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White Stripes member Jack White has revealed that he has recorded a song with Jay-Z.
Speaking to GQ, White said,
“We did a song together a few weeks ago - it was incredible. I played him something that I’ve been kicking around for a while and he immediately came out with words for it. It’s unbelievable sounding.”
There’s been no word on whether the track will get an official release.
I just got out of a listening session for Erykah’s new album.
Below is the final tracklist and a description on the artwork and the meaning.
UPDATE - ARTWORK BELOW
“New Amerykah, Part 2: Return Of The Ankh will be released 30th March.
Tracklist
1) 20 Feet Tall (Produced By 9th Wonder & Erkyah Badu)
2) Window Seat ft Questlove, Stephen Bruner, Kirsten Agnesta and James Poyser)
3) Agitation - (Produced By Shaif Husayn (SA-RA) & Erykah Badu)
4) Get Money (Contains an interpolation of “Can’t Turn Me Away” by Sylvia Strippling) - same as the biggie “Get Money” joint.
5) Don’t Be Long
6) Um hmm (Produced By Erykah Badu & Madlib)
7) Love - (Produced By J Dilla & Erykah Badu)
Lovin’ Me
9) Fall In Love
10) Strawberry Incense (instrumental)
11) Out My Mind, Just In Time
Bonus Track - Jump In The Air ft Lil Wayne and Bilal.
I spoke to Erykah briefly after the session. I asked her about the Dilla joint and whether she layed her vocals when he was alive. She revealed that it was made in 2005 when he was alive.
Brief overview of the album
Solid album overall. Badu fans won’t be disapointed at all.
The album starts with a digital frequency sound. Its adjusting itself. It finds the right frequency and that’s Badu’s music.
The Dilla produced joint (”Love”) is dope. I had the Jay-Z “screw-face” when it first played. It’s classic Dilla. Erykah even danced (just for a moment though).
Window Seat with Questo is also another standout joint.
The Madlib produced joints are also gems.
Badu is playful. The sound is organic. There’s a mixture of sounds and instruments to keep you interested.
Lines I picked out from some of the songs
“You love me, I like it” - “Love”
“Loving me and I’m fucking your friend…that’s terrible aint it?” - Fall In Love
The Artwork
The artwork is pretty dope. Its done by an artist called Imick, who Erkyah has worked with for many years.
I couldn’t get a picture of the artwork but here’s some explanation about it and behind it.
The piece is called “Out My Mind, Just In Time”.
Its set underwater. The background seems purple for some reason. There are 3 moons.
There’s a big statue of Erykah. She’s covered in armour.
The reason for that Erykah says is because she’s been “covered” with love, politics and money.
“She rarely gets to be a lady due to her status on society that she is armoured”.
On the Erykah’s shoulders are things like TV, material things that we have in our world.
At the top of the statue, Erykah’s head is cut open (she’s coming out of her mind). There’s a naked lady with a tuning fork taking care of a tree. The statue is surrounded by flowers and leaves.
The album is set for a May release. Below is the tracklisting. They got Dennis Brown on the album (be interested to hear that track).
Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives (Tracklisting)
1. As We Enter
2. Tribal War (featuring K’NAAN)
3. Strong Will Continue
4. Leaders (featuring Stephen Marley)
5. Wisdom
6. Count Your Blessings
7. Dispear
8. The Promised Land (featuring Dennis Brown)
9. In His Own Words (featuring Stephen Marley)
10. Nah Mean
11. Friends
12. My Generation (featuring Lil Wayne and Joss Stone)
13. Africa Must Wake Up (featuring K’NAAN)
Hip-Hop artist Consequence releases his new mixtape, Movies On Demand, today via his official website www.itsthecons.com. Presented by Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, top hip-hop blog NahRight.com and Universal Motown Records, the free download offers 13 bangin’ new tracks showcasing Consequence’s lyrical prowess.
Track List:
I’ma Do Me Regardless
Childish Games (co-starring Asher Roth)
The More I Get (co-starring Rick Ross)
Sounds G.O.O.D. 2 Me
Let U Live (co-starring Pharoahe Monch)
Your Luck’s Gonna Run Out Soon
Don’t Stand So Close (co-starring Styles P)
Down This Road (co-starring Maino)
Life Is Short
Didn’t Mean 2 Hurt You (co-starring Spree Wilson)
It’s G.O.O.D. Music (co-starring Common & Talib Kweli)
We Fight / We Love (Remix, Q-Tip & Kanye West)
Whatever You Want G.O.O.D. vs. Bad Megamix (co-starring Kanye West, P. Diddy, Common, Kid Cudi, The Lox & John Legend)
You have to love twitter!
Questo of the Roots explained to his followers why he feels Beyonce is the new Michael Jackson.
