Nneka: The UNComfortable Truth Sometimes we just need some new pheel guud, RIGHT? Well, this is exactly that. Nneka will be ready 2 touch the USA at the beginning of the new year. "CONCRETE JUNGLE" is dropping February 2, 2010 This sista drops powerful lyrics that should strike at the heart of the greedy & heartless Global North whose insatiable appetite for Africa's resources since the days of slavery & colonialism have sucked the life out of our original continent! Her debut album, Victim of Truth (UK released in 2007) was praised by the media, "As good as The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"’ said UK’s The Sunday Times. You can listen 2 and download her new free joint "The Uncomfortable Truth" HERE Lookx like a new generation Miriam Makeba iz n' da build'n! This is video from a couple years ago when they started building the concept 4 "The Uncomfortable Truth"

"BEAUTIFUL THINGS" BLAK ROC, Mos Def, RZA, Jim Jones, Raekwon &.. I meant 2 post this last week...(sowwy). Mos Def, Jim Jone Pharoah & Wu-Tang do the Black Keys - Blak Roc Project. This may be the lovechild of 2 cultures that are the lost lovechild of 1..maybe, maybe NOT, but I'm really excited with the purest anticipation 2 hear it's creative offspring 2 freely commit incest.

If a something in this world can inspire Jim Jones 2 actually tap his inner brillance..it's a "BEAUTIFUL THING" Dame Dash has released something of SUPERB QUALITY Wanna hear the finish product? LISTEN HERE Mos Def & Dame Dash Documentary Coming Soon... blakrok

The Power That "KISSES HOLD" ..Kissing is one of the most intimate actions that 2 ppl can engage in...soft lips can set the stage with beautiful anticipation or NOT. Soultracks has a free joint from Eric Robersons new cd "Fan First". Listen & Download: "The Power that Kisses Hold" HERE 4 Now here's 1 of my fav's from ERRO.. feel free 2 fall in love with me from a distance..

NEW JAM Janet Jackson "MAKE ME" Ms. Jackson, we see you. BAZAAR & DIVA-licious Nice markrting 2 drop this right after her vma performance, well she said it was coming and ... ----> here it is!

Eric Roberson : Music Fans 1st Cover & Tracklist ThanK GOD 4 GROWN & SEXY!! I CANNOT W8 4 this drop..... ...aaah the memories of Mr. Roberson. Don't sleep on this album.. drops August 25th and includes some crazy features. He does'nt even know how 2 diss-a-point , so if you need some smooovveness 4 the new season kop it! Shouts @ T3 , I see ya!.Throw'n HEARTS @ SV! TRACKLIST 1. The Newness 2. The Hunger (feat. W. Ellington Felton) 3. A Tale Of Two (feat. Ben "Bananas" O'neill and Michelle Thompson) 4. Borrow You 5. Dealing (feat. Lalah Hathaway) 6. Still 7. How Could She Do It 8. Further (feat. T3 of Slum Village) 9. The Power That Kisses Hold 10. Howard Girls (feat. Brandon Hines, Geno Young and Aaron Abernathy) 11. Weekend Getaway 12. She 13. Wanna Believe It Again (feat. Wayna) 14. Bad For Me 15. BreakItDown 16. Pave A New Road -Bonus Song- 17. Celebrate (feat. Sy Smith)

Big Sean "Getcha Some" It's been a while..nice 2 get some viuals on the 1st joint from the "FINALLY FAMOUS" album More "GOOD MUSIC" from Big Sean...Coming Soon

WU-Tang /Raekwon ft.M.O.P & Kool G "ILL FIGURES"

This joint actually has me w8'n 4 the "Chamber Music" release from Wu-Tang and some of their peeps that will hit the world on July 30th ...so expect 2 possibly be gifted with a couple more leaks b4 the official drop. Shoutz 2 the brotha Ess Aitch 4 the sunshine. DOWNLOAD : Wu-Tang (Raekwon) - Ill Figures (Feat. M.O.P & Kool G Rap) HERE

"Whitney Houston LP Confirmed 2 Drop In September!"

The Wait Is Over!” shouted the official press yeterday morning: After a six-year absence from the studio, Whitney Houston will return with a new album on September 1st, 2009. Well, if your n2 GROWN FOLKX MUZAK, you probably know this has been one of the most anticipated drops of all time.. well @ least the generation b4 my generation and some real heads from my generation, and I can't w8 2 listen 2 what the footprints of moving towards "VICTORY" sound like!! RS quotes Clive Davis as saying: “The same way her debut album took a while to put together, you just don’t do it by going into a computer. You wait for the material to justify a new album.” While there’s no word on the track list for Whitney’s September record, Davis had mentioned she was stepping into the studio with R. Kelly to record a song titled “I Look to You” and spoke about a Diane Warren- penned ballad producer by David Foster called .. ..“I Didn’t Know My Own Strength.” Swizz Beatz told Rap-Up he produced an uptempo titled “Mill Dollar Bill” for the LP, and an Akon duet called “Like I Never Left” leaked last year. Read the rest @ RollingStone

Official Video | Day 26 "STADIUM MUSIC"

Usually I can't rock with the Boy Bads..and the ony member I could see myself kick'n it wit is big fella cause he's super laid back and confident.. anyway, I actually have enuff love 4 Robert who has been signing since 4 ever...and I'm rooting 4 these brothas who are just trying 2 get there DREAMS accomplished / w/o being raped by Fluffy (2late). Truthfully this beat is knocking XTRA HAWRD!! If you happen 2 be in the car and it comes on BLAST IT.. I guarantee it'll make you wanna ride with an .dam,I'm feeling myself attitude(well, it worked 4 me..lol)

Drake ft R.Kelly : "BEST I EVER HAD" (Remix)

I know Drake did a concert @ the House Of Blues in the CHI last week...maybe these 2 linked up while he was in town..? Well, 4 the past 3 or 4 days they've been playing this on the airwaves in CHI-city like crazy..Kelly does a little marketing 4 his next drop @ the end of the track which is pretty funny but..but not @ all suprising..anythang goes wit KELLS. Guess it is what it is...?

NEW VIDEO | Rick Ross "Cigar Music"

Alot of these joints are constant reminders of what being completely self-involved is..SMDH! It's like standing in the mirror-- NOT tell'n urself how great you are as a MAN, but how fly dress everyday, you know.. ..the ultimate..."fake it til you - make believe it" What I do know iz Ross has dropped alot of perfectly NASTY riding muzak..Tune the vocals out and roll!!

BJ The Chicago KID

I JUST LOVE.. CREATIVE, PASSIONATE, EXPRESSIVE MEN..

B.J. the Chicago Kid & Diz Gibran - "Truly Yours" B.J.'s myspace: myspace.com/streetzsoul Guitar: Erick Walls facebook.com/profile.php?sid=2c0117b1b326de3a6c319ab5d78a0799&id=1400485067&hiq=erick%2Cwalls#/profile.php?id=1400485067&v=info&viewas=1140366570

I'm Fine

I wanted 2 post some pheelgood..it's not new but like i SAID IT PHEELS GOOD! STR8 Fireman material!!!I dropped this video on IATBS.com back in December (ft Joell Ortiz..produced by Black Milk) ...DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS CAT....Colin is the truth!! ...Colin Munroe & Young Buck - I’m Fine prod. Beatnick & K-Salaam The unsung hero links up with the emancipated G-Unit soldier off the imeem/illRoots/K-Salaam & Beatnick album Where The Streets Have No Name.

