Album Review: Lil’ Wayne – Rebirth (2010)
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Potholes

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Erykah released the her latest video “Jump Up In The Air (Stay There)” on her website this afternoon. The video is reminiscent of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” with the same psychedelic and hypnotic visuals. The track will only be available as Web-Only bonus for her new album New Amerykah, Part Two (Return of the Ankh) dropping March 30th. Enjoy!

Download: Erykah Badu – “Jump In The Air (Stay There)” Feat. Lil Wayne & Bilal [Right Click Save-As]

I came up with the idea for this weekly (or bi-weekly, it depends) Under The Radar post after iTunes made me re-enter my entire library. I realized that I had a ton of loose mp3 files that were offered for free by artists on either their MySpace pages, blogs, or whatever. And I feel like a fair amount of ‘em were probably missed by our readership for whatever reason. I mean, some of this shit will probably fly way under the radar for most people, so this also works as a way to showcase certain artists deserving some more shine. I also realize that some of these cuts won’t be new to everyone, but hey, if you have it already then simply move along and wait until next week.

And for my first installment, I wanted to post Flying Lotus’s remixes of two Lil Wayne songs. Yes, I know, we hardly ever post anything related to Weezy or Young Money in general. But hey, I — and hopefully you — cannot deny the greatness of these FlyLo remixes. Truth be told, it wouldn’t really matter if the worst MC alive was spitting on these. Luckily enough, the Flying one decided to remix two of Weezy’s better recent efforts in “A Milli” and “I Feel Like Dying”, the latter of which I cannot stop playing. We have the direct mp3 files for both tracks and then the zip file that includes the instrumentals if you don’t want to hear the Martian.

Download: Flying Lotus – Weezy
Download: Lil Wayne – “A Milli” (Flying Lotus Remix) [Right Click Save-As]
Download: Lil Wayne – “I Feel Like Dying” (Flying Lotus Remix) [Right Click Save-As]

Five Finger Discount is a remix compilation originally produced by Providence, Rhode Island beatsmith, Falside. A follow up to his instrumental tape Bugs In Ya’ Teef, Five Finger Discount is another addition to this talented young producer’s growing digital download series. Available for free download, this installment represents the different styles of Falside’s vastly diverse production. This compilation displays a form of  Falside’s production rarely heard previous to this release, “the remix.” These 14 remixed tracks make it clear that his work behind the boards can be applied to all styles and tastes. Emcees featured on here range from some of hip-hop’s biggest names (Lil’ Wayne) to local favorites (Dirty Hank) to underground luminaries (Kev Brown). Hit the jump for the tracklist and, as always, let us know what you think.

Download: Falside – Five Finger Discount

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Album Review: Drake – So Far Gone (2009)

Rating: 3 out of 5 Potholes

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Welcome to the weekly rundown where we (soulsupreme and Marty) provide you with our top ten headlines for the week that was.

1. R.I.P. DJ AM. I can’t say we’re really up on DJ AM, but he was a huge influence on many artists like DJ Premier, DJ Jazzy Jeff, John Mayer and Questlove. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends at this time.
2. Drake – Forever (Feat Eminem, Kanye West & Lil Wayne). We’re happy for his success, but the music he’s making is uninteresting. It’s the same mainstream hip-hop we won’t remember a year from now.
3. N*E*R*D to add a female R&B vocalist. N*E*R*D is a dope alternative rock group, but if the new music sounds anything like BEP with Fergie >>>FAIL. The only female they should be adding to that group is Santigold. Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to the weekly rundown where we (soulsupreme and Marty) provide you with our top ten headlines for the week that was.

1. VIBE Magazine ceases operations. After 16 years in business the urban music magazine has ceased operations. It’s not too surprising to anyone these days when a magazine or newspaper folds. But that doesn’t mean it’s still disappointing and a continuing sign of how shitty the industry has become.
2. R.I.P. QB Steve McNair. In a very sad turn of events former Tennessee Quarterback  Steve McNair was killed yesterday in an apparent murder-suicide along with a young woman. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this time.
3. Michael Jackson returns to the Billboard charts. After the tragic death of the music icon last week, his music sales have dominated billboard charts again. Sadly, death is one hell of a promotion tool. Read the rest of this entry »

Back by popular demand. We did the most overrated hip-hop albums last week, so its only right we come back this week with the most overrated emcees. Who’s got your #1 spot?

As much as we have classic albums, we have overrated hip-hop albums. The word overrated is defined as; thinking something is better, stronger and more valuable than it really is. I wanted to include Illmatic in the choices but I feel like that album has way too much significance to be called overrated. However, people do bring it up to the point of annoying so its debatable. Which album do you think is the most overrated?

Welcome to the weekly rundown where we (soulsupreme and marty) provide you with our top ten headlines for the week that was.

1. De La Soul releases collaboration album with Nike: Are You In? It’s good, but not much more than that. And hey, at least we have new De La! 45 minutes of running/sweating to the Plugs…lol
   
2. Maxwell Returns after a long hiatus with “Pretty Wings” Just what R&B game has been missing. This is the first single off his upcoming album Black Summer’s Night, which will be first release in 7 years.
3. Guru releases a new joint of his latest Jazzmatazz compilation called “Fast Lane” Monotone meets autotune???!! Somebody get DJ Premier on the phone because this is turrible! © Charles Barkley Read the rest of this entry »