More music from The Sparks Foundation mixtape, this time with a jazzy, sampled beat and the Polo-obsessed DZA weaving his relaxed confident flow into the beat scratches and boom baps. Check the track after the jump.
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What makes a summer song? It’s sweaty but never sad about it. The right summer smash makes you put the double-decker barbecue plate on your lawn chair, pour out something cool and get close to the speakers. It’s naked and unashamed, of course. The song’s gotta be loud. Not volume-wise either. You need to be able to open that sunroof, lower the windows on the highway and still annoy passersby with the bass drop. They’re great songs because they’re disposable songs. A summer jam is the wet wipe of music: refreshing as it is fleeting and oh so useful at the right time.
Load these songs into your playlist and be the DJ you always wanted for the weekend.
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This that light-hearted bout-to-go-tour-with-Taylor-Gang music. Check the Cali prince’s new joint after the jump.
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Hasn’t this genre come along way with the guy sweetly singing to the lady rapping on a track? That’s a milestone. August and his spaceship deluxe R&B fill music planets with Nicki’s rhythmic bars. His modified howling and her melodic songstress half-verse are a radio-wrapped special. That other half rap verse can be chopped right off and Nicki’s still there, sounding lovely and suited to this syrup. Check the track after the jump.
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B.o.B. with a passable song for warm weather. The lyrics overpower this formulaic beat with no overall harm done. Check the poolside vixens after the jump.
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Watch this clip and tell me Common isn’t still — after 20 years — one of the best rap artists who can freestyle spontaneous verses at the drop of a beat. The lengthy interview is respect due to the Chi-town legend, who’s making the press rounds for his 10th album Nobody’s Smiling, and the freestyle is at the very end. Check the video after the jump.
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Ty Dolla $ign and Wiz want to grab her and her friends to bring the party to Snoop’s house. Snoop really really shouldn’t be awake at this hour but what the hell, right? Surprised this didn’t come out earlier in the summer to get some Memorial Day and 4th of July burn, though it’s still a good preview of what Blacc Hollywood will sound like.
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Juicy J and his THC remixes are here to say, to everyone’s delight. Double J re-interprets the Shmoney craze on Jahlil Beatz masterpiece. This is the beat of the moment.
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BBC Radio has hosted some of the best freestyle sessions not named Sway In The Booth. Vic Mensa kills this for about 8 minutes non-stop almost fully off the top. It’s a notable brilliant moment in his already bright career. Watch the video after the jump.
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Every rap video ever made on a yacht and a black soundstage, welcome to your worst dreams and best nightmares. Slim Thug is an acceptable Rick Ross here, with just a dash of Houston trill warrior. His luxury rap standard never quite sticks but it isn’t all fabricated either. Check the video after the jump.
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We don’t know yet how successful Troy Ave will be. Judging by his songs and his recent surge, he will be very famous and undeniably successful. This song is an allusion to that. He’s delivering at every turn and letting us know about it. Check the video after the jump.
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Juicy J once upon a time had a scholarship fund for aspiring dancers on the road to higher education. But some people stopped that, considering it’s crazy. Nonetheless, the sentiment wasn’t lost. Juicy wants to continue his philanthropy by releasing the following promotional single. Let no pole go un-twerked in this struggle for equal opportunity.
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Common’s Nobody’s Smiling is soon to be released. “The Neighborhood” follows a familiar series of Common tropes: poems about his romance with the ghetto, fables about street heroes and villains, an R&B singer in the mix. This is a terrific indication that Rashid is back to his roots as the capital-C Conscious rapper, and will save the truly sweet stuff for the next project.
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Ohio can breathe a sigh of relief because their prodigal son is home so they don’t have to worry about Stalley being their only representative. The video has vintage cars and Stalley walking around them and collecting them. That’s nice. It’s a great diversion from the MMG drama watching his smoothed out Ohio soul songs, too. Watch after the jump.
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