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So here are some new new mixtapes that were released in the past few days. A few Young Money artist in this one (they workin hard), and some new new MA$E (thought it might be interesting.. tell me what y’all think of it)

Highly Recommend the Sextape Vol. 5 the name speaks for its self.. Yeah yeah it may be a little bubble gum, but ladies love it and dudes this one is on me..

Download Lil Twist – Class President

Download MA$E – I Do The Impossible

Download Sextape Vol. 5 – Take It To The Streets

This is off her latest album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel in stores now.

Centerfold – Admit It

Vojne vad det stänker 80-tal om den här skapelsen. Samtidigt så är den underbart tung så man bara vill öka volymen tills kåken börjar ramla i bitar. Ja, så mycket mer hade jag inte att tillägga utan det blir ett kort inlägg av det hela.

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Always the professional on her every on-stage appearance, Jennifer Lopez failed to present a smooth performance at the 2009 American Music Awards on Sunday, November 22 at Nokia Theatre in L.A. when she took a tumble when delivering her single “Louboutins”. She, however, managed to get back on her feet and finish her song.

Lopez turned the stage into a scene similar to that of a boxing ring. To match the theme, the songstress had professional ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches Michael Buffer yelling his signature catch phrase, “Let’s get ready to rumble!” while she herself and her backing dancers also dressed like boxers. Halfway through the song, Lopez climbed up the backs of her back-up dancers who had bent over to create a staircase.

When reaching the top, the music star jumped off but failed to land smoothly on her feet. She slipped and fell on her bottom. She was quick to stand up though and finished her performance.

“Louboutins” is the first single from Jennifer Lopez’s new album “Love?”, which is expected to be released in U.S. market on January 26 next year.

Daniel Merriweather é um cantor e compositor australiano, começou sua carreira colaborando com outros artistas scomo Mark Ronson, e decidiu lançar seu primeiro álbum intitulado “Love & War” que conquistou a segunda posição no UK Album Chart. Nesta música ele faz parceria com Adele uma cantora inglesa que obteve excelentes resultados com seu álbum “19″. Para download, a versão original e um remix.

• DL: Water And A Flame [Original]
• DL: Water And A Flame [Buzz Junkies Radio Remix]

Janet Jackson

Shakira -Did It Again

Rihanna Wait Ur Turn/Hard

Black Eyed Peas Meet Me Halfway/Boom Boom Pow

Jay Z Feat Alicia Keys Empire State Of Mind

Kelly Clarkson Already Gone

Lady Gaga Bad Romace/Speechless

Jennifer Lopez – Louboutins

Alicia Keys -Try Sleeping With A Boken Heart

Timbaland Feat SoShy and Nelly Furtado Morning After Dark

Eminem & 50Cent Crack A Bottle’Forever

Mary J Blige I Am

Whintney Houston I Didn’t Know My Own Strength

Green Day 21 Guns

Adam Lambert -For Your Entertainment

Pop/R&B legend Janet Jackson opened the 2009 American Music Awards with a medley of her hits, beginning with her 1986 breakout charttopper “Control.”

Janet did her thing but performing just one good song could have been better.

Sister Sledge – Reach Your Peak

Nile Rodgers och Bernard Edwards produktioner, oavsett om de producerade för sig själva dvs. Chic eller om de producerade åt någon annan blev på något vis ändå inte något mer än avancerade Chic-produktioner fast med lite andra artister inblandade. Ett kanonexempel på detta är det samarbete herrarna hade med Sister Sledge, det hörs ju rakt igenom att det är Chiclåtar, det är samma musiker, samma bakgrundssångare osv. Till och med David Bowies samarbete med Nile Rodgers låter så väldigt mycket likt de soloprylar Nile Rodgers höll på med vid samma tid.

Men jag ser inget ont i detta fenomen utan det visar på att låtarna är större än artisterna och det är något jag själv upplevt de gånger jag varit och sett Chic live och de då spelat sitt medley med några av de låtar som Nile & Bernard producerade åt Diana Ross på hennes album Diana samt avslutar med Sister Sledge-klassikern He’s The Greatest Dancer. De gångerna har man insett att de farhågor man hade inför att höra dem utan Diana Ross vid mikrofonen är som bortblåsta. Det är ju nämligen Chiclåtar det handlar om i grund och botten och då krävs det en sångerska som vet hur man sjunger CHIC helt enkelt. Sylver Logan Sharp som frontade som vokalist under många år var helt suverän på detta och hon visade att även om hon inte var först att fronta som vokalist så har hon fattat detta med hur man sjunger CHIC. Så Chic är större än de ingående delarna och handlar om ett sound som är otroligt tidlöst och därtill så uttans bra att man garanterat får ståpäls av det när man hör det live.

