It’s not Friday but check out Kanye West’s new song All of the Lights ft Rihanna, John Legend, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Alicia Keys, KiD CuDi, Fergie and Elton John(??!!)

You may remember this one from Runaway.  It was the track that played during the “parade” with the Michael Jackson float.  Click here to listen and download the full track (props to Nahright.com).  Only 19 more days until Kanye’s album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy drops.  Fast forward to 7:32 to hear All of the Lights in Runaway.

Check out Kanye West’s latest called Christian Dior Denim Flow ft Kid Cudi, John Legend, Pusha T, Lloyd Banks and Ryan Leslie

Here’s the latest G.O.O.D Friday installment. What do you think? Click here to download.

Speaking of great Snoop Dogg classics, check out John Legend and The Roots’ take on Little Ghetto Boy.

This one is off the full album collabo between John Legend and The Roots that will be dropping on 9/21.  The album is all covers of soul classics from the 60s and 70s that have a political theme.

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Here’s Dr. Dre’s Lil Ghetto Boy from the Chronic featuring Snoop Dogg:

And, the original from Donny Hathaway that started it all:

Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape has finally dropped. Check it out here.

A lot of cuts have already leaked from here, but it’s still worth copping the mixtape.  Click here to download.  Tracklist is below:

1. Consequence f. Common and Talib Kweli, “It’s G.O.O.D. Music”
2. Pusha T f. CyHi Da Prynce, “Popular Demand” (Remix)
3. GLC f. Shawn Chrystopher, “I’m G.O.O.D.”
4. GLC, “G.O.O.D. Man”
5. Big Sean f. Kanye West, “Whatever You Want”
6. Big Sean f. Paije “So G.O.O.D.”
7. Tony Williams, “Everything About You” (Snippet)
8. John Legend, “Dream” (Snippet)
9. Fonzworth Bentley, “G.O.O.D. Bye Love”
10. GLC, “Got Me Gone”
11. Amber Rose “Never Get Enough” (Skit)
12. KiD CuDi f. Kanye West, “Erase Me”
13. Mr. Hudson, “Watch You Move” (Live)
14. Mr. Hudson, “Love Never Dies”
15. Tony Williams, “You Never Know”
16. Tony Williams, “All the King’s Horses” (Skit)
17. Rick Ross f. Kanye West, GLC and Tony Williams, “Live Fast Die Young” (Remix)
18. Kanye West f. Lil Wayne, “Life of a Don” (Perajok Mix)
19. Kanye West, “See Me Now” (Skit)
20. Kanye West f. Beyonce and Charlie Wilson, “See Me Now”
21. KiD CuDi f. Kanye West, “Wylin Cause I’m Young”
22. GLC, “In It For Keeps”
23. Really Doe f. GLC, “Chicago”
24. Taz Arnold (aka TI$A) f. Major, “South$ide Blood Cuz’n”
25. Fonzworth Bentley, “Fireside Chat”
26. John Legend & The Roots f. Common and Melanie Fiona, “Wake Up Everybody”
27. KiD CuDi, “Mr. Rager”
28. Perajok & Kanye West, “Outro”
29. Kanye West, “Power” (Live)

The Roots get cinematic on their new video for The Fire

Rick Ross’ album is so dope this song didn’t even make the cut.

Sweet Life – Rick Ross ft. John Legend   

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Rick Ross and Jay-Z have made some classics together. Free Mason is the latest in what hopefully will be a long line.

Jay’s verse may be his best feature since Diamonds from Sierra Leone (yeah, I said it).  Teflon Don drops on Tues, 7/20.  About 10 songs have leaked from the project and at least 7 have been fire.  If you’ve enjoyed the songs, pick up the album.  Art is not free…Props to 2dopeboyz for setting this one loose.  Click here for the track.

Whoa. Estelle is also a dope rhymer.

I met Estelle recently.   She has great energy.  She’s one of those people who is just cool not because she’s trying to be cool but because it’s just who she is.  In fact, she’s so cool she cuts through pseudo cool.  Case in point, I saw her perform at a recent music industry event and she literally would not start until everyone got out of their chairs and made their way to the dance floor.  She waited a good 2 minutes and was calling people out table by table.  Once people got up, she rocked the house and had everybody dancing and that was…cool.  On this track, instead of singing she rhymes with Maino to Kanye’s They Say track originally produced for Common.  It’s a treat.  Click here to download.

It’s official. John Legend and The Roots are releasing an album together in September

As you can tell by the numerous collabos between The Roots and John Legend on The Roots album, the 2 artists have been putting in some work together.  They will be releasing a full album called Wake Up! together in September, which sounds like it will be their equivalent of Marvin Gaye’s seminal What’s Going On.  The album mostly will consist of covers of older songs, all of which have “an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and consciousness.”  One of the songs will be a Marvin Gaye song and there will be some Donny Hathaway, as well.  In the meantime, click here to see the video for a song called Hard Times gives a taste of what’s in store.

The Fire – The Roots ft. John Legend

This is the second collabo between The Roots and John Legend off The Roots upcoming album How I Got Over dropping on June 22nd.  Perhaps it’s a result of The Roots serving as John Legend’s band on his upcoming album.  Whatever the cause, they seem to be a winning combination.