Black Eyed Peas ft. Busta Rhymes - Boom Boom Pow Remix
Ocean's 7 Ft Q Da Kid - Vegas Baby Ocean's & is a new group formed by superstars Nelly, Trey Songz, Johnta Austin, Brian M. Cox, Tyrone(JD Assistant) and Usher
Eminem - We Made You Check out the Music Video(can't be embedded). The much awaited single off Relapse is here. The video is pretty funny, but for me the song was a let down. Hope there are other tracks in the album to lift it up.
Flo Rida Feat Brisco & Billy Blue - Balla Another decent track from Flo-Rida hits YouTube.
Chamillionaire - Relax (feat. J. Holiday) Another song presumably from the much awaited "Venom" from Chamillionaire has released. This is pretty good. I have big expectations for "Venom"
Fat Joe - Cup Cake Feat. Benisour A pretty decent track by Fat Joe featuring Benisour.
Asher Roth - Be By Myself (Ft. Cee-Lo) Asher Roth make me hate him and like him alternatively. I absolutely loved him after the "I Love College" single, but lost popularity with his other below par song that hit the net. But he gained some with this one.
Wale - Penthouse Anthem Wale is a pretty new entry to the Hip Hop main stream, although he has been there for sometime now. Penthouse anthem is a laid back song that is definitely enjoyable.
Wale - Chillin' Feat. Lady Gaga Chillin' feat Lady Gaga(or is it M.I.A, cause the girl sounds so similar to M.I.A). Personally I liked the version of the song without Lady Gaga.
Flo Rida ft Brisco & 4 Mill - Ha(I-Tunes Bonus Track) Flo Rida's new album is really good. He got that blend between Hip Hop and pop that just works. Here is another bonus track off his album "R.O.O.T.S"
Flipsyde- When It Was All Good The much awaited single from their sophomore album. This is a very different Flipsyde from what I have come to love. Chantelle, the new entry to the band, is the lead in the song. Its more of a pop song than the thing they were doing earlier. I just hope there is more different tracks in their new album.
Asher Roth - Family Man Its scary how much Asher Roth is emulating Eminem. He needs to develop his own style, soon or he'll be in big trouble. I loved "I love College" but the rest of his songs that has leaked is still below par.
Sharam feat Kid Cudi - She Came Along Nowadays I listen to anything with the name Kid Cudi. I stumbled upon this track in such a venture. This is a pretty decent track, kinda Clubby.
Ace Hood - Overtime (Feat. Akon & T-Pain) Akon and T-Pain was enough for me to give this song a chance as I hadn't heard of Ace Hood and I liked it. Pretty decent track this.
Kid Cudi ft Wale - Look Up in Da Stars After the recent "retirement" and "un-retirement" of Kid Cudi, releases this awesome track featuring Wale. YouTube is removing videos with this song like crazy. So there is no guarantee that this embedded video will be there when you see.
Keri Hilson (Feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo) - Knock You Down(Official Video) I know this is not new but the video is and its one of the videos that got my attention. Keri Hilson is sexy.
R. Kelly Feat Flo-Rida Rewind That
Git Fresh Ft Rick Ross & Jamie Foxx - Swag Up
Flo Rida's R.O.O.T.S has leaked on internet, but think I'm gonna wait for the actual release. So I'm not posting any songs from him.
Asher Roth - Lark on my Go Kart After the much enjoyable(and for me a song that I can totally relate) "I Love College" Asher Roth is back with Lark on my Go Kart. This track is not as enjoyable as I Love College, but still after a couple of listenings I come to like the song.
Flo Rida - Yayo ft Brisco, Billy Blue, Ball Greezy, Rick Ross, Redd Eyezz, Bred, Pitbull, & Ace Hood Flo Rida's songs from upcoming R.O.O.T,S has been leaking like crazy.If it goes on like this there wont be a new song in his album releasing on March 31st. From the tracks that leaked this one is going to big. Here is a bonus track from R.O.O.Ts featuring a long list of artists.
Kevin Rudolf - Welcome to the World ft Kid Cudi Kevin Rudolf's debut album is simply great. Almost all the songs off it are amazing and especially "Welcome to the World". The cream on the cake is this song is remixed featuring Kid Cudi and its more awesome that before.
