Song of the Year - The Resistance

Choosing The Resistance as my song of the year was a surprisingly easy decision. It’s play count has already totaled 168 on my iTunes. An astronomical amount considering it came out on June 15th in this bitch whasssuuuuppp. I tend to obsess over songs for days at a time and repeat them over and over, but The Resistance carried it’s momentum through the entire summer for me.

The entire freshmen class of ’09 has made the downside of newfound fame the most prevalent topic of discussion in their music. Cudi was apparently driven to coke addiction because of it, Wale’s More About Nothing is full of tales about losing friends (“lost a couple friends, cool, ni**a made a lot of fans”), and of course B.o.B. questioned “do you wanna be famous?” on his fucking fantastic adventures, but no one is better at articulating the negative effects that fame have had on their life than Drake. Songs like Fear, The Calm, and Say What's Real are intelligent breakdowns of how success and fame have jaded him. The Resistance is his magnum opus in this topic. What makes it so impressive is that he could easily come off as unappreciative or sick of his social status and gaudy bank accounts, but is able to stay cognizant of his revered lifestyle (“Am I wrong for making light of my situation?”). Although, he might need to work on his comprehension of the definition of irony.

What makes the song work so well is it's position within the album. Fireworks documents the effect his parent's divorce had on his childhood and view of relationships. Karaoke tells the story of losing his first loved one due to his fame ("the spotlight makes you nervous"), and the beginning of The Resistance acts as a sequel to Karaoke.

"Yesterday when we were getting high
You were invited, you woulda liked it
Uh uh nah, I know you all too well
We said that we can kiss the past goodbye
But your weren’t excited
There’s no way to fight it
You can stay shawty but here I go"

Once again targeting the same girl he speaks about in Karaoke he proclaims his desire to take her with him as he goes and sees the world, but due to a perceived change in him ("Alyssa told me that she missed the old me"), she declines. Drake sees this happening with all of his relationships. As he was blowing up he made the promise to not change, but his busy schedule prevents him from spending time with these people, proliferating the belief that he has become a different person. In turn Drake begins to fear the realization of his dreams ("what am I afraid of, this is supposed to be what dreams are made of"), which is an incredibly grounded and unselfish attitude.

The second verse is the most brutally honest of his career and this excerpt solidified The Resistance as my favorite Drake song.

"I heard they just moved my grandmother to a nursing home
And I be acting like don't know how to work a phone
But hit redial you'll see that I just called
Some chick I met at the mall
That I barely know at all
And plus this woman that I mess with unprotected
Texted saying she wished she woulda kept it"

His admission that he takes the time to call a random mall rat for a quick lay instead of his ailing grandmother gives justification to the people claiming hes changed. The story about his ex having an abortion is a snapshot into his rapidly evolving reality, but both of these instances are reasons why Drake's music is so arresting.

After the insecurity of The Resistance Drake begins Over with similar sentiments ("what am I doing?), but once those Boi-1da drums kick in, Drake has found his moment of verification. He finally realizes he is cut out for this lifestyle and hasn't become a new person entirely (" That's right I'm doing me"). It's the most triumphant fucking moment on any album since Cudi Zone, but without The Resistance it wouldn't be nearly as effective.

Songs of the Year - #2 Christian Dior Denim Flow

My first song of the year post was filled with interpreting and decoding Go To Sleep's lyrics and message, CDDF doesn't require such analysis. It's all the better that way. This song is a banger of all bangers that will rattle your trunk into oblivion. It was the masterpiece of the G.O.O.D. Friday series, which is saying a whole hell of a lot considering the diverse excellence of those songs. I really wish Metacricket's mojo was active when Kanye was releasing that weekly fire. It was like constant blogging material all of at least Sick status, acting as a well deserved (not really) reward of listening pleasure, after a long week of of mowing greens, from Mr. West as I'd head up to USM to sleep on Scotty's couch. G.O.O.D. Fridays reinvigorated hip hop. At the time we all thought these were merely MBDTF throwaways, that wasn't exactly the case, but you will not hear me speak ill of G.O.O.D. Fridays, and CDDF was the best of them all.

(Holy fuck. How badly does YouTube butcher the quality of songs? Everyone sounds like they inhaled 10 gallons of helium before the recording, if this is your first listen please don't judge off of this version and mmm word download the CDQ immediately.)
The greatness of this song comes with the hook. Kanye's decision to have both John Legend and Kid Cudi sing the hook adds to the songs griminess. Their voices come together and make it sound like the fucking apocalypse. The voice effect on Kanye's verse works perfectly in the mood of the song as he spits a laundry list of models he'd like to sexually parlay with, and includes a hilarious cunnilingus reference ("I'm tryna eat out so what we going to dinner for?"). After Pusha's verse the beat slows down to a crawl enabling Ryan Leslie, Lloyd Banks, and especially Cudi to rap over it. Cudi's verse might not even rhyme, but I say its the best on the song. He has smoked a lot of blunts in his lifetime and his voice reflects that. His smoked out flow and voice meshes seamlessly with the impending doom violins. I don't really know what else to say, other than this song is fucking awesome.

Songs of the Year - #3 Go To Sleep (WHAT NOW LOUIS?!)

Seeing as how the Crick has been dormant for months again I've decided to pick up the keyboard and start writing again. With Louis taking 15 classes this semester in order to graduate on time and Scotty void of a laptop I'm afraid all six of you will have to put up with my personal thoughts and opinions. With my recent move to the mile high city and no job I've been doing all kinds of introspection and could spill my deepest thoughts and inner demons to you all, but instead I'll probably just stick to talking about rap music. Considering the year is coming to a close I thought of this ingenious idea to rank the best songs that have been released within the past 12 months. Coming in at #3 is Lupe Fiasco's best offering in a long while: Go To Sleep.

