[ Gucci Mane ft. Pharrell - Have It All ]

[ Wale - Thank You ] (Jay-Z Cover)

[ Bryan Michael-Cox - You ] (Sounds like a demo for someone)(Wasn’t he supposed to drop an album?)

[ Lloyd - Sexcapade ]

[ Usher ft. Nicki Minaj - Little Freak ] (My Fav) (Dope production & Nicki verse)

[ Ginuwine - Next Door ] (The beginning is funny)

[ Jamie Foxx ft. Tank - Marching On ]

Aisha

[ Lloyd ft. Mack Maine - What You Want ] (my fav)

[ Lloyd - Everything I Do ]

[ Cassie - Right Time ] (Dope) (I like these Cassie leaks better than some of Rihanna’s ish. DCWIO)

[ Joe - You're The One ]

[ Mario - Outta Breath ]

[ Sammie - Forever ]

[ Charles Hamilton - Air Agains ]

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Lloyd’s free EP Like Me: The Young Goldie released today. To download all of the tracks, which include the two at the top, [click here].

Aisha

Young Money Ent. (aka today’s Murder Inc) has released their video for the single “Bed Rock” which was originally leaked as an Omarion (when he was on the label) demo called “The Way She Walks”. Okay, I like Young Money, so the video does the song justice. I must admit though I prefer Omarion on it over Lloyd but eh, he does a good job as well.

THOUGHTS?

Cj..

I really had to scrape for today’s new music selection. The new music scene has been extremely slow this past week and a half, so bare with me.

[ Lloyd - Fly Away ] (My Fav)

[ Alicia Keys - Dreaming ] (It grew on me …)

[ John Mayer - Im On Fire ] ( i-Tunes bonus track. The album is bomb, go out and cop it!)

[ Wiz Khalifa - Goodbye ]

[ Blakroc ft. Mos Def - On The Vista ]

[ Toni Braxton - Rewind ]

[ Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake - Crazy Girl ]

[ Ray Lavender - Killin Me ]

[ Shontelle - Licky (Under The Covers) ]

Aisha

I was pleasantly suprised with the selection today. Enjoy!

[ Beyonce - Sweet Dreams (Live at I Am...Yours)(Acoustic) ] (BEAUTIFUL)

[ JoJo - Hooked On You ] (My Fav)

[ Mariah Carey - 100% ] (Off the Precious soundtrack)

[ Lyfe Jennings - If I Knew Then ]

[ Clipse - Door Man ]

[ Usher - She Don't Know ]

[ Mary J. Blige - I Am ]

[ Free School ft. Kelis & Apl.de.ap - Grey Goose ] (Can def see CJ and I jammin to this in the car)

[ Lloyd ft. Diamond - Feels Good ]

[ Lady Gaga - Alejandro ]

Aisha

I’m going to finish off where my lovely PNC left off and post some music for your enjoyment. Here are some more R&B type tracks. Enjoy.

[ Usher - There Goes My Baby ] (FULL Version) (My Fav)

[ Wynter Gordon - Drowning ] (Nice)

[ Mario - I'm A Fan ]

[ Brandy - Casualties ]

[ Rihanna - The Wait Is Ova ]

[ Rihanna - Bubble Pop ] (Trash…lol)

[ Tank - Never Stop ]

[ Tank - Thank You ]

[ Lloyd - She's Holding Out ]

Aisha

[ Rakim - Walk These Streets ] 

[ Lloyd - Beautiful ]

[ Snoop Dogg ft. The Dream - Gangsta Luv ] (my fav)

[ Lupe Fiasco - Fire ] (A new version)

Aisha

Some of these may not be “brand spankin’ new”, but I’ve been super busy lately. Hope you enjoy anyway!!

[ Young Money ft. Lloyd - Bed Rock ]

[ JoJo - You Take Me Around The World ]

[ Tank ft. Toni Braxton, Tyrese, Omarion, JoJo, Faith Evans & Charlie Wilson - If You Dream ]

[ Novel ft. Chrisette Michele - Wonderful ] (My Fav)

[ Ne-Yo - Can't Shake Loose ]

[ Mya ft. Sisqo - Want It All ]

[ T-Pain - Take Your Shirt Off ]

[ Christina Milian - Beat On The Drum ]

[ Rick Ross - One Life ]

[ Rick Ross - Special Situation ]

Aisha

[ Lloyd - All My Love ]

[ Lloyd - Her Love ] (Nice Mid-Tempo)

[ Stephen Jones - All Kinda Sprung ] (Alternative R&B)

[ David Guetta ft. Akon - Sexy Bitch ]

[ Missy Elliot - Rather ] (Missy Sings On This Track)

[ Gucci Mane - Drive Then Ride ]

- Aisha

Here are some pretty dope R&B tracks I came across today. Lemme know what you think.

[ Lloyd - Want To ] (Produced by Stargate) (HOT)

My fav of the three

[ Ne-Yo - Stormy Sunday ]

Finally something not boring  

[ Ryan Leslie - All My Love ]

Once again production genius form R. Les

Aisha

Download – Toni Braxton – Pulse (Hot)

Download – Asher Roth – His Dream (Hot) (Father’s Day Special)

Download – Busta Rhymes ft. Movado – Kill Dem (Hot) (Dancehall)

Download – Lloyd – Like Me (Prod. by Jim Jonsin) (Nice)

Download – Sammie – Jam On Me (Nice)

Aisha

I’m not the biggest fan of those mixtape style remixes (aside from a couple here and there by Trey Songz) but I must admit this Mario and Busta assisted remix to Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” is one of the best I ever heard. But after all, it is Mario.

(Best I Ever Had Remix-Mario ft. Busta Rhymes)

Couple other downloads for your pleasure:

(Night & Day-Lloyd)(Hot)

(Gotta Be-F.L.Y)

Enjoy.

