Check It ... Aight, New Drink

I caught this joint on twitter and after reaching out to the team behind it, I had to share. Aight, New Drink is DOPE! The project is a collaboration between Rob Viktum and Don Will (of Tanya Morgan). They bring five quality tracks and the joint features a few other emcees. Download this joint immediately, unless you hate GREAT music!

Rob Viktum's Commentary
I owe the initial idea of hollering at Don Will, to the ARE. I consider him a close friend, and he told me the next step in the game for me would be to holler at an mc and do a full project with them. Honestly my first thought was Don. I shot him a message, and he hit me back almost immediately and agreed to do the record. We both agreed about making it free, but making sure it was quality enough to make people still enjoy it as if they had purchased it. I hope you guys enjoy "Aight, New Drink" and I look forward to sharing more with you guys. Peace

Don Will's Commentary
I have what I like to call rap tourettes meaning that throughout the day several rap quotes swirl around my head be it contextual or not, something just triggers them. The name of this ep is based off of the first words you hear on Tupac's song Thug Passion. The way he says it is just so erratic. Sorta like 'okay yall stop drinkin that bullshit i got something else for you' and that embodies the spirit of how the project came together. I may be one of the most impulsive artists ever. Smack dab in the middle of getting Don Cusack in High Fidelity ready for mixing I decide to embark upon recording a new EP. Thats not sayin that Don Cusack was backburnered, just that i was bored out of my mind hearing the same records over and over and Rob reached out at the exact moment that I decided I was ready to work. Its a brisk song set that is just as impulsive in topic as it was in creation. I hope you enjoy hearing it as much as i enjoyed making it.


Aight, New Drink (Click to download) Tracklist:
1 - Worth the Wait (Feat Phil Nash, Von Pea & Lee Sissing)
2 - Barakaran (Feat elucid)
3 - Midwestern Lament (Feat Jermiside, Add-2, Theory Hazit & Brickbeats)
4 - Love Life (Feat Lee Sissing)
5 - Post Humous (Feat Jermiside)

Produced by Rob Viktum
Mixed by Donwill
Mastered by Brickbeats


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Do You Want Fries w/That?

Gary Coleman is working with Toronto-based New York Fries to celebrate its 25th anniversary as part of the ad campaign, with the tag line "After 25 years some things are still fresh." But after 25 years, is Coleman still fresh? Because honestly looking at this ad, he looks a little rough. Hey, but at the end of the day a paycheck is a paycheck ... Gary Coleman, just doing what he has to do to get by.

Check It ... Reservoir Dogs "Next Selection"

Check Next Selection from Reservoir Dogs (Rapper Big Pooh, Chaundon, Joe Scudda and Jozeemo) off the self-titled mixtape. The mixtape drops September 1st. Check the track.

Aaliyah ... 8 Years Later

Man, I remember exactly where I was when I got the news that Aaliyah died. I was laying on the couch in my mother’s house and my two way pager (yes, the Motorola two-way, which I guess was the original text messaging) went off. I was getting a news alert about Aaliyah. The message said that the young singer was involved in a plane crash. I was shocked. I immediately turned to MTV (back when MTV actually talked about music more regularly) and surely they were reporting her tragic death. I flipped over to BET and watched AJ and Free (yep, back when 106 & Park was decent) talk about Aaliyah, with different people calling in to talk about how they felt. It was sad. She has another young artist cut down during a rise. At the time I was publishing a small entertainment newsletter, so I started working on a piece, as my phone and pager went off for the next few hours with people calling to ask me if I had heard the news.

I still can’t believe it eight years later. We’ll never really know her full potential as an artist or what her overall contribution to music would have been. Over the last few weeks I’ve discussed with folks online what things would be like in music had Aaliyah not died in that plane crash. I don’t necessarily think that the landscape of female artists would have changed much, but perhaps Aaliyah would have just been a dominating force on the scene. What do you think?

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Music Monday - "The Light '08" Common feat. Marsha Ambrosius

I'm on the road most of today headed home after a family reunion weekend. Dealing with a little bit of downtime before hoping on the Amtrak, stepped into a Burger King with wireless and had to post this joint up for Music Monday. Enjoy and happy Monday!



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@OCSupreme Presents..Good Moanin' Vol 2

I'm finally back with my slow jam series giving you Vol. 2 of more music that will put you in the mood. Took me a while and after tons of requests and demands for the next installment, it's complete. Enjoy.

1. Jagged Edge - Moaning
2. Tyrese - Morning After
3. Intro - Come Inside
4. Floetry - Say Yes
5. Dave Hollister - The Program
6. J. Holiday - Make That Sound
7. R. Kelly - Son of a Bitch
8. Silk - Meeting In My Bedroom
9. H-Town - Knockin' Da Boots
10. Changes Faces - Visit Me
11. Whitehead Bros. - Sex On The Beach
12. Usher - Dot Com
13. Maxwell - Sumthin Sumthin (Mellosmoothe Cut)
14. Jill Scott - The Way
15. TGT - Sex
16. Pleasure P - Under
17. Keith Sweat - Nobody
18. Janet Jackson - Any Time, Any Place


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If you missed the 1st installment, get it here: The Lights Off LP Vol. 1

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Check It ... Mos Def & Jay Electronica - Live in New Orleans

On The Ecstatic Tour’s recent stop in Jay Electronica’s hometown of New Orleans, he and Mos Def shared the stage to perform (via www.frolab.com). Check the video.







