Faded To Black. . . (1 Week Missed In The Blogosphere)

“It was all good just a week ago. . .”

It feels good to be back!  It’s been a week since the site went down and what a fucking week it was!  I won’t even get into details, but let it be known that the site being down ended up being the very LAST thing on my mind by the end of that 7 day period.  Holy shit. . .

Here’s the recap.  (*Speaking of “Recap”.  I need to do another one of those soon don’t I?)

DOWNLOAD: MC Breed & Proof – Focused f. Obie Trice (prod. Essman)

DOWNLOAD: Mickey Factz – It’s OK

DOWNLOAD: Wale feat. Jazmine Sullivan – World Tour (prod. Cool & Dre)

DOWNLOAD: Drake – Forever (Ft. Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Eminem) [Final Mix]

DOWNLOAD: Young Chris feat. Curren$y – Sail On [NoDJ]

DOWNLOAD: Joe Budden – No Competition (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z – Heart Of The City (Feat. Chris Martin) (Live)

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z – Dead Presidents (Feat. Nas & Chris Martin) (Live)

DOWNLOAD: Nino Bless – Lyrical Murderer Freestyle

DOWNLOAD: Chino XL – Nahh! (prod. Focus…)

DOWNLOAD: XV – Mirror’s Edge f. Mike Posner, Bun B & GLC (Benzi Remix)

DOWNLOAD: Skillz ft. Colin Munroe – Baby Phat 09

DOWNLOAD: Tech N9ne – F.U.N. (Fuck U Niggas)

DOWNLOAD: NeakO – The Blues

DOWNLOAD: 6th Sense – Yeah

DOWNLOAD: Outasight – Downtown In My Mind (Prod. By D/Will)

DOWNLOAD: Termanology ft. Joell Ortiz – It’s A Shame [prod. by Statik Selektah]

DOWNLOAD: Plug Research Podcast: Exile Edition

DOWNLOAD: Wale – Ice and Rain (Produced by Cool & Dre)

DOWNLOAD: Drake – Fear (prod. DJ Khalil)

DOWNLOAD: Fabolous – Never Let It Go (prod. DJ Khalil)

Jay-Z – Ghetto Techno

Another day, another Jay leak.  Not from BP3 though.  From the cutting board of BP3.  That means you can expect it on Fab’s next album. (*no shots)

DOWNlOAD: Jay-Z – Ghetto Techno

Jay-Z ft. Lil Wayne – Run This Town (Green Lantern Mix)

This is the type of inspiration I needed to get back on my blend shit.  If only I had access to the newest acapellas like Green does…

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z ft. Lil Wayne – Run This Town (Green Lantern Mix)

[Pics] Jay-Z Covers XXL (Oct. 2009)

CRITICISM OF “D.O.A.”: “I’m not hating on young people. Like, when people say that, I’m like, What are you talking about? It’s just stupid. I’m not hating on young people… I’m not Bill Russell, [saying] Michael Jordan ain’t shit. I’m saying Lil Wayne and Kanye are like LeBron and Kobe. My job as someone at the forefront of the game is to leave it in a better position than when I came in. Same way that Russell [Simmons] left it to me. ’Cause this thing saved my life. Literally. So I have a responsibility to it karmically. And after that it’s on you. I did my part. I made ‘D.O.A.’ I said it. I made the statement. I made the push. Here, y’all take it from here.”

HIS LEGACY AS FORMER DEF JAM RECORDS PRESIDENT: “So if you ask me to grade my performance as the president, I’d say A-plus. No one can bat a 100. It’s impossible. I mean, everyone is looking at my shit. But if we really looked under the hood [of] every single [record exec] and the acts they put out in that time, I’d be comparable to anyone.”

HIS STANDING IN THE GAME: ?“But when I say I’m the best, I don’t say that outta my ass. I say that with all my stats behind me. I put that against anybody. I mean anybody. I really believe that… I believe in a lot of things. ?I believe that ‘SportsCenter’ is the best thing on TV. I shouldn’t have to prove it. But I do have these stats to prove it. I’m talking about real run. I’m not talking about years off. I’m talking about straight—boom, boom, boom—back to back. We’re not talking about heritage acts either. We’re not talking about respect what I’ve done. I’m talking No. 1 [albums] 10 times. The Beatles is the only one [to have more ?No. 1 albums]. They got 19, and if I get a surge of creativity, I could make nine albums next year.”

Shouts to XXL

Jay-Z – Venus vs. Mars (Prod. by Timbaland)

Note to Timbo; fix the leak in your team…

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z – Venus vs. Mars (Prod. by Timbaland)

Sidenote: Because everyone is bitching about the lack of a Just Blaze track on BP3, here’s the original version of Dig A Hole, which eventually ended up as Fab’s Return of the Hustle.  I guess Fab has a thing for Jay’s leftovers. (ie When the Money Goes)

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z – Dig A Hole [Original] (Prod. by Just Blaze)

Jay-Z – Reminder (Prod. by Timbaland)

Uh oh…  Something tells me BP3 leaked, but not to the masses yet.  I remember LowKey talkin’ about how “Hov has a “Reminder” for ya’ll who don’t think he can spit anymore.”.  I fucks wit it.

“Do what I’ve done without cryin’ in the environment in which I did it in without dyin’ my nigga…”

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z – Reminder (Prod. by Timbaland)

Jay-Z ft. Drake – Off That (Prod. by Timbaland)

We’ve been waiting on this collab for a hot little minute now.  I’m not quite sure what to think of it right away, but I can already tell it will grow on me.  Not to say it’s a bad record, it’s just not what you expected to hear from these two.  (at least I didn’t…)

DOWNLOAD:  Jay-Z ft. Drake – Off That (Prod. by Timbaland)

Jay-Z – Blueprint 3 (Production Credits)

You would think we could get all this information together at one time right?  Nope.  After finally releasing the official tracklist, we now know the production credits as well.  Lots ‘o Kanye.

EDIT 2:24pm – NEW LIST CONFIRMED BY YN.

1. What We Talkin’ About (Feat. Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun) (Produced By Kanye West and No I.D.)
2. Thank You (Produced By Kanye West and No I.D.)
3. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” (Produced By No I.D.)
4. Run This Town (Feat. Kanye West and Rihanna) (Produced By Kanye West & No I.D.)
5. Empire State of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys) (Produced By Al Shux)
6. Real as It Gets” (Feat. Young Jeezy) (Produced By The Incredibles)
7. On to the Next One (Feat. Swizz Beatz) (Produced By Swizz Beatz)
8. Off That (Feat. Drake) (Produced By Timbaland)
9. A Star is Born (Feat. J. Cole) (Produced By Kanye West and No I.D.)
10. Venus vs. Mars (Produced By Timbaland)
11. Already Home (Feat. Kid Cudi) (Produced By Kanye West)
12. Hate (Feat. Kanye West) (Produced By Kanye West)
13. Reminder (Produced By Timbaland)
14. So Ambitious (Feat. Pharrell) (Produced By The Neptunes)
15. Young Forever (Feat. Mr Hudson) (Produced By Kanye West)

[Video] Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town

[Tracklist] Jay-Z – Blueprint 3 (OFFICIAL)

Finally.  Confirmed and official.  Done.