Well, it’s finally here.

 From the moment So Far Gone was released and talks of an official Drake album heated up, this ranked one of the moments the entire industry had been awaiting. Months and months of speculation have centered around the lead single from the highly, highly, highly anticipated debut album from the Young Money Canadian transplant. Well, the wait is over. Gotta give it to Aubrey though. He knows how to stick to a script. As with his two previous monster singles, “Best I Ever Had” and “Forever,” Boi-1da receives production credit as well as Al Khaaliq.

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How do you give a song new legs? You remix it, that’s how. Ester Dean’s career has taken a nice boost in noterity since her single, “Drop It Low,” with Chris Brown was featured on the LeBron James documentary, “More Than A Game.” It’s a nice uptempo club track which has seen its fair level of success both publically and on the charts.

Pieces of this official remix have come put together like Legos. First Weezy’s verse dropped. Then a big remix with Weezy, Ester, Trey Songz and Chris dropped a few agos. Now, finally, we have to “official” remix to the record featuring none other than Bad Boy billionaire (he’s close enough), Diddy. Well, Weezy bats off first with a catchy verse and Trey basks in the glory of his success (“Five top 10’s, you can say I’m on a roll…”). Chris follows Trey with a nice offering of his own.

But it’s Diddy who’s been riding off his last verse off Waka’s “O Let’s Do It.” I guess he didn’t want to jeopardize it because he falls back to the roll of hype man on this track. One thing we did learn, however, Diddy “likes a girl with meat on their bones.”

SHOUTS TO POLOW!

DL: Ester Dean feat. Diddy, Lil Wayne, Trey Songz & Chris Brown – “Drop It Low (remix)”

New beat. New lyrics. Entirely new feel. DJ Folk just let this one go via Twitter. It’s still unclear whether this will be on the highly anticiapted Trap Or Die 2 or the album Thug Motivation 103. Regardless, I’m feeling this one. Give it a listen.

“If you believe you shall achieve
That street money’ll buy you some shit you wouldn’t believe…”

DL: Young Jeezy – “Trap Or Die 2 (Reloaded)”

Waka Flocka Flame was reportedly injured in a shooting on Jan 19th 2010.  It was only a mater of time before the culprit would come forward boosting Waka’s chain. Sent exclusively to KarenCivil.com.

It’s still crazy to believe it’s been almost three years since Stack Bundles was murdered. Since then rumors of an album being released featuring unreleased material from the slain rapper popped up here and there. Thankfully, it looks as if this project will soon see the light of day. Tomorrow, actually, a  17-track EP, Hip Hop’s Savior, will be available on iTunes. Below are two of the tracks which will be featured on the project.

As always, R.I.P. Stack Bundles.

Download: Stack Bundles – “Rock Scrams” | “Can’t Take That From Me”

The Breakfast Club was one of the better highlights of 2009. Donny Goines looks to continue to add to an already impressive resumé in 2010 with Donny Goines and Rocksmith Tokoyo Present: 20X. The EP will be dropping soon, but consider this the first offering from the project. (