Music Thread #1 for 7/23/09: The Runthrough

I’m sure most has heard of Jay-Z’s “Death of Auto-Tune” fittingly called “D.O.A” from his upcoming release: Blueprint 3 with it’s scheduled released on September 11^th, exactly eight years after the original Blueprint hit stores.

All over twitter, fans and haters alike have something to say. After the scheduled maintenance on Friday, Jay-Z was the number one trending topic.

“You rappers singing too much, Get back to rap, you T-Pain-ing too much.” Makes you wonder if he’s referring to anyone in particular. What’s ironic is the fact that at Hot 97’s Summer Jam all-star concert in N.J, Jay made a surprise appearance with T-pain.

Seen on Justin Timberlake’s website is an homeless man from L.A turned musician beatboxing “better than any man or machine before him” He “sounds like Ginuwine filtered through Roger Troutman and performed by a 90-year-old barbershop singer,” said The Fader.

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