Chic – Live in Rome

Har själv sett detta live tre gånger och jag får än idag ståpäls när jag ser det på video. Bästa videon jag har på detta är från The Best Disco In Town som gick på Wembley 2003. Har hela konserten därifrån på DVD och den kan rekommenderas för alla som saknar livematerial med Chic. På den DVD får ni dessutom en massa annat godis som Tavares, Shalamar, Rose Royce m.fl.

Men om vi återgår till den första låten i inlägget är den ett exempel på det underbart chic’t exklusiva sound Chic faktiskt står för oavsett vem det sen är som står vid mikrofonen och sjunger. Det lixom alltid lyser lyx, flärd och glamour om deras musik och man känner sig som man tillhör en utvald skara när man hör den.

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Jody Watley feat. Eric B. & Rakim – Friends

Den här låten tillhör mina absoluta favoriter med Jody Watley som jag än idag anser vara världens vackraste kvinna. Har iofs haft ämnet uppe för diskussion tidigare men sen räcker det att jag ser en video med henne så känns all diskussioner ganska överflödiga.

När det gäller den här låten så är den allra bäst i tolvtumsversionen, men Universal Music Group är så sura så de tillåter inte att man bäddar in deras material i bloggar och liknande. Dock så slinker det igenom material ändå vilket den här videon är ett exempel på. Men det lär nog inte dröja länge innan de slagit av embeddingfunktionen även på detta klipp.¨

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Bits & Pieces 2 (1980)

Först måste jag göra vågen för snubben som satt ihop det här klippet. Han har nämligen bemödat sig med att göra ett bildspel med omslagsbilder till den skiva som just mixas i klippet. Helt underbart och det gör att det blir lite kul att kolla på klippet. Annars brukar man ju bara lyssna när dylika klipp spelas på YouTube och där inte finns nån riktig video till. Här blir det istället en riktigt underhållande tillbakablick på musikhistorien när man får se skivetiketter och omslag avlösa varandra i nån slags orgie i nostalgiska referenser.

Att jag tog med det här klippet hänger ihop lite med det inlägget jag hade om Grand Master Flash och The Wheels Of Steel nyligen. Den låten fick ju nämligen status som en egen låt trots att det ju faktiskt är lite av en mashup eller medley som det kallades förr. Får nog gå igenom alla såna begrepp vid tillfälle för jag inser att det har ändrat betydelse till viss del genom åren. Hur som helst så är Bits & Pieces, som kom 1980, ett bra exempel på dåtidens medley som var oerhört populära bland oss DJ’s. Gemene man var dock rätt frustrerade över dem då de ju bara fick höra snuttar av sina favoriter.

Men sen fanns det medleys som bara var skräp och det var när det var dåligt mixat eller dåligt klippt. Eller så fanns det skräckexempel där en del originallåtar var med men sen hade man fyllt ut resten med covers. Finns dock guldkorn även bland skräckexemplen och jag ska se om jag vid tillfälle kan ta med ett sådant. Har nämligen ett sånt som poppar upp i skallen just nu men nu när jag kollade så finns det inte på YouTube så då får man väl fixa det själv.

Hur som helst så tillhör Bits & Pieces 2 ett av mina favoritmedleys från den tiden, dels för att det är bra mixat med tanke på dåtidens tekniska möjligheter. Sen är det en sån suveränt bra blandning på låtar så man kan få ståpäls för mindre.

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Sizzle – Keep On Tryin’

Fick direkt en “det-här-låter-bekant-känsla” när jag hörde introt till den här. De har ju lixom rippat idén till sitt groove från en annan gammal favorit och tillika Maydayklassiker som kom några år tidigare.

Trussel – Love Injection

Håll med om att det skulle vara kul att börja leka och mixa de här två låtarna med varandra och se vad man kan få för kul resultat. Sen innehåller Sizzles låt fler såna igenkänningsfaktorer men just nu har jag för mycket gröt i skallen för att riktigt komma på vad det är jag är ute och letar efter.

