Wiz Khalifa – MTV Artist To Watch 2011

Wiz Khalifa - MTV Shows

Honoring his great success in the music industry this year, MTV has named Wiz Khalifa as the Artist to watch for next year. The network sees his hometown ode “Black & Yellow” as the most surprising hit in 2010 and states that the Pittsburgh-MC has moved all his chess pieces to the right position to fully take over in 2011.

Ne-Yo featuring Jadakiss & Fabolous – One In A Million (Remix)

After admitting that he was quite disturbed hackers that messed up the first week sales of his new album Libra Scale, singer Ne-Yo recruits the likes of Jadakiss and Fabolous to assist him on the third single of the project “One In A Million”. It remains to be seen if this effort will gain a much more broader appeal of this record or not, but this time there should be no hackers involved.

Ne-Yo featuring Jadakiss & Fabolous - One In A Million (Remix) by Hypetrak

Curren$y – Daze of Thunder

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After he unleashed the audio version, Curren$y provides us with the visual rendition of his “Live Fast Die Young”-freestyle which will appear on his upcoming Return To The Winner’s Circle-mixtape. In true Rick Rozay-fashion, Spitta offers a glimpse at the good life in the sun in this Jonah Schwartz-directed clip. Just another episode of the Jet-Life.

Entertainment Weekly Names Best and Worst Albums 2010

Since it is that time of the year again, Entertainment Weekly named the best and worst albums of 2010. It’s Kanye West once again who tops the year’s best of-list with the excellent My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy followed closely by Canadian collective Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs. Moving to the other extrem, it is Lil’ Wayne’s rock-endeavor Rebirth that was named the worst offering of the past 365 days. Check out both lists below and see if you agree.



Best Albums of 2010


1. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

2. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

3. Robyn – Body Talk

4. The Black Keys – Brothers

5. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

6. Sleigh Bells – Treats

7. Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer

8. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid

9. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor

10. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can


Worst Albums of 2010

1. Lil Wayne – Rebirth

2. Santana – Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time

3. Liz Phair – Funstyle

4. Bret Michaels – Custom Built

5. Christina Aguilera – Bionic

Nipsey Hussle – Mr. Untouchable f. Kokane



Here’s a track off of the King of L.A Nipsey Hussle’s forthcoming mixtape  ’The Marathon‘ dropping December 21st.

Nipsey Hussle - Mr. Untouchable feat. Kokane

Diggy Simmons – Digg is Like (Produced by DJ Premier)

Diggy Simmons shares with us the first single off his upcoming mixtape titled, Past Presents Future. The record is a twist off one of Esco’s all time classics which so happened to be produced by DJ Premier. Stay tuned as the project is set to drop next week on December 23rd right before the holidays.


Diggy Simmons - Digg is Like (Produced by DJ Premier) by Hypetrak

Wiz Khalifa featuring Snoop Dogg, Juicy J & T-Pain – Black & Yellow (G-Mix)

Wiz Khalifa’s “Black & Yellow” recently went gold and in commemoration of the feat, he now offers an official “G-Mix” featuring Snoop Dogg, Juicy J and T-Pain. Meanwhile, the song still continues to take off with what seems like a new colorway every other week with various rappers.


WIZ KHALIFA featuring SNOOP DOGG, JUICY J & T-PAIN – BLACK & YELLOW (G-MIX) by Hypetrak

Laws – Lady Hip Hop

Floridian MC Laws keeps his name in the game with his love letter to his big passion – Hip Hop. The melodic tune will appear on Ashley Outrageous‘ upcoming second mixtape The Playlist Vol.2 which will be released in three weeks.

"Today, I’m releasing the first leak off of the project from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League’s own, Laws. He goes in over a beat produced by Feb 9, of his crew Phan 4, about the ladies who love real hip-hop. A nice smooth and laid back track for your listening pleasure. This is just the first leak, be expecting alot more dope tracks on the mixtape! The artists featured on it are artists that I have been supporting throughout 2010, who support me back, and are are just straight up talented. A few of them include Freddie Gibbs, Phil Ade, Push! Montana, Skotch Davis, Skeme, Raven Sorvino, Casey Veggies, & the list goes on…"

 
Laws- Lady Hip Hop by Hypetrak

Rick Ross Talks Wale & New Mixtape

Rick Ross is gearing up for the release of his new mixtape Ashes To Ashes. The Miami-rapper talked to esteemed XXL Magazine about the project and gave further hints on the potential Wale-signing. Read below.

“One thing you can know is that music is all new and it may be surprising to a lot of motherfuckers the kind of records we got on there,” he told XXL.

Without giving away too many details, he teased some of the collaborators, saying, “Just to keep it short, Meek Mill on the mixtape; Wale’s on the mixtape; T.I.’s on the mixtape; [and] Barry White’s on the mixtape.”

Meek, Wale and Chester French will appear together on one track on Ashes to Ashes, that Ross says will surprise listeners. “It’s a different type of record,” he shared. “It’s a big motherfucker. We really put together cohesive and something I think the game gonna really appreciate.”



J. Cole featuring Omarion – In The Morning

Omarion takes on J. Cole’s originally Drake-assisted Friday Night Lights standout cut “In The Morning” and adds a soulful twist to the jam. We certainly appreciate the fact that the singer decided to retain some of the orginal version’s rap elements.

J. Cole featuring Omarion - In The Morning by Hypetrak