Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Does the Rapper Hayes Deserve the Hype He's Getting?
Hard to avoid it when you're the protege and focus of a joint venture label between hip hop producer titans, Dr. Dre and Timbaland but real talk, this dude is doing vintage 50 cent better than 50 does right now! For goodness sake, dude has a mixtape called 24 Songs of Power which seems to be an obvious nod towards this. Anyway check out the tunes and then try to tell me I ain't right!
Hayes - Held Me Down [usershare mp3 download link]
Hayes - Down Ass B-tch (prod. by JR Rotem) [usershare mp3 link]
Hayes - One Thang For Sure [usershare mp3 link]
Bonus:
Hayes - "Draw The Line (Snippet)" [usershare mp3 link]
Hayes Online - twitter | website | myspace
Thursday, June 24, 2010
AP Video: Timbaland and Dr Dre Go Back to School...
As surprise guest performers at a Culver City High School Graduation. Of course beyond the philanthropy this was really in aid of shilling more Beats By Dre headphones and Dre-endorsed HP laptops. Lucky students, nonetheless! Read more about it HERE. [Fast Company]
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
New Music: Kiley Dean - Say Something (Remix)
New Timbaland protege's remake of his collab with Drake from his recently-released album. Y'all dig??
[via TOFlo.com]
Saturday, May 01, 2010
The Robbery Remixes: Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake - Carry Out / Ludacris - Roll Out
Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake - Carry Out (Robbery Remix) by RobShoemaker:
Ludacris - Roll Out (Robbery Remix) by RobShoemaker:
[via the dropbox yet again! Are y'all getting the picture, yet??]
Labels: Electronic/Dance, Justin Timberlake, Ludacris, Timbaland
Monday, January 11, 2010
New music: Hayes - The First 48
OK, some real music finally! Let's really see what this supposedly-buzzing new protege of Dr. Dre and Timbaland is made of!
"Rapper and actor, Hayes has released a new street album that has taken the industry by storm, entitled The First 48. The Detroit emcee has the backing of both Timbaland and Dr. Dre, after being co-signed to both Aftermath Entertainment and Mosley Music Group, as well as Interscope.
The First 48 features over twenty five tracks consisting of mostly original production, from producers such as Timbaland, The Breakfast Club, and more. Hayes new street album follows two other successful street albums/mixtapes 24 Songs Of Power and Who Da F-ck Is Hayes.
Timbaland revealed to MTV that he is excited about the prospect of working with Hayes, saying: "I think people are gonna wanna know about [him]. Me and Dre just signed him, this guy named Hayes from Detroit.. Incredible storyteller. Incredible. Reminds me of how Notorious B.I.G. [ed note: WTF??] tells his stories."
Hayes is currently touring with Timbaland on his Shock Value II tour, and has been writing for the anticipated Detox album by Dr. Dre."
Who am I kidding?? I'm not gonna listen to this....
Download Hayes' The First 48 mixtape HERE. [mediafire]
Download 24 Songs Of Power and Who Da F-ck Is Hayes [via Datpiff.com]
Online:
Hayes - website | twitter | myspace
Saturday, January 09, 2010
New artist: Introducing Hayes
Rizoh claims this cat sparked a bidding war that led to him being signed by Interscope records in a joint deal with Dr. Dre and Timbaland (I thought he didn't do hip hop any more??). Dude sounds OK but like Rizoh, I'm skeptical of yet another hyped rapper. Y'all?
Sunday, October 18, 2009
The Drake Weekend Serato Music Wrap-Up
More music goodness by the T.dot and Young Money's finest swiped from my fellow hard(er)-working hip hop bloggers:
Drake feat. Gucci Mane - "Believe It or Not" [yousendit download link via Semtex]
Drake - "King Leon" [yousendit (snippet) via Rap Radar]
Drake feat. Birdman - "More Milli" (prod. Boi-1da) [MP3: yousendit | usershare via Mr. X]
and also featuring Aubrey:
Bow Wow - "Every Other" (prod. Cool & Dre) [via Rap Radar / Tha Carter Cartel] <-- actually Drake's not technically on this one, unless swagger-jacking someone's entire steez counts!
Timbaland feat. Drake - "Say Something" [yousendit via RapRadar] <-- I REALLY like this unfinished joint - is it from Shock Value 2?
Online:
Drake - blog | twitter
BUY the So Far Gone EP! - Amazon | itunes
Labels: Baby, Birdman, Bow Wow, Cool and Dre, Drake, Gucci Mane, Timbaland
Friday, October 16, 2009
New music: Shakira – "Give It Up To Me" feat. Lil Wayne & Timbaland (CDQ)
Shakira – "Give It Up To Me" [CDQ] feat. Lil Wayne (prod. Timbaland) [yousendit mp3 download link via Weallscheme.com]
[image via Meka]
Monday, October 12, 2009
New music: Mary J. Blige – “Skycap” (Produced By Timbaland)
If you don't want your music to leak, I guess you gotta give up your dream of having Timbaland produce a track for you:
Mary J. Blige – “Skycap” (prod. by Timbaland) [yousendit mp3 download link via the.LIFE Files]
Online:
Mary J. Blige - website | twitter
Labels: Mary J. Blige, Timbaland
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
New music: Jay-Z - "Venus vs. Mars"
Of course more leaks from Blueprint 3. I'm seeing mixed response on this one online but listen carefully: Hov's spitting some slick sh-t. This is basically an "I Used to Love H.E.R." type track (I think?):
Jay-Z - "Venus vs. Mars" [yousendit mp3 download link] (prod. by Tim 'Timbaland aka The Sieve' Mosely)
Also: nice XXL cover coming next month (swiped from XXLmag.com). I had to change it up - it felt like some variation on the BP3 cover had been gracing like every third post around these parts for the past few days.
