An intimate portrayal here about addiction from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with their hit song Otherside. The visual and audio below features Christopher Mansfield of Fences. Real hip hop.

How curious. Random song from Blu produced by Madlib that was floating around the net unmastered awhile ago has resurfaced as mastered and for sale on iTunes (errr?). What’s with the 1 initial name? SMH. Peep it!

For this….fella, you sort of either love him or you hate him. Here’s your chance to see what you think. He’s raw, to say the least. His teefes are also a cry for help. But he’s growing on me!

This is a must-hear. Really great speedy flow by Macklemore who hails out of Seattle. The hook is awesomely powerful with Ray Dalton on the vocals (sounds like John Legend, can’t lie). Lastly, Ryan Lewis’ production on this track leaves you wanting more. Listen!

Macklemore X Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us Feat. Ray Dalton by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

I guess a song about martians vs. goblins is a little different from the trend of vampires and zombies and songs about Kanye monsters? Despite my sarcasm, I do likey it. Take a listen and download it at lilwaynehq.com. I’ll make sure not to eat before watching the video as I foresee Tyler having his helping hand in the concept.

HI TOM! And thank you for this Monday morning gift. Tom Caruana (you can see his long roster of production projects here) has unleashed an explosive mix for your ears by combining music from the most super-dee-duper awesomest 60s rocker – Jimi Hendrix – with one of the most super-dee-duper awesomest hip-hop groups – Wu Tang Clan. I love the raw cuts of some live audio form Jimi’s shows on this project. It’s only fitting to match the rawness of Killa Wu. Download and listen below.

01 Intro
02 House Of Flying Daggers – Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Ghostface & Method Man
03 When The Fat Lady Sings – Gza
04 Collector’s Material – Ghostface
05 Special Delivery
06 Last Call – Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Master Fuol
07 P.L.O. Style – Method Man & Carlton Fisk
08 The Wind Cries Mary – Gza & U-God
09 The Experience
10 I Don’t Live Today – Ghostface & Rza
11 10 Bricks – Raekwon, Cappadonna & Ghostface
12 Star Spangled Banner
13 Hey Joe – Gab Gotcha
14 Tooken Back – Ghostface & Jacki-O
15 It’s Not A Game – Raekwon, Chip Banks, Rhyme Recka & Rza
16 The Switch Up – Inspectah Deck, Gza, Masta Killa, Rza, Method Man, Raekwon
17 KFF2000
18 Kiss The Sky – Method Man
19 Dirty Fox – Ol’ Dirty Bastard
20 Holla – Ghostface
21 I Can’t Wait – Ol’ Dirty Bastard
22 Summin Gotz To Give – Timbo King
23 Street Rap – Inspectah Deck
24 Burning The Midnight Lamp – Young Dirty Bastard
25 What’s Happenin’ – Method Man & Busta Rhymes
26 The Hood – Raekwon

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The Revivalist, an online journal dedicated to jazz and hosted by Okay Player, has featured its first installment of “Jazz in the Dancehall: The Story of Funk & Soul” with this lovely mix featuring songs by Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, The Meters, D’Angelo and more.

Just when I was itching for a new playlist:

The Sweat and The Sweet: Funk & Soul Mix Vol. 1 by noraritchie

1. Lou Rawls – Memory Lane
2. Marvin Gaye – Checkin Out’ (Double Clutch)
3. Betty Davis – Talkin’ Trash
4. Breakestra – Family Rap (Instrumental)
5. Ohio Players – The Reds
6. D’Angelo – Left & Right (No Rap version)
7. Jermaine Jackson – That’s How Love Goes
8. Bobby Shad And The Bad Men – I Want You Back
9. Adrian Younge – Chicago Wind
10. Donny Hathaway: Going Down (Demo)
11. Mike James Kirkland – Hang On In There
12. The Meters – Message From The Meters
13. Mayer Hawthorne – Work To Do
14. Smokey Robinson: Medley: Never My Love/Never Can Say Goodbye

The new album is weak with weak lyrics. I’m disappointed, as I’ve made it known. At least they know how to match a weak video. C’mon!

Really though, the leaving-out-syllables trend for artist names is starting to annoy me. What if a foreigner comes to check you out and they have no f’in clue how to pronounce your name? Syllables are essential! Hated it.

But I can’t say I hate this song. In fact, I really dig it. Anytime a beat has scratching in it, it tickles my heart. Ahh, the many art forms of hip hop. Anyway, check out the incredibly cute video for LMNT’s song, “Never Change.” His upcoming album We Don’t Belong Here will drop in September. You can get a free download of the audio at www.frmthegrdup.com.

ELMNT – Never Change [Official Video] from FRMTHEGRDUP on Vimeo.

What an ass! Even though Kanye may make good music, he’s still a f’in shmuck! When is he going to learn that going on a rant is NOT GOOD FOR BIZNASS? At England’s Big Chill Festival in front of 40,000 fans and during an eight-minute speech of verbal diarrhea about too much bad music and his critics’ scrutiny, Kanye stated, “They couldn’t understand…People look at me like I’m fuckin’ insane, like I’m Hitler. But one day, one day a light will shine through and one day people will understand that everything I ever did, ever said was to throw myself on the blade for the sake of someone else. For the sake of people, For the sake of New Orleans…” blah blah. No, this is not being taken out of context. WHAT?! That actually made no sense.

Listen to the reference at 6:40: