This track will automatically make your hand throw 3’s.

My brother Dre has decided that the time is now. He already dropped the Mighty Mystic collab “Fade Away”. Yesterday he drops “The Introduction” and now another banger. This time he combines the dancehall with a real heavy Southern track and raw lyrics. He is not playfighting with the mic these days either. All of these leaks are coming from his new street album “The Lost Treasures”. Its going to be a beautiful spring.

Dre Robinson – Wah Do Dem (What It Look Like) DIRTY

Dre Robinson – Wah Do Dem (What It Look Like) CLEAN

“Oh my GOD!!! I LOVE this. This is that R&B I’ve been missing!’

I’m not quite sure but I may have to be issued a late pass for this one. A friend of mine proceeded to rant & rave about this mix tape for the better part of an hour. Then she inundated me with the video ideas that danced in her head as she replayed each track over and over. After one listen I could see why she was so amped. This is great R&B music. Teedra is no newbie though. She dropped a great solo record, Complex Simplicity, back in 2004. Her pen game is nice too. She’s written songs for Mary J Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Christina Milian. Good way to keep the lights on. With music like this though it shouldn’t be long before she is back in the spotlight.

Make sure you use this code and you too will be on your way to R&B bliss, rasntaj

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In the wake of the unnamed white “boston” rapper fiasco, here’s some quality music from someone who happens to be of the light persuasion and is from the actual Boston area…

Boston representative J The S has hooked up with DJBooth.net, 2DopeBoyz.com and IM King Clothing to present his latest project, the long-awaited Wish You Were Here. The free street album features 14 brand new records from the underground mainstay, including the Booth-acclaimed title track and previously featured cuts “The Last Party (Remix)” (w/ Jadakiss, Nipsey Hussle, Dre Robinson and Danny McClain) and “Change”(w/ Franco). In addition to those named above, guest contributors include Crooked I, Emilio Rojas and Speks. Beats come courtesy of Cory Bold, M-Phazes, Raf Moses, Reality and many more.

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The official video for Big Boi’s “Fo Yo Sorrows” from his upcoming Sir Lucious Leftfoot the Son of Chico Dusty album.

Directed by Zach Wolfe.

The JF representative throws another joint for the people. This is one of the early intros for his “This Is Me” project. Real heavy on the bars. Brother Dre goes in. If this is what his upcoming “The Lost Treasures” sounds like big tings a gwan

Dre Robinson – The Introduction

1. Love Means Everything (intro)
2. Chris Brown (Prod. by Cyrus Tha Great)
3. What Are you Afraid Of? (Prod. by Vaughn Garcia)
4. Synthetic Substitution (Prod. by Lord Quest)
5. Ava Carter (Where did you go) (Prod. by Cyrus Tha Great)
6. It’s All Good (Prod. by DJ Prince)
7. Leave Me Alone (Prod. by Lord Quest)
8. Saturday Night Dick Sucker (Prod. by Lord Quest)
9 Back In The Day
10. A Thing for me (Feat. Metronomy)
11. Don’t Run from me (Featuring Bricks Kidd) (Prod. by Cyrus Tha Great)
12. Sidewalk Stories(Prod. by Cyrus Tha Great)
13. Just Aint Gonna Work Out (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne)
14. Food Stamps (Prod. by Future Joyner)

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A great article courtesy of Big Chew & The Diggers Union

The RIAA would like you to believe that you are participating in the Recording Industry. Be advised, you are not.
You are in the Touring (Gig) Industry, make no mistake.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get as many bodies through the doors of your show as possible.
Then, get them on the list. Then, give them things. Then, sell them things. Then get their friends on the list…
Friends? Yup.
What do you do if you want to see a movie? Most people will read a review or ask a friend’s advice. Most people want an endorsement of some kind before they can get into it. Even if they’ve never heard of the movie, chances are they’ll go based on the buzz generated by someone else’s opinion.
You have your list – your targeted group of consumers. Lets use these people as marketing “hubs”. Think of them as the center of a bicycle wheel and their friends as the spokes. It will be a good idea to incentivize your list to get their friends in the fold as well.
Now that we got the lingo down…
The best way to incentivize your hubs will be to either a.) bring them closer or b.) give them things.
Try offering a free t-shirt for each fan that gives you the mailing address of 5 friends. You can then send these 5 each a free CD. From there, the process will continue with these people as well as you continue to incentivize THEM in turn.
So, how long do your keep doing this? Let’s stop the giving at 1000 and get into marketing a solid product for purchase – which I’ll get into later.
If you’re wondering if the cost of 1000 CDs and 200 T-shirts are worth 1000 fans, the answer is YES!
What I do is consider the LIFETIME VALUE of each fan. If you treat them right, their investment in your music won’t end with just 1 CD or show, or t-shirt. It will be helpful to think of Lifetime Value in order to draft your long-term marketing plan. And NO, it’s not as dry as it sounds – it just makes good sense to do a little thinking, if not planning.
A Little Math

1000 promo CDs, copied and printed at home: $1000

200 T-shirts @ $3.50 per: $700
Total fan investment: $1700 / 1000 fans = $1.7 per fan.
You can call this your Aquisition Cost.
We’ll now have to do a bit of estimating in order to figure out each fan’s Lifetime Value:
Let’s say you play 1 show every 2 months in your town. It’s safe to think that if you communicate with your fans effectively, 7-10% may show up at each show.
6 shows per year, 70 fans per show, $5 cover charge: $2100
$2100 / 1000 fans = $2.10 per fan.
That’s without merchandise sales, without marketing A SINGLE ITEM to your fans. You’ve turned a profit – albeit a small one.
Hell, your break even point is only $1.70 – that’s only 57 bodies a show. ONLY 5.7% OF YOUR MAILING LIST!!!
Meanwhile you’re building goodwill and loyalty which will last alot longer than you realize.
Fan Incentive Idea
Make sure this gets out to as many non-fans as possible. Hopefully before each show, you’ve hung posters in as many places as you can, advertising the gig. Hold a contest where you give away (free is good!) something cool to the person that takes a photo of themselves doing something crazy in front of your poster. (Pick a few winners) Let them know that they can email the photos to you, or send them via postal mail. Either way, you now have a form of return addresss in which to contact these people again because you’ll need to now where to send their prize. More fans, more marketing hubs, more goodwill, more loyalty, more people at your shows, more fans, more LIFETIME VALUE per fan.
Folks, that’s not how you build a band, that’s how you build an enterprise.
That’s how you make a LIFE in the New Music Business!

The CrateKings broke it down perfect

Pyramid West interviews RJD2 to discuss some of his upcoming projects, musical direction, and favorite production tools, Akai MPC and Pro Tools. RJD2 also touches on the difficulties in sustaining a record label and recent opportunities for artists to release their own music.

Love this joint!

The official video for B.o.B’s “Nothing On You” featuring Bruno Mars from his forthcoming The Adventures Of Bobby Ray album in stores April 27th.

Directed by Ethan Lader.

A great mix, something y’all need in the iPods to celebrate this mans career!

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Lloyd has really done great since his release from Murder Inc, creatively and image wise dudes been releasing the best material of his career, kudos to whoever his team is.

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The spelling for this song annoys more than anything, but Leslie always bring great production and writing…

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DJ Neil Armstrong is your favorite DJ’s favorite DJ.  Follow him @djneilarmstrong

1. DOA
2. No ID Speaks
3. Props to BIG Brother Jay-z – Kanye West
4. Hola Hovito
5. BluePrint 1 Return to the soul samples
6. The Rulers Back
7. Izzo
8. Heart of the City
9. Never Change
10. Young Forever
11. Empire State of Mind
12. What Where I’m From
13. Already Home
14. Reminder
15. People talking
16. Hate
17. Takeover/Run This Town
18. Renegade
19. Real As it Gets
20. All I Need
21. 03 Bonnie And Clyde
22. Excuse Me Miss
23. So Ambitious
24. The Bounce
25. Excuse Me Miss Remix
26. Jigga that N*
27. Stop
28. What They Gonna Do Part 2
29. Ain’t No N*
30. Venus Vs Mars
31. Girls girls girls remix
32. On to the Next One
33. What We Talkin about
34. Every Day A Star is Born
35. Thank You

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Some soon to be classic Reggie for y’all! Love this sample!

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The official video for Reflection Eternal’s first single “In This World” from the forthcoming and highly anticipated Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek Revolutions Per Minute collaboration album dropping April 20th.

Directed by Punit Dhesi; visual effects by Steven Tapia.

One of my favorite rappers, period.

The official video for eLZhi’s “Deep” from his The Leftovers Unmixedtape out now.

Directed by Gerard Victor Atillo.

Hussle with a great beat from Cookin Soul and some visuals from Dan The Man

T.I’s first song since his release.  Rappers need to stop with the “I’m Back” tracks.  It’s played out.

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This just gets weirder and weirder.  I feel for Guru’s family though.

Another leak from Jay Rock’s album Follow Me Home featuring the superstar production team J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and the Bawse! Jay Rock brings it heavy with the third verse…

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01. Pulling Me Back
02. Finish What You Start
03. Ups And Down (Feat. Lil’ Wayne)
04. Letter To The Labels
05. What They Talking Bout (Feat. Plies)
06. Homecoming
07. Breach Of Contract
08. Do It For Ya
09. Happy New Year
10. Steroids
Shopping
12. Cashville Sold
13. Anticipating
14. Court Date
15. Sooner Or Later
16. Can’t Catch Me
17. The Morning Paper
18. Without Me (Feat. 8Ball And MJG)
19. Gang Injuction
20. Bury Me Alive

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