Fresh new tracks: MF Doom x Blu x Kanye & T-Pain x The Dream
In the last few days, as I have been doing my usual scouring of hip hop blogs, I've come up on a bunch of dope new songs. I was going to release these joints individually but I was too anxious to get them all out to you. These songs are all cuts from upcoming or new albums.
Daniel Dumile - aka MF Doom - the British-born MC famous for his endless number of aliases and fascination with the Marvel comic book character Dr. Doom, is set to release his new album Born Like This on March 29th. The album will be the first with Dumille dropping the "MF" from his monicker - going only by "Doom" - and is billed to be Doom's "definitive album...encapsulating but surpassing all of his previous work" (Crate Kings). The album, Doom's first in 4 years, is being met with widespread anticipation and will feature contributions from the late J Dilla, Dangermouse, Ghostface and Raekwon. "Lightworks" is produced by J Dilla and will appear on the album. Track list and DL link here.
Q. Can you identify the inspiration for MF Doom's mask?
A. Russell Crowe's mask in Gladiator (Highlight this line to see the answer)
This track has Blu, the up-and-coming MC out of San Pedro spitting over a jazzy instrumental originally laced by Japanese producer Noah and remixed by Dan Aikido. Blu is one of my favorite young MCs out right now. He's got a Common-inspired flow mixed with an LA sound. The two together equal good music. DL here.
As much as I'd like to say that I'm over T-Pain and the AutoTune movement, it would be a lie. I find the AutoTune very catchy when used correctly. In this case, Yeezy and Pain do not disappoint, collaborating on a dreamy track about how fly they are. Standard. DL Here.
Everything I said above about AutoTune can be applied to The Dream. There is something addictive about his music despite its ultra-pop sound. The same applies to this latest track which has The Dream hitting some legit high notes over another dreamy beat. I could honestly picture Michael Jackson in the late-1980s dancing to this song in his Moonwalker movie. "Walking on the Moon" will be released on the Dream's album Love vs. Money that is expected to drop on March 10th. DL Here.
Holla at ya boy! SF I GOT YOU!!
keep scouring and posting! so i can just come to your site and find the good music :)!
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