New 50 Cent Ft Tpain - You Won't Believe Me

This man really has ran out of ideas. Once upon a time 50 cent was tearing up the singles scene now it seems he's doing whatever is Hip to get the sales. Rappers really need to understand Auto Tune is wack and play't. It was play't when I first heard T-Pain, it was wack when weezy jumped on it, the more of yall who jump on it the wacker it gets stop please.
On the other hand for those who like Auto tune .
50 cent ft T-pain - You Won't Believe Me
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Review For Elzhi - The Preface.

I think elzhi is the saviour of hiphop, I think he is the best raw talent in hiphop since the kid with a chipped tooth from Queensbridge. So it's no suprise that I was really eager for the preface to drop, I expected it not only to be the best album this year but the best album i've heard in the last 5 years.

So the preface drops i'm on Holiday doing some other shit so I don't hear it(hence the late review), but I get back and I finally get round to listening to it and i'm impressed it's a strong effort, a great album however it's no classic.

The beats are great. I've always loved black milks production and he doesn't fail to deliver here all of his beats have a good feel to them, but their isn't really any dark feeling beats and that's not a bad thing but some concepts that elzhi seems to be exploring on this album don't really seem to suit black milks production style (a perfect example of this would be "D.E.M.O.N.S").There's two tracks not produced by black milk aswell the one track produced by T3 is probably my favourite beat on the album.Overall the production on this album is solid and not really a problem.

Now Elzhi himself, the man of the moment is great on this album he has mastered his craft and has a style which just sounds great to listen to. The way he uses multiple rhymes and big syllables whilst still flowing perfectly is so impressive that sometimes you just listen and be like "Dayum". It's evident he puts alot of work into perfecting his rhymes.

But like I said it still isn't a classic. The beats are great and so is elzhi, however the album just doesn't coalesce. It's a very strong album but doesn't have that masterpiece feel that illmatic for example has, I guess what i'm trying to say is that the album really lacks focus. It's just 16 tracks one after another and get's a little boring at times, there's also no tracks I was like damn I have to go back to that (maybe motown 25). Don't get me wrong it's still a very good album but Elzhi could do so much better and it doesn't really live upto the expectation I had, I was expecting a masterpiece and Elzhi just delivered a very good album, this would be okay most of the time but I really want this dude to make it and to get that acclaim he really needed a classic. Alot to ask but if any new rapper can do it, it's Elzhi.

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Mishka NYC backpacks

It's September and that means one thing to alot of us back to school,but just because school is boring doesn't mean we can't look fly. Mishka NYC has dropped a backpack with that very objective in mind. The skyway backpack has the same shape as an average backpack but has been spiced up with some very interesting colours. This is perfect for you if you have a dope fashion sense and are off to school. Read more.

Crookes & Castles x Vans

I must say i'm not the biggest crookes & castles fan (not a vans fan either for that matter).However This collaboration is hot as hell, it's using a gucci theme(my shit) and both colour ways that I have seen look brilliant. I'm suspecting theese won't be the best shoes for skating though but if you got a fly tee and some fresh jeans you should definetly check theese out.
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Common (Feat. Pharell) - Announcement

Produced by The Neptune's, Common and Pharrell's new collab has impressed a lot of people. However, we still have the argument of whether you prefer common rapping over Kanye beats. I think i prefer The Neptunes, but that is just me. You decide...

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New Material From your man Wasalu

So The Cool decided to preview some of his new joints at some University, the tracks found their way to YouTube then to lupEND then to here! Enjoy! It has been said that Lupe Fiasco's lupEND release will be in December 2009.









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Mos Def - The Glow

Once upon a time Mos Def was the best emcee talent wise out,that Mos Def is finally back and he's tearing it up Black On Both Sides style. After two hit and miss albums Mos Def has released a promising single which exhibits his immense skills on the mic.
Enjoy.

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