhymes as well as a handful of Alicia’s previous videos.
The scene starts with Alicia singing and playing the piano in a dark room. After, the clip moves on and sees the singer playing many different roles as an astronaut, business woman and even pharaoh. The idea of the video is to give a dedication to all the women in the world for their strength and effort.
It’s been said that this is the fourth and final single off of this album. Have a look at the video and tell us what you think. Is it me or does Alicia Keys + Glasses = Soooooo Hot!
