Cop Today: Kanye West – VH1 Storytellers (CD + DVD)

Yes, I’m a ‘Yeezy stan.

So, I’m pushing this CD/DVD set to anyone who wants to up their collection. It features live renditions of some personal favorites like “Good Life,” “Touch The Sky” and “Heartless” plus 3 bonus tracks including my jam “Homecoming.”

Click the cover or title to cop from Amazon, Enjoy!

Buy: Kanye West – VH1 Storytellers (CD + DVD)

Track List:

1. See You In My Nightmares (Live) 3:13
2. Robocop (Live) 6:17
3. Flashing Lights (Live) 6:41
4. Amazing (Live) 8:24
5. Touch The Sky (Live) 9:53
6. Say You Will (Live) 7:42
7. Good Life (Live) 6:30
8. Heartless (Live)/Pinocchio Story (Live) 11:01
9. Stronger (Live) 4:53

Bonus Tracks:

1. Homecoming (Live) 3:34
2. Paranoid (Live) 5:15
3. Street Lights (Live) 2:46

Preview:

100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade (2006-7)

*Sinatra voice* When I was 21 (2007), it was a very good year..

Click the covers or names to boost my Amazon affiliate cred buy your own copies of albums that will be remembered. Forever. Enjoy!

Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2006

1. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale

2. J Dilla (Jay Dee) – Donuts

3. T.I. – King

4. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury

5. Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead

6. Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor

7. Cam’ron – Killa Season

8. The Roots – Game Theory

9. Jay-Z – Kingdom Come

10. Rhymefest – Blue Collar

Honorable Mentions: The Coup – Pick A Bigger Weapon, Cunninlynguists – A Piece of Strange

Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2007

1. Kanye West – Graduation

2. Talib Kweli – EarDrum

3. Blu & Exile – Below the Heavens

4. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool

5. Jay-Z – American Gangster

6. Little Brother – Getback

7. Black Milk – Popular Demand

8. Redman – Red Gone Wild (Thee Album)

9. Brother Ali – The Undisputed Truth  

10. UGK – Underground Kingz

Honorable Mentions: 50 Cent – Curtis, Common – Finding Forever, Pharaohe Monch – Desire, Hell Razah – Renaissance Child

Only 1 more year left, then we’ll close it out with a treat ’09. Stay tuned..

100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Decade (2004-5)

Let’s keep it movin’, shall we?

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Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2004

1. Kanye West – College Dropout

2. Madvillain (MF Doom & Madlib) – Madvillainy

3. The Roots – The Tipping Point

4. Murs & 9th Wonder – 3:16: The Ninth Edition

5. Masta Ace – A Long, Hot Summer

6. De La Soul – The Grind Date

7. Foreign Exchange (Nicolay & Phonte) – Connected

8. T.I. – Urban Legend

9. Cam’ron – Purple Haze

10. Nas – Street’s Disciple

Honorable Mentions: Royce Da 5’9” – Death Is Certain, Twista – Kamikaze

Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2005

1. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter II

2. Common – BE

3. Kanye West – Late Registration

4. The Game – The Documentary

5. Sean Price – Monkey Barz

6. Young Jeezy – Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101

7. Juelz Santana – What The Game’s Been Missing!

8. Notorious B.I.G. – Duets

9. Danger Doom – The Mouse & The Mask

10. Quasimoto – The Further Adventures of Lord Quas

Honorable Mentions: Beanie Sigel – The B. Coming, Black Market Militia – Black Market Militia, Edan – Beauty and the Beat

We’re half-way through the decade, stick with me ’til the end! Next up, ’06-7..

Ready To Fly

This is one for all you Drizzy stanboys and girls.

Blend-tape expert DJ Noodles flipped a bunch of Drake acapellas for Ready to Fly, a collection of mash-ups reinterpreting songs by the Toronto native. Presented by Broken Cool and Dat Piff, it features Jay-Z, UGK, Kanye West, John Legend, Trey Songz, and of course the Martian.

Bump this as you throw on your trusty hump-day cardigan.

Download link and back cover with track list below. Shout to the good homie Adam, Enjoy!

Download: Brokencool.com Presents… DJ Noodles x Drake “Ready To Fly” Mixtape [Alternate Link]

 

Jay-Z: Answer The Call

Looks like Blueprint 3 sprung a serious leak this morning, as features with Kanye and J Cole have hit the ‘nets. I’ll post the links but I haven’t heard ’em yet since I’m at the executive office.

