This is the official video for Kanye’s “Cold Winter” which is of course on the now infamous 808s & Heartbreaks. Yeah that dropped a year and change ago. Also Kanye is not in the video.

B.o.B – May 25th (Mixtape)

I’ve been listening to this all afternoon. This guy is gonna have one hell of a year. B.O.B.’s debut album B.O.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray which drops on May 25th. Album will be dropping via T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records.

Features guest verses from J. Cole, Asher Roth and Charles Hamilton. Production from B.O.B, Alchemist and Kanye West.

If you like this - Shake over at 2dopeboyz uploaded all of B.o.B’s previous mixapes. Check them out here.

My interview with B.o.B should be up this week and will be played on my radio show next week.

B.o.B – Fuck the Money ft. Asher Roth (prod. Kanye West)

This is a radio rip but it’s with out a doubt worth posting anyway. B.O.B. recruits Asher Roth to spit over this crazy Kanye West best. This is off B’s mixtape that drops Monday, Feb 1st. The mixtape is titled May 25th because that’s when his album drops.

Common - Next Time (Prod. by Kanye West) [Unreleased]

Well this is some classic shit. Unreleased Common from the Finding Forever days.

Hope we see an album from Lonnie in 2010.

spotted at Fake Shore Drive.

Common - Strange Fruit ft. John Legend (Prod. Kanye West)

A leftover of Common’s Finding Forever. I guess Cassidy ended up using the beat. What a waste because this is a million times better. I love when stuff like this gets released - we would never get to hear stuff like this a couple of years ago.

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30 Seconds To Mars – Hurricane (Ft. Kanye West)

No this is not an unreleased track from 808s & Heartbreaks but a new track off 30 Seconds To Mar’s new album.

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Ester Dean – Drop It Low (REMIX) ft. Lil Wayne & Chris Brown (prod. Polow Da Don)

This beat is fire in its own way. IMO.

Kanye West – I’m So Appalled [Tags]

Original this track had some mystery - but than my dude Andrew over at FSD let us know that it’s a Yeezy verse from a track on Diddy’s new album Last Train to Paris.

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Black Thought – The Professional (Unreleased)

Some unreleased rhymes from one of the most legendary MCs in the game. Yup.

Drake – Forever (Travis Barker Remix) ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem

So is Drake happy with the end result? Barker has no idea — seems Drizzy hasn’t even heard the remix yet. No one has. Until now, that is.
“No one’s heard this!” Barker said. “Actually, Marshall [Mathers, a.k.a. Eminem] heard it, and he loved it — but no one else has.”

Well Travis does it again. Damn!

spotted at illRoots.

Video for the first single of Consequene’s new album. G.O.O.D Music at its finest.

This video is kinda clowning….but I mean the track is kinda dope and the line up is ridiculous as we all know. Shouts to LeBron!

Anyone spot Slaughterhouse?

Drake - Forever ft. Eminem, Kanye West & Lil Wayne (prod. Boi-1da)

UPDATED: This is the final explicit mastered CD quality version of the track.

So - I’ve been hearing a lot of gossip about this one over the last week. It was supposed to drop Friday via iTunes. I mean just look at this track! As hip-hop explodes right now let clear a few things up - this is NOT the final version. A new hook will be put in place from a female R&B singer who has yet be named. This version is un-mastered a final version will drop as planned on Friday if not earlier. Yes - this is a recycled beat.

The track will be featured in the upcoming LeBron James bio-pic/movie More Than A Game.

Here is some more info from Rich Paul, who works alongside LeBron for his marketing company. Quotes via MTV NEWS:

“It was done, it was just Drake and Kanye, and then they went back and got two more prolific talents and it just made it even crazier, ” Paul told MTV News late Tuesday. “They blessed Drake crazy.”

The song came together when Gee Roberson, an executive at Atlantic Records who also manages West and helps to oversee the careers of Drake and Wayne, visited LeBron during the playoffs in May.

