Wale freestylin’ on Tim Westwood’s show, also check out some of his mixtapes for free, ‘100 Miles & Running’ (2007), ‘The Mixtape About Nothing’ (2008 Seinfeld tribute), and ‘Back to the Feature.’  Currently working on an Album droppin’ in early November called ‘Attention: Deficit.’

Check out Kid Cudi’s freestylin skills (It was a while back but its still pretty hot.)  If you like it pick up his latest album ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day’ (2009) or grab his free mixtape, ‘A Kid Named Cudi’ (2008)

Some will say they never left. Some will say they have not put out a decent album since The Black album. I am in the middle. As a die-hard Metallica fan since 1983; yes, I know this does date me, but from Cliff Burton’s death, to Jason Newstead’s arrival and departure, to Robert Trujillo’s arrival, this band HAS stood the test of time.

The main problem (other than no guitar solos and drop C tuning) with St. Anger, in my opinion, was Robert Trujillo’s “newness” to the band. The bass lines are much more integrated this time rather than having the last minute added sound to them. Bob Rock as producer was also another factor. Rock personally changed the outlook and direction of Metallica with the success of the Black album, his first with the band. Maybe it went to his head? Maybe it went to Metallica’s heads? Well, whatever happened, Rick Rubin, the new producer, kicked it all back into gear. Gone are the tinny sounds of St. Anger and the seven-plus minute song with ripping bridges and riffs are back. A change back to their beloved E tuning also helped Metallica reemerge into the band we all loved.

Overall, I believe the new album is up to snuff for Metallica…..their music prowess shines through again, and I personally am glad to hear it. I wish James would sing like he did before the Black Album, but you can’t have everything. You can hear how Robert Trujillo has made himself a member of the group and hearing Hetfield and Hammet solo again is literally music to my ears. Is it the best Metallica album ever? Certainly not. Is it one of their best? No. Is it a good album? Yes. Would I pay money to get it? Yes.

Ever wanted to play a tune, but not have an instrument?  This is the program for you.  It turns each of your keys (qwerty) and numbers into a musical note.  Each row is an octave, the Z row being the lowest and the Numbers row being the highest.  Holding shift makes your notes more sharp.  The instruments that it can play are in the hundreds from pianos, guitars, and violins to gunshots (ha), telephone rings, and bird tweets.  It’s actually pretty soothing, in my opinion, to leave running while typing (or playing) a paper that I have to get done.  You can get the download here, http://agdoa.net/.  All you have to do is unzip it and run the KeyBoredRunner.exe.  After that you’ll have to click ‘Start’ before you will hear anything.  Type away!  If you’d like to find some songs to play, or new keymaps click here, google has tons of material for you.