 DJ MetroGnome is at it again with the release of a new project called Collections & Connections.Genres:Hip Hop, Jazz, Sou lReleased: May 2012 "this is a concept mix based around the connections between songs (samples, wordplay, etc). i basically had the general idea, but didn't have the order laid out at all... created it as I went. It was a fun and interesting process with a million possibilities. I wasn't going for the most rare records or anything, just exploring. Hope you dig it." DJ MetroGnome
Download the full, tracked-out version here: http://www.tinyurl.com/MetroGnomeCCvTrack Title-Artist
1.Hot Music-Soho
2.Superstar-K-os
3.Superstar-Ghostface Killah
4.Time 4 Sum Aksion-Redman
5.Mama Said Knock You Out-LL Cool J
6.A Trip To Your Heart-Sly & The Family Stone
7.Diamonds And Pearls-Prince
8.Black Diamonds And Pearls-Blackalicious
9.If I Ruled The World-Nas Ft Lauryn Hill
10.If I Ruled The World / Friends Kurtis Blow / Whodini
11.The Sun-God Hi-tek Ft Common
12.The Blast-Reflection Eternal
13.Feeling Good-Nina Simone
14.New Day-Kanye West & Jay-z
15.Incarcerated Scarfaces-Raekwon
16.Daytona 500-Ghostface Killah
17.Nautilus-Bob James
18.Inheritance-Skyzoo
19.Good Times (I Get High)-Styles P
20.Real Love (Remix)-Notorious B.i.g.
21.Brooklyn-Roy Ayers
22.Boroughs-Digable Planets
23.Jazz Thing-Gangstarr
24.Skain's Domain-Wynton Marsalis
 Pronounced [ma•sē•nə] – singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, producer, vigilante, dreamer, lover.
A Washington, DC & Northern Virginia native and graduate of both the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University, Muhsinah humbly released her first self-produced EP, ‘Oscillations,’ in 2005, having little idea of what would come to follow…
Fast-forward to several iterations later with ‘Oscillations: Sine’ EP (2008) & ‘Oscillations: Triangle’ EP (2010), a feature cut (‘Changes’) on Common’s ‘Universal Mind Control‘ (2008) and a few years backing the rapper on stage, with synth and vocals – Universal Mind Control Tour with N*E*R*D in 2008 (including performances on Jay Leno, Ellen Degeneres, and Jimmy Kimmel), at Obama’s Inaugural Ball in 2009, and Maxwell’s Black Summer’s Night Tour that same year, and ending up at Chicago’s Democratic Rally in Hyde Park in 2010.
Not content to play the background, Muhsinah began touring solo, receiving invitations to perform at renowned concerts like the legendary annual Roots’ Picnic (2008) and Sonar in Barcelona (2009), David Letterman’s 5000th episode with the Noisettes in 2010 and The Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba (2011), amongst many other prestigious stages. | However, Muhsinah’s success was not exclusive to the stage as she exhibited her ability to captivate in the studio as well – receiving a Grammy Nomination (Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009) for her work with The Foreign Exchange on the single, (‘Daykeeper’) and later, garnered a nod from Radio Head front-man, Thom Yorke, when he counted (‘Lose My Fuse’) a song she recorded with producer, Flying Lotus, among his top 10 of that time (2010). | | | | A musician since the age of 11, the classically trained pianist has absorbed a plethora of cultural experiences throughout her musical upbringing, so it’s no wonder that the young phenom has the ability to float gracefully between the underground and the mainstream, crafting a sound that is both hard to classify and/or compare.
Her first explorations of this new Urban/Suburban sound was realized in her latest EP, ‘Gone’ (a $10,000 fan-funded release) on February 21, 2012. And with her first full-length album scheduled for release this summer, it seems that this is only just the tip of the iceberg for The Golden Girl. | 
i'm tryna learn somethin new.
i'm tryna find myself, i'm searching deep for Kendrick Lamar,
i read about Napoleon Hill and try to know God,
they say he the key to my blessings...
and if i speak the good into existence, that instant my dreams will unlock,
money flow like water, i'll just wait at the dock.
and by the way imma start,
finding more light to shed,
like a small garage in yo backyard.
i'm back chillin with a friend of mine
she mighty fine but i notice that her heart resides next to bitterness.
always hollerin who she don't like , and who she kick it with,
who she wanna fight, who wearing a weave, who Dooney & Bourke bag is fake,
who holdin the keys to the car she drove last year,
or who f*ckin on who, and who need a pap smear.
gettin on my nerves, but before yo negative energy curve, chick imma cut you off .
unh ,
i'm tryna learn somethin new.
i'm tryna surround myself with people that inspire me.
or at least inquire similar desires
to do what it T-A-K-E just to reach the T-O-P .
i'm talkin ideas, motivation
it's more than making, enemies.
oh that's not your memo?
then tell me why you constantly stressin on how you well connected like centipedes?
i function with you and you flaunt your pistol
every second tell me how you pressed em at the Monte Crystal.
where so & so from and what neighborhoods beefin,
who baby momma's a rat, and who got killed last weekend.
that shit is mad depressin, bringin me down.
speak on somethin with some substance that can get us both paid rather than tellin me how these people jocking yo style,
or his rims ain't bigga.
i'mma cut you off.
i'm tryna learn somethin new.
i'm tryna better my chances of becoming a star.
i'm tryna feel the vibe of Mona Lisa, studying art.
now paint that picture
life behind bars , remember the very day i got caught
i murdered a rapper , and you filed the police report
see what i was taught
family is all i need but indeed them too can run me right up a tree
constantly talkin shit 'bout the next relative,
wanting me to take sides , but i'd never give in.
ever since grandma died , everyone parted ways.
argue on holidays,
left my uncle in prison for 15 years no one paid
him attention but moms, yeah my momma as loyal as any sister would come.
come to my house just to yap bout your own people...dang,
and if yo blood wasn't runnin through my veins i would prolly cut yall off ... too ! yep.
 Artist: Kendrick Lamar Title: Cut You Off Album: Overly Dedicated Label: Top Dawg Entertainment Release: Sept. 14, 2010 For the full story on Kendrick Lamar, click --> Who is Kendrick Lamar?
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