Freeload: Two New MP3s From Cam’ron And Friends
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We haven’t considered Cam’ron the Boss of All Bosses since he tried to be Jay-Z’s boss and Jay-Z got so angry that he had him kicked off the label. The following songs are from his upcoming Gangsta Grillz mixtape of the same name and put Cam right back in the boss’ chair, introducing his newest minions Vado and the Byrd Lady (of “Cookies & Apple Juice” fame). While both are clearly informed by Cam’s flow (and who from Harlem isn’t), next to big boss man they’re still only trainees.
Download: Cam’ron f. Vado, “We Here Now”
Download: Cam’ron f. Byrdlady & Vado, “Professional”
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- tags Byrd Lady, Cam'ron, hip hop, Vado
Freeload: Lil Brod, “Hold On” MP3
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By now we’ve learned to trust DJ Burn One’s seasoned ear to the point that not even a name like
Lil Brod would dissuade us from checking out what he’s championing. Right before the weekend, Burn One posted Lil Brod’s “Hold On,” which, with its acoustic strings and inspirational posturing, was just what the doctor ordered in the wake of losing a piece of music itself.
Download: Lil Brod, “Hold On” (via Blvd St)
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- tags freeload, hip hop, Lil Brod
Freeload: Money Addict, “Yean Gone Like That” MP3
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If Huntsville is the melting pot of rap, the place where minor trance radio hits intersect with Outkast and Weezer and whatever else the Block Beataz feel like incorporating into their productions, then Money Addict is the gruff voiced mixing spoon, stirring things up and never allowing the beat to settle under the weight of his ominous voice. Compared to a lot of dudes in the Huntsville scene, he’s been relatively quiet since our story on the Paper Route crew in FADER 51, releasing a mixtape and a couple dark and creepy songs that are depressing enough that the only time we can really fuck with them is on headphones. He’s back with “Yean Gone Like That,” another song that follows this same formula. When we were hanging out in Alabama he told us that he wasn’t that deep into rapping. Based on this and also this, we’d have to disagree.
Download: Money Addict, “Yean Gone Like That”
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- tags freeload, hip hop, Money Addict
Freeload: Clipse f. Keri Hilson & Pharrell, “Eyes On Me” MP3
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We’ll admit to being more than a little skeptical when Clipse said ’Til The Casket Drops wouldn’t be the all-Neptunes affair their prior albums had been, but having now heard three songs and two of them being Neptunes-produced, either our skepticism was well-founded or they were bullshitting. Regardless, we posted tagged up version of this a couple weeks ago, but this is the official jam. Might we also suggest Clipse hand Ryan Leslie a dusty check for the “Something That I Like” beat that Pusha recently guested on? Judging by history, that song won’t be on a Leslie album until 2017.
Download: Clipse f. Keri Hilson & Pharrell, “Eyes On Me” (via Re-Up Gang)
Bonus:
Download: Ryan Leslie f. Pusha T, “Something That I Like”
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- tags Clipse, freeload, hip hop, Keri Hilson, Pharrell, Ryan Leslie, The Neptunes
Video: Jay-Z, “D.O.A.”
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This video is awesome because Jay-Z rapping in a warehouse alone is one step above lip-synching in the mirror with a hairbrush. Do you think he does that? Like Soulja Boy style, “What’s up” to himself in the mirror, then does a little a cappella to his own shit? Well maybe he uses Beyonce’s hairdryer, those are more effective as Sinatra-era microphones.
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- tags Harvey Keitel, hip hop, Jay-Z, Kobe Bryant
Freeload: The Very Best f. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, “Warm Heart of Africa (Theophilus London Remix)” MP3
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Consider this the DJ Khaled-style remix for people who veer into weirder lanes than commercial rap. Our man Theophilus London gives himself the leadoff verse on The Very Best’s eponymous new song, with an assist from Ezra of Vampy Weeks, from their upcoming album Warm Heart of Africa. Make this official! Read our feature story on Theophilus from the David Byrne icon issue here.
Download: The Very Best f. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, “Warm Heart of Africa (Theophilus London Remix)”
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- tags eletronic/dance, Esau Mwamwaya, freeload, hip hop, Radioclit, The Very Best, Theophilus London, Vampire Weekend
Freeload: Diamond + DJ Smallz, “Pardon My Swagg” Mixtape
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Seems like we’ve been rocking Diamond’s last mixtape, Ms. Boujhetto, consistently for about a year—particularly her take on “Run Up Get Dun Up,” which has become our fight club anthem, and is reprised here. This one is more classic Diamond shoe-swagging and fist-popping—tres boujhetto, we luh you. P.M.S. (Pardon My Swagg) is a genius title, gracias for injecting a little unapologetic estrogen into this Southern rap thing and doing a bunch of remixes including one with Nicole Wray, one of our favorite singers of all time. She also closes the circle with more classic skits/outros/monologues/shout-outs, always high points on her shit.
Diamond + DJ Smallz, “Pardon My Swagg” Mixtape (via Dirty Glove Bastard)
Video: Pill, “Trap Goin Ham”
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Pill - Trap Goin Ham from Motion Family on Vimeo.
Pill is hands-down just a dope rapper who’s gonna be running ATL soon, for sure, and this video has been on our most-anticipated list for a while—particularly since Maurice Garland posted a bananas, must-read account of the shoot on his blog. It’s finally here and it is awesome, a totally raw and beautifully shot pictorial of the 4th Ward. If Garland’s description of what went down that day is true, this is reality television. When you’re done watching this seven times in a row, check out Pill freestyling on FADER TV and walking around with a box of Ritz crackers at a FADER party.
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- tags hip hop, Pill
Freeload: Daytona f. Bun B, “Air Born” MP3
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It seems to have gone relatively unnoticed that Daytona is making some of the best blunted-in-the-stairwell raps with ominous low-key beats and NY-grit since people actually did that on a regular basis. In fact, he might be the only guy doing that these days.
Download: Daytona f. Bun B, “Air Born”
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- tags Bun B, Daytona, freeload, hip hop
Video: 50 Cent, “I’ll Do Anything”
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We were so close. The War Angel LP revealed a musical ingenuity we thought 50 had long waved goodbye to. You can get it for free right now from Thisis50 (and you should). But was it wrong to relish in his anger? Way back in 2003, he kicked his way into our hearts with songs that sampled gun cocking. “I’ll Do Anything” may not be the agro 50 we fell in love, but we still can’t help but gush at the sight of him and Yayo dressed in Eric B. and Rakim costumes.
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- tags 50 Cent, hip hop