Drake- Fancy featuring T.I & Swizz Beatz

Here is another leak from Drake's upcoming album. The production of this smooth "ladies night out" joint is superb and the chorus is taken care of by Swizz Beatz who adds some bounce to the chorus. T.I sticks to the theme of the song and adds a good verse to the song.

It amazes me how many different ways Drake can talk to women through his music. This has the getting ready for the club sound we do not hear from Drake too often. Good stuff.

Not an "off"season for the Ravens front office.

Thanks to a lack of agreement between the Players Association and the NFL we are amidst an uncapped season. One of the stipulations to the uncapped year is the "Final 8", a rule that limits the free agent signing freedom of the surviving eight teams of last year's playoffs. For the Ravens who lost in the divisional round of the playoffs, this means they can only sign one unrestricted free agent who's first year salary is more than $5.5 million.

This rule only stands until July 24 when the Dallas Cowboys opens up their training camp. After this point, the Ravens can sign whomever they like.

So far this offseason the final 8 rule has not seriously crippled the Ravens' offseason activity. The Ravens have signed four non-rookie free agents: wide receiver Dante Stallworth, defensive lineman Cory Redding , defensive back Travis Fisher and kicker Shayne Graham (officially signed today) this offseason. Anquan Boldin does not fall under this stipulation because he was acquired via trade not via free agency.

These four free agency players are all very good acquisitions in one way or another. Unless, God forbid, a key contributor gets hurt, I do not think we will see any high profile players signed to the roster but what do you think?

What players do you think the Ravens should look at? Is there anyone worth signing now? Who will be left once that July 24 date arrives?

Drake- Up all night featuring Nicki Minaj

Drake f. Nicki Minaj - Up All Night | New Hip Hop Music & All The New Rap Songs 2010

"Up All Night" is the latest leak from the, at one point, anticipated "Thank Me Later" album. The Boi-1da produced beat is pretty hot and both Young Money artists take advantage of this. Drake puts together another chorus the fans are going to have on repeat in their ipods. Nicki does here usual monotonous gig. However it is bearable and does not take away from the quality of the track.

I am still going to be persistent in buying this album even though I am no longer curious or anxious about what will be on it because I have already heard the whole album! Thanks alot internet for taking the fun out of everything.

Janelle Monae- Tightrope remix featuring B.o.B and Lupe Fiasco

New beat. New artists. Same good chorus. Janelle Monae rapping. This is a good remix.

The beat is more current and basic letting rappers B.o.B and Lupe Fiasco flow freely on the remix to this marvelous song

Tha Dream- Make-Up Bag (Official Video)

Tha Dream is trying something a little different this time. Instead of walking around a white backdrop singing his song like he did in "Rockin That Thang" and "Shawty in da ****", he experiments with the idea of a themed music video. Here Dream is dressed up looking grown in his suit and hat trying to convince everybody that the best way to appease your wifey's anger is to buy her an expensive bag.

T.I makes a very short apperance in this video. Watch and see for yourself.

The Roots- Doin it Again featuring John Legend

Great remake of John Legend's "Again" set to be released on The Roots upcoming "How I got over" album. Black Thought spat the same verse in a cypher last year during the BET Hip Hop Awards featuring he, Mos Def and Eminem but it sounds even better on this instrumental.

Kicker soon to join the Ravens

Former Bengals kicker Shayne Graham will be signed to the Ravens soon.

Graham's career has spanned over ten years and four teams. He started his journeyman career in 2001 with the Buffalo Bills where he only played in six games and hit s out of his eight field goal attempts. Eight years later during the 2009 season, he made 82 percent of his kicks (23 out of 28).

Graham is an upgrade from the current kicker on the roster, Billy Cundiff. Cundiff only performed moderately well last season making 70% of his kicks as a Raven. Statistically this competition favors Graham. His experience and superior kicking numbers instantly make him more dependable. Unless Cundiff has a miraculous makeover and makes almost all of his field goal attempt in training camp, he will be watching the Ravens from his living room in the fall.

Is All City Chess Club going to stick around?

The All City Chess Club is a collective of diverse/talented lyricists formed by Lupe Fiasco. It includes The Cool Kids, Charles Hamilton B.o.B, Diggy Simmons, Wale, Blu and Asher Roth. The first song all of these artists have done together is the remix to Lupe Fiasco's single Im Beamin'.
Many are salivating at the potential impact this "supergroup" can have on the hip hop game. The only uncertainty is whether or not these mc's are actually banning together to make more than one song. If we refer to the trends of history, we see that large groups of talented rappers have a hard time getting and staying together. Recent history in particular presents evidence to discourage any real hope of these rappers producing a lot of music together.
A few years ago the hip hop community was excited to hear rumors of Kanye West, Pharrell and Lupe Fiasco forming a group called Child Rebel Soldiers or CRS. A song called US Placers made its rounds on the internet and even had a music video produced to compliment the song. They also collaborated along with Pusha T for the remix to N.E.R.D's party jam "Everybody Nose". Besides the aforementioned songs these three artists did not make anything else as a trio; they never made an album, mixtape or EP.
"Chess Club" definitely has an undeniable amount of talent and artistic vision but they are young upcoming artists whose schedules may deter them from dedicating time to collaborating together. B.o.B and Wale both finished making performance rounds on all of the popular late night talk shows promoting their latest singles. Every single one of these artists may at one point take part in country or even worldwide tours and if that happens it will overtake this union of rappers on the priority list.
*Most intriguing player on this roster is Diggy Simmons. He is just so young.