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Friday, April 30

J. Cole's April 29th performance at Southern Connecticut State University (videos)


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Under "Let's Go..." are two more video clips from last night's performance in New Haven. Sorry for the not-so-good quality...but a cell phone video is better than no video at all. 

Curren$y - Freestyle (video)


XV - "Nevermind" (Live at Michigan State University)



Thursday, April 29

THROWBACK: Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy" (video) (1994)



"We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us, no heat, wonder why Christmas missed us, birthdays were the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay, uh, damn right I like the lift I live, 'cause I went from negative to positive, and it's all, it's all good, and if you don't know, now you know, nigga." - Notorious B.I.G.

DJ Khaled ft. Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Nicki Minaj, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Swizz Beatz & T-Pain - "All I Do Is Win" (remix)


"Everytime I come you gotta know a nigga come to get a lotta money when I'm in the building and I said I ain't no mothafucka, ain't nobody better, better, better, better, uh huh, okay, niggas know I got it when I hit you with the pitter-patter, when you see me hear a lot of chitter-chatter, niggas know there ain't nobody better, better, better, better, I watch a lot of niggas when I'm in the cut, so sick, when I come to hit 'em in the gut, (oh!) you will call me king, (no matter what...get'em!), okay let's shine my friend, get up on my grind again, some niggas should be happy that I chose to rhyme with them 'cause...(all I do is win, win, win no matter what!)..." - Busta Rhymes

Download:
 DJ Khaled ft. Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Nicki Minaj, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Swizz Beatz & T-Pain - All I Do Is Win Remix.mp3

Lupe Fiasco - "I'm Beamin'" (video)



"I get my energy from my inner G, I be in outer space, but I got inner peace, so tell my enemies that they can't injure me, I know that irritates, you have my sympathies." - Lupe Fiasco

Royce Da 5'9 - "Airplanes Freestyle" (snippet)



"Since '99 I've been dopin' this, focusin', unfocusin' as soon as the sun floats ashore, the sun's smokin', I was gun tokin', the gun's totin', my cuz told me, don't get demoted, keep it close to your digits, you know you get it." - Royce Da 5'9

Flyleaf - "Missing" (video)



"I saw the queen, swam out below her star on sea beneath, though I lifted up my hands to her, she never lifted me, oh something's missing in me, I felt it deep within me, as lovers left me to bleed alone." - Lacey Mosley (lead singer)

Tuesday, April 27

Emilio Rojas: This is Hip Hop



B.o.B ft. T.I. & Playboy Tre - "Bet I" (video)


Ace Boogie - "Hater Freestyle" (video)



M.I.A. - "Born Free" (video)



WARNING: This video is violent and may be offensive.

J. Cole - "Who Dat"



"Who dat, who dat, dat nigga you been waitin' for, I mean the shit was all bad just a week ago, rappers bullshit, fuck it, I ain't hatin' though." - J. Cole

Download: J. Cole - Who Dat.mp3

Curren$y - "King Kong"



"Get popped like a collar for slippin' in my city, get bitten, chewed, swallowed, fool, what you think you like me, your idol and your rival I be, holdin' the title." - Curren$y

Sunday, April 25

THROWBACK: Fall Out Boy ft. Joe Budden, 88-Keys & Murs - "America's Suitehearts Remix" (2009)



"Born sinner slash born winner, either that's how it seems, or I'm somewhere in between, I'm a popular stranger, I'm nobody famous, I'm a famous nobody, still it won't stop me, bridge so rocky, I come across so cocky, conceited when really I can see, that in really they believe, my comfort zone is uncomfortable, trace it, it'll come from home, I'm not alone, I pop pills, to escape, just 'cause I feel, that my reality is not real." - Joe Budden

B.o.B ft. T.I. - "Not Lost"


"Just because I'm losing, doesn't mean I'm lost, they gave me nothin' but doubt, first they waited, then they hated then they counted me out." - B.o.B

B.o.B - "The Adventures of Bobby Ray" (mixtape)



This dude embodies the essence of #DOPE...I dare you to disagree with me.

Download: B.o.B - The Adventures of Bobby Ray.zip

Trey Songz - "Already Taken"


"Girl you changed my mind, one look, and just one touch, and I knew she was the girl for me, like no other I had seen, they say that I'm trippin' but I know what I want, this girl here is different, she got something that they don't." - Trey Songz

Lupe Fiasco - "Horn Synth"



Wednesday, April 21

MTV First Date: Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y


I never knew that Curren$y's so #fuggin funny!.."Oh sandals? Oh no...Just put on some sneaks, it'll be alright. Like we won't be anywhere where...well I understand the beach; if you wanna get an aqua sock, I appreciate you...Know what I'm saying? I appreciate you as a lady who's willing to put on the aqua sock to swim because: I care not to see your toes." - Curren$y LMAO!

