New Keri, Kanye and Ne-Yo!

Video is hot.... Keri Hilson is making top R&B chick moves...

New Lupe Music...

I've been killing the politics this week since I've been back from Cali.... So here's some GOOD music for ya'll!

Timbo Jockin Jay-Z?!?!

The Boy Hov is back at it again..... Blueprint 3 style, here's the official track that was performed at the Kanye concert in NYC.......



Now if you check in the archives you will see that I posted a video of Timbo saying that he would be doing Jay's whole next album....


CLICK HERE



But according to MTV:



"The Rapper says he wants the best product and puts his feelings aside...

Jay-Z has spoken more about his upcoming album Blueprint 3 after giving fans a taster at Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark Tour.

Beat master Timbaland had suggested that he was going to be the executive producer of the album, a rumour that Jay cleared up after recently appearing on the Shade 45 Morning Show.

“That was a little premature (on his part),” Jay explained. “It’s business. I gotta make the best product; it doesn’t depend on anyone’s feelings, we’re in there to do a job. We gotta put our feelings aside.”

Jigga refused to be drawn into specifics regarding the new album,
“I have three records, but I don’t want to talk about them yet (since) they may not make the album,” Jay disclosed. “But there’s one joint that’s undeniable. You’ll know it when you hear it.”

"HARD @ WORK" AGAIN!

So less then a week since the Release of NJ Recording artist F.A.M.E. "Hard+Work" I get a leak that the boy is back to work putting it down lyrically on some new tracks!

The world is taking notice as he was recently plugged by Jermain Dupree's TAG records "Spotlight Section"

You can also catch him Rocking the mic with Brooklyn Radio's own Holley Monelle Check the Podcast and the Blog Cuz We Said So!

F.A.M.E. "HARD+WORK" downloaded 20K times in 24hrs?!?!?

What's good folk? As those of you know, who are on my mailing list for events, and pertinent info related to my company GDMworldwide, yesterday was the release of F.A.M.E. sophomore album "Hard+Work" well this morning I woke up to several messages relating that the album which was provided for FREE has been downloaded 20,000 times within 24 hours! Currently I'm waiting for detailed response to make sure how accurate this is, but from the spike in web volume I was sent.... it looks like "Viral Music Marketing" is paying off for the up and coming artist!

Many independent bloggers, and websites have done stories from around the globe, mixed with his digital graphic design fans, this is taking off like no other independent buzz!

For those not on the mailing list, or the blogs, or myspace, or under a rock below is the letter mailed yesterday to approximately 5,000 people, and fwd an unknown number of times......

Hello All,

Today is the official release of the sophomore album from NJ recording
artist F.A.M.E. "Hard+Work! This album is the culmination of many efforts
to put forth GOOD, QUALITY, UPLIFTING music. This brother put together an
album Free of negative promotion, misogyny, or use of the N-word. We are
hoping you will listen, and pass it forward.

No longer can we express disdain for the quality of music supplied, if we
don't promote those that put out what we ask for. Please support these
efforts!

The album is available FREE for download here : http://www.gdmworldwide.com/hwdownload.html

You can check out FAME's site: http://www.myspace.com/jerseyfame

Check the reviews........

http://www.stopbeingfamous.com-a.googlepages.com/f.a,m.e

""Hard+Work" is the rapper's second LP and plays like a feel-good
A Tribe Called Quest era-classic while at the same time not sounding
dated. The first track, "If I Ever Leave", sets the tone for what turns
out to be a satisfying ride though Fame's lyrical representation
of"I'm-doing-my-best-to-survive-in-a crooked world" mindset."


http://hypetrak.com/2008/08/fame-hard-work/

"Up and coming New Jersey City artist F.A.M.E is someone you should
make yourself familiar with. His second Album dropping for free 8.05.08 entitled
"Hard Work" proves that F.A.M.E works harder than most and very is unique. He
uses his graphic and musical talent together to create a different composition.
Every track has an image that accompanies ever track. It is a free download from myspace.com/jerseyfame check it out and leave comment on what
you think."


Thank you for your time, and have a great day!

Mike
The-Drunkmonkey.com

Hey F.A.M.E. - StopBeingFamous.com!

What's good everyone! Had a loooooong weekend out in Philly hanging out with Fam and Folk...... Shoutout to the Philly Diva's Bar Crawl on Saturday.... We had a blast and I think ya'll turned out my sisters Commanding Officer....LOL

Come back this week with a big shoutout to StopBeingFamous.com who make it their point to rate music unbiased and on real terms....


"StopBeingFamous.com is dedicated to bringing you weekly reviews on music, visual art and fashion in Chicago, New York and London. StopBeingFamous.com will not exchange interviews or reviews for monetary gain, nor will it compromise it's values pertaining to what is written. "

- Ferrari Sheppard / Senior Editor

Now all of you that know me know that I have been supporting NJ Recording Artist F.A.M.E. and often drop some exclusives from Him before they hit the rest of the web.... Well StopBeingFamous.com has taken notice of him and check out their latest interview.....

Oh and The-Drunkmonkey blog got a shout out! We see you F.A.M.E.!!!!!!

"Hard+Work" is the rapper's second LP and plays like a feel-good A Tribe Called Quest era-classic while at the same time not sounding dated. The first track, "If I Ever Leave", sets the tone for what turns out to be a satisfying ride though Fame's lyrical representation of"I'm-doing-my-best-to-survive-in-a crooked world" mindset.
The track "Good Robot" successfully proves that F.A.M.E. can not only be versatile but also fearless. Here, he is rhyming over a Jungle/EDM/electronic dance beat and it works.
I enjoyed listening to "Hard+Work" so much that I contacted Fame for an interview and, wouldn't you know, he was more than happy to answer a few questions.... CONT...

GOOD Music

With non violent music on the rise in the hip hop community we are now seeing artists team up more and more on colaberations in the process of cross promotion as well as making better and better music. We see the Glow in the Dark Concerts with Kanye, N.E.R.D., and Lupe have gotten crazy feedback on how good the show is.

The growing number of hip hoppers reaching their mid 20s and up have seen a maturing of style and content that seems to be trickling down into current new and up and coming artists. In my opinion this is a great step towards progressive change. Now don't get me wrong I listen to many artists considered gangster rap, and enjoy the songs and the wordplay in the outlandish things said, however too many people are making this type of music lifestyle a reality. So my bottom line point is Support Good Music!

Kanye & Pharell

Lupe & F.A.M.E.

Mastered [Uncut] - Lupe Fiasco Feat. F.A.M.E.