Jarren Benton - Skitzo (Video)

Ok, I admit I'm really late on this one, but I gotta share this. If you wanna see something really weird but yet artistically interesting, check Jarren Benton's video to "Skitzo".



If this is making you curious about more music, check out the A3C v.1 compilation.

Cousin Fik peeps the old bay and the new bay on new single

Sic Wit It rapper Cousin Fik, who a lot of you may know from his feature appearences on the latest E-40 albums, is gearing up for the release of his upcoming album "Sickest Nigga Healthy". As for that he called out Decadez to provide him with the minimalist and bassy beat to his new single "Old Bay New Bay". The track is a nice little piece of music for people who like the electronic sound of the new bay. Cousin Fik's rhymes are always worthwhile listening to, he sure has some wit and style, although on this one, he sounds kinda monotonous. Enough babbling though, check the video:

Krizz Kaliko releases "Kickin & Screamin"

Strange Music's own Krizz Kaliko just celebrated the release of his new album "Kickin & Screamin". The Kansas City singer slash rapper hence dropped his 4th solo effort and it sure is an ambitious one. Besides guest appearences by (of course) Tech N9ne, T-Pain, Twista, Chamillionaire among others, fans can expect a wiser and more thoughtful Kaliko, compared to his last release "Shock Treatment" from 2010. But he is not forgetting the party and sometimes almost dub-step kind of heaters either.

One of such is the shrugging, electronic and bass-driven "Spaz" for which he just dropped a video. He gets assistes by label boss Tech N9ne.



Another Tech N9ne featured track is the introspective "Hello Wells", which also got chosen to shoot a video for.



These two tracks should give you a proper impression of what to expect from "Kickin & Screamin", so judge for yourself and if you like it, support Krizz Kaliko and Strange Music.

E-40 strikes with a great line-up for his new videos

Vallejo native and bay area legend E-40 has been known for a work-a-holic not only since he dropped a three-disc album called "The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil" earlier this year. Combined with the four-disc set of "Revenue Retrievin" from 2010 and 2011 he has released 140 songs within the last three years and shot numerous videos also. While you can surely argue about the necessity of dropping so much music in that short time, I can assure you that his two new videos will be pleasing the quality rap fan. Therefore he has been reaching out to some of the sickest artists in the scene.

Today, E-40 presented his new single "Catch A Fade" on facebook, featuring his son Droop-E and the westcoast's new ambassador Kendrick Lamar. Watch it below.



Just last week he sent another banger through youtube, the gritty horror-visual of "Zombie" featuring Sacramento's finest Brother Lynch Hung and the fastest tongue in hip-hop Tech N9ne. You can find it below.



E-40 also announced that he's gonna "shoot videos for 93% of the songs on all 3 BLOCK BROCHURE albums". Again, you can discuss whether that is really needed, but as long as he keeps dropping heat like this, most of you should be fine.

And don't forget, the duo album "The History Channel" with long time partner Too $hort is said to be dropping later this year.

Ab-Soul shows "Empathy" and readies his "Control System" album

TDE rapper Ab-Soul from Carson, CA is ready to finally blow up in 2012 with his new record "Control System", dropping May 11th. To gear it up he just released his new video to the track "Empathy" featuring the too early gone singer Alori Joh and JaVonte. This track is the perfect fit for the beginning of the hot season with its smooth and laid-back vibe and the video includes a dedication to Alori Joh. The beat has been provided by Skhye Hutch.
Check the video to "Empathy":


In case you missed the other recent leaks of Ab-Soul's "Control System", check the following two vids as well.

Ab-Soul ft. ScHoolboy Q - SOPA


Ab-Soul - Pinneal Gland

Lil B gives away "I'm Gay" for free - Kendrick Lamar drops "Section 80"

Summer's hot and not only do the current Steam-sales benefit our wallets. The highly controversial rapper and The Pack member Lil B just dropped his even more controversial discussed solo debut "I'm Gay (I'm Happy)". To celebrate that, he gave that record away for free, via downloadlink on his twitter account.

He stated "CUZ I LOVE YOU IF YOU DONT HAVE 10 DOLLERS TO BUY MY NEW PROJECT HERE IT GOES FOR FREE- Lil B :+)"

On another note, Kendrick Lamar dropped his highly anticipated album "Section 80" on all digital retailers. If you're eager to hear honest music from one of the new voices of the west coast, who is not just bragging about cars or whatever, then you should check this out. As a teaser, watch the video for Kendrick's latest single "HiiiPoWeR", this should give you a proper impression of what Kendrick Lamar is about.

Bootsy Collins' new album is out now!

As reported in January, funk and bass legend Bootsy Collins is back with his new album "Tha Funk Capital Of The World". This is just a quick reminder to pick up the album. The album is already out in the U.S. and will be released in Europe on April 25th respectively April 29th.

