Zo! – “…Just Visiting, Too”

Music cannot get no righter than this right here. I think this is probably one of the smoothest EP’s I’ve heard in a minute. I just sat and played Joss Stone’s new album front to back for 2 days straight and thought music was on point but THEN, just a few mins ago, I got a treat and I MUST share it with y’all. PLEASE enjoy.

The following is from Phontigallo himself:

Friends and Family,

We are proud to present the new EP of covers from our longtime friend, collaborator, and bandmate Zo!, “…just visiting too.”

LAINK: http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/zo&…isiting_too.zip

Tracklisting:
1. Perfect Angel feat. Yahzarah
2. Nights Over Egypt feat. Carlitta Durand
3. Crazy You feat. Sy Smith
4. Holding You, Loving You
5. My Flame feat. Phonte
6. Somethin Special feat. Yahzarah
7. The Highways of My Life (Pts. 1&2) feat. Darien Brockington

Working on this record has been a labor of love for everybody involved, and we hope it serves as a teaser for Zo’s upcoming full-length “SunStorm,” dropping next summer on FE Music.

Enclosed in the “…just visiting too” zip file is a digital pdf booklet complete with all the album credits, information on the album’s vocalists and contributors, as well as information on the originals.

Enjoy the music, pass it around to a friend, and as always thank you for the support.

We hope this record makes your transition into the holiday season much easier. Thank you for listening.

Team FE marches on!

One Love,
‘Te and Nic

P.S. My personal favourite of the album is “Crazy You” ♥

DJ Mensa Presents: THE AUTUMN EXQUISITE MIX

THIS MIX IS FLAMES! DO IT UP, MENSA!!!!

http://djmensa.com/mixes/djmensa_autumn.mp3
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^^ to download: right click, SAVE AS ^^

From his facebook:

2009 has been a real hectic year for me, and I’m finally getting the chance to enjoy the comforts of home and my favorite season, fall. I get a lot more reflective and all that, and with that, I always seem to find nice batches of songs that match my mood. So in true coolout/exquisite mix fashion, I whipped up a lot of them for your listening pleasure.

Tracklisting: Melo-X vs. Maxwell – The Highest / Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out (El Camino RMX) / Frank Nitt ft. DJ Quik – Love / Dennis Edwards – Don’t Look Any Further (Mensa Blend) / Tona ft. T.R.A.C.K.S. – Fast Pace / Mos Def – Life Is Good / Freeway – Flipside (DJ W Remix) / Jay-Z – What We Talkin About / Stanza – ATL / Empire – Waiting / Michael Jackson – Butterflies (Mensa Blend) / Busta Rhymes – Decision / Usher – Be / Keri Hilson – Get Your Money Up (Rob Dinero RMX) / Ryan Leslie – Something Like That / Dirty Money – Love Come Down (Rob Dinero RMX) / Spinners – It’s A Shame (Mensa Blend) / Jahvon – Class In Session / Eli Escobar – Heavenly Break / Alicia Keys – Doesn’t Mean Anything / Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So, Maybe No / Big Boi ft. Gucci Mane – Shine Blockas / Fabolous ft. Drake – Throw It In The Bag Remix / Ghostface ft. Raheem Devaughn – Baby / Drake – Fear / Saigon – Fatherhood (Rayne Dior)

Kia Isn’t Lying. But Neither Is Drake

You know … I didn’t want to get mixed up in this foolishness. I mean, this is so dumb but after being to OVO I feel like a LOT of people need some education here. On a forum board I gave my two cents and asked if it was really that big of a deal and while I think not, for some it really seems to be. For the people unaware of what I’m referring to here goes:

Kia Shine did a track for Lil Wayne called Do It For the Boy:

Upon first listen you can RIGHT away hear the melodies (and some lyrics) are identical with regards to those from Drake’s Best I Ever Had:

This is nothing new. Artists borrow, sample and whatever else from other artists all the time. But herein lies the main issue: BMI recently honoured Kia Shine with 3 awards that show him as a writer for Best I Ever Had. Stating he has 25% shares of this song, Kia says there is no error here. But, in the kerfuffle (yes, thats a word – lol) Drake released this statement on OVO:

There have been questions posed to me the last few days about the writing of Best I Ever Had and I figured I’d take the time to clear the air directly. I have never met Kia Shine or worked with him. I wrote the entire composition in Toronto and I borrowed one line from a Lil Wayne song that he produced the BEAT for. The claims of 25% ownership are false and for a artist to brag about splits on a song is distasteful to begin with.
Source

So, now, with this statement comes people saying Kia is a liar (which is impossible – BMI can’t make that shit up) and Drake is a fake (which is bullshit because what is he being fake about exactly?) People then want to say that because of this all of a sudden Drake doesn’t write his own stuff and that is making me laugh because from this SMALL situation people are reading way too much into it. I’m not a fan of Kia Shine but I AM a fan of Drake (which is why I took it upon myself to find out what’s good BEFORE putting in my uneducated two cents like most of y’all did). With all that said, my love for Toronto’s Very Own isn’t going to blind myself to the facts.

What it comes down to is that Kia DOES have 25% share of Best I Ever Had because it was indeed SAMPLED from Do It For the Boy. This does NOT mean that Kia ghostwrites for Drake or is trying to damage Drake’s career or credibility or start beef. It simply means that he wants his due and he’s legally allowed to HAVE his due – period. Some people are claiming, “I dont see why Drake has to be paying him” or “He’s sitting on his ass, getting paid off Drake now” … well, put yourself in Kia’s position … if you CLEARLY have shares for a track and you werent credited, you fuckers KNOW you are gonna want your money, too. Don’t front and act like you wouldn’t want to get paid as well. If you say “nah, you’d just let Drake have that 25%” you are lying to yourself. Kia DID THE TRACK – lmao. It’s not like he is saying he did it and it was never released or something. Do It For the Boy has BEEN out there. He’s not suing Drake – the proof is in the pudding, people. Furthermore, how much is 25% really?

