The streets, as well as Twitter Nation, have been chattering about when Star Trak affiliates Christian Rich would be releasing some new music. I feel blessed to be the guy who can give you the latest offering from the twins! I guess that’s what you get when you are the first people to ever drop their music on the blogosphere. Yeah, that was a little swag, but more of a joke. Sheesh. Can I live?!

This Colin Munroe-assisted electro-pop track was sitting in my inbox this morning, and it’s a jam. Got me out of my bed doing a classy two-step. The hook is infectious as hell. “Say My Name” is most likely gonna be on a future project of one of theirs called Arcade. Admit you wanna hear what that joint sounds like just based off the album name alone.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich – Say My Name [feat. Colin Munroe]

I wanna know what Christian Rich and Wiz Khalifa would cook up, to be honest. But that’s just me being the dreamer that I am. Shrug. Oh, and you heard that N*E*R*D shouted them out as their favorite new producers, right?

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.

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.

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.

the contest:

answer the following trivia questions correctly and e-mail me. the first one who gets all the answers right will get the ticket. and i’m not even playing.

1. what kind of car does wale say he’s really tryna sell in "am i dreaming"?

2. who produced wale’s "rediscover me", and what other beat did that same producer help make (meaning he co-produced it alongside somebody else) for rapper jay-z?

3. "i capture they ear, i’m a rapper that other rappers should feel / so give me the dap, i leave cadavers on the back of my heels."

what song are those bars above on!?

4. what go-go band does wale frequently perform with?

BONUS: what’s my favorite group of all time? yeah, that’s right. the stumper question. you better read this blog in-depth and hit the archives to answer that joint. the only hit i’ll give you? it’s not hip-hop, per se. more rock-ish if i had to categorize them as anything.

BONUS #2: which artist performing alongside wale tomorrow did DCtoBC radio interview in september 2007, and then proceed to get in a bit of blog beef with!? ha! it’s all squashed now…as far as i know. oh boy.

first person to get the MOST answers right will get the one ticket. and who knows…i may have more to throw around too, so don’t give up. GOOD LUCK! contest is over at 12 noon on december 9, and i’ll let you know the winner[s? haha.] right away.

BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE IN NYC! HIT THE CONCERT! IT’S GONNA BE VICIOUS! CUDI, COLIN MUNROE, CHE GRAND, DJ NICK CATCHDUBS, AND MARC RONSON. HOW MUCH BETTER CAN IT GET!?

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