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Mixtape City: Population Seven

pwally — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:10:01 -0800

Current.com's Daily Fix has named their Top 5 Free MixTapes of 2008. At number five is Black Milk's Elec. Number four is Wale's mixtape about Seinfeld (seriously). Number three is The Hood Internet vs. Chicago. Number two is Charles Hamilton's Crash Landed. Number one is a tie between Lil Wayne's The Draught is Over Part Six and some Kanye remixes called Sky High. Bonus mixtape not from the list: Jaydiohead - JayZ and Radiohead... in the same songs... I like 'em all

Live performances at AOL Sessions

Kattullus — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:49:06 -0800

AOL Sessions has live videos from more than 150 different artists specially recorded for the series. Here are just a few of the artists on offer: Paul McCartney, Mary J. Blige, Modest Mouse, Tori Amos, Robyn, Tom Petty, Rhymefest, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Natasha Bedingfield, Cat Power, Toby Keith, Lil' Wayne, Robert Plant, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kelly Rowland, Weezer and Brian Wilson. To the left of the videos there's a Q&A link that has short interview videos with the artists as well as behind the scenes footage and longer interviews.

Dynamic, articulate, so high he can eat a star

dead_ — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:06:40 -0800

2007 is the year of Weezy. In just 10 months, Lil Wayne has recorded more tracks than many artists will in a lifetime; beat Radiohead to the punch by giving away not only the best rap album of the year, but some runners up as well; found a spot on MTV's "Hottest Rappers" list and become the darling of street-heads, hipster fanboys and even highbrow cultural pundits across the nation. Styles run the gamut: vitriolic political rants, drug music, club anthems, epic personal deconstructions, word associations, eulogies to lost friends and of course a healthy dose of self-aggrandizing chest pounding all find a place in Weezy's repertoire. Today marks the release of a fourth installment in his "Drought" mixtape series, and the hype is only growing. He's young, rich, talented, tattooed and doing it all without the RIAA. Prolific. Intoxicated. Annoyingly whiney? Face like a flying monkey? Gay? Say what you want, just don't forget to say the Baby.