The new host of the Grammys has made plenty of timeless jams. James Todd Smith tribute, son.

Vol. 1

1. “I Need A Beat”

2. “Rock The Bells”

3. “Rock The Bells (Original)”

4. “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”

5. “I’m Bad”

6. “The Breakthrough”

7. “I Need Love”

8. “Going Back To Cali”

9. “Jack The Ripper”

10. “Fast Peg”

11. “1 900 LL Cool J”

12. “Jingling Baby (Remix)”

13. “The Boomin System”

14. “Around The Way Girl”

15. “Eat Em Up L Chill”

16. “Mama Said Knock You Out”

17. “To Da Break Of Dawn”

18. “Illegal Search (Keep On Searchin Remix)”

Vol. 2

1. “Pink Cookies”

2. “Back Seat”

3. “Doin It”

4. “I Shot Ya”

5. “I Shot Ya (Remix)”

6. “No Airplay (Dirty)”

7. “Loungin (Remix)”

8. “4, 3, 2, 1″

9. “Intro (G.O.A.T.)”

10. “Queens Is”

11. “Ill Bomb”

12. “Luv U Better”

13. “Headsprung”

14. “Bump This”

15. “Queens”

16. “Baby”

You know I had to do it right?! R.I.P. Jimmy.

1. “Hey Leroy, Your Mama’s Callin’ You”

2. “It’s Just Begun”

3. “Troglodyte (Cave Man)”

4. “My Brightest Day”

5. “I Promise To Remember”

6. “Bertha Butt Boogie”

7. “One Precious Word”

8. “Potential”

9. “Let’s Party Now”

10. “King Kong”

11. “A Groove Will Make You Move”

12. “E-Man Groovin”

13. “Everything Is Beautiful To Me”

14. “I Don’t Want To Lose You”

15. “The Return Of Leroy (Part 1)”

16. “I Just Wanna Stop”

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Props: Ty Kidd & EMZ

“Just make sure the plane you on is bigger than your carry-on baggage.”

And we’re back. Aaliyah was born today. Irreplaceable. R.I.P. Princess.

1. “Back And Forth”

2. “At Your Best (You Are Love)”

3. “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”

4. “If Your Girl Only Knew”

5. “One In A Million”

6. “4 Page Letter”

7. “Are You That Somebody”

8. “Try Again”

9. “Come Back In One Piece”

10. “I Don’t Wanna”

11. “We Need A Resolution”

12. “Rock The Boat”

13. “More Than A Woman”

14. “I Care 4 U”

15. “Come Over”

16. “Miss You”

Be clear, Dwayne Carter is a certified Hall Of Famer. But sometimes, even the Great Ones don’t know their limitations. Remember Rebirth? Yup, I really hate when Wayne gets fixated on living his rock star fantasies in the studio. You can’t play guitar, homie and please leave the singing to Drizzy. “You had a lot of crooks trying to steal your heart.” Yuck! I had a lot of time for this song to grow on me. But nope. Still stinks.

The biggest misconception surrounding Wale signing with Rick Ross’ MMG Records was that his sophomore album would be infiltrated with the Rozay sound. Could Folarin maintain his identity? Well one listen to Ambition proves it. The first three songs sound like his band UCB is backing him up. Mr. Rich Forever only pops up at the end of “Miami Nights” to scoop him up. Ha! The Bawse and Meek Mill do emerge on the amazing title track but this disc mostly displays ‘Le’s versatility. He can snap on some rugged shit (Toomp’s “Legendary”), two step smooth us out (Ne-Yo guested “White Linen”), spill his guts out (“Sabotage”) and diddy bop dance craze us with Big Sean (“Slight Work”). Fuck perception. This is about perseverance. Wale won.

Yeah I know this was technically a mixtape but since Kimmy was selling this crap and PayPal ganked me not once but twice, I say it counts. Y’all remember the fuckery this disaster caused early last year but how many have you have ever taken the time to listen to this 76 minute CD in full. Well I have and I still haven’t recovered. I’ll never get that time back! Whether she’s murdering herself on Minaj’s track (“Pissin On Em”), imitating Ace Hood’s cadence (“Hustle Hard”), disrespecting Rih Rih’s “Man Down” (“Cheatin”) or autotuning herself all over Kanye’s “All Of The Lights” (“Lights Camera Action”), Kim consistently sounds bad. Real bad. Michael Jackson. Face it, it’s over boo.

Before the album even dropped, this song was a movement by itself. Son! Do you remember how this pass-the-mic, soul sample-packed lyrical exchange shook the rap game up? Over Otis Redding’s “Tenderness,” this nigga Kanye told YMCMB to “tuck their whole summer in.” Crazy! Hov’s callin the paps on himself? This shit still give me chills. Run it back! Maybe Flex likes this shit more than me. But not by a lot. Ha!

This street anthem set the year off right. Make no mistake, Khaled’s protege had a certified smash on his own. Lex Luger’s sinister track was knocking and Ace’s hook was deadly killer but then Rozay and Wayne hopped on and this joint went national. Weezy’s verse here is his best since life after prison. With a lil help from his friends, Hood proved all the doubters wrong. The third time is still the charm. We The Best be that logo.

Interscope didn’t believe. Rozay did. And MMG’s star recruit proved the Warner Bros bosses right. The misunderstood DC MC showed us that he could make hit records. Big hit records. Shit, this one is still heavy on the radio and recently knocked “Niggas In Paris” out the #1 Hip-Hop/R&B Songs charts position. I’ve yet to meet a member of the female species who can resist this one. Miguel hittin’ high notes. Folarin spittin’ game. A-E-I-O-U equals W-I-N.

This dropped unexpectedly like bird shit a month before Rolling Papers and boy was it potent. This 9 track collection of tunes too good to apparently make the album have held up better than his disappointing CD. The funky “Phone Numbers” starts the party with guests Trae Tha Truth and Big Sean bearing gifts. Sean Don sticks around for the bangin’ “Gang Bang” and Chevy Woods goes hard for his squad on the Lex Luger-produced “Taylor Gang.” But it’s the closer “Homicide” where Wiz and Woods truly kill the competition. Long live free music.