To put you in the right mood, I got a little video of Bootsy's current TV appearence in the german late night show "TV Total". This is not just for people who speak German, there's a lot of English talking in the 9 minute video and you can see Botsy funkin with the audience. So check it out!

Bootsy Collins on TV Total

Support the funk, or the funk will funk you!

DJ Quik talking about the sound of "Book Of David"

Within the next weeks we can be looking forward to a lot of great album releases. Upcoming tuesaday will be the release date for E-40's, Snoop Dogg's and Wiz Khalifa's new records. In early April funk legend Bootsy Collins will drop his new solo album and also April 19th is slowly but surely coming. That's when DJ Quik's supposed to put out his new LP "Book Of David".

In the video you can find down below, Quik is telling why he is one of the first musicians ever to get a sample clearence for "Grease" and why 80's music is his favourite. So you can expect an 80's influenced record with "Book Of David".




Grab "Book Of David" on April 19th - one day before the international kush day, so you can smoke some to this one!

Clyde Carson is back with "What Would I Do" [Video]

Oakland's own Clyde Carson is back with a new video called "What Would I Do". The former member of The Team proves that he hasn't lost anything and that it may have been a mistake to go on a major label. Dropping such quality independently could've made him one of the biggest artists in the bay. But enough talking, check the video:


What Would I Do from Clyde Carson on Vimeo.


The song will be included on his upcoming project "Something To Speak About" due out this spring.

Daz Dillinger does teleshopping - "Special Edition" of his new album "D.A.Z." with Scale

Yeah... good old Daz is always good for a laugh!

E-40 - My Lil Grimey Nigga (Video) - Overtime Shift & Graveyard Shift tracklist

Holy shit, this came outta nowhere! E-40 is back with his new single AND video "My Lil Grimey Nigga" to gear up his two (!) upcoming solo albums "Revenue Retrievin: Overtime Shift" and "Revenue Retrievin: Graveyard Shift".

As to that, he chose the same formula as for his last year's video smasher "Weed Man", since Federation's band member Stressmatic is featured on the hook once again. E-40 proves that he keeps it real with this one, so please support tha godfather of the bay and buy the double record on March 29th. Check the video AND the tracklist for both albums below.



Tracklist:

Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift
1. Mr. Flamboyant 2K11
2. Drugs (feat. B-Legit)
3. Hillside
4. Gunz
5. Slow It Down (feat. J. Stalin & Decadez)
6. Me & My Bitch
7. Beastin
8. My Money Straight (feat. Guce & Black C (of RBL Posse))
9. I Love My Momma (feat. R.O.D. & Mic Conn)
10. I Am Your (feat. Droop-E & Laroo T.H.H.)
11. In The Morning (feat. Beeda Weeda & Work Dirty (of DB'z))
12. Punkin' Em Out
13. Born In The Struggle (feat. Dr. Cornell West & Mike Marshall)
14. Fuck Em'
15. Rear View Mirror (feat. B-Legit & Stressmatic)
16. Lookin' Back (feat. Devin The Dude)
17. Stay Gone
18. Movin' Organized Business (M.O.B.)
19. Tired Of Sellin Yola
20. Click About It (feat. The Click, Harm (of Da Rich), & Bosko)

Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift
1. Barbarian
2. Serious (feat. T-Pain)
3. Graveyard Shift (feat. Cousin Fik & Choose Up Cheese)
4. My Lil Grimey Nigga
5. Yankin' (feat. Hot (of DB'z) & Laroo T.H.H.)
6. Concrete
7. Club On Lock (feat. Matt Blaque & Laroo T.H.H.)
8. Fried (feat. Tech N9ne & Marty James)
9. Back & Forth (feat. Turf Talk, Cousin Fik, & Stresmatic)
10. Bad Bitch (feat. Stressmatic & Droop-E)
11. Takin 'Em Back
12. My Shit Bang
13. The Streets Don't Love Nobody (feat. Turf Talk & DB Tha General)
14. 43 (feat. B-Legit)
15. That Candy Paint (feat. Bun B & Slim Thug)
16. E Forty
17. Trapped (feat. Mike Marshall)
18. Spooky (feat. Bosko)
19. Don't Try This At Home (feat. Philthy Rich & Stevie Joe)
20. Tuff Times (feat. Bosko & Netta B)

These two albums guarantee to bang in your trunk and to hit you up with some real lyrics. Beats will be produced by Droop-E, Rick Rock, Daywalk and more. Once again: Go get these records on March, 29.

MC Eiht asks "Where U Goin 2" on new single

Compton's original MC Eiht is back with another single from his upcoming album "Which Way Iz West" due out anytime this spring. The track is called "Where U Goin 2" and the beat got laced by DJ Premier's protege Brenk aka. Brenk Sinatra. Check the video below!

Snoop Dogg visits twitter central office

Now this is extremely funny!

Snoop Dogg just sent out a video where he's visiting the twitter headquarters with his recent entourage (you can see Kurupt, Daz, Mac Shawn 100, Soopafly and newcomer Pilot). They're having a good time smoking weed in the office and the big Dogg gives a little preview of his upcoming album "Doggumentary Music".

