Snippet: “Focused” by Wale Feat. Kid Cudi

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Here is a snippet to “Focused”, one of the tracks set to be on Wale’s sophomore album “Ambition”. It also features The Man on the Moon himself Kid Cudi. These two have quite a bit of history together. From doing a track titled “Is There Any Love”, which was on Cudi’s classic mixtape “A Kid Named Cudi” and to having beef over twitter a few months back. But now the beef was squashed and these two talented artists went into the studio and cooked up another hit.

Video: Lo Keys Feat. Young Gliss – “GoodWood Beads”

I’m going to come out and be honest about Lo Keys: I didn’t think he was fit for my type of music. Not that he wasn’t good enough or that there are standards on the site, but I just wasn’t feeling it, yet. I have this ultimate bias against new rappers that bugs the hell out of me. If they don’t show me that they’re more than just about females, drugs, and haters, then I have no place for them. It’s as simple as that. Though, once they’re actually mainstream, it’s completely different. I don’t know why and I can’t begin to answer it.

So, for Lo Keys, I had to see him develop good lyrics that complements a good beat. Furthermore, I didn’t like all that “She Needs A Pole” type of songs that he’s accustomed to.

This is something I wanted to see, but I’m learning to give way to all the clichés of rap, and hopefully this is a step because some of my friends are turning into rappers, but I don’t even want to listen to that stuff, yet.

Check out Lo Keys in his new vid and his previous track with Mistah Fab after the jump, though:

Video: Nas – “Nasty”

Remember that insane rip of Nas’ “Nasty” track? Well, here are the visuals to go with the tunes. The album still has no name, but I’m fine with just “Queensbridge Nasty.”

It seems like Diddy has every rapper poppin’ Ciroc nowadays.

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Credit: P&P

Official Lyrical Video: “Blue Sky” by Common

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Here it is! The Official Lyrical Video for “Blue Sky” by Common, the second single of his upcoming studio album “The Dreamer, The Believer”, out in stores November 22, 2011. The album will be produced entirely  by No I.D. (Who also produced the tracks on Common’s “Resurrection” & “One Day It Will All Make Sense” albums.) If you haven’t yet go check out Common’s first single off his upcoming album “Ghetto Dreams”, featuring Nas!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m9fNH7Dtg4&feature=player_embedded#!

What better way to start blogging again than with an Eliza Doolittle cover? The only explanation for our absence is that there’s way too much going on in our lives that it has made it near-impossible for us to blog full-time and still be sane.

This cover of Frank Ocean’s “Swim Good” is too good to pass up. Well, I’m pretty biased when it comes to Eliza, but still–she does an amazing job. I’m pretty sure I’m going to post all of her covers here soon.

There is no denying that Two Door Cinema Club is my favorite band. I talk about them all the time and I have an uncanny bad habit of trying to compare every new indie rock band with the Irish band.

Two Door have been touring like crazy this whole year and have been talking about going in to a cave once they’re finished with their current tour slated to end next month. Along their tour shows they’ve been playing a new track or two that will go into their next album. I absolutely have no idea if they will master some of their old, unreleased tracks and put them into a new album–which would be amazing.

So, in honor of them finally being able to go off into the studio without the worries of having to play yet another show, I have compiled some of their old tunes found on Youtube and some of them playing new songs that I’m hoping will be in their new album.

I just want a little more than Tourist History right now and these are some of my favorites. I have included some tracks from their days before Tourist History, songs that were on Tourist History but in international CDs, and new but un-mastered tunes. There are a few more here and there but the quality isn’t good enough to post.

“Kids” is a track off the Japanese version of Tourist History and is undoubtedly my favorite track outside of the whole original EP.

Two Door Cinema Club – Kids

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I’ve come to known Outasight since his Never Say Never mixtape. Back then he was just rhyming to be cool, and singing because ladies like it. But, now, he’s perfected this look that makes him stand out.

It’s the way he combines his words and ever line; switching up between a smooth flow to a just singing. It’s his style and is show throughout his every track. It’s dope.

“Figure 8” by Outasight for the ‘Figure 8 EP,’ out now. Get this song for free from Outasight on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/h4sanN

Download the Figure 8 EP on iTunes: 

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