[mp3 via Nah Right / TSS]
Sunday, August 23, 2009
New music: Jay-Z feat. Drake - "Off That"
Get ready for the blog posting tsunami that will be the inevitable 'leaks' leading up to the release of the much-anticipated Blueprint 3 album. Expect this to happen at least 5-6 more times by my best estimation.
For the record, I think this track is actually pretty decent. Much closer to the spirit of peak-era period Hov when he had the clubs on smash with joints by Timbaland (behind the decks for this track) and Pharrell than much of his recent output.
Jay-Z feat. Drake - "Off That" [yousendit mp3 download link jacked from YouHeardThatNew.com via I Luv Lola, heads up: Rap Radar]
Agree though?
Monday, May 18, 2009
DJ Skee x Chris Cornell - Scream mixtape
New mixtape of crossover rock, hip hop and alternative sounds mixed by DJ Skee celebrating the release of former Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell's new Timbaland-produced album, Scream.
Download the mixtape here [zshare download link]. Get the tracklisting here.
Bonus:
Watch a video of Cornell's song, "Long Gone" directed by DJ Skee here.
Labels: Chris Cornell, DJ Skee, mixtapes, Timbaland
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Crate Diggin': Abdel Halim Hafez - "Khosarah"
Aka the song sampled by Timbaland for Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'." [via It's The Real]
Semi-related:
ItstheReal.com read some viewer mail.
Labels: Beatmaking, Crate Diggin', Jay-Z, The Real, Timbaland
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
New music: Chris Cornell feat. Justin Timberlake - "Take Me Alive"
Produced by Timbaland:
Chris Cornell feat. Justin Timberlake - "Take Me Alive" [zshare stream/download mp3 link]
This could have been a trainwreck but I f-cks with this! Cornell is described in the post I jacked this from as 'the former Audioslave member.' WTF??!! [via the other Rap-Up, sorry Rizoh]
Labels: Audioslave, Chris Cornell, Justin Timberlake, Soundgarden, Timbaland
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
CurT@!n$ - "Night Of The Living DoPE (Johnny's Revenge)"
From Mickey once again:
"CurT@!n$ unleashes another gem this week from The Great Adventures Of Dope Boy C: WHSL Rebel Radio - "Night Of The Living DoPE (Johnny's Revenge)". Take a trip down Dope Street and you will find CurT@!n$ going bananas over the Timbaland smash "Bounce". When asked about this record CurT@!n$ simply says: "This is my dedication to Johnny. Feels like some zombies took over hip-hop, I'm here to restore order." The H.S.L saga continues..."
CurT@!n$ - "Night Of The Living DoPE (Johnny's Revenge)" [zshare stream/download mp3 link]
Online:
MySpace - CurT@!n$ | High Society Life blog
Labels: CurTain$, Mickey Factz, Timbaland
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Video: Kanye West & Timbaland in the studio...
I guess Kanye was experiencing a lot of heartbreak trying to find the right 808 for "Stronger"! (Ba-dum dum...) I know this clip is old but I threw it up just to remind you of when Ye was actually still making rap records! [via the 808's and Heartbreak blog]
Labels: Kanye West, Timbaland
Monday, January 14, 2008
The Steroid Scandal Spreads to Music??
From the NY Times:
"Entertainers including the singer Mary J. Blige and the rapper 50 Cent are among thousands of people whose names are turning up in an investigation into obtaining steroids or human growth hormones, an Albany newspaper reported on Sunday.
The Times Union reported that the investigation, being conducted by the Albany County district attorney, P. David Soares, also found evidence that in addition to Ms. Blige and 50 Cent, other possible recipients included two other musicians, Wyclef Jean and Timbaland, and Tyler Perry...."
But no Busta?!!
Labels: 50 cent, Mary J. Blige, Steroid Scandal, Timbaland, Wyclef Jean
Friday, October 12, 2007
Tweet feat. T.I. - "My Dear" (audio)
Tweet at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors during the Missy tribute.
Where the hell has this chick been the past few years? This first (?) single kind of sounds like a Timbaland production but I can't confirm that. Anyone?
Tweet feat. T.I. - "My Dear" (direct mp3, Right Click & Save As)
Online: MySpace | UK Website
(h/t: From My Hood... via Baby Sam)
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Timbaland - "Throw It On Me (Feat. The Hives)" (video)
Monday, May 14, 2007
Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. - "The Way I Are (Manny Faces remix)"
No idea what the original sounds like but this is a nice sounding track by a new producer, Manny Faces that I've featured here on the site before. For those knowing, let me know if he did this song justice with his remix....
Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. - "The Way I Are (Manny Faces remix)" (be kind: Right Click and Save As)
Online:
Manny Faces - Website | MySpace
Labels: D.O.E., Keri Hilson, Manny Faces, Timbaland
