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.

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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.

flyer says it all. go party with the dudes, they rock. and they’re nigerian. and twins. and they make good music. MAKE SURE TO RSVP to the email address listed, it’s ESSENTIAL. and yes, this is in NYC. if you don’t know who christian rich or colin munroe are, hit the search bar and type their names in there. trust me.

to my NYC-based readers: do me a huge favor and retweet this, or link your homies to this. thanks a whole lot.

colin munroe’s demo is the first gem i dug up in the millions of boxes of submissions during my first year interning at def jam. i gave the demo to my boss, and she dug it. she gave it to jay brown, and he liked it, but said he needed a little more development. i e-mailed him and said, “dude, keep me in the loop with your whereabouts!” and he did so.

that was ‘06, and now it’s ‘09. the toronto-born crooner has come from a solid demo to a whole lot of blog love, a powerful mixtape featuring the likes of features  wale, drake, jim jones, 88-keys, and a bunch of other respectable artists. he actually produces himself, and he’s not too shabby, either (he was involved the production of all but one song on his latest mixtape, the unsung hero). you may remember him from his version of ‘ye’s “flashing lights” that dropped a year or so ago. if you don’t, or you’ve been waiting for more to drop from my man colin, here you go. an incredibly upbeat track (for the title it has, at least) that i coulda heard a ‘04 kelis on. maybe he needs to enlist her for the remix to get her mind off the pending divorce. oh boy. enjoy.

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DOWNLOAD: Colin Munroe – Start A War

for more, like his newest tracks or his critically acclaimed mixtape, go to his myspace page.

and you should be too. it’s oversold, but somehow i finagled some complimentary joints. two of them, to be exact. who wants to come with me!? yerp. that’s right. i got an extra ticket. so if you’re in the NYC area and you want it, then i’m throwing a bootleg contest to whoever wants to go.

find out how to win after the jump. (more…)