NOIR
(Click the picture above to download and make your day better.)
Erick “Arc” Elliott presents “Noir.” In the midst of a game full of ’rappers’ who are more concerned with singing their verses or convincing us all that they are an alien from another planet, it’s refreshing to sit down and hear a tape full of nothing short of straight forward, heart felt, authentic rap. No gimmicks, no nonsense-just the voice of a hungry, 21 year old, MC from Flatbush Brooklyn relating his day to day to the listener over some beautiful original production from The Remedy + (!!) and Flash Frequency Music.
Personally, I love this composition! Download to see what I’m talking about. Make me happy knowing you made a good choice, haha.
Follow him on Twitter and check out TheLoveInUs.com
Source via: The Award Tour & NYSF
I Deserve To Be Here
Here is the long-awaited first single from Preme Da Prez, “I Deserve To Be Here,” featuring and produced by Kayla Bliss. Also, the “I Deserve To Be Here Mixtape” Will be available for download IMMEDIATELY after the song receives it 10.000th download. This is a real inspirational song about overcoming the odds – it’s a wonderful mix between real rap and R&B. I Deserve To Be Here is one of those songs you blast in ya car, hands in air – carefree. You have to listen to the song to understand where I’m coming from. Can we make this a trending topic on twitter people?!
Download I Deserve To Be Here here
Untitled (Radio Rip) – Talib Kweli Feat. Jay Electronica, J.Cole & Mos Def
This track go hard for real! Talib created something special with this track – bringing together some serious artists to body the beat. Keep It Surreal APPROVED!
Download “Untitled (Radio Rip)” – Talib Kweli Feat. Jay Electronica, J.Cole & Mos Def
Dailysessions #1
I finally took the time to finish creating the artwork for our “Dailysessions.” Good Feel Musiq is a project started by my boy Jay at SomethingBrandNew, and I hopped on with him. Hope you enjoi this new feature to the blog.
The session for today is the Brown Sugar soundtrack. If you really love good musiq and enjoy a good film dedicated to Hip Hop, definitely, check out Brown Sugar. It’s one of my favorite movies by far. They do a really good job documenting the early stages in the hip hop movement. Anyway, the soundtrack is loaded with good feel tunes, which is probably why I chose to start this thread with the soundtrack.
Dailysession #1
- Brown Sugar (Fine) – Mos Def
- Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) – Erykah Badu feat. Common
- Bring Your Heart – Angie Stone
- Brown Sugar (Raw) – Black Star
- Easy Conversation – Jill Scott
- It’s Going Down – Blackalicious feat. Lateef the Truth Speaker and KeKe Wyatt
- Breakdown – Mos Def
- No One Knows Her Name” – Hi-Tek feat. Big D and Piakhan
- Paid In Full (7 Minutes of Madness Remix)” – Eric B. & Rakim
- You Make Life So Good – Rahsaan Patterson
- Act Too (Love of My Life Remix) – The Roots
- Never Been – Mary J. Blige
- Brown Sugar (Super Fine)” – Mos Def feat. Faith Evans
Enemy of the State: A Love Story
What a great way to start off your Thanksgiving, and make it that much more memorable with the anticipated release of Lupe Fiasco’s new mixtape titled Enemy Of The State: A Love Story! The one track cassette style mixtape has a rock influence, and a more aggressive Lupe Fiasco flow. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Give thanks for the unreasonable happiness that is your life, and for all the people and things that make it so damn interesting.
Also as a special bonus, Lu’ is dropping another mixtape called Friend of the People on Christmas.
download Enemy of the State: A Love Story here
D.W.S.T. Chapter 1: 2oz.
“Drunken words, Sober Thoughts” been out for a minute now, hard copies is moving and downloads are going up. Lut’s been grinding for a minute, I think y’all ought to take him seriously cause he’s no slump on the mic. I ‘been’ had D.W.S.T on the pod play, in addition to the the other three mixtapes [Cure 4 the Sickness, The Hangover, and the 80 Proof Mixtape], I don’t why I fronted and didn’t put it on the blog.
I knew this dude for a long ass time, download now!
success is a fertile soil for a weed called pride, but i’ll take a pull for a week long high. if i bag it up is the streets gon’ buy.
-Absolut’
Check him out @:
http://absothegreat.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/AbsoTheGreat
I Hate OPBs
Here is the EP “I Hate OPBs(Other People’s Beats)”, sent directly from 810 himself, it’s the prelude to “Glass Half Full”. November 12th 2009, Hosted by 2dopeBoyz x DJ Booth x illRoots. 810 goes in over 5 tracks + shows y’all his freestyle game.
