If you know me, if you’ve been in my vehicle or been in my dorm room while I was in college, you’d know that my affinity for A.B. The Pro‘s music is probably unrivaled. I have a lot of confidence in this SE representer’s sound, and he’s my favorite artist on DC’s Studio 43 imprint. I felt like his mixtape he dropped back in ’09 was criminally slept on as far as production and the artists featured. You can tell that he cares a lot about putting DC on the map, and he without a doubt brought out the best in artists that otherwise may not have been able to convince you of their talent. In my eyes, “Stussy on My Back” with Young Marley could have been a local smash if the proper push was behind it (Stussy could have easily jumped on that joint and licensed it out and more money could have been made!), but 43 made the poor decision to push “W On The Fitted” instead, which was by far the worst joint on the entire tape. No offense to any of the artists on that track, but…that joint was so weak.  But hey. I’m not hear to chastise too much. That’s the past. We’re on to the future.

A.B. let me hold an early version of the mixtape to give him some feedback and criticism, and it’s so awesome to see that not only did he take it well, but he actually listened to the majority of what I said! Swapped some songs out, changed the tracklisting, and dropped a lot of freestyles over industry beats. In order to give you A.B. as an artist as opposed to just a producer, I feel like he needs to rap over his own $#!t. The one thing that I wished he did was to start the album with “Young Jimi Hendrix” (which is the first preview I’m gonna give you), or at least make that joint #2! It goes way too hard and kinda introduces you to what the entire album is gonna be like. Besides that, I don’t have too many gripes. The beats are mixed and mastered to thump in the vehicle or through your headphones, he has some club bangers that’ll make you raise an eyebrow and wonder why he doesn’t have stuff on the radio (or with bigger artists outside of DC, to be completely honest), and while he’s not exactly a rapper, you can’t be mad at his lyrics, cuz it’s all stuff people can relate to.

DC is proud of this, but I’m tryna make sure everybody beyond DC hears this product. Featuring a lot of untapped and under appreciated talent that you can read about on the back cover, this is a really good project that I’m proud to have been a fake-me-out A&R on, lol. Nah but really. Jam the previews, and then grab it below.

DOWNLOAD: A.B. The Pro – Crown Vic Music [Mixtape]

Good gracious. Lupe is back. This is like his “I just feel like getting in the studio and flowing” stuff right here, and it’s better than everybody else’s music. That’s precisely why he’s one of the best rappers alive. Easy.

DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco – Say Something

DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco – All The Way Turnt Up

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More new Wiz, this latest joint is off his forthcoming “Burn After Rollin” mixtape which drops so soon that you can taste it. It’s a remix of “Walking on a Dream” by Australian electronica group Empire of the Sun (who got some love from the hip hop community after Jay-Z reached out and decided to throw them on the BP3).

Honestly, I think if he wanted to remix any song on their album, he shoulda rocked that “Delta Bay”. I hope he reads this and decides to take on that task, because THAT is their craziest track. Nonetheless, it’s a smooth joint. I’ll include the original. My younger brother actually put me on these guys a while back, so credit him for it all. Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Wiz Khalifa – The Thrill

BONUS! The original track: Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream

PLUS! The track I think Wiz shoulda done instead of this. I’m just saying. Empire of the Sun – Delta Bay

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He dropped this via his twitter, unconverted. My ninja Omar hit me with the retweet, so I’m over here using my tools to turn .wav to .mp3. And I succeeded. Apparently, it’s an old DJ Toomp beat, and it samples The Verve‘s “Bittersweet Symphony” (you know, that track that made Cruel Intentions that much better? That joint.). Let’s get it.

DOWNLOAD: Wale – Bittersweet [feat. Colin Munroe]

Photography by my girl Gabby. Ask her about that day. Oh boy, wasn’t a good one for me.

Janelle Monae is finally back with some new music, and it sounds like some experimental, vintage, rock/soul stuff. In other words, this song is something special. This Monday has been pretty good to the music industry.

This joint was a special delivery by my homies from Cornerstone and the Kia Soul Collective tour that I hit up a few weeks ago in DC.  This is also the first taste of new music from Monae’s epic new album, set for an early 2010 release.

DOWNLOAD: Come Alive (The War of the Roses)

The Kia Soul Collective is also in the midst of its national tour incorporating live music, video screenings and games. Performances in the 10-city tour will include MGMT, Silversun Pickups, Against Me!, N.E.R.D., Clipse and more. Follow The Collective and Tour at www.kiasoulcollective.com, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kiacollective, and its official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/kiasoul.

Pigeons and Planes just gave me an extremely, extremely trill joint from indie rock / pop / folklore band Vampire Weekend. The Columbia University grads sound like Paul Simon in 2010, and I’m all about that. This new joint is called “Horchata”, and it’s the first single from their upcoming album, Contra. I hope they named it after the video game, but I highly doubt it.

I’m sitting here jamming while trying to figure out what the meaning of the song is. Those xylophones are something special though! I’m about to get some horchata in December and just sip it. Sounds great.

DOWNLOAD: Vampire Weekend – Horchata

Get the lyrics artwork after the jump.

Oh boy. I’m no gossip column or anything, but this new song “Papers”(like, divorce papers) has Usher airing out his dirty laundry. The R&B superstar will address the end of his marriage on the first offering from his new album, set to debut Monday. It was penned by Sean Garrett, that big guy in that Mario video whose voice doesn’t match his body. He’s great though, no shots. I’m just saying, the man’s voice doesn’t match his body at all. I hope the new album is epic. Remember how Confessions had people in a frenzy? I need that Usher again, cuz the last album didn’t do a damn thing for me.

DOWNLOAD: Usher – Papers

This is the first Gucci video that rocks. Plies verse is so trill and I’m happy they didn’t try and swap that weak-willy OJ Da Juiceman verse out. This was the summer anthem in my book, don’t care what anybody else says. Marcel threw me the oop for this one. Good looks, bruv.

Larry resists Jeff’s suggestion to do a “Seinfeld” reunion special.

Not much happens except that every main character from “Seinfeld” comes back, and Larry causes more commotion. The world loves to hate him, and this is why this show is brilliant. Entourage beat it this week in terms of quality, but we’re talking about a season finale versus the third episode of a show that’s 7 seasons deep. Curb reigns supreme. Only other show seeing is right now is “Modern Family”, and I’ll have more on that later. Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Curb Your Enthusiasm – Season 7, Episode 3 [Streaming + HD Quality]

Episode: “Give A Little Bit”

Synopsis: As Vince prepares to head to Italy to film his next movie with Frank Darabont, Turtle attemps to move on from Jamie-Lynn with the hot co-ed Brooke, but upon realizing he can’t, Turtle heads for Auckland, New Zealand in a grand gesture to get Jamie-Lynn back. Drama chooses to give up acting, only to head back in for another Melrose audition. Ari faces two obstacles in buying Terrance’s company: his wife, and an addendum to the contract. Eric’s special lunch with Sloan turns sour, resulting in a fight, but by the time it’s over, nothing will be the same between them.

I know i sh!tted on last week’s episode, but this joint was one of the best season finales I’ve ever seen in my life. No joke. It’s dynamic, everybody is involved, Matt Damon is the man, and the music was so fitting for the scenes. Let’s get it. Thanks for swearing by DC to BC each week for the episodes. I appreciate your loyalty, and hopefully you’ll continue to come back for the music, the tomfoolery, and the random articles. Thanks for everything. Enjoy the episode. Oh, and had to bring the Star Wars themed picture back.

DOWNLOAD:  Entourage – Season 6 FINALE!!! [Streaming + HD Quality]

oh, and a bonus: