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It must be nice having a big budget for videos because Eminem continually keeps putting out these mini movies that other artists would kill to get 1/8th the budget for their videos. “No Love” was one of my favorite songs off of Recovery even though Weezy is on it and isn’t my favorite but I will attribute it to the Haddaway sample (or Night at the Roxbury) which had me laughing the first time I heard it. The video focuses on a Lil Wayne and Eminem obsessed child who gets bullied at school and then takes matters into his own hands once he reaches a breaking point and goes off on his bullies. If you still haven’t gotten Recovery I have to ask, what the hell have you been waiting for?

Mr. 10 Million keeps the TML train going with visuals for “Miss Me”. Maybe it’s Drake’s actor side, but there isn’t really a need for this guy to be making so many dramatic videos. The cinematography and post-production work is crazy on this, but it just feels too much for a track like “Miss Me” (that’s not a knock at the track though). The video in itself is great, but I keep feeling that it doesn’t gel with the song that well.  Shit, I would’ve been satisfied with a run-of-the-mill Hype Williams treatment as long as it had a 2-second Bun cameo at the “Drake you got’em right?” line, so you can’t say I’m picky.

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I am glad I didn’t post “Unforgettable” when it dropped yesterday because I hate doubling up posts on an artist so soon after posting another song. Also there are several accounts out there that Boi-1da is going to rework the drums for “Unforgettable” so take that into consideration when you listen to it. Both of the tracks feature heavy hitters in the industry and showcase the type of feature heavy album that Thank Me Later is going to be when it drops later this year. Grab the downloads and tracklist after the break. Shouts to HNM for the tracks!

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In terms of the tracks off TML that the public has been given a taste of, this one seems to be getting the most people excited. As stated above in the header, although we finally get to hear the song in its entirety, there’s still radio DJ banter on top of the track, but not so much that it makes “Miss Me” impossible to listen to. It’s going to be interesting to see how this album sells. On one hand, there’s the ridiculous hype for Drake, which we all by now know about. On the other, although that hype has translated into critical acclaim and buzz within the hip-hop realm, he still hasn’t found that smash single yet to give him a chance at breaking platinum with Thank Me Later. We’ll see what happens when this finally drops June 15.

Download: Drake – “Miss Me” feat. Lil Wayne [Full, Radio Rip] 

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I have a feeling this might not actually be the “Miss Me” Drake was talking about in interviews a few days ago, but that’s what it’s being sold as. This will be off of TML, in full and free of tags. There’s no Carter verse on this version, but Drake does hold his own regardless. It’s hard not to see the hate being directed at Drake from seemingly everyone, but it’s dumb not to have expected any different with a personality like Drake’s and such a quick rise up the ranks. All that matters to me is that I as a fan enjoy it and that Toronto will wake the fuck up and support it. Boi-1da continues to work his magic behind the boards and delivers yet another dope beat. In terms of TML tracks that have been heard in whole or partially, I’d rank this second, between “Fireworks” above and “Shut It Down” in third.

Download: Drake – “Miss Me” feat. Lil Wayne (Prod. Boi 1-da) (Tagged)

Instead of going to jail Lil Wayne has decided to drop videos on us and this time it’s his single with Eminem off of the Rebirth album. I am not a big Wayne fan myself and his verses don’t really do it for me but Eminem gives us a good one although it doesn’t top his verse in “Forever”. The video is directed by Chris Robinson and follows the same post-apocalyptic, world in chaos which is run by gangs theme that is almost every video that Rihanna is in now and I was half expecting her to pop up in the video haha. Rebirth is out now if you are into to that sort of thing.

OK, so Drake’s half black and half Jewish, so John Mayer would half have sex with him.

Between that and the last bit about why everyone other than Drake and Nicki in YM is pretty much useless (what, you know it’s true), the brothers have really delivered with their latest on Weezy F. What’s dope about ITR is that it’s not only consistently funny, the material is rarely stale thanks to their knowledge of what’s going on at the moment in hip-hop. Anyone can make a Young Money joke, but the Rosenthals know how to make it relevant. All in all, it’s good to have something like It’s The Real to break up the eventual tedium of tracking hip-hop sites.

The Grammy’s have always been overrated in terms of the categories and who wins but I definitely enjoy watching them for the performances. Unfortunately, this year we had someone at CBS with a happy censor finger and instead of hearing the collaboration of the year you heard nothing, especially for us east-coasters. I was looking forward to this performance in particular because Travis was joining them onstage and to see how they worked the song with the noticeably absent Yeezy. Now that we have a better version I can say they did well incorporating one song into the next and cutting out Kanye’s verse but next time I would appreciate hearing most of the song on the original broadcast and not have to look for foreign taped channels which are easier on the censors.

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I have been trying to think of a way to introduce the masses on B&B to jj for some time now and this mash up gives me the perfect opportunity to do it. jj is an artist who is very unique and hard to describe but the best I have come up with is she is the new Enya. She is a very mysterious, meaning we aren’t really sure who she is, and is from Sweden and makes some of the most relaxing music I have heard in a few years and is worth checking out. In fact, her album No. 2 was one of my favorite ones of the year as you can see at my friend Rymeezy’s site TopTenTopTen. The only acts I would add (for right now, you always miss someone)  to that list is Miike Snow and take Eminem off the list but I knew I was forgetting someone after a couple of beers. Furthermore honorable mentions are in order for Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors and The XX on the rock front.

Download: jj x Lil Wayne – “Ecstasy” x “Lollipop” (Neo Success Remix)

The end of the year is upon us and after thinking about it the past few days I decided to put together a few mixes that recapped my year in music. First out the gate is the Hip-Hop Jams mix and it is as many of the songs that I rocked for either a little or long period at some point this year. Besides that, the only other criteria I used was that I tried to only take songs off mixtapes and not albums, for obvious reasons. Due to my computer crash, I was unable to recover all my music so this isn’t everything but it is as accurate as I could get. Enjoy the mix and check back for the second of mix of the trilogy called Hip-Hop Gems. You can grab this download and tracklist below the break.

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