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    VIDEO: Rick Ross feat John Legend – Sweet Life

    Remember when Rick Ross was exposed as corrections officer and the Internets were predicting his doom? Well, radio airplay and a #1 album pretty much silenced the haters and rendered Bloggers irrelevant. Ross is back with the album Teflon Don, and every track that has leaked so far has been a banger Maybach Music 3 [...]

    July 13, 2010 No Comments

    Levis Pioneer Sessions: John Legend & The Roots – Our Generation

    John Legend & The Roots – Our Generations [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The  iconic denim company Levi’s, recently enlisted a dozen influential musicians of different genres to help launch their 2010 Pioneer Sessions, a platform used to showcase ‘pioneering’ artists interpreting a song that has inspired their sound  (all which are available as a free download). Last month we told you [...]

    June 28, 2010 1 Comment

    REVIEW: The Climate Rally at the National Mall, DC

    Nearly 20,000 people came out to National Mall to help raise awareness for Mother Earth. This was the first time in about four years that Earth Day wasn’t a washout. Various speakers from all walks of life were there; Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Trudie Styler (Sting’s Wife), Football player/Reality show personality Dhani Jones, Director James [...]

    April 27, 2010 1 Comment

    Review: MSTRKRFT – Fist of God

    MSTRKRFT Fist of God Can hip-hop and soul exist over 120 beats per minute? MSTRKFT sure hopes so. The Toronto elctro duo recruits some unlikely partners for their latest disc, which pairs some of the best known and unknown urban musicians over their delectiable trash electro beats. Does it work? Why yes it does. The lineup [...]

    April 8, 2009 No Comments

    Track: MSTRKRFT x John Legend – Heartbreaker

    MSTRKRFT featuring John Legend – Heartbreaker [Audio clip: view full post to listen] A couple of y’all were asking be about this MSTRKRFT x John Legend track last week and thanks to Rome at Better Than Yours I found the link to the official track at the Thank God I’m Famous Blog. To be quite [...]

    April 1, 2009 2 Comments

    SXSW Preview: MSTRKRFT

    MSTRKRFT is a elecronic music duo from Toronto that formed from the ashes of one of my favorite bands, Death from Above 1979. Even though I heard a few remixes hear or there, I never really checked their 2006 album The Looks, though I think i should have. It’s all good though. In 2009, they’re back [...]

    March 11, 2009 No Comments

    Reader Best of 2008: DJ Cam Jus

    Mavado This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day over the next several weeks to see what their best tracks of [...]

    December 31, 2008 No Comments

    John Legend Feat. 3000 – Green Light (Diplo Dade County Remix)

    John Legend Feat. 3000 – Green Light (Diplo Dade County Remix) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I haven’t heard a Diplo remix in a while, so I’m pleasantly surprised that he got back into the game with the already great “Green Light.” Diplo keeps the track bouncy, but adds a special touch of [...]

    September 19, 2008 1 Comment

    John Legend feat. Andre 3000 – Green Light

    John Legend feat. Andre 3000 – Green Light [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This summer is shaping up to be a good one for music, and even though this John Leged jawn is only a snippet, I predict this track will be HUGE….at least on my iPod! (hat tip: Scheme)

    May 22, 2008 No Comments