Huli Shallone - "For My Shorty" (mp3)
I gotta give props to Mike for this, he's been leaving comments on this site for a long time and lately had been asking constantly for a copy of the Huli song that's been all over the radio lately, but finally Mike himself came through with the mp3. It's recorded off the radio, but there's only a little static here and there, otherwise sounds good. The sample on the hook is from "Inside" by Jon B. Someone left a comment on one of my old posts about Huli that they had his new CD that has this song on it, but then they haven't responded to any emails about it, so I still dunno if such a CD exists. Huli definitely needs a new album with the same kind of push It's My Turn got, it would sell like hot cakes.

Paula Campbell - "Love You Back"
New single from Paula, her first since signing with Sony, although I don't know yet if it's getting the big push from them. It's alright but hasn't really blown me away, it's kind of subtle. Funky breakbeat and some cool ornate harp playing on the outro. Reminds me of, I dunno, one of Amerie's more low key album tracks.

Scola f/ Bossman and Dollars - "Turn It Down (remix)"
Scola (no relation to local rapper Norm Skola) is the singer that joined Dru Hill on their third album. Another club & B joint from Rod Lee in the mold of his tracks with Paula and Davon, right down to Rod playing the same bitter ex over the phone that he did on "How Does It Feel," but with 2 members of N.E.K. in the Tim Trees role. It's on the new DNA mixtape (post about that coming soon), but it's a different remix with Don Brody, and they misspell his name as Skola on the credits.

Labels: Bossman, Dru Hill, Huli Shallone, mp3, Paula Campbell, Rod Lee