Its been a quiet week on the music front. However, one notable piece of news to surface lately is that the current man of the moment KiD CuDi will retire after his album drops. Yes, you are reading that correctly .. Retire!
This taken from his blog:
‘AFTER THE RELEASE OF MY FIRST LP THIS SUMMER, IAM NOT MAKING ANY MORE SOLO ALBUMS. IAM FALLIN BACK ON BEING A ARTIST. THE DRAMA THAT COMES WITH IT IS MORE OVERWHELMING THAN THE SHIT I WAS DEALING WIT WHEN I WAS PISS POOR BROKE. MY FRIENDS GET MAD AT ME, SAY IVE CHANGED, ONE OF THE ONLY HOMIES I GOT IN THIS GAME, WALE, IS WORRIED ABOUT ME CUZ OF SHIT HE HEARS. LIKE WTF? WHO CAN SAY IM BEIN HOLLYWOOD? IM NOT AROUND ANYONE BUT PLAIN PAT AND EMILE. WHO CAN SAY THAT SHIT? MUTHAFUCKAS TALKIN SHIT HERE AND THERE, SPREADIN RUMORS, MAKIN JOKES, TRYNA JUDGE ME, AND FOR WHAT? DOES MY MUSIC POKE FUN AT OTHERS? DO I TALK SHIT ABOUT PEOPLE N MY MUSIC? I ALREADY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL ONCE, AND GOT EXPELLED CUZ IT WASNT FOR ME. IMA DROP OUT THIS SHIT BEFORE NIGGAZ TRY AND CRUCIFY ME.
IM SORRY TO THE FANS, IM SO SORRY YALL. I KNO U GUYS WILL ALL HATE ME, BUT REMEMBER, IM JUS A REGULAR DUDE WHO WAS GIVEN A AMAZING GIFT, AND NOW WITH THAT AMAZING GIFT CAME MORE UNCALLED FOR PROBLEMS THAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
I WILL STILL DO THE COLLAB ALBUM WITH CHIP, AND THAT WILL BE MY LAST STUDIO RECORDING.‘
Theres more, but thats the crux of his argument. Make of that what you wish!
On another note Keri Hilsons, long awaited album (In a Perfect World) leaked last week. I am unconvinced with her; shes fairly mainstream and came to success with Timbaland on the tunes Scream and The Way I Are which i didnt actually think were that good. The album is what I expected tbh. Timbaland features heavily on there with his production coming through strongly on some tracks and the others are fairly good with nothing majorly stand-out-ish. .MP3 links provided as always with the pick o’ the bunch.
In other news. My guy, The-Dream and the booomting that is Christina Milian, have announced their engagement! The word on the street is that he bought her a $200,000 engagement ring too. Didnt really see that one coming!
But yeh, go Dream!
Keri Hilson – Turning Me On (Feat. Lil Wayne)
Keri Hilson – Return the Favor (Feat. Timbaland)
Keri Hilson – Change Me (Feat. Akon)
Absolutely gutted about Cudi, cant wait for his album to finally drop..
Loved Keri Hilsons album tbh, ‘Change’ and ‘Intuition’ are my favs and how the fuck has The-Dream managed to pull Christina Milian?..