Alicia Keys - Element of Freedom Tracklisting and Preview

1. The Element Of Freedom (Intro)

2. Love Is Blind

3. Doesn’t Mean Anything

4. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart

5. Wait Til They See My Smile

6. That’s How Strong My Love Is

7. Unthinkable (I’m Ready)

8. Love Is My Disease

9. Like The Sea

10. Put It In A Love Song feat. Beyoncé Knowles

11. This Bed

12. Distance And Time

13. How It Feels To Fly

14. Empire State Of Mind (Part II)

PREVIEW HERE

Album in Stores December 14th

The Game x Star Trak

The Game is kinda bugging in my opinion when son decided to get the Star Trak logo inked on his arm for Pharrell's sake. I mean Pharrell is not getting G-Unot tatted on him! lol But anywho, apparently P. Willy is executive producing his new album an he thinks that's worthy of a permanant place on his body! Read what he had to say to Rap-Up magazine below and see how you feel about the whole situation. The Game's R.E.D. Album is due in stores February 16th.


“Pharrell’s gonna take my career to the next level, keep me ’hood and cross me over at the same time by executive producing my album, so that’s how I show my loyalty,” Game told Rap-Up.com of his new tat. “Pharrell is my friend. We’ve created a work bond and established a friendship. Star Trak is gonna make me money in the future—that logo, that brand, that man helping me. That’s something that’s gonna put milk in my refrigerator and help me feed my kids, keep them in private school, and keep them doing what they do.”


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Kid Cudi "Pursuit of Hapiness" Video

Cudi is the only dude I know besides my homie Lo that can pull off the short afro look. But this is really a dope video. I bet you won't catch it on the top ten though. Sad.
Check out this track Cuder did w/ Robin Thicke called "Elevatas". It's pretty dope.

MY LIFE IS A PARTY!

If you happen to be in the New Orleans area tomorrow night this is def going to be the place to be! Lots and lots of good music and drinks! $7 at the door! BE THERE!

2010 Grammy Nominations!

Yesterday the Recording Academy released the 2010 nominees for the Grammy Awards! Among the nominees were Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift, and Keri Hilson.

Here are a few of the major nods! Let us know who your picks are....

Album Of The Year:

I Am…Sasha Fierce (Beyoncé)
The E.N.D. (the Black Eyed Peas)
The Fame (Lady Gaga)
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (Dave Matthews Band)
Fearless (Taylor Swift)

Record Of The Year:

"Halo" (Beyoncé)
"I Gotta Feeling" (the Black Eyed Peas)
"Use Somebody" (Kings Of Leon)
"Poker Face" (Lady Gaga)
"You Belong With Me" (Taylor Swift)

Song Of The Year:

"Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
"Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
"Use Somebody, "Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
"You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best New Artist:

Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

Best Pop Vocal Album

The E.N.D. (The Black Eyed Pease)
Breakthrough (Colbie Calilat)
All I Ever Wanted (Kelly Clarkson)
The Fray (The Fray)
Funhouse (Pink)

Best R&B Album

The Point Of It All (Anthony Hamilton)
Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics (India.Arie)
Turn Me Loose (Ledisi)
Blacksummers’ Night (Maxwell)
Uncle Charlie (Charlie Wilson)

Best Rap Album

Universal Mind Control (Common)
Relapse (Eminem)
R.O.O.T.S. (Flo Rida)
The Ecstatic (Mos Def)
The Renaissance (Q-Tip)

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New Kid Cudi - Cudderisback

Kid Cudi is back on the scene with a new joint entitled Cudderisback As of yet no idea whether this joint is a single off a new album or what but hey its new music!

Take a listen and leave your thoughts!

DOWNLOAD/STREAM HERE

Via Hypebeast

Freeway- Know What I Mean (produced by Jake One)

My man Free may bullshit on these mixtapes but he don't play when it comes to albums. Soon as the beat dropped I knew this was that heat rock! Anyways, this is the 1st cut off of Freeway's upcoming album "The Stimulus Package". As of it now it's set to drop Feb. 16 but you never know. Stay posted!
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Better Late Than Never ---> Lupe Fiasco - Enemy of the State: A Love Story

Lupe is ALWAYS ill, 'nuff said

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Snoop f/ Brandy and Pharrell

I'm feeling this! It's not just my Pharrell bias either lol. Uncle Snoop is the homie and Brandy adds something to this song that no one else could in my opinion. This joint will be included on Snoop's new album Malice in Wonderland which I believe drops on the 8th of this month. I approve.

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Chris Brown - Graffiti Preview

We've been hearing a lot about Chris Brown in the media lately but it hasn't been about music per se....however today a leak for his new album Graffiti has been posted. After giving it a quick listen I must say that I'm more than a bit disappointed in what I'm hearing and I'm a bit of a Chris Brown stan! I was THOROUGHLY disappointed in the album artwork and I'm kinda sensing that the wackness of the artwork reflected the album. Maybe it's one of those things that just has to grow on me. As of yet I'm not feeling it though!

My pick off the album is Famous Girl

Have a listen for yourself HERE

Chromeo "Dj-Kicks"

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Mr. Hudson "White Lies"

Ok, maybe I could have found a better picture of him. It does look like he snorted a few lines. But this is the best song I've heard from him so far. As you may know I am not really a fan of him but I like this one.
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The Roots "How I Got Over"

I posted a video of The Roots performing this song live on Jimmy Fallon. It reminds me of a gospel song, then I typed in the title into the search on Youtube & I see gospel versions of it. From Mahalia Jackson to Mary Mary, they all have their own renditions of this song.
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Kid Sister "Right Hand High"

Haven't heard a song from Kid Sis in a while. Her album, Ultraviolet drops October 6th.
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Despicable Me - Pharrell + Movie Trailer

This movie looks like something that I would really wanna see, its a Pixar joint I believe, plus Pharrell had a hand in doing the soundtrack including the title track! Turns out that the title track is just a hook, so if any aspiring rappers wanna hop on the verses are blank! Good stuff, you can download/stream it below and take a listen for yourself!!

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John Legend "When It Rains"

I was just saying how his first album, "Get Lifted" was a classic & how he kinda went down hill after that. This sounds like classic material to me. I listened to it about 4 times already.
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Skyzoo "The Beautiful Decay"

I like this. It has a nice hip hop vibe to it. What else would you expect from 9th Wonder productions This part stood out to me.
"Please don't believe in everything that you listen to. Everything you listen to is everything they didn't do. Everything they didn't do is everything they wanna say. Everything they wanna say is everything you wanna say."
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Mr. Hudson+Kanye+Kid Cudi= 'Anyone But Him' & 'Everything Is Broken'

I actually laugh @ Hudson's music! I usually like anything with Kanye on it but I can't front on this.


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Ok, I actually like this one. And it takes a few seconds to play so be patient.
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Jim Jones+Nakim= Hustler's Serenade

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Rick Ross+Sleepy Brown= Neverland Ranch

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