B.o.B - Strange Clouds (Album Feature)

Bobby Ray's sophomore album "Strange Clouds" leaked late last week, I have had a couple opportunities to listen from start to finish and I must say I'm a little sceptical on the numbers it will produce.

The album is tad more commercial than The Adventures Of Bobby Ray which is evident towards the end, it just lacks originality and substance by around the track 10 mark. Bear in mind, there are an extra 7+ bonus tracks to be released on Tues/Wed with Target and iTunes so we may see some good ones there.

Most songs are radio friendly and easy to listen to, you'll just find yourself having difficulty figuring out when a song ends and starts because they all sound very similar... except for Nicki Minaj's feature song that is complete mayhem. Dr Luke, Ryan Tedder (from One Republic), B.o.B, Alex Da Kid and plenty more share the production.

Here were my favourites:

Bombs Away (feat. Morgan Freeman) (prod. by B.o.B.)



Ray Bands (prod. by B.o.B, Lil' C) (easily the best.)



So Hard To Breathe (prod. by Alex da Kid, Bei Maejor)



Play For Keeps (prod. by B.o.B, Valentino Khan)



Out Of My Mind (feat. Nick Minaj) (prod. by iSHi) (may take a few listens.)



Arena (feat. Chris Brown & T.I.) (prod. by Dr. Luke, AD, Cirkut)

Seekae vs Consequence & Kanye West - Whatever You Void (DYNU Mix) (feat. John Legend, Drake and JAY-Z)

G.O.O.D. Music, Jay Z and Drake over a Seekae favourite. Be sure to check Seekae out at Splendour this year.



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TGIF

Friday has arrived, along with some big name song releases...

Big K.R.I.T releases the artwork for his upcoming album Lords Of The Underground, due out June 5. Keep your eyes peeled for updates... that's one album not to miss.


So, first up, the biggest of them all.... NASTY NAS. No I.D. on production with that adult-contemporary hiphop sound we heard on Common's The Dreamer, The Believer. Top shelf stuff.



Next, Slaughterhouse's latest single off Welcome To: OUR HOUSE, out June 12. Cee-Lo Green on the hook, Streetrunner & SAROM on the boards.



Cudder is back to rapping with his self-produced cut "Dennis, Hook Me Up With Some More of This Whiskey!" Promising, sounds very much like pre-MOTM stuff, loving the production. I'm still frothing his WZRD collab album with Dot Da Genius though, so not jumping out my skin with this one. Regardless, it's a must listen, it's KiD CuDi.



QuESt has stepped things up, after his DnB/Dubsteb/Hiphop infused mixtape he's jumped on Kendrick Lamar's The Recipe, and my god does he rip it up. Up and coming rapper right here!



B.o.B's latest album Strange Clouds arrives next Tuesday, and another cut has been released. I lost sleep waiting for his debut album back in 2010, but not so much this time. I won't write the album off before it's even released but I have a feeling we've lost the rapper/singer to the commercial world. Fingers crossed for some great tracks though.



Usher released a new song, it's called Scream. Produced by Max Martin, the Sweedish pop music machine. I'm not posting it because it's nowhere near good as the Diplo-produced Climax. Note to aspiring singer/recording artists: if you want the easy route to make it big, go find Max Martin. The man has had 10 top 10 songs in 2 years.

AND FINALLY.............. Even if you aren't a fan of MGK (Machine Gun Kelly) this is well worth your viewing pleasure. A Stevo from Jackass pubic hair dooby is always a treat. "Wild Boy" remix f. 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, Steve-O, Mystikal, French Montana & Yo Gotti.

P.S: Ethnic Republic. Keep that in the back of your head

That New.

Couple releases today.... Wiz dropped the first single off O.N.I.F.C, dropping in August, not at all impressed with the lyrics... Meek Mill at the start?? What is he thinking.



Next up, AbSoul with a new video- "Pineal Gland", off Control System dropping May 11th.



Don't know alot about the next crew, heard them today, they're from Chicago and they've each done a bit of solo stuff, but this group cut is top shelf. Calez, Julian Malone, Fonz-E Mak, Legit, Johnny St. Cloud and UG make BRKF$T CLUB (2008ighties). Enjoy.







Next, Nate Dogg back from the dead with what he does best!! Warren G, Game and a hard dose of West Coast.

Warren G - Party We Will Throw Now (feat. Nate Dogg and Game)

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue vs Snoop Doggy Dogg - What's Their Name? (feat. Black Thought)

Something a little different... trombone solos and Snoop Dogg.

A$AP Rocky- Goldie (prod. by Hit-Boy)

Hit-Boy, the man behind Eminem's Drop The World, Kanye's Christmas In Harlem, N**** In Paris and Theraflu, comes through with A$AP for his talked about lead single.

UPDATE: As you know songs get taken off quite readily due to copyright etc. Found another link all good now.

Sunday Release: Frank Ocean: We All Try (MegaMix) (featuring Tyga and Adele)

My favourite song off Do You Not Us: Vol I (Mixtape), after Wednesday's double release thought I'd take it easy for this Sunday. Puts together two incredible songs, Tyga's cover "Reminded" and the Frank Ocean original "We All Try". UPDATE: Video link should now work!!

UPDATE 2: Mixtape can now be downloaded by clicking the album cover to the right ------------------------->

We All Try (MegaMix) (featuring Tyga and Adele) from Do You, Not Us. on Vimeo.

Previous:

Pretty Lights vs Dr. Dre - Forgot About The Truth (DYNU Mix) (feat. Eminem)

Morcheeba vs Wu-Tang Clan - B.U.L.L.E.T.P.R.O.O.F. (DYNU Mix) (feat. The Notorious B.I.G.)

Theophilus London (feat. A$AP Rocky) - Big Spender

This has taken months to surface... finally here. Goes off.

Young Roddy- Good Sense (Mixtape)

I probably would have overlooked this if it wasn't for Bernard haha... so thank you. Jet Life affiliate lays down some promising rhymes off a wide range of instrumentals: goes over Drake's "Lord Knows", Kendrick Lamar's "HiiiPower", Biggie's "Crack Commandments" to name a couple. Shame I downloaded a rubbish quality version... always sucks. Check out these tracks:

"Trapologist (feat. Nesby Phips)", "Uncle Bull", "Landing Strip (feat. Trademark The Skydiver)", "Russian Roulette (feat. Smoke DZA)", and of course, just for the Curren$y feature... "What That Is (feat. Curren$y)"

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QuESt - Fear Not Failure

This is a must have mixtape. QuESt channels a Kanye/Lupe sound and delivery in his latest release, my god he is on point at the moment. This unique DnB sound is becoming quite popular. Holy shit he is like Lupe!! Check out:

"Fuck You Think This Is?", "Something to Prove (feat. Mickey Factz)", "Nowhere To Go (feat. Logic)", "Alone Tonight"