When I first heard they were shooting a video for “Blame It”, I seriously pondered how they were going to convey and capture the “feeling” of the song. And I’m going to tell you, I was worried a little bit lol. But after seeing Jamie Foxx, Ron Howard, Jake Gyllenhal and Forest Whitaker pull up in a drop top Rolls Royce with that sick piano intro and Hype Williams’ name pop up on that screen, I was relieved.

Anyone that knows me, I LOVE to have a great time, so this video meshes well with how I conduct myself at nightly functions. Don’t believe me, you should come out to Grace Hotel tonight at 8pm and I can SHOW YOU!

Sincerely

Low “I will continue to Blame It on the alcohol as long as I live” Key

Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain- Blame It

I can honestly tell you that this song has officially taken over every night club from here to Tokyo. Don’t believe me, slide in a night spot, observe the environment before the song is played, while the songs being played and after it concludes….TRUST ME!

Jamie recently announced “Blame It” as the official second single (the video is coming shortly) and it prolly won’t help the competition that they added Busta and Weezy to the unofficial remix. Just think what’s going to happen on the OFFICIAL REMIX! OUCH!

Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain, Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne- Blame It |Rmx|

Like it, Love it or Leave it????????

Sincerely

Low “If I ‘Blame It’ does that mean I’m irresponsible lol?” Key 

It’s been a minute since I hit you guys with some exclusive tunage, so I decided to start Friday off with a nice lil diddy from Jamie Foxx and T-Pain. Just to be clear, I do NOT condone the abuse of alcohol, trust me I don’t, but when I’m partying and I’m having a GRAND ol time, the title of this song is usually my choice of banter when I’m courting a cute lil honey dip.

From what I’ve heard so far, it looks like Jamie’s Lp is shaping up to be pretty good; Lil Wayne, T.I., T-Pain, Ludacris, Just Blaze, Timbaland, Kanye West, The Dream……goood stuff, Jamie.

Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain- Blame It On The Alcohol

Like it, Love it or Leave it??????

Remember, Jamie’s third Lp, Man’s Intuition, hits stores December 16….COP IT!!!

Low “Damn, I think I’ve blamed it on the alcohol this entire week, lol” Key

Not to much to say about the visual, so I’ll just slap that sucker below and keep it moving on this beautiful Friday night. ENJOY

Sincerely

Low “I wonder who’s “Just Like Me” Key

Jamie Foxx ft. T.I.- Just Like Me

I must admit, after listening to the Just Blaze reference, I didn’t think Jamie would sound good over the beat, but since I’ve been wrong before, I guess it’s ok for me to be wrong this time around as well. Jamie’s version KNOCKS! Hopefully this will serve as Jamie’s second single because his first one, “Just Like Me” featuring T.I., isn’t drawing that much attention. Anyway, it looks like the good folks |LowKey| over at B.E.T. You Haven’t Heard This are back on their hustle…..

Man’s Intuition hits stores December 16.

Jamie Foxx ft. Lil Wayne & Just Blaze- Number One (Get Dumb) |Prod By Just Blaze|

Like it, Love it or Leave it?????

Sincerely

Low “It’s kind of hard not to love this joint” Key 

“Off Your Chest”, produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, sounded a bit edgy at first, and I even thought it was going to be a record talking ish about other R&B singers, but it’s far from that.

Meanwhile, over in Jamie’s studio, the mood on his track, “Rainman” takes you down about 60 notches from what Usher had already established. Foxx is obviously missing his significant other, and does a pretty good job conveying how heartbroken he really is. Yes, I feel you Jamie…..it rains endlessly when shorty doo wop isn’t around, *sings the chorus of “Rainman” on top of desk after turning on the office sprinkler system for dramatic effect*.

I’m assuming this track will be on Jamie’s new album, “Man’s Intuition” which hits stores December 16.

Usher- Off Your Chest |Prod. By Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis|

Jamie Foxx- Rainman

Wellllll, Like em, Love em or Leave em?????

Sincerely

Low “Everyday it raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains” Key

Now I’m not sure how receptive his fans will be to the new single, “Let Me See The Booty” ft. Lil Jon since he’s been penning hits for everyone and their mother this year. It seems to me, the single is a lazy attempt to get some radio attention. But, it also might be a tricky little ploy to garner some attention for the real ish on Love Vs. Money.