Square Off ft Krayzie Bone - We Ridin (Remix) Square Off is a totally unknown group for me. I decided to listen to this track on a random basis and wasn't disappointed at all. This song has got enough material to keep on listening for weeks.
Gorilla Zoe - Helluvalife ft Gucci Man and OJ Da Juiceman I hadn't heard of any songs from Gorilla Zoe even though i had heard the name flying around here and there. Finally I listened to Lost ft Lil Wayne and absolutely loved it. That introduction made me look out for stuff from him.
I cudn't find this song on YouTube. So here is aDownload link(Mediafire)
Nicole Scherzinger - Punchin' (Produced by Polow Da Don) Nicle Scherzinger is trying to come solo from Pussycat Dolls I guess and it makes sense too because she is the only one who does anything other than wear skimpy clothes and dance in the background. This track is produced by Polow Da Don who is turning out to be quite the producer nowadays. Great work on this track as well.
Jadyn Maria - Villain ft Flo Rida Jadyn Maria is a new name for me too, but with the name Flo Rida I had to listen to this track. This is a pretty good track following the latest trend of dance inspired R&B with funky club sounds and of course Flo Rida.
Mims- Let Me Do My Thang ft Shawty Lo After "This is Why I'm Hot" Mims haven't been able to come up with a decent song for a while. Today that just changed with Let Me Do Mu Thang. From the songs that supposedly leaked off his new album this is is my favorite.
Kid Cudi is the new kid on the Hip Hop block who is setting the pace for a whole new sound. His music fuses dance, rock, rnb and hip hop and he is currently the hottest new hip-hop artist in the US, and has signed to Kanye West’s label after catching the Love Lockdown artist’s attention with the release of his mixtape A Kid Named Cudi.
I first saw him on Kanye's "Heartbreak" which featured him. Then came the immensely lovable "Day 'N' Night"
Then dropped his Sky Might Fall which is produced by Kanye and just by that you all know its bound to be great. A totally different sound.
With the release of Super Boo Kid Cudi just made his place firm in my "albums to look out for list". You have to listen to this guy.
He released another track today called Switching Lanes which is also pretty good.
For the final part of the series I decided to club two categories together and finished off the series.
Rock Remixes of Hip Hop songs are not uncommon, but good ones are rare. But there is a band called Purple Popcorn who specialize in this particular genre. I have to say they have a talent for it.I have featured one of their collaboration with Mims earlier in this series. Here is a few of their remixes( just search "purple popcorn" in YouTube for all of their remixes, or just got their MySpace page) 1. Purple Popcorn ft Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss remix This catchy single from Chris Brown was prime material for a Rock Remix and the Purple Popcorn did a great job with this adding catchy Guitar riffs and drums to the track at all the right places.
2. Purple Popcorn ft Lil Wayne - Lollipop remix I think this is one of their best remixes. The enormously catchy Lil Wayne song Lollipop just got that extra "Oomph" and it just works.
3. Purple Popcorn - Swagger like us remix Purple Popcorn has remixed the Grammy award winning track featuring a stellar list of artists. This is an OK remix because the success of the track is predominantly based upon the success of the original song. But it picks up the heat towards the middle and you will love the underlying guitar work by the time you finish the song.
I can't find this track anywhere, but their MySpace page. Head over there and show them some love. T.I's Live You Life, Rihanna's Disturbia and Usher's Love in this Club are their other remixes all of which can be listened to at their MySpace page.
Now moving on to the next category, we have the, for lack of a better word, Lil Wayne's Brand of Rock. Talk has been ripe about a rock album from Lil Wayne and it just got a 100% confirmed by the release of the music video for Prom queen the last day. This particular brand of rock has enough element of Hip Hop that it can be considered as a merger of the two genres.
1. Lil Wayne - Prom Queen Undoubtedly, the one that started it all. Lil Wayne's Prom Queen leaked on to the internet long before and been doing rounds collecting all kinds of opinions from "absolute crap" to "awesomeness". I for one is a guy who supports artists trying out something new. The first time I heard Prom Queen I was not a fan of it, but the track grew on me and now I love that track.
