Shaggy: Luv Me, Luv Me

Classic.

Download: Shaggy - Luv Me, Luv Me

Robin Thicke: Meiplé (Me I Play) Feat. Jay-Z

Fun song.

Download: Robin Thicke - Meiple Feat. Jay -Z

Emilio Rojas: Bold & Arrogant

Bold & Arrogant is a standout track off of a very strong mixtape. "The Natural" with DJ Green Lantern, contains several instances of Rojas showing that he's more than your average rapper in this day and age: he's a true spitter. He's exciting to watch, too, because he's quite versatile. While Rojas can put together a track all about confidence, like this one, with great finesse, he also displays that he is introspective and has a good sense of self-awareness throughout the entire "The Natural" tape.

Download: Emilio Rojas - Bold & Arrogant

*Bonus* Emilio Rojas - The Natural (Presented By DJ Green Lantern)

Eric Hutchinson: Ok, It's Alright With Me

Download: Eric Hutchinson - Ok, It's Alright With Me

Lupe Fiasco: Enemy of the State: A Love Story (Mixtape)

What better way to start off Thanksgiving than with the release of Lupe Fiasco’s new mixtape, Enemy of the State: A Love Story. Motivated by his exclusion from MTV’s list of the “Hottest MCs in the Game,” Lupe decided to get back in the studio and record a mixtape in efforts to get people to be like, “Look at this positive dude, the underdog. The positive one who came and murdered all these dudes.” Good work, MTV.

Rhyming over other MC’s beats, Lupe uses his smooth flow, clever wordplay, and deep lyrics to separate himself from the rest of the rappers that were on MTV’s list. His next mixtape, Friend of the People, will be coming out on Christmas.

Enjoy!

Preview:

Check the wordplay:
“She said she was a fan of mine
Knew she was New Jersey
But said that she was Anaheim”
(New Jersey Devils; Anaheim Angels)

Download:

Previewed Above: Angels (RMX)
Full Mixtape: Enemy of the State: A Love story
 

Alicia Keys: Empire State of Mind (Part II)

Debatable whether or not this song ever needed Hov.

Download: Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II)

B.o.B: Nothin' on You Feat. Bruno Mars

I have a feeling B.o.B's most recent song, 'Nothin' on You', will be turning heads. I've never heard of Bruno Mars, but his hook here is straight up ear candy. Don't be surprised if this is blowing up your radio in the near future.

**Side Note**

I want to point out that I'm making this post more than 10,000 feet in the sky - mid-flight from Atlanta to New York. With the new Go Go service on tons of flights, you can get free wifi up until January by using the following promo codes:

AIRTRANTRYGOGO (Airtran)

DELTATRYGOGO (Delta)

AATRYGOGO (American Airlines)

Prettttty cool.

Download: B.o.B - Nothin' on You Feat. Bruno Mars

Jay-Z x Radiohead: No Karma

This track is a mashup off of the Jaydiohead project released earlier this year by Max Tannone, a DJ and producer out of NYC, and is just one of the many gems that he created. It samples Jay-Z's "No Hook" from American Gangster and Radiohead's "Karma Police" from OK Computer. A fellow Usain In The Membrane reader told me about this project last week, and, after listening to it all the way through, I thought it was definitely worth a post. Enjoy!

Preview:

Download: No Karma - Jay-Z x Radio Head
OR
Download: Jaydiohead (full project)

Visit the website dedicated to the project here.

Dave Matthews: The Space Between (Tiesto Remix)

Cool, relaxing remix.

Download: Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between (DJ Tiesto Remix)

B.o.B: No Man's Land & Mr. Bobby

One of my favorites in the "freshman class" of artists, B.o.B is a multi-talented musician with a very unique style. These two songs, off his most recent mixtape B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray, demonstrate his creative ability and dynamic style and definitely deserve a listen.

No Man's Land:

^Watch him perform this live in Utah here.

Mr. Bobby:


Download:
B.o.B - No Man's Land
B.o.B - Mr. Bobby

Want to hear more from him? Check out his website or download the full mixtape here.

