Beautiful Bliss - Wale featuring J Cole

Attention: Deficit leaked. I listened to a couple songs. This one is really good. J Cole spazzes on this shit. I need to start listening to him. Hope everyone gets sloppy soup sandwiched tonight because it's Halloween.

Beautiful Bliss - Sick

Is Rajon Rondo The Coolest Player In The NBA?

Despite those three plays being ridiculously sick, they don't even compare in all around awesomeness to Rondo's air ball-signage. Forget the rumors of discontent, stubbornness, and being un-coachable. I'll take anyone bold-enough to pull a cocky stunt like that any day of the week. I think its good Rajon is starting to flap his wings a little bit. It's nice to see him move on from the reserved extra-terrestrial infantile he was into a (hopeful) all-star.

Rajon Rondo-Sickest Thing Ever

Bowsssss, Young Jeezy, Drizzy, AND Usher!??!?!

Can you say Dream Team?

I love songs that have ad-libs that say "Bowss!" or "Rowss!" or "Ricky Rowss!"
This beat is a little busy and the song could have been mixed better, but let's move past that. You pretty much know what to expect when you're told Rick Ross and/or Young Jeezy are on a track.
Drake offers a nice, more refined change of pace to the gritty grit of the track: "And the question still remains/Have I counted all the money that I managed to obtain/[People of African descent] dedicating overtime to damagin' my name/And somehow I'm still the hottest motherfucker in the game." Fire!
Usher slays the hook and his verse pretty hard. I've been looking for him to do something since the genius that was "Love in this Club." Irregardless, he's still only my second favorite crooner (THE DREAM SEN!!!!)
Overall, I enjoyed hearing this song in my ears.

"Fed Up" - Sick

PS, This will likely be my last post for today and possibly the weekend, because I'm about to hop on a flying machine to LA and do it bigger than you ever done it. Use the time to catch up on our recent posts, which have been flowing like a slit wrist no bandage. Stay thirsty my friends.

Did Asher Body Wayne on DOA?

The only rapper to...be an elementary school teacher.


This is the mixtape Weezy...and he's not as good as he used to be. "Stuff that girl with dick 'til her head burst." Ah, Craig.

You can decide for yourselves, but I think the fact that this discussion can even exist speaks to how talented and underrated Asher is as an MC. Also his concert is one of the best that you will see in a very long time.
PS, Jay still owns this beat. He killed it harder than anyone else has so far. That is, until 324 makes the DOA freestyle, but given that they only rap over weird Jedi Mind Tricks instrumentals, it could be a very long time.
PPS, Wouldn't it be funny to make a DOA freestyle that was auto-tuned? That was my idea. Don't take it because I still might do it and send it to the mixtape Weezy.

What's Wrong with the Yankees?

Oh, right. Your ballpark is 12 feet to right field and you're facing some of the best left-handed hitters in the game. Whoops. Whatever, they got Derek JEET-ah captain for a REEZ-ahn. Unfortunately that reason is a media creation and not something earned by producing on the field since the 2001 World Series (which the Yankees lost, by the way). But don't worry, AJ Burnett's 1.40 WHIP and league-leading BB total will definitely stop the bleeding! If the Phils jump on Burnett tonight, this series won't even come back to New York.
But don't worry New York, Jay-Z still wrote a song about your green tomatoes. Also, you'll always have 2000.

Cavs Maintain Torrid Pace

The Bron and the Cavs are reeling after a 101-91 loss to the Toronto Bargnanis. Obviously LeBron is the man and had a triple-double, but unfortunately that couldn't make up for the fact that Delonte West was in jail and Shaq was his usual overweight ineffective self, dropping a solid 12-7 all over the Raptors faces. But hey, even though he slows you down in transition and isn't even a viable second option anymore, at least he can defend Dwight Howard in the playoffs right? Then again, so could Pharoah Perk, and he's neither an attention hog nor a ball hog; he's just an idiot.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Celtics went about their business and beat last year's ACC runners-up, the Charlotte Bobcats, 201-12. I bet the Cavs wish they could have a balanced scoring attack like this. I bet they also wish that they hadn't traded for an overweight, overrated, washed-up Twitter-fiend. But that is the way of the universe.
At this rate the Celtics will cruise to a share of the one seed, at 82-0, while the Cavs look lottery-bound at an 0-82 pace. One can only hope.

And Lupe Continues To Murder

The collective blogosphere is shitting their pants due to the Crick's revival, and rappers should be doing the same because of Lupe's renewed passion on the mic. How fucking effortless is this flow?

"You must think this deep as fuck
But this like my weaker stuff
They ask “Is this his day to day cause this is like a week to us?”

Yep, Lasers could be big folks.

Say Something Freestyle - Sooo Sick

Jay-Z, Keys To Perform Tomatoes Song At World Series

The Yankees will turn to the inspirational music of Jay-Z and the inspirational figure of Alicia Keys to try and return to their empirical ways when the two perform Empire State of Mind before Game 2 of the World Series. Of course, the song will be void of curses and obscene language. Would you expect anything else from the Classy McClassteins over at The Stadium? If the Yankees win this game, Jay will inevitably boast in a future song that he was responsible for the win. Put money on that.
The game itself should be fairly interesting. Pedro Martinez will make the start for the Phillies. If I'm not mistaken. He has a bit of a history in that ballpark.

Hovas-Daddies-Greasy Hair-Tomatoes-Maybe Even Some Baseball Thrown In There, Should be fun time.

Phillies Being Up 1-0 - Sick

Is Chase Utley's Hair Cool or Not?