2. Kevin Rudolf ft Lil Wayne - Let it Rock This track released way back in July 2008 when Lil Wayne's talk of the Rock album was minimal. This is a great track, and for that matter the whole album from Kevin Rudolf is great and it features artists like Rick Ross and Nas in his Rock/Pop/Hip Hop album-a must have album.
3. Lil Wayne - Hot Revolver This is most probably another track off Rebirth- the rock album from Lil Wayne. This one features Kevin Rudolf again and in this one its Lil Wayne in the lead. This is not as catchy as Prom Queen but still it comes very close. Just got a bit too far with autotune that some parts are annoying. But on the whole very tasteful track.
4. Kat Deluna ft Lil Wayne- Unstoppable I heard the other day on Letterman that Lil Wayne apparently been learning guitar for the last two years or so he says. I checked out some of his live performances with the guitar and man he sucks. I can't understand how he claims he is playing the guitar on his songs. Anyways this song has the guitar pretty predominantly and has a very catchy rhythm. Lil Wayne or no Lil Wayne this has some pretty good guitar work.
P.S - This post got deleted and I have no idea how. Just recovered it from my feed and reposting.:). Made a little change too about Lil Wayne's guitar skills. I checked out some of his live performances with the guitar which totally changed my view. :D
Gifted are a two-piece musical experiment formed by vocalist PJo and producer Saum G. They got the curious blend between Hip Hop and Electro that just works. I'm surprised why they didn't get the attention they deserve. Check Out their MySpace page and you can find 5 of their songs and its all awesome.
I can't just pick any tracks cause all of them are really amazing. Thanks to PMA who introduced me to these artists. This is what PMa had to say about them:
"Their first single “Music” is a curious blend of hip-hop and electro — and at some points you hear some classical strings and piano. Something else that strikes me as interesting is the way PJo sings the song. At the beginning of the track, he’s whispering, but that doesn’t last long — he builds up the song into a pumped-up crescendo. Very nice. Also, the start-stop trend PJo has going is reminiscent of rap, but it still holds that sing-song R&B vibe throughout. They even get their Kanye on and sorta jump on the vocoder for a couple of seconds. Very tastefully done." "....“Come With Me,” 2nd single off their upcoming debut album, Presence, to share. “Come With Me” blows “Music” out of the water! The production on the track is insane and PJo’s flow is buttery smooth. If “Music” didn’t do it for you, “Come With Me” will definitely convince you that Gifted is one of the most talented up-and-comers around."
PMA offers free download of both "Music" and "Come With Me" over at their site. The rest of the songs can be found at their MySpace Page for listening. Give them your love. They deserve it.
Continuing with the series, its time for the Hip Hop songs which featured Rock artists for their Vocals. This is a category that has comparatively less number of songs. May be its not the common, or may be I just haven't come across wit yet. Anyways here goes the small list.
1. Bizzy Bone feat. Joel madden of Good Charlotte - I'm the One Bizzy Bone was an artist I haven't heard till this song. This song absolutely rocks and I was in love with Bizzy Bone until I checked out the rest of his songs :D . But this song is amazing and Joel Madden's vocals give the song another dimension. Somebody tell me how he raps so fast. I don't understand a single thing he is saying but I still love this track :D
2. Young Dre feat. Good Charlotte - Workin' This is a song off the soundtrack of Madden 09 - the EA Sports game. I guess Young Dre just used samples from Good Charlotte's song My Own Way, but the result is awesome. The song is ripe with melody and flow and Good Charlotte part and Young Dre part is awesome.
3. Fall Out Boy ft Travis,Gym Class Heros,Tyga, Kanye West,Paul Wall,Skin Head Rob,Lupe Fiasco , Lil Wayne- This Ain't a Scene, Its an Arms Race I know what you are thinking- Whoa thats a long list of featured artists. Exactly my first thought. This stellar list of artists did a great job in bringing out a remix that just works. The original song was great, the remix by Kanye West alone was even better and this just tops it all.
4. Three 6 Mafia ft Good Charlotte - My Own Way Another song that sampled Good Charlotte, wow. This song also has its backbone in Good Charlotte's sample. I felt Three 6 Mafia just rapped around it and made the song work big time. Even if you don't love Three Six Mafia the song is lovable because of Good Charlotte's verses.
