Lloyd Banks - Start It Up (feat. Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Ryan Leslie & Fabolous)

Banks' 3rd album The Hunger for More 2 is in stores November 23rd (odd considering most albums come out on Monday during Thanksgiving week), and here's what could possibly be the hardest joint on there.

Lloyd Banks - Start It Up (feat. Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Ryan Leslie & Fabolous)

Could Ryan Leslie have contributed any less to this song?? I'm tempted to take him out of the list of features lol.

Regardless, the song is still heat. Kanye straight slaughtered his verse, and Banks and Fab did their thing as well. Hopefully there's more hotness than just this once the album hits stores.

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Kanye West - Christian Dior Denim Flow (feat. KiD CuDi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie)

Kanye said there would be no G.O.O.D. Friday this week, but he must've felt some sympathy for us after his high wore off and he actually listened to the turd sandwich he, Soulja Boy, and KiD CuDi inevitably created in the studio the other day. Hopefully that means it won't make the album, but either way, enjoy this Saturday edition of G.O.O.D. Friday.

Kanye West - Christian Dior Denim Flow (feat. KiD CuDi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie)

We spoke about 50 Tyson and his retardation earlier, but how sure are we that KiD CuDi doesn't also suffer from autism as well?? That nigga's flow is horrible. Soulja Boy is wack as shit lyrically, but at least I can laugh at how bad he is, KiD CuDi is painfully bad and it's hard to listen to him spit. KiD CuDi raps like Mike Tyson dances.

Outside of the audio travesty that came after the 5 minute mark, the track was fly. I wasn't really feeling that effect Kanye put on his verse, but it was smoother to listen to than CuDi. Pusha, Banks, and Ryan Leslie all did their thing though. B+ song with a F- ending.

(Side note: Be honest, if news broke tomorrow that KiD CuDi was autistic, you wouldn't question it, would you?? I know. I know.)

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Thursday Billboard Update - 11/12/09

Terrible week for Hip-Hop on the Billboard 200 so fuck it, on to the next one.

Owl City's Fireflies returns to the top spot and Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind moves up to #2, but the real story this week is Rihanna's Russian Roulette soaring 66 spots to land in the top 10 at #9. We all knew it was going to pick up, but there it goes and it only took 3 weeks.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Carrie Underwood - Play On (1)
2. Michael Jackson - This Is It sdtk (1-2)
3. Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas (3)
4. Glee Cast - Glee: Season One sdtk (4)
5. Various Artists - Now 32 (5)
6. Taylor Swift - Fearless (3-6)
7. Weezer - Raditude (7)
8. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (7-8)
9. Sting - If On A Winter's Night (6-9)
10. Various Artists - Twilight Saga: New Moon sdtk (8-10)

• Amerie's In Love & War debuts at #46 with 12,700 sold.
• Ryan Leslie's Transition comes in at #50 with 12,000 sold.
  

The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold
1. Owl City - Fireflies (2-1)
2. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (3-2)
3. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (1-3)
4. Iyaz - Replay (12-4)
5. Jay Sean - Down (4-5)
6. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (5-6)
7. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (6-7)
8. Britney Spears - 3 (8-8)
9. Rihanna - Russian Roulette (75-9)
10. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams (11-10)

• Jay Sean's second single, Do You Remember featuring Sean Paul and Lil Jon, debuts at #27.
• Birdman's Money To Blow starring Drake and Lil Wayne jumps another 11 spots 51-40.
• The New Boyz try to prove their career isn't completely over as their single Tie Me Down with Ray-J moves 24 spots north 82-58.
• Trey Songz's I Invented Sex jumps 19 spots 80-61 one week after it debuted online and captivated every female 15-34's mind and body.

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The Best of the Forgotten MuZik Pt. 3

Okay, I'm gonna slow it down and go more R&B oriented in part 3. Enjoy.

Keri Hilson - Heart Attack

At the end there when Keri was giving a description of the guy, did she say, "5'9", he's tall umm"?? I could've sworn that's what she said. I can look down on 5'9" niggas and I'm not tall at all lol.

Anyway, this feels like some of that early to mid 2000s R&B shit. You know, that shit underground radio used to play late at night. Don't act like y'all don't remember that shit! Very, very, very hot shit.

Lloyd - Pusha (feat. Pusha T)

Mary J. Blige - Said & Done (Prod. By Ryan Leslie)

Shouts to Ryan Leslie on the track. Pretty decent Mary shit. I like this Mary better than auto-tuned Mary.