Colin Munroe ft. Young Buck - Im Fine (Prod. by Beatnick & K-Salaam) 1 - K Salaam & Beatnick =========================================================================== Here's his 1st Video...I dug it outta the IATBS.com archives just so you can be like DAYYUM!! VIDEO via (OS)

"GREENER"

It's kinda weird 2 hear this coming from "Mr. Bentley" ..who's not only a member but the "GENTLEMENS CLUB PRESIDENT" I just look @ him as a gay man, and there's nothing wrong with that whether he is or isn't. He always comes off secure..but his mannerisms seem far 2 feminine 2 look @ him as a sexy figure or sex symbol. Who cares....This joint iz NASTY !!', nice collab with Anthony Hamilton...never would've SUSPECTed it...lol via:smokingsection

OKAY PLAYER JAM 08' ROOTS & SPECIAL GUEST

THIS WAS 1 OF MY FAVORITE JAMS ESPECIALLY WHEN I KNOW I'M ABOUT 2 PUNICH A BROTHA B4 SEXY TYME!!

MELO X- MUSTAFAS RENAISSANCE- "IS THE TRUTH"

Onsmash says: This mixtape is more like an album as MeLo-X showcases his production skills on most of the tracks and grabs features from Nikki Ntu, Theophilus London, Jesse Boykins III, Mickey Factz and more. .. Shout out to MeLo-X and Claude Dary for this one!! =========================================== ME , MYSELF & I SAY: Yeah-Yeah, Last week I posted the introduction video 2 Mustafa's Rennaissance, I was writing about how much I had been anticipating this piece.. only 2 receive a comment from MELO-X just saying.."thankx 4 the love".. No BROTHA, ..Thank You! I waited, intentionally waited 4 24hrs before I even, touched a keyboard 2 speak on some sorta review that could critique Melo's work.. I needed 2 really test pheel it. You know come home, POUR A GLASS OF WINE, light the bathroom candles, and take a long dip in the jaccuzi, and see if it gave any type of correct prescription 4 resting the dayz demons...This morning I needed 2 call MY PEEPS in the SLUMS of the "D" to see if they had tuned in, but I changed my mind, I wanted see how it played inthe ride 2 work..see if it would calm the spirit. My conclusion had been formed 2 blocks before I arrived home an hour ago. See music is like the sound playing backdrop 2 1's LIFE. If you can't remember wher you where and what you were doing the 1st time a song moved you, its simply because it didn't move you @ all. Mustafa's RENAISSANCE is a masterpiece,(LISTEN 2 ME) another part of HIP-HOP that was simply just needed, it's like having the perfect sentences 2 a paragraph, with clear definition and great meaning.. but without the muthaphuk'kuz parts that run on on on more than Erykah Badu's says it, in her 1stsong. This plays like true music..not HIP-HOP, NOT R&B, Not Altenative(whatever that iz)but its music, the kind that @ the end of the CD the ARTIST slash creator lookx @ you and says nothing but 1 word..((( Period!! ))).. ...and then smiles devilishly, like he knows that it hurts, but it hurts GOOD.. ..and he gave it 2 you, even tho' you didn't really want it and made you like it! NICE and NASTY...thats all the ear drums want, is 2 just be mentally molested, and surprisingly pleased... "I bumped it all night...reminds me of when music just felt good, and left a sweet taste in you mouth, that never seems enuff .. like cotton candy on a rainy day!" "So, as I'll say again maybe MELO-X is the choose one?" All I know iz Thiz KING just put hiz part of the 2009 "CHANGE" in Full Affect! "People, its a NEW DAY, and MUSTAFAS RENAISSANCE is proof that, you lame azz NON-ARTIST are gonna have 2 step your game up!!" BLACK MEN ARE SO BEAUTIFUL...THANKX KING, ALL Blessings ...AV8 just wouldn't habe done the same. 01. Mustafa’s Renaissance 02. BoomClap 03. Crumbs, Change & Hair Pins (feat. Nikki Ntu & Theophilus London) 04. I Dont Rap 05. Keep The Faith (feat. Jesse Boykins III & Print) 06. Incredible (Remix) (BK Intro) 07. Just Me 08. Treat Her Right (And I Know) 09. With You 10. First Time (Coolie High) 11. The Imfamous BayDigger 12. The Peepz 13. Neva Free 14. 3L’s (Beat Tape 2005) 15. Tehas Rice 16. Mickey Factz - Rapio 2 Point OH 17. Tehas Beans 18. Tabloids House (Remix) (feat. Jesse Boykins III) 19. Atlantic Soul 20. With You (Revised) 21. Mustafa’s Revenge (NY Jewels) HERES THE LINK http://www.zshare.net/download/52810575c016a520/ mixtape link;via"onsmash

