New Music: Spits Nelson - "Everyday Single Day" (Produced by Kevin Crumbs) #SpitsNelsonSundays #5

Today Spits Nelson delivered his 5th installment of his #SpitsNelsonSundays run with his latest cut "Everyday Single Day" enlisting production from Kevin Crumbs. If you did not catch last weeks  #SpitsNelsonSundays track "I'm Runnin'" feauring Emilio Rojas then I suggest you do so now. 

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New Music: Meek Mill - “Make Me” & Meek Mill Feat. Travis Scott, Birdman & Diddy - “I’m Leanin”

Meek Mill's new DJ Drama-hosted Dreamchasers 3 mixtape is set to release via DatPiff in a few hours and to keep our anticipation built the MC delivered two tracks within days from one another this past week. The MMG rapper delivered "Make Me" and "I'm Leanin'" enlisting a heavy hitting feature line up including Travis Scott, Birdman, and Diddy. Dreamchasers 3 is slated to drop later today.

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New Video: Miley Cyrus - "Wrecking Ball"

A little late with posting this video and song, however, it deserves to be posted. Miley Cyrus gave everyone something to talk about with her VMA performance but there is so much more to her than that weird side she conveyed that night that had everyone around the world talking their talk. Not to make any kind of excuses for behavior that is non agreeable, she is growing up trying to find herself. Everyone is entitled to their own journey and living out their life to their contentment, Miley included. Her new song "Wrecking Ball" is a force to be reckoned with, she created something so raw with her emotions that it will strike anyone who has ever been there and done it. The Terry Richardson-directed visuals show her at her most vulnerable point singing her heart out about how love went wrong with her long time love Liam Hemsworth. Miley gave her explanation of the what the visuals conveyed, which I have posted below. Miley's new album Bangerz is slated to drop October 4th via RCA Records. 
"I never meant to start a war I just wanted you to let me in And instead of using force I guess I should’ve let you win I never meant to start a war I just wanted you to let me in I guess I should’ve let you win....Don’t you ever say I just walked away, I will always want you" <3

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Throwback Thursday With A New School Twist: The Notorious B.I.G. feat. MA$E & P. Diddy - "Mo Money Mo Problems" & Drake "Worst Behavior"

I think that all songs made and created by Biggie even when they featured other artists were and are classics, and will continue to be classics. He was not just your ordinary rapper/hip hop artist, he was a trailblazer who made way for the hip hop artists of today. Even today when people ask me who my favorite Hip Hop artists are Biggie is in that group, he will continue to be in that group because I loved the artist that he was and what he represented. His "Mo Money Mo Problems" was one of those classics with a sample from Diana Ross' song "I'm Coming Out" the track enlisted features from Ma$e and Biggie's sidekick P. Diddy, along with vocals being sang by Kelly Price. To this very day because of airplay and chart achievement "Mo Money Mo Problems" is said to be one of the most popular songs in Hip Hop history. Biggie's lyrics still play in my head sometimes and when a rapper in today's time bites on a lyric from an old hip hop song I almost always catch it, the way I did as I was listening to Drake's new album Never Was The Same on track number six "Worst Behavior" when he bit Mase's lyric from "Mo Money Mo Problems".  Mase's lyric in verse 1 of "Mo Money Mo Problems was "Now, who's hot, who not?, Tell me who rock, who sell out in the stores?, You tell me who flopped, who copped the blue drop?, Whose jewels got rocks, who's mostly Dolce down, To the tube sock? The same old pimp Mase, you know ain't nothing change but my limp, Can't stop till I see my name on a blimp." Drake's lyric in verse 3 of "Worst Behavior" was "Who's hot, who not, Tell me who rock, who sell out in stores, You tell me who flop, who copped the new drop, Whose jewels got rocks, who else makin' rap albums, Doing numbers like it's pop? Same old pimp, Drake you know ain't nothing changed with these funny style niggas, We done put on in the game." That is what happened when Drake bit the lyric from Mase's lyrics in "Mo Money Mo Problems", the epic verse three of "Worst Behavior" was created and Drake killed it as usual.  Drizzy's new new album Nothing Was The Same falls nothing short of greatness wrapped inside of 15 tracks. This is what happens when Throwback Thursday meets with the new for a New School Twist. Side Note: Just a little lesson on Drake he once named Loon and Mase as two artists he wanted to sound like when he first entered the industry, and the only other artist that he knew of who ever sighted Mase as an inspiration was Kanye. What a coincidence that he bit Mase's verse :) !!!!
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New Video: Drake Feat. Majid Jordan - “Hold On, We’re Going Home”