“He came over and played this — it was me, LeBron and Maverick [Carter, James’ manager],” said Paul, who will co-executive produce the project for James’ camp. “And he played the track, it was hot. It went right with the movie, it was like perfect for a moment that you want to be forever. And when he decided to put Wayne, Drake, Kanye and Eminem on it [together], it just makes is better. It’s one of those songs fans will really want to hear forever. It’s that type of feeling.”

“There’s gonna be an unexpected feature on the hook,” he said. “Right now we have three different R&B singers writing the hook to see who comes up with the best one. I’mma be shocked. So I can’t tell you who it’s gonna be.” On the original, Drake performs double duty, rapping and singing the chorus.

Shouts to LilWayneHQ and NEW MUSIC CARTEL. Nahright with the artwork.

Jay-Z - Run This Town (Ft. Rihanna & Kanye West)

Brand new video for Jay-Z’s “Run This Town” featuring Kanye West and Rihanna on the hook. We will see is this video stays up all night - I’ll put up a better quality video as soon as it drops. Looks like MTV Germany jumped the gun and beat out MTV USA.

The Blueprint 3 drops September 11th.

And below a video and remix for “Digital Girl” which originally featured Yeezy and The Dream but Drake hops on board for the remix. Funny it’s Jamie Foxx’s track but I could give two shits.

Jamie Foxx Feat. Drake, The-Dream & Kanye West - “Digital Girl (Remix)

Well apparently this rumored tracklist is quite wrong. A lot of newcomers on this one, as well as some veterans of the game. Should be quite interesting. I’ll assume most of the production is still Kanye West? I like where this is going, should be a solid album regardless. Should of kept Nas on that “Empire State of Mind” track though.

Confirmed via Jay-Z.

Kid CuDi just announced the “tracklisting” for his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of the Day, which is set to drop September 15th. CuDi also announced the next single will be “Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) ft. MGMT & RATATAT”.

Tracklisting:

ACT 1: THE END OF THE DAY

1. In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem)
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life
3. Simple As…

ACT 2: RISE OF THE NIGHT TERRORS

4. Mr. Solo Dolo (Nightmare)
5. Heart of a Lion (KiD CuDi Theme Music)
6. My World ft. Billy Cravens

ACT 3: TAKING A TRIP

7. Day N Nite (Nightmare)
8. Sky Might Fall
9. Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part 1)

ACT 4: STUCK

10. Alive (Nightmare) ft. RATATAT
11. CuDi Zone
12. Make Her Say ft. Kanye West & Common
13. Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) ft. MGMT & RATATAT

ACT 5: A NEW BEGINNING

14. Hyyerrr ft. Chip Tha Ripper
15. Up, Up & Away (The Wake & Bake Song)

I really thought I was going to have to play some serious catch up after not blogging for a few days but not much really dropped. Thankfully I got some good stuff from the homie Add-2 as he drops this promo video for his upcoming track “Superman” which will be featured on his Tale of Two’s City 3: The Rise & Fall mixtape that drops August 28th. Video looks to be dope.

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Preview/trailer for the “Run This Town” video. Jay. Rihanna. Kanye.

1. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)
2. D.O.A. (Produced by No I.D.)
3. Weigh Me Down Feat. Kid Cudi (Produced by Kanye West)
4. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)
5. Run This Town Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)
6. Empire State Of Mind Feat. Nas (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.)
7. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)
8. Always Feat. Drake (Produced by Kanye West)
9. Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)
10. Everyday A Star Is Born Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
11. Already Home (Produced by Kanye West)
12. Forever Young Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
13. Thank You (Produced by No I.D.)

Bonus Tracks:
14. Sound Of The 70s (Produced by Kanye West)
15. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West)

Well there ya have it. I know I’m happy to see lots of Kanye production, not sure about so much Mr. Hudson…and that MGMT track? Looks like a monster though.

Also this tracklist might not be totally official - so things could change.