Hip-Hop, Pop | Outasight – Loosen Up
Posted by ATexas on September 29, 2011
Outasight recently just released their newest single Tonight is the Night on Itunes, and its hella good, but since FNT is about that free music I thought I’d post this jam “Loosen Up” thats been floating around for a week or two. All about Matt Max’s synthy pop beat lacing with Outasights rapping and singing abilities. He’s all about the pop version of hip hop and is currently featured on Pepsi’s newest ad campaign. Happy to say I’ve been following him for quite some time. Basically, he’s the man.
Download:Outasight – Loosen Up
Girl Fire, Pop | Rihanna – We Found Love (Prod. by Calvin Harris)
Posted by Grubeats on September 22, 2011
Ri Ri you gon’ dun it again. The newest radio hit from Rihanna just premiered on the London waves and quickly made it’s way to FNT. This electro/pop banger is supposedly the first off Rihanna’s newest album, the first since LOUD back in’10, which is set to drop in November. Shout out to producer Calvin Harris for cooking up a synth smashing beat. As always, expect every 16 year old girl and their mother to be fist pumping to this one.
P.S. Chances she wrote this one for J. Cole?
Hip-Hop, Pop | Hip-Hop: Lupe Fiasco, Mac Miller, Casey Veggies, Mann, Aziz, Chiddy
Posted by Grubeats on September 20, 2011
Lead singer & songwriter for Fall Out Boy, Patrick Stump, recently hit the booth with Lupe Fiasco to create what has potential to be Chi town’s new anthem. Both putting on for their city, this video represents the windy city well and gives every Chicago-an(?) something to be proud of. Chicago is not the only thing Lupe is publicly passionate about. The politically controversial MC recently joined a Wall Street protest prior to shared his beliefs on the current economic condition and New World Order [read up on that here].
Download: Patrick Stump ft. Lupe Fiasco – This City
In lieu of reaching 900,000 follower’s on Twitter, @MacMiller dropped a new track titled “Willie Dynamite” in part of his ‘Road 2 A Million Followers’. Young Macintosh keeps his pimp hand strong, dedicating this track to the 1974 flick famous pimp, Willie Dynamite. Produced by Big Jerm, Mac keep’s it it true to his style with catchy yet insightful lyrics and even drops an autotuned bar for the K.I.D.S. Blue Slide Park coming November 8th!
Download: Mac Miller – Willie Dynamite (Prod. by Big Jerm)
Casey Veggies, who will be accompanying Mac on tour, also dropped his debut album, Sleeping In Class, today on iTunes. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, but I’ll update you all with the best cuts once I have a chance to do so. For now, here’s the highly anticipated track off the project, featuring none other than the young Mac himself.
Download: Casey Veggies ft. Mac Miller – Can I Live
My favorite 5 1/2′ west coast cat daddy, Mann, dropped a nice new laid back bubbler track. It’s been hit or miss with Mann, but the #BirthdayGang chief keeps it shaded up on this nice and easy beat, leaving us with a new track to chill to.
Download: Mann – Shaded Up Chillin
Since the recent release of his junior mixtape, Daydreams of A Spaceshot, my boy Aziz has dropped a few bonus tracks that didn’t make the tape. This is not the typical sound we’ve grown accustomed to from Zig Zag, but I.L.O Productions flips the Yukon Blonde track for a smooth, slightly poppy track. Sounds a bit like something we’d hear from Wiz, but I’m feeling this joint from Aziz.
Download: Aziz – Wind Blows (Prod. by I.L.O. productions)
I feel guilty posting this in a hip-hop update, but it didn’t deserve it’s own post, so here it is anyways. VV Brown scooped Chiddy (of Chiddy Bang) for a verse off her newest pop hit, “Children (Keep On Singing)”. Settle down, it’s not really the ice cream truck…
Electro, Pop | Teddybears – No More Michael Jackson
Posted by GMONEY on September 15, 2011
Stockholm’s own Teddybears did their thing on “No More Michael Jackson.” Smooth synths, robotic voices, a fist-pumping beat, and a crazy dirty chorus. If you fly down highways, cop this.
Teddybears – No More Michael Jackson
Albums, Hip-Hop, Pop | Shwayze & Cisco – Over & Over ft. Kendrick Lamar & Sophie Stern
Posted by Grubeats on September 14, 2011
Shwayze & Cisco have had one scorching summer. From Shwayze’s first major hit, “Love Letter”, which featured The Cataracs, to some of their smaller scale beachy beats such as “Summertime Music” and “You Could Be My Girl”, Shwayze & Cisco have innovated nothing short of the best ‘summertime music’. With their very chilling album, “Island In The Sun” which hit shelves Tuesday, I realized there are not many duos who are capable of creating a similar sound. The only real exception being Radical Something, who also had a very successful summer, breaking out of the gates with some very zesty tunes. But really, when the suns out, Shwayze & Cisco belong in the speakers.
I haven’t had a chance to listen to the album through fully yet, but from the half I’ve heard, this track could very well be my favorite. I can’t say I expected to see Kendrick Lamar as one of the few features on this project, but after hearing it, I couldn’t be happier with the decision. The first time I’ve heard K. Dot over this time of beat and the first time I realized how versatile he really is.
Download: Shwayze & Cisco – Over & Over ft. Kendrick Lamar & Sophie Stern (DOPE)
Download: Full Album “Island In The Sun” on iTunes
Hip-Hop, Pop | Timeflies Tuesday – Monday
Posted by GMONEY on September 14, 2011
For this week’s installment of Timeflies Tuesday the talented duo remixes Monday, Monday. Even more exciting, and ironic, they also announced that their highly anticipated (and delayed) mixtape, The Scotch Tape, will be released this Monday, the 19th. Stay posted, you’ll get it as soon as we get it.
Pop | Enrique Iglesias ft Pitbull – I Like How It Feels
Posted by Juicebox on September 12, 2011
Just when you thought Pitbull was finally done with his dance music reign, he teams up with Enrique for a manufactured textbook radio hit. Prepare to hate this song once the radio, your sister, and everyone else over plays it.