R&N - 04/23/08 - Hump Day EXCLUSIVES

Alicia Keys Is Caught In A Teenage Love AffairMy baby boo, Alica Keys, keeps things rolling and has just released the video for her third single, "Teenage Love Affair." The video is a homage to Spike Lee's classic movie, School Daze, which is centered around college life at a HBCU and starts Tisha-Campbell Martin. A Keys keeps her creative juices flowing in this video and MF 3.0 has the world premiered right now.

Nas releases first single of album, Ni**erNow you know I already talked about Nas and his new album, Ni**er, but after hearin' his track I think my stance may have slightly changed. Nas, as he said previously, that the album title is driven artistically and not as a ploy to create attention in order to sale records. With this track, "Be A Ni**er Too," I understand, in a way, what he trying to do with this album. Listen to it here. And whether you like it or not, this is Hip-Hop, excuse me, Music, excuse me, the right to express oneself, in its rawest form.

Nas - Be A Ni**er Too

Busta Rhymes Throws Water On Em
Busta Ryhmes, one of the hardest working, most animated, and entertaining man in the music industry is trying to create some buzz for his next album with his single, "Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On Em)." Busta, as we all know, has been going through a tough time for the past two years, and I am glad that he is finally getting back to making music. Recent reports have stated that Busta Rhymes has cleaned house, cutting dies with Flipmode Squad, and his right-hand man, Spliff Starr, and Busta is in a whole new mindset right now. All I know is, this track is classic Busta and that is exactly what I like. Listen.

Busta Rhymes - Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)

Bobby Valentino Leaves Disturbing The PeaceBobby V, DTP's first R&B signing has departed ways with Ludacris's Disturbing The Peace imprint and has gone the independent route. According to Billboard.com, plans to release a six-track EP followed by a full-length studio album, called his time at DTP a "great stepping stone and learning experience. I look at this as my going off to college. It was time for me to step out on my own and show the world who Bobby Valentino, the artist really is." Yeah, I think it's a wrap for this child. Oh well, at least he blessed us with this track right here.

Bobby Valentino - Slow Down

Aiight, that's it for now.
This is Dilly, holla at me.

R&N 4/22/08 Rock-N-Roll Tuesday

Tour Update



Steve Miller Band is touring, that's right, so "fly like an eagle" get your money ready and buy your tickets fast. From The Fillmore to Dallas Texas on May 30,2008 at the Super Pages Center, all the way to New York. One hell of a performer, and one hell of a show is all that the lucky one's have seen them can say. Life would not be the same without such music, hey I love this thing called Rock-N-Roll and wouldn't miss the Steve Miller Band for anything. Check out the upcoming Tour dates starting late May.

May 24, 2008
Cruzan Amphitheater
West Palm Beach, Fl

May 25, 2008
Ford Amphitheater
Tampa, Fl

May 29, 2008
The Zoo Amphitheater
West Palm Beach, Fl

May 30, 2008
Superpages Center
Dallas, Tx

Dear Mr. Fantasy



Play us a tune, something to make us all happy. These are the brilliant lyrics from Mr. Steve Winwood, lead singer of Traffic. A Charismatic guitarist, organist, and a killer voice, Winwood is one of the best rockers to ever hit the airwaves. His band Traffic was huge in the 60's and 70's, and hey even 40 years later they are still selling a load of albums. Oh yea, and by the way, Blind Faith featuring Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker is another band Winwood has taken part in!

-Drew

R&N - 04/21/08 - Mixtape Monday Pt. 2

Bun B ft. Sean Kingston - That's Gangsta

Had to throw that vid up, since it was Monday... Hope ya'll remember where ya'll heard that before the vid came out...

Kidz In The Hall - Drivin' Down The Block


B.O.B ft. Rich Boy - Haters Everywhere

~1~
AB

R&N - 04/21/08 - Mixtape Monday

Hey folks,

Just found something of a banga justnow... Peep game... Tyga happens to be one of Lil' Wayne's new artists... Thank goodness... I'm not much of a fan of Wayne, but this dude is kinda refreshing...

Tyga Feat. Travis McCoy - Coconut Juice



The Cool Kids - Flossin

Off the B.I.G. movie soundtrack...


Various Artists ft. 50 cent, chingy, bizzy bone, bobby v, main-o, chris notez and hav boy - Can I Speak To Bigg


Archie Lee ft. Coota Bang - At The Bar


3deep ft. Plies, Webbie and Mannie Fresh - Watch My Shoes Remix


Sheek Louch ft. Bun B and The Game - Think We Got A Problem


Papoose - A Fair One (Fat Joe Diss)

N.O.R.E. - Live My Life (Feat. Ja Rule)

~1~
AB

R&N - 04/20/08 - Gospel Sunday

Hey folks,

Back again this week with Shekinah Glory in the place...

Shekinah Glory Ministries - Say Yes Pt. 2

Hezekiah Walker - Faithful Is Our God

And if you're ever in Denton, TX check out Latter House Glory Tabernacle...

Have a blessed Sunday.

