Cam'ron

Killa is back! Remember Killa Season? I don't want to either. But remember Purple Haze? It's albums like that which have built Cam'ron's cultish fan base. Cam'ron has been missing for a while and apparently he was attending to family matters, but he is back with a couple real strong tracks and his album Crime Pays is set to drop in May. 

Cam'ron - I Hate My Job

Cam'ron- Ohio

Mike Milan

Fresh, new and unsigned Mike Milan hails from Manhattan and you can add him to the cast of up and coming young guys that seem to be jumping out of the wood work lately. I downloaded a few songs by him today and I was feeling them all. Then I got to this song 'Watch Me Live' and found perhaps the first Rodney Stuckey reference in a song which addresses the young Pistons guard uncanny ability to get to the rim. Must have been made a couple months ago when Stuck was tearing the Bulls apart for 40, he's been slumping lately. 

I drive in do mine's the Stuckey way

Like the Pistons I gets 'em

Mike Milan- Watch Me Live

Mike Milan- Neon Lights

Word Play

A nice little track from Wale and Curren$y with 9th Wonder production. A real nice beat on this one as 9th wonder always delivers something nice. A perfect song for that 70 degree rolling that I would have done today if my garage door had not fallen off its hinges. 

I can make the clouds jealous I am that fly

Wale ft. Curren$y - Word Play (prod. by 9th Wonder)

Another little tid bit tonight. B.o.B., who recently changed his name to Bobby Ray apparently, released this little singing track recently. The beat is nice and he actually does well with it. I was surprised. 

Bobby Ray aka B.o.B.- Ghost in the Machine

Nickelus F x Portishead

I've had these songs for a quick second, but haven't been giving them that much play mainly because Portishead is really damn depressing and ominous. It's not that they aren't good songs, you just need to be in that mood to feel it. But, with finals looming here, I have had ample time to give these songs plenty of rotation. At least finals have given me a reason to bust these songs out in full force. 

Nickelus F ft. Portishead- Roads

Nickelus F ft. Portishead- Cowboys

The Sky Might Fall

A couple of weeks ago I posted a video that has Kid Cudi's unreleased track 'Sky May Fall' played over the Transformers 2 trailer. Turns out, it was guerilla marketing and the song is not officially the track for the trailer, however there is discussion that it may become official. 

Regardless, the song is dope. And here is the track in full. It sounds like it needs a little mastering and cleanup, but I was really feeling the clip of the song so I needed a little something to tide me over. 

Kid Cudi- Sky Might Fall

Way Cool

Hip-Hop beats can come from anywhere these days, just ask Charles Hamilton. With songs like 'Window Media Player' that rely only on sounds that your computer may make and a hand clap, he now goes over a beat from a show that many Nickelodeon devotees of the 1990's may remember called 'Clarissa Explains It All'. I don't know where the hell this idea came from, but it works. 

Charles Hamilton- Way Cool

Click Click

Despite E-40 almost having Biggie killed, I can't help but love him. Besides, he handled that business with Biggie properly in the end. Plus 'Tell Me When To Go' is still a beast and really was my introduction to hyphy music and Bay area hip-hop as I was too young for Too Short and his freaky tales when it was first released. 

Lately E-40 has been really branching out and seeming to go all over everything. Here he goes over a very fast and loud MSTRKRFT beat and does well with it, although the emphasis definitely lies with the electronic duo on this track. 

MSTRKRFT ft. E-40- Click Click