Keri Hilson- One Night Stand featuring Chris Brown

"One Night Stand" is reminiscent of a 90's duet. The black overcoat and glasses Hilson and Brown sport immediately reminded me of an Aaliyah video. Besides the choreographed dance at the end of the video, the two lacked any believable chemistry. But, whoa, I had no idea car maintainance shops got so hot after hours!

Big Sean- My Last featuring Chris Brown (Official Video)

Big Sean and Chris Brown are celebrating the lavish life they spent years dreaming of having. This video is the first of Big Sean's being pushed into the mainstream market.

Ace Hood- Hustle Hard (Official Video)

Ace Hood surrounds himself with hustlers in the official video for his Lex Luger produced street anthem.

Aloe Blacc- Loving You is Killing Me (Official Video)

Jazz singer Aloe Blacc dances alongside a talented, pint-size version of himself.

XXL 2011 Freshman class cypher (Yelawolf, Kendrick Lamar, Lil' B and Cyhi tha Prince)

Above is a cypher featuring four rappers of the XXL 2011 freshman class. Yelawolf, Kendrick Lamar, Lil B and Cyhi tha Rapper all bring their unique style to the gathering and clarify why they are receiving the recognition. Personally, I say Lil' B needs to put a shirt and go back to the pen and pad. Watch and decide for yourself who impressed and who didn't.

Big K.R.I.T- American Rapstar

Mississippi bred rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T is working to keep the attention of the eyes now watching him since he has been included in the 2011 XXL freshman class. "American Rapstar" is slated to appear on his upcoming album, Return of 4eva.

'Lasers' beams up to the number one spot

Congratulations to Lupe Fiasco whose Lasers album claims the number one spot on this week's Billboard top 200 albums chart.

The album, released on March 8, features singers Trey Songz, Skylar Grey and John Legend each on the chorus of their respective songs and production by Alex da Kid, Kane Beatz and Needlz.

"The Show Goes On", the lead single from the album, is currently ranked 39th on the Hot 100 list and 16th on the Top Rap Songs list.

Kelly Rowland's motivated to make a comeback

"Motivation, produced by Jim Jonsin, is the debut single for Ms. Kelly's upcoming album. Upon hearing the song on the radio this weekend, I had no idea who was singing. Rowland changed (or had an engineer change) her voice to make "Motivation", which has the potential to be a hit, embraceable for the everyday radio listener. The Lil' Wayne feature is nothing spectacular but gets the job done.

B.o.B- Dr. Aden (Official Video)

 

The most vivid and well-articulated story B.o.B tells on his No Genre mixtape. The black-and-white video above effectively brings the story to life.

Tom Zbikowski delivers different type of hits

Above is Zbikowski's first professional fight in June 2006

Upon the official announcement of an NFL lockout, several players, like Tom Zbikowski, have wasted no time picking up other hobbies or occupations while all the league-wide calamity gets sorted out.

Game- Rough featuring Yelawolf

The heartfelt lyrics in this one make for some of Game's best verses in recent memory. Yelwolf utilized his quick, spasmatic flow to update us how his newfound fame makes him feel. The track is produced by Jim Jonsin and will appear on Game's R.E.D album, if it is ever released.

Is everyone getting wet?

Songs by Snoop Dogg and Chris Brown have surfaced about making women wet from sexual pleasure. Both songs seem to represent our acceptance of sexual sensationalization in popular music. Regardless, I really like both songs, so I'm sharing them with you.

Snoop Dogg- Wet



This Cataracs produced single was originally created for a party Prince William hosted. The lyrics are simple but very sexual. The heavy bass makes it hard to listen just once. Snoop Dogg is in no way excercising his lyrical prowness but let's his women know what can do to them. The official video is above. By the way, ooh she ooh she leaking!

Chris Brown- Wet the Bed featuring Ludacris




In case you were in doubt, Chris Brown is grown now. The content and language of this new cut expected to appear on his upcoming F.A.M.E album proves it. Just like the Snoop Dogg song above, the liquid mentioned here doesn't make up 70 percent of the human body.

Lil' Wayne- 6 foot 7 foot featuring Cory Gunz (Official Video)

Combining Hype Williams' artistic approach with replication clips from Inception makes for one of Lil' Wayne best videos in recent years. Featured prominently in the video are Lil' Wayne, Cory Gunz, Birdman and a plate of lasagna.

Lupe Fiasco- Out of my head featuring Trey Songz

Lupe Fiasco ft Trey Songz - Out Of My Head (CDQ) | Rapbasement.com
 
Lupe Fiasco's live performance of this song is floating around Youtube but I finally found the studio version. It's perhaps the most radio ready track on Lupe Fiasco's upcoming album Lasers, due next Tuesday, March 8.