LUP-END cancelled till further noticed

Yepp... it's postponed or "cancelled" whatevz! I'm not disappointed because he is one my my favorite rappers in the game.
Another reason for my happiness is that he is still releasing an album in June 2009 entitled "The Great American Rap Album". Same day as that album release, Japanese Cartoon (a British Band Lupe has been helping.. and is rumored to be the front man of) will be dropping as well called "In the Jaws of the Lords of Death".

Thennn.. an album I personally have been anticipating and wasn't sure was ever gonna happen :

MATTHEW SANTOS will be dropping an album an album this spring.

who is matthew santos? get LOOOSSST!!! If you heard "Superstar" by Lupe Fiasco, he's the guy singing you brainless idiot haha do your research! can't wait for matthew and lupe... japanese cartoon... eh.. not so much from what I've heard so far. Maybe if it is more refined by the time it is released.

Mos DEF finitley

I believe this Febuary will be the best Febuary of Life. Helloo New President, Valentines day, Mos Def, K'naan, Jadakiss. Love and Music is just floating in the air right? I'm a big fan of Mos Def, always have been. I used to listen to "The Panties" all the time; yes i know its embarrassing that I listen to him sing, but I'd rather hear his attempts over Lil wayne's, T-pain's or Kanye's attempts any day.
"The Ecstatic" drops next month and from what I heard, he gets the panties again with this album.


**** DoWnLoaDz****
Mos Def "The Ecstatic"-- Life in Marvelous Times
Mos Def "The Ecstatic"-- Quiet Dog

DEEP RooTed album dropping January 27, 2009!!

I'm excited to have my first potentially dope album to drop this year. Fiiinallyy! Deep Rooted is the dopest unsigned rap/ R&b groups in California.I have a couple samples of their songs down below and if u like what you hear, you can purchase them. only a dollar a piece right? Think of it as somethin off the dollar menu only it'll last more than the 20 seconds it takes to eat it:

I'm already knowing you like what you hear so Check out the group here at their Deep Rooted myspace page (because I know 90% of you are already logged in), check out other music, buy other albums...
And then cop the self titled third installment Deep Rooted album that drops this Tuesday January 27th, 2009. Blue and Exile are featured on the album and if you never heard, I have a free album from them listen in my top albums of last year. check it out. You'll find nice soul vibes featured on the Deep Rooted collection of albums as well as clean take on hip hop. Listen and Enjoy.

Idle Warship

My partner in crime tipped me off on what happened to our girl Res and Talib Kweli.. I thought they gave up on music and almost died.. but nope, they created a band Idle Warship along with Graph Nobel. thats the video "Black Snake Moan." Personally, their music does make tha music panties wet and im lovin what I hear... music like this makes me die waiting for the official full length album to come out

K'naan's new album!!!

Febuary 24, 2009 K'naan's album "Troubadour" will finally drop. If you don't know who K'naan is, I suggest you find out... Pronto. His last album "The Dusty Foot Philosopher" is the dopest . He combines a mix of rap and hip hop into his own style and way of vocalizing hiss craft. It's true that his music is of a rare breed and he has an originality no one can mock. I love his voice. It's along the same line as Eminem's voice or even Q-tip... but there is an extreme distinction. What I appreciate K'naan most for, is his credibility. While American rappers pitch "gangsterism" in order to gain publicity, K'naan uses his past living in one of the most violent countries in the world (Somalia) as his fuel to spread his gift, invoke knowledge and to also give his country a voice when, in their world, they don't have one. Nevertheless, he keeps his music from being too melancholic and depressing and keeps his listeners upbeat and having a good time.

"Where rocket-propelled grenades are fired around you on a daily ... a guy bragging on TV talking about how gangster he is?" K'Naan says. "For us, it's more a source of entertainment. It's more like a comedy or something we watch. Say, 'Oh wow, that's kind of cute of American gangsters.' But it isn't hardcore, it isn't that bad. Let's get things in perspective, you know?"

"The Dusty Foot Philosopher" (which released in 2006) won my heart when I came across K'naan by accident one day last year, and ever since I heard that album I've been waiting for the next. My favorite track on that past album was "The voices in my head" K'naan rhymed with so much intensity and soul about his life in Somalia that his listeners can literally feel his pain :

"Im still awake, and its quarter to six, im trying to write and I aint thought of no shit,
I live with guilt like I slaughtered the sick, I live with shame, like my daughter a bitch,
I dont make living but i still persist, i could sell out but i still resist, so dont tell me about no pain and shit,
I was born and raised in poverty bitch, And I smile all the while and i don't complain, Im something like Gail Scott heroine, do you know what it feels like to lose a friend, again and again and again, again
the bitterness in the killer the poet, the river of blood within the mess flowin, Im the bitterness in the killer the poet, the river, the blood will keep on flowin, people inside me say, they wanna see me go on tragically, and its evil, its evil, cuz im only twenty something years old working for a crumb or some bread or nothin.." - K'naan, "The Voices in My Head", The Dusty Foot Philosopher 2006

you can download that full album here for free [[DOWNLOAD HERE]]



And on February 24th, go buy his new release "Troubadour". K'naan is guaranteed to not disappoint."

To take a listen to the new album before you buy,click this link : K'naan Sample and Enjoy.
Peace, Love and Happy Listening!!

Janelle the Robot Girl

Janelle Monae has been deemed my look-a-like by my friends. I took this as a horrible bash on my good looks, until I saw how beautiful she was back when she rocked her complete afro here:::

Now though, she changed up her exquisite style for her robot gimmick and looks like a gender confused skinny guy with senior citizen dance moves on stage all the while trying to rock her partial afro on this picture right here. So you can see why my feelings were hurt.