Drake releasing the visuals of a track from his new album Nothing Was The Same on the same day as its release is absolutely the perfect touch to this already perfect day. The visuals for Drake's Hold On, We're Going Home has finally arrived with Drake starring in his own little mini Scarface gangster drama as his girl gets kidnapped and he goes to war trying to rescue her. Nothing Was The Same is in stores and available on iTunes now in both original and deluxe editions.                                             XO

New Music: Spits Nelson feat. Emilio Rojas - "I'm Runnin'" #SpitsNelsonSundays #4

Without any further ado Spits Nelson delivers his 4th installment of #SpitsNelsonSundays with his new track "I'm Runnin'" enlisting a feature from Emilio Rojas. The track is one that I have been tight lipped about since he told me he was releasing it nearly a month ago but was one that I have wished for since he started releasing #SpitsNelsonSundays tracks, and finally today my wish came true. The perfect compliment to any dream is being #CloserThanYouThink the way Spits is as he delivers a new track each and every Sunday for his #SpitsNelsonSundays run, this one today is just proof that the dream is more real and closer than ever.

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New Video: J. Cole Feat. TLC - “Crooked Smile”

After seeing Cole Tuesday night in Charlotte on the What Dream May Come Tour with Wale, it made me appreciate the heart that the North Carolina native has. He made me excited listening to his every word. The deliverance of his new visuals "Crooked Smile" fall nothing short of what was expected from the Born Sinner rapper as he delivers a very important message through visuals. Cole a drug dealer trying to make his way is in for trouble as a cop is assigned to arrest him at his little sisters birthday party, when things take a turn and did not go down quite as planned. The ending is a message from Cole himself that read "For Aiyana Stanley-Jones. And please reconsider your war on drugs. - A message from J. Cole". You can purchase Jermaine's album Born Sinner in stores and on iTunes NOW.
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New Music: Stalley Feat. Rashad “Sticks and Stones” & “Blue Collar Gang”

The MMG crew is keeping busy lately especially Stalley as he gives us the second release of his Honest Cowboy project delivering it as a 7-track EP this time around. The re-released EP enlists two new tracks "Sticks and Stones" and "Blue Collar Gang" which you can take a listen to below. You can purchase the Honest Cowboy EP on iTunes NOW. 

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New Music: Katy Perry Feat. Juicy J - “Dark Horse”

Katy Perry delivers her new cut "Dark Horse" enlisting a feature from Juicy J as he throws some of his trippy swag on the upbeat track . The track can be found on the songstress' upcoming Prism LP slated to drop October 22nd and can now be pre-ordered on iTunes. By pre-ordering the album you will instantly get Katy's latest singles "Roar" and "Dark Horse". 

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New Video: Waka Flocka Flame - “Judge For You”

Waka Flocka delivers the visuals for his new track "Judge For You" which samples Adele's track "Skyfall" that was featured as the lead song from the Blockbuster hit "Skyfall 007". This track can be found on Waka's upcoming album From Roaches To Rolex. I guess you we can conclude that Gucci Mane is not holding Waka down one bit at all.......
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New Music: Pusha T Feat. Kendrick Lamar - “Nosetalgia”

Pusha T gives is his new track "Nosetalgia" enlisting a feature from Kendrick Lamar, from his upcoming My Name Is My Name album. My Name Is My Name is slated to drop October 8th and will enlists features from Kanye West, The-Dream, Joaquin Phoenix, Pharrell, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, and more.  

