Christmas In Harlem

Merry Christmas from us at Fresher! Hope Santa's been good too ya'll!

Kanye West – Christmas In Harlem (Feat. Cam’ron, Vado, Jim Jones, CyHi Da Prynce, Pusha T, Big Sean, Teyana Taylor & Musiq Soulchild)

6'7''

Six foot seven foot is the first track off The Carter IV. The sound isn't typical Weezy, but I gotta say that I like it and the lines from fellow Young Money artist Cory Gunz aren't bad.

Lil' Wayne feat. Cory Gunz

Kush

Dr. Dre feat. Akon, Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg - Kush

You have no idea what you're dealing with

Q-Tip's still got it in him. And when we thought Kanye was gonna have some vacation we get this leak from an upcoming Kanye and Jay-Z album. With La Roux on the chorus. Boom!

Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, La Roux - That's My Bitch (Prod. by Q-Tip)

We don't care if the sun comes up...

...cause we know we'll be dancing with the DJ! Chiddy Bang knows how to fuse the genres, and show it once again with this remix.

The Knocks - Dancing With the DJ (Chiddy Bang Remix)

Hold up, wait a minute...

Is this for real? Yeah, cause Dr. Dre himself is all mad that it leaked, which is as far from what we are as it gets. Good to have Dre back, this shit is bangin!

Dr. Dre - Kush feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg & Akon

Cookin Black & Yellow Soup

Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (Cookin Soul Remix)

My chain heavy

Kanye is (once again) getting some good company this friday, with Q-Tip producing a real old school horror movie sounding beat and Talib Kweli joining in on the rapping.

Kanye West - Chain Heavy feat. Talib Kweli & Consequence

Heard you were looking for trouble, am I supposed to run?

You know the drill. Kanye's album drop is getting closer, and this is the latest song in line. This is old school College Dropout stuff, and I can't say I hate it... What I can say is that it's tight!

Kanye West - Looking For Trouble (Pusha T, Cyhi the Prynce, Big Sean & J. Cole)

Free download over at RCRD LBL.

We are the young n' restless

Lazee feat. Adam Tensta & Eric Turner - Young N Restless

It's not a game out here so pay attention

Vado feat. Jae Millz - Respect The Jux

The show goes on

Chi-Town boy Lupe Fiasco has had his ups and downs since Kanye brought him into the spotlight. The Show Goes On might not be one for the history books, but a chill track on the right side of his spectra.

Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On (Prod. by Kane Beatz)

Noone ever really dies

That's right. We're only a week away from the next N*E*R*D drop, Nothing, which means that it's time for some sneak peek listening. Help Me caught my attention, those boys know how to bring the rock sound into hiphop without us knowing it. Fresh!

N*E*R*D - Party People (feat. T.I.)
N*E*R*D - Hypnotize U
N*E*R*D - Help Me

You Make Me Sick

Saigon is finally getting a deal. Some of you might remember this guy from a couple of Entourage episodes some years ago when Turtle tried to manage him. Now it seems like he's releasing The Greatest Story Never Told, and I gotta say that he sounds more old school than most other rap right now, and that's def fresh!

30 Minutes to New Orleans

I heard this song for the first time when I saw The Carter docu, and have ever since been trying to find it, without any success. Until now, 30 Minutes to New Orleans appeared on Mack Maine's mixtape The Laxative. This could in my opinion be one of Wayne's best songs in a long time. Heard that Wayne's gonna be clean when he get's out but that wasn't the case when he recorded this, the rhymes are tight.

"I'm lightin up to blunts at one time and I thank god that I could say fuck one time. I'm sippin out of two cups at one time and I thank god I could say fuck one time".

Get The Laxative here and listen to the song below.

Lil' Wayne - 30 minutes to New Orleans

Runaway

BOOM.

It's payday, baby

Shit's going down in Paris. It's hardly news that the French produce some of the tightest hiphop out there, Booba makes the language of love sound like a musical murder weapon. Take it or leave it, c'est Jour de Paye.

Scuse me, I'ma let you finish!

Most of the talk about Kanye the last week has been about his supposedly rejected album cover (warning: "it gon' blow yall minds") for the upcoming album, and how he stands up for artists and "dey true creativity". But let's not forget his collaboration with La Roux and their remix of In for the Kill.

La Roux feat. Kanye West - In for the Kill (Remix)

Big L, rest in peace.

