Viewing The List

Ne-Yo has a new video for Part Of The List. Well I don't know how new it is as I saw it on TV the other day. And I felt a little behind as video's hardly get to air on television before I see them. But I been trying to find this video for a while now. And as always I'm impressed. I do like the song, but it's Ne-Yo's video's that are impressing me as of late. I always expect him to write a good song, but now I expect him to act in his video's as well. Not just your typical R&B video which consists of the girl pining over the main singer. Ne-Yo has substance to his video's. Check this one, and the three releases preceding it... You'll know what I mean.

International loving... Ayo!

Anyone that knows me knows that I love Red and Meth. So when I heard about Blackout 2 I was over the moon. Not long till the album drops...

Anyway, the upcoming single is Mrs. International. The video for this song should be out soon. The song is real nice though. Very low key on the beat with classic Red and Meth over top of it. It's a beat that you could imagine Jay-Z trying to pick up (anyone that has seen Fade 2 Black knows how picky he is with beats). So I'm glad that they picked this one up. When the video drops I'll put it up... But until then you're going to have to wait.

But the video that they have had out for a while is Ayo! Its got a very early Def Jam sound, classic Method Man and Redman. Nothing tricky on the sample, and nothing amazingly intellectual on the lyrical front. But flow like ooh and two of the most recognised voices in the game. Hip hop is always more fun when Red and Meth are in the game.

Teasing....

Mario's got some new material, Such A Tease. Lyrics are what you could imagine from the title. And the beat is similar to Mario's earlier tracks. His upcoming album And Then There Was Me could be another good album from him. He doesn't get enough credit as an artist. He has made some solid albums, but it's only a couple of singles that have gotten him any airplay. Hopefully this album proves to be different.




The other track on the post is Turn Her On. And if you thought the last track was all about the love making... This one will get you messing up the bed real quick. Smooth beat, sensual singing... Nothing more is really needed. Hence, this is my favourite of the two.

Luxurious Lyricism...

The Boss, Rick Ross has got a new one... Maybach Music Part 2. The only way that I can describe this song is epic. You could imagine this being a theme song. Next time you're walking into a party, have this song banging in your head and notice your swagger. It's in the same league as The Roc Boys... I'm gonna call it 'swagger inducing music'.

Rick Ross gets some help on this track... Lil Wayne, Kanye and T-Pain are on it. He's pretty much guaranteed a radio banger with this. Those three are the current hitmakers, everything they touch turns to gold.

Cudi Going Gaga

Kid Cudi gets crazy over a sampled version of Lady Gaga's Poker Face. The song is called I Poke Her Face and has Kanye and Common on the track. The production is fire. It's one of those beats that gets infectious... You just wanna hear it over and over again. Now I give Cudi cred for doing his thing, and he does it well stepping up first on the track... But as the song goes on, the MC'ing gets better and better. I know that Kanye isn't the best MC in the world, but rolling in second he kills Cudi. But then you got Common coming in last and straight steps on them both. Its not really fair when you have a legend like Common on the beat, he will always make any MC look foolish.

If Lady Gaga sung for this track... Then props to her. She sounds good with some decent production. And A-Track gets Premier-like on this too... Listen for the cuts.

Very impressed with this track....

We Like Her... And We Like Her Too.

Lil Wayne has been off doing his rock thing as seen in Prom Queen. But he's back with a video to Every Girl with the rest of Young Money. The song is catchy and makes you wanna keep listening to it. The lyrics are hilarious "In about three years, holla at me Miley Cyrus".

I like how they use the cartoon effects over top of a pretty simple video. It feels very Good Life by Kanye, especially with the excessive use of the auto tuner.

I'm having a writers block, so you might have to just watch it and make your own mind up... I may update this post later... ha ha.

My earlier video got removed... So here's a bad quality one... Sorry but it's all I could find.

Sensual...

Avant has had his new album out since the end of last year. Didn't really hear too much about the first two singles (When It Hurts, and Break Ya Back (In A Good Way)), but I think that he missed out on not releasing the first track of the album. The album itself "Avant" has a host of guest producers, and the first track Sensuality sounds like its a Neptunes produced beat. The beat is real nice and I was surprised to find out that it's one of the few tracks that hasn't got a guest producer behind it. The song sounds like what Pharrell wanted In My Mind to sound like... Dope beats with a good melodic voice over them. Unfortunately Pharrell failed on the latter part of that statement. But that's where Avant has made this combo work. The lyrics aren't all that great, but you could bang this song in your ipod and find yourself nodding your head to the beat. You could actually bang most of the album in your ipod and have the same effect. It's pretty good.. So pick the album up and have a listen.




Sorry for the video, I couldn't find anything better... Hopefully I'll be able to post something soon.

Back On The Pony...

Ginuwine... A name you may not have heard from in a minute now. He's got a new video out for his latest song Last Chance. He's recruited some celebrity actors for the video in LisaRaye and Tyrese. We all know that Tyrese can sing as well, but for the latter part of his career, he's been trying to act. The video was well directed and has a good story. The acting is good for a music video (that ain't hard), and looks as though Ginuwine has kept his dancing shoes on too. To me it looks like Ginuwine has seen what Ne-Yo has done with his video's in respect to the acting and wanted a piece of that action. But then wanted to keep true to his roots, so put some dancing in there also.

The song is catchy and might get some rotation. But don't expect it to eclipse Pony as Ginuwine's most played song. His lyrics are a little weak for the subject "If I only got one shot to win you... Then call me Jordan, fourth quarter in '92" (have to admit I had a soft spot for that line as I'm a massive Jordan fan). But this song is ok... Not fire... But you might hear it a bit more.

New R.Kelly???

I'm sitting here chilling with one of my boys just listening to old songs. And it got me motivated to write on this thing again. I mentioned The Dream in a recent post. His latest album offering is called Love Vs Money. And all in all its a good solid album. Something that I'm becoming accustomed to with him. But the other thing is, I know that he won't get that much mainstream airplay.

Anyways, getting back to it. My favourite track off the album is Sweat It Out. Its a very sexual song... And it sounds very R.Kelly. I've showed it to a couple of people and they agree with me. The lyrics bleed R.Kelly. He even sounds like him. And to tell you the truth, he does a good job of it. Smooth voice... Panty dropping lyrics... Ain't nothing wrong with this song.