December 2011
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Mansions on the Moon - Leaves Fall
Here goes the second freebie off Mansions on the Moon’s upcoming Lightyears EP.
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Video: Tyga - Make it Nasty
NOT SAFE FOR WORK. This one’s off Tyga’s latest mixtape, #BitchImTheShit, which you can download by clicking the cover below.
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Wale - Bait (Remix) [feat. 2 Chainz, Rick Ross &...
I personally don’t really agree with having Tremaine on this track, but it is what it is. Original appeared as a bonus cut on the deluxe version of Wale’s Ambition, which is available now.
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Video: B.o.B - Strange Clouds (feat. Lil Wayne)
Here’s the official video for B.o.B’s title track off his upcoming album, which also appeared on his recently released EPIC: Every Play is Crucial mixtape.
November 2011
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Video: Beyonce - Dance For You
This video for the “Dance For You,” a bonus track off 4, will be featured on Beyonce’s DVD release, Live At Roseland: The Elements of 4, out on November 29.
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Video: The Weeknd - The Knowing
After a bunch of fan made videos, we finally get the first official set of visuals from The Weeknd for “The Knowing” - the last track featured on the highly acclaimed House of Balloons mixtape. The video is directed by Mikael Colombu. Up next, Echoes of Silence.
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Lupe Fiasco - Friend of the People
Lupe Fiasco is finally back with a new 12-track Thanksgiving release. Tracklist below.
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WZRD - Brake
WZRD - the new band consisting of Kid Cudi and producer Dot Da Genius - has just unleashed this preview of what’s to come on their upcoming album, which is set to be released on January 30, 2012, which also happens to be Kid Cudi’s birthday.
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Video: Fleet Foxes - The Shrine / An Argument
Check out this absolutely outstanding animated video directed by Sean Pecknold for Fleet Foxes’ 8-minute standout track off Helplessness Blues.
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T.I. - Pyro
DJ MLK releases the new single off Tip’s upcoming album, Trouble Man.
“I have this one record [titled] ‘Pyro’ that I’m proud of,” T.I. told Billboard.com’s The Juice. “‘Pyro’ is a straight party record. It’s nostalgic of those crazy nights, early mornings [but] just turned up.”
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Mike Posner - The Layover
Mike Posner has released his latest project, The Layover, to hold fans over until the release of his second album which is due out in 2012. The mixtape features the likes of Bun B, Big K.R.I.T., Elzhi, Bei Maejor and more. Hit the jump for the tracklist as well as the video for one of the tracks off the tape, “Wonderwall.”
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01. The Layover ft. Don Cannon
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Video: Robin Thicke - Love After War
Robin Thicke and his lovely wife Paula Patton star in this new Hype Williams-directed music video for his single, and album title track, “Love After War.” Thicke’s fifth studio album will hit stores on December 6.
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Drake - Over My Dead Body (Star Slinger Jetlag...
Producer Star Slinger reworks the album opener off Drake’s sophomore album, Take Care.
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Video: Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light
New video for the single off the now available Ceremonials, filled with witchcraft, voodoo dolls and such.
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Video: Feist - How Come You Never Go There
Here’s the first set of visuals off Leslie Feist’s latest LP, Metals.
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Video: Young Jeezy - F.A.M.E. (feat. T.I.)
TM 103 is scheduled for release on December 20 - but who knows for sure, right?
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Stream: Cults - Bad Things (Remix) [feat. Freddie...
A few months ago, indie pop duo Cults told Spinner that they were working on a hip-hop mixtape of their self-titled debut album, featuring guys like Freddie Gibbs and Lil B. Hypetrack has now premiered a track of that said mixtape - a remix of “Bad Things” featuring Gangsta Gibbs himself.
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Star Slinger - Dumbin' (Diplo Remix) [feat. Reggie...
Diplo has remixed Star Slinger’s “Dumbin’,” adding more funk to an already banging track.
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Future - Ain't No Way Around It (Remix) [feat. Big...
Future grabs Big Boi and Young Jeezy to remix his song featured on DJ Drama’s Third Power, which is out now in stores and online. Props GreenHitz.
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Video: Wale - Tats On My Arm (feat. Rick Ross)
The video for Wale’s “Lotus Flower Bomb” was just released yesterday and today, we get a new video for “Tats On My Arm” featuring MMG’s big boss, Rick Ross. Ambition is available now.
