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True Tiger ft. Professor Green & Maverick Sabre – ‘In The Air’

Felicia — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:28:00 +0000

Last night True Tiger performed on the 25:hr People Party Cruise together with P-Money here in Stockholm and here’s their brand new single to follow ‘Slang Like This’. ‘In The Air’ features Professor Green and Maverick Sabre and will drop the 12th of June and the single adds a whole new level of dancefloor heft to the urban pop template which has been taking over the charts in the last couple of years.

True Tiger are working on their debut album, and with young stars from the underground… Tinchy Stryder to Katy B, Dizzie Rascal to Magnetic Man… breaking through into the mainstream on a regular basis, True Tiger are ready to take their comprehensive schooling in that underground and make some of the most important pop cultural statements of the new decade.

Listen after the jump:

True Tiger ft. Professor Green & Maverick Sabre – ‘In The Air’
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No Lay – “I am Legend” Mixtape

Felicia — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:29:00 +0000

Well what can I say, the grime ladies are doing it big right now. Yesterday it was Shystie and today it’s No lay who graces the world with a free mixtape.

No Lay’s “I am Legend” Mixtape consist of 20 tracks and is hosted by BBC’s DJ Limelight.

Grab the tape and listen to ‘Drugs’ ft. Ms. Dynamite and new single ’4321 (Do It)’ off No Lay’s forthcoming debut EP “He Said, She Said: I am Bad” (that drops the 29th of May) below:

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13652811&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 No Lay – ’4321 (Do It)’ (prod. by Romo)
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F12659804&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 No Lay ft. Ms. Dynamite – ‘Drugs’ (prod. by A-D)

No Lay – “I Am Legend” Mixtape (Hosted by DJ Limelight) (.zip) ↓ Mediafire
No Lay – ‘No Lay’s Revenge’ (Roman’s Revenge Freestyle) ↓ YSI
No Lay – ‘Monsta’ (Monsta Man Freestyle) ↓ YSI

Shystie – “Pirates: You’re Welcome” Mixtape

Felicia — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:34:00 +0000

The wait is over, here it is folks! Shystie’s brand new mixtape “Pirates: You’re Welcome”! 15 tracks featuring names like Lady Leshurr, Lioness, Alex Mills, Black the Ripper, Shean Williams, Courtney Bennett, Miss Baby Sol, Marshall McFy and more and productions from Fireworkz, LZBeatz, Porchy, Rymez, Beckstah, Moote, PJam and Ill Blu.

Peep the complete tracklist, the listening session and grab the tape below:

Tracklist:
1. ‘We Be Rollin’ (prod. by Moote)
2. ‘Headbanger/Limb By Limb’ (prod. by Fireworkz)
3. ‘Fine Day’ (prod. by LZBeatz)
4. ‘Spaceship’ (prod. by Fireworkz)
5. ‘Boys’ (prod. by Beackstah)
6. ‘Champion’ ft. Shean Williams & Black the Ripper (prod. by Fireworkz)
7. ‘I’m A Boss’ ft. DVS (prod. by Rymez)
8. ‘Here We Go’ (prod. by Moote)
9. ‘Superman’ ft. Marshall McFly & Courtney Bennett (prod. by LZBeatz)
10. ‘Regrets’ (prod. by Porchy)
11. ‘Tag’ ft. Miss Baby Sol (prod. by LZBeatz)
12. ‘Warning’ ft. Lady Leshurr & Lioness (prod. by PJam)
13. ‘Gerry’ ft. Alex Mills
14. ‘You’re Welcome’ (prod. by Porchy)
15. Bonus: ‘Pull It’ (prod. by Ill Blu)

Click here to view the embedded video.

Shystie – “Pirates: You’re Welcome” Mixtape (.zip) ↓ Mediafire
Shystie ft. Lady Leshurr & Lioness – ‘Warning’ (prod. by PJam) ↓ YSI
Shystie ft. Shean Williams & Black the Ripper – ‘Champion’ (prod. by Fireworkz) ↓ YSI
Shystie – ‘Fine Day’ (prod. by LZBeatz) ↓ YSI
Shystie – ‘You’re Welcome’ (prod. by Porchy) ↓ YSI

Sampology – “Super Sounds” EP ft. Lady Chann, Spoek Mathambo & Gnucci Banana

Felicia — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:34:00 +0000

Fresh off the release of his “Piggy Bank” EP featuring Spoek Mathambo and Gnucci Banana last month, Brisbane’s Sampology is back again with the “Super Sounds” EP out now on Top Billin.

“Super Sounds” consists of tracks, first ‘You’ featuring Lady Chann, then a nice UK funky flavoured gem called ‘Technicolor Booty’, the dubsteppy bassy ‘Move It’ and last but not least 3 different versions of ‘Piggy Bank’ featuring the mighty Mathmabo and Gnucci Banana, among them an amazing remix by Willy Joy. Listen below and buy the EP off Beatport here.