Louis does not like this song, which is fine, ya dink ya donk you don't like a song. But a song riddled with such impressive wordplay and lyricism deserves to be praised and I am here to do just that. Go To Sleep is loosely based on Lupe's struggles to release meaningful and important music. He is at odds with the landscape of mainstream rap. Sick of it's perpetual mindlessness he wants to awake the listeners from the constant drivel they are subjected to. Unfortunately for him he is one step ahead of us, "baking eggs and pancakes eating that at midnight," and ends each impressive verse claiming he wont make a noise. A surrender of sorts allowing us to submerge ourselves back into the bullshit music we love so much.

What makes the song work is the fact that all three verses are rife with double entendres and slick wordplay that remind us why Lupe is one of the greatest wordsmiths rap has ever seen. The first verse contains this bit of fuego:

"But they can’t see me, I took out their eyes/I's
Replaced them with some mes, so all they see is hes
But I will never run, not even if they cry
See, I can never fall, not even down their cheek
But I will always ball/bawl, let’s see who the first to blink"

The extended theme of eyes and tears carries itself through these several bars, and may not be known to the listener after only one listen.

"Fill this bitch up with fans, you still wont blow my candle out"

"Won’t drill no door hole, I won’t make a peep, so you can go to sleep"

I'm sure you all have already caught the double meanings in those lines, and if not it's nothing Rap Genius can't explain. This is the type of lyricism that redeems the listener after repeated listens, and therefore lengthens replay value yet somewhere along the lines these writing methods have come to be considered corny or pretentious amongst some rap fans, the very ones Lupe is trying to awake. Yes, Lupe does try to hard at times to be complex, this is not one of those times. Those bars came off effortlessly within the context and flow of the song.

The third verse takes a bit of a somber turn. It contains a reference to Lupe's drug dealing past. While Lupe was never as overt as Jay-Z or 50 Cent were when it came to talking about dealing his music contains many discreet admissions of at one time being involved in the drug trade ("I'm nuts with the cain/cane, planters planters," "You see what I'm saying and I push keys/kis wonderfully"). I don't think Lupe enjoys talking about this subject in his raps anymore but he once again uses wordplay to disguise his confession.

"Close down all the opium, but I had to O-P-EN
They said they need a hero in/heroin it, so I'm back to dope again"

Many Lupe fans have been hoping for a return to his crazy lyrical ways of his early career, in other words asking for a hero. Lupe harks back to his old days ("time is all behind me, this make me feel old again") of drug references and uses heroin as a vehicle to convey the message that he is back to being a "dope" emcee. I'm not sure if he ever really fell off, but Go To Sleep is a welcome return to form.

All of this takes place over a ridiculous 1500 or Nothing beat that builds and builds in the third verse coalescing with Lupe's words to create an epic crescendo of sound and message.

New Lupe Off Lasers - The Show Goes On

Alright, look this probably isn't the song Lupe had hoped to release as the lead single for Lasers. One of the sticking points for his long delayed third album was that he wasn't giving Atlantic radio friendly songs. He has certainly given into their demand with this, but that doesn't mean this song is weak by any standard. Does it have blatant billboard aspirations? Yes. Is it basically Love The Way You Lie to Right Above It's Airplanes? Yes. But the thing is this song is still more credible than 95% of the shit you hear on radio. It's a straighforward, feel good, anthem that will perform well on the charts and serve it's purpose of creating buzz for Lasers. If that's what it takes to get a release date these days then so be it.

The Show Goes On - Sooo Sick

New Home Brew - October Love

Here's the newest joint from Russell Farm Records, "October Love," produced by yours truly and featuring Chagrina and J-Mac the Spitter. Enjoy.

Boner.

New Kanye - Lost In The World

I don't know about you guys but after several listens I tend to think this song is not "good". The intro to this is near embarrassing. It sounds like a bunch of dudes trying to sing with peanut butter stuck to the roof of their mouths. If I wanted to listening to convoluted voices singing barely audible words I'd listen to Imogen Heap. Sure the drums are kinda cool, but isn't Kanye's next album supposed to be a return to "strictly hard beats and rhymes?" Power was a promising start but this and Runaway lead me to believe we are in store for a mere 808's redux. What makes this even more discouraging is that nearly(Runaway Love Remx?! C'mon Kanye) every song released in the Good Friday series is better than this, and those songs will presumably be left off the album, Lost In The World will not be. Oh well, at least this song has ENORMOUS potential.


Lost In The World - Pretty Shitty

Update - Pretty much every YouTube vid of this song is dead. Fret not here the mmm word download.

Sammy Adams Boston Stand Up Sammy Matty Trump SAM ADAMS Boston BOSTON'S BOY Sammy!

Seriously though, Sam Adams's new mixtape, Party Records, is hot crack. I've been bumping it non-stop. Here are a few of my favorite selections:

I shall begin with the very good "No Speak Americano," which samples a song that sampled another song so it's kind of like The Bible with shit begetting other shit or some shit like that. God isn't real, otherwise this wouldn't have happened. Evenways, I love to bump this joint:



Pretty fun to hear in your ears right? Here's another banger that I quite enjoyed, where SAMMY BOSTON STAND UP SAMMY ADAMS MATTY TRUMP BOSTON I'M FROM BOSTON BOSTON SAMMY flips the very awesome and super catchy mega-smash ground-breaking-music-video-having song "I Need a Dollar," and turns it into a certified bang-sesh:



People will hate on SAAAAAAAMY ADAMS BOSTON STAND UP BOSTON I'M FROM BOSTON YEAH BOSTON WHADDAYA SAY BOSTON'S BOY WES WELKER RULES because he's white and you know like sometimes the things that he says in song-poems aren't the most insightful or cool but with gems like "I'm a mile high smokin' nuggets in a Bronco" (Get it? GET IT!?!?!?!?) you can't deny that he does at least have some talent. The bottom line is that I enjoy these songs in the same way that I enjoyed the Boston's Boy EP, and I am not ashamed of liking them because sometimes people just like stuff.
So for anyone who wants to give it a whirl, here's your mmm word download.

