Jake One's White Van Music

One of the hottest new albums dropped just a week ago with producer Jake One's White Van Music. The compilation style record features a star-studded guest lineup rapping over some of the hottest beats you'll hear in recent times. Included in the rotation are Little Brother, Casual, Bustah Rhymes, Freeway, MF Doom, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Young Buck, Alchemist and many more. One track in particular called Get Er' Done features a sample of who else, Larry the Cable Guy, along with a catchy piano beat and MF Doom's gritty verses. Don't sleep on this one, it's definitely one of the tops for this year! White Van Music list: 1. I'm Coming feat. Black Milk & Nottz 2. Gangsta Boy feat M.O.P 3. The Truth feat Freeway & Brother Ali 4. Turn It Down 5. God Like feat D. Black 6. Bless The Child feat Little Brother 7. Oh Really feat. Posdnuos 8. Hi 9. Trap Door feat MF Doom 10. Dead Wrong feat Young Buck 11. Kissin The Curb feat Bishop Lamont & Busta 12. How We Ride feat Freeway 13. White Van feat. Alchemist, Evidence & Prodigy 14. Big Homie Style feat Alchemist, Evidence & Prodigy 15. Scared feat Blueprint 16. Great Sound 17. Get 'Er Done feat MF Doom 18. Feeling My Shit feat Casual 19. Soil Raps feat. Keak Da Sneak 20. Glow feat eLZhi & Royce da 5'9 21. R.I.P. 22. Home feat Vitamin D, C Note, Maine & Ish Pickup White Van Music at Amazon.com! Also check out Murs For President [Explicit]!

A Fresh New Year Begins...

As you shake off that New Year's party hangover, here's some stories in music and hip hop to start off a fresh 2008... Rapper Prodigy is heading to jail on January 9th. He starts a 3 1/2 year sentence, for weapon charges. While there he will work on lyrics, and has already shot videos for his upcoming album, H.N.I.C. Pt. 2. The album is set for release in March. The interesting part about it, they will use a voice technology on the album to translate it to 1,400 different languages. A first for rap. (Source: XXLMag.com) Jay-Z has opened his newest 40/40 club, with the help of the Knowles sisters. Lebron James and Rev Run's daughter Vanessa were amongst his celeb guests in attendance. There continues to be rumors that maybe Jermaine Dupri will take Jay's vacant spot at Def Jam. In other news on Jay-Z, a Newsday article named Umbrella by Rihanna as #1 single of the year, and Roc Boys as the #4. Kanye was nowhere to be found on the list. The article says 2008 will be even more about the single. See the Newsday article with more top choices. Miley Cyrus, the popular Hannah Montana, is outraged over pictures that have surfaced of her and a friend on the internet. They are basically from a sleepver with the two girls eating candy and getting "in each others faces". However, gossip and internet speculation is making more of it. Read more here And Female First has its look back at the year 2007 and the stories in hip hop. Some of the biggest include Kanye vs. 50's album feud, TI's gun charges, Wu-Tang's return, Jay-Z triumphant new album, female rapper arrests and Kanye's dominance of rap. See the Female First 2007 recap here Check out the Daily Chinese Horoscope Monkey!