New Video: Stalley - “Cup Inside a Cup”

Stalley gives us the visuals for his track "Cup Inside a Cup" from his mixtape Honest Cowboy mixtape. The shortened version of Honest Cowboy that is a 7-track EP can be purchased on iTunes now.                                                        XO

New Video: 2 Chainz Feat. Cap-1 - “Where U Been?”

2 Chainz delivers the visuals for his latest cut "Where U Been?" enlisting a feature from Cap-1. The track can be found on his B.O.A.T.S. II: ME Time album which is available in stores and on iTunes NOW.

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New Music: Spits Nelson - "Crystal Clear" (Produced by Korona) #SpitsNelsonSundays #3

Spits Nelson gives us the third installment of #SpitsNelsonSundays with his latest track "Crystal Clear" with production from Korona. 

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New Music: Miguel - "Can't Sleep Together"

Miguel delivers "Can't Sleep Together" from the 2013 Adult Swim Singles Program, the heavy beat track is something to quench our cravings while the "Adorn" singer is in the midst of making new music.

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New Video: Eminem - “Berzerk”

The real Slim Shady delivers the visuals for his new track "Berzerk" from his upcoming album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Eminem and Rick Ruben who produced the song demonstrates going "Berzerk" in its greatest form with appearances in the video from Kendrick Lamar, Kid Rock, Slaughterhouse, The Alchemist, and Denaun Porter. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is slated to drop November 5th.                                                         XO

New Music: Toni Braxton & Babyface - "Hurt You"

I may be a little late with recognizing this track and if I had not seen Toni's twitter feed tonight I may have been even more late stumbling upon such magic as her new track "Hurt You". Toni Braxton and Babyface came together like magic and just like the old days to create their new song "Hurt You", sounding like the same two people they were some time ago. I knew she had quite a few more good ones left in her even after she made the announcement for her retirement and this is only the proof. Babyface will always remain the number one  R&B man in the books.

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New Video: Ariana Grande - “Baby I”

Ariana Grande released her new album Yours Truly last week and to continue promo the songstress gave us the visuals for her latest track from the album "Baby I". The visuals show the pop princess enjoying the summer with a cast of dancers dancing to the bouncy tune while she belts her high notes. Ariana's new album Yours Truly is in stores and on iTunes NOW!
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New Music: Justin Bieber Feat. Tyga - “Wait A Minute”

Justin Bieber delivers his new cut "Wait A Minute" enlisting a feature from his homeboy Tyga. The boys give the track a mellow bounce for DJ Tay James' upcoming mixtape WeKnowTheDJ Radio Volume 3.

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New Music: Spits Nelson feat. Dutch Rebelle - "Light One" #SpitsNelsonSundays #2

Today I patiently waited for 4 o'clock and that email from Spits Nelson releasing his #SpitsNelsonSundays track. This weeks track "Light One" is produced by Korona and enlists a feature from Dutch Rebelle, it is the second installement of the #SpitsNelsonSundays. With 10 weeks left of #SpitsNelsonSundays it is exciting to say the least to see where his lyrical journey takes us from week one to week twelve. If you did not hear the first track "Public Demo" from the first week of #SpitsNelsonSundays check it out now!

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Drake "Nothing Was The Same" vs. "Take Care"

A glass of red wine sits on the table during Drake's latest MTV interview and the whole time I am listening to what he is actually saying I am wondering if it could possibly Tignanello or Gaja Sito Moresco (those are his favorite wines). Having a debacle in my head about the type of wine he is drinking should be furthest to what I should actually be thinking about considering he is saying that  Never Was The Same is better than Take Care. In the interview he was crystal clear as he said "I think the music that I am making is more concise, more clear I've been able to get my thoughts across a lot better on this album. Take Care is a great album I listen to it and realize where I can do better and I think I have done better on this album." Take Care was a masterpiece that I fell in love and have stayed in love with because he put his heart on the line in every lyric, melody, and beat of that album. To think that Never Was The Same will give me an even bigger love affair than Take Care did almost scares me cause Take Care is on such a pedestal in my world. If Drake is saying Never Was The Same is better than Take Care then I guess there should not be a rebuttal because we are hearing it from the mouth of the speaker of such opinion, the person who created such work. 