I hope everybody enjoyed the first part of this series. Now in the second part I am going to list Hip Hop songs which have guitar riffs as the background. There are a lot of Hip Hop songs with Rock riffs and its hard to find them; but well worth the trouble cause these songs are almost every time off the charts.
1. Jay Z- 99 Problems Almost everybody knows this song but still it isn't fair not to include it in the list. I first heard the song in the collaboration with Linkin Park and got really interested and checked out the original version and loved that too.
2. Trick Daddy ft Lil jon, Twista- Let's Go The name Lil Jon always promises us something exciting and you are not wrong most of the time. Let's Go is very much "crunk" and the guitar riffs just add to the song.
3. Cypress Hill- Rock Superstar I've never been a fan of Cypress Hill but I do love an occasional song from them. One of those songs is Rock Superstar. This song got a great rock riff opening the song that you will be interested right from the start. The song is about being a Rockstar, the money, the fame and all those things. There is a song called Rap Superstar too. Basically the same song but with some differences in lyrics. While Rock Superstar was about the Rock Star, Rap Superstar is about the Hip Hop stars.
4. Shop Boyz ft Lil Jon- Party Like a Rock Star I honestly had'nt heard about the Shop Boyz before this song. Apparently they are a grammy nominated group whose debut album Rockstar Mentality didn't do that well. They are most widely known for their single Party Like a Rockstar.
5. Chamillionaire ft Lil Wayne- Rock Star If you are a fan of Chamillionaire or you saw the movie Never Back Down, you might have heard this amazing song. Chamillionaire is one of my favorite artists and he totally rocked this track. Talking about Rockstar, R.Kelly has a very good track called Rockstar as well.
6.Billy Cook - Roll With A Rockstar Finally a track I couldn't find in YouTube. I always wondered when that day will come. This is a pretty decent track with an amazing instrumental. I'm including this track solely cause of its instrumental.You can catch the instrumental at YouTube.
7. P.O.D- The Payback P.O.D or Payable On Death is basically a Rock band but with some strong Hip hop roots. They always tend to play on the edge of both the genres and is one of my "looked out for" artist. The Payback is from XXX 2 soundtrack( which as I said in the last part is awesome).
8. Hush - Fired Up and Rise Again I have heard only a couple of songs from Hush, but they all rocked. Fired Up is featured on Need For Speed: Most Wanted(the clean version). This song got such flow that I fell in love with it at first sight. Rise again is a comparatively new track, most probably from his new album. That also got a beautiful blend between Rock and Hip Hop. Fired Up
The other day when I was listening to Jay Z- Linkin Park collab- The Collision Course- I suddenly had a desire for more Hip Hop- Rock collabs and that led to me collecting and catching up on the mergers of those two genres. I came across a lot of tracks but had to reject many cause many were Old School Hip Hop and Death Metal combos (Judgment Night Soundtrack), both of which I'm not a big fan.
But still I came across many tracks that I came to love and its just impossible to post all of them in a single post. So I am starting a new series of posts. To start off I'm posting the actual collaborations of two or more artists from different genres uniting to bring out a single track. I'm not listing the obvious classics like Run DMC ft Aerosmith or Public Enemy and Anthrax, but I'm concentrating more on the new stuff. And I'm also not listing the collab between Jay Z and Linkin Park cause everybody knows that's the best one out there. So lets start the Hip hop/Rock extravaganza.
1. Ludacris ft Sum 41 - Get Back This is the remix of Ludacris' song Get Back, which I like more than the original one. Luda rapping on top of Sum 41's heavy guitar- a collab not to miss.
2. Wu-Tang Clan and System of a Down - Shame on a Nigga System of a Down performing Wu-Tang Clan's Shame on a Nigga in their style and featuring Wu-Tang. This one is more on the rock side to be precise System of a Down style. The name sounds racist, but trust me its not. And its a great song.
3. Non Phixion Feat. Steph Of The Deftones And Christian & Raymond Of Fear Factory - The CIA is Still Trying to Kill Me Non Phixion did a remix of their own song The C.I.A trying to kill me with Steph Of The Deftones And Christian & Raymond Of Fear Factory which is yet another amazing collab.
4. K'naan feat. Kirk Hammet of Metallica - If Rap Gets Jealous This is a really new song just over a month old and K'naan is a new artist for me. The song is really good and Kirk Hammet is awesome as ever. Look out for the awesome solo towards the end by Kirk Hammet.