Two homers at Yankee Stadium in the World Series? The man could have a dick growing out of his forehead and I would think it was cool.
On a lighter note, is Mark Teixeira dead? Oh, he just sucks? Well that's cool too.
Yankees gon run this town tonight, right?

No Ceilings Leak

Track List:

01. Swag Surfin’
02. Ice Cream Paint Job
03. D.O.A.
04. Interlude
05. Wasted
06. Watch My Shoes
07. Break Up (Feat Short Dawg & Gudda Gudda)
08. Banned From TV
09. Throw It In The Bag
10. I Think I Love Her (Feat Tyga & Shanell)
11. Interlude #2 (Feat Shanell)
12. Wetter
13. I’m Good (Feat Lucci Lou)
14. Poke Her Face (Feat Jae Millz)
15. Run This Town
16. I Gotta Feeling
17. Outro

As the Brundogg has pointed out, Wayne's beat selection is always on point like a fuckin' box cutter (other than "I Gotta Feeling," which may be the most annoying song in the history of sound), and after listening to a few cuts, these tracks do offer a few classic Wayne-isms that are quotable after one listen (e.g., "I'm in the zone like the secondary/No lie bitch I'm flyer than a pet canary"). Who knows if this could be Drought 3 quality. One can only hope.
This is the unofficial leak, and apparently more tracks are going to be coming out on November 1, so stay tuned until then.
For now download it here.

One Foot Out the Door Sampler + Review

As quickly as the mixtape was "leaked" (was it leaked? What even happened? How does grammar work in the middle of a set of parentheses?), the songs have started to sprout up on YouTube, which means cool white hip-hop bloggers can embed them in their awesome blogz!
Here are two of my favorites, first "I Don't Trust Myself."

Mike basically took a pretty cool John Mayer song, flipped it, and made it hot. We've seen him do this a bajillion times. If Mike touches your song, you're fucked, because he will out-produce you, and his lyrics will be better than yours. This song is an achievement in production. This dude just knows how to construct a song. The synths are on point and go HAAAAAARD, but Mike's silky sandpaper vocals keep you emotionally grounded with it all. What a song.
Next, "You Don't Have to Leave."

Just a feel good, popped-out anthem of lost love. The bassline, the synths, the drums, the vocals. It's all perfect. The production value of all of these songs is redonkulously high. Mike has really come into his own as a vocalist; you get the sense that he's not holding back anymore, and he's not trying to hide behind the whole cute & raspy thing anymore. He's using lots more falsetto, and he's really belting out the middle register with a lot more confidence than he used to (at least that's what my music teacher mom told me).

To say that topping "A Matter of Time" is a tall task would be understating its greatness. I would describe "One Foot Out the Door" as Mike's "Late Registration" to AMOT's "College Dropout." The sound is different, but we're witnessing his evolution as a vocalist, producer, and songwriter. Is it better? There will be people on both sides of the fence. Personally, I would say yes, it is. The fact that he went from a 9.5 to a 10 only leads me to believe that all the hype he's giving his album is warranted. Given how many shits I've already flipped listening to the new mixtape, I don't know if I'll have any shits left after the album drops.
This mixtape warrants tens of listens, just like his first one did. It doesn't have the bangers like "Evil Woman" and "Smoke & Drive," but it's much more complex musically; the beats have layers that take a lot of time to discover, and some songs take a little time to get into. But once you do, you will be creaming your jeans.
My only complaint? There isn't enough of it.
Download it if you haven't already.

"One Foot Out the Door" - Greatest Thing of All-Time (The Departed)

Celtics & Rondo Re-open Extension Talks

The C's and Rajon have decided after just one game that, yes, Boston is the best place for a young point guard who wants to disguise his offensive shortcomings by playing with three very talented superstars. That is, the Rondo camp decided that maybe they should keep trying to get a deal done before Saturday's deadline.
This doesn't really surprise me, considering Boston is and always will be the best place for Rajon to flourish (other than the fact that, apparently, nobody on the team likes him, especially the coaching staff). The Celtics have been playing hard ball, but the entire time it's basically felt like they've been trying to put Rajon down so they could drive down his asking price. I guess it worked.
I've been saying for a while that Rajon is the best point guard in the East. I think last night he showed that he's at least better than "All-Star" Mo Williams.
Let us pray that they can work it out.

ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR IS ALREADY ON ITUNES

IT'S ON ITUNES RIGHT NOW GO ON ITUNES AND SEARCH FOR MIKE POSNER AND DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT NOW BEFORE THEY PULL IT BACK!!!!!

Once you've copped it from iTunes U in order to get it into your music library highlight them all, right click, and choose "Create AAC Version." Then jerk it.
Also you need to go into "Get Info" then "Options" and uncheck "Remember Playback Position." Christ Jesus Mike. Make this harder for us.
"You Don't Have to Leave" is the best song so far. It's the one that played at the end of episode 2 of the web series. This is the greatest thing that's ever happened. Christmas come early!!!!!! :-) :-) :-)

This mixtape is unreal. I am going to listen to it for 7 hours straight as I fly across the nation on Thursday night to hit up the studio in LA.

You're Both Wrong

Lupe Says Hello

Our main man Lupe Fiasco has been MIA for a while, releasing minimal material since his sophomore effort The Cool. Luckily for us MTV released it's annual Top 10 Hottest Emcees recently and left Lupe off the list. While Lupe wasn't angered by his omission, he said he was going to use it as ammunition to start murdering shit in the booth again. Here's some first hand evidence of that.

"Microphone check, I make em all bounce"
Ohhh Lupe, clever you.

All The Way Turnt Up Freestyle - Sick