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KiD CuDi ft. KanYe West – ‘Erase Me’ off “Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager”

Felicia — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:30:00 +0000

G.O.O.D. Music will have an hell of a music day the 14th of September with albums dropping from KanYe West, Big Sean, Consequence and the most anticipated, at least in my book, KiD CuDi’s sophomore album “Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager”.

Yesterday this new track together with KanYe was played yesterday over at the Cleveland’s 96.5 Kiss FM. And also during my no internetz-time, Cudder himself leaked the Plain pat-produced ‘REVOFEV’ which stands for revolution of the evolution and also, last but not least a live version of ‘Mr. Rager’ made it’s way online.

	KiD CuDi ft. KanYe West – ‘Erase Me’ (Radio Rip) YSI \| zShare

	KiD CuDi – ‘REVOFEV’ (prod. by Plain Pat) YSI \| zShare

	KiD CuDi – ‘Mr. Rager’ (Live) YSI \| zShare

New M.I.A. – ‘Teqkilla’ off “///Y/”

Felicia — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:52:00 +0000

Yes, here’s a brand new track from M.I.A. called ‘Teqkilla’, written by her self, Christopher Mercer, Dave Taylor, John Hill & Cherry Byron-Withers. Sadly, not my fave track to be honest, it’s a bit too annoying, like the “I got sticky sticky ikky ikky wiiiid”-part, like a vuvuzela, seriously I’m hearing vuvuzelas in my sleep now.

Still loving the some what cheesy and retro Internetz-cover thou:

“///Y/” will be in stores the 13th of July and one month after M.I.A. will grace Sweden and Gothenburg with a visit, can’t wait!

M.I.A. – ‘Teqkilla’ YSI

DJ Khaled ft. Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Nicki Minaj, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Swizz Beatz & T-Pain – ‘All I Do Is Win’ Official Remix Video

Felicia — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:47:00 +0000

“I told Khaled you the best, but I’m the bestest“. Boom, there’s a damn reason Nicki Minaj won the best female rapper of the year award yesterday and not Lil Kim. Nicki totally DOMINATES! So sad that no Swedish bookers have learnt it yet. TOO sad. How hard can it be? Please, i beg you all, stop book stupid, boring and uninteresting headnod guys every single time you book something big. Thank you. Here’s the official video for Dj Khaled’s huge ‘All I Do Is Win’ remix featuring Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Nicki Minaj, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Swizz Beatz & T-Pain, directed by Gil Green:

Click here to view the embedded video.

While I’m on Nicki, here’s Champion Squad’s remix of her latest single ‘Your Love’ featuring Vybz Kartel:

Nicki Minaj ft. Vybz Kartel – ‘Your Love’ (Champion Squad Remix) YSI | zShare

Sidney Samson ft. Twista – ‘Shake That Thing (Riverside)’ New Official Video

Felicia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:55:00 +0000

Sidney Samson’s debut single ‘Shake That Thng’ also called ‘Riverside’ got sooo much better when Twista jumped on board, cause quite frankly how interesting is a sample of Tupac in Juice saying, “Riverside, mothafucka” anyway?

Now, here’s the brand new official video, just premiered by NY Mag’s Vulture, featuring Twista and also a cameo by Rye Rye:

Also, speaking of Twista, I know I know J. Valentine’s ‘Ass N Titties’ sounds just like a worse version of T-Pain’s ‘I’m In Luv With a Stripper’ but I can’t help it, this tune is now etched on my brain… eyeeh eeyyeeeeh.

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	J. Valentine ft. Twista – ‘Ass N Titties’ YSI \| zShare

Jeezy ft. Drake – ‘Lose My Mind’ Remix

Felicia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:18:00 +0000

Enjoying the perks of having proper Internetz again came with an ugly backside, learnt that Drake has cancelled the first part of his European tour and thereby has cancelled his show at the Roskilde festival later this week. Drake who won the best male hip hop-artist award (Nicki Minaj won the best female) at last nights BET Awards was the main act I was looking forward to, I was so thrilled to see how he would treat the ladies overseas, and yesterday’s nights performance at the BET’s just made his cancellation even more disappointing.

