I forgot how dope Da Brat was OMG and after listing to this remix I hope she is planning a massive comeback Check out this track as Da Brat and Jermaine Dupri tackle the popular single “Look At Me Now” by Chris Brown. Da Brat was not playing on this track I see a lot of female rappers from the past are planning to come back soon I hope they do so we can get some diversity in female rap.Check it out below and leave me your thoughts.

JD & Da Brat – Look At Me Now

Here is the unfinished remix to “All of the Lights,”the latest single off Kanye west’s platinum album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. While the beat is still the same Kanye adds his G.O.O.D music signee Big Sean on the track along with Lil Wayne and Drake.

Kanye West – All of the Lights RMX (feat. Lil Wayne, Big Sean, & Drake)

I love it!

Marsha Ambrosius burst into the landscape of popular music  in the fall of 2002, along with poet Natalie Stewart as half of the poetry/singing duo Floetry. Since the disbanding of Floetry, Ambrosius has become a very sought after songwriter and feature guest. Signing her first solo deal with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label, she wrote and sang with the likes of Busta Rhymes, The Game, and Nas. After parting ways in 2009, Ambrosius signed with J Records and began work her long-delayed solo album.

The outcome is Late Nights & Early Mornings, and what an outcome it is. With no shortage of sexy, the album is very reminiscent of another soul music titan of today, Jill Scott. But unlike Jill, where innuendo and between the lines chatter is where you’d find the obvious, Marsha just lays it out for you on a silver platter of such sleek production, it makes you unaware of the simplicity of the lyrics. The repeated hook of “Sex so good/ Do You Remember?” on first single Hope She Cheats On You (With A Basketball Player) or “Let me do it all night/ Let me do it all night/ I wanna do it all night,” on the title track gives no need for use of imagination. Marsha wants to do it all night.

The album starts off with the sexy With You. Co-written with Alicia Keys, the song has a very ‘Say Yes’ vibe to it, reminiscent of the sound of Floetry, but not quite direct homage. Actually, the track Your Hands is the only obvious song that seemed written with Floetry in mind, not Ambrosius as a solo artist. Without Natalie Stewart’s poetic ramblings layered with Marsha’s cry-filled vocal, the song comes off as prolonged and boring by the 2 minute mark. This song would would have been better suited as a 30 second interlude.

No matter the subject matter of the song, Ambrosius consistently sounds as if she’s, at any given moment, about to break down and cry her poor heart out. Call it annoying or singing with “emotion,” it’s never seemed more appropriate than on the declarative, Lauryn Hill penned Lose Myself , and the wonderful second single Far Away. People tend to appreciate songs about different subjects. There’s more to relationships than the basic love/hate. There’s more to life, which is probably why Far Away has been so deeply relatable by so many.

With an album full of slow-jams and mid-tempo love songs, something a tad bit upbeat would have been appreciated; which is maybe why Ambrosius, singing a sped up, dance groove version of Butterflies, the hit song she wrote for Michael Jackson for his 2001 album Invincible, was featured at the end. Instead, it came off sounding dated and unnecessary.

Seperately, the songs here are solid and stand well on there own, but grouped together on an album, it gets a little boring. But even with it’s shortcomings, Late Nights & Early Mornings is needed. R&B music, and artists that sing it well, seems like it’s disappearing from earshot more and more each year. If this is how the journey of Marsha Ambrosius’ solo career starts off, than I’ll hop on for the ride.

Lupe Fiasco performed at The Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City last night for a jam-packed intimate show that I watched via Ustream!

Fiasco was joined by surprise guests Kanye West and Mos Def who took to the mic for a 7-minute freestyle.

Listen to the impromptu freestyle below.

Kanye and Mos Def at The Blue Note Ft. Robert Glasper Experiment by cisconyc

Although I still have Tity Boi’s last mixtape in heavy rotation….This is his latest release. It features Big K.R.I.T, Bun B, Pusha T and a few others. This mixtape has a great momentum and is full of bangers! Listen & Download below! Enjoy!

Download Mixtape Free | LiveMixtapes.com Mixtape Player

After teasing us with a few twitter leaks…. Dondria finally releases the part two of her 2009 mixtape, Dondria Duets 2: Mixtape, featuring reinterpretations of contemporary R&B hits.

The So So Def artist offers a female perspectives on tunes from mael artists by duetting on Chris Brown’s “No BS,” J. Cole and Drake’s “In the Morning,” Bruno Mars’ “Grenade,” and more. She is incredibly talented. Download the 10-track mixtape below.

Download Mixtape Free | LiveMixtapes.com Mixtape Player

We are only days away from the release of Lupe’s much awaited Lasers album, Lupe Fiasco freestyled over Kanye and Jay-Z’s “H.A.M.” beat. The piece was recorded during his current trip to London, where he stopped by the infamous Tim Westwood radio show. The interview for the show was awesome! Check out his flow over “H.A.M” below! Enjoy!

Lupe – H.A.M Freestyle

Wiz Khalifa gives away a nine-track mixtape titled ‘Cabin Fever’ ahead of his major label debut ‘Rolling Papers’ which is just around the corner on March 29.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Rihanna knows how to pick them when it comes to features on her music ,J.Cole hops on the the remix to Rihanna’s new single S&M from her album “Loud” the song is nice. I’m really getting tired of the pop techno sound I’m really waiting for somebody to give us a different sound in music its like most of these main stream artist are really scared of trying something new. But nevertheless…It’s hot!!! Check it out!

Rihanna_-_S&M_[Remix]_(f._J._Cole)