Sorry for the super late post today, I have been at a conference the whole day and didn’t get a free second to find a wi-fi spot. I wanted to share a little message from yours truly about my first album purchase of 2010. Tuesday, I purchased my official copy of Freeway and Jake One’s The Stimulus Package. I was so excited about my purchase that I shot a short video. Check out Mike Schpitz showing off his copy of The Stimulus Package.
If you have not heard The Stimulus Package, go buy a copy right now.
The numbers are in once again. There were a few new releases that dropped last week and two of them hit the top of the charts. Ludacris dropped his album, Battle of the Sexes, and debuted at number 1, moving 137K. Right below Luda was the Gorillaz new album, Plastic Beach, debuting at number 2 with 112K. Still up at the are Sade, Black Eyed Peas and Lil Wayne’s Rebirth. Here is the top.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank
Artist
Album
This Week
Est. Total
1
Ludacris
Battle of the Sexes
137,000
137,000
2
Gorillaz
Plastic Beach
112,000
112,000
6
Sade
Soldier of Love
52,000
951,000
9
Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D.
43,000
2,271,000
12
Lil Wayne
Rebirth
27,000
420,000
And for the bottom…..
Rank
Artist
Album
This Week
Est. Total
58
Gucci Mane
The State Vs. Radric Davis
9,400
310,000
64
Eminem
Relapse
8,800
1,884,000
65
DJ Khaled
Victory
8,700
37,000
118
50 Cent
Before I Self Destruct
5,000
421,000
182
Kidz In The Hall
Land of Make Believe
2,900
2,900
Kidz in the Hall also dropped this week moving just under 3K. I am still curious why selling 3,000 earns you a spot on the charts. I would like to see the top 200 back in like 95 and see what the lowest numbers were. Until next week….
Last night, I was catching up on some videos that have dropped this week and I started watching Devin The Dude’s new video for What I Be On. I knew Devin was putting out an album but I wasn’t really checking for him like that. Well, What I Be On is the SHIT. I think the song has been out for a while but the video came out recently and now I’m hook. In typical Devin fashion, there is a lot of weed smoke and brews in the video PLUS honeys and humor. Dude at the end dancing in his boxers cracks me up. Devin’s EP, Do Not DistHerb (Suite #420) dropped yesterday so make sure you go pick that up. In the meantime, enjoy What I Be On. Happy St. Patty’s day to everyone. I hope your wearing green.
It’s been about a year or so since Ludacris dropped his last album, Theatre of the Mind, which had some pretty nice tracks with production from DJ Premier and 9th Wonder. Luda’s new project, Battle of the Sexes was originally supposed to be a guys vs girls record with Shawna. I’m not sure what happened to that but the album still has the same theme and features hip hop’s first ladies, including a few features from Shawna. Luda’s single How Low has become one of the most annoying songs on the radio due to the hi pitched, squeeler voice on there but I can’t lie, I still enjoy it. The video is pretty hilarious as well. I can’t say I was excited to listen to Battle of the Sexes but I was a little curious. Today I made it through all 15 tracks. In true Luda fashion, it’s a Luda album. There are definitely standout joints which will undoubtably invade the airwaves. Luda showcases his rhyme skills and although his punchlines are very obvious at times, his flow and entertainment value remains high. I think Battle of the Sexes will accomplish exactly what it was supposed to do. GET LUDA MORE BITCHES. Pardon my french but isn’t that the point?????? The Intro is pretty slick with an 8-Ball sampled hook, I believe, Sex Room with Trey Songz will for sure be your girlfriends favorite freak em song and suprisingly enough, Flo Rida didn’t do half bad on his feature. I can’t say that I will be bumping this album steadily but it wasn’t a bad listen and like I said, it will definitely accomplish it’s mission. I can’t lie though, I miss Luda’s street anthems and smoking songs. As a matter of fact here is Blueberry Yum Yum, one of the illest Luda songs ever. Oh yea, Luda clowns Tiger in his joint Sexting(which is the WORST word combination of all time, I have been calling it Textual Intercourse for YEARS). If I were Luda, I would watch out for Tiger because he WILL steal your bitches Luda.
I have never seen this video before but LORD have mercy. That is a lot of chronic, for medicinal purposes I am assuming. Here is the track list as well.