PROTECTION

The collective United Visual Artists created a stage exhibition which consisted of a series of photographs of the concert of Massive Attack at the Royal Festival Hall. A work of GRAPHIC setting on the scene..is simply pretty. U already know I'm a sucker 4 visual lighting and special effects thet just ROCK the set.. I speak on this MA, Pantera, Coldplay, Braz Girls, and Sai,Massive Attack is that group that when I go out with a Beautiful Man and he pikx me up its a must have.. within 2 days it like hey who was that group we were listening 2?..O' bring that cd with us.... Yeah baby..az long az you continue 2 catch 'em I'll continously drop the precious jewelz > > > *smiles "PROTECTION| BEST SONG EVA" Massive Attack - Protection

STILL GAMING

I got respect 4 this MAN because I have watched his evolution with my own eyes...the road he's traveled has been the actual boyz 2 MEN route...from hanging in packs of 50 or more, 2 hanging with hiz seeds and Queen and bragging about it..now thats HAWWT!! I'm sik of grown azz so called "MEN" acting like PURE PUNZKX acting like pre-teen girls, kool one minute , not speaking and ready 2 kill each other the next. Izn't that stuff MEN and WOMEN do after an intimate relationship? "Iz it ME or isn't that just the truest example of S-U-S-P-E-C-T!!?" I loved that Camera Phone joint..just keep making music that creates thought...not killz it..and I'm down, save that DRAMA shit 4 TRIX!

LAST NITE

It was a LOCALS ONLY night in Chicago as a select crowd were treated to an early Christmas gift from Common in his home town. . The secret show at the Museum of Contemporary Arts Warehouse on the West Side was, like the rapper ... NOT @ ALL "COMMON". The crowd of friends and fans had won free tickets by showing they had some Chicago history and hip-hop knowledge in an online quiz.. .."The commercials had hyped me up!", 1st they would come on , they'd show COMMON running through the hallways, then you'd hear backgrounds from the jam "UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL"..I don't care what you say.. ..that joint iz nasty, I mean how do you mix spaceship -ish with, old schooL, BEAT BOXING, SOUL FUNK..2 turn tables and a mic?..Any way @ the end of the commercial it said:"FREE CONCERT 4 COMMON FANS..log On 2 chicago.nbc..and find it if you can.. THATS HOT AZZ MARKETING!!" Talk about a sister, that stopped chewingg fruity pebbles in the middle of a newely perfectly poured bowl, 2 log on..and when they said find it if you can..they were not joking..It was almost impossible, almost close but no cigar... Hundreds rocked the house as Common owned the stage along with a band and deejay sprinkling classics with several songs from his newly-released eighth album, "Universal Mind Control," including "Punk Drunk Love and "Gladiator." "OH AND BY THE WAY..KANYE SHOWED UP!!" It'z a beautiful thang 2 see a brother come from hiz 1st joint..can I borrow a dollar 2 actually making music that still has substance, a movies with the biggest actors in HOLLYWOOD light years later. There are not many people who give back 2 the same fans that place them in SUPA-STAR status.. "LOVE THIS BROTHA 4 it 2, FREE CONCERTS and 99 cent albums... NOW THATS WHAT I CALL A SUPA'STAR..in the REALTALK language!" COMMON IZ WHAT REAL HIP-HOP IZ ALL ABOUT! NO MATTR WHAT.. AS OF 2DAY.. COMMON IS STILL JUST WHO HE WAS SsShOuTz:chicagonbc.com