Those are the words of recently deceased legend Guru, starting off Full Clip. Big L has always been in the shadows of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac in the Dead Rappers' Society, at least until now. J-Love has reproduced the classic Danger Zone, which is the first leak off of the upcoming album The Return of the Devil's Son. Listen below! [via RCRD LBL]

Erase Me

Cudder's latest video for his song Erase Me features Mr. West and has a good portion of humor and the 60's. The Hendrix inspired video is directed by Jason Goldwatch and includes appearances by Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Clark Duke. Gotta love it!

All I want is for someone to help me

Yeah, we know you wish you had one for every time you've heard I Need a Dollar. Even though it's still THAT good, this recent help Aloe Blacc has gotten from some of NYC's finest makes it feel like it's fresh out the oven.

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Juganot Remix feat. Joell Ortiz, Maino, Cassidy, Papoose)

The Preview

We've been psyched about this drop for a while now, and The Preview is finally here. Let's be honest, we've heard half of the songs before, but they're still as good, and the remaining half is fucking banging. So do we give a shit? No. Chiddy Bang always deliver, and these tracks below make it so obvious.

Chiddy Bang - Here We Go feat. Q-Tip
Chiddy Bang - Nothing On We

Don't Worry Be Happy

I put it down from my whip to my diamonds

Wiz Khalifa is back with his tribute to the city of black and yellow, Pittsburgh. Kinda like his version of Empire State of Mind, if Empire State of Mind was about Jay-Z instead of NYC.

Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow [video]

Sunshine

M.I.A. needs no further introduction by now, and after an intense year of touring and a new album she's back featuring on Rye Rye's latest track Sunshine. Listen below or check out the video here!

Rye Rye feat. M.I.A. - Sunshine

Friday G.O.O.Dies

Kanye is dropping yet another track according to plan and making the blogosphere confused with a countdown for a new homepage...You gotta love this guy. Have a listen to Christian Dior Denim Flow below and watch Cudder perform it live.

Kanye West featuring Kid Cudi, Ryan Leslie, Lloyd Banks, Pusha T and John Legend - Christian Dior Denim Flow

I Don't Like The Look Of It

Yet another release from Wayne, this one also exclusive for the hard copy of I Am Not A Human Being. In other news Weezy has been placed in a solitary cell for the rest of his time in jail. This cause he was caught listening to his iPod. Free Weezy!

Lil' Wayne - I Don't Like The Look Of It feat. Gudda Gudda
via: Pigeons & Planes

The other side of the coin

Hip-hop is not all about cell blocks, full clips and the projects. It can also be a couple of white kids from New York with a tasteful talent of sampling other white people's music for beats and rapping on them. We mentioned Hoodie Allen's mixtape "Pep Rally" the other week, here are our favorites of the previously unreleased tracks.

Hoodie Allen - Joy & Misery

Hoodie Allen - Look at What We Started

Hoodie Allen - Tighten Up

If God had an iPod I'd be on his playlist

We won't blame you if you take this blog for Kanye propaganda, but it's just hard not to post his new stuff. Last up is this collaboration with Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, Pusha T and Cyhi the Prynce. Get it for free over at RCRD LBL.

Kanye West - So Appalled (feat. RZA, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Swizz Beatz & Cyhi the Prynce)

Theophilus London vs. The xx

One of the freshest acts of 2009 meets one of the freshest acts of 2010. We've heard a number of remakes of You've Got the Love, and it's not surprising that Theophilus London got his version right. His remake of the xx's remake of Florence's version that is. Florence's remake of Candi Staton's version that is.

Florence + the Machine - You’ve Got the Love (Theophilus London xx Reflip)

Asher Roth - G.R.I.N.D.

They got this right. I promise.

It's been a month or so since I first heard word that Chiddy Bang was gonna work their magic on The Naked & Famous' adolescent-romantic pop epic Young Blood, and my nights of longing and dreaming are over. Like the ever amazing Neon Gold Records blog puts it: "Throw this on your stereo and turn your speakers up loud, your weekend just got a whole lot fresher."

The Naked & Famous - Young Blood (Chiddy Bang Remix)

I'm lost in the world

We've had plenty of Kanye here so far, and for good reasons. This guy knows his stuff. The question is, if he starts doing collabos with alt artists like (well...) Bon Iver, who is gonna bash on award shows?

Kanye West feat. Bon Iver - Lost in the World

And they say I need to stop it with that rap stuff

Don't. I can't say I have a huge history with Freeway, but his latest release is some chill shit. Beautiful music from Philly.

Freeway - Beautiful Music (prod. Jake One)

Haterade

Gucci Mane - Haterade (Ft. Pharrell & Nicki Minaj)

Lemme Hump You

Blaqstarr – Lemme Hump You (Feat. M.I.A.)

