Osmany Garcia is coming straight from Cuba to perform at SOBs on May 24th. His infectious “Chupi Chupi” song has begun to takeover Latin radio stations. I’m a big fan of good Reggaeton, while his lyrics aren’t the best, the rhythm of the song is a great one for the clubs and well, to dance to. Check out the video for this remix below, the song seems to be going international.  Also, if you haven’t done so, you need to get your tickets now : >>> http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4576495

A new T.I. song is always good in my eyes (or ears). The King drops a new one from his 7th upcoming anticipated album “Trouble Man”. It was surpring to hear Kozza say that “this is the only T.I. song he liked” =0 (the slander!!). But this is a dope one, I have a high opinion of  T.I. (he is the King of the South!), and I’ve been a fan of him since I heard “24s”. This one has the sound that you’d be accoustomed to a great T.I. track, including ‘heyy, heyy, hey’ adlibs. Definitely a good one, but not sure if its the lead single, I expect a more radio friendly song for that. Check it out below.

To think that its almost gonna be two years since Kanye dropped “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”. And we finally get a video for his gem “Lost In The World”. This right here is one of my favorite songs from the album, since its so poetic but I don’t know if the video does it justice. I feel as though the video was unfinished and just edited and released (could be just me). Still, it makes me wonder what other videos Kanye may have shot and hasn’t released. Hey, I remember the “Spaceship” video didn’t come out till years after “College Dropout”.

Trey Songz continues with his consitency as I expect for this one to receive alot of radio play. The song touching the pain of heart break finally receives a visual. With director Benny Boom on the lens, and co-starring Kelly Rowland. Trey and Kelly actually make a cute couple, watch the video below.

Travis Porter drops this new song fromt their upcoming release “From Day 1″, which will be available on May 29th. I can’t say that I’ve been a big fan of their music, but this one is okay. I’m going to have to really give their album a listen though. They will be performing here at SOBs on June 19th, so I’ll get to know their music better. Go get your tickets now!! >>> http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4525885

When I first heard of Chief Keef, I didn’t think much of him.. Now that I hear of him, I still don’t think much of him (sorry, lol). But, the fact that GOOD Music jumped on this track for a monster remix has me listening. This one could be a big anthem for the summer, even though the GOOD Friday series is not in effect, this will have to do for now. The beat is gonna have people bumping their heads at all nightclubs. I gotta give it about two more listens before deciding who had the best verse, but my contenders would be Pusha-T, Kanye West, and Jadakiss. Dope song, give it a listen (thanks to GOOD Music) .

Uh-oh, this one could be trouble. 2 Chainz finally drops his anticipated song with Drake “No Lie”. This is the first official single off of 2 Chainz upcoming Def Jam realease “Based On A T.R.U. Story”. To me this song is high-octane and hard hitting, which is what I’ve come to expect from a 2 Chainz track. Its good because that is his lane. Now, I’m not sure if this style really is for Drake, but he does his thing, not too many quotables (IMO, usual Drake hook though lol). This bump and will be a pre-heater for the summer. Produced by Mike Will. Listen to it below.

Nas drops his new single from “Life Is Good”, produced by No ID. The track began building buzz for Nas again, as it is what we all want from Nas; the retrospect, the lyricism, and dope beat to hear him spit knowledge. Plus, its a relateable topic, most men who consider themselves players end up with daughters, call that karma. Listen below.

In case you weren’t in the New York City area last week, precisely on Wednesday night, you may have missed on one of the best live shows this month. Upcoming West coast rapper Casey Veggies performed songs off his mixtape trilogy “Customized Greatly”, he also brought out Rockie Fresh to perform with him. After their set, came out Roc Nation’s newest signee Rita Ora, who really had an amazing presence on the stage (and is a really sweet person). Her set was live, she surprised me as I didn’t know how well she could sing.

There’s alot I could say about this show, the energy and anticipation was crazy. Young Guru also DJ’ed giving SOBs a great atmosphere prior to the two performances. Industry people were everywhere and everyone was just enjoying the night.

It was an awesome show, we have the recap for you part of SOBsTV, which includes some backstage footage, shortened interview with both Casey Veggies & Rita Ora (we’ll try to post full interviews soon)

Shot/Edited by: Julie Schabel