[MP3] Jazz Cartier – Stick and Move

ICYMI Toronto’s Jazz Cartier was the first artist I wrote about in my article, 10 Canadian Artists You Need To Know Besides Drake…. Here goes his latest single.

[MP3] Ty Dolla $ign – LA Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Brandy & James Fauntleroy

And speaking of Ty Dolla $ign, this new track “LA” from his 7 track FreeEP drop, Free TC featuring Kendrick Lamar is kind of epic. The rest of the EP (a preview to a full length album of the same name dropping tomorrow??), featuring Future, Fetty Wap, Rae Sremmurd, Babyface and E-40 ain’t bad either. Wanna listen to it in its entirety? CLICK HERE

[MP3] Listen to Three Tracks from the Puff Daddy & the Family #MMM Album: Auction / Everyday (Armor) / MMM

This was a surprise, unannounced drop at the end of last week and it’s actually pretty good (but should be surprised? After all, I did like The Saga Continues… and even Last Train to Paris).

MMM is a concept project about a fictional uptown hustler, named, Money Making Mitch (loosely inspired by Combs’ own hustler father, Melvin Combs, I wonder??) that kind of sounds like an NY take on how I imagine Dr. Dre’s mythical, long delayed, now-shelved hit-man concept album Detox might’ve be been formatted. Guess, we’ll never know now though, huh?

The album, with cover art photography by legendary photographer, Annie Leibovitz, features a nice mix of the old and new school: The Lox (a welcome return), Lil Kim, Pusha T, Future, Big Sean, French Montana, Travis Scott, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign and uptown DJ legend, Brucie B. Apparently this free album drop is a prelude to an album titled, No Way Out 2, a follow-up to his classic, post-death of Biggie, multi-platinum selling, debut album of the same name. Will it be as well-received as that album was twenty (gulp!) years ago??! We’ll see….

Wanna hear the whole MMM album though? CLICK HERE

[MP3 + Music Video] Missy Elliott Feat. Pharrell Williams – WTF (Where They From)

Missy Elliott is currently CRUSHING the internet with this new song and great video featuring long-time collaborator, Pharrell Williams. Who wouldn’t love this??! Vintage Missy and pure hip-hop in the truest sense of the term.

[MP3] Listen to Two Recent Tracks by Montreal’s Jai Nitai Lotus….

Recent music from the homie and #DK11 album alum, Jai Nitai Lotus. The first doesn’t feature any Jai vocals, it’s a remix of the Travis Scott track, “Upper Echelon” featuring T.I. and 2 Chainz that he gave the jazz treatment (I told y’all this cat “was infused with the spirit of jazz”). Here’s his blurb for the second track, “Standoffish” which he blasted out as a “song to get the Halloween spirit going!”:

This joint is part of my ‘One Off’ series (listen to the 1st collabo here: “You I”). “Standoffish” features my fellow MTLIENS, Shogun & CeasRock. Never heard of em?!?? They the “need-to-knows!” This track is like my RZA-meets-PE (Bomb Squad)-organ-in-a-bonfire type ish. For the B-Boys and Girls and those needing some sonic variety in their 808 lives. Parental Advisory!

Peace and Creativity is a must!