Live! (Common feat. Kanye West - The Food)

"Cause the real deal's always better"


I was just watching some old Chappelle Show episodes when I stumbled onto this gem. For all the press Dave got for his sketches (I'll never forget 'When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong' - "WU-TANG!!"), he was also great at picking some amazing artists to play on the show.

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When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong - Vernon Franklin
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Common was coming back from the disappointing performance of 'Electric Circus' and had gotten Kanye West to produce his new album 'Be'. This was the first cut off released off and even though it didn't get as much airplay as 'Go' and 'The Corner' I still think it was one of the best joints on it. Enjoy peeps.

Q-Tip, D'Angelo & Raphael Saadiq - Lynwood Rose (Mixtape)

Yea I know I'm a little late with hey who cares. I believe this came out this weekend and as far as I can tell there's nothing new on this. But who cares, any free album that has 'Get Involved' makes me a happy man.




The link is here

(Thanks to Notes from a Different Kitchen for the link & cover)

President or Stand-Up Comic? :-)

Mariah Carey feat. Joe & Nas - Thank God I Found You

The weather's good, it's a bank holiday and this is the nicest summery song I could think of. Just wishing I didn't have work to do :-( Enjoy monday peeps :D

Big Boi feat. Mary J. Blige - Sumthin's Gotta Give

I still dunno how this wasn't a hit.

Back when 'Obamamania' was still running strong (can you believe his first 100 days have already passed) these two teamed up to drop a critical yet inspirational rhyme bout folk strugging in the states. And they're still taking this message across the country.

Everytime I hear joints like this I wonder if Big Boi will ever get the same hype as Andre 3000. His new album's called Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. And no I am not making that up :D Should hopefully drop later on in the year. Enjoy folks.

Drake feat. Dwele & Little Brother - Don't You Have A Man

Now before anyone starts. I know this is old but it just doesn't get anymore soulful than this.



This Drake guy's actually pretty interesting. He shot to fame on Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. His character got shot and ended up in a wheelchair.



Pretty heavy stuff :-S

He's released two mixtape albums 'Comeback Season' & 'So Far Gone'. He has an official album called 'Thank Me Later' which is due out at the end of the year

See, now this is why I'm so disappointed that DJB's Soulful R&B 1Xtra show ended this Sunday. How else will I get to hear joints like this?


(Thanks to Hip Hop Lead and 5 Star Hip Hop for the mixtapes)

Live! (Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable)

"Cause the real deal's always better"


Back in 2006, Jamie Foxx was still riding high off the success of
'Ray' when he released 'Unpredictable'. As part of the promotion for it, Jamie peformed a selection of songs from the album on AOL Music sessions. This is how we ended up with the pretty fly version of the title track.



It's a shame he's not doing stuff like this anymore. To be honest I haven't really listened to 'Intuition'. Really ought to do a review of it at some point.