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13844194&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 Sampology – ‘You’ ft. Lady Chann
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13844196&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 Sampology – ‘Move It’
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13844197&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 Sampology – ‘Technicolor Booty’
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13844199&show_comments=false&auto_play=false&color=ff0088 Sampology – ‘Piggy Bank’ ft. Spoek Mathambo & Gnucci Banana (Willy Joy Remix)

Beastie Boys ft. Santigold – ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win’ & Album Stream

Felicia — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:38:00 +0000

Whoop! Can’t say that I’ve been overly excited about the new and eight Beastie Boys album “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two” that drops next week, the third of May but even I can be wrong, this track called ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win’ made me rethink my previous statement.

The track features Santigold (who is booked for Way Out West in Gothenburg at the end of the summer, soo stoked for that one) and is one of very few features of “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two”. Pre-order the album here (and stream the entire album here) and have a listen to the track below:

Beastie Boys ft. Santigold – ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win’
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Britney Spears ft. Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha – ‘Till the World Ends’ (Remix)

Felicia — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:27:00 +0000

Still quite fresh off the news that Nicki Minaj will announce her sophomore effort by September, with the album set to drop within the next 12 months and that she will join (and replace Enrique Iglesias) Britney Spears on her upcoming Femme Fatale-tour that begins June 16th in Sacramento, Calif, Nicki now teams up with Britney and Ke$ha (who also wrote the original version together with Dr. Luke, Alexander Kronlund and Max Martin) for a nice little remix of Britney’s current single ‘Til the World Ends’.

Have a listen below and buy here:

Britney Spears ft. Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha – ‘Til the World Ends’ (Remix)
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Beyoncé – ‘Run the World (Girls)’ Official Single Version

Felicia — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:23:00 +0000

So, here’s the official final single version of the lead single of Beyoncé’s forthcoming album that will land this summer and the final title of the song is ‘Run the World (Girls)’. And to clarify, Diplo is not credited for the production, Switch has been involved but the additional production is made by Shea Taylor and BeyBey.

Listen to the final version below and buy the single off iTunes here.

The official video, directed by Francis Lawrence, is also expected to drop soon.

Beyoncé – ‘Run the World (Girls)’
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Beyoncé – ‘Run the World (Girls)’

Felicia — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:54:00 +0000

Rumours have been flying around like crazy that Diplo would be involved on Beyoncé’s fourth studio album (scheduled to drop around June) and I sure hope this new single ‘Girls (Who Run The World)’ is not all BeyBey and the big Dippers have cooked up together cause this production just contains a sample of Major Lazer’s ‘Pon De Floor’ from 2009.

But I’m not gonna lie, I’m like the fly with sugar, the moth to the flame etc. for female empowering songs like this and I LOVE ‘Run the World (Girls)’ with every inch of my body. Have a listen below:

Beyoncé – ‘Run the World (Girls)’
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Lil Wayne – “Tha Carter IV” Album Cover & Tracklist

Felicia — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:19:00 +0000

It looks like Lil Wayne’s ninth solo album, the follow up to his 3 million selling “Tha Carter III”, “Tha Carter IV” has suffered a push back from the May 16th to a mid-June release. This is still not confirmed so it may only be 26 days left before “Tha Carter IV” lands on the shelves. What’s for sure is that the official album cover is here, peep below along with the tentative tracklist.

1. ‘Tune This’
2. ‘Team Player’ ft. Birdman
3. ‘Fore Play’
4. ‘They Love Me’ ft. Nicki Minaj & Drake
5. ‘John’ ft. Rick Ross (prod. by Polow Da Don)
6. ‘No Competition’
7. ‘Holy Grail (History)’ ft. KanYe West
8. ‘Carter Cash’ ft. Jay-Z
9. ’6 Foot 7 Foot’ ft. Cory Gunz (prod. by Bangladesh)
10. ‘Play My Game’ ft. Tech N9ne
11. ‘Anne’ ft. Swizz Beatz (prod. by Swizz Beatz)
12. ‘Street Life’
13. ‘Hard Talk’ ft. Bon Iver & Game
14. ‘Fall From Grace’ ft. Eminem
15. ‘Brain Dead’ ft. Gucci Mane
16. ‘No Trust’
17. ‘Maybe She Will’ ft. Drake & Rick Ross
18. ‘My Legacy’

Jessie J – ‘Price Tag’ Live on Jay Leno

Felicia — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:40:00 +0000

Last night Jessie J stopped by the CBS studios and the man with the chin to perform her current US-single ‘Price Tag’ (sans B.o.B) which currently lies on the top 10 in 20 different countries: