Rock City - “No Air” (Remix)

I like how the “sureshot” dude at Iced Media was gracious enough to append instructions to the blast for this song: “If you don’t know about them yet don’t be a sucker and wait until EVERY other blogger and site is f*ckin’ wit them!”

I understand where he’s coming from, because it’s always tough for PR folks to get people to peep relatively unknown artists while they’re still relatively unknown. But why throw everyone in the same boat? If he took the time to research the targetted tastemakers, maybe he would’ve noticed that The Rap Up, for instance, is known for showing love to under-the-radar artists moreso than the established MCs.

Oh, in case you’re wondering about R.City, they’re Akon’s weed carriers trying to jumpstart a career by touting their credentials as Akon’s backup singers. Nothing wrong with that, it’s the way of the music industry. The song is decent, by the way.

Bonus
Rock City - “Losing It”

Elucid - E! Channel

I’m not normally impressed when rappers toot their own horn a little too loud, but this “E! Channel” press release is beyond hilarious:

Elucid must have balls constructed of highly-polished, rust-resistant titanium to rap over the irresistible bop of Suzanne “Vega’s classic “Tom’s Diner.” Come on now. But like everything else he does, it works. Elucid spins a voyeuristic third-person narrative of infidelity witnessed from a window in his customary vivid poeticism.

Titanium balls, huh?

Update: khal is right, Elucid didn’t write that press release. Still funny though.

Wonder what the #1 major hip-hop label is cooking up for the Summer? I snuck into Def Jam’s secret safe, via telekinetic movement, to find out. Just for you. Here’s Def Jam’s Summer lineup for 2008.

• Karina - First Love - August 19th, 2008
  16 @ War is a solid single, but Def Jam’s latest songbird will have to drop an entire album’s worth of decent music to win me over.

• LL Cool J - Exit 13 - July 8th, 2008
  Uncle Todd is still bringing that fiyah!, even if his antics are getting a bit annoying.

• Nas - Nas - July 1st, 2008
  Nasir has already gathered significant momentum for this album, so anything short of a classic will probably dent his reputation.

• Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman - August 8th, 2008
  Another Ne-Yo album? Does anyone even remember the last one?

• Razah - Razah - July 8th, 2008
  Razah needs to give Rizoh a shout so we can do a collabo. We’ll have RZA produce it.

• Rihanna - Good Girl, Gone Bad [CD/DVD] Reloaded - June 17th, 2008
  I dug GGGB, but this is a blatant attempt to sell us the same thing twice. Boooo!

• Young Jeezy - The Recession - July 29th, 2008
  Yeeeeeaaah!

Which ones are you excited about?

Ms. Nasti Muzik at her nastiest. More pics after the jump.
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Jay talks to Live Nation about touring in the U.K., internet, etc.