Don Notz featuring Ali Vegas and Torae – Lost (Produced by Don Notz)
September 14, 2009 by Charley Brown
Filed under Headline, Latest Hip Hop Music

Another WeLiveThis.com world premiere! Producer and DJ Don Notz links up with Ali Vegas and Torae to bring you Lost, the B-Side to the first single of Don Notz’s upcoming album, Lead By Example. With Don Notz on the boards, and myself serving as co-executive producer/A&R for the album, Lead By Example represents a dark hip hop masterpiece that resembles a 2009 adaptation to hip-hop’s golden era of the mid 90′s.
Although it is the B-Side to the first single (which is also titled Lead By Example, and features Skyzoo, Nickelus F, and Wais P), Lost sets the tone as to the New York sound that you can expect to hear from the album. With a jam-packed feature line-up that includes Smif-N-Wessun, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Sean Price, Torae, Ali Vegas, Skyzoo, Nino Bless, Grafh, Big Lou, Capone of CNN, Ras Kass, Chaundon, Wais P of Da Ranjahz, Nickelus F, Donny Goines, Illa Ghee, Jaz-O, Sha Stimuli, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Mic Geronimo, Sic Osyrus, JoJo Pellegrino, and more, Lead By Example is going to be an album that you don’t want to miss.
Download: Don Notz featuring Ali Vegas and Torae – Lost
Smif-N-Wessun Presents TEK – Touchin’ That Green (Produced by Music Mystro)
September 9, 2009 by Charley Brown
Filed under Headline, Latest Hip Hop Music


Smif-N-Wessun presents TEK – Touchin’ That Green, the first official single off TEK’s 24Kt Smoke album. Touchin’ That Green is produced by Music Mystro, and will be available on iTunes in the coming weeks. TEK’s 24Kt Smoke album, which is still awaiting a confirmed release date, will feature guest appearances from Sheek Louch, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Freeway, General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun, Jakk Frost, Smooth Da Hustler, Trigger Da Gambler, and more. Check TEK out at his official website at 24KSmoke.com.
Smif-N-Wessun Presents TEK – Touchin’ That Green Tracklist
01 // Touchin’ That Green (Clean)
02 // Touchin’ That Green (Dirty)
03 // Touchin’ That Green (Instrumental)
04 // Grind Wit Me featuring Sheek Louch (Clean)
05 // Grind Wit Me featuring Sheek Louch (Dirty)
06 // Grind Wit Me G-Mix featuring Sheek Louch (Clean)
07 // Grind Wit Me G-Mix featuring Sheek Louch (Dirty)
Download: TEK – Touchin’ That Green
Skyzoo – Saving Our Grace Episode #3 – The Hope
September 9, 2009 by Charley Brown
Filed under Headline, Hip Hop
Skyzoo is back with episode #3 of his Saving Our Grace series. I love this promotional web series because Skyzoo is not only doing something incredibly different, but also empowering. The Salvation drops September 29, 2009, and yeah, there’s a little advertisement at the end, but the focus is on the people for each segment. Shouts to Skyzoo for thinking outside the box, and doing something different than the same old ego driven nonsense that I see in half the promotional videos that come out before albums.
Ali Vegas – Wise Man / Talking To The Ghetto
September 4, 2009 by Charley Brown
Filed under Headline, Hip Hop Music Videos
Ali Vegas is back with his latest video, which features one verse each from two tracks, Wise Man, and Talking To The Ghetto. I’d been waiting on these videos to drop, so I’m glad to see them blast off today. Ali Vegas has had one of the best albums/mixtapes of the past year with Generation Gap 2, and once his label situation works out, his official album is classic material!
Havoc – H Is Back (Video)
September 3, 2009 by Charley Brown
Filed under Headline, Hip Hop Music Videos
The official video for H Is Back off Havoc‘s latest mixtape, From Now On. Picture Perfect handles the direction. Havoc’s From Now On Mixtape is crazy, and available for free download. From Now On, album, should see a release in the coming months. Shout out to Havoc!!
Donny Goines – BET’s The Deal “Certified Fresh” Feature
September 3, 2009 by Charley Brown
Filed under Headline, Hip Hop
Serious props to Donny Goines. His buzz continues to grow thanks in part to his work ethic. BET’s The Deal featured him on their Certified Fresh segment. Check out the video.
The Closers featuring Blaq Poet – Get Down Or Lay Down
September 1, 2009 by Charley Brown
Filed under Headline, Latest Hip Hop Music

Here we go with another WeLiveThis world premiere! The Closers is a four man group that consists of Shabaam Sahdeeq, Red Eye, and production duo Thorotracks. Their debut album The Bullpen Sessionz drops this fall. Here’s the first single from the Bullpen Sessionz, which features The Closers collaborating with Blaq Poet on Get Down or Lay Down. To contact The Closers, hit them at TheClosersHipHop@gmail.com, or check them on myspace at myspace.com/theclosershiphop.
Download: The Closers featuring Blaq Poet – Get Down Or Lay Down DIRTY
Download: The Closers featuring Blaq Poet – Get Down Or Lay Down CLEAN