Hypetrak's Weekly Set: Volume 13

Last week saw a slew of superb releases that has brightened up the wait for the Memorial Weekend. First things first. Kanye is back. With his Dwele-assisted new single “Power” Yeezy seems to have abandoned auto-tune for good and is back on his initial track. The world welcomes this. As the release of Drake’s debut album Thank Me Later draws nearer we have received more and more audible teasers for it. Hence it comes as no surprise that the Toronto native is featured with four tracks in our latest Weekly Set. Most notably, the announced collaboration with Jay-Z, “Light It Up”. Fortunately for us, the track lives up to it’s hype. Drizzy’s collaborations with the likes of Alicia Keys, Young Jeezy as well as the CDQ version of the internet favorite “Miss Me” featuring Lil’ Wayne have been unveiled as well. As if this would not be enough, KiD CuDi served some new music featuring fellow Cleveland-native CHip Tha Ripper as well.
Further favorites were turned in by musical greatness Gil Scott Heron, who enlisted Brooklynite Mos Def for another version of his already classic tune “New York Is Killing Me”. Game seems to be also in heavy demand as his collabo with the Cash Money/Young Money conglomerate made it to our list. Nas rounds up the set with his modernized version of Slick Rick’s classic, “Hey Young World”. Find the audible sum-up below.