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In case you haven’t seen it yet, here is the official music video for Give Me All Your Luvin.

We mentioned it before and this is personally speaking; Big K.R.I.T. is one artist (and most likely the only artist this year) who we are hoping good things from. “Boobie Miles” shows a bit of promise regards to what this artist is capable of, and judging by previous material that K.R.I.T. has provided he should be an instant classic upon his official debut. That is, if Def Jam let him continue to do what he do.

In the meantime we want your opinions and thoughts, so checkout the single below and let us know your thoughts on what you think:

This is probably the shortest article I have done yet, but it is simply a freestyle, it is Common, so there is not much more needed to be said. Checkout the track below and let us know your thoughts – BlackBerry needed? Or not really?

Whilst the verses are decent, they are not the best we’ve heard from Joell Ortiz himself. The fact the Slaughterhouse member is open to experimenting is a fine trait to hold amongst an artist, but in this case it’s very difficult to find a chemistry between the voice of Joell Ortiz and this beat. Typically, the song is about money and how Joell wants it, has it, did stuff with it, and so on. Personally speaking; when an artist brags about thinking they’re safe from economical crisis, it tends to degrade an artists appearance as a whole.

The main bait of this track however is that hook, which is unfortunately causing bleeding ears across the hip-hop fields. Adding a hook as such at the beginning of the track is risky at times, and the follow up verse from Joell Ortiz did not really help make the situation better. Also by calling yourself ‘iFFY The Bad Man’ you are bound to get zero respect amongst many that can raise an eyebrow.

These are, however, the opinions of Epic Network. We want to know what you think and whether you agree or disagree. Checkout the track below and let us know your thoughts:

Props to Carl Daniel for the initial Koalition post.

Speaking to Nah Right, Drake mentioned wouldn’t record another diss track towards Common, saying instead that this was all done because he used the beef to promote his latest album, “The Dreamer, The Believer.” quoted to say: despite how it’s been worded by him that situation is not a ‘hip hop moment’ or a ‘battle for the sake of musical integrity’…it’s a ploy for attention around the release of an album, more than anything it was just disappointing cause what kid isn’t a fan of what Common has done for our genre. A guy who made such an incredible career for himself based off expressing genuine feelings about life and love is now targeting me for sharing my story.”

With Drake likely ignoring real reasons to why the beef was started in the first place, he moved on to discussing his plans for a tour this year as well as he has already started recording new music.

“I have begun working on new music already and I’ll be recording during the whole college tour with 40. Making better music and building myself as a business is all that’s on my mind. Hopefully some acting as well.”

So the beef has ended, for now. Time and time again we hear an artist from Young Money/Cash Money weasel their way out of a beef only to then intentionally go back in and deny themselves, so it would not be surprising if Drake has a few extra words to say about the Chi-town legend upon new music releases. Whatever the case, let us know your thoughts and opinions on this situation.

The track, produced by King Coz, features New Jersey native Chris Powell. Both artists go in on consciousness of social realities as well as normal the deep lyricism is always there. It’s a nice combination between the two artists, and the words spoken are of, at times, truth in outcomes.

Checkout “Billy Holiday” below and if this has got you interested, Kj Hamilton’s “Aspiring, MC Vol II” is set to release at the end of this month. Overall let us know your thoughts.

As someone who slightly enjoyed Pink Friday, I’m begging Nicki to give us something different. Some day she’ll get older and her adorable looks won’t do it for everybody any longer, I’d like to think when that day comes she’ll have something more to offer. I may sound harsh, but if you speak to any of my colleagues they’ll tell you about my not so secret crush on Nicki Minaj and that’s why I wish she would drop the gimmick and make music.

In the midst of SOPA and PIPA protests, it was reported via Associaed Press that feds in Virginia have put a lockdown on Megaupload, charging the founder, Kim Dotcom, and several other amongst working with the site for violating piracy laws. The indictment claims that the site has costed “copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content.”

Once the 13th most trafficked site in the world (random knowledge for you there), Swizz Beatz had recruited artists such as Kanye West and Diddy to appear in videos to promote the site. In the end it is kind of funny, with the SOPA bill being such a big threat yet an easier living life apparently for the likes of music artists to make money, here you have Swizz Beatz a part of the whole music industry answering to the board of directors to a site that “shares” music and movies for free. Never really was the best role model.

Overall let us know your thoughts on the situation.

Of course, Eric Turner featured for both artists, with “Break The Chain” on Lupe Fiasco’s “Lasers” album as well as helping Tinie Tempah reach his standards of fame with “written In The Stars”. With the roles reversed you would think this combination would be deadly, but it is far from that.

In fact the track is pretty average in our personal opinion. The style of beat replicates heavily to “Written In The Stars” as well as Eric Turner himself seems to still take the backseat on this track and recite a few lines and then focus mainly on the hook. As normal Lupe Fiasco delivers a decent verse, whilst Tinie Tempah’s part is a nice ‘attempt’ to further his identity in the US. This is however likely a track that will quickly grow on people and singing the one lyric.

However this is our opinion, let us know yours. Checkout the track below:

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