Drake has a verse/song that hit the net called “Paris Morton Music” that was rejected from Rick Ross’ song “Ashton Martin Music”. The lyrics are along the same preditcable notes Drake usually hits…talking about lost love, girls he did wrong, and how many hoes he is currently sexing. Despite Drake’s consistently redundant material I cannot deny that this song is pretty good. The production is hot and Drake’s delivery hits the right pitch. Also to Drake’s credit his story telling is always interesting even if the moral is still the same. Click here to listen

What do you guys think of the song? Do you think this shoulda been on his album? What song could this song have replaced on the album? (My vote would be for Karaoke)

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Rick Ross has a new song called “Free Mason” featuring Jay-Z and John Legend. You gotta give it to Ross he keeps putting out some pretty hot music consistently. He didn’t let the beef with 50 distract too much from his music and at the end of it he came out on top because he keeps coming with hits. I’m sure all of the people who believe the Illuminati rumors will take an interest in Jay-Z’s verse…He tackles the devil worshiping rumors that have plagued him recently and I think that should effectively squash it. However, in the gossip driven culture we live in it could just be one of those that never die. Anyway…hot song and has the right ingredients to generate a lot of  buzz. Click here to listen

What do you guys think of the song? Do you think when a celebrity like Jay-Z refutes rumors people should just drop it or do you think the proof is in the pudding and not in the denials?

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Andre 3000 has a new song called “All Together Now”. You gotta love Andre for his quirky style and his willingness to always step outside the box and expand on the notion of what it is to be a Hip Hop artist. The song is very fun and upbeat which is refreshing and right on time for summer. I’m not sure what this song is for and I’m sure someone would quickly correct me if I even ventured a guess but I will just say I’m digging this. Click here to listen

What do you guys think of the song?

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Young Jeezy has a remix to his song “Lose My Mind” featuring Drake. The original might just be one of the hottest songs this year so it makes perfect sense to put one of the biggest stars on the remix. I’m juiced that Drake is on the remix however I will say that his verse doesn’t match the intensity of Jeezy at all and his lyrics are a little weak. Drake’s verse definitely sounded a lot better at the BET Awards versus on the recorded version…but if I drop my critic hat I’ll say that this is still hot. Not quite an upgrade from the original though. Click here to listen

Upgrade or downgrade?

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Soulja Boy has a new video for his song “Pretty Boy Swag”. I don’t normally post a lot of Soulja Boy’s music..and five seconds into watching the video I was going to turn it off until I realized that this is the song that everybody goes crazy for in the clubs. I’m not jocking it that much, but it’s still a very catchy song so I figure I’ll give the video a chance. The video is a typical rap video BUT I will give Soulja Boy credit for making something that doesn’t look at all bootleg. This actually looks like something Fabolous would do so for Soulja Boy that is an upgrade.

What do you guys think of the song/video? Is this a big club hit in your town?

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DJ Khaled has a new video for his song “All I Do Is Win Remix” featuring T-Pain, Rick Ross (of course), Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, Nicki Minaj, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, and Diddy. I don’t know who is the worse rapper- DJ Khaled or Diddy…but I do know they both suck. (Sidebar: Fabolous has one of the hottest verses on the song so it’s a little strange that they excluded him from the BET Awards performance.) Anyway…there really isn’t anything special about the video but there is always something kinda cool about getting a bunch of Hip Hop stars in a room to shoot a video. I’m not a big fan of the song to begin with and having 10 people on it doesn’t change my opinion.

What do you guys think of the video/remix? Who had the hottest verse on the song? Was this an upgrade or downgrade from the original?

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For you True Blood fans out there Snoop Dogg has a hilarious new tribute video/song out called “Oh Sookie”. As crazy as it sounds…this is actually one of the hottest songs Snoop has done lyrically lately. He actually used his creativity and his intelligence to come up with something extremely clever (at times crude) and entertaining. I just started watching True Blood so I wouldn’t even say I’m a huge fan but THIS is classic.

What do you guys think of the tribute? Does it make you more interested in checking out True Blood?

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Dirty Money/ Diddy has a new video for the remix to the song “Hello Good Morning” with the addition of Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj. I like Rick Ross’s verse on the track and I even like Nicki’s verse. The problem with Nicki for me though is that she is getting more and more annoying to look at. She looks like an idiot with all of the facial expressions she makes that really have nothing to do with what she is saying. I can forgive the blue hair, but the bugged out lost in space look is too much to look past. Anyway, the video is super hype…I like all the energy but I’m sure there has been an uptick in seizures from people who watch this video. I like the song, I like the video…so overall I would call this an upgrade.

Upgrade or downgrade? Am I being too harsh on Nicki or does she do too much with the whole dazed and confused persona?

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J. Cole has a new video for his song called “Who Dat”. J has so much hype around him that he had to come with something pretty good to keep that buzz going and I think he accomplished that with this video. I like his energy, the video always has something to keep your attention, and the song is cool. I don’t think he is really talking about anything all that different from what people like Drake are rapping about…but nobody said you have to be groundbreaking to be hot. I’m sure this video will keep the attention of his biggest cheerleaders and even gain him some new fans. I don’t think it is knock your socks off hot though but that could just be my personal taste.

What do you guys think of the video? Do you think J. Cole is going to be able to live up to the hype? Do we really need another young rapper talking about how he is going to save Hip Hop/how many girls he can smash?

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Dr. Dre has a new song called “Under Pressure” featuring Jay-Z (but I’m assuming this is a snippet not the full track). From what I’m hearing I must say this isn’t what I expected…at all. It’s very Hip Pop/dance…Dre raps with intensity but the beat doesn’t have that grit or edge I was expecting. The production sounds almost recycled and dated. What happened to his west coast gangsta sound? For him to be rapping like he is hard his production doesn’t match that. I also wasn’t feeling Jay-Z’s line about “maybe I got hoes”…but I’ll disregard. Jay-Z and Dre on a track should be epic but I wouldn’t call this that. Perhaps I’m setting the bar too high but even though the song has the potential to be cool it just doesn’t knock my socks off at this point. Click here to listen

What do you guys think of the song? Do you think this delivers on the hype of “Detox”?

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