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Last night, Def Jam’s Billie H. serenaded David Letterman’s audience with a cut off her #1 album, Epiphany.
Disclaimer: This download is suitable for mature audiences of 21 and older. Anyone born under the Clinton Administration, please exit stage left. Tracklist after the cut.
Props: OS
Hot 97’s Funk Flex just world preemo’d this. CDQ manana, but in the meantime take heed: this one sounds right to me. (Pardon the terrible cuts.)
Dear Summer,
Remember Amerie? She’s now signed to Def Jam. Album in August.
Make it hot,
YN
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CDQ To Tha Rescue. FTW!
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Better late than never, right? This week, Peter’s lad takes a crack at Taurus’ spooky instrumental.
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Here, the boys from VA perform my favorite cut, “I’m Not You”. Lord knows how many times I’ve ran this back. The Neptunes’ steel drums coupled with Malice’s and Styles verses is what did it for me. After the jump, see if you can recognize Roscoe P. Coldchain in “Cot Damn”.
Word on the curb is that Datwon Thomas has stepped down from his position as Editor-In-Chief of XXL and Executive Editor, Vanessa Satten will resume duties at the top of the masthead. No reason as to why Datwon allegedly left his post, but we’ll have more as this story develops.
Update: “Day quit,” says an unidentified Harris Publications employee. “Vanessa’s EIC.
Nip Hussle flips Sade’s classic groove, on the second leak off Bullets Aint Got No Name Vol.3 Coming this June.
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She’s on a roll: Karen Civil
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In honor of their performance last night, here’s some vintage footage of the Thorntons, Pharrell, and Kelis circa 2002. Peep the jersey dress and trucker hat? Ha! After the jump, track 6 off, Lord Willin’
This one still holds up as a smooth, R&B-leaning Drake cut — the vocal melody is what sticks with me most. It also got me thinking about how short music clips travel now: a single photo can become a whole dance moment. I recently tried Dime Dime Baby AI Video Generator, which turns one photo into a 15-second vertical dance video with the original music for TikTok and Reels (https://dime-dime-baby-ai.video/). Fun way to give an old favorite a new visual life.