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Lil’ Wayne on ESPN (Around The Horn)

Mark Jackson — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:58:46 +0000

The man knows his shit.

More proof: his ESPN blog

Not proof, but dedication. (pun intended) (that song "SportsCenter" is on the Dedication 2 mixtape)

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New Music: Lil Wayne: “Prom Queen” (off his upcoming rock album)

Mark Jackson — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:32:27 +0000

Weezy's busted out a guitar on several depressing but hilarious occassions and despite his lack of ability, he's decided to forge a rock album, due out April 7. It's called Tha Carter III: The Rebirth, but you can kind of dismiss Tha Carter III part because it will feature all new songs that will probably sound much like "Prom Queen", the first cut off the album. You know what to expect..

MP3: Lil' Wayne: "Prom Queen"

UPDATE 1/26 11:06am: Just found out Rebirth won't hold any Carter III prefix.

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Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2008

Mark Jackson — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:59:49 +0000

None of these picks are mind-blowing if you've been keeping up with their record reviews over the past year, so as far as consistency goes, and as a whole, they do a decent job. But a handful of picks seem kinda crazy to me: New Age at #3 (it's good but not that good), Cut Copy at #4 (same deal), and most obviously Kanye at #21 (completely undeserved... it's his worst record to date and even the explanation is weak).

Honorable Mention (blurbs):
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
Calexico - Carried To Dust
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
The Dodos - Visiter
The Dutchess and the Duke - She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke
Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game in Town
Hauschka - Ferndorf
Philip Jeck - Sand
Nico Muhly - Mothertongue
Nomo - Ghost Rock
Osborne - Osborne
Quiet Village - Silent Movie
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
Santogold/Diplo - Top Ranking
Snowman - The Horse, the Rat, and the Swan
Sun Kil Moon - April
Torche - Meanderthal
Ricardo Vallalobos - Vasco EP
Why? - Alopecia
Women - Women

50 Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
49 Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night
48 High Places - High Places
47 The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
46 Beach House - Devotion
45 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
44 Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
43 Shearwater - Rook
42 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light
41 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
40 The Very Best - Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best
39 Times New Viking - Rip It Off
38 The Bug - London Zoo
37 Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
36 Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
35 Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
34 Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
33 Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
32 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
31 Fennesz - Black Sea
30 Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster...
29 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
28 Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
27 Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You
26 Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
25 Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
24 Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
23 Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
22 Santogold - Santogold
21 Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
20 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
19 The Walkmen - You & Me
18 The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
17 Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
16 Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
15 Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
14 Air France - No Way Down
13 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
12 Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too
11 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
10 DJ/rupture - Uproot
09 Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
08 M83 - Saturdays=Youth
07 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
06 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
05 Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
04 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
03 No Age - Nouns
02 Portishead - Third
01 Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes

Read the accompanying blurbs here.

Fleet Foxes didn't surprise me at #1 but I don't think you can say they made the best record of year; rather, they came from the middle of nowhere, delivered a collection of excellent songs, and had the best year out of any bands on this list.

Make sure to check back the first few days of January when we post our end-of-year top albums list.

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Tha Carter IV Already In The Works

Mark Jackson — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:01:57 +0000

He just doesn't stop making music. At the end of Weezy's most recent ESPN sports blog, he announced his recent work on Tha Carter IV and Dedication 3. The former, which will be part of DJ Drama's "Gangsta Grillz" series, will be posted with 20 extra tracks on his website shortly after it's release.

There are not even ballpark figures for when Tha Carter IV will be released which isn't surprising, but I wouldn't believe them even if I heard them; Tha Carter III was pushed back many a time.

Lil' Wayne is also working on a T-Pain collaboration album, which is looking now at a 2009 release. It's called "T-Wayne", and "three or four songs [are] finished," T-Pain tells Billboard. "They don't really have titles. We're just doing music and however it comes out, it comes out."

And of course, all of this is following Wayne's breakout Tha Carter III which was by far the highest selling album of the year: it went double-platinum in one month.

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Leaked! “Swagger Like Us” ft. T.I., Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, Kanye West

Mark Jackson — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:45:36 +0000

"Swagger Like Us", a brand new track featuring the collaboration of T.I., Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, and Jay-Z, was leaked on Friday.

The single was meant to debut on T.I.'s forthcoming LP Paper Trails (due 9/30)and may also make an appearance on Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3.

T.I. was startled to hear the news, not ever having leak problems prior. "That's some bullsh--," he told MTV News Saturday afternoon via phone. "I'm beating down the Internet as we speak." Of course he can't be too mad considering the media buzz it's received, but he says unsurprisingly that he would have liked to debut it his way.

The song kicks off with M.I.A. declaring "No one on the corner has swagger like us," which continues & echoes throughout. A kind of "picked apart" simpler instrumental with an off-and-on drum beat sets an interesting stage for Hov and Wayne, but actually gives it a fresh composition after a few listens.

Stream "Swagger Like Us"

[read the full story at MTV News]

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Lil’ Wayne ft. Mike Tyson – The American Dream

Mark Jackson — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:52:39 +0000

Stream:

Download (right click and save as):
Lil' Wayne ft. Mike Tyson - The American Dream

Listen to this unreleased track featuring none other than the most vicious (especially vocally) boxer the game has ever seen. Keep 'em comin Weezy.

[via Prefix]

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