And since I’m not stingy with mines, I’m also hitting you with yet ANOTHER exclusive joint, but this time, Jamie Foxx and T.I. are hitting your speakers. If you’re familiar with Usher’s unreleased material, this tune will sound extremely familiar. It’s still unclear on how Jamie and TIP ended up on the track, but I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation for it. Jamie gearing up for a new album????? Only time will tell. Until then…..this has been a E.P.S.A. (Exclusive Public Service Announcement)brought to you by the good folks over at B.E.T. You Haven’t Heard This (this is when you scroll down and listen to the song, lol).

The Dream ft. Lil Jon- Let Me See That Booty (Produced By Lil Jon)

Jamie Foxx ft. T.I.- Just Like Me

Alright, I laid the groundwork, now it’s your turn to decide which one is hotter!

The Dream’s, “Let Me See That Booty” or Jamie’s, “Just Like Me”

Sincerely

Low “Things are about to get reaaaaallllly crazy this winter” Key

“Stop This World”, which is on his third solo Lp, Year of the Gentlemen, can EASILY catapult one’s mind frame into that of a dangerously romantic one. Sh*t, I’m even sitting here pondering the last 24 hours I actually shared the same sentiments about another person. Don’t you just love it when someone takes you to that level and you have no control over that specific emotion so you have no choice but to rock with the chain of events until you fall INCREDIBLY hard on the front of your tooth? Ahhhhhh, it’s nothing like new love (sue me, I’m a hopeless romantic).

Anyway, enough of my sniveling….take 4 minutes and 24 seconds out of your life and tell me how much you miss/want/need that fresh love in your life (hopeless romantic x2).

Neyo- Stop This World

Like it, Love it or Leave It?????

Sincerely

Low “Damn you, Neyo…..DAMN YOU” Key

P.S. Here’s a BONUS treat for ya……

Neyo ft. Jamie Foxx & Fabolous- She Got It (Miss Independent Rmx) 

The Dream Features

Kardinal Offishall ft. The Dream- Gimmie Some

T.I. ft. The Dream- Like I Do

Plies ft. Jamie Fox and The Dream- Please Excuse My Hands

Gym Class Heroes ft. The Dream- Cookie Jar

LL Cool J ft. The Dream- Baby

Songs The Dream Has Written

Kerri Hilson- Energy

Karina Pasian- 16 @ War

Usher- Trading Places

Ciara ft. Ludacris- High Price

Alright ladies and gentleman, let’s start the discussion…….The Dream……Favorite Track…..Now!!!

Sincerely

Low “At press time, LowKey’s favorite is Please Excuse My Hands” Key

Sometimes when situations occur at the last minute sans your knowledge of the actual event, it’s deemed as a bad thing. But when the big homey, RC, snatched me up for a Busta Rhymes album listening session on the 10th floor of our building, two things came to mind; one, “My chocolate milk is going to get warm” and two, “I wonder how hard it’ll be to snatch the album without him noticing?”

On our way to the conference room, the aroma of Soul Fixin’s locked itself in the deepest portion of my nostrils (and my nose is insanely big lol). At that moment, Busta already won my vote for album of the year. Various executives and managers from the BET Network filed in while I began to devour my plate; Busta soon followed. As soon as Busta entered the room, he greeted each individual as if they played an intricate role in putting the album together. He sat at the head of the table (directly next to me) with an eager but yet nervous demeanor…..I mean, at least until he blurted out “I have the best f*cking album in the world”.

Considering the monsoon of legal trouble he was entangled in during the making of this Lp, Busta said with a confident tone “This album is as close to the truth you can possibly get being that I still have things pending”. The first track, “Decision” which features Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx, Common and John Legend, was produced by Deanun Porter and is a heavy reflection of the rough time Busta was enduring back when his friend/bodyguard, Izzy Ramirez was gunned down on the set of the “Touch It” remix video shoot. Busta explained the songs inspiration was conceived during a phone call from Mary J. Blige declaring her decision to support him during his rough patch. Jamie, Mary and John each took turns crooning the words “I’ve made a decision, despite all the things we go through/ im going to take my time with you.”

Quickly altering the somber ambiance, Busta’s next tune knocked so obnoxiously, the flat screen on the wall blacked out momentarily from the thumping kick drum. “Blown” which features five-time 2008 BET Award nominee, T-Pain, screams 645 BMW top down music all throughout the track. Busta said of Teddy’s contributions, “I’ve always appreciated a hard working artist and them making it unanimously known that they’re the hardest working mofo in the business. I used T-Pain in a way that no one is going to use T-pain”. Cool & Dre produced the infectious mid tempo banger, and when I tell you the song will hurt your chest, please believe me. If not, play it in front of your T.V….I bet you’ll believe me then.

“Don’t Believe Them” which draws inspiration from the night of T.I.’s weapons arrest at the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta, features the King Of The South himself and Akon. An ode to how the public twisted and manipulated all three parties legal tales, Busta, and TI respectively deliver heart felt verses directed at those who chose to bash and believe the false information. “Dont believe when they try to say its over/ tell em your number one, your a champion”, Akon wailed on the Cool and Dre production.

Nowadays concept tracks are as far fetched as buying physical albums, but on the track “If You Don’t Know, Now You Know” Busta and Big Tigger (I’m just as surprised as you are) clearly reinvent the definition of concept material. In the form of an interview, Busta and Tigger sit down for an extensive conversation about everything and anything that’s occurred in both of their life’s. But instead of the song being just an in-depth interview, the track turns into a see-saw conversation with both artists rhyming during the actual dialogue. Big Tigger would ask his question (in the rhyming scheme) and Busta would respond accordingly. To take things a notch higher, a young lady even calls into the show and spits “Hey Tig, im enjoying the show/but there’s something about Bus I’ve been dying to know”. With Tigger in rare interview and rhyming form, the former personality fires every and any rumor concerning the rapper. Busta even fires back at Tig when things get a little too personal (remember that rumor regarding Tigger in Karrine Stephans book lol?). Oh, did I mention the track was produced by Dre. Dre and Focus?

“An oldie but goodie”, Busta said of “Let Me Show You”. The DJ Scratch (he produced “New York S*it”) produced tune, which was also co-produced by Busta Rhymes, provides the 35 and up demographic something to groove to. Not only did Busta smile immensely throughout the song, he even jumped up for a round of two stepping with one of the fellow lady listeners. After witnessing that act, it became clear to me; Busta was back to his old self.

“I’ma Go & Get Mine”, a track dedicated to the counterfeit night club bullies, shines a beaming light on all the tough heathens who received a severe butt beating for picking on the wrong club patron. Known for applying a sense of humor in his music, “Ima Go & Get Mine” exemplifies just that. Sampling Mike Epps vocals from the movie All About The Benjamin’s, DJ Scratch cuts Mike’s vocals so precise, you would have thought Epps was in the studio laying the vocals himself. “I’m a go and get my 45 on 47 be back in 15 so leave in 30/ cause ima be back with 37 niggaz wit them 38’s. CLASSIC!

“If” which features Nicole Sherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls pits Busta next to the seductive song bird explaining some of the things that might occur if she only knew. The Rick Rock produced track gives an Arabian feel with the off set kicks and claps. Nicole’s ear candy,(”Now every time I see ya face and hear ya voice”), and Busta’s profound tone (”If You only knew, If you only knew”), keeps the tracks mixture of assertive commentary and flirtatious inquires at an equal level.

“Throw It Up” is an all out slug fest between Ludacris, Lil Wayne and of course Busta himself. The Cool & Dre production gives each lyrical connoisseur enough breathing room to cause a certain amount of damager during their respective slots. Luda raps “I throw it up like them gangs in California”. It’s evident these three were summoned by the streets with Busta rapping “When the game was getting weak and everyone started whining/and when the streets needed us, we came with perfect timing”.

Too long? Who cares! An album of this stature deserved every single noun, adjective and verb. Busta is FINALLY back on his BS. THANK GOD! Seems like Busta’s pre prediction was right on point because he definitely has “THE BEST F*CKING ALBUM IN THE WORLD”

Sincerely

Low “This ish is so good, I’m not going to bootleg it. I swear, lol” Key

P.S. Congratulations to Barack Obama for securing the Democratic Nominee!!!

LowKey and Busta after listening to the “BEST FUGGIN ALBUM IN THE WORLD”