Happy Birthday to Us!

FAST in the SLOW LANE is one year old today! After a quick start, things have calmed down considerably.  Due to a few life changes that altered my writing schedule, the frequency of posts went from daily, to rarely, to none.  This is going to change! We’ve built too much momentum to let FAST in … Continue reading

Meek Mill x Mel Love | “Middle Of Da Summer” | New Music

Haven’t posted anything recently but when I hear good music, it motivates me.  No Kelly Rowland.  With “Middle Of Da Summer,” Maybach Milly drops a seasonal anthem detailing life in the city.  Not exactly Will Smith (listen for the name drop)  but it’s still car system ready. source

Behind the Beat | Sting “Shape of My Heart”

Sting‘s “Shape of My Heart” was featured on the soundtrack to the film The Professional, starring Jean Reno and a young Natalie Portman.  Again, how this works is you identify other songs that sampled this original track.  Leave your answers in the comments or hit the Twitter page. Previous:  Soul Makossa

J. Nolan “Cosmic Cruise” | Audio | New Music

The young homie J. Nolan, featured here before on Fast Music Friday, delivered another joint from his upcoming Chaos Theory project.  “Cosmic Cruise” (produced by One Love Beats) is a lyrical exercise that’ll jog your ears around the track with lines like: Warp speed supersonic talker/Diction infliction conflicted kinda like Marshall/Fire Marshall martial artist/Harder than … Continue reading

Curren$y ft Freddie Gibbs “Scottie Pippen” | New Music

Spitta drops another burner off his upcoming project with Alchemist called “Scottie Pippen.”  One of my favorite things about Curren$y tracks is listening to the lyrics and trying to figure out why he picked his title.  Sometimes he never really says it in the rap, it’s just implied so you have to figure it out.  … Continue reading

Fast Music Friday | Nick Carter Green ” Don’t Wanna Lose”

This jazzy track by Nick Carter Green called, “Don’t Wanna Lose,” is the first single off his debut album XIX.  The record’s produced by Bravestarr1.  The rapper who claims Chicago and L.A. has other tracks and downloads available on his website http://www.nickcartergreen.com.

New Music | J.Nolan “Made It Out Alive” | Audio

It’s not often I do this, but I’m putting my CERTIFIED stamp on this artist.  From the Tupac vocal  sample at the start of his new single, “Made It Out Alive” (produced by oriJanus), J.Nolan wants to come across as different from existing rappers out today.  I can draw some similarities between him and a … Continue reading