Pep Rally

Blog favorite and Indie rapper, Hoodie Allen, dropped his Mix tape Pep Rally the other day and I haven't had the chance to listen to it just yet. I do know that some fresh tunes are on there which we've had up on the blog before. Head on over to his site and download it!

Early releases

Lil Wayne's B-day is comin up, which means that a new album's gonna drop. Here are some early releases. YM Salute is a track that's just gonna be on the hard copy and not on the web version that is beeing released on Sep 27th.


Lil Wayne – YM Salute (Feat Nicki Minaj, Lil Twist, Lil Chuckee, Jae Millz & Gudda Gudda)


Lil Wayne - Gonnarhea feat. Drake


Click here for snippets of I Am Not A Human Being

The Fantabolous Life Of Lazee

Lazee got some good things cooking, flippin nice editing by Kung Arthur.

The Good Life

One of our favourites, Chiddy Bang, is about to release their debut album The Preview , which is out on October 11th. They've released two EP's before called The Swelly Express and Air Swell. This time around it's for real and this latest track is co-produced with non-other than Pharell. The boys have good things coming!

Chiddy Bang - The Good Life

Data MC vs Nhan & Taan - Too Young To Die

Weezy preview

Wiz Khalifa - In the Cut

B.o.B.

If you've missed B.o.B, check him out. Magic is the latest single off his record The Adventures Of Bobby Ray.

Cee-Lo feat. Rebstar - Fuck You

Swedish rapper Rebstar doing his thing with Cee-Lo's Fuck You.

Yet Another Monster

I know there's a lot about Kanye these days. Nonetheless I need to feed you guys with this new shit. Apparently it's from Kanye's upcoming EP Watch The Throne and on this track he teams up with some of the best. I love the way Nicki is holding up against Jigga, and what about Bon Iver on a track like this? Sick.

Kanye West - Monster feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj

Wu Tang Vs. The Beatles

This isn't new, but still fresh. This song is from Tom Caruna's mash-up album Enter The Magical Mystery. I like the way he has used the beatles beats but not in a way that distracts you from the lines the boys are dropping. All and all, two greats mashed together makes for some sweetness for my ears.

Wu Tang Clan Vs. The Beatles - Uh Oh

Get the whole album here

Vintergatan - Ny värld

I've Got The Power

Kanye is dropping bomb after bomb right now. This is one big tease for what is to come.

Kanye West - Power feat. Jay Z and Swizz Beatz

Do Right And Kill Everything

Official video for "Miss Me", the latest single from Drizzy Drake's "Thank Me Later". Produced by Boi-1da and 40 and with a mortal verse from Weezy. Enjoy and be sure to turn up the bass!

John Legend + The Roots

John Legend and The Roots deliver this beautiful piece from their upcoming collab album "Wake up". In stores September 21, take a sneak peek on the tracklist.

1. “Compared to What”
2. “Hard Times”
3. “Little Ghetto Boy”
4. “Wake Up Everybody” feat. Common and Melanie Fiona
5. “Our Generation”
6. “Love the Way It Should Be”
7. “Hang On in There”
8. “I Can’t Write Left Handed”
9. “Wholy Holy”
10. “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”
11. “Shine”

G.O.O.D Ass Mixtape

Kanye & Perajok have teamed up to bring us this mixtape and with artists like Cudi, Kanye, Mr. Hudson, Lil Wayne and John Legend, you can't go wrong.

Get it! Download

Re-elected president of the south

After a couple of painful years good ol' pioneer of the south Bun B is back with a sick album called Trill OG. It includes collabs with Slim Thug, Drake and Young Jeezy but the dopest track is the old school production Let Em Know with DJ Premier behind the keys.

With this relaese Bun B once again proves that no one can combine a smooth voice, Houston clichés and beautiful beats like him.

Wu-Tang Clan Documentary

I'm excited about this shit, footage from the last 10 years, directed by GZA, this is gonna be good!

Atmosphere

Atmosphere just officially released a new single promoting their upcoming tour. To all my friends has a laid back beat similar to some of the ones we were to find on their latest album with the bomb ass name When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.

Atmosphere - To All My Friends

Mac Miller - Don't Mind If I Do

Words of Wisdom

Hoodie Allen, the wiz kid behind the brilliant Marina cover You Are Not A Robot, is back! This time he has lent the sounds of Two Door Cinema Club and their track Undercover Martyn, and is quite obviously on the right track when it comes to sampling. Don't take your eyes off this guy, or you're gonna miss something!

Hoodie Allen feat. Two Door Cinema Club - Words of Wisdom