Filed under: Music | Tags: ace hood, Birdman, bun b, busta rhymes, dj khaled, download, fat joe, game, Jadakiss, link, ludacris, Mavado, MP3, music, new, remix, s.m.e, sme, t-pain, twista, video, waka flocka, watch, Welcome To My Hood
Coming to a Sunday league near you; self appointed manager and chairman DJ Khaled, has drawn up a 13 strong team which he will play under the name of Welcome To My Hood. Ok that might not be entirely true, but it does allow for humorous mental images!
He has however called upon 12 Hip-Hop heavy weights for the official remix of Welcome To My Hood. The pulling power this man has is unquestionable; the line-up is ridiculos! And it will come as no surprise when we tell you it lives up to expectations. WOW.
SME RELOAD: [FRESH VIDEO] DJ Khaled ft.Rick Ross, Lil Wayne & T-Pain – Welcome To My Hood
Filed under: Music | Tags: album, angles, download, full, leak, listen, music, new, performance, preview, record, release date, s.m.e, single, sme, snl, stream, strokes, the strokes, under cover of darkness, video, watch, we are
Ladies and Gentlemen, the wait is over; The Strokes are back and here we have their latest record in all it’s glory.
Angles is the New York bands first album for almost 5 years; an incredible wait for a group with so many plaudits and a massive following.
They kicked off all the hype with the release of Under Cover Of Darkness as a free download via their website and this was followed by leaks of Machu Pichu and You’re So Right and a performance on SNL.
Listen to the album in full below and let us know if it was worth the wait!
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SME RELOAD: [VIDEO] The Strokes perform on Saturday Night Live
SME RELOAD: [FRESH VIDEO] The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness
Filed under: Music | Tags: 2011, class, CyHi the Prynce, freestyle, freshmen, g.o.o.d music, kanye west, mag, magazine, music, new, s.m.e, sme, video, watch, we are, xxl
It’s fast turning into G.O.O.D. Music day here at SME with the number of related posts. For once, however, it isn’t all about Kanye.
Having received the honour of being selected as a member of the XXL 2011 Freshmen Class, Cyhi The Prynce’s celebrates by releasing the customary freestyle. Watch the video and see what he had to say on being selected below.
Vodpod videos no longer available.“It means a lot to me to just be known as one of the up-and-coming artists. I always like to say I got kept back twice from the Freshmen cover, but it’s a privilege just being amongst some of the best up-and-coming artists out right now and being publicized by the biggest hip-hop magazine. It’s a dream come true. It’s what every artist wanted to be. You know they want to see themselves on the cover of a magazine, or heavily publicized, so it’s an honor to me. It’s a blessing and a half. Right before I linked with Kanye, my car got repossessed. Everything wasn’t all peachy, peachy for me. I have a lot of plays this year due to me and this Kanye situation.
Freshman is like a stepping-stone. Most artists think this is the biggest point of their career. This is a stepping-stone to bigger and better things, especially with XXL. I want to have one with just my face on it, that’s the cool thing. I just need to stay working and capitalize off of every opportunity I get.”
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SME RELOAD: [VIDEO] Diggy Simmons – XXL Freshman 2011 Freestyle
Filed under: Music | Tags: concert, festival, kanye, new, perform, promo, show, sxsw, vevo, vide, video, watch, west
As promo video’s go, SME have seen few edited better than this. The video in question promotes the recently announced news that Kanye West is set to perform at the Vevo SXSW PowerStation concert on March 19th.
Ye songs, videos and interview footage, both old and new, have been cut up, mixed and edited seamlessly into a promo video that has got us excited and we’re not even going!
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Filed under: Music | Tags: all of the lights, big sean, download, drake, kanye, kid cudi, lil wayne, link, MP3, music, new, official, remix, rihanna, s.m.e, sme, video, we are, west
As if this track wasn’t big enough already with the endless amount of features; Lil Wayne, Drake and Big Sean have been added to the roster giving it the remix treatment.
This is said to be a rough version which has leaked, with the official set to feature even more artists. Listen to the work in progress below. Drizzy goes in!
SME RELOAD: [FRESH VIDEO] Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi – All Of The Lights
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Filed under: Music | Tags: advert, album, bright lights, download, giggs, grime, juelz santana, link, MP3, music, new, s.m.e, single, sme, video, we are, wily, youtube
Here is a new offering from Wiley, who appears to be putting at least some time aside to make music, in between filming ridiculous adverts and videos for his YouTube account; his latest offering is a lesson in boiling an egg. We kid you not.
Wiley teams up with Giggs and Juelz Santana for this banger Bright Lights. The beat is simple yet mad catchy, while Wiley, Giggs and Santana all go in on their respective verses. Bright lights b-b-b!
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Filed under: Music | Tags: adele, big sean, detroit, finally famous, g.o.o.d music, hometown, hometown glory, mixtape, music, new, official, s.m.e, sample, sme, video, vol.3, watch
Big Sean has dropped the visuals for his track Hometown. In the track, taken from his Finally Famous Vol.3 mixtape, the G.O.O.D. Music rapper samples Adele’s beautiful song Hometown Glory and we can safely say he did it justice.
Follow Big Sean on his journey back to his native Detroit where he performs in front of a sold-out crowd, visits a local radio station and signs an autograph or two on the way.
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Filed under: Music | Tags: b.o.b, debut, jessie j, mamma knows best, music, new, performances, price tag, s.m.e, saturday night live, show, sme, snl, tv, us, video, watch, who you are
Last night, the UK’s very own Jessie J made her US television debut, performing on the infamous Saturday Night Live show.
Jessie performed Mamma Knows Best and was later joined on stage by B.O.B. for a performance of Price Tag; both taken from her debut album Who You Are.
“I think it’s probably even more special for a British artist because we’re British. I know Adele’s done it recently and I’m so proud of her and Tinie Tempah’s blowing up here. I just feel like the British movement is coming, like U.K stand up, and I’m flying the flag. To be able to do something like ‘Saturday Night Live’ is part of history.” Jessie told MTV News.
Check out both performances below.
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Filed under: News, Television/Film | Tags: adidas, advert, campaign, new, roman gavras, video, watch, youtube
Here is a sneak preview of the new adidas campaign which is set to launch on March 16 and is shaping up to be a right old humdinger, they have called in on some of the biggest names in the world, such as, Lionel Messi, B.O.B, Snoop Dogg, Ed Bangers and Derrick Rose.
SME were lucky enough to be in attendance during the filming of the two clips below. Roman Gavras was cast in to direct and a huge warehouse party was thrown just so they could capture the perfect moments. And what a night it was. We can’t wait to see the outcome in full, roll on the 16th! The countdown begins…
For more clips (there are 30 in total) head over to the adidas Youtube page.
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Filed under: Music | Tags: 88.2, album, birthday, danny dan, fiasco, france, freestyle, french, generations, lasers, listen, lupe, music, new, radio, rapper, station, video, watch
Lupe Fiasco took his promotional campaign for new album Lasers to France this week.
On his birthday he visited Generations 88.2 radio station and dropped a fly freestyle alongside French rapper Danny Dan; as ever a real freestyle without the aid of a Blackberry or iPhone. Lupe was rewarded with a birthday cake for his efforts!
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SME RELOAD: [VIDEO] Lupe Fiasco – H.A.M & Moment 4 Life freestyle
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