01. Intro
02. How Low
03. My Chick Bad f. Nicki Minaj
04. Everybody Drunk f. Lil Scrappy
05. I Do It All Night
06. Sex Room f. Trey Songz
07. I Know You Got a Man f. Flo Rida
08. Hey Ho f. Lil Kim & Lil Fate
09. Party No Mo’ f. Gucci Mane
10. B.O.T.S. Radio f. I-20
11. Can’t Live With You f. Monica
12. Feelin’ So Sexy
13. Tell Me a Secret f. Ne-Yo
14. My Chick Bad (rmx) f. Diamond, Trina & Eve
15. Sexting(Tiger Woods Diss)
I’m calling this shit already. Freeway and Jake One’s new album, The Stimulus Package(despite only selling 15K so far) will be in the running for best album of 2010. Oh yea and hello and happy Monday. Sorry, I got a little excited about this album. I have been listening to The Stimulus Package for the last week and it keeps getting better and better. Not only does Freeway sound as sharp and polished as ever, the combination with Jake One is a very good one. It is refreshing to hear one album, one producer and one emcee. I think this is an element that hip hop has lost in the last decade or so. Not only does it build cohesiveness for the album and the sound, it builds a chemistry that doesnt show up when artists use 32 different producers for a 47 track album. Another really cool aspect of this album is the label that is putting it out, Rhymesayers. If you are not familiar with Rhymesayers, it is the house that Atmosphere built. It houses guys like Brother Ali, Eyedea, Evidence, etc. Not typical for a Freeway, from Rocafella album. However, it seems like a nice fit because they can just make good music rather than trying to make an Interscope or a Warner Brothers happy with hit records and sales. All around, The Stimulus Package is setting things off right for 2010. There is supposed to be a lot of really ill music coming out this year(mine included) but I think Free and Jake One are going to be in the running for best album of 2010. Who wants to put money on it????????? Anyway, happy Monday again. I also want to encourage everyone to tune in to UIC Radio this evening at 8 because I will be on there. The video footage will come soon. In the meantime, here is Freeway and Jake One featuring Raekwon with my favorite song off the album, One Thing. This sample is crazy!!!!!!!
Here is the track list and a little promo video to encourage your purchase.
1. STIMULUS INTRO feat. Beanie Sigel
2. THROW YOUR HANDS UP
3. ONE FOOT IN
4. SHE MAKES ME FEEL ALRIGHT
5. NEVER GONNA CHANGE
6. ONE THING feat. Raekwon
7. KNOW WHAT I MEAN
8. THE PRODUCT
9. MICROPHONE KILLA feat. Young Chris
10. FOLLOW MY MOVES feat. Birdman
11. SHO’ NUFF feat. Bun B
12. FREEKIN’ THE BEAT feat. Latoiya Williams
13. MONEY feat. Omilio Sparks and Mr. Porter
14. FREE PEOPLE
15. STIMULUS OUTRO
Happy Friday to everyone. Like I said, this has been a big week for a lot of the artists that I know and fortunately for me, I have been a part of several really dope projects. I posted the homie, Dave Coresh’s video for Keep It Moving a little while ago, so I wanted to share his whole project, Formal Introduction Mixtape. The tape features 15 cuts, some originals, some industry beats. My guys Rob Bates, Maja 7th and Ill Brown all have production on the project and myself and Add-2 are featured on a track called Three Headed Monster, which is produced by Rob Bates. Dave really shows his ass on this tape(no homo). Every track bangs and Dave proves that he is a very talented lyricist. He does a nice job of incorporating bars, punchlines, patterns and humor into every track. It takes a lot for me to really listen to emcees because I get bored pretty easily but Dave never misses a beat. Shout out to everyone that was a part of this project, Dave, Love Ra, Chuck L.I., Classick, Rob Bates, Maja 7th, Ill Brown, DJ Tay James and everyone else I forgot the mention. Download Formal Introduction below and check the track list.
More goodness as promised. Three videos from three of my favorite artists have all dropped this week and perhaps Big Boi’s For Your Sorrows is my undisputed favorite. I’m not sure how Outkast continues to put out the hottest shit but For Your Sorrows is amazing. They manage to hit the nail on the head damn near every time. Be on the lookout for Big Boi’s album Sir Luscious Left Foot: Son of Chico Dusty. I don’t if anyone else remembers Big Boi and Mary J. Blige’s video, Something’s Gotta Give but it was ill as well. It didn’t seem to get us much love as Outkast typically does but I loved it. Here is that video as well. Enjoy and tomorrow is Friday!!!! TGIF
If you recall, on Grammy Night in Los Angeles, I had my first show at The Mint. I headlined the event and had a great turnout and a great response. I just got some video footage back from that show of me performing an acapella version of an exclusive track, Mike Is Like which is featured on my upcoming project, Mike Murder. Check it out.
Here is another ill ass video that dropped this week. I saw the teaser for eLZhi’s video Deep last week so, naturally I was pretty excited to see the whole thing. Deep is featured on eLZhi’s unmixedtape, The Leftovers. If you haven’t already downloaded that, do so now. In the meantime, check out the video for Deep. I am looking forward to a lot more of eLHzi this year.
Here is a link to download The Leftovers Unmixedtape as well.
A bunch of really dope videos have dropped in the last few days so, I’m trying to catch up and post them all without overwhelming everyone. The first I wanted people to check out is from Kweli and Hi Tek also known as Reflection Eternal. Their new video is for a track called In This World and it is really dope. Their album Revolutions Per Minute is on its way this year so stay tuned for more updates. In the meantime, check out In This World.
