Live: Diesel U:Music Miami (Santigold Lives!)

It’s been about two years since we put Santigold on the cover of F51, but since she played Studio B for the issue’s release party she’s been harder to find than someone willing to love us for us, and not just because we can score them tickets to Wild Yaks shows. Sure, Santi put on for her city on Jiggaman’s “Brooklyn (We Go Hard)” and even beefed up Major Lazer’s “Hold The Line” but then the videos for both were just balmy cartoons. This past Tuesday, however, we witnessed Santi in all her leopard print/white short set glory, along with Kid Cudi, Jemina Pearl, DJ Mom Jeans and a brain-scrambling noise dance troupe called the Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! at Diesel’s U:Music Miami stop. Though both Cudi and Jemina have promising debut albums to their credit, it was Santi (and a pair of lithe dancers) who reminded us how wrong we’ve been to have neglected Santogold in recent months. We also found out that she’s been training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with Lupe Fiasco and a bunch of other people for charity, and by the time the people were rushing the stage to wild out to Momjeans closing out on the wheels, we were swooning again just like the first time we heard “Creator.”

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Video: Aidonia, “Evil Head/Isaiah”

“So much trouble in the world,” Bob once sang. Aidonia can relate. In the split for “Evil Head/Isaiah” he re-shot that creepy ass sci-fi movie The Cell from inside his own mind sans J-Lo (-1), but also using the floor to diagram his disdain for haters, skeptics and hating-ass skeptics. The set is dark like the tone of the songs, but not without it’s bright spots like a dude doing that dresser shelf dance and bible passages projected onto Donia’s face. On an unrelated note, now that Donia’s put it on wax we can finally cosign: FUCK vampires.

Video: Fred Da Godson, “King Kong”

Fred Da Godson is kind of weird looking but he’s also an incredible rapper. In that regard, he’s a lot like Weezy, but that might be where the similarities end. They come from diametrically opposite sides of rap territory, Fred hailing from the Bronx and Wayne, as you very well know, the bottom of the map. And while Fred is large and in charge, Lil Wayne is, well, little. They don’t rap anything alike but that’s a good thing (we’re looking in your direction, Cold Flames) and we havent heard punchlines this mind-melting since Lloyd Banks was still wearing throwback jerseys. DJ and sneaker aficionado Clark Kent has been singing Fred’s praises for some time now, but it shouldn’t be long before the rest of the world catches up.

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Kidd Kidd, New Kidd On The Block Mixtape

Young Money Stanleys (read: us) remember Kidd Kidd from his days anchoring Wayne’s very first Young Money endeavor, Sqad Up. That group, however, has long since disbanded, leaving Gutta still holding the inside of Wayne’s pocket, Supe and Young Yo missing in action, and Kidd Kidd finally making power moves on his own. This New Kidd On The Block tape contains brand new material as well as a bunch of songs featuring both Wayne and Drake, like the original version of “Forever.” The three wrote together regularly before Kidd Kidd parted ways with the label earlier this year and this coming-out-party of a mixtape is as good a place as any to showcase the rest of the songs his scene-stealing verses will probably just get edited out of. Check out Kidd Kidd airing out Mario’s “Break Up” instrumental and download New Kidd On The Block below.



Kidd Kidd, “Break Up Freestyle”
Download: Kidd Kidd, New Kidd On Da Block Mixtape

Video: Vybz Kartel Is Still Angwi

Vybz Kartel telling Bounty Killer what he can and cannot do with his own tongue can only mean one of two things, ultimately. Kartel is extremely concerned with his former mentor and current enemy’s oral hygiene, or, ITS GOING DOWN AT STING THIS YEAR. Last year’s clash between Kartel and Mavado extinguished the Gully God’s angst altogether, steering him to new heights of positivity, Mavado only using his tropical howl to serenade if not inspire the youth. Kartel, however, who some have begun to label a bully, remains hungry like the wolf, and as of late has been showing his teeth to Killer directly. What most ignore in their condemnation of Kartel though is that to bully successfully, you do have to be stronger than everyone else. In brighter Kartel news, a DJ named I.V. slapped a Vybz Kartel verse pon 50’s new single and it sounds better than it ever could have without Kartel telling his lady, “shift yuh panties partially.” Have baby by Vybz baby, be a gaza girl.



