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I am usually not a fan of modern R&B. I feel like the singers don't really have great vocal ability and the concept of their songs are drab at best. In the past year R&B has taken a new twist with the emergence of artist like Frank Ocean, whom I'm a fan of. And the The Weeknd whom everyone makes a big deal over but is personally not my cup of tea. Then there's guys like The Dream. Although I have never heard a complete Dream album I'm always a fan of the singles that he releases as well as the countless songs he has written for other artists (um "Single Ladies" helloooo) Recently he released a free album under his given name Terius Nash titled "1977". His brand of R&B is less sweet, coy, and sensual and way more brash and vulgar. There are MANY expletives in every song. Mostly cause the dissolution of his short second marriage to "singer" Christina Milian that has been blog fodder this past year. All the tracks are dope the vocals go well over the tracks and all the songs are catch as hell. Download the album here. Here is a video to one of the standout tracks on the project "Long Gone"

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It has just come to my attention that Avenger/Frontside/Teleport Team/ BIU Member JFIVE (@JFIVEPOP) has just released a new EP Titled Research and Development. I am currently listening to it and they have another CLASSIC on their hands. I may be a dork and a hermit, but I happen to know some cool people who do awesome things. SO yeah download HERE

Men that I love

This man is my latest muse. Reggie Watts is a comedian/ musician who improvises monster smash mega groovy tasty jams on the spot. This man is a genius. Me and LEY had to have watched this video 10 times last weekend. Im so jealous of this man's awesomness.


P.S. I looove the waay that your lookin! :)

Coming Soon...

Last year I've decided to make a mixtape by the name of BIU BBQ, Basically its like a kick off to the summer/cookout season. Even though I am a social hermit and never got to enjoy the mixtape in a public outing I hope some of you will partake. This year I've decided to do the same. BIU BBQ Mixtape Vol 2 coming soon, hopefully just in time for Memorial Day. What will I be doing this Memorial Day Holiday? 1. Pouring out some figurative Arbor Mist for our brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces and 2. Doing what all the cool kids do...work (womp, womp) for now check out BIU BBQ the original here

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Well it is officially spring now and its time to break out some of those feel good the weather is getting nicer jammies. Right now these are a couple of my faves that you should give a listen too.

Up first is Kid Sister's Kiss Kiss Kiss Mixtape. This mixtape was released months ago but I finally got around to listening to it and man it is a perfect dance record. You can literally put this on at a party and let the whole thing ride. If you are not familiar with Kid Sister and how she reps the whole rap/dance/house movement, this will be a great intro. You can download it here
Here is one of the songs "Gucci Rag Top" ft Gucci Mane


Next is Childish Gambino. Childish Gambino is the brainchild of writer/comedian/actor Donald Glover who currently stars in NBC's "Community". I know you may groan at the fact of an actor or comedian making music, especially rap music, but Donald does this exceptionally well. Especially since he is simply being himself, he's a black nerd and he waves that flag proudly. And yes I am in love with him. You can download the Childish Gambino EP here
And here is the video for the single "Freaks and Geeks"

Holiday Spirit: Part Deux

While working at the Radford U radio station WVRU I randomly made what has become a holiday classic for some. On a random cold saturday I was up in at the station studio just fooling around and I made "Hoodmetal's Anti X-mas Songs" just for the heck of it. It came out so good I impressed myself. After leaving school I lost my copy of it and spoke about it on facebook. Upon me waking up today at the crack of 3:30 in the afternoon. The Master himself my mentor JB left a link to the download of the song. Joy filled my heart. My black heart is filled with Xmas jeer. Rejoice!

Postal Script: You can download it here so you and your family can enjoy for years to come.

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You should download Theophilus London's I Want You. Theophilus is from Brooklyn and he blends elements of hip-hop, pop, R&B and electronic music seamlessly. Its very polished, sophisticated and sexy. It makes you want to sip wine outside during sunset or take a ride with all your windows down at dusk. Plus it's 'hosted' by Va$htie who's pretty much the coolest chick ever with the coolest life. Yeah I hate her too. Anyways check it out its good stuff. Download "I Want You"
Here is my favorite song on the record (so far) "Accept the New"

Theophilus London - ACCEPT THE NEW from Theophilus London on Vimeo.

You Need This In Your Life

So for a while now a lot of people have been looking forward to Kid Cudi's debut album
Man on The Moon: The End of Day and whether this dude will deliver on all the hype that has been surrounding him for a year and change. I have to say that he delivers big time! There will be a lot of haters and nay-sayers because that's just the way the world works. You can be the person who cures cancer and SOMEONE will say condem you for it, that's the way it is. Hardcore hip hop heads, old rappers and back-packers may want to hate but this is a great album. Kid Cudi and I are about the same age (he 25 me 24) and to me as an artist he represents and era of kids who grew up on mid to late 90's MTV where say a Metallica video plays and Dr. Dre and Tupac plays after him the maybe some Sneaker Pimps after that. Its a generation of kids who embraced many different genres of music. He takes this and in my humble opinion takes the art of conception and hip hop as a whole to another level. The album is set up as a play/movie/dream/musical if you will being split up into 5 scences. The transition into some of those scenes are narrated by Common who's like this generation's James Earl Jones. Listening to this album is truely cinematic. There are some songs that on an individual basis that I would not turn to like "Simple As..." and "Pursuit of Happiness" but this is a project that needs to be listened to as a whole. There are some standout tracks "Soundtrack to my Life" "My World" "Cudi Zone" the best song on the album to me is "Heart of Lion" which Cudi describes as "Eye of the Tiger"-esque which it really is. Its dark yet triumphant with a pulsating beat. I mentioned on twitter the other day how I was surprised of the number of interviews and articles I have read about Cudi how no one mentions Bone Thugs N Harmony's influence on his sing song-y style. This is well demonstrated on the song "Hyyer" feat his friend, artist and fellow Cleavland-ite Chip the Ripper. On that song its so blantantly obvious, its so blantantly Cleaveland as us outsiders are familiar with. As a whole this album really does push the musical envelope, it engages ALL musicians and artist in all genres to step their game and imagination up. However; I believe the pressure is really on for the Kid now, how could he possibly follow up to this, is he able too? He has so far proven himself very sensitive when it comes to this whole music game, threatning to quit, deleting his twitter account because of 'negativity'. So I say get this album and listen to it whole preferably in the dark cause this may be as good as it gets from Kid Cudi.