Just watch, here’s ‘Fireworks’, ‘Over’ and the premiere of the remix to Jeezy’s ‘Lose My Mind’, simply replacing Plies with Drake:

Young Jeezy’s upcoming fourth album “Thug Motivation 103″ is expected to drop later this year.

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BET Awards 2010 Recap and Live Performances

Felicia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:46:00 +0000

I dunno, but I thought yesterdays night BET 2010 Awards was a bit appalling. Why? Chris Brown’s Michael Jackson tribute for starters. Like okay, by know you all know that I have some difficulties with Chris Breezy since the whole Rihanna-affair. Last year Chris Brown was banned from the show, this year, one year later he was invited to do that MJ-tribute:

He got so emotional that he cried at the end of the performance. Or, well, like every 5 year old, Chris can manage to pull some good old crocodile tears off. Unlike almost everyone else I don’t think he was amazing, that he has redeemed himself. He’s still a fucking idiot. Mad talented, boy sure can dance, but does talent overcome his obviously fucked up brain and manners? No, I don’t think so. What will happen next year? Alex da Silva and Shane Sparks gets invited to do some choreography for a young girls routine? White supremacy groups will get invited just cause they are skilled doing music?! I know the last one was a bit far but you get my point.

But well, this faux pas aside, yesterday night brought some real talent to the stage, here are some of the highlights, KanYe West opened with ‘Power’:

T.I. performed ‘(Takers)’ from his upcoming movie with the same name:

Eminem, B.O.B & Keyshia Cole performed ‘Airplanes Part 2′ and ‘Not Afraid’:

Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj joined in for the remix of Dirty Money’s and T.I.’s ‘Hello, Good Morning’:

Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross & DJ Khaled shut it all down with ‘My Chick Bad’ and the ‘All I Do Is Win’ Remix:

Props to Yardie for the uploads.

Ironik’s Back! New Single ‘Slow Down’ Gets the Maximus/Baxter Treatment

Felicia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:50:00 +0000

It was quite a long time since we heard something from DJ Ironik, well his second album “Music Legend” is expected to drop later this summer and the first offering from it is called ‘Slow Down’. Here in two different remixes by Maximus/Baxter, who follow up from their remix of Kelis’ ‘Acapella’ that you all seemed to love. And listen to this, earlier this week I was actually enjoying the ‘Acapella’ original, guess it’s well suited for a piece on So You Think You Can Dance.

Maximus/Baxter have more exiting things in the pipeline, first ‘Your Names Not Down (The Bouncer)’ by grime artist Faction G (produced by Jon Doe of Maximus/Baxter, due for release July, which will include Maximus/Baxter remixes) as well as Gavin & Jon are putting the finishing touches to their new mixtape and EP, which are both coming out this Summer.

	Ironik – ‘Slow Down’ (Maximus/Baxter Vocal Mix) YSI \| zShare

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Gnucci Banana & Spoek Mathambo ft. Schlachthofbronx & Mash Up International! Live @ Love Stockholm 14th of June 2010

Felicia — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:42:00 +0000

I’m so fucking glad that Ana decided to pick up the mic and transcend into Gnucci Banana, flippin’ hell, she’s born to be on stage! Here’s (finally after like 14 days of an Internet connection with constant speed of 2/kpbs) some footage I shot when she and her hubby Spoek Mathambo performed together with Schlachthofbronx and Uppsala’s club pride and joy Mash Up International! during Love Stockholm (a 14 day long mini-festival thrown together by the city of Stockholm over at Strömparterren, in front of the royal castle to celebrate the royal marriage between Crown Princess Victoria and the man of the people Daniel Westling. A great initiative with super good bookings, weather you’re pro or con the monarchy) the 14th of June.

