The Dean’s List is an up and coming hip hop group out of Boston consisting of three guys, Sonny Shotz who is their front man andemcee and Mendoza and Mik Beats who handle the engineering/production/DJ. Here’s their twist on country artists The Band Perry’s smash hit “If I Die Young.”

The Dean’s List- Dear Professor

Eddy B. and Tim Gunter are a hip hop duo out of North Carolina, both college students attending UNC and NC State respecitively.  Here’s their latest track, “All Alone” which speaks to the struggles of coming up and making something of yourself and the lonliness that can come with it.  I also did some digging and found “Nowhere to Go,” only fitting as these guys “got nowhere to go but up…”

Eddy B. & Tim Gunter – All Alone

Eddy B. & Tim Gunter- Nowhere to Go

Common is an artist who has been around for a long time, and throughout his career he has been fortunate to have great production to accompany his signature flow (except Universal Mind Control, sorry Pharrell).  He has worked with DJ Premier, J Dilla, The Roots, and Kanye West  His latest album, The Dreamer, The Believer, is produced mostly by Chicago native No I.D., producer of countless hits for Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Usher, and most recently Big Sean.  “Blue Sky,” is his second single following his street single, “Ghetto Dreams.”

Common – Blue Sky

Tyga, Young Money’s next artist up, receives an old Drake track and makes it his own for his official second single.  I really enjoyed “Far, Far Away”, (previously posted on AOS) and really like this young kid from Compton.  Behind Drake and Nicki, I think he is the only other viable artist from the label.  So check this out, as well as for a bonus the original Drake track.

Tyga feat. Drake – Still Got It

Drake – Still Got It

Wale’s sophomore effort, Ambition, is shaping up quite nicely. His newest single features R&B crooner, Miguel, on the hook. This reminds me of the Wale, I originally grew interested in, before his Maybach Music signing. This goes back to his story telling ability, this time about a love interest. His album will be in stores this fall, enjoy.  Bonus, i put up the song that put Miguel on the map.

Wale feat. Miguel – Lotus Flower Bomb

Miguel feat. J. Cole – All I Want Is You

Well, what can I say, this one is for the stoners.  Great People is a hip hop group out of Orlando who clearly love a little Mary Jane.  They recently just opened for Big Sean in Gainesville, Florida and have recently released their album Patchouli for free on their bandcamp site.  Check it out at http://greatpeople.bandcamp.com/album/patchouli.

Great People – Orange U High?

Sorry for the delay people, a lot of big things happening lately and you will start to see some great changes.  The first post today is from Young Jeezy and features the new released T.I.  I gotta say I am not a huge fan of Jeezy, but every now and then he drops a great song with his trademark grizzly voice.  Check out F.A.M.E., his new album should be dropping soon.

Young Jeezy feat. T.I. – F.A.M.E.

Who would have thought to mash up Empires of the Sun, with Pittsburgh’s finest?  Well it surprisingly works well, this is off Wiz’s 2009 mixtape, enjoy!

Wiz Khalifa/Empires of the Sun – The Thrill

Fresh from the internet is B.O.B’s first single off his Sophomore album.  “Strange Clouds,” chooses a more party/street tone rather than the top 40/pop singles we were accustomed to from his last album (Nothin’ On You, Airplanes, Magic).  He has brought along Lil’ Wayne to help out.  Nowadays artists release “street” singles to get buzz and then follow up with a single that will get radio play.  This is that street single, I would imagine he will have a hit with a guest artist singing the hook, just a wild guess.  *Bonus, I included one of my favorites from his last album, acoustic, pretty much the opposite of “Strange Clouds,” but really shows you this guys talent.

B.O.B – Strange Clouds feat. Lil’ Wayne

B.O.B. – Lovelier Than You