Video Jukebox episode 3! This is going well, I’ve received some positive feedback on this weekly post and I’m starting to even receive requests (even though it was from Yin haha) so that makes it all worth the 3 hours it takes me to write this (alongside some pondering) This week I’ve picked quite a random bunch from pop-trash Ke$ha (I promise you it’s good), nu-rave 14th, some corny R&B from Carl Thomas, Hip Hop from ItsNate, Overdoz, Mikill Pane and the Bakery Boys, soul from the lovely Iman Omari and last but no ways least, some thought provoking poetry from Dean Atta! Hit the jump to check the visuals, and enjoy :-)!

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Ke$ha ft Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, T.I. and Andre 3000 – Sleazy (Get Sleazier remix 2.0)

Yes. That’s right, I decided to start this post with music by Miss ‘ihatesoap’ Kesha…but bare with me on this one! Featuring Wiz Khalifa, Andre 3000, T.I. and Lil Wayne the video was put together by Kesha’s eclectic bunch of friends where they ‘take sleazy to a whole new level’. Every rapper kills it on this verse (Andre exceeds…obviously), and to be honest Kesha’s vocals are quite fitting. If you’ve ever wanted to see a transgender male in a mini skirt miming over a Wiz verse, an old man ‘stuntin like a fool’ a la T.I. or a fat man with a mohican pretending to be Kesha….tune in! Props to MusicNerdery for convincing me to watch this!

14th – Take Me There

In the follow up to the 14th’s video for the acoustic version of ‘Take Me There’, we now have the official video for the pair’s forthcoming single, due to be released on 13th February (the 14th would be an overkill right?). The video, partly shot on a houseboat in London, features Tracey adorned in an orange gown singing about her dissatisfaction at her current situation. The track is quite a paradox in that the beat makes you wanna bust a bogle in a warehouse party, but the actual concept of the song is quite sad. 90′s House & Garage and Dance music is one of my most relished genres of music, and I would like to speak for every 80′s London baby when I say thank you to Tracey Duodo (vocals) and Tom Barber (production) for not only resurrecting, but rejuvenating this much missed sound, by adding their own touch to it!

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ItsNate – Call me a Cab

London rapper ItsNate released the visuals this week for ‘Call Me A Cab’, the first track taken from his forthcoming ep, Suede Jones, Smooth Material released mid-February. A combination of London fun, pretty girls, Budgie’s production with elements of groove & funk and relatable verses from the mellow rapper, ItsNate make this video real nice. Visuals were put together by @johnniefraud @joey2bunn and @phdldn.

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Overdoz – Growin Pains

Overdoz drop visuals for the track, “Growin Pains” shot in Inglewood, L.A. I’ve become so obsessed with music out of Cali…that I’ve planned to go an visit this year. Hopefully I won’t run into any short men in cowboy boots and YMCA Lakers jerseys whilst I’m there! Nice track for a Sunday chill sesh! I love me some Overdoz!
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Bakery Boys – Up & Down Girl feat The Thirst

London based, Hip Hop trio Bakery Boys lay out their romantic woes in their latest track featuring some beautiful vocals from Mensah of The Thirst.  The video (directed by Courtney Edwards and edited by Shane Davey) is set in what looks like an abandoned school building and cuts between each rapper and their respective girlfriends having a bit of an emotional crisis – the editing and colour is real nice and Mensah’s vocals alongside the boys’ storyteller lyrics add a nice touch. The relationship theme is perfectly timed as we come up to Valentines day…but I also think this would suit perfectly as a summer tune! Props to Niran for the tip!!

Bakery Boys – Website | Facebook | Twitter | The Thirst

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Dean Atta – I Am Nobody’s Nigger