Cj

The moral of the story is, people slept on Lloyd’s original Lessons In Love. There is no doubt that the album was fire from beginning to end, and it’s rare that I feel that way about an entire project. This mixtape was highly anticipated here at MESH and I know you all won’t be disappointed. The mixtape features remixes and some unreleased joints from Lessons In Love, enjoy.

[DOWNLOAD HERE]

- Aisha

Music is an obsession and I have to share it with the wwwooorrrrlldd! Heres some new music I found while making my daily rounds. Enjoy.

Jazmine Sullivan – Jumpoff

U-N-I – Land of the Kings

*New* Lloyd, and Maino ft. Swizz Beats after the jump..

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Underrated \??n-d?(r)-?r?t\-to not be aware or take account of the full abilities or potential of.

Take that definition in. I’ll wait for it to marinate in your mind a bit. Ready? Okay, here we go.

The music industry is known for many great artist and talents. It’s also known for several individuals attempting to reach a certain caliber of respect and celebrity. In this fight for true recognition, there can be a mixup of who receives deserving attention and whose talents are almost blatantly ignored. The artists who produce quality music and don’t receive the attention they deserve via sales, awards, or any other type of recognition are referred to as ‘underrated’ artists. Now, we’ve all got our own ideas of who deserves the most attention in the music industry and the following is mine: 

Only a few of the popular artists of the time truly deserve the attention they garner (i.e. Beyoncé, Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne, Usher, etc.) while others not so much (Rihanna and others of her kind).

There is a odd disconnect from quality music and attention. Although I’m glad a vast majority of the better artists in the world do not have their works tarnished by ‘going mainstream’, I do feel that certain artist should gain more recognition for their musical genius.

Here is a list of  the twenty recent most underrated R&B artist (in my opinion). No particular order.

1. Tamia

2. Anthony Hamilton

3. Raheem DeVaughn

4. Bilal

5. Kelly Rowland

6. Lloyd

7. Mario

8. Solange

9. Dwele

10. Sammie

11. Jill Scott

12. India Arie

13. Tiffany Evans

14. Cherish

15. Amerie

16. Joss Stone

17. Raphael Saadiq

18.  Musiq Soulchild

19. Tweet

20. Erykah Badu

Cj

Let me know who I forgot or your favorite ‘underrated’ artist.

Hidden – kept out of sight, concealed.

Gem – a person or thing considered to be outstandingly good or special in some respect.

Hidden Gems. Songs that could have been Number 1 hits, but never made it to the radio. Regardless, you need these songs, they’re amazing.

Gem 1

“Issues” by N2U.

One of my favorite slow jams, PERIOD. I don’t know why they never made it, I blame it on Jermaine Dupri (lol). But with “Baby Mama Love,” followed by this jam, they easily had the potential to rule the Boy Band genre. Such are the ways.

Gem 2

“Makeda.” by Les Nubiannes.

If you’re older than 17, you remember sometime around ‘94 hearing a song in FRENCH blasting on your hip-hop/r&b radio. Random? All I know is that I used to act like I knew the words and gibber the entire song. You probably have no clue what they’re saying, but who cares; the vibe to this song is insane. Sit back, pour a glass, and just enjoy.

Gem 3

“Feel So Right.” Lloyd.

From the most underappreciated artist in the [R&B] game, this song is just amazing. Simply amazing. Just listen.

Downloads:

“Makeda” Here

“Issues” Here

“Feels So Right” Here

~ AR

Like Janet Jackson’s song title, I’ve come to the realization that I am a R&B Junkie. Yes, I’m an eclectic soul that can listen to nearly every genre of music and delight in listening to sounds that aren’t exactly mainstream to others, but I have to admit that R&B is my favorite genre of music. It’s something about an R&B song when done right that can delight me for years. Okay, enough rambling, here are some new R&B songs. Hope you enjoy some of them (they are new to me too).

(Mario- Weather Girl)

(Ashanti- The World)

(J. Holiday- Don’t Go)

(Lloyd- I Can’t Wait)

Enjoy.

-Cj

This is another randomness post.

Lets kicked things off with Kanye’s cover of Details Magazine.

I might have to buy a couple of magazines this coming month. I’m intrigued to see what the Vibe Style Edition will entail.

Of course lets get your hook on some of the newest leaks out there in cyberspace:

Ron Bowz ft. Busta Rhymes- I Promise (really hot!)

Drake ft. Lloyd- A Night Off

Maino ft. Pleasure P- N*gga Like Me

Mario feat. Rihanna- Emergency Room (ironic huh?)

Twista ft. Busta Rhymes- Billionaire

There is this HOT Ciara leak but it’s only a snippet. It’s called “I’m a G”. I’ll be sure to post the song once the full version is leaked.

And my birthday is in 7 months. Giving you all a head start:

They are Opening Season shoes and its about time I had some.

Ladies for your viewing pleasure, maybe a couple pics from the Tracy Reese showing at NY Fashion Week currently going on:

Speaking of Fashion week. MESH coverage of D.C. Fashion week is coming soon. We promise.

-Enjoy

-Cj

Just wanted to post some randoms in life.

This is Teraji P. Henson. She’s a fellow Bison (Go, Howard University!) and this is her winning a NAACP Image Award for her acting. I want her to win an Oscar on the 22nd.

All these are Raf Simons bags. All of them are very interesting and low-key the shit. I want one. They are low-key expensive too (actually high key).

This is the video for Mims ”Move If You Wanna”. Great song and a cool video. Enjoy it.

This is Lloyd. Lloyd had one of my favorite R&B albums of last year Lessons in Love. This is the link for a new Lloyd leak called “Party Girl”:

Lloyd-Party Girl

Happy Saturday kids.

-Cj