Just discovered this new music video from Carl Thomas featuring our family Snoop Dogg.  Check it out now and make sure to share with your friends.

It’s interesting yet remarkable how hip-hop superstar Drake pretty much dominated the internet on his rise to fame and still does now.   Whether it’s a beef with Common, supposed romances with pop-stars (like Rihanna), or even spooofs by comedians and YouTube stars it seems everyone knows exactly who Drake is and every type of video he’s ever made.  With that said we decided to post Drake’s first music video that many had never seen and when it dropped no one had any idea who Drake was.  How things have changed in a short time.  This video was a single from his second mixtape Comeback Season.

New video for Too Short’s single off his forthcoming album No Trespassing, dropping 2.28.  Short brings out his Bay Area compadre E-40 to add an extra twist.  This single has been getting some good club rotation as well.  Check it out.

After a long fight with leukemia the legendary Etta James passed at the age of 73 in Riverside CA this morning.  She was one of the first women inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame among other accomplishments.  Her music will always live on.

After the internet came together to fight SOPA & PIPA interestingly enough the Federal prosecutors have shut down Megaupload.  Megaupload is one of the largest file-sharing sites in the world.  The founder and other employees have been charged with piracy.  Oddly enough it’s CEO Swizz Beatz was in the middle of a copyright infringement case w/ notables such as Kanye West, Diddy, Chris Brown, Will.I.AM and more.  These artists came out in support of Megaupload in 2011 with a song.  It’s interesting to see that someone who works within the music industry is a CEO of a service that the music industry alleges takes money out of their pockets.  Will Swizz see “fed time”?  For more details on this story check out Complex.

The rock band One Like Son returns from a 10 year hiatus with a new album, the big deal about not just the return is that it was recorded with only iPhone track apps.  The album was finished by New Year’s Eve and will release on iTunes and Bandcamp January 17th of this year.  For more details on their recording process check out the article on Mashable.

The big news this weekend was Jay-Z and Beyonce having their first child, a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter.  In honor of that birth Jay-Z recorded a song in her honor as he reflects on it.  Congratulations to the two.  Song via Roc Nation

Glory f/ B.I.C. : Jay-Z

Kanye West took to Twitter last night out of nowhere on a rant about changing the world.  In his rant he talked about changing the education systems and curriculum.  He then called for people to help him make changes and share ideas to achieve such goals.  From there everyone was introduced to DONDA as he gave out an email for people to reach out to him.  From there Twitter went into a frenzy, fans and media outlets began retweeting his tweets and DONDA became a trending topic.  Every media outlet has seemed to report on it and if you Google search Kanye West you will see various links to articles on the rant.  Some have called his rant a good publicity stunt for his new venture, others have said it’s inspiring to see an artist of his stature talk about these issues.  What are your thoughts?

To see some his tweets click below

This song has been steadily making noise for the past few months, and a number of people here in the office have been spotted playing it. Well recently it received the video treatment and an official remix verse by none other than 50 Cent. Also you can check out the Behind the Scenes video below.

Dropping today, Belly has just released his new mixtape, The Greatest Dream I Never Had. Presented by DJ Drama,  The Greatest Dream I Never Had is a bit different than any of his previous releases, being more dark, personal and intimate.

For his mixtape, Belly has sampled classic tracks that span from the 70s, 80s and 90s; artists like: Love Inc (Broke Bones), REM, Lana Del Ray (Video games), James Blake (The Wilhem Scream), among many others.

Check out the track listing below and download the mixtape here.

Track listing

1. Intro
2. I’m Falling
3. Criminal Mind
4. Num8ers
5. Downtown
6. Dreamer
7. Lonely Night
8. Losing My Religion
9. The Key
10. Purple Drugs
11. Time Alone
12. Go To Sleep

Follow Belly online on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and at his official website.