Thought-provoking performance poet, Dean Atta hooked up with SB.TV to produce visuals for his critically acclaimed piece, ‘I Am Nobody’s Nigger’ (having appeared in both HuffPost & TheGuardian). The recent sentencing of Stephen Lawrence’s murderers brought to light that the last word beloved Stephen would’ve heard before his death was, ‘Nigger’. This inspired Dean to write this piece calling for unity and brandishing rappers and other artists who persist to use the word mindlessly as cowards and irresponsible. Scorcher, Clement Marfo, Random Impulse, Mic Righteous, Roxxxan and Jamal Edwards from SB.TV join to show support for Dean’s message which I think is a welcome wake-up call! I wouldn’t stop listening to music because it contained the word, but this video has made me want to remove this word from my vocabulary. I feel it’s hard to completely understand the reasoning for the use of the word throughout Hip Hop’s history in the States – a recent trip to New York taught me that, although I have black heritage just like many of my friends living there – our history is very different and so I wouldn’t cast judgement on their use of the word. But in Britain…I don’t think we have any reason for it, in fact I wish Dean had called out Tinie Tempah for his use of the word, as opposed to Jay-Z/Kanye. But regardless this is a well-shot video, with a thought-provoking message which I think you should watch, absorb and share :-)

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(click here to purchase ‘I Am Nobody’s Nigger’ on iTunes – all proceeds will be donated to the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust.)

Carl Thomas ft Snoop Dogg – Don’t Kiss Me

Seems like everyone is gearing up to get their Valentine releases out just in time (yuck!). To say this video is old-school, is an understatement – but it’s nice to hear new material from Carl Thomas! And it’s absolutely hilarious to see Snoop getting his soul-man-finger-click-n-shoulder-shuffle on. ‘Don’t Kiss Me’ is taken from Carl Thomas’ album titled, ‘Conquer’ which came out in December of last year.

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Mikill Pane @ Dope Chef – Fresh Off The Boat

London lyricist, Mikill Pane marks his longtime collaboration with clothing brand, Dope Chef in this freestyle video shot in their boat store! Rapping over Jay-Z’s Big Pimpin, Mikill Pane does the beat justice with a tongue-twisting narration of his love life antics! Mister Pane’s album titled, Blame Miss Barclay is due for a 2012 release so keep your ears/eyes peeled!

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Iman Omari – Worth It

I wrote about Iman Omari and his Energy ep a little while back which I still highly recommend you download! Not much happens in the way of action in this video I must admit…but it features the beautiful Iman passing a joint back and forth with his girl and the tune makes the watch well ‘worth it’ ;-)

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WE’RE BACK with new songs from Amy Winehouse, Robin Thicke, Shannell, Coldplay, Florence & The Machine and more. So much goodness, trust me your ears are in for a treat. One bonus track! Hop on after cut.

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ROBIN THICKE x LIL WAYNE

‘Pretty Little Heart‘

Jheeze this is a good song! When I first listen to this track I was a little disappointed but having listened to it on a few occasions I now find this song utterly sexy but for the presence of Lil Wayne at the start. Robin Thicke is one of those artists that doesn’t get the mainstream recognition and/or plaudits that he deserves but at the same time this is the reason why I like him even more. He just continues to make good soulful music regardless, he doesn’t chase chart success by changing up his style and I admire that quality. Pretty Lil Heart is the first single taken from his upcoming 5th studio album.

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COLDPLAY

‘We Found Love (Rihanna Cover)‘

This came out late last week but I don’t think many have listened to it yet, mainly due to the original getting massive airplay everywhere. Honestly speaking I didn’t even know it was a cover of a Rihanna song till someone told me, Coldplay have made it their own. An anthemic and easy listening version of the Bajan songstress’s number one single. I prefer this version, what do you reckon?

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SHANELL x LIL WAYNE x DRAKE

‘So Good‘

Unlike the Robin Thicke track Lil Wayne fits this song perfectly. His rap at the beginning and Drake’s interruption in the middle coupled with Shanell’s soulful vocals just makes this one of those tracks that you blast real loud while you ride around in your car with the roof off. For me this song would be better suited for a summer release however I think this is just a leak rather than a release so it still may get a summer release but the same time there’s a strong possibility that the song will never get released.

Its good to hear some new music from Shanell because for a while it did seem like Young Money had forgotten about their songstress. Hopefully she’ll have a big year next year, although I am gonna need to take that nose/earring thing out of her nostrils please, thanx.

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FLORENCE & THE MACHINE

‘Lover To Lover‘

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FRANK OCEAN

‘Back‘

Na but seriously why haven’t we received a full length Frank Ocean album yet? Yes I know there were plans to release Nostalgia, ULTRA commercially but for those who are already onto Ocean’s talents we have already heard those songs and are awaiting something new. This week newness comes in the form of ‘Back’. Honestly this isn’t something that will blow your socks off however it’s still a cool song. I kinda get the vibe that this song was written for someone else, Mario perhaps?

