Big Boi and Andre 3000 Reunite on Sir Luscious Leftfoot
I remember sitting in the office of my old job (shouts to my old employers) back in 2007 and writing about Big Boi's new LP, Sir Luscious Leftoot: The Son of Chico Dusty. I don't even think I was writing the story for RubyHornet, or if there was a RubyHornet at all. Where am I going with this? I don't know, I guess it's interesting to me that an album that has been talked about for about 3 years is suddenly dripping out in bits and pieces. I'm also interested to see what people think of Big Boi's solo effort, three years in the making, and now featuring a return so to speak of Outkast. Andre 3000 co-stars in "Lookin' For You", which is a song about girls. It's awesome, and probably makes some people wish that more new Outkast was on its way. That is pretty much all I got. Grab the track below.
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Eminem Alludes To Near Lil' Wayne and Kanye Disses on New Album
"Hatred was flowing through my vains, on the verge of going insane, almost made a song dissing Lil' Wayne, like I was jealous of him cause of the attention the was getting, I felt horrible about myself he was spitting and I wasn't anyone that was buzzin' back then could of got it, almost went at Kanye too." -Eminem "Talking To Myself"
Word on the e-streets is that Eminem's new album, Recovery, has hit the world wide web and it is raining Eminem songs. With our buckets out, I've caught a few. By now we've all heard and seen the big single, "Not Afraid". My immediate response to the song was a little lukewarm. It's a solid track, Eminem's back to his old voice, but he is definitely not back to his old ways. That's the crutch of the song, and after hearing more music from Recovery, it truly is the theme of the album. It's easy to take something an artist says, and detach it from any emotions or feelings. We may see the pieces as just "songs", but if you really go back through Eminem's catalog and listen to the songs while trying to imagine Eminem in the booth spitting those lyrics and getting himself into a mental and emotional state to make such aggressive content, you'll see that it must be emotionally and physically draining to make such art. Em's been at the forefront not just because of what he has said in his songs, but also because how he said it. Lil' Wayne says all the time that he is the music he makes. Eminem is the same way. It is famously just the way he is.
The most recent leaks off of Recovery are "No Love", which features Lil' Wayne and samples that song that Will Ferrell and Chris Katan used to dance to in those horrible SNL sketches. Because it is Eminem and Lil' Wayne it is the attention grabber, but another song also leaked entitled "Talking To Myself", which is the best the piece of material we've heard yet off the new album and further demonstrates that Em's Recovery is as much mental as it is musical. This is not just a collection of songs, but Eminem again bearing his soul so to speak. It feels to me like Eminem is saying to his fans, 'you guys loved me when I was crazy and writing raps about killing my wife. Can you love me when I'm not crazy anymore and trying to put my life together?"
I hope the answer is yes... New tracks below.
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Janelle Monae, Lupe Fiasco, and B.o.B. Make A Video
The Atlantic Records all-star trio of Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B., and Janelle Monae met up over the weekend to film a video for their awesome Wondamix remix of Janelle Monae's "Tightrope". The video should be coming later this week, and here we have a video teaser of what went down. Check it out below.
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RH TV: Rhymefest's Album Release Party At The Shrine
Rhymefest celebrated the release of his sophomore album El Che last week with RubyHornet as part of their Digital Freshness series at The Shrine. The club enjoyed a performance from Rhymefest, as well as sounds by DJ RTC. Check out the recap video below to get a glimpse of the action, and catch this week's edition of Digital Freshness with a special performance from Donnis happening on June 10th. Tickets available here.
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