5. Korn ft Xzibit - Fight the Power Korn paired up with Xzibit to being out this great song for the XX2 soundtrack. Great guitar riffs, drums and Xzibit rapping over it. Damn good. And since we are on the topic check out the whole XXX 2 soundtrack. The whole soundtrack is out of the world.
6. Bone Crusher feat Three Days Grace - Just like wylin Another one from the XXX 2 soundtrack in which Bone Crusher and Three Days grace came together with their songs "Wyle out" and "Just Like You" respectively(both individually great) and mashed it up into one great track.
7. Busta Rhymes featuring Ozzy Osbourne- This is war For all you classic rock fans out there here is a track for you. Busta Rhymes decided to rap over Ozzy Osbourne's classic "This is War". A perfect crossover track between Classic Rock and Hip Hop. I love both the original This is war and the remix. This is a comparatively lesser known collab but well worth the listen.
8. Mims ft Purple Popcorn - This is why I'm rock I guess everyone has heard the hit single from Mims "This is why I'm hot". This is the rock version of that song which even surpasses the original featuring Purple Popcorn. Purple Popcorn is an upcoming Rock/Hip hop band who does rock versions of popular Hip Hop songs. I'll do a feature on them soon enough in this series. While most others just include them doing the song,I think for this one Mims and Purple Popcorn actually got together and made this one.
9.Ice Cube ft Korn- Fuck Dying I guess "Children of Korn" is this duo's better known collab, but personally i like this one better. It got classic Ice Cube with his angry verses and Korn's guitars on the background. It gets a while for the song to start; be patient :D
10. Chris Cornell - Scream (Produced by Timbaland) I know this is not an actual collab between Hip Hop and Rock, but I just could not leave it aside. This is basically rock, but the Hip Hop element is Timbaland's production. The whole album Scream is Timbaland's production which in my opinion is awesome and from what i have heard so far its top notch work. Can't wait for the album to drop.
Thats it for today. I deliberately left out Kevin Rudolf's new album to include it in another part of the series. Rock Remixes, Hip Hop songs with Rock Riffs as background, and Lil Wayne's brand of Rock coming soon on this series. Stay Tuned.:)
Tokin' Black Guy- a new artist on the block with some pretty good music. Rumors are ripe that this is Kanye West's alter ego. Kanye West has denied this, obviously. Take a look at the track and tell me it doesn't sound like Kanye. And the fact that Kanye's G.O.O.D music is promoting this artist by mailing the songs to the leading music blogs makes everybody's suspicion that much stronger. The guy has a MySpace page- but nothing much to get from there except he is friends with Kanye(*nod nod*). I bet that Kanye’s trying to test the waters to see if people are actually digging his music without the evidence of his arrogance clouding their judgment.
Tokin' Black Guy may or may not be Kanye's latest gamble, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't check out the still-mysterious musician and his ultra-danceable, Outkast-sounding tunes.
As usual bringing you the latest songs that is leaked, released etc on Youtube.
The Dream ft Chingy - She Make Me Say Yet another single from Dream's upcoming album has hit Youtube and from the looks of it the upcoming album will be a pretty decent one.
The Lonely Island - I'm On A Boat (Feat. T-Pain) After their hit single- the hilarious "Jizz in my Pants" The Lonely Island is back with another single off their debut album.
Asia Cruise ft Colby O'Donis - Run Away I haven't heard of Asia Cruise, but the name Colby O'Donis made me listen to the track and I loved it. I'll be looking forward to Asia Cruise now.
Play N Skillz Ft Akon - Angel Eyes A new track from Play N Skillz featuring Akon hit the shelves on youtube. Take a look and dicover a new artist.(Although most of what you hear might me Akon's work)
Mams Taylor Feat. Bobby Valentino & Snoop Dogg - Girl Gotta Girlfriend Mams Taylor too is a new name for me but the name Snoop Dogg was enough to make me listen to it. A nice blend of dance beats, R&B and good old Snoop Dogg makes this a pretty good track.
While you are at it check out the new songs by Chris Cornell from his new album Scream produced by Timbaland. After making his presence felt in all areas of rock he is now venturing into R&B. Way to get that creative juices flowing. Just one of many I'm embedding here