Another bit of info dropped today about the September 11th concert Hov is throwing at MSG. According to Answer the Call, tickets go on sale Sept. 8 and are $50. You’ll know more when I do.

[Edit] The internet presale starts at 9 AM EST on Sept. 8 for Citi Card members only, then at noon they go on sale to the public. I knew that college credit card would pay off sometime! Check out Ticketmaster for more info.

Shouts to Illionaire & Low Key for the tracks, Enjoy!

Jay-Z ft. Kanye West – Hate

Jay-Z ft. J Cole – A Star Is Born

11 Ultimate Hip-Hop Trios

With the dream-team of Ghostface, Raekwon & Method Man forming like Voltron possibly even before ’09 kicks the bucket, heads everywhere should be drooling over the possibility of an album from the Wu-based trio.

Similarly, the three-headed monster Random Axe comprised of Black Milk, Sean Price & Guilty Simpson leaking “Monster Babies” off their upcoming collab album this year was monumental.

These combos really are dreams come true. So I got to thinking, what other combinations of MCs would hip-hop heads like to hear? Here are my choices for 11 of the ultimate hip-hop trios:

Jay-Z, Nas & Eminem

Group Name: Greatest of Our Time

Rakim, Kool G Rap & KRS-One

Group Name: Veteran’s Day

Kanye West, Talib Kweli & Pharaohe Monch

Group Name: Guerilla Monsoon

Scarface, Bun B & Slim Thug

Group Name: Anti-Confederacy

Q-Tip, Black Thought & Common

Group Name: Rewind Power

Snoop Dogg, B-Real & Redman

Group Name: Smoke Break

Posdnuos, Phife Dawg & A-Plus

Group Name: Under Rated

T.I., Ludacris & Big Boi

Group Name: Bottom’s Up

Black Milk, Royce Da 5’9 & Elzhi

Group Name: Motor City

Brother Ali, Jay Electronica & Blu

Group Name: Add Verbs

Wale, Lupe Fiasco & Phonte

Group Name: Fresh Breath

 

What about you? Who would be your choices for hip-hop trios?

Jay-Z on Real Time with Bill Maher

I caught Sean Carter on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO last night over at my homies crib, enjoyed it a lot.

Hov goes into how he puts together a track, hip-hop culture in general, calls Kanye a “genius” and Biggie the best to ever do it (besides himslf) then receives a book of every single lyric he’s ever spit. Hov’s laugh just makes me want to crack up every time!

Shouts to the Double R for the footage, Enjoy!

Forever

The passion and the flame is ignited
You can’t put it out once we light it

The moment we’ve all been waiting for – Drake, Kanye, Weezy & Eminem on the same track, “Forever.”

Shady’s verse >>>> 95% of rappers’ this year.

Shouts to Ian for the audio, Enjoy!

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

Obligatory Jay-Z & Drake Post

By now I’m sure you’ve heard the long-awaited cut “Off That” by Hov & Drizzy off Blueprint 3 produced by Timbaland.

I’m content with Drake solely on the hook since I’m positive he can’t keep up with the living legend just yet. I’d also love to hear more from Timbo on BP3, but No-ID and Kanye ain’t bad at all.

Peep the download links below. What do y’all think?

Jay-Z ft. Drake – Off That [Alternate Link]

Sound (& Video) Table 8/20/09

For today’s edition of the Sound Table I had to include some new videos storming the innanets. Up top is “Run This Town” from Jay-Z’s upcoming LP Blueprint 3 featuring Rihanna & Kanye West, down below is the remix to Jamie Foxx’s “Digital Girl” with ‘Yeezy, The-Dream & Drake.

After that are some gems, including a demo tape from Eminem’s early years and the album that B.o.B. should put out if Atlantic wasn’t bullshitting taking their sweet time. It reminds me of Little Brother’s Getback all over again.

Ready? Enjoy!

Sound Table

Black Milk – In The AM

B.o.B. – Should Have Been The First Album (Mixtape) [Shouts to Shake]

Drake ft. Nipsey Hussle – Killers

Eminem – Demo Tracks – 1988-1991

Genius/GZA – Cold World – CD Single – 1996 [Shouts to Freestyle Madness]

DJ Haylow – The Legendary DJ Premier Mix [Thanks Kev!]

Killer Mike ft. OJ Da Juiceman – In The Kitchen 

Pitbull ft. B.o.B. – Across The World prod. Jim Jonsin

Sene – PaperPlanePushers (prod. Blu) [Shouts to the homie BMUSE at Always Hustle]

Warren G ft. Nate Dogg & Raekwon – 100 Miles & Running