DJ Khaled: Fed Up Feat. Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross & Drake

I guess by formula this one should be good. Production done by the Runners.

...I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is that Khaled does.

Download: DJ Khaled - Fed Up Feat. Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, and Drake

 Not a big Rick Ross fan? Me neither. Here is the song without Rick Ross:

(Usain In The Membrane Exclusive!)
Download: DJ Khaled - Fed Up ft. Young Jeezy, Usher, and Drake

As promised: No Ceilings (Official Release)

Earlier this week we posted the first leak of this, but here is the official version of the No Ceilings mixtape by Lil Wayne. Below is the download link to the full mixtape. There are four new tracks, some minor changes on a few tracks, and the sound quality is better.

Tracks added since first leak:
17. No Ceilings ft. Birdman
18. Oh Let’s Do It
19. Single
20. Sweet Dreams ft. Nicki Minaj

“All my mixtapes are free, do not pay for nothing. If you pay for a mixtape of mine you were jacked.” - Weezy

He murdered these beats, so it's pretty fitting that this was released on Halloween.
Enjoy!

Download: Lil Wayne - No Ceilings (Mixtape) 

Night of the Living Dead

"Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them! It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!"

In the spirit of Halloween, Cookin' Soul & DJ Whoo Kid put together this eerily awesome mixtape of Tupac blends. Here are two of my favorite tracks from the mixtape:

Tupac - Phantasm ft. B.I.G. & Big L


Tupac - Candyman


Want the whole mixtape? Download it directly from the Cookin' Soul website here.

No Ceilings (Unfinished)

This is the new official mixtape by Lil' Wayne. Although this is not the final version (he claims the final will be released on Halloween), all the tracks here are official and we will update this with the final as soon as it comes out. They're almost always good so this is good to check out. Don't be surprised if some of these tracks end up getting released on iTunes in the future.

Here's the tracklist:

01. Swag Surfin’
02. Ice Cream Paint Job
03. D.O.A.
04. Interlude
05. Wasted
06. Watch My Shoes
07. Break Up (Ft. Short Dawg & Gudda Gudda)
08. Banned From TV
09. Throw It In The Bag
10. I Think I Love Her (Ft. Tyga & Shanell)
11. Interlude 2 (Ft. Shanell)
12. Wetter
13. I’m Good (Ft. T-Streets)
14. Make Her Say (Ft. Jae Millz)
15. Run This Town
16. I Gotta Feeling
17. Outro

Updated Link:

http://usershare.net/ftdb9wjsdprw

Juelz Santana: Mixing Up the Medicine

"I'm ballin' like the 80's/ Yeah, I'm so James Worthy"

Juelz delivers some hot lines over a REALLY hot beat. Kane Beatz works some magic by sampling the opening lines from Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues

Download: Juelz Santana - Mixing Up the Medicine Feat. Yelawolf (Clean)

Notorious B.I.G.: Can I Get Witcha (Mashups)

Because of the raving responses I received for the last Biggie mashup that I posted, I had to make sure that some other great ones I had in the vault didn't go unshared.

Gnarls Biggie: Crazy Butt

'Crazy Butt', is a standout track from the Gnarls Biggie tape released a few years ago. The beat is Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' and Big's 'Can I get Witcha' is layered on top.

Notorious B.I.G. & Andrea Bocelli: Can I Get Witcha / Con Te Partiro

This is an even more unlikely tandem than Big and Miley. You might recognize 'Con te Partiro', the song sampled here, from Will Ferrel's Catalina Wine Mixer performance in Step Brothers.

Notorious B.I.G.: Can I Get Witcha

The Original.

Download:

Gnarls Biggie - Crazy Butt

Notorious B.I.G. & Andrea Bocelli - Can I Get Witcha / Con Te Partiro

Notorious B.I.G. - Can I Get Witcha (Original)

Songs of the Week (10/17-10/23)

Here is the second installment of our weekly series. Remember, if you hear a song in our mix that you like or have a song that you would like us to include in our next mix, just let us know and we can fulfill individual requests. Keep the feedback coming!

