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