The song is clearly unfinished and aside from Drake mumbling some melodies to himself where the chorus should be, the beat sounds like Ryan Leslie playing around with the "galactic organ" setting on his keyboard (which is how I imagine he starts all his songs), but I feel like I've probably listened to this a hundred times between Saturday and now. As is, "Do It Now" is great and it sounds like the makings of a song Drake was born to make. I'm not sure where the title comes from, cause I don't think he even says the phrase, but Drake, if you're listening, please finish this shit. Do it now.
There's a handful of new school r&b crooners coming up with the likes of the talented Mr. Munroe, Mike Posner et al. In the mixtape age, frankly it's just plainly exciting to think that genre might actually become fresh again. Be sure to dl Colin's excellent tape from last year, The Unsung Hero, which features Black Milk, Wale, Mickey Factz, Blaqstarr, Skyzoo, Izza Kizza, Bob Dylan and an early Drake verse.
* The above video is strangely dubbed with the studio version of the song. Maybe the audio was shitty? Anyways, proppers to Dallas Penn.
'Fest speaks candidly to industry perils, beef, El Che's timing. Respect and acknowledgment to Rubyhornet.
Parts two and three after the jump.
I hope yall are Jay fans, cuz you can pretty much expect him to be sitting in all lanes for the next couple months. The biggest news in the Semtex chat above is that all BP3 news is tentative. Why? Because Hov is still making it, recording new tracks and making changes as we speak.
UPDATE: Jay says later in the interview that Mickey Factz was never on Roc Nation. WOW. Say it ain't so, Mick?
"...ALL POINTS WEST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL organizers have just confirmed the U.S. festival debut of JAY-Z. The hip-hop superstar and pop culture icon will take over the headlining slot for the opening night (Friday, July 31)..."
The Roots continue to prove themselves as the hardest working Hip Hop band in the business. Not only are they working for "The Man" (Jimmy Fallon) as his house band, they're still touring all over the place, and even found time to work on new material. "How I Got Over" is the title track, and first single, to the legendary band's next full-length album.
The title track plays to The Root's current self-proclaimed image as the "Biggest Underdog Group" in the game. It's soulful semi-bluesy song about the best advice anyone could give on how to make it in the streets.
The album drops September 29th.
@RHYMEFEST:Yo I like beyonce as an artist but it's time she put clothes on. She's past having to look like a slut to apeal
@RHYMEFEST: As far as J, any man who let's his woman basically strip on camera for niggaz need to be talked 2
Chi-Town's favorite Club-Hop MC is finally
back on the music scene with a new single and her debut on the way. Kid
Sister's freshman effort will now be titled Ultraviolet, instead of Dream Date,
the album's original name. Kid Sister also replaced a handful of songs with new
material. She claims that newer material will help the album sound more
"cohesive".
Kid Sister gives her fans their first taste of the
new material with the leadoff single, "Right Hand Hi". While it's
nothing groundbreaking, it's still very refreshing considering we haven't heard
anything from her in many months. It's a funky, high tempo, electro-hop track
about having fun in the moment at a party. A familiar theme and sound Kid Sis'
fans should have no problem getting into. Ultraviolet is due October 6th on
Downtown Records.
Hi-Tek and Talib Kweli shut shit down at the DC leg of Rock the Bells.
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