Songs of the Week (May 28)

Happy Memorial Day. Wouldn't be a holiday without some tunes to jam to while your cooking/drinking/whatever else you plan to do this weekend. Got some joints from Royce, Wayne, Q-Tip, Busta, Joell Ortiz and a bunch more. Hit the jump to check them out.

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Royce Da 5'9" - The Best Thing Yet

This was on the soundtrack to the film Inside A Change, and is a really deep, emotional song about his son. So fuckin dope. Royce shines when he talks about important things and not just bullshitting about his dick size and what not.

Mistakes made by me don't only affect me,

Affects him too, check what I been through,

They say your money's only as long as your next pencil,

when you living the rap life.

And you giving your fans, verbally what you would get for a crack pipe,

This is the main reason I write,

Royce Daniel, the single most important thing in my life.

Download: Royce Da 5'9" - The Best Thing Yet


Q-Tip - Renaissance Rap (Remix) (feat. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon & Lil' Wayne)

Damn. Hard to pick a best verse on this one. Everybody kills it. Pretty classic posse cut if you ask me.

Let me spaz, let me spaz,

Though they call me Weezy F,

You goin let me pass.

So ahead of my time with my next week ass

money on the dinner table like let's eat cash.

And I do it for the killer and the hundred dolla billas.

And from now on, I don't think you should stunt without a million -

Dollars in the bank, I got money in the bank.

Download: Q-Tip - Renaissance Rap (Remix) (feat. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon & Lil' Wayne)


Noreaga - Mathematics (Esta Loca)

This song was on Noreaga's first solo album. The keyboard production is simplistic, yet oddly catchy. This track esta loca.

I ain't mad though, a nigga like me get mad dough

When I stick with my fam, yo, you know how that go.

Rock Armani X, with the Gautier specs,

Lighten up, get back, with my chick in my Lex.

Yo, that's the issue, 

I'm on the beats now, official

Playing volleyball, instead of playing with a pistol.

Download: Noreaga - Mathematics (Esta Loca)


Joell Ortiz - Hip Hop (Remix) (feat. Jadakiss & Saigon)

You might recognize this track from the streets of GTA San Andreas. We need more songs like this though, really. Real tributes to hip hop.

Couple years ago I couldn't wait to get signed,

I thought automatically that my face'll get shine.

But being lyrical was just a waste of slick rhyme,

Cause so, still I annihilate though

The sire lace the place with the fireplace flow.

The day y'all could fuck with me or Joell Ortiz?

That's the day hell goin' freeze.

Download: Joell Ortiz - Hip Hop (Remix) (feat. Jadakiss & Saigon)


The Who - Baba O'Riley

One of the most American songs I know. Not even sure why. I just think of open fields and great times whenever I hear it. It is literally impossible to not like this song. Everybody have a great, safe Memorial Day.

Download: The Who - Baba O'Riley