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BONUS – AMY WINEHOUSE x NAS

‘Like Smoke‘

We just HAD to feature this song as a bonus. I’m sure most of you have already heard it but it’s the first piece of music that has surfaced since her death a few months ago. Produced by Salaam Remi and it features her good friend Nas. It’s a beautiful song – her soulful vocals and Nas‘ smooth flow compliment each other really well. Although it does feel like a Nas (feat. Amy Winehouse) track. RIP Amy.

Selected by Yin

BOOM. We back – well later than usual. I’m tired, just got home after a birthday dinner at Jamie’s Kitchen in Stratford Eastfield Westfield. Not moaning though, I’ve still got a bit of work to do before I head to bed tonight and up again at 7. Ready for this week! going to be managing this week’s campaign, in the mean time – head on after the cut for some musical goodness. 5 tracks to start your week off the right way.

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DRAKE x LIL WAYNE

‘The Real Her‘

Bedroom music. Well Drake’s best attempt at it – you can’t expect Maxwell quality croon vocals from him but he does a good job with the smooth lyrics over the mellow beats. I actually don’t mind Lil Wayne on this, strange. His verse compliments Drizzy’s singing. This track has nothing on his mixtape songs though.

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ESTELLE

‘Remember Me‘

Last week Estelle dropped some new material in the form of a mixtape, it hardly came as a surprise to me as she needed to do something since people have been expecting new music from her for around 2 years! She’s cheekily named it ‘AOM: The Prequel’ clearly hinting her new album ‘All Of Me’ is on it’s way. One of the songs that stood out for me is Remember Me, I thought it best showcased Estelle’s skills and why she is respected as an artist- so that’s why I’ve chosen it for eargasms this week.

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BEYONCÉ x J. COLE

‘Party Remix‘

Mrs Roc Nation calls on J.Cole to spit a verse on the remix of this Slick Rick/Doug E.Fresh sampled throwback song, courtesy of Kanye‘s innovative funk-inspired production. Taking Andre 3000′s place on ‘Party’, J.Cole completely switches up his flow, in a similar fashion to his ‘Nobody’s Perfect‘ joint. A bit of an unnecessary remix in my opinion, J.Cole doesn’t come his hardest…but then again neither did 3000.

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COLDPLAY x FEDDE LE GRANDE

‘Paradise Club Mix‘

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FAT JOE x CHRIS BROWN

‘Another Round‘

Fat Joe is back with a new track called ‘Another Round’ whihc features RnB crooner Chris Brown. The song is a smooth groove that is esay on the ears but doesn’t scream greatness. As ever Chris does his thing and is probably the main attraction of the song along with the cool beat. Joey Crack does a good job too but honestly it could have been any rapper on this track and my reaction tot he song would probably be the same. I’d give this song 3 outta 5.

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A couple of months ago a Youtube video accompanied by simple on-screen lyrics was released for Lloyd’s single “Dedication To My Ex” from his new album, King of Hearts. The track was an ode to Motown style R&B and featured Lil Wayne and Andre 3000. Guaranteed hit you’d assume? But in the same way that Cee-Lo Green’s “Fuck You” was way too explicit for the MTV daytime audience, music execs replaced some of the rude words on the “Dedication To My Ex” track in a hope for mainstream success. And thus, what could have been fun, risky visuals narrating Lloyd swooning about missing his unfaithful girlfriend’s sex – starring two of the best MC’s of our time…is instead a censored, extremely-standard music video set in a garage featuring Wayne Brady attempting to pass off as a non-dreadlocked/tattooed Lil Wayne, and a cat miming along to Andre 3000′s verse. Weird. Well at least Lloyd cut off his hair. Peep the video after the jump.