Party Records - Sick

Jay-Z Breaks Yankee Stadium

(Why the hell did this guy leave?!?! Least he did the damn thing.)

Say what you want about dude, but Jay-Z has motherfucking presence. Like could you imagine anyone else being the first artist to perform in Yankee Stadium? No, this is where he belongs, he was meant to be there standing on stage breathing in the epic-ness of it all. No one else could capitalize and thrive in this moment like he did. You're lying to yourself if you didn't get chills when the Run This Town beat dropped.
This was part of a concert series where Eminem and Jay-Z headlined two concerts each in their respective hometowns, Detroit and NYC. An encore performance is set for tonight, which gives us about five hours. Who's in? I'm driving.

Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium - Sickest Thing Ever

Lasers Is Fucked

Lupe Fiasco recently did an interview with complex.com and in it he has some very interesting and ultimately disappointing things to say about the future of his was-to-be third album, Lasers. Two weeks ago Lupe personally released a song, Go To Sleep, and stated it was for the album Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. It was certainly perplexing to see Lupe release a song for his supposed fourth album, when his third album wasn't even in stores yet. This interview sheds a lot of light on that issue, you can read it in it's entirety here, I will try and present the relevant quotes in this post. Basically, it might be time for us Lupe fans to start coming to terms with the fact that Lasers may never see the light of day.

Complex: You mentioned Japanese Cartoon being your Plan B, let’s talk about Plan A. A second ago, you said “If Lasers never comes out.” Will it not come out?

Lupe Fiasco: It could. The situation with me and my record company has gotten to the point where it’s just like…we’re really at our final straws. People could say it’s me, that “Lupe doesn’t want to make popular music” or “The label has got to have records that they can sell and Lupe is not giving them the records they want to sell” and XYZ.

Complex: You keep referring to it as Lasers, but on the Internet now people are saying the record could be called Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. Is that not a real title?

Lupe Fiasco: When I said that I was going to do an album called The Great American Rap Album, I did it. Lasers is one project on its own. It’s its own project, sitting being done, waiting to be released. Lasers is its own project, it is its own sound, its own mood. Food and Liquor II is completely different. It’s like Lasers, that’s one album that got disrupted in the business process. It’s a great album, but that album may not come out. But here’s Food and Liquor II.

Sigggghhhh, needless to say this entire situation frustrates the hell out of me. It's hard to say who's to blame but I can't help but feel Atlantic is mostly responsible. It shouldn't be this hard for an artist who, with his last album, was certified Gold in a record industry climate not exactly conducive to selling albums, to get a release date. My only theory as to why Atlantic is holding out on Lupe is because he passed on Airplanes and Nothing On You. Bobby Ray's smash hits were actually intended to be Lupe songs. Lupe didn't want them because he wouldn't have owned a major percentage of their publishing and maybe because they were pre-packaged pop songs written for 15 year old white girls. Should he be punished for that decision? Probably not, but in today's music industry where labels are looking for a couple of Billboard blockbusters instead of a cohesive 15 song album with a unifying concept, Lupe and Lasers were shelved because B.O.B. got Haley Williams to sing a hook on a song.
With that said, Lupe probably shouldn't have began hyping this album in March of 0(FUCKING!)9. We now know that he probably jumped the gun on it a little bit and gave fans some false hope, but come on Atlantic throw us a fucking bone here.
The one bright spot in all of this is that Go To Sleep, the one song he has released off Food and Liquor II, is fucking flames, and something you should all listen to.

Only another two years guys!

Lasers Being Potentially Shelved - Worst Thing of All-Time
Go To Sleep - Sooo Sick

How Does This Not Happen Every Game?!?!

So in the span of two at bats in the riveting Giants vs. D-Backs game tonight two little kids were hit with a bat and a ball.

Two children have been taken to the hospital after being struck by a bat and a ball at Monday's game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants.
A 13-year-old boy seated near Arizona's dugout just beyond the start of the protective netting, was hit on the right side of the head in the fourth inning after San Francisco's Buster Posey lost the bat swinging at a pitch.
In the next at-bat, the Giants' Pablo Sandoval sent a foul ball into the upper deck, where it struck a 2-year-old girl on the forehead.

The only thing surprising about this story is that it DOESN'T HAPPEN IN EVERY BASEBALL GAME EVER. Does anyone else think this way? Every time I watch a baseball game and see a ball ripped down the third baseline and into the stands I think well that probably only killed about 4 people, but some dude with a beer in one hand somehow ends up snagging the thing coming at him at ten trillion miles an hour. Sure he may spill some of his beverage on his girlfriend or some shit, but I mean no one's perfect. This story comes only a few days after this happened.

First of all, do you think that guy was screaming like that after every single ball that was hit? I mean it's fucking BP dude pretty much every ball is gonna make it into the stands, if some dinkbox gets hit in the domepiece it ain't on you. Nevertheless, maybe these instances are just the baseball gods catching up on all the years that fans miraculously survived rock hard baseballs hurling towards their brains at light speed, but what the fuck do I know?

P.S. - Were fucking back bitchesssssssssssss, but probably not really. I might not post again for another two years. I just hope this kick starts Louis into posting again so I have more stuff to read online as I search for jobs and daydream about what city I want to move to that particular day.

Who Dat Video

HEY! I've seen this before.

Nevertheless dope vid. At this point in their careers who would you rather watch move their hands around Drake or J. Cole? I'm torn.

Revofev

Cudi's first single from his upcoming album "Man on the Moon: The Legend of Mr. Rager." The title is short for revolution of evolution if you haven't figured that out yet. This song has been bouncing around with live snippets etc., so it's good to finally have the studio version. And with only 2 or 3 more months until he drops MOTM 2, I am really excited to start hearing new singles and internet leaks. Anywho, enjoy Revofev. I literally just downloaded it and listened for the first time so I can't fairly place a 'crick rating on it. PLAIN PAT WHAT UP?!?


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Revofev - TBD

How Sick is THIS Song?

Home brew ninjas. We keep slaying.

How sick is this song?!?!?!?

After only one listen I am already in love with this song!!! I can't wait to bump this in the neon SEN. No mmm word download is available yet.


Tightrope (Wondamix) - Sooo Sick

New Cudder

Collabo from Kid Cudi and Chip Tha Ripper. Just what the doctor ordered.


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All Talk - Sick

Light Up

Them evil empire guys gonna get shot for playing this record.


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Light Up - Soooo Sick

Welcome Back T.I.

I like these songs a lot. I realize this is the exact same ish he was doing before but hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it, right?!?

This literally sounds like every other song T.I. has ever made buuuuuuttttttt I like it.
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And this brings back memories of "whatever you like" buuuuutttttt I like it.
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These songs - Sick

Drake's Third Single

Skittles posted the tagged unmastered version of this song when it was called "All Night Long," at which point I was pretty sure this was nothing more than a throw-away mixtape track. Little did we know this would actually become the third single off of Thank Me Later, featuring Small Dwayne Carter. Here is the mastered CD-quality track:

This was produced by Boi-1da and 40 and it is very obvious which part each of them contributed. I'm more a fan of 40's So Far Gone synth vibe because it is much higher quality. The horn sample goes hard but ultimately doesn't do it for me. Luckily Drake absolutely SLAAAAAAAAAAYS lyrically (we've discussed the "do right and kill everything" line, which I believe is actually one of the best lines written in a very long time).
I've said it before and I'll say it again: people hating on Drake is a pet peeve of mine. Like, he can fucking spit hot hot fire and then croon the hook without batting an eye and it's like REALLY THIS IS A GUY WHO SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY!?!?!?!? The man has more talent than anyone. I will admit the Blackberry Freestyle was legitimately the lamest thing I have ever seen in my entire life, but I'm not saying I want to hang out with him on the weekend, I'm just saying stop hating on his music because he's not going anywhere and the music is of the highest quality.

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"Miss Me" - Sooo sick

Happy Summer Ninjas!

We all know it's summer now, so I spend most of my time peeling off my sunburn and therefore have very little time to blog (i.e., none). But I had to share this new joint with our readers because, well, there's nothing better than a new home brew for your listening pleasure.
Here is the official Summer 2010 Sebring Anthem, produced by yours truly and featuring Metacricket favorites SuperKnowva and J-Mac the Spitter. Enjoy, my good friends.

NOW GO GET TAN!!!

Find Your Love - Video

Louis once wrote that the Empire State of Mind video was exactly what he had expected it to be. Well, I think it's safe to say that this video is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of anything I ever would have anticipated to see when I listen to this song. Some nice looking ladies wearing minimal clothing and I would have called it a day, instead we get Jamaican gangsters blowing Drake's brains out. Perplexing.
I'm not saying it's bad by any means. Most music videos consist of a rapper standing in front of a camera moving his hands around, but hey whatchya gonna do about it?

Find Your Love Vid - Sooo Confusing

Jay-Z Murders Saturday Night Live

I've already watched this performance like ten times, and holy shit I get a weird combination of goosebumps and an erection every time. It really doesn't get much better than Public Service Announcement. Jay is the King.
Unfortunately the stupid embed code isn't working so just watch the medley here.
This performance defines Departed sickness. Also where can I get a leather vest????

Jay-Z's SNL Performance - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

Hey Hey Hey

This is the new Drake single off of Gracias Luego, produced by that famous guy Kanye Opposite of East:

This beat is on some 808 shit, the drums especially. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I've been updating my resume to this song all night, mostly in my sleep. I mean here's the thing: you can't say it's a BAD song because obviously the beat and hook stay in your brain forever. "I'm more than just an option" is arguably my favorite line from any Drake song that is called "Find Your Love." (Get it?)
Evenways, I really feel like at this point Drake is just inviting the haters to tear him apart. Like, if I hated Drake (WHICH I DON'T PARTY IT UP BRO!!!) this song would be my fucking thesis about why: no substance, just stupid crooning, no actual lyrics (is there a verse in this song?), blah blah blah dar dar donker. But the thing is, I love Drake, and I LOVE THIS SONG. I mean it has its obvious shortcomings, and I was expecting a lot more when I heard Kanye + Aubrey but like srsly maybe I'm old fashioned but I fucking love it. I wish there was more going on and I wish it was 100 minutes long instead of 3 but still I like it so much and I'm sorry. Skittles expressed his disappointment to me in a textual message earlier today, and although I love him with all my heart (waaaaaaaaaay homo), sometimes I just have to disagree with him and just go update my resume to Drake. I love this song and I hope Drake finds my heart (even waaaaaaaaaayer homo) and Thank Me Later will be fabo.

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Find Your Love - Sooo sick

Keep Bloggin' While I'm Mind Bogglin'

I honestly furrealzies cannot stop listening to this. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING LINE IS FUCKING FIRE. FIIIIIIRRRRRRREEEEEEEE. F-I-R-E.


"Flow so wet I'ma take this beat tobogganin'"
"It'll never be my chair that you own/Crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain/No oxygen, other words there's no air (heir) to the throne"
"Trying to give me the finger is kinda like giving a spider the web/I'm just gonna spin it and try and use it to my advantage/I catch a fly in that bitch, you think you fly you just food/I give as much of a flying fuck as that Superman dude'

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Despicable - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

BITCH I GOT THAT FLAAAAME!!!!

Here we go, J. Cole's first single, "Who Dat:"

OMFFFFFFG. Seriously, this song fucking busts so hard I can't even contain myself. This is the fucking street single; just imagine how fucking hot the second single is going to be. It's impossible not to bump this song a 1.21 gigawatts and bob your head. This shit makes me get out my chair and just bounce. The beat sounds like some vintage Timbaland but with the dope Elite drums that we heard on Heartache. Elite's beats are fucking nuts and I hope he blows up. All day I've just been repeating the hook to myself in my head (rthtmimh). Also the lyrics are fucking BINOCULARS. "Anything you can do I can do better/And any chick you can screw I can get wettaaaaah." OMG!!! He does indeed got that flame. This song blew my fucking mind. As I said when I posted the live performance of this song, I've never been more excited for an album of music.

