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Tuesday, August 17

Crooked I - "Independent"



"Mad 'cause my wrist freeze like snow on skis, I put his hoe on knees, and tell her go home please, I used to push kush just so you could blow on leaves, so that's how I proved that money did grow on trees." - Crooked I

Download: Crooked I - Independent.mp3

J. Cole - "Blow Up"



"I'm blowin' up but bitch, I'm still me, but what's the cost to live the dream, do you feel me, everything, glittering, whatchu think it will be? Funny how money change and wits make me feel free." - J. Cole

Wale - "Number Won" (video)



"We strive for perfection, desire gets confused and you can lose your direction." - Wale

Kid Cudi ft. Kanye West - "Whylin' 'cause I'm Young"


Mickey Factz ft. Emilio Rojas - "Red Sky"



"Go hard in the muh'fuckin' paint, I'ma work of art, you ain't nothin' but a stain, I am a disease, you ain't nothin' but a strain, I ain't dyin' on my knees, I've forgotten how to pray." - Emilio Rojas

Curren$y - "Twistin' Stank" (video)



Mac Miller - "Don't Mind If I Do" (video)



Off Mac Miller's K.I.D.S. mixtape.

Wednesday, August 4

Wiz Khalifa - "Hey Girl"



"Hey girl, spend a month or so, and I been on the road singin' songs, flyin' solo, when I go to sleep, you're the girl of my dreams, so I got your picture on my Macbook screen, something 'bout you says you're just like me, shorty got flavor like my favorite ice cream, and I'm gonna scoop her one day and make her life change." - Wiz Khalifa

Download: Wiz Khalifa - Hey Girl.mp3

Lil Wayne ft. Drake - "Right Above It"



"All my riders do not give a fuck, X-games, guns turn you boys into pussies, sex-change, and I smoke 'til I got chest pains, and you niggas know I rep my gang like Jesse James, women are possessive and they want to possess Wayne, I've been fly so long I fell asleep on the fuckin' plane." - Lil Wayne

Download: Lil Wayne ft. Drake - Right Above It.mp3

Sean Kingston ft. Nicki Minaj - "Letting Go (Dutty Love)" (video)

"Why don't we let go, ayo and I ain't gotta tell 'em, and I ain't gotta sell 'em, it's YSL daddy, I ain't gotta spell it, and yes, I killa kill 'em, I guess I am the villian, I park on the curb, I'm the owner of the buildin'." - Nicki Minaj

Download: Sean Kingston ft. Nicki Minaj - Letting Go (Dutty Love).mp3

Wale ft. Daniel Merriweather - "The War"



"I hate whoever ain't you, hate when I can't date you, but I also need my space too, I made room for this love, how foolish of me, and every woman lookin' at you knew that you was lucky, so check the verse, miss, I ain't said I'm perfect, but you was low on love, what I do? Reimbursed it, and now it hurts to be around or converse with you, and what's worse is before this I had worshiped you." - Wale

7/30/10: Wiz Khalifa signs to Atlantic Records



Not sure how I feel about this now that there's about to be a bunch of people shouting "Taylor Gang or Die!" when earlier they were the ones talking shit. #SMH

Tuesday, August 3

Mickey Factz - "Checkmate"



Download: Mickey Factz - Checkmate.mp3

Wale - "More About Nothing" (mixtape)



The much anticipated sequel of Wale's 2008 Mixtape About Nothing has arrived.

Curren$y - "Twistin' Stank"



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"All day, everyday, it ain't a fuckin' game, them suckas' arms don't reach high enough to touch the planes." - Curren$y

Trey Songz - "Can't Be Friends"



"The way it felt, no fakin' it, maybe we were movin' just a little too fast, but what we've done we can't take it back, now I'm sittin' here halfway crazy, 'cause I know she still thinks about me too, and it ain't no way in hell, that I can be just friends with you, and I wish we never dated, and I wish we never loved it, and I wish I never fell so deep in love with you and now it ain't no way we can be friends." - Trey Songz

Theophilus London - "Hey Wonderful" (video)



Off Theophilus' I Want You mixtape.

Wale - "Black & Gold"



Wiz Khalifa - "Fly Solo" (unreleased)



"Take the broken pieces, try and fix it, or you could let your pride overweight the right decision." - Wiz Khalifa

Joe Budden's "Mood Muzik 4' artwork



Mixtape's dropping October 26, 2010.