Download: 50 Cent f. Vybz Kartel & Neyo, “Baby By Me” (DJ I.V. refix)

Dam-Funk 4 Clae, Beautiful Music 4 Beautiful People Mixtape MP3

During one of many interviews for his F64 cover story, in response to a question about who he considers his musical peers , Dam-Funk made sure to shout out Mono/Poly and Nite Jewel, who are, coincidentally, two of the first three artists to appear on this mixtape he curated for sneaker brand Clae. The rest of the tracklist happens to include legends like The Whispers and Anita Baker, and takes it all the way back to ‘82, which we can only hope means that some of our younger siblings were conceived to these songs. Download the Beautiful Music 4 Beautiful People mixtape below and be sure to pick up Dam’s double CD Toeachizown, in stores now.

Download: Dam-Funk 4 Clae, Beautiful Music 4 Beautiful People mixtape

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Clipse f. Cam’ron, “Popeyes” MP3

Right after Cam’ron emerged from his self-inflicted exile, around about the time he played us mad times in a row by not showing up for our interview appointments, someone who actually did get a microphone under him got him to admit that he’d thought about retiring. Thankfully, he did not follow through, a decision we’re sure had very little to do with ceding victory to 50 Cent after their dust-up. As far as we can tell, Cam is still very much the king of Harlem and if he wanted to be, probably New York City, but the fact that he’s somehow burrowed himself into the underground makes his appearance on “Popeyes” less the favor to message board heroes the Clipse, than a sensible alliance.



Download: The Clipse f. Cam’ron, “Popeyes”

50 Cent, “Crime Wave” MP3

Before I Self Destruct, 50 Cent’s fourth studio album, is currently scheduled for release on November 23rd or what Universal is calling “Super Monday.” The album will be up against pop juggernauts like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Jay Sean, Timbaland and also less notably, Lil Wayne’s surrogate dad/puppet master, Birdman. Since his monstrous debut, 50’s been trying to sing and dance his way into the ranks of pop super-stardom through Justin Timberlake features and Scott Storch beats. Though he’d like to believe he never abandoned the “aggressive content” of a relatively flawless mixtape career, he’s far better known for poor acting and lazering off all his tattoos than he is for threatening to ride through your neighborhood with a cocked gun hanging out the window. Which is a shame because when 50 used to threaten us, we believed him. Actually, we still do. It’s just that he doesn’t threaten us that much anymore.



Download: 50 Cent, “Crime Wave”

Beniton The Menace f. Marvin Priest, “Who’s Gonna Smoke” (Run This Town Riddim) MP3

At the risk of being called weed anthem refix apologists, Beniton The Menace’s “Who’s Gonna Smoke” takes Jiggaman’s flaccid call to arms and pumps it up to lighter-waving proportions. Marvin Priest, Maxi’s son, makes a fine pinch hitter for Ri Ri, but it’s Beniton, whose “It’s a recession, but I’m still gonna party” attitude and eco-friendly life advice that shows us that Kanye’s minimal jeep kick is just as good for busting “The Holiday” as it is for inciting riots in the future. Also, he has an entire MySpace album dedicated to his own wacky haircuts.



Download: Beniton The Menace f. Marvin Priest, “Who’s Gonna Smoke”

Young Jeezy, “Trap Or Die 2″ (prod by Zaytoven) MP3

While artists’ beefs don’t usually have anything at all to do with producers, it’s still pretty weird seeing Young Jeezy’s name attached to Zaytoven, the man who’s production excess powered the meteoric rise of Jeezy’s old, and somehow current nemesis, Gucci Mane. Zaytoven, though, has long been the go-to producer for both aspiring and established trap stars alike, and more recently, floundering pop icons. So while Gucci is off chasing TRL dragons with Polow Da Don, Jeezy is back in the trap, or at least trapped in the studio with one of the most adept producers to create a sequel to the song that epitomized his platform.



Download: Young Jeezy, “Trap Or Die 2″

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