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Monday, April 25, 2011

Blu (@HerFavColor) Performs The Cell & Everything's OK w/ @WEareJDaVeY

Melinda James of About Her Films has been kind enough to bless us, yet again, with some great show footage. This time it's from Blu & J*Davey's San Jose stop on their recently concluded tour.

J.Period & Cornerstone Mixtape #134 Rising Artists & New Heat For 2011

J*Davey & Blu Live In Pittsburgh On 4/8/11

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Friday, February 11, 2011

J.Period, John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up! Radio Mixtape

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Music Reviews In A Minute: The Roots - How I Got Over

This week, 8thlight introduced Music Reviews In A Minute as our new feature to the blog and now we are back with another installment. This time, we are reviewing The Roots’ How I Got Over.

Again, to keep you familiar with the process, we rated each song on the album on a scale of one to five stars to come up with the final score (as we will do with all other album reviews from here on out, for both current and classic albums). Furthermore - in fairness, album intros, outros, interludes, and skits are not included in the ratings.

The set of red stars are my ratings and the set of black stars are 8thlight’s.

IVORY DOME GIVES YOU MIGUEL

"There is value in patience." Miguel Jontel is the embodiment of such saying. At just 23, this singer is creeping out of the song writer shadows and into the superstar limelight. From his stint as a contestant on the BET reality show, Fatty Koo(Who?), to becoming a sought after song writer for the likes of Usher, Mary J. Blige and Musique, Miguel, as he is simply called, is a welcomed addition to the tepid serving of R and B stars (Trey Something & Co.).

Miguel's mature sound and lyrics hint at a certain discretion that creates an intimate and unconventional world. Released in 09, Miguel's mix-tape, Mischief, highlights his song writing capabilities, creative energy (which is seriously missing in the factory that is the record industry) and his unimposing style. He has been under Jive and finally has the green light to shine. Miguel's first single, All I want is You ft. Jcole ( I could do without JCole) produced by Salaam Remi (Amy Winehouse, Nas), is a refined take on love lost. I feel his album would make for a great treat.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Roots - How I Got Over (Cover Art & Track Listing)

According to The Roots official website, Okayplayer.com, this is a tentative track list that doesn't include any skits or interludes that are still in the works.

Def Jam posted a tracklist this morning on their site but it was missing a few details. Here is what we have and even this not complete as the group just finished the interludes last night.

We dont have the name for the bonus cut but it was produced by ?uesto and again features STS, among others. ?uesto samples Major Lazer on the track. There are supposedly three or four interludes which will have their own titles. The singles are "Dear God," "The Fire," and "Doin It Again." "The Fire" is the song the group made for their performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Pre-Order - How I Got Over

01. Walk Alone (Featuring Truck North, Porn, Dice Raw & Mercedes Martinez)
02. Dear God 2.0 (Featuring Jim James & MOF)
03. Radio Daze (Featuring Blu, Porn, Dice Raw & Mercedes Martinez)
04. Now Or Never (Featuring Phonte Coleman & Dice Raw)
05. How I Got Over (Featuring Dice Raw)
06. The Day (Featuring Blu, Phonte Coleman & Patty Crash)
07. Right On (Featuring Joanna Newsom & Sugar Tongue Slim)
08. Doin It Again (Featuring John Legend)
09. The Fire (Featuring John Legend & Rick Friedrich)
10. Web 20/20 (Featuring Truck North & Peedi Crakk)
11. Bonus Cut

* Currently scheduled for release on June 22nd

Info courtesy of Slang Rap