Here’s what he wrote on his twitter page,
ok @RezanWhoi here is my beyonce is the new MJ argument.
thriller breaking open has more to do with the LONG overdue accolades america has FINALLY given black artists after 80 years of injustice.
threatening to shut mtv down if they don’t play billie jean has MORE to do with the inequity social problems of america than it did billie jean being a brilliant song.
billie jean IS a brilliant song.
but the TIMING of its release had a WHOLE hell of alot to do with what was going on at the time.
imagine if they gave “super freak” love on mtv when they were supposed to.—you gonna tell me the song that sampled “super freak” could build an empire—but not the song that gave birth to it?
“super freak” was a victim of coming a year too early. when the invisible “no blacks allowed” sign was disguised as a “we play what our audience calls for” game.
that said yes of course. the luck and timing of thriller could NOT have happened to a better person and im HAPPY that i was alive at the time. mike worked hard to get to where he was and this is by far NOT an anti MJ post.
(for those coming late to the party–@RezanWho does NOT agree with me that beyonce is the heir to the MJ throne)
mean what more can i say?
she’s well on her way at a quicker and later pace than the unspoken.
this is year 10 for her at THIS level.
it took MJ 13 years before he became GOD status.
noone is EVER disputing MJ being the STANDARD.
noone.
im pro mj til cows come home.
but you CANNOT dispute the fact that being “the first” kinda trumps everything.
i dont even consider Thriller an album more than i do consider it a 45 minute social experiment.
in other words if we LIVED in a world in which there was a FAIR LEVEL playing field in which RACE was NOT a factor in how art was received and promoted at radio:
in english?
–if there was a fair level playing field
-the idea of “watering down” music so that “america” (white people) can easily digest the music would not even be a factor in the creative process (and for those scratching heads that is the NUMBER ONE priority with songwriters and producers—the “popness” and accessibility of a song to someone who needs sugar before the medicine going down….—cause if that were NOT the case then P FUNK woulda had number one hit after number one hit in their 70’s heyday.
-pop radio, news outlets, and the like would accept all artists in their formats.
(once again for late comers, mtv refused to play the billie jean video because “black music” was not their forte. —”we are a rock channel”—sony threatened to take all videos off the air if mtv did not play it. it went from being a token move to singlehandedly allowing us to FINALLY play in some long overdue reindeer games.)
so again.
MJ is more a social experiment in my eyes.
who just so happened to make some kick ass music.
so yes. his music WAS magic. but my point is SOMEONE was gonna break the bank code in 1982.
it was due time
coulda been grandmaster flash
coulda been debarge.
coulda been lionel
coulda been prince.
someone was gonna pull the king arthur move.
mj was the victor.
NOW THAT SAID LETS START MY campaign.
if you are to pick the ONE figure in music today that is taking that baton:
mofos is looking everywhere.
ursh?
justin 1.0?
breezy?name em.
who is MJ’s heir?!?!?!
sorry.
the fact that she had to overcome SERIOUS obstacles to get to even being considered really brings the point home!
and since its the age of irony in which tiger is a pimp. the top rapper in 2010 is a white chick from cali
why not B?
when you make songs that enter the lexicon of america’s everyday talk then…*shrug*? is she not a contender?
when you surpass making “a club song” or a “banger” and it winds up becoming “a friggin lifestyle. is she not a contender?
—im sorry there is some vitamin “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” injected into “crazy in love” ?whenever that shit comes on in the club.—i cant quite describes what it is when a song becomes a lifestyle instead of just a song….
–remember when “g thing” came out in 92 and made white people finally feel like niggas? (gheah!—-and yall reading this dont even front like yall didnt get your vicarious “beyotch!” on during the chronic era—
THAT is the power of “Crazy in love”. a song that made non model, regular, round the way, non black, overweight, uptight, not easy on the eyes, and whatever else category that is meant to be the physical opposite of however beyonce looked in the video….that song made women feel sexy.
—and it was HARD enough to make dudes wanna rhyme over that shit.
when a song can singlehandedly give someone a re-do (you do remember back when her first obstacle was overcoming being the next scrutinized diana ross to the remaining post survivor DC members as florence ballard era right?—she was supposed to be done then right?
crazy wiped our memory clean like that flashy thing in men in black.—
need i go on? she has surpassed the grammy quota. her videos are studied, copied, parodied, and other “ieds”. she’s her own empire. she writes her own material. newsworthy.
i mean you might have a personal “she stole my lunch money” thing going on–
and its kinda hard for me being a stan to someone you know—but the evidence is there. she appeals to all races. all lifestyle creeds from the kiddest of the kid. to the churchest of the church. gays. straights. huxtable men and naborcof creeps. housewives and hoes.—i mean she has EVER demographic on LOCK.she can ACTUALLY SING.
and dances with the best of them
face is a regular on most fashion mags
sells out stadiums
wins countless grammies
makes anthems
got bank
is her own industry(still counts for something right?)
Spotted @ HHNM
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