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Who Dat - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

PS, Is the third verse a Drake diss????? Happy B.o.B day!!!

Lasers Is Fucked... But Awesome

Ummm, these songs are incredibly awesome. The Neptunes are back on their grizzly like a bearskin rug. Lupe has said countless times Lasers is his best work, but this album is at the mercy of blogs. Lupe submitted the album to Atlantic LONG ago, yet they are fucking dinkboxes and won't give it a release date. These vids will probably be taken down soon so listen quickly.

P.S. - Dwayne Wade is good at basketball.

These Songs - Sickest Thing Ever
Atlantic Records - Really Shitty

More B.o.b.

This isn't off the album, but the beat is FIYAH! B.o.b. or T.I.P. youknowhatimsayin man you be the judge...which would be the better acronym for the song? But you know what though, either way its Grand Hustle.



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Not Lost - sooo sick

Leak Sesh!

Album leak! Expect a Biff update once he's done doing whatever he's doing with his life these days.

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Here's another. It's a bonus track off the album.



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ROFLCOPTER!!!

This commercial has a very long setup, but holy shit is the punch-line worth it.

Where can I get one of these beers!??!?!

Airplanes Pt. 2 (Feat. Eminem)

I can't find any videos that can be embedded so unfortunately we're going to have to take a rare step and direct traffic AWAY from the blog (NOOOO). Click here to listen to and mmm word download these flames all in one.
Eminem's verse is fucking amazing. I can't say enough just how ridiculous this album is going to be.

Airplanes Pt. 2 - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

I'm Late on This Song BUT...

...that doesn't mean it's bad. Bruno Mars on the hook, christ jesus he slays it again. I was never really into Gym Class Heroes, but people used to tell me that their songs were good, and Travie does a good job on this one so maybe I should start listening to them more.

Also I really want Bruno to come out with some solo shit, because I would be very very very interested in listening to it given how awesome he's been on every song. Also I did some research and learned that Bruno is one half of The Smeezingtons, who are a production duo that produced this song AND Nothin On You. Now I really want Bruno to make his own songs I MEAN COME ON BRO!

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PS BONUS ROUND!
Here's a video of Bruno and Travie doing the song live and OMFG Bruno has the voice of an angel (as I said a couple weeks ago).


Billionaire - SIckest Thing Ever

Has B.o.B Made it or Has B.o.B Made it?

It's nice to know that a guy as talented as Bobby can explode as big as he has based on merit alone. Nothin on You was certified platinum last week, and it's still the only thing standing in the way of Airplanes and the number one spot on iTunes. If you haven't listened to Airplanes yet then you should because it gives me a massive 8======D.
The Adventures of Bobby Ray is going to be the album of the year. Like fucking Man on the Moon caliber. I don't see how he can even make a bad song at this point. I'm actually going to buy the album and CHRIST JESUS I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT!!

Oh BOY

And now this just came out :-)



I don't really have time to listen right now but I'm really excited to later tonight.

BIFF UPDATE: I just listened to this song and was going to blog about it and maybe say it's wack but luckily Skittles was working the day shift today and HOLY MOTHER FUCK THIS SONG IS FUCKING AMAZING AND THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY IS GOING TO BE SO GOOD THAT I'MA BUY IT TWICE!

Hey Scotty, what's been up man how's your daughter?

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Past My Shades - SIckest Thing Ever

Drake you got 'em right?

"Bills everywhere, trill everything/And Drake just stand for Do Right And Kill Everything"...so good they had to play it twice!!!

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All Night Long - Sick

And I Can't Forget That Tree

This came out Thursday. I like it.



That Tree music video - Sick

This Song Will Be Good

Lupe has been performing new songs off Lasers in all of his shows lately. Skittles and I were lucky enough attend one of those and see the above song performed live. Unfortunately it was a concert so we obviously couldn't hear shit. This is the first video that gives you an idea of how fucking awesome this song is going to be. I mean just look at Lupe's veins. Hopefully performing this live doesn't result in a pulmonary embolism for Lupe, that would be sad.

Enjoy the weekend y'all. Enjoy the concert Biff (fuck you! you fucking prick I was supposed to go!!!!!)

Ball (Still) Don't Lie?

As much as I hate to give one of Bill Simmons's generally asinine opinions any credence, Sheed does suck dick at playing basketball effectively. He's shooting fucking 28 PERCENT FROM THREE. Also he is the best offensive rebounder on the other team. The Celtics are not as good as they used to be. Can't we just euthanize Sheed?

This Song Is SOOOOO Old!

Only yesterday did I download Shwayze's most recent album because he will be opening the concert that I am attending on Friday, so admittedly I'm late on these jams (But if my mom heard them when they came out why wouldn't she show me? Doesn't she know how much I like rap?) that came out over the summer, but hey it's not like I just found out about Bob Dylan right?!?! Evenways, this song has been blowing up my iPod earbuds:
I love it!!!! It's a great springtime jam, and no doubt it's finna be bumping in the Sebring and on my shower playlist indefinitely. I highly recommend copping the entire album.

B.o.B - Airplanes

Here's the newest jam off of The Adventures of Bobby Ray. This album is going to be dope as fuck. Every song that's been released off of it has been straight fuego. B.o.B is a talented hombre.

Why does Jon Lester suck so badly at throwing baseballs?

Airplanes - Sooo Sick

Over Video

I love this song. This video was decent as well. CAN I DOOOOOOOO THAT!?!??!?!?!

Over Video - Pretty Sick

Sam Adams Is Blowing Up Whether You Like It Or Not

Here he is featured on women's answer to ESPN, the E! Channel:

Even Mike Posner hasn't been on E! This is crazy bro!

J. Cole's First Single?!?!?!

Here's a video of J. Cole performing what is allegedly the first single off of his upcoming album (which has been given a pre-season GTOAT rating). This shit bumps even when you listen to it with the wack live audio shit!

DAAAAAAYUM HE GOES IN!!!! I have never been more excited for an album of hip-hop music.

Who Dat - Sickest Thing Ever

Do You Think Robin Thicke Remembers This?

Sick bike bro!

Cooler Than Me Single Mix

This is the version of Cooler Than Me that they play on the radio and I do not like it as much as the original and I AM MAD ABOUT IT!


Cooler Than Me Single Mix - Shitty

Bruno Mars is the Best Singer Ever

Obviously I haven't watched MTV Spring Break since I was like 12 and thought it was the greatest thing ever because there were tons of hot biddies in bikinis getting sloppy soup sandwiched and making out with each other. Those days are over (thanks to websites that offer that kind of material on demand and MUCH MORE GRAPHIC), but I still flip over to MTVU once in a while because it actually plays music videos (most of which suck, but sometimes you'll get a good one).
Evenways, I was lucky enough to switch over to the channel in question when they showed this live performance by B.o.B aka Bobby Ray aka Robby Bay aka B.o.Bello and Bruno Mars. Bruno kills the hook super hard on the studio version of this song, but I was pretty blown away by just how good he sounded live. Give it a listen (it's out of sync but the audio is really all that matters):

He slayed it, especially the breakdown at the end. I hope Bruno becomes the new Nate Dogg (minus the clogged arteries and borderline insanity) and just starts crooning every hook on every rap record, because christ jesus the man has the voice of an angel (way homo).

New B.O.B. - Don't Let Me Fall

This is the intro to Bobby's upcoming debut. The production value on this album is going to be very high. Nothing On You, Satellite, and this are all confirmed tracks on the album, which will feature an All-Star lineup of Lupe, Eminem, and TI. The release date of April 27th can't come fast enough, aka the album will be on the internet in a weeks time or so. This song certainly makes me even more psyched for the BOB/Lupe concert I will be attending tomorrow. I excite!

Don't Let Me Fall - Sick

Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun

I've been jocking this song ever since VW's second (and definitely not as good) album came out, but at the time I wasn't blogging as much as I should. This video gives me mixed feelings (although RZA is in it which definitely makes it way cooler than if John Goodman had been in it, but also one of the awful Jonas Brothers is in it too so there goes the coolness), and it really seems that the Vampire Weekend guys are going out of their way to try and convince everyone that they're way too lame to be taken seriously as a band that makes actual good music. They're not fooling me. INDIE ROCK RULES!

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go smoke cigarettes and say cynical things with my pretentious friends.

I Need a Dollar Video

Great song, but that video bored the fuck out of me.

Sam Adams - Driving Me Crazy Video

I really don't care what anyone thinks of this dude, if you say you don't enjoy listening to this song then you're simply a liar. I get it, "Oh he's a bitch," "Oh, he's white," "Oh he sucks at rapping." Whatever. He's living the dream and it's pretty amazing that a regular white kid from Boston can blow up as big as he has. It's like if me or one of our readers got super famous. Obviously we'd all be doing the exact same thing.
Also James said Sam Adams is a bitch, and yet James is the same person who was jocking SPIZZY SPOSE(!?!?!?). That's logical. This song is irresistible; even Steve likes it (FUCK YOU STEVE!).
The video isn't the best video I've seen since breakfast, but the song is super duper good. Also he got to rub up on mad hot biddies, so I'm sure he's not mad.

HAS SEAN KINGSTON EVER MADE A BAD SONG?

It doesn't hurt that JR Rotem (Whatcha Say, Replay, In My Head, every song that you've ever liked) produced this track. This is going to be bumping in the Sebring effective immediately.

Mmm word download

She Moves - Soooo sick

Gangsta Luv Instrumental

This beat is amaaaaaaaazing. Seriously, I could just bump this instrumental all day.

The New Hot New Hip-Hop is SOO MUCH BETTER!!!

If you read this blog but don't frequent hotnewhiphop.com, you're an idiot. Most of what we do here comes from that website and 2dopeboyz, so really all they are is our middle men. They give us the music, and we give you hilarious commentary and a cute rating system. Also you're our friends, so if you ever stopped reading this blog then we wouldn't hang out with you (I'M TALKING TO YOU STEVE, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T NOTICED THAT YOU NEVER RESPOND TO FACEBOOK MESSAGES OR WALL POSTS. WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE DOING WITH YOUR LIFE THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH YOUR BEST FRIENDS!? SERIOUSLY. I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS ANY LONGER!).
All joking about that asshole Steve aside, the new hotnewhiphop.com is so fucking sick I can't stand it. Just look at this screen grab I took of the "preview:"
Now you don't have to click on EVERY FUCKING LINK in order to listen to each song. You get all of your "hot" new rap in one place! Does it get any better? (Please don't stop reading Metacricket. We need you now more than ever.)

Hot New hotnewhiphop.com - Sickest Thing Ever

Charles Hamilton Isn't Dead!?!?!?!

I thought Charles Hamilton had fallen off a cliff and died on impact, but apparently he's still alive and kicking it, but from the looks of this behind the scenes footage he's learned from his mistakes (i.e., don't talk anymore).
These are two very talented cats (even if Charles is loco you can't deny how good his songs are), and any collabo from the two of them would be more than welcome in my world.
Welllllll...

I love this song. The beat is smoother than the peanut butter my mom uses to make my PB&H sammies every morning before I leave for work at the Metacricket offices, and Bob and Charles went IN SEN!!!

Mmm word download

Paperboy - Sick

Trey Songz That I'm Currently Jocking

Skittles, Filly, and I had our quasi-semi-bi-monthly church/blog meeting this morning, at which we discussed several pressing issues. The most pressing issue that we discussed is how fucking much I love this song.