Preview:

Download: Usain In The Membrane Weekly Mix (10/17)

Track List:
1. Get Started - Strong Arm Steady ft. Talib Kweli
2. Ain't No Sunshine - Theophilus London (1:57)
3. Say Something - Drake (3:46)
4. That's What I Thought - T.I. ft. Killer Mike and Macboney (6:00)
5. I'm Back - J. Pich (7:32)
6. Rick Smits - Asher Roth (8:55)
7. One Two - Z-Ro (10:31)
8. Down In The Studio - Lil Wayne ft. T-Streets and Mack Maine (12:50)
9. Young Money Hospital - Gudda Gudda ft. Lil Wayne (14:16)
10. Addicted - Sean Kingston (15:33)
11. Goons Stampede - Snowgoons ft. Rakaa and Sicknature (17:25)
12. Goodnite - Sean Price ft. Petro and Royce Da 5'9" (18:35)
13. 23 Halfs - Mike Slott (19:28)
14. Supa Dupa - Big Sean (20:12)
15. Say Aah - Trey Songz ft. Fabolous (21:38)
16. Rumors - Timbaland ft. Jay-Z and Keri Hilson (22:56)
17. Do What It Takes - Kam Moye ft. Buff 1 (24:23)
18. The Stars - Joe Clark (25:32)
19. 09 Until - Tyga (27:05)
20. I Choose You - Ryan Leslie (28:23)
21. Around My Head - Beedie ft. John Record (29:24)
22. Insane - Casely (30:31)
23. Morning After Dark (Full CDQ) - Timbaland ft. Soshy and Nelly Furtado (31:35)
24. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (34:43)
25. Can't Stop Partying - Weezer ft. Lil Wayne (36:07)
26. The Thrill - Wiz Khalifa (37:59)
27. What Girls Like - Smokey ft. Flo Rida and Git Fresh (41:00)
28. I'm Soo Live - Chase Munie (42:30)
29. The Mission Remix - Damian Marley ft. Lil Wayne (43:37)
30. Dancing Like A White Girl - Masta Ace and Edo G ft. Chester French and Pav Bundy (44:51)
31. 911 Remix - Shawty Lo (47:35)
32. Swag Surfin' - Lil Wayne (50:02)
33. Look Out - Lil Wayne (52:09)
34. Wind It Up - Ray Lavender (53:14)
35. Wasted - Lil Wayne (54:42)
36. Everything - Juvenile ft. Bobby Valentino (57:09)

Wasted... Waster

First we have the anthem of the season- Gucci Mane's Wasted featuring Plies.
Party Party Party, lets all get wasted!

Lil Wayne lights this track up, literally, in his version- Waster
He takes his metaphors and swag to the next level on this joint.
Some great examples:

"I shake yo pussies up, I'm a vibrator"
"I am more animal than the zoo allow"
"you are local news, I'm 60 minutes"
"she gives me hot head, call it global warming"
"yo flow never wet, like grandma pussy, I'm always good, like grandma cookies"

Wasted

Waster


Download them here:
Wasted - Gucci Mane ft. Plies,
Waster - Lil Wayne

New Series: Songs of the Week

This is a new weekly series that we'll be testing out. Each week we will compile a list of our favorite new songs and remixes that have been released that week, and at the end of the week we will release a mix using clips from the songs mixed with some older favorites to give a preview of what we heard and liked. Besides just being a preview, it will be mixed so that it is playable straight through to use at your discretion. Use this either to catch up on some of the best and most unique tracks released in the past week or to dj an upcoming party of your own. Hear a song in our mix that you want an individual download link to? Have a suggestion for this week's mix? Let us know and we can fulfill individual requests.