Download I Hate OPBs EP here.
Check out my dude @
http://www.810muzik.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/810musik
http://twitter.com/810musik
The Noisettes x Kanye West = “Wild Young Heartbreaks”
What do you get when you cross The Noisettes with Kanye West ? Wild Young Heartbreaks, of course, a sick mix which mashes up the acapellas from the UK rockers album Wild Young Hearts with the samples, and ideas from Ye’s 808s and Heartbreak remade into new beats.
Download Wild Young Heartbreaks here
810 Musik
810 is a mellow chilled back type of guy, but no slump when it comes to the mic. 20 years old from Baltimore, MD, 810 started rapping at the age of 11, only to hone his skills in high school, where he went to say, “I would often try to impress people with my talent. I started to gain more confidence when people would pull me off to the side like ‘yo you can actually spit’.” 810 has a polished flow along with metaphoric wordplay bound to command the attention and groove of new listeners.
He’s working on a New Tape Called “Glass Half Full” due out in November 12th.
Download 810 musiq after the jump
Video: J.Cole – Losing My Balance (LIVE)
Losing My Balance is off his newest mixtape, The Warm Up. The perfect words on the perfect guitar.. [sighs] Breath of fresh air for hip hop!
Red’s Friday Podplay
I haven’t created a new playlist in about 2 or 3 months, this being my first since then, and a ill playlist at that! I figured I share my splendor with some of the world. Usually I listen to R&B to put me sleep, but I’ve been listening to this throughout the week, on repeat. I was brought up in the care of a woman, so I’m led to believe, she comes first. This is a playlist the ladies and the fellas can enjoy.
- Musiq – Millionaire
- John Legend – Cross That Line
- Anthony Hamilton – Cool
- Musiq – Moneyright
- John Legend – Refuge (When It’s Cold Outside)
- Trey Songz – Love Safari
- Erykah Badu – Honey
- Anthony Hamilton – Chyna Black
- Lyfe Jennings – Midnight Train
- Musiq – Makeyouhappy
- Ryan Leslie – I-R-I-N-A
- Trey Songz – I Need A Girl
- Musiq – B.U.D.D.Y.
- Common – Faithful
- Lyfe Jennings – Cops Up
Video: Trey Songz – I Need A Girl
New Trey Songz, I Need A Girl. Ill R&B tune, definitely on the Podplay!
Jack Johnson
I’ve recently become a fan of Jack Johnson and acoustic musiq, it’s different, however, very relaxing. It brings me where I need to be when I just want to wind down and kick it. On this particular album, my favorite song is Monsoon.
P.S.
I’ve always loved the overall design of this album.
Video: Knock You Down
Kanye and Keri? I’ll leave it there before I start any rumors, but the vibe of the video is just homey. I don’t know if it’s in the right context, but it feels like everyone has had familiar moments. Anyway, Kanye and Keri have great chemistry in the video.
Keri’s looking great in the video, displaying her unique style. I have this incling that she has this tough demeanor, because of the short hair and gloves, for show, but she’s really soft. ‘Tanya knows what I’m talking about, my notion is: Keri loves hard and falls hard. ‘Ye shows his relation with artist and designers, and shows off the black Air Yeezy’s. Red top and blue jeans, simplicity, I’m diggin’ it, but I’m not that much a fan of the Air Yeezy’s.
Is that Ryan Leslie in the Red pants at 2:46-47?
el fin.
Video: All Of The Above
Maino Feat. T-Pain – All Of The Above
Off If Tomorrow Comes – great motivational, I dig it!
Life Is A Song, Love The Musiq
Life is a song, love the musiq. If life is a song, then play good musiq. That seems logical, right? Inspiration, in my case, art, definitely moves you. At this moment, I’m just trying to keep good musiq in my tape deck – I’m just trying to mind my own and do art. Keep It Surreal!
- Notorious B.I.G Feat. 112 – Sky’s The Limit
- Tupac – Keep Your Head Up
- Lyfe Jennings – Warriors
- Musiq Soulchild Feat. Damien Marley- Iwannabe
- Musiq Soulchild – B.U.D.D.Y
- John Legend Feat. Andre 3000- Green Light
Saturday Pod Play
Saturday playlist bumpin’ on the iPod for breakfast in the café. A little variety, but all in good taste
1. Jay-Z – A Week Ago
2. Notorious B.I.G – Notorious Thugs
3. Notorious B.I.G – What’s Beef
4. T.I. – Big Sh*t Poppin’ (Do It)
5. Trey Songz – In Ya Phone
6. The-Dream – Rockin’ That Sh*t
7. Q-Tip – Gettin’ Up
Chad Harris
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