JAY-Z SAYS HE GAVE BEYONCE MOVES!

i came across this interview, Jay-Z is on 'Friday Nights with Jonathan Ross' as he claims that he was the inspiration behind some of Beyonce's best known dance moves! the two most prominent was the hand movement for "Single Ladies" as well as the 'uh oh' dance from "Crazy in Love." Check this interview...

NEW CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT EP

This is the latest EP from the underground group CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT titled "YES/NO"...here's the download link....get that now!

http://usershare.net/4ayr55iouoq7

It Takes Two

21 years ago TODAY Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's famous hit "It Takes Two" went gold. its amzing that even 21 years later, this is still a steady club banger. all i know is when this song comes on in the club, there is no stopping my old school moves (yes, i have plenty come see me if u want to battle) haha but na, enjoy this shit, hopefully its gonna be a banger for another 20 years. i wonder what my future kids would think about this jam. its gonna be a throwback by that time fo sho.

SISTERS WITH VOICES!

yo, these girls are always forgotten about when people talk about pioneering R&B. SWV has always been one of my all-time fave girl groups, and while they are most famously known for their single "Weak", i picked this more up-tempo throwback to share with you guys. Here's SWV with "You're The One"

I LOVE MICHAEL

if you guys don't know me, i'm a huge fan of Michael Jackson. so i think i'ma make this a weekly thing where i take you back to a time where music MOVED us. i dont care what anyone says, MJ's music stands the test of time. how many times have i listened to something like "Rock With You" and its like the first time every time. The Man, The Myth, The Legend. here is one of my favorites, "Who Is It."

LOVE LETTER 1.4!

Check out my boy Yung M.I. (who is also my co-host on dtfradio.com) this his newest mixtape entitled LOVE LETTER 1.4 hosted by Lumidee. he is doing big things people look out for him! hit him up on twitter or facebook "futurevoiceofny" with your comments and feedback! THIS IS THE FUTURE!

http://soundcloud.com/futurevoiceofny/lov3-letter-one-4-3

WE ARE THE WORLD 2010

i guess from an outsider's perspective, you could say that we are doing a whole lot for Haiti. I just got the chance to watch this video and had to post it. all i know is Wyclef didnt have to bug out, we all know your from Haiti, WE GET IT! anyway, let me not be a hater, this was a beautiful project just like the one from 1985 and this is all for a better cause...

WE ARE THE WORLD 1985

i had to post the 1985 version of course before i posted the recent one made for Haiti. This is straight HISTORY right here people. 

and of course N-A-S are the letters that spell....

i honestly can't get enough of this guy, Nas. and when i heard this track with John Legend, i didnt even have to listen and i knew i would fall in love with this track. check it, Nas sounds just as great as he always has. This is "Victory" off that new DJ Khaled project

mr.cheeks/craig g collabo

i've gotten the honor of meeting mr. cheeks twice so far, and he's a funny dude. everything you would expect from the lost boyz member, he was joined by Craig G in the GOOM studios for the morning show. They spoke about their new collaboration album titled "Hip-Hop Honors." what i had also learned that day was the Craig G had wrote all of Eminem's opponents' rhymes in 8-mile. now who knows if this was common knowledge and i may just be late, but that blew my mind a little bit...craig g also KILLED a freestyle...i'ma have that mp3 up for u guys soon...

MUSIQSOULCHILD

i remember when i met Musiq, i was playing with my phone as we waiting for the elevator to bring him up for an interview at BET Radio. this was when the verizon blackberry storm had just come out, and he looked at me and said "can i see that?" hah, i was kinda dumb-founded as i handed him my phone, and there he went playing music and checking out the new features. he told me he was jealous that i had this phone, and now that he has seen it, he's GOT to cop it. i'll never forget that was the day my phone played MUSIQ.

oh, MOS DEF!

throughout my internships, i've learned priceless info and met priceless people, and the pinnacle of them would have to be MOS DEF! this dude is the definition of humble. i met him at a press junket for the movie "Cadillac Records" in which he played Chuck Berry. i remember asking him about his next project in which he replied, "i'm trying to think outside the box, and i'm hoping that my interpretation of that will be well-received." He was talking about his grammy-nominated "The Ecstatic."