Preview:

Download: Usain In The Membrane Weekly Mix (10/3)

Track List (10/3):
1. Money To Blow Remix - Drake, Birdman, and Lil' Wayne ft. 2 Pistols
2. When The Sun Comes Down (Spencer and Hill Remix) - Rio (2:09)
3. Written On Her Remix - Birdman ft. Flo Rida, Jay Sean, and Mack Maine (3:30)
4. Do You Remember - Jay Sean ft. Sean Paul & Lil Wayne (5:50)
5. Don't Go Outside Remix - Wyclef Jean ft. Maino (7:10)
6. I Love My City - Supastar LT ft. Kardinal Offishall and Red Cafe (9:24)
7. Get It In Remix - Omarion ft. Gucci Mane and Red Cafe (11:13)
8. Fly Away - Wale (12:49)
9. Walk Away - Wyclef Jean (14:38)
10. Big Noise - Cory Gunz (15:49)
11. The Ill Bunch - Snowgoons ft. Tribeca, Nut-Rageous, and Termanology (17:15)
12. Yuh Love - Vybz Kartel (18:08)
13. Nana - A.R. Rahman (21:46)
14. Ride The Wave Remix - Trav ft. Lloyd Banks and Juelz Santana (23:19)
15. Fire - Lupe Fiasco (24:20)
16. I Can Transform Ya Remix - Chris Brown ft. E.Joox, Lil Wayne, and Swizz Beatz(25:33)
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Preview:

Download: Usain In The Membrane Weekly Mix (10/10)

Track List (10/10):
1. Mixing Up The Medicine - Juelz Santana
2. Ride On - Big Mike ft. Akon (1:14)
3. Inhibitions - Wale ft. Pharrell (2:39)
4. I Remember - Mariah Carey ft. T-Pain (4:24)
5. Pen Game - Mac Miller ft. Skyzoo (5:21)
6. Gun Harmonizing - Royce Da 5'9" ft. Crooked I (6:18)
7. Everybody Knows Me - Mika Means ft. Lil' Wayne (7:17)
8. Sound of the City - Beedie (10:17)
9. Taking My Ball - Eminem (11:25)
10. Rags to Riches - Black DaDa ft. Rick Ross (12:56)
11. Love Comes Down Remix - Dirty Money ft. Lloyd Banks (14:14)
12. Enjoy The Sun - Theophilus London (17:06)
13. Party In The USA Remix - Chief Stockton (18:19)
14. 04500 - fLako ft. Amenta (19:09)
15. Before She Said Hi Remix - Mario ft. B.O.B. (20:38)
16. Skycap - Mary J. Blige ft. Timbaland (23:03)
17. Give It Up To Me - Shakira ft. Timbaland and Lil' Wayne (24:14)
18. Morning After Dark - Timbaland ft. SoShy (25:12)
19. Come Alive - Masha K ft. Flo Rida (28:24)
20. Pure Love Remix - Spencer and Hill (31:06)
21. Mind Blowin - Mickey Factz & B.O.B. (31:30)
22. Hold On (Crossroads) - Wyclef Jean ft. Mavado (32:33)
23. Take The Hit - Jade ft. Theophilus London (33:56)
24. Swagg 4 Sale - 2 Pistols (36:34)
25. Play Ball - Richie Wess ft. Drake and Young Dred (38:17)
26. Solar Midnite - Lupe Fiasco (38:13)
27. Soldier - N.E.R.D. ft. Santigold (41:01)
28. Face Drop (Remix) - Sean Kingston ft. Pleasure P (42:57)
29. Move Along - Ne-Yo (43:44)
30. So Cold - Chris Brown (45:06)

As always, feedback is welcome. Enjoy!

Royce Da 5'9": Dinner Time Feat. Busta Rhymes

Hopefully 'Dinner Time' compensates for my somewhat soft GaGa post. Royce goes in on this one, and once he gets started there's no letting up. Busta does his thing too, spitting some angry nonsense in the same stop and go cadence as Royce.

Eeeeeyupppp. This goes hard.

Download: Royce Da 5'9" - Dinner Time Feat. Busta Rhymes