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Replace the world “Loving” with the word “Pussy”  (34 times) – throw in a couple more rude words and some genuine attitude…and you’ll have the original song! How freaking scary is that weird cat miming along to Andre 3000′s section? I mean I guess the pussycat’s cameo is meant to represent the absence of the word pussy in the main song, so the director was trying to creatively make up for the absence of my favourite rapper. But as for the Lil Wayne fill-in, now that’s just cheap – imagine how Wayne Brady feels, an actor trying to make his name and be taken seriously and instead his music video cameo consists of him sitting in a car miming along to incomprehensible lyrics of a jegging wearing, codeine-sipping crazy rapper. The times we live in. Regardless, the song is still pretty cool and can be found on Lloyd’s fourth studio album, “King of Hearts” which also features collaborations with Trey Songz, Young Jeezy, Chris Brown, Teyana Taylor(?), R.Kelly, Keri Hilson and 50 Cent.

I think by now we all know that I love me some Nicki Minaj so when I came across this cover of one of her songs I knew I just had to post it. Married couple Amy and Nick make up the youtube sensation that is Karmin. Under this guise they have posted many videos of themselve covering the songs of some of our favourite music artists. They have become so popular that they have performed covers on the Ellen Degeneres show and on air with Ryan Seacrest. Having first come across their Minaj cover of Super Bass I then continued to watch them take on Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and more. Peep a few of their covers after the break, notice the Questlove from The Roots is in the Super Bass cover.

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Karmin – Super Bass (Nicki Minaj Cover)

Karmin – 6 Foot 7 (Lil Wayne Cover)

Karmin – Look At Me Now (Chris Brown et al, Cover)

After talking about talking to Yang about this woman and how underrated one of her albums was and is I decided to feature her and the title track from that album in this weeks Shoulda Woulda Coulda. One of many baby mothers to Lil Wayne, Nivea was once married to The-Dream, with many thinking that his song ‘Love vs Money’ was about Nivea and Wayne. Which makes the title of the featured song and album that more appropriate. Complicated was Nivea’s second studio and was released in 2005 preceded by leading single ‘Okay’ featuring Lil John. Go and check the album out, in my opinion its a very good album. Also as a bonus check out the track from The Dream that i was referring to earlier on the flipside.

Nivea – Complicated

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The Dream – Love vs Money

Photographer Derrick G captures the final show of Drizzy Drake‘s tour in Vegas. It’s the finale and guess who pops up on stage and surprises Aubrey? His mentor, Lil Wayne for his part in the rapper’s smash hit single ‘Miss Me’. Drake needs a stylist ASAP but his tour looks dope! I’m bummed that I’ll be missing the London shows but I guess my friend’s wedding is more important. After all what has Drake really done for me? Videos on the flipside.

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Drake’s a phenomenon, easily the best newcomer this year. I know he’s not a newcomer for us hip-hop fans who have been bumping his tunes since ’07 but for the mainstream he’s just broken through with release of his debut album. Thank Me Later is definitely in my top 10 albums of the year list.

Lord have mercy. Look at the photographs below from Lil Wayne’s Welcome Home party. Strippers, video hoes, money and alcohol. They really do have parties like in the videos.

CASH MONEY.

Clearly the female with no bra got impregnated that night by Lil Wayne. Baby No.6 on the way.

The video for Eminem‘s single ‘No Love‘ feat. Lil Wayne has surfaced! The track is off Recovery and at risk of being melo-dramatic, the video features a young boy enduring a life of bullying and how he overcame. Great video, great song but typical of Eminem if im’ honest; I like this, but I would like it miles more if Lil Wayne wasn’t on it; I’m rather tired of the dude squealing like a 15yr old on helium! I think Kanye would have been a far more suitable artist for this collab. Watch the video after the cut..

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Easily one of my favourite songs off Thank Me Later. I’ll post my thoughts on the video in the morning as right now I need to go to bed. Waking up at 6:45.

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Lil Wayne is to drop a new album in September. Wayne who is still currently incarcerated will have an album full of new recordings drop on his birthday September 27^th.  The album will serve as a prelude to Tha Carter IV which could see the light of day as early as November just after Weezy’s release from jail. Check what Wayne’s manager Cortez Bryant had to say to Vibe.

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“I’m putting out a [Wayne] album called I’m Not A Human Being and I’ll probably drop it on his birthday, September 27.”

“I’m Not A Human Being” is slated to be an EP of all new songs by The Birdman Jr. and will be released virally.

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