Cassidy - "Face to Face" (video)



"I took a rest but came back like I never left, we all gon' perish, you gotta cherish every breath, that's why I wish Big and Tupac never left, I'm not kiddin', man the game would be a lot different, but I'm in love with hip hop, I can't stop spittin', stop shittin' on other cats with the raps I got written." - Cassidy

Download: Cassidy - Face To Face.mp3

J. Cole - "Problems"



"Hey your honor, is you kiddin'? How you sit above me? Are you perfect mothafucker, how you finna judge me? When you home you don't cuss, drink and puff like us? These cops is bad boys, baby just like Puff, they hate they jobs and they days be fucked up like us, at the end of the day, you niggas just like us." - J. Cole

Wale - "Ambitious Girl"



"Ambitious girl, you just wanna win, and you rather chase your dreams than to try and chase these men, that try and chase these skirts, that try and chase these shots with flavors that ain't even as sweet as her." - Wale

Joell Ortiz - "Sing Like Bilal" (freestyle) & "80's Baby"


Wale - "The Eyes of the Tiger"


Charles Hamilton - "Neverland Ranch"



Wiz Khalifa : MTV News' 'Hottest Breakthrough MC Of 2010'






"After four weeks and more than 200,000 votes, Wiz Khalifa is MTV News"Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010," beating out some 19 other candidates in a poll decided by [...] the MTVNews.com readers. The Kush & Orange Juice star won a tough competition, beating fellow top-five finalists Nicki MinajJ. ColeTravis Porter and Diggy Simmons. (Check back on Monday for the official poll results and rankings.) The announcement was made Sunday (July 25) on MTV2's "Sucker Free Summit." More than 200,000 votes were tallied, and Wiz's loyal Taylor Gang following was out in force, propelling the woozy-flowed rapper into the top spot." - MTV News

Lupe Fiasco - "BMF (Building Minds Faster)"



"Wake up, don't join the army, kill your own peoples, but fear Illuminati, and they ain't even real, or are they? But you ain't even know, because you partake, too fuckin' much, if you start to doubt, they already in your mind, and comin' out your mouth." - Lupe Fiasco

Joe Budden ft. Emanny - "Short Summer"



"No regrets, nigga no regards, I know the bar, raise mine, ya'll can lower ya'lls." - Joe Budden


Joell Ortiz ft. Joe Budden & Novel - "We Don't Believe You " (video)



Nicki Minaj - "Your Love" (video)



Kid Cudi - "Mojo So Dope"



"Give a fuck about your lifestyle, give a fuck about a mothafuckin' lifestyle 'cause nigga, we live this shit." - Kid Cudi


Charles Hamilton - "Kat Stacks"



"Ya'll niggas kiss my nuts, I beat off to the bitch you wish that you could wife up." - Charles Hamilton

Royce Da 5'9 - "Walking in the Rain"



"Come with some immaculate concepts like nobody birthed me, I treated the game like Rick James did Charlie Murphie." - Royce Da 5'9


Mims - Haters You Love Me


"So on behalf of my car, home, and bracelet, I would like to thank all you niggas for all your hatred, straight from the bottom of my heart, no fake shit, true feelings, I love it on top 'cause I don't do ceilings, so I thank you for convertible cars, the fact you know wo I am but I don't know who you are, so now I'm givin' you more and more shit and I already defecated, I was told only the best are hated." - Mims

J. Cole - "Premeditated Murder"



"If I could gift-wrap the globe, I would give you the world, but do you love me like you used to? Even though I ain't that nigga that you're use to, remember back when I was broke, you would fix me, do you prefer the broke me or the rich me? The broke me couldn't buy you meals, not even a value meal, and now I pay for everything, how you feel?" - J. Cole

J. Cardim feat. Sheek Louch, Sha Stimuli & Joe Budden - "Hood 2"



"I gotta leave, it's in god's will, if music don't take me out, I know god will, from where we all rap but everybody won't success, some will, the ones we don't believe, you could try fame to cry in shame, the value of life is either that of a nice chain or a dice game." - Joe Budden

Rich Boy ft. Drake & Lloyd - "To The Floor"



Drake - "Do It All"


Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj - "Bottoms Up"



"Could I get that 'Tron? Could I get that money? Could I get that coke? Could I get that Henny? Could I get that margaritas on the rocks-rocks-rocks? Could I get salt all around that rim-rim-rim-rim? Trey? I was like, "Yo, Trey? Do you think you could buy me a bottle of rose?" - Nicki Minaj

XV - "Gettin' Bizzy"



First leak off XV's Vizzy Zone.

Kid Cudi, Rostam Batmanglij & Bethany Contentino - "All Summer" (Converse Video)