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The First Official Single off M.I.A.’s New Album is ‘XXXO’ and Drops May 11

Felicia — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:25:00 +0000

M.I.A. revealed to BBC Radio 1′s Zane Lowe on his Monday show that the first official single off her fourth (STILL untitled) album will be track number 7 called ‘XXXO’, produced by Blaqstarr (safe @RobBmore for the heads up) and it will be released on iTunes the 11th of May.

She told Zane quickly via telephone that “It’s kinda [about] being disconnected in L.A. and not having cell phone service or just not being able to kinda leave there for 18 months” and being isolated, probably has something to do with them tweets we saw back in late February.

Hype Williams is tapped for the video and well, I’m so STOKED.

Also, peep this darn cute cover of ‘Born Free’ by Passporte Royale and since it’s Friday let’s throw in a real goodie from 2008 to make the time go faster, M.I.A. and Rye Rye remixes Busy Signal’s ‘Tic Toc’:

	Passporte Royale – ‘Born Free’ (M.I.A. Cover) YSI \| zShare

	Busy Signal ft. M.I.A. & Rye Rye – ‘Tic Toc’ (Remix) YSI \| zShare

Christina Aguilera – ‘Not Myself Tonight’ Official Video

Felicia — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:01:00 +0000

I love that Christina Aguilera is going back to a more urban vibe on her upcoming fourth album “Bionic” which will be released in the beginning of June. I love that she worked with Ester Dean (who has done the unthinkable in my eyes and worked with Chris Brown AGAIN for a featured on her upcoming single ‘Big Things’, WHY?! Ester, simply why?!) and Polow for this lead single called ‘Not Myself Tonight’. I love that Hype Williams directed the video and I love how it echoes Madonna’s more explicit work in an orgy of second skin latex ensembles:

http://videos.onsmash.com/e/ffjgeKHvNs1zeKw7

Trina ft. Nicki Minaj & Lady Saw – ‘Dang-a-Lang’ Proper & Saw’s ‘Hold Yuh’

Felicia — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:58:00 +0000

Think I’ve already said all there is to say about Trina’s new album that will be hitting the world on Tuesday (pre-order here), so here’s just the proper version of ‘Dang-A-Lang’ and some stunning new promo pics that I got yesterday:

Also, donät miss Lady saw’s contribution over the ‘Hold Yuh’-riddim, she absolutely tears it apart and Gyptian, you’re history, I’m sorry but Lady Saw is the only one I need on this.

	Trina ft. Nicki Minaj & Lady Saw – ‘Dang-a-Lang’ YSI \| zShare

	Lady Saw – ‘Hold Yuh’ YSI \| zShare

Blaqstarr’s New Single ‘Oh My Darling’

Felicia — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:17:00 +0000

After finishing up working on M.I.A.’s latest album, Blaqstarr is gearing up for his own debut release later this year on M.I.A.’s imprint N.E.E.T Recordings.

Here’s the new single called ‘Oh My Darling’, quite catchy but definitely no ‘Shake It to the Ground’ or ‘Ryder Girl’:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Sidenote: Fuck how I hate black lipstix.

Kevin Rudolf x Lil Wayne x Jay Sean – ‘I Made It’ Benzi & Willy Joy Remix

Felicia — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:45:00 +0000

Time for some more Cash Money-related heat today besides Drake (saw that the link from Drake’s blog of ‘Find Your Love’ was taken down, enjoy the mastered version below instead) courtesy of DJ Benzi and Willy Joy!

Yes, the long awaited Benzi & Willy Joy remix to Kevin Rudolf’s massive hit ‘I Made It’ with Lil Wayne, Birdman and Jay Sean is finally here! Benzi and Willy Joy took it to the club on this one and they promise you’ll soon be hearing it on the radio nonstop!

Grab the full remix below and look out for more jams from Benzi as well as the long awaited “The Victory Lap” mixtape, hopefully coming real soon.