Nevertheless, the woman is talented and no one can hate on that. She is nominated for a grammy, and with her signature on Diddy's label, she has decided to discontinue releasing her "Suite" legacy in order to release her first full length album in the first quarter of 2009. She may be one of the artists that keep's diddy's label afloat because who knows whats going on with Danity Kane and Day26 anymore... and I can't think of anyone else signed with Diddy at the moment. Anywho, I'm anticipating what she will come with next on her album. She makes music for any person in any mood so I hope the next set of songs aren't a compilation of things she already did. I hope it's completely original and not anything that has been leaked because I probably already have those tracks. She has been called the female version of Andre 3000, which I have to disagree with along with her being deemed being a futuristic singer. Her music to me sounds like really old school blues one would hear while living 40's or 50's or along with Louis Armstrong's relaxing Kermit the Frog voice. Monae has strong vocals that soothes you're soul yet puts you in a happy and lighthearted mood. She has been making music for years and had been featured on many tracks by Big Boi of Outkast. One of my favorite tracks from her is "Not Fair" and "Peachtree Blues". Her 7 track set on Metropolis: The Chase Suite was a complete tease to fans of hers. Finally though her full length album shall drop and I am hoping it will be more than a lonely set of 10 songs most artists give after fans wait for what seems like centuries *CoughSantogoldCough.* Monae's music is for everyone's liking no matter the age or genre of music you may listen to.


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The End of Lupe Fiasco

How much of us are completely shattered by the end of Lupe Fiasco. I consider him a contribution of real hip hop that happened to make it a little into the mainstream market. Although he's very technical and surgical about his rhymes and words he still is on the exquisite side of the spectrum. He's leaving so early in the game, and fans can only hope that this is just another artist saying they are leaving just to come out with more stuff later on. I actually hope he switches his game up and goes underground instead of stopping completely. He's better than that. He has decided to leave with a bang and is recording his 3 disc set of album which will release one after the other instead of all at once. The first of LupE.N.D entitled "Everywhere" is set to release Fall 2009. The other two parts "Nowhere" and "Down Here" have no release dates but I have a feeling they will release a year apart... perhaps I'm just hoping he drags the end of his career to a slow halt.


It may be wishful thinking, but I don't think he'll leave the game completely. Hopefully he got tired of the "hollywood" ness of it and will retreat underground like the rest of Hip Hop. I'm not sure, I just know I'll be bumpin his records whether he gone or not. That's mah homie.

Jay-Z 's news Collab

It's 2009 and music lovers are all hoping it's a better year; Especially for hip hop. So Far, most of us are looking forward to the new Eminem fresh out of rehab album appropriately titled "Relapse", Travis McCoys debut solo, and in R&B we are looking for the new Usher album. What is even more exciting is to see how many rappers are gonna say they are retired and then come back in the next split second. Jay-Z, of course, is not all the way retired like he said he was every year and I'm loving it; Especially with the talk of his newest project with the N-Word advocate himself : Nas.
Yes, Jay-Z has plans to team up with Nas to release a collaborative album from his new and unconfirmed label outside of Rocafella. Some are saying they are going to bring Hip Hop back with this album, but in all actuality how many times do we hear of this awaited resurrection? Nas and Jay-Z have been making music all along, yet Hip Hop is still "dead" so who's to say its going to "come back to life" with a collabo? The team up is gauranteed to be dope, of course, but to bring Hip Hop back, the people have to want it. Push aside the wack Flo Rida's, Soulja Boys, Plies, and Baby Bash's and accept the art for what it really is. Every genre of music is blurring nowadays though, and in my opinion Hip Hop is outliving true R&B which is becoming more "poppy" by the second. This collab can indeed strengthen and inspire Hip Hop artists if it is done right, which I have no doubt about. After all, both Nas and Jay-Z are becoming, if not already, legends of the Hip Hop world.

Travis MCcoy

So we've all seen the video's or heard of Travis's new solo deal that's in the works. Personally, It's hard for me to be mad at it and also hard for me to be completely jumping for joy that one of my favorites is finally coming with his own joints. I am on the fence with this one. Gym Class Heroes has been one of my favorite bands since "...For the kids" and as they increased in popularity and into mainstream status with the"The Quilt" album the music started to sound a tad watered down.
Mr. Mccoy is a dope rapper I must say; clever with his lyrics and quick on his toes, and even though I always expected him to go solo and into his own groove, I didn't expect it to be in this way. Out of all labels, he signed with Nappy Boys with T-pain. All of the true Gym Class and Travis fans can only pray that we don't hear more of T-pains cliched synthesized voice over the tracks and hope that Travis doesn't sell out his originality that brought him to the top in the first place. I've waited awhile for this jump, but I expected him to go solo within the same label as Gym Class Heroes or to a less.... T-pain label. I mean, honestly, signing with T-Pain or Akon, for an artist like McCoy, is almost the definition of selling out. He's signing with Nappy Boys without even having nappy hair. I must say though, I really can't wait to see how this solo deal pans out. Hope to get my hands on the all of the mixtapes (and there better be a lot). Don't get me wrong, I'm excited for him, after all, he is one of my favorites. I just hope he brings us what he's good at and not let that overpowering T-pain label and sound take control of who his is and his craft. It's all bad if us innocent listeners have to go through another round of T-pains voice on yet another artists single. I'm not hating on T-pain, I'm just saying we all know you and lil Wayne rule the radio, we don't need you shouting Nappy Boys over every song you spit out of your label. We hear you're voice enough as it is. And to Travis Mccoy, do your thing, make that paper and hopefully we'll be seeing Schleprok Records in the near future.