Kid Cudi & The Knux, yes please! After seeing a nearly amazing performance by Cudders last week at Nokia Theatre in LA, I’m super pumped for new music from him, even though I think it will be hard for him to top his debut album.

I digress, here’s The Knux‘s “Run” featuring Kid Cudi. Love the whole rock/pop band instrumentals, I was on the fence with the vocals in the beginning but once Cudder’s came on I actually liked the change of pace in the vocals. Kid Cudi displayed a little rap but looks like he’s ready for a rock album. I sure hope so.

Anyways this song is off The Knux upcoming album, Eraser, due out in September.

Bonus: Here’s a Kid Cudi “Day and Night” remix by Lunice. The remix isn’t too complex and not a ton of work done on the vocals. But with a Kid Cudi remix, you either do subtle remix or complex remix like Kill Them With Colour on “Symphonies“.

Tags: Eraser, Hip-Pop, Kid Cudi, Lunice, pop/hip-hop, rock, rock/hip-pop, The Knux, upcoming album

Here’s an interesting and odd Michael Jackson tribute performed by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. He performs several classic MJ songs and looks somewhat weird at times singing the songs.

To bunch these songs together might not be fair, but if you like rap songs when they have a banging rock instrumental with some nice guitar riffs on it, then you came to the right post.

First song, credit P&P for finding the latest song from The Knux, “She’s So Up”. I love the instrumental, the rapping is really good and I can’t wait for what The Knux bring us next.
The Knux – She’s So Up
Next we got Kyle Lucas who teamed up with STS and Pierce The Veil in “Picking Up The Pieces”. The flow is really good, an interesting sounding hook that sounds like a female Chester Bennington (of Linkin Park) and overall there is some good rock that drops in later in the song.
STS/Pierce The Veil/Kyle Lucas – Picking Up The Pieces
Team Prolific came out with this song in January called, “Getting Down”, and it is by far the best song I have heard from them. Support them by purchasing it on iTunes.
Prolific – Getting Down
Lastly, this song came out in 2010 and I didn’t feel right posting it because Ghostface Killah really isn’t an up-and coming artist which we mostly write about. However the song, which is off his latest album, Apollo Kid, has some of the best instrumentals plus Ghostface Killah and Black Thought straight up kill it with their lyricism and flow.
Ghostface Killah – In Tha Park (Feat. Black Thought)

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Tags: alternative hip-hop, Black Thought, Ghostface Killah, Kyle Lucas, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson cover, Michael Jackson tribute, Patrick Stump, Pierce The Veil, Prolific, rap/rock, STS, Team Prolific, The Knux