As for Drake, I feel somewhat bad for him because when he released the aforementioned statement, he BELIEVED what he was saying, at least that’s my hope. He truly felt that was the case and the truth – therefore you cannot call the man fake for saying what he believes to be the truth. I, DO, however think Drake got caught up in something without being able to research the facts – not that he even HAS to. People in his camp, management and whomever else need to sit him down and explain to him WHY Kia is right and NOT in the wrong. People in his camp need to not misinform him before he puts out statements such as the one above, wrongfully labelling someone as a liar or an opportunist. It makes for a crummy situation and gets ppl’s fanbases looking completely stupid and uneducated – lol.

All in all, I dont think anyone needs to apologize or back track any statements but I DO think if the fans and media are going to blame anyone, blame the ppl behind artists that fail to educate their artists on the business side of the game … without that education comes situations like these.

Now that the situation has been put to rest, can we all just calm the hell down and keep it moving?

Stans, haters? What say you?

Video: Drake ft. Trey Songz – Successful

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Tracklisting:

01 – Intro

02 – Hermitboy – Who’s Real (Dubplate)

03 – Drake – Juice

04 – R. Kelly feat. OJ Da Juiceman – Superman High

05 – Wu-Tang Clan – Nu Wu (2Nice Mix)

06 – Fabolous feat. Jay-Z – When The Money Goes (Remix)

07 – Kim Davis feat. Johnny Roxx – One You Need

08 – Serani & Vybz Kartel – Badmind & Pree Da Dollar (2Nice Mix)

09 – Amerie feat. Freeway & Jakk Frost – Why Are You

10 – Lisa Marie – Take Control

11 – Fabolous feat. Keri Hilson – Everything, Everyday, Everywhere

12 – Maino feat. Notorious BIG, Swiss Beatz & Lloyd Banks – A Million Bucks (2Nice Mix)

13 – Nu Boyz feat. Bow Wow – You’re A Jerk (Remix)

14 – Hermitboy – Can’t Stop Me (Dubplate)

15 – 50 Cent – Michael Jackson Tribute

16 – Mary J. Blige feat. Drake – The One

17 – Jamie Foxx feat. Drake – Digital Girl (Remix)

18 – Jhevon Paris – Canadian Bacon

19 – Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West – We Run This Town

20 – Charly Blacks – Money Dreamer (Battleground Dubplate)

21 – Drake feat. Young Joc & Trey Songz – Successful (Remix)

22 – Lil’ Wayne & Birdman – Always Strapped

23 – Lil’ Wayne feat. Drake & Young Jeezy – I’m Going In

24 – Wyze Wonda – Whatcha Drinking

25 – Fabolous feat. Drake – Throw It In The Bag (Remix)

26 – Young Jeezy – 24, 23 (Kobe, Lebron)

27 – 8 Ball & MJG feat. T.I. & Gucci Mane – Boo

28 – Drake feat. Serani – Best I Ever Had (Remix)

29 – Keri Hilson – Knocks You Down (2Nice Mix)

30 – P. Reign & Trey Songz feat. Gucci Mane – Money In My Pocket & LOL Sillyface (2Nice Mix)

31 – Outro

32 – Hermitboy & Young Money – Every Girl In The World

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2oolman & Sese – Hit & Run 2

It’s finally here. Sese was kind enough to drop the pre-release a couple weeks ago and I’ve had my chance to listen to it quite a bit. This mixtape is sheer hip hop. GOOD ASS HIP HOP! I’m going to even go as far to say that this is the best mixtape to come out of Canada thus far for 2009 (and maybe for ALL of ‘09). I’m sitting in class right now (doing accounting exercises no less – lol) and I’m unable to concentrate plus my notes on this mixtape are at home on my laptop but I wanted to, at the very least, get the link up for my readers to download this tape. I’ll be back for the longer review soon.

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http://www.2oolman.com

http://www.myspace.com/seseseason

I Can Make YOU Famous ….

I can. Don’t believe me …. watch

This is INDEED my brand new anthem. I promise you.

Sese’s Death Or Glory

I re-acquainted myself with this album (it’s not a new tape but that doesn’t mean what’s old can’t be new again, folk!). And because I haven’t listened to anything BUT this for about 15 hours now (and counting), I think it deserves a blog post.

Click the pic for the download.

Noted tracks I have on heavy rotation: Pretty Boy, Love Me Back (part 2), Apostles Gold (which is actually my favourite Sese track ever), Choose Me, Spazz Season and that super dope shit Crank.

Scorsese’s Myspace

*NEW* Sese & 2oolman – Boomerang Bullets

New single just leaked by the homeboy, Sese, himself … Off the forthcoming, Hit and Run 2.

COP, dammit.

Listen & Download Here

J. Cole – Simba (video)

I love him. But y’all should already know If you don’t already have his mixtape then … I got you.

1. J. Cole, DJ Tay James & J. Tinsley–The Phone Conversation
2. Serenade
3. I’m The Man
4. A Dollar & A Dream
5. College Boy
6. Show Me Something
7. Sky Boy
8. Carolina On My Mind
9. I’m Coming
10. Can’t Cry
11. Lil’ Ghetto Nigga
12. Simba
13. Song For The Ville
14. Quote Me
15. Grown Simba
16. In The Morning
17. A Dollar & A Dream II
18. Split You Up
19. Outro/Grammy Family Freestyle
20. Good Game (bonus track)

Download Available Here