Jay Electronica - Exhibit A...Produced by Just Blaze (Song on the video)



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Blitz @ SOB's August 26

The dude is dope! If you don't own Stereotype already, you need to immediately purchase it! You can also check Blitz the Ambassador live, Wednesday, August 26 at SOB's. According to his people, this will be his last headlining show in NYC for a few months, so it's guaranteed to be the best show you have seen in a long time!

Who: Blitz the Ambassador
Where: SOB's
When: Aug. 26th
Time: 9:00
Price: $12 adv, $14 door

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Check out some of Blitz the Ambassador's music

Something to Believe


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"What if loggers ran the world?"

Nextel does their thing with their commercials. Check out the newest installment, 'What if loggers ran the world?'



This is still my favorite Nextel commercial



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TELL ‘EM WHY YOU MAD: GTFOH …

BLAME IT ON THE ALCOHOL: I’d like to file this under “should have never given you n*ggas cameras”. This whole sex tape and nude pictures from celebrities is not really a new thing (insert Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Ray J, Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, etc, etc.) but it seems to be a bit more “leaks” in the last few months. Uh, do you remember the internet being on fire over those Cassie and Rihanna pics? (sidebar: I still laugh when I hear the Cassie and Riahnna tribute song)

Now we’ve got Jamie Foxx (reported that pics were for a movie role) on the scene with his pics (have not seen and won’t look for). Then you’ve got Eric Dane aka "McSteamy" from Grey’s with his sex vid (a threesome that truly lives up to his onscreen character). Things have gotten so out of control, publicity hungry Bad Boy artist Will from Day 26 issued a statement denying fake pictures of himself that surfaced online (that 99.9% of people didn’t even know existed). Will sit your ass down, trying to jump on the bandwagon with some “leaked” photos and then pissed no one paid attention.

My favorite line when pictures or a video is “leaked” is “I don’t know how it got out.” GTFOH, you know how it got out! Someone hacked your gmail? Someone intercepted your text? Come on with the bullshit. YOU DID IT! Someone close to your camp with your permission did it. Why? Truth be told, there is no such thing as bad publicity, especially if the pics and videos are flattering.

Oh and for the record, the picture that popped up of me was a personal picture and I don’t know how it got out. Please respect the privacy of me and my family at this very difficult time while we deal with this picture being leaked. I apologize to my fans if I let you down. Thank you, Q



THE DOG CATCHER: Vick, Vick, Vick, Vick … LET THE DUDE LIVE! To be honest with you, I really don’t care about football and it’s not like I’m a Michael Vick fan. I do however think the nonsense surrounding Vick with people being so pissed that he’s playing football again is ridiculous. You won’t support the Eagles now because he’s playing? Pissed at the NFL Commissioner? GTFOH!

You’re watching Martha Stewart in the morning, huh? Baking a cake from her recipe, right? Oh, she did time too! Oh, because it was a white-collar crime, no big deal? NO, A CRIME IS A CRIME! Real talk, what Michael Vick did was wrong but the man paid his debt to society. Done deal. Case closed. He’s not going to be chilling with DMX, Bow Wow or Snoop any time soon and he’s cleaned his hard drive of any dog fighting porn. I mean the dude did a coached interview on 60 Minutes, what else could we ask for? It’s over.

Michael Vick is a lucky dude to get a gig after getting out of jail. If only more minorities could get gigs after getting out of jail, the world would be a better place.



PACK UP PACKER: While I’m talking about football (again, not a fan) Brett Favre do us a favor and sit your un-retiring ass down! You come out of retirement more than a rapper, Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan combined. Every time you un-retire it’s like a sequel to a movie that should have never been made (insert Final Destination here). Here’s a bit of advice, go coach pop warner football and take a few years off and then maybe come back as an NFL commentator or something. What needs to happen Brett is you need to tell your ego to GOOOOO LOOOONG because enough is enough.



KISS AND TELL: So this dude Terrence (106 & Playground) and Khloe Kardashian (why is she famous again?) kissed. Yeah, this should be filled under, WHO THE F’ CARES! Yeah, yeah, yeah … I’m writing about it but mostly because the aftermath of that kissing nonsense was on some middle school shit. “You know you kissed me first, right?” What?! Grow up with that dumb shit! There were probably twelve-year-old kids laughing at them for that. These cats must not understand the rules of making out, especially when you’re drunk. Shit happens, no need to be debriefing the situation afterward. Go ahead and GTFOH with all that extra nonsense.

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J. Period + Knaan "The Messengers" Preview

Check out three-song preview of The Messengers from J. Period and K'Naan. The Messengers is a genre-blending remix project that pays tribute to three musical icons: Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. The preview is RIDICULOUS! Check it (Click to Download The Messengers)



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Check It ... Apathy featuring Phonte "True Love"

Check out Connecticut's own Apathy with some new music. The track is dope! Check True Love featuring Phonte from Apathy's sophomore, LP, Wanna Snuggle?. The joint is scheduled to be released October 6.

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