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This song just makes me want to run very, very fast after a pretty girl.

“Get out my life why don’t you. ‘Cause you don’t really love me, no. You just keep me hanging on.” (You can’t really improve on The Supremes)

"It's Gangsta because I'm on it!"

Music. It’s always been a part of me. Ever since I can remember I’ve loved it. Yeah I had my favorite artists growing up, but the best part was making my own. Thaz what made me love it. I’d carry notebooks with me wherever I went. Notebooks full of lyrics… I’d get in trouble cuz I’d be writing in school when I was supposed to be studying and in church when I was supposed to be listening… I remember arguing with my mom and sister who at the time gave that shit absolutely ZERO credit, “These notebooks are gonna make me famous and y’all rich one day!” They’d laugh at me and I’d storm off to my room and close the door. I’m about to write some more. They’ll see soon enough.

My room was all about music. My wall was filled with pix and posters of artists. It looked like the Hard Rock Cafe or something. A bunch of memorabilia from concerts and autograph signings that I had gone to over the years covered the walls. The center of everything was my dad’s 1976 Sansui Stereo system. It was old and outdated with the big ass silver knobs, but man that joint sounded GREAT! It had 4 floor speakers and if I turned it up, they could hear that shit all the way in Carver Park! At the bottom it had a slot for records… I mean real records. Vinyl. My dad and mom had some real good music and I had been trying to get this thing in my room for years. I had 45’s of all the old Motown stuff. Temps, Marvin, Supremes, you name it. Moms was big on Motown and had all the singles. Pops was serious about raggae and jazz. I had every Bob Marley and the Wailers album and a bunch of jazz greats like Coltrane, Bird Parker and Miles Davis… Miles Davis. Now this guy had an effect on me… It was this one particular album that I played particularly more than the others. Something about it I loved but I couldn’t really put my finger on it u know?  I’m a lyricists and there were no lyrics. I listened to his horn and understood it tho… So much so that I could hum the parts note for note. This album was a classic called “Kind of Blue”

Since those days as we all know I’ve been blessed to do this music thing for a living and everything has come full circle. When I went solo I set on a mission to make a different brand of R&B. I knew it’d prolly keep me outta mainstream radio and TV, but if I can’t watch/hear myself and feel good about what I’m doing then whats the use anyway? I went into my first album with just that mindset. I got a lotta fans today because of that decision. Against advice and all odds I did me and continued to do me until this day.

But now it’s just Electronic…

Out with the old and in with the new right? Fuck talent man! It’s 2009! Go buy a laptop and Frooty Loops and u are a certified producer! Buy the right sound program and u are now a singer! Even if u cant carry a note in a backpack YOU CAN STILL BE A STAR!!! LOL! I remember producing a joint on a certain artist that asked me “Are u sure that’s me?” after hearing all the pitch correction and editing that I had done. This thing has changed… What is my “Old School” ass gonna do about it? I learned this game from OG’s. Cameo, The Commodores, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Kashif… Google these cats and you’ll see what I mean. These were the first people I worked with in this game. I remember Kashif showing me the first Pro Tools prototype when I was a kid. He said “TQ, this is gonna change music. Get it all while u can kid…” Boy was he right…

Cuz now it’s just Electronic…

Yes it is. Dance music, Techno, and Trance have invaded black music. There is a serious mesh going on around the world that I don’t think anyone saw coming. The club in LA sounds more and more like the club in London or Paris these days. It’s fresh and new and people are back to actually having fun in the club. Either everybody is coked completely out of their minds or DJ’s got their fingers on it… Either way I’m having a fuckin ball at the club right now. Check my Facebook page if u don’t believe me… LOL!

I’ve never been the man for club music… prolly cuz I never really tripped off being in there. Been hittin’ the club since I was 16 in LA so I’d pretty much seen and done it all. I’d rather focus on life in Music. U gotta have listeners for Life Music tho… Not just fans, but listeners. People ain’t really into listening these days for the most part. Maybe they don’t have the time. Maybe they have so much other shit going on that music is now used for straight up entertainment. No more therapy. People don’t wanna think. They just wanna move! Ok… I get it…

But…

Even if it’s Electronic… It’s gangsta because I’m on it.

