I sincerely doubt that Wiz’s days are as benign as this. Frankly, I envision much more shopping, eating, debauchery and plenty of Amber. Nevertheless, I haven’t posted about Wiz in a while, you know, that whole blowing up thing doesn’t bequeath everyone. Dope video journal though, if you call it that and not a music video, which I just did. Priceless moment of the video is at the 2:38 mark, Juicy J is absolutely zonked, a rarity to say the least.
-Wale & 9th Wonder’s Back to the Feature mixtape dropped, and it features Talib Kweli, Freeway, Black Thought, Young Chris, Joell Ortiz, Bun B, Torae, Joe Budden, and Curren$y. Sounds pretty dope, but I can’t help be feel that Wale is o-ver-rat-ed. Grab it here.
-Not sure what project this is supposed to be off of, but Nas’ newest Swizz Beatz-produced track is kind of nice. This is probably the first Swizz Beatz joint that I’ve ever enjoyed. Still, he’s firmly cemented himself as the 21st Century DJ Clue and needs to shut the fuck up.
-A second track, “Car Service,” has leaked from Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y’s upcoming, collaborative mixtape How Fly. Looking forward to this one.
-Jamie Foxx has a new track out with The-Dream, Kanye, and Drake. Is anyone downloading this track to hear Jamie Foxx? Didn’t think so.
-The Wu continues to make noise, leaking tracks off of their live band-backed Chamber Music. Peep “Kill Too Hard” with Masta Ace, U-God, and Inspectah Deck.
-In case there was any doubt that Slaughterhouse (Royce Da 5’9, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, and Crooked I) is going to be raw as shit already, the first leak off of their album features M.O.P. Check it.
-After what seems like 2 decades, Chali 2na is getting set to drop his debut solo album. If anything, “When Will I See You Again” has reminded me how dope Elzhi of Slum Village is.
-You can’t sample The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” Kweli already tried. But J Dilla could interpolate the melody and throw Guilty Simpson on the track. Yeah, that could work…
-I’ve been a bit disappointed by Torae and Marco Polo’s collabo, Double Barrel, but I’m really feeling the last track.
-BONUS: The sample to Jay-Z’s “D.O.A. (Death of Autotune),” produced by No I.D. Ill, but pretty standard issue.