Charles Hamilton - "Press C"



"Sometimes I think I'm movin' too fast, 'cause if I crash while movin', you laugh, who's mad? Who's glad? Who's sad that they can't do that? Just finished rollin' up two bags, the blue grass, the new hash, I'm in heaven, don't wanna move back, my life was a lie, now I'm livin' true facts, situation's good and my bitch is too bad." - Charles Hamilton

Download:
Charles Hamilton - Press C.mp3

Wale - "BASEhead"



"No way they is fuckin' with me, I know a bunch of envious niggas don't love my city, it's all I got, all I know, don't ask why my heart is cold, ain't come from no happy home, my pin you cannot decode." - Wale

Download: Wale - Basehead.mp3

Wale - "I'm Ill" (freestyle)



"I don't rock a fake smile, the game's got cancer, I radiate the crowd, extermenently, permanently, seriously ill, these are words you can feel if you prefer what is real, it's ill right here, I represent the future, I don't get a cyst, I'm a standalone tumor, malignant, belligerent, believe me, I'm livin' this, them niggas all peepin', tryna see a nigga limit ya, lean to my friendship, do as I do, it's all a nigga need, I can feed without food, and do without you niggas, you niggas fool niggas, try to be cool, Dr. Seuss, Mother Goose niggas." - Wale

Download: Wale - I'm Ill Freestyle.mp3

Wale - "Kini Big Deal"



"Kini big deal, can I go in? Lemme fight this beat, make it get killed, I'm a big deal." - Wale

Download: Wale - Kini Big Deal.mp3

Sunday, April 18

B.o.B ft. Lupe Fiasco - "Past My Shades"



"Well ask me a question, I'll tell you no lies, there's nothin' to hide, my soul's in my eyes, and I'm ahead of my time, but I cannot rewind, the only thing that I fear, is the mirror, in my bathroom." - B.o.B

Download: B.o.B ft. Lupe Fiasco - Past My Shades.mp3

Wiz Khalifa ft. Johnny Juliano - "Pedal To The Medal"


"It's the life we live, it's the price we pay, four hundred a zip, Imperial Rose, black diamonds and all of my whip's timeless, vow to never break your heart or a promise, I got us, ain't a showoff, just being honest." - Wiz Khalifa

Download:  Wiz Khalifa - Kush & Orange Juice.zip

Usher ft. Will.i.am - "OMG" (video)


Reflection Eternal - "City Playgrounds"


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"You know what my advice is? Fuck my advice, live your life, stop trippin' like everything's a minor crisis, I'm makin' sacrifices, my history is black as ice is, I don't think that I could trust you if you're lackin' vices." - Reflection Eternal

Black Rob - "New York"



"See money is like a drug, and fam I'm addicted, everyday, all day I think of new ways to get it." - Black Rob

Download:
 Black Rob - New York.mp3

Wednesday, April 14

Wiz Khalifa - "Kush & Orange Juice" (mixtape)



The time has come and here's what we've been waiting for...Ooookkkkaaayyy! ;) Tracklist is under "Let's Go..."

Download 1: Wiz Khalifa - Kush & Orange Juice.zip (mediafire)
Download 2: Wiz Khalifa - Kush & Orange Juice.zip (DatPiff)

Theophilus London - "Accept The New" (video)



"Everything's new, everything changes, every heart is the same even when you famous, hey nothin' special 'bout it except the payments, well at least the lease gets paid, and I'm drunk up in the haze in the mornin', it sings to me." - Theophilus London

J. Cole - "We On"



"I'm the best man, as if my best friend was gettin' married, even with my eyes closed, I'm somethin' like a visionary, paint you a perfect picture, nigga this is pictionary, man they gon' have to put my picture in the dictionary, right next to 'real', then put your picture next to 'fictionary', claimin' that you trill, but you want bitches, all ya'll niggas scared, don't try to hide from it, oh boy we see you, claim you gon' ride, oh no we don't believe you, help wanted, classified, you need more people, hatin' mine, I'm greater sign, hey we are no equal." - J. Cole

Wiz Khalifa's "Kush & Orange Juice" to be released at 11:30am



According to Wiz, Kush & Orange Juice has been scheduled to drop around 11:30am...two more hours, ladies and gentlemen. Ookkaayy! ;) #TGOD