Mya - Ponytail (feat. Nicki Minaj)

I used to have the biggest crush on Mya back in '97 when I was in 6th grade! That really has nothing to do with anything, but listening to this song is bringing those same feelings back. I'd still wife Mya right now I don't give a damn!

Anyway, Nicki Minaj is aware that she fucked up the track, right?? i definitely could've gone without hearing "Peggy and Al Bundy. Ballin' like Van Gundy. Alligator heels on, Crocodile Dundee." Shit was wack as fuck and it messed up the whole flow and feel of the song.

Young Money - Girl You Know (feat. Omarion)

"Maybe its time to put this pussy on your sideburn." Uhhh, no. Its NEVER that time, sorry Nick lol.

Anyway, Drake won. Hands down, no questions about it.

Young Money - Bed Rock (feat. Lloyd)

That's right, the same song with a different title and a different singer on the hook. We all know Omarion got dropped so they had to put somebody on there.

So who's hook was better, Omarion's or Lloyd's?? I'm leaning heavily towards Omarion, what about you??

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Fabolous - Everything, Everyday, Everywhere (feat. Keri Hilson) Video

MTV still has a "Jam of the Week"?? I thought that went out with Bill Bellamy lol. Anyway I got some good and bad news.

The good news is that this song is still bangin' and if anybody smart was working at Def Jam these days it would've been his first single.

The bad news is that Keri Hilson is now in that stage of popularity where she's gonna be rocking weird, bad hairstyles that will make her look less attractive than she should be in an attempt to come off fashionable. Rihanna hit it, Ciara hit it, and now Keri hit it.

Related:
Fabolous - Lullaby
Fabolous - The Fabolous Life/Everything, Everyday, Everywhere
Fabolous - A Toast To The Good Life
Fabolous - Throw It In The Bag (feat. The-Dream) Video
Fabolous - It's My Time (feat. Jeremih) Video

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Fabolous - The Fabolous Life (feat. Ryan Leslie)

Two more leaks from Loso's Way which drops on the 28th!

Fabolous - The Fabolous Life (feat. Ryan Leslie)

Best line in this song, "I like a soft kiss, and I dig a wet throat." That's classic shit right there! Especially for people into comedy like myself lol. This is a solid record though. Not incredible, but its a few steps over an album filler so good enough...for now.

Fabolous - Everything, Everyday, Everywhere (feat. Ryan Leslie & Keri Hilson)

Another solid joint. Again, not exceptional, but good enough to get by. The beat had a nice little knock to it though so that's a plus. I'm interested in hearing how this all comes together on the album.

Related:
Fabolous - A Toast To The Good Life
Fabolous - Throw It In The Bag (feat. The-Dream) Video
Fabolous - It's My Time (feat. Jeremih) Video

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Ryan Leslie - Something That I Like (feat. Pusha T)

Not sure where this one is coming from, but I fuckin' like it!

Ryan Leslie - Something That I Like (feat. Pusha T)

This shit is hot! Of course people are gonna wonder if its about Cassie, but fuck all that shit. I'm in it for the music on this one. Pusha does his thing too.

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Fabolous - It's My Time (feat. Jeremih) Video

Not bad, not bad. Kudos to Fab for not doing what's expecting and getting Akon to be on this shit because just about everybody else would have. Hell, I ever thought about how Akon's voice would've sounded on this beat that was tailor made for his vocals lol. Plus, if this Birthday Sex shit keeps up, having Jeremih on a track this summer could do wonders for Loso.

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Jim Jones - Precious (feat. Ryan Leslie) Video

Is this what's hot in the streets right now?? Niggas not making whole videos. What's up Jimmy?!

Anyway, the video for Blow The Bank is after the jump.

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Ryan Leslie Feat. Cassie & Fabolous - Addiction Video

Oh yeah this is that record Joey spit over! This version is kinda jammin' too so kudos to you Mr. Leslie. Fab did the damn thang too, reminded me of old F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S Fab lol.

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LL Cool J - Radio/Ringtone Murder

Welp, as you probably already know, Exit 13 is all over the internet so go get at them links while you can lol. Here's 2 of my favorite joints though I haven't heard the entire album yet.

LL Cool J Feat. Ryan Leslie - Radio


Umm...why wasn't this the fist single?? This shit is waaay better than Baby!

LL Cool J - Ringtone Murder


This record right here is a BEAST! If only we could get more of this L.

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