Thaz right. I don’t change. I shoot from the hip. I only deal with the real… I will forever be a street poet. I will always tell u the truth about life as I see it. I’m not doing G funk but I’m not wearing skinny jeans and pink shirts either. I make music for the World and not for everybody. Put me in the rap section all u want… I’m a singer. Period. I represent Compton, California cuz thaz where I was raised. Sound familiar? I does cuz it is… It’s still me. Forever the oxymoron.

LOL!

There will be some things on my new album that u have never heard from me. From the production to the lyrical content, I’m definitely stretching further than I ever have on this one. From real life events to hustler anthems. Love songs and Hate songs too… Club joints and straight up nasty sex music. This album “Kind of Blue” has it all… And I’m putting as many as I can fit on a CD. You will get more songs on this album than u ever have and that’s a promise.

But for now it’s just Electronic… Literally. LOL!

My new single “Electronic” is about to smash the net TODAY.  All my DJ friends will have this record real soon so REQUEST IT AT THE CLUB! We got a hot remix by P-Rida featuring my man Tha Vill who rocked it, and another from Glasgow’s own Tigerstyle. A Funky House mix from DJ Mappa and a Sonny Ji version as only he can do it. Are u ready? Yeah? Well let’s make it official…

Check out the World Premiere of the video for the 1st Single from my forthcoming Album “Kind of Blue”…

This is Electronic. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keecMz3V6Jg

WESTSIDE4LIFE!

Yes, I went to the Chris Brown concert. Yes, the FAN Appreciation Tour. Now before I get “hate” comments, let me explain myself.

I love live music. I love small venues. And I love a good performance. All three of these? Checked off the list.

I know a lot of people were just like, “F Chris Brown,” “going to his show means you support domestic violence,” etc etc. But. I have to disagree. The boy can put on an effing show. Seriously.

I Can Transform Ya Intro

Totally Transformed.

He started out with his new single, “I Can Transform Ya.” Hot choreography, not so hot vocals (he TOTALLY lip-synched the song.) Everything after this was sung live, however, so he is forgiven (my mom says I trust/forgive too easily. She also once told me how she was worried about me, and says that I have a personality that would end up staying in an abusive relationship…. I haven’t told her that I went to see Chris Brown.)

My new nightgown.

Overall observation/highlights? The fact that the venue was filled with under-18-year-olds, some fans we met that came all the way from Sweden to see Chris, a surprise appearance by Ray-J during the New Boyz opening act, Chris Brown bringing Keri Hilson on stage to sing “Turnin’ Me On,” and watching Ciara rock out to CB’s show from the balcony view (I swore she waved to me and former USC roomie Priya.) Oh! Speaking of Priya, she had fabulous quote that sort of summed up why people should give Chris Brown another chance, and I thought I’d share: “Bill Clinton cheated on his wife, and people still loved him as President.” Translation? Chris Brown, despite what many would consider personal shortcomings, still kills it as a performer.

OH! And can’t forget the Michael Jackson medley/tribute. He did a little Rock With You, Thriller, and Billie Jean! Think it’s safe to say Chris Brown could have been MJ’s heir?

MJ Tribute

The girls went Craaazy.

Not gonna lie, even during all the Rihanna hoopla, I had a soft spot for Chris Brown. Maybe it’s because of the interview I did with him back in Sept ‘08, where he came off as nothing short of a sweetheart. OK maybe not a sweetheart, but he was pretty nice when he talked to me about all of his tattoos and his love for Super Nintendo (FYI, his favorite SNES game is Mario 3, he liked the option of Mario with a raccoon tail that lets you fly.) If you watch the clip below, you actually may even hear him talk about RIHANNA! Check it out.

OH! Funny side story. I saw this little kid who looked like he wanted to be Chris Brown. I couldn’t help but stare. He was next to another kid (older) who appeared to look like Lil Wayne. Said-individual then takes his shirt off and…underneath? A shirt that says “Weezy.” Anyway. I go up to them and say hi. They take their earphones out to listen. I ask to take a picture. They nod their head. Straight one-way conversation… like, I totally got celebrity-style dissed by wannabe celebs! So whack. Anyway. At least I have the picture!

Mini Chris Brown and Weezy.