Mind you, this is like Ana’s and Spoek’s SECOND live performance together like this, totally outstanding, the rest of Sweden better shape up, cause this is on some whole other level.

First up we have ‘Hugh (Iggy Iggy)’ & ‘Linyora’, second ‘Doo Doo Dance’, third Gnucci Banana and Mash Up International! perform their remix of Miike Snow’s ‘Animal’ and last but not least ‘Ayoba’ and ‘Too High’ featuring the German party machine Schlachthofbronx:

Click here to view the embedded video.

You want more right? Dunno if I’m spoiling a big secret right now, (if I do, I’m so sorry) but you can catch them live together with Schlachthofbronx over at the Roskilde Festival this coming Saturday night (the 3rd of July) 00:15 at the Cosmopol-stage. I’ll definitely be there, even if it’s the same time as Robyn hits the Arena-stage (who’s the nitwit that set the band schedule?!) and if you were down in Denmark during the Distortion festival a couple of weeks back, you know you’re in for a real treat.

Donnis – “Fashionably Late” Mixtape

Felicia — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:55:00 +0000

Yes, I’m #BiB, hopefully, my Internet connection is like a dial up anno 1997 without all the fun blinks, bleeps and sounds. This is the first time I even can access the site in like a week, mobile Internet via a usb-stick might be a good idea in theory, but in real life, when your closest neighbours are the woods and a lake, no. But hold tight, proper Internet is on it’s way.

Nuff about my technical downfall, here it is, finally, Donnis’ LONG awaited and much overdue mixtape “Fashionably Late”, a collection of everything that has happened since “Diary of an ATL Brave”:

	Donnis – “Fashionably Late” Mixtape (.zip) Direct

	Donnis – ‘Tonight’ (prod. by T-Minus) YSI \| Limelinx

	Donnis ft. Colin Munroe – ‘Lightning’ (prod. by Count Justice, Needlz & Calvo da Gr8) YSI \| Limelinx

	Donnis – ‘Darkside’ (prod. by Count Justice) YSI \| Limelinx

Pre-Listen to M.I.A.’s Upcoming Third Album “///Y/”

Felicia — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:39:00 +0000

Yes, here are finally one minute snippets of all the 12 tracks that will be on the original release of M.I.A.’s upcoming third album “///Y/”, heavily inspired by the streets of Internet and also her most controversial release to date:

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12500564&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ff0179&fullscreen=1
1. ‘The Message’
2. ‘Steppin’ Up’
3. ‘XXXO’ (prod. by Blaqstarr & Rusko)
4. ‘Teqkilla’
5. ‘Lovalot’
6. ‘Story To Be Told’
7. ‘It Takes A Muscle’
8. ‘It Iz What It Iz’
9. ‘Born Free’
10. ‘Meds And Feds’
11. ‘Tell Me Why’
12. ‘Space’ (prod. by Rusko)

Four extra bonus tracks will be added to the Limited Edition Lenticular Slipcase:
13. ‘Internet Connection’
14. ‘Illygirl’
15. ‘Believer’ ft. Blaqstarr
16. ‘Caps Lock’

What are your thoughts? Does it sound as you imagined?

“///Y/” drops on N.E.E.T. Recordings the 13th of July, (the 12th if you buy it via 7digital). M.I.A. is also scheduled to appear on “The Late Show with David Letterman” the 13th and the following night on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”.

The official video for ‘XXXO’, directed by Hype Williams is expected to drop later this month.

	Donnis – “Fashionably Late” Mixtape (.zip) Direct

	Donnis – ‘Tonight’ (prod. by T-Minus) YSI \| Limelinx

	Donnis ft. Colin Munroe – ‘Lightning’ (prod. by Count Justice, Needlz & Calvo da Gr8) YSI \| Limelinx

	Donnis – ‘Darkside’ (prod. by Count Justice) YSI \| Limelinx