Have a look and a laugh!

Droop-E - Hungry [Video]

Droop-E is back with a new video off his "BLVCK Diamond Life" mixtape. This time he comes around with a critical song and video dealing with the problem of discrimination and homelessness. The song features a nice sample from Sade's "When Am I Going To Make A Living".

Check the video:

Big Terrace Martin drop

For one of the musically and critically aclaimed most successful artists of 2010, Terrace Martin, the new year will be extremely busy. He recently announced two new projects. A follow-up to his fans-beloved free album "Here, My Dear" called "The Sex EP" and the sequel to his last physical CD "Locke High", simply entitled "Locke High 2".

As for that, he just dropped a bunch of new tracks with featurings of none other than Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Kendrick Lamar, Bad Lucc and more. Check them below:

Snoop Dogg feat. J. Black - Exersize

Terrace Martin feat. Kendrick Lamar & Cyhi Da Prince - Thirsty 

Kurupt, Kendrick Lamar & Bad Lucc - Get Bizy

As if this isn't enough, he will also drop a collabo EP with underground lyricist Murs called "The Melrose". This is meant to be something unusual for both of them that they're doing just for fun. You can see that in their first video which is also titled "Melrose".


"The Melrose" is set to drop on February 8th, 2011

"The Sex EP" is set to drop on February 13th, 2011
and "Locke High 2" is planned to to be released sometime in spring or early summer. Be on the look out!

E-40: "Revenue Retrievin" video collection

Big video drop today!

For his last two albums, E-40 dropped a bunch of videos for his fans to enjoy. To gear up up towards his upcoming to albums and to remember you how great the last ones were, I made a collection of all his videos from the two "Revenue Retrievin" records. So get your glasses right, uuugh!

"Bitch" feat. Too $hort / "Over The Stove"


"Undastandz Me"


"The Weed Man" feat. Stresmatic (of Federation)


"Lightweight Jammin'" feat. Clyde Carson & Husalah


"Dem Boyz" feat. Y.V.


"Outta Control" feat. Dem HoodStarz & Mistah F.A.B.


"It's Gotta Get Better" feat. Mike Marshall & Suga-T


"Nice Guys"


"Can't Stop The Boss" feat. Snoop Dogg, Too $hort & Jazze Pha


"He's A Gangsta" feat. Jacka & Kaveo


"Spend The Night" feat. Droop-E, The DB'z, Laroo & B-Slimm


"The Server"


That's the full package so far! Shouts out to E-40 for puttin so much work in it.

"Kush" makes Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg high on the road to Detox!

It's finally official: "Kush" will be the first single for Dr. Dre's (very very very) long awaited upcoming solo record "Detox". And who else could be featured on a track named "Kush" than Snoop Dogg? This is one of Snoop's best performances in years. The hook is done by Akon with additional vocals by the singer Chief Thunderbird aka Sly.
You can hear that they tried to make him sound like Nate Dogg - now that's a very huge shout out if you ask me! I can see this track banging in the clubs very soon and you can expect the video that has been shot yesterday to be released within the next few weeks.

Detox is coming!


On another note, Snoop Dogg just put the new video to the lead single of his 11th solo album "Doggumentary Music" due out on March 2011. The track is called "New Year's Eve" and features the singer Marty James. Check it below!



I have to revise my comment from a few days ago, this song really grew on me and it's positive music. The beat produced by Scoop DeVille still sounds similar to Snoop's last year smash hit "I Wanna Rock" though.

Video: Terrace Martin - Expectations ft. Murs, Bad Lucc & Tone

Here's the brand new visual for "Expectations" off Terrace Martin's great "Here, My Dear" album featuring Murs, Bad Lucc and Tone Trezure.

Enjoy!

If Snoop would always rap like this

Yesterday, Snoop Dogg, who just turned 39 on Oct. 20th, broadcasted about one hour live on ustream. In the very beginning you can hear a nice laid-back beat and Snoop spittin over it live. This made me think why he chooses to drop singles like his recent "New Year's Eve" with Marty Jones. The way he raps over this beat brings back that old Snoop Dogg vibe and would fit more to an album named "Doggystyle 2" (which is a horrible idea in my opinion) than this designated lead single.

Check his ustream session here.

And check the new single here:


Props to Snoop though, for bumping "Biatch" by E-40 and Too $hort on 10:00.

Hieroglyphics are back with a new album

I think he was pretty high, but Del Tha Funky Homosapien just spreaded a video via facebook, announcing a new Hieroglyphics album. Yeah, you're reading correctly, Hieroglyphics, new album! The title will be "Valey Of The Kings" and it's suppsed to drop on Tuesday, November 1st. I don't know why I didn't hear ANYTHING about this yet, but I'm looking forward to get this CD in my system!

CHECK THE VIDEO (click)

Let's see if it really drops and spread the word!


Si-Chill