As Skittles noted this may be "the dumbest song ever," but that doesn't mean that I don't love the sounds in my ears. Just another irresistible guilty pleasure r&b jam. Hey, Trey Songz, I called, and I like your new song bro.

"Say Aah" - Sooo sick

Soundtrack 2 My Life Video

DatNewCudi.com: KiD CuDi - Soundtrack 2 My Life (Directed by Jason Goldwatch) from DatNewCudi / DP on Vimeo.

I don't know about this. It feels like the kind of video people make of someone who's dead. Is Kid Cudi dead!?!?!!!? (Oh, Elaine, hey. Did you hear about Newman?) Definitely not as good as Day N Nite.

S2ML Music Video - Whatever

Asher Roth - Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry

Asher dropped his second mixtape this morning at 8:11 AM, and by all accounts it is even better than the first. I haven't listened to it yet because I'm not a WEIRDO (or I just haven't had any time because I just woke up and got into the Metacricket offices). Here's the artwork (very classy, if I may say so myself):
...and the back...My only complaint is that the cursive is hard to read! :-(
But at any rate, I digest. I am honestly SOOOOOO PUMPED to listen to this shit bro! It's gonna be so effin' good bro! No but yeah no yeah, I'm pretty excited about it.

Mmm word download.

"NY-Z" - An ABSOLUT Collaboration with Jay-Z

This is a documentary that follows Jay-Z in the days leading up to his massive September 11 concert (which, if you haven't seen, you should view immediately, because it was Departed sick), presented by ABSOLUT Vodka. Jay-Z and a middle-shelf vodka, WHAT MORE COULD A GUY LIKE ME ASK FOR!!?!?

I like that this is only 15 minutes, because it's a manageable length that I can watch in between classes or during class. Last night I watched "Notorious BIG: Bigger Than Life," which was pretty cool, but also 18 hours long and obviously a little guy like me couldn't keep his eyes open for the whole thing because I had just had my glass of warm milk and my mom had just tucked me in.
The point is, I love Jay-Z, so anything in the world that documents his life is obviously going to provide me with a good deal of jerk-off material for the coming weeks.

FUCK ME, RIGHT?!?!

This is possible bad news for everyone that was planning on attending the Lupe Fiasco featuring B.o.b. concert at the House of Blues on April 7...just read the article :(

Just Begun

This song came out a month ago, but I had never heard of it until I woke up this morning at 4 a.m. and started researching and downloading all the music I could think of. Four classy artists all on one track; what more could you ask for???


Just Begun - Sick

Shut It Down Tag-less

Louis was working the day shift at the Crick offices today and was all over the initial leak of this song. Unfortunately at that point the only the only version available was for sample clearance only (I think, it wasn't made very clear). Since then the album version has leaked. This song bores the fuck out of me and at this point I really don't like it. Louis is probably going to get mad at me and say that I am close-minded and only listen to Nas circa Illmatic, but I am a big fan of Drakes other Rhythm and Blues work. So Far Gone established him as a real double threat with singing (Lust for Life, Houstlantavegas) and rapping (Say What's Real, Congratulations). I am going to choose to ignore this song for the time-being and continue to rock out to another Drake sing along that leaked recently, Fall For Your Type:

The internet is telling me that this is merely a reference track (I still don't really what that means, can someone clarify?) for Jamie Foxx, but I pray it's on Thank Me Later. That beat is some serious zone out shit, and Drake's crooning is far more appealing than his whispering on Shut it Down.

Shut It Down - Pretty Shitty

Fall For Your Type - Sooo Sick

New Drake + The Dream + S-S-SAMPLES ONLY

Well apparently this is a version of the song for sample clearance, so that's why they got that dude doing a great DJ Khaled imitation by talking over the whole song and totally ruining it. This is not a listenable/mmm word downloadable version of the song, but it's still a nice little preview. This has more of a So Far Gone vibe to it, as it's not the speaker-blasting horseback-riding party jam that Over was, but from what I can hear over the s-s-samples only homie it sounds pretty dope. Drake and The Dream are two of my favorite artists out right now, so I can only imagine the boner I'm going to get from this song.
I want Thank Me Later NOW!!!!

Shut It Down feat. The Dream - Rating Pending (Samples Only)

The Song That's Currently Blowing Up My Speakers

Sam Adams is the most famous human being from Trinity college since that 8 foot tall Middle Eastern squash player ate the little asian one. These songs are irresistible. I've tried not to like them, but there's really no point. This song is going to bump so hard at my (legal!) house parties this summer. You should really download/purchase the Sam Adams album if you haven't already, because it's just so enjoyable. Sure, all he does is sing in auto-tune about how awesome drinking is and how he can't go to class, but really, who cares? If you like the sounds in your ears then just accept it.

"Tab Open" - Sickest Thing Ever

This is What I Did to Skittles Last Friday Night

I laughed very hard at this video, and so will you!

Office Beatz!

This song is irresistible. I like how they chopped up the beat.


Mmm word download

Office Musik - Pretty Sick

I Need a Dollar

This is the theme music to How to Make it in America, which is a decent show if you like shows about humans. Also Kid Cudi is on it and he has some funny moments. Thanks to Chester for turning me onto this song and the show and introducing me to Kael.

After searching extensively for an mmm word download link to this song, I ultimately just bought it on the iTunes store for 99 cents, and if you don't need a dollar then you should buy it too (isn't it funny that in order to buy the song you need a dollar? ROFLCOPTER!)

I Need a Dollar - Sickest Thing Ever

Nauseating

I have a paper and a presentation standing between me and spring break (which will be filled with researching my glorious and groundbreaking thesis), yet I am still dedicated to bringing our legions of readers the latest and greatest on the intergalactic spider web. Check the alternate video for Kid Cudi's Pursuit of Happiness. Biff posted the original version a while back when we were in the midst of our resurgent dominance and wasn't impressed. This is a marked improvement, if you are cool and have been tippin some brews on this Thirsty Thursday (RIGHT BRO!?!?!), be warned shit is mad topsy-turvy.