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Mansions on the Moon - Desert Island
Over the next few weeks, Mansions on the Moon will be releasing new tracks off their upcoming EP, Lightyears, which is executive produced by Pharrell Williams. Listen below for their first offering entitled “Desert Island.”
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Travis Porter - You Don't Know Bout It (Remix)...
2 Chainz a.k.a. Tity Boi and Young Jeezy hop on the official remix for Travis Porter’s street single.
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Burd & Keyz - Faithful (feat. Luu Breeze, A-Game &...
Third single taken from Burd & Keyz’s (R.I.P. Keyz) Keyz of Life, set to be released on December 13.
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Luu Breeze x A-Game x Jahron B - Faithful by Burd & Keyz
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B.o.B - 5 on the Kush (feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Bun B)
B.o.B releases a new song featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Bun B entitled “5 on the Kush” which is set to appear on his upcoming E.P.I.C. (Every Play is Crucial) mixtape.
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Video: Common - Sweet
Common premiered this video yesterday as a donate-to-watch where all the proceeds will be donated to J/P Haitian Relief Organization benefiting the victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The Dreamer, The Believer is scheduled to hit shelves on December 20.
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Video: Wale - Lotus Flower Bomb (feat. Miguel)
New video starring “America’s Next Top Model” Bre Scullark for the Miguel-assisted single off Wale’s recently released album, Ambition.
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Drake Covers Complex
Drake’s second album, Take Care, officially hits shelves today, so it was only fitting that he gets his second cover on Complex’s upcoming December 2011/January 2012 issue, which hits newsstands on December 6.
With gangster rap in decline, and Kanye refashioning the parameters of rap stardom, Drake arrived right on time. But his success has made him one of the most polarizing...
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Mike Posner - Rocket Man (feat. Bun B)
Mike Posner put out his rendition of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” as the first offering off his upcoming project, The Layover, available on November 20, which will precede the release of his sophomore album, Sky High that is due out early 2012.
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Stream: Little Boots - Shake
It was in 2009 when UK’s Victoria Hesketh, better known as Little Boots, released her debut album Hands. Now she has premiered “Shake,” a track produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco, which will serve as the new single off a sophomore effort that is slated for release early 2012.
Stream below. The single is available now via iTunes.
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Famous - Road to Center Stage EP: Part 1
Famous has just released the first part of his Road to Center Stage EP, featuring Memphis Bleek, Rich Kidd and Melanie Durrant, plus production from Burd & Keyz, Boi-1da, Tone Mason & Supervice.
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After the jump, check out Famous’ freestyle of Jay-Z & Kanye West’s “Illest Motherf**ker Alive.”
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Video: John West - Already There (feat. Big Sean)
New visuals for John West’s single, “Already There,” with Def Jam label mate Big Sean. This feel-good track is produced by Brian Kennedy and is set to appear West’s upcoming debut album.
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Video: The Slakadeliqs - Love Controls The Sun...
Here’s the new video for The Slakadeliqs’ (Slakah the Beatchild’s alter ego) first single, “Love Controls The Sun” featuring Justin Nozuka, off the album The Other Side of Tomorrow which is set to be released on January 17, 2012. The project will feature Justin Nozuka, Shad, Tingsek, Ebrahim, and more.
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Stream: Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles
“Ray Charles” will serve as the first single off Chiddy Bang’s upcoming album, Breakfast.
“The song actually started out as a joke when my brother, Cheeseburger Don, got so high he fell asleep in the studio with his sunglasses on,” says Chiddy Bang. “I looked over and he reminded me of Ray Charles, probably because I was high, too. I started freestyling about...
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Stream: Yelawolf - Throw It Up (feat. Gangsta Boo...
The FADER provides us with the most anticipated track off Catfish Billy’s upcoming album, Radioactive. Yelawolf gets assistance from former Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo and label boss Eminem, as well as production from WillPower.
Radioactive comes out Novemeber 21st via Shady Records.
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Day one
This blog once was, then it wasn’t, then it was, then it wasn’t, then I joined the YK2Daily team and now, this blog is again. My other blog has no words. This will have words.
Thank you for your time.
- WIL