Irrelevant as this opening paragraph may be, I really hope to hear more from Just Blaze this year. He had a couple of good production jobs last year, notably for me on Jay Electronica’s”Exhibit C”  and on Maino’s “All The Above.” He recently moved studios and has already been tipped to be producing a song on Snoop Dogg’s re-released album (and the track will feature Kid Cudi). What got me onto this? A song off The Blueprint came up on shuffle (U Don’t Know) and I thought it was great. Anyway, moving on.

First new track today actually comes from DJ Khaled, not Nas as I mentioned in the title. However, Khaled’s input is barely anything (for the best) and as Nas is more credible it made sense to put him there. The song is called Victory and is probably one of my favourite songs by Khaled. Nice piano led production which makes a change to the usual chaos in his production. Good drum beat to it as well, I think it’s as close to hip-hop as Khaled has ever got before. Also nice chorus courtesy of John Legend, I’m guessing by the song’s structure it may be the first song on the album.

DJ Khaled – Victory (Feat. Nas & John Legend) | YSI | YT

Victory is released March 2nd. Pre-Order it here.

The other new song is a remix from Armand Van Helden. Maybe I’ve just been behind on music lately but I haven’t heard anything from Armand for quite some time now. In fact, the last thing I have on my iTunes from him is the work he did as Duck Sauce, but he must have released something since then. This new track is a remix of David Guetta and Kid Cudi’s new track ‘Memories,’ and Armand has definitely added a darker more intense sound to the track. Bass and crazy synths included, the track gets mad at times but  manages to incorporate the original brilliantly. Check it out below.

David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi – Memories (Armand Van Helden Vocal Remix) | YSI | YT

Memories (Original) is out now. Get it here.