New Cool Kids!

Here is a little preview off The Cool Kids new mixtape "Cool Ass Ninjas" which come out next tuesday. Posted this pretty quick, so I haven't listened to it too carefully. Just long enough to spot that it samples an old LL Cool J song called "Boomin' System". Sounds Pretty Dope.

Kid Cudi

Here is some stoned out Hip Hop from Cleveland MC/Singer Kid Cudi who was just rated Top 5 Indie Hip Hop artists to look for in 2008. He may have a sing-song flow but this definetly sounds nothing like Nelly. Not really music to bump at the club(at least not the original, several dance mixes have popped up) more, to quote Dr. Dre, something to "sit back and smoke a fat ass blunt to".

Rock The Bells Lineup Announced

Sat 7/19 - Chicago, IL
Sun 7/20 - Toronto, ON
Sat 7/26 - Boston, MA
Sun 7/27 - New York, NY
Sat 8/2 - Miami, FL
Sun 8/3 - Philadelphia, PA
Sat 8/9 - Los Angeles, CA
Sat 8/16 - San Francisco, CA
Sat 8/23 - Denver, CO
Sat 8/30 - Vancouver, BC

CRS (Kanye, Lupe, Pharrell) Featuring Thom Yorke

No need to explain this one.

From wikipedia.com:

Child Rebel Soldier, or CRS, is a Hip hop super group comprised of hip hop artists Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Lupe Fiasco.

Their first single, "US Placers," appeared on Kanye West's mixtape, "Can't Tell Me Nothing" released in May 2007. The song "US Placers" was #43 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. In December 2007, a noncommissioned music video to the song caught attention on the internet, and even features West's engineer and mixer, "Plain Pat."

According to an interview on sohh.com with Lupe Fiasco, there are plans for a CRS album in late 2008. He said the trio of C.R.S. would have three different elements to it: an album, music videos, and a third element he failed to elaborate on (speculation that what he was referring to at this point was the then unannounced "Glow in the Dark" Tour).

New Nas

From what I can tell this song was just released today. The lyrics are amazing on this one. Politically incorrect as it gets. Lets you know he is still one of the greatest. Only song I have ever heard where someone calls Eminem a wigger and it's not a diss. Fantastic! Thanks to Thcincy from cincyhiphop.com for the heads up.

Living Legends

Here is a new track off Living Legends new release "The Gathering". The Wu-Tang of the west coast does it again with this one. I am a pretty big fan of Murs so it's nice to get a new album from the whole eight man crew. I thought their last album was pretty hit and miss. This one is much more solid. Check it out.

Lil Wayne and Talib

Two songs on this post by two different artists. Both are very melodic songs that have been out for awhile and people hipped me to this weekend.


First up is some Lil' Wayne, who I haven't cared much for in the past, but have been coming to around here lately. This song is so far out there it's ridiculous. He had to be completely out of his mind when he wrote it. You would pretty much have had to of been there to know where he is coming from.


Next up is a track from Talib Kweli off of his Eardrum album. It's produced by Kanye and I think is one of his finest beats. Some really jazzy stuff mixed with his signature sampling. Enjoy