SEPTEMBER 24

Never Was The Same 

New Video: Dom Kennedy - “South Central Love”

After announcing that his new album Get Home Safely arrives October 1st Dom Kennedy gives us the visuals for his "South Central Love". The visuals kinda reminds me of something from a new school Boyz In The Hood with the summer time feel that Cali always gives. Get Home Safely drops October 1st.
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New Music: Meek Mill Feat. Nicki Minaj, Fabolous & French Montana - “I Be On That”

Meek Mill teams up with Nicki Minaj, French Montana, and Fabolous for his latest track "I Be On That". The track is just a taste of what to expect from the rappers new Dreamchasers 3 mixtape arriving on September 29th.

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New Mixtape: King Chip - “44108″

The artist for formally know as Chip Tha Ripper who goes by his new name King Chip delivers his new mixtape 44108. The new 19 track effort whose title comes from his hometown's zip code enlists features from his mentor and boss Kid Cudi, Scarface, Travi$ Scott, Pusha T, Layzie Bone, Papa Rue, MJG, Lorine Chia, Fat Trel, GLC, Ray Cash, and Chevy Woods. The mixtape hosts production from Travi$ Scott, Cardo, Phonix Beats, J Roc, Frank Boi, Trakksouns, Rapic Ric, Lex Luger, WZRD, Rami, Dot Da Genius, BigHeadDez, RJ Da Fool, Big Duke, Jake Troth, and K. Roosevelt. Keep a listening ear out for Chip's upcoming Clevelafornia EP (which has yet to be given a release date) it is the teaser before his long awaited album Charles Worth drops.

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Drake Releases "Nothing Was The Same" Tracklisting

After tweeting on September 3rd giving us warning with his tweet below...

 Drake gave us another tweet last night just a day later asking one simple question and adding a link....

With that one question and link came the tracklisting for his much anticipated upcoming album "Nothing Was The Same". There are two covers and two tracklistings each representing "Nothing Was The Same" one for the regular edition, and one for the deluxe edition. The regular edition with the cover of what appears to be Drake as a child with a curly fro and comb stuck in his hair has 13 tracks and enlists features from Jay Z, Detail. The deluxe edition displaying the grown up clean cut Drake with his perfect side part has the same 13 tracks with the Jay Z, Detail, 2 Chainz, and Big Sean in for features, and the addition of 2  more tracks "Come Thru" and his recent hit "All Me". SEPTEMBER 24th is THE DAY that "Nothing Was The Same" will change everything. 

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"All Is Fair In Love & War"

I have been on a love affair since yesterday because of Tamar Braxton's album "Love and War", all for good reason. She said yesterday on Good Morning America that the album was "the soundtrack to her and her husband Vince's relationship". Tonight I attepmted to make a selling point about the album to a good friend. I said with this one statement "I think the album is the soundtrack to any relationship if you can love hard enough, fight hard enough, and give your heart again better than the last time". My attempt to pursuede someone to buy the album was money with that statement and actually motivated me to write about why I love the album so much. The following gems are the reasons as to why I have fallen in love with "Love and War". 

  " We stay on the front lines, Yea but we're still here after the bomb drops, We go so hard we lose control, The fire starts then we explode, Only in love and war" -"Love and War"
"Speeding down the road, and my head out of control, Cause I'm thinking about you all the way home, Got a long way to ride and I can’t even deny, I've been thinking about you all the way home" -"All The Way Home"
"But I wanna stay and fight for you, Fight til my heart is back in blue, Fight til there's nothing left not one single strand of the love we had, I wanna stay and fight for us, Fight like hell before I give up, Till I'm the only one, the only one in love, I'd fight for you" -"Stay and Fight"
"I deserve more than just a little part, I don't want nothing if I cant have it all, I ain't even gonna play with something I can't keep, I want the whole thing or forget about me" -"Pieces"
"What you gotta understand is, I'm still here, I could've been with any man I wanted so let's be clear, Yeah I know that she hurt you, None of those circumstances, you got a lot of things to work through You don't want to take no chances, What you gotta understand is, even with all that I'm still here, I you just show me where it hurts, I can kiss away the pain I can make it good again if you let me" -"Where It Hurts"
I will end this by saying once again "I think the album can be the soundtrack to any relationship if you can love hard enough, fight hard enough, and give your heart again better than the last time" that is what "Love and War" is truly about. 
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New Video: Wale Feat. Nicki Minaj & Juicy J - "Clappers"

