New Rakim- I'm Back

Here's a new song from Rakim from (i'm assuming) the eagerly anticipated but oft delayed "The Seventh Seal". This song is showing the R in great shape, produced by Fuzzy Womack, with a slightly condescending flow and steady rhyme scheme that is sure to make every wannabe rapper nowadays remember who started all of this shit. When the album is released their are supposedly some Dr. Dre tracks that Rakim was allowed to keep after his split with Aftermath, this should be interesting....anyone who heard "The Watcher 2" off of Jay-Z's Blueprint 2 knows that Rakim sounds great on a Dre beat.

Lil Wayne- Millie

The supposed second single off Tha Carter III leaked today, in two different forms. One was a bad sounding version with DJ drops included on AllHipHop.com, and the second one is floating around the net with an absolutely destructive verse from Corey Gunz. As usual, Wayne is wildin' out on this track, but its nice to hear him clearly over a spare beat for a change, lately is all we've been getting is auto tuners and crazy sing-songish stuff.....don't get me wrong I'm loving Weezy's new Rock Star Entertainer Swagger, and all the music that entails, but its nice to hear him sounding semi sober again. The beat sounds like something the Cool Kids would rap over, which is awesome, with skeletal bass and "millie" repeated over and over again throughout the track. After "Lollipop" and now this, I am really pissed no one is absolutely positive when Tha Carter III is supposed to come out. But I have a feeling this summer is going to be very Lil Wayne friendly.

Lil Wayne- Lollipop

Lil Wayne's first single leaked early yesterday, and its been harder and harder to find it online...not that the "official premiere" is tomorrow on BET or anything. R.I.P. to Static Major, a good way to go out i suppose...on the first single off of the most anticipated album in god knows how long; and the good thing is it doesn't dissapoint. The beat is "cold" like Wayne said it would be, but it's quickly infectious and he has finally perfected his T-Pain like vocoder experiment. The video is great, reminds me of the great 90's mainstream hip-hop videos, and whoever edited it did a great job at syncing up with Wayne and Statics singing/rapping and the beats epic synths. This is gonna be huge. I can't wait for the first street single though, but like Wayne said "girls are gonna love this song. guys are gonna hate it. ugly guys".