	Kevin Rudolf x Lil Wayne x Jay Sean – ‘I Made It’ (Benzi & Willy Joy Remix) YSI \| zShare

	Drake – ‘Find Your Love’ (Mastered) YSI \| zShare

Drake’s Next Single – ‘Find Your Love’ (produced by KanYe West)

Felicia — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:07:00 +0000

‘Find Your Love’ is the second single off Drake’s debut album “Thank Me Later” and is produced by none other than KanYe West. Love it, way better than ‘Over’ and with a lil KanYe-ish 808-vibe. The video is already done, it was shot together with Mavado in Jamaica earlier this month and Anthony Mandler was put back in the director’s chair for a second round.

“Thank Me Later” drops the 15th of June.

	Drake – ‘Find Your Love’ (produced by KanYe West) YSI \| zShare

T.I. – ‘Welcome Back to the Trap’ off “Fuck a Mixtape”

Felicia — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:17:00 +0000

You heard a clip of this on the ‘Welcome Back To the Trap’-teaser video and here’s the full and first leak off T.I.’s upcoming Gangsta Grillz: “Fuck a Mixtape” installation with DJ Drama & DJ MLK.

T.I. – ‘Welcome Back to the Trap’ YSI | zShare

Lore´l – “Welcome to the Movie” Mixtape

Felicia — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:58:00 +0000

Whoop, it’s time for the third great mixtape of the day!

Red Cafe & DJ Superstar Jay present Shakedown’s covergirl, Lore’l. Prolly most known to be the featured rapper on ‘Tap It’ by Red Cafe & DJ Spinking, ‘Tonight’ by Fabolous & Red Cafe, ‘Why R U’ Remix by Amerie, ‘Hottest In The Hood’ Remix w/ Lloyd Banks, Juelz Santana, Busta Rhymes, but I tell you, she’s also one of the many talented females in the game you should keep an extra eye on:

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Dizzee Rascal – ‘Dirtee Disco’ Official Video Teaser

Felicia — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:38:00 +0000

The official video for Dizzee Rascal’s upcoming single ‘Dirtee Disco’ which drops the 24th of May will premiere on Saturday May 1st, ’til then peep the little teaser, makes me think of ferry trips to Finland:

Click here to view the embedded video.

M.I.A. Album Details & ‘Born Free’ Ninjasonik Remix

Felicia — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:30:00 +0000

Just as predicted, M.I.A. makes it spring 2007 all over again. Every little thing she does make the Internet go bat shit crazy and I love every minute of it, she never conforms, she does what the fuck she wants and whatever she might do it always seems right.

Monday’s after the ginger-apartheid-video dropped M.I.A. took over Pitchfork’s Twitter-account and posted a quite special twit-pic, the tracklist for her upcoming third, yet untitled, album which will be released the 29th of June:

According to Sony Music Japan, the album will be released in Japan first, the 23rd of July, 6 days earlier than the rest of the world and lists names such as Blaqstarr, Diplo, Rusko, Derek E. Miller of Sleigh Bells and Switch among the collaborators and that release will feature additional bonus tracks, not visible on the tracklist above.

Now Mad Decent reveals how M.I.A.’s latest talk about the world ‘Born Free’ was created:

““It was a royal mess of all our good buds- Switch, John Hill, and Diplo plus Iggor Cavalera (1/2 Mixhell, ex-Sepultura)! All those dudes in a room, a generous sample of Suicide, sick sick drumming from Iggor (and here’s another tidbit for u – it was recorded on POPO’s shitty ass drumset at the mausoleum!) — and you got it“

And speaking of ‘Born Free’, now Ninjasonik goes in on the whole action in their own special crunk-punk way:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Peep the extended version below, Ninjasonik’s debut album “Art School Girls” was released last week on Green Owl. Listen on Spotify here.

M.I.A. – ‘Born Free’ (Ninjasonik Extended Remix ft. Mr. Starcity & Johnny Nelson) YSI | zShare