~1~
AB

R&N - 04/18/08 - FLASHBACK FRIDAY

FLASHBACK SOUTHERN CITY TOUR - HOUSTON

Whats going people, it's your boy DT and I'm back again with another edition of Flashback Friday. We're continuing the next stop of the Southern City Tour in H-Town. Today I'm showcasing the tracks that put Texas on the map before Mike Jones and The Swishahouse. [Of course I have nothing against the SwishaHouse members, I'll spotlight them at a later date.] The music coming out of Texas had more of a blues style to it back in the day, with a lot of church organs and bass guitars. It was a differnt sound that we had all to ourselves, and we liked it like that. They're were so many artists that I wanted to post, but I had to cut it off somewhere. So lets get into the music!!!

SCARFACE AND THE GETO BOYSMY MIND'S PLAYING TRICKS ON ME (1989)

This is the track that made people take a serious look at the rap culture in Texas

THE UNDERGROUND KINGS [RIP PIMP C]

IT'S SUPPOSE TO BUBBLE (1993) & ONE DAY (1996)


Easily my favorite rap group of all time. Nearly every track in they're catalog is timeless. Super Tight came out in '94 and that CD still jams to this day. Ridin Dirty was the CD that put the group in the legendary category and that was back in '96, but it wasn't until 2007 that the group had a number one album.

FAT PAT [R.I.P.]

TOPS DROP (1998)

MAAN !!! This track still goes hard. I miss the old Texas sound. Fat Pat was another H-Town artist that died before his time.

LIL TROY

WANNA BE A BALLER (1998)

I just remember bangin this song as loud as I could back in middle school.

LIL FLIP

THE WAY WE BALL (2002)

This track was Huge when it came out. Flip went platinum off of this one single alone. This track ushered in a new phase for Houston Hip Hop.

Bonus: DJ SCREW & THE SCREWED UP CLICK

See you next week in New Orleans.

DPT

R&N - 04/16/08 - Hump Day EXCLUSIVES

Jay-Z & Mary Hit Us With "You're Welcome" VideoJay-Z and Mary J. Blige, two of showbiz's hardest working people have dropped a video for their tour promo single, "You're Welcome." The video is shot documentary style and pieces together footage from their tour so far. Enjoy. I'm also gonna show yall their appearance on The Letterman Show last week, Jay talk a little bit on the stuff Kels use to do when they were touring together.

Lupe Fiasco Travels To Paris and Tokyo In New VideoLupe Fiasco, just dropped his new video for his single Paris, Tokyo. One of my fav. joints on his album The Cool. Glow In The Dark tour kicks off tonight, I believe in Detroit, and I know this tour is just gonna be one for the books. I'm headin' out go see it May 1st, if yall ain't got your tickets, then u missin' out let me tell ya.

R. Kelly's New Hair Now I was just gonna post on R. Kelly's new joint, Hairbraider, then when I found out what his hairbraider actually did to his hair, I had to show yall. Now I don't know bout you, but the man has got to be going to jail soon if he doin' crazy stuff like that. The song jam, and it's classic Kels, that we've been accustomed to lately, not vintage Kels of Bump N Grind, Seems Like You Ready. Either way the song's tight, that is you're not tired of Kels doin' the same ol thing...which I guess is what he was trying to avoid with his hair looking like that. Anyway, here go the track.

R. Kelly - Hairbraider

Chilli Still Loves Usher?
Watch out now, according to blogstress Necole Bitchie, when she caught up with Chilli out in Atlanta she had this to say about the one who use to have it bad for her:

"Usher is the one that I truly did love," she said. "Like that was truly my first adult love. I love him very much and I will always love him. I don't know how you love someone that deeply and just stop loving them. I'm not in love with him anymore but I can't say that I don't love him anymore. And of course I do want him to be happy and all but me and him had what I never had in any of my other relationships, and that was chemistry."

Now you know Tameka jumping up and down somewhere just waiting to run into Chilli somewhere in Atlanta. That would be a sight to see. Although my girl wouldn't even have a chance with Blanka. In the interview, Chilli also says another one that got away was Marlon Wayans! Yeah I kno right, apparently they dated back when they were 20, but she felt like he was too good, and wanted a "bad" guy. It look like Chilli just need a guy period.


Alicia Keys Under Fire After Conspiracy CommentsMy wifey has been catching some flack for recent comments that she made in an interview with Blender magazine. The magazine quoted her as saying, and I'm just paraphrasing, that she believed Gangsta Rap was made up by the government as a ploy in order to get black folks to kill each other, and the government and media made it bigger than what it was. Now I agree with her on that, with how the media blew the whole East Coast vs. West Coast out of proportion when it was goin' down, but the government stuff? Don't know about that ma. And that's exactly what she went on Ryan Seacrest:On Air to clean up what she said. A keys tells the listeners, she was misquoted and mistaken, and clarify her comments, which when you hear it makes a lot more sense. These media people just try taking everybody down don't they. Listen to Alica Key's rebuttal here.

Alica Keys - Clarifying Her Conspiracy Comments

Freekey Zeekey Escapes From Near Fatal Car Crash New has just surfaced on Dispet representative, Freekey Zekey's near fatal car crash which occured last night, April 15th. Story is, Zekey was sitting in his 2007 White S550 Benz at a stop light when he was struck from the rear causing both Zeke and the passenger to be ejected through the windshield and on a Hummer that was parked in front of them. Both were rushed to the hospital but were later released with minor injuries. Freekey Zekey had just left the studio where he was working on his sophomore set due out this fall on Asylum Records. MF 3.0 glad he's ok, and tellin' everybody to buckle up.

I'm out, enjoy.
~Dilly