Alternate Pursuit Of Happiness Vid - Sick

2AM Club - Hurricane

Last night Brundog told me that we haven't been posting enough, so I'm trying to fulfill his every fantasy and post more than 0.7 times per day (although in my defense I'm on spling bleak right now...but I'm also taking a shit).
Evenways, I've been jocking 2AM Club hard ever since I saw them open for Mike Posner in September. If you haven't heard any of their music then I highly recommend you go to their MySpace and bump their tunes. They're great. Lately my main man and co-writer of stand-up comedy Dave D Cup Liss hooked me up with the studio version of "Hurricane," which is obviously in heavy rotation in the Sebring tape deck. There isn't a studio version available on YouTube, but just listen to this shoddily recorded live version and imagine to yourself how great it would be to possess and listen to the good version.

The hook on this song is more infectious than swine flu mixed with HIV. Soooo sick bro. I love it, and once 2AM Club releases an album of material, I will listen to it and love it because their music makes me smile and sing along.
Big ups D Cup!

"Hurricane" - Sickest Thing Ever

New Kings Like Us

It's been a minute since our friends from the 606 have hit us up with some new material, but this shit has been floating around the underground for a while, it's just a matter of people posting the songs on YouTube so we can embed them into our awesome blog. Here's the newest Kings Like Us jam:

I like this song so much I wanna take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

All I Think About - Sooo sick
There is no mmm word download for this track, but it's available upon request, so if you want it then send me a fax.

These Guys Do Not Smoke Weed

This song leaked last night and is off of Cudi's upcoming album Cudder. He said his next album would be a bit more playful compared to MOTM. Cudi claimed this isn't a final mix so enjoy it for what it is. This is the second collabo between these two straight edges. The first was called "That Tree" and continues their steadfast opposition of marijuana. Both songs benefit the most from Cudi's infectious hooks. Don't listen to the always intelligent YouTube commenters, Dre did not produce this.

Mmm Word Download

I Do My Thing - Sick

LQTM

New Drake Single

I like this song a lot. You will too. Thank me later.



Over - Sooo sick

SNL Might Be Funny This W'kend

The Amy Adams one made me LOL. Goooooooo Zick Giflinaskimpski!

Is This Caption Correct?

Mmm word click.

I have three midterms due at sunset today, so I'm going to go jump down an elevator shaft. Happy Hump Day friendsicles. Go hump a sofa.

Like That Bron Bron?

Daaaaaaaaaamn he got up in it!

Baseball is Coming--BASEBALL IS COMING!

Our cynical, media-fighting friends over at Deadspin do still occasionally write about sports, even if it's only a contribution from the man who started it all, Will Leitch. In anticipation of the upcoming baseball season (It's coming. Ohhh praise Allah it's coming. BBQ's at my house every day!), Leitch is writing a blurb about each team every day. Today was the Red Sox's day, and his column is glowing. Here's an excerpt:

At the beginning of the last decade, the Red Sox outfield consisted of Troy O'Leary, Carl Everett and Trot Nixon, and the first baseman was Brian Daubach. Today, the Red Sox go about three guys deep at every position, leaving nothing to chance. (The Red Sox are so deep, you expect them to attempt a line change in the fourth inning.) They are an enterprise now. They manufacture championships, even when they don't. No longer is the torture and pain around. In 2000, they were Daniel Plainview, ravaging the land for oil, breaking his leg, striving, failing, hungry. In 2010, they are Daniel Plainview, alone in their castle, lost from who he once was but still searching ... but just searching in a massive mansion with a bowling alley. The Red Sox are who they always were. They just have a bigger house now. The Red Sox traded up.

One suspects the fans, the true fans, would have it no other way. The Red Sox turned into what their most diehard fans wanted them to be all along: A simple dominant team unencumbered by history, megalomania over misery. I'd make that trade. Wouldn't you?

It's pretty amazing to think about how far this team has come. That we used to think we were fielding a title team with John Valentin at third and Jeff Frye at second is pretty astounding considering how unreal the team is now. Here's the whole essay if you want to read it. I'm sure Deadspin will appreciate the increase in traffic.

Baseball season - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

PS, The girl across from me in the library is video chatting with someone, mouthing words and gesticulating wildly at her computer--completely silently. It's pretty funny.

AdSense is Fucking Us Over

This is the advertisement that is currently displayed on our blog by Google's automated content personalizer:Are you kidding me Google AdSense? We blog about fucking hip-hop and basketball and our only female reader is my made-up girlfriend. You expect us to peddle make-up for you? Come on, give us some ads that are like "FREE TICKET PACKAGE TO HIP-HOP CONCERT AND BASKETBALL GAME" or some shit. Please. How am I ever going to pay off my CentSports gambling debts if I can't even make 12 cents a day off of my blog?

Jay Electronica Gives Drake an Emphatic Co-sign

I obviously re-tweeted this because it makes me happy and is awesome. People who hate on Drake are just stupid idiot jerk haters. What's funny is that most of the people who hate on Drake are the very same "hip-hop heads" who grovel for a taste of Jay Electronica's emissions (OMG HE RAPS OVER MOVIE SCORES AND HE ISN'T EVEN FAMOUS!!!). Drake isn't going anywhere, and perhaps you should listen to him RAP before judging him FOR HAVING A FUCKING HIT. God forbid a rapper should become successful. What a sell-out!
Here's a song that Drake absolutely SLAYS because he's good at rapping:

Oh yeah, that and THE ENTIRE COMEBACK SEASON MIXTAPE YOU FUCKING IGNORANT IDIOTS.
PS, Who cares how much rapping actually occurs on So Far Gone (although there is a healthy enough amount to keep the lyricists happy)? That shit is a fucking masterpiece. Listen to it from beginning to end. It's not "for the ladies." It's for people who want to hear music that is good as fuck.