Tuesday, April 13

Game ft. Pharrell - "It Must Be Me"


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"Somthin' hot in here, nigga it must be me! Somthin' hot in here, nigga it must be me! Is it the shades? Is it the j's? Is it the Bentley with the full color rays? All the oldschool sittin' on blades, what could it be?" - Pharrell


Snoop Dogg ft. Kid Cudi - "That Tree" (video)



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"I got my fam, dog I got my niggas, got little money yo and I ain't trippin', most days I'm faded, I'm feelin' x-rated, steady with them freaky hoes and a lady, holdin' the fam down, have my clothes on me, the peoples who were there, once them sucka left me lonely, phony, when you see a nigga don't approach me, made it to the top baby, it's on me, cats tryna claim that they made me, I want you to feel another rea for gazing, I keep it one hundred, never frontin', don't need me, I'm in the zone." - Kid Cudi

Download: Snoop Dogg ft. Kid Cudi - That Tree.mp3











Crooked I - "They"



"They, wanna see me on America's Most Wanted, they, wanna see me in the sale losin' every moment, they, don't realize that I'm a relentless opponent, in the ring goin' twelve rounds, twelve round stones in my ring, I ain't fell down, no, I ain't jail-bound, no tell the feds that we finished tryna sell pounds, I'm flippin' words like birds, leavin' them spellbound." - Crooked I

Charles Hamilton - "I Hate Parties"


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"I'm fly, sky high, I'm a lady killer, call me Mr. Brightside, 'cause I shine when I black night sky, a prick on my records but I'm a really nice guy." - Charles Hamilton

Monday, April 12

B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams - "Airplanes"


"I could use a dream, or a genie, or a wish, to go back to a place much simpiler than this, 'cause after all the partyin', and smashin', and crashin', and all the glitz, and the glam, and the fashion, and all the pandamonium, and all the madness, there comes a time when you fade to the blackness." - B.o.B

Download:
 B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams - Airplanes.mp3

Drake - "Over" (video)


Download: Drake - Over.mp3

Sunday, April 11

Bruno Mars - "Move On"


"How do I end up in the same old place? Faced again with the same mistakes, so stubborn thinkin' I know what is right, but life proves me wrong everytime, takin' roads that lead me nowhere. How do I expect to get there? but when will I learn to just put you first? I come to you now when I need you, but why do I wait to come see you? Always try to do this on my own, but I was wrong, 'cause only with you, can I move on." - Bruno Mars

Rich Hil ft. Kid Cudi - "Won't You Tell Me"



"Tell me what I did was wrong, I don't think I did shit wrong, tell me what you see in me, I'm be gone but I can't stay long, I'ma stay on like I can't stay on, I'ma put on like I can't put on, don't say that our love is gone, you know that our love is strong, all I really want is peace and love, all I really need is love and peace, tell my baby love ain't peace, what she want to get out of me is what these bitches see in me." - Rich Hil

Download: Rich Hil ft. Kid Cudi - Won't You Tell Me.mp3

Friday, April 9

Wale - "Breakupsong"


Just released only about 20 minutes ago via Wale's Twitter...

"Can we stay broken up? All these pages, close them up, I hope we both do learn from this, so my next don't gotta be so rough, gotta get better with time, relationships should never rewind, better leave it all behind, I guess that means you'll never be mine." - 
Wale


Download: Wale - Breakupsong.mp3

Lamar Kendrick ft. Ab-Soul - "Ignorance"



"At first site you thought my record was spam, why give me a spin like a fan and become a fan, probably workin' on a mixtape of your own, you probably reached out to get me on a song, and I ain't holla back so you feel like I'm full of shit, you might have even considered comin' up with a diss, and I only encourage that if you want to cease to exist, you niggas search for hits, I'm just markin' off my list." - Kendrick Lamar

Download:
 Kendrick Lamar ft. Ab-Soul - Ignorance.mp3

AC - "Hello, Good Morning" (freestyle)



"I've been doing music as far back as I remember, I ain't Drake, I don't think I want this shit forever, 'cause I know how record companies be fuckin' more people than David Letterman, Jessie James, and Tiger put together, it's whateva." - AC

Incomparable Shakespeare - "Rugby, Knits, and Polos"



Thursday, April 8

THROWBACK: Boyz II Men - "End of The Road" (1992)



"Maybe I'll forgive you, maybe you'll try, we should be happy together, forever, you and I. Can you love me again like you loved me before? This time I want you to love me much more, this time instead, just come to my bed, and baby just don't let me, don't let me down. Although we've come, to the end of the road, still I can't let you go, it's unnatural, you belong to me, I belong to you." - Boyz II Men

Laws ft. Joe Budden - "Target Practice"



“I got rap on its back in the missionary, I’m erasin’ the word ‘swag’ from the dictionary, you said they wanna give me a Grammy? Oh goodie, just let me grab my black sweatpants and Champion hoodie, and it’s on, I’m sorry you a bummer, I don’t run a liquor store but I feel sorry for your mother, ‘cause her son is such a fuckup, he follow when he should be leadin’, me without a brain is the only way this could be even.” - Laws

J the S - "Patriot"


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"You gotta love America, the freedom of speech, and the evil they teach, how the greedy will leach off the weak, livin' check to check, week to week, the rich want more mills, they all on Wall Street, more stock than a cornfield, and what you call beef, is far from it, my dogs know real beef, and scar from it, and some got no scars and nothin' left to show, except for their name on the gravestone." - J the S

Wednesday, April 7

Fabolous - "I'm Raw" (video)


Rhymefest ft. John Mayer - "Letter" (video)



Wiz Khalifa: Toad's Place (photos)



I went down to see Wiz Khalifa perform at Toad's Place on March 31st, and although I didn't watch the opening performances, I (luckily) made it in time to see the Wizzleman's performance, thanks to D'Shawn D'Major Johnson :) Haha. The venue was PACKED; way more people that night than at Wiz's Deal or No Deal album release party/concert (which I consider doper just because it felt like an important part of Khalifa history, before his latest re-explosion into Hip Hop). Hit "Let's Go..." for pictures from the concert.

Trey Songz - "Over" (freestyle)



"I know way too many people mad right now, 'cause I made a lotta cash here, get up off my balls, I swear it feels like th past few years, I've passed my peers, but I just can't remember them all, what am I doin'? What am I doin'? Oh yeah, that's right, I'm doin' amazin', fuckin' amazin', I'm gettin' mine right now, mane, you niggas had a run but it's over, said it's over, I tried to told ya." - Trey Songz

Download:
Trey Songz - Over Freestyle.mp3

Charles Hamilton - "Choices"


This song "serves as a reminder of how precious and short our existence is and how our fate can be altered by the choices we make. I swear I could feel Alex as I wrote this song, guiding me through his last moments as if they were my own. Alex paid dearly for the choice of getting in a car with a drunk driver at the wheel. Without the intervention of some very supportive people, I was on a path to a similar destiny. It is hard to think about my own bad choices and substance abuse days and this reminds me of how grateful I am to be surrounded by people, including your family, who cared enough to get me back on track. Although I never had the opportunity to meet your brother, your family has become part of my extended family and this tragedy has had a profound affect on me. My heartfelt prayers go out to you. This song is dedicated to Alex. I can only hope that this serves as a reminder that we should all make wise choices. Listen carefully to the lyrics of this song. Peace." - Charles Hamilton

B.o.B - "Don't Let Me Fall"



"I'm gliding up there oh so high, that if the clouds were to drop me, then I'd fall out the sky, I don't really know why I'm here, I guess I'm just here for the ride, I swear it feels like I'm dreamin' vividly defined." - B.o.B

DJ Khaled ft. Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg-& T-Pain - "All I Do Is Win"


I know this has been out for a minute but I only started fuckinwithit lately oh well...

"All I do is win, win, win, no matter what, got money on mind, I can never get enough, and everytime I step up in the building, everybody's hands go up, and they stay there!" - T-Pain

Download: DJ Khaled ft. Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg & T-Pain - All I Do Is Win.mp3

Lloyd ft. Twista - "Bad Girl"



"Holla at my baby (aye!) when I'm in town, show me you know how to get down, I wanna have a party (aye!) all over your body, and this is what I need right now, I need a very freaky girl, who can drive me crazy, make my whole world go 'round, that's a bad girl (she Michael Jackson bad), and I just want a bad girl (she Michael Jackson bad)." - Lloyd

Download: Lloyd ft. Twista - Bad Girl.mp3

Monday, April 5

Rhymefest - "Dangerous 5-18" (mixtape)


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One of the dopest mixtapes I've ever heard. I almost forgot Rhymefest existed! Thank god I listened to "Familiar Faces,"
it brought him back into my life...amen.

Download: Rhymefest - Dangeroues 5-18.zip