  Wale gives us the visuals for his track "Clappers" featuring Nicki Minaj and Juicy J. I think we all know what takes place in this video before even pushing play but in case your mind has yet to wonder....it is a wholelotta Clapping aka Twerking. Wale's The Gifted is out and available on iTunes NOW.  
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New Video: DJ Khaled Feat. Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Future - “I Wanna Be With You”

DJ Khaled delivers visuals for his "I Wanna Be With You" track featuring Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, and Future. Khaled's upcoming album Suffering From Success is slated to drop October 5th. 
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New Video: Big Sean - “10 2 10″

Big Sean brings us the Mike Waxx and Mike Carson-directed visuals for his latest cut "10 2 10" from his Hall of Fame album. The G.O.O.D. Music rappers new album Hall of Fame is in stores and available on iTunes NOW!

                                                                   
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New Music: M.I.A.- “Come Walk With Me”

M.I.A. delivers her new cut "Come Walk With Me" with the same M.I.A. feel but different at the same time. M.I.A.'s new album Matangi is slated to drop November 5th.

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New Music: King Mez - "New Vinyl" (Produced by Oddisee)

King Mex delivers his new Oddisee-produced cut "New Vinyl" as he gears up for the release of his upcoming LLTK2 (Long Lived The King 2) mixtape slated to drop sometime this fall.

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New Mixtape: Lil’ Wayne - "Dedication 5"

Lil Wayne delivers his much anticipated "Dedication 5" mixtape hosted by DJ Drama. The 29 track effort enlists features from The Weeknd, T.I., Chance The Rapper, Euro, Jae Millz, Lil Chuckie, Future, Mack Maine, Birdman, Vado, Gudda Gudda, Kidd Kidd, and 2 Chainz. The mixtape features new tracks, remixes, recent and previous hits by Drake, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Meek Mill, and then some.

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Video: Tamar Braxton on Good Morning America & New Album Tracklisting "Love and War"

Her new album Love and War is out today and Tamar Braxton took to Good Morning America this morning to show just why it is her "best work yet", performing a three part medley of three of the songs from her soon to be chart topping album. The songstress performed her first single "Love and War", her second single "The One", ending the medley with her newest and third single "All The Way Home". Her new 14 track comeback album is one for the record books as it is filled with some of the best R&B music to date from Tamar who says the album "is the soundtrack to her and her husband Vince's relationship". Tamar's new album Love and War is in stores and on iTunes NOW. I can attest that it is a complete type solid effort and will make you fall in love, because I am already having a love affair with it.  Tracklisting 
Love and War 1. The One 2. Tip Toe 3. Stay and Fight 4. Love and War 5. All the Way Home 6. One on One Fun 7. She Did That (Interlude) 8. Hot Sugar 9. Pieces 10. Where It Hurts 11. Prettiest Girl 12. Sound of Love 13. White Candle 14. Thank You Lord
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New Video: Ace Hood Feat. Meek Mill - “Before the Rollie”

Ace Hood delivers his latest set of visuals for his track "Before the Rollie" enlisting a feature from Meek Mill. The track can be found on Ace's new Trials & Tribulations album that is out and available on iTunes NOW.
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New Music: Spits Nelson - "Public Demo" (Produced by WMS The Sultan) #SpitsNelsonSundays #1

Delivering his promise to give his fans 12 tracks for next 12 Sundays Spits Nelson gives us the first of twelve as he delivers his new offering "Public Demo" with production from WMS The Sultan. Something to look forward to is the New Jersey natives upcoming 11 tracks that are sure to to be an offering of substantial growth and undeniable love for the game.

#SpitsNelsonSundays #1

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