DIPSET BITCH!

as i was going through my old pictures, i came across some of my first encounters with celebrities. here's me and Cam'ron at the Funk Flex car show, i was 16 in this pic! i cant believe it was that long ago. oh and dont mind the face i'm making, i cant even tell you what i was thinking haha but all i know is the only reason why i went to that car show was FOR CAM'RON...i love that dude 

HOROSCOPE: AQUARIUS

i'm a sucka for horoscopes, here's the monthly overview for an aquarius: Business is your business -- at least it is on the 1st. Yup, as much as you'd rather frolic in the waves or dance the afternoon away at the tea house that just opened up down the street, you're going to need to buckle down and add those figures up. Check your facts and make sure you've got it all down pat. You'll thrive! On the 5th, you have just got to feel useful. So put up a picket fence for the little old lady next door whose begonias keep getting watered by the neighborhood poodle. Keep your head down if there is office drama and trauma on the 9th and 10th. Get ready for plenty of great things to happen on the stupendous 11th, 12th and 13th. Something strange catches your eye on the 19th. Explore! On the 23rd, your emotionality can get in the way if you don't acknowledge it. Ground yourself on the 27th.

SHAOLIN MONKS!!!

ITS WU MUTHA FUCKA!!! WU-TANG MUTHA FUCKA!!!! well just a few of them, who know if this was leaked of this is the first single off of this new Meth/Rae/Ghost project, but you know i'm in LOVE with is because they got Michael Jackson on the hook. and a young michael at that! check this out...there's good shit going on here...this one's called "our dreams" of the album titled "Three, The Hard Way"

MOOD MUSIC

i've decided i'm going to bless you guys with all different kinds of music that i'm in the mood for. whether its some new shit, or something old that i completely forgot about, i'm just throw the shit up here, and hopefully you can feel me on this...one of the first songs of this year that has really tickled my fancy is this "Unthinkable (i'm ready)" track by alicia keys. now, i know this didnt come out this year, but i've taken a liking to it and i wanted to share it with you. alicia is in a class all her own, and i feel she can only compete with herself. she really out-did it this time..

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TASHY'S THROWBACK OF THE WEEK

you cannot forget about good music, no matter how old it gets, and i've decided i'm going to throw it back for you guys once a week. i'll start this week with a Big Pun track, marking not only his death this month, but acknowledging his contribution to the world of hip-hop. i'd also like to make mention to Big L and J.Dilla from Slum Village who both also past away in this month. May their music stay alive through its listeners.

Anticipation in 2010

SOOOOOO MANY NEW PROJECTS going on this year, with so many artists slated for comebacks and re-appearances, 2010 will hopefully mark a great year in music. Some things that i am looking forward to include the 2nd album that Eminem has promised to us following the first "Relapse" album from 2009. i cannot WAIT for this new Method Man, Ghostface and Raewkon project, in which the group has been appropriately been named Shaolin Monks (haha, fuckin classic). This will also be Sade's return the the album making business in about 10 years! Young Jeezy's "Thug Motivation 103" is among the most-anticipated. i know i am DYING for Usher's Raymond vs. Raymond. i've always said he's done his best work with a heartbreak, and this time should be no different. these are just a few that should be popping up in the first quarter (cross your fingers). i'll be back soon and let you know what else will be coming up!

BEST of '09

its been a while, almost 3 damn months since i've written anything. i've been busy preparing some content and more of a vision for this blog. i hope to update it at least every other day, i have too much to say to not be on here every day! i want to reflect a little bit on 2009 in terms of music. on my radio show on DTFradio.com, i have a "Tashy Takeover Topic of the Week" and i was anticipating the day that i could ask "what were YOUR top 5 favorite album of the year?" while i had to think about this question for a bit before answering, by listeners had no problem answering without thinking twice about it. mind you, at this point there were a couple of album that had just dropped, including the Snoop Dogg "Malice in Wonderland" as well as the Alicia Keys "The Element of Freedom" which were probably left out just because we didnt get enough time to listen before making our decisions. i'm going to just run down the list of albums, in no particular order....

Eminem- Relapse

Drake-So Far Gone

Mos Def- The Ecstatic

Beyonce-I am...Sasha Fierce

Rihanna- Rated R

Rick Ross-Deeper Than Rap

Jay-z-Blueprint 3

Ghostface Killah-Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry

Fabolous- Loso's Way

Asher Roth- Asleep in the Bread Isle

Maxwell-BLACKsummer's Night