Monday, May 3, 2010

Fresh Sounds

The title seems self explanatory.

J.Cole is without a doubt one of my favorite artists out right now. His music is undeniable. Its real. Unlike most rappers in the industry now he actually has a message within his songs. Everybody knew J.Cole was going to be a big deal when we got a sneak peak of his skills on Jay-Z's "A Star Is Born". Jay-Z saw his potential and signed him to Roc Nation, making him the first artist signed to that label. Like most artists J.Cole was looking to get signed at a young age. To achieve this dream he moved to New York where he enrolled in school at St.John's University. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned and he ended up finishing all four years of college, graduating magna cum laude. In 2009 J.Cole released his mixtape The Warm Up, which I absolutely love.The Warm Up definitely consists of music that you can listen to all the way through without skipping a song. He just recently released a single-"Who Dat".


I first remember hearing about Shwayze when he had his own show on MTV-it was quite interesting to say the least. He was just getting his feet wet in the music industry and they were experiencing a little success from their song "Buzzin".Shwayze, Aaron Smith, and his wingman, Cisco Adler, became an instant duo in 2008. Since then these California bums released a mixtape entitled "Rich Girls" and are in the process of working on their second mixtape "Super California Lipstick Sexy Magic Dope Shit". My favorite song by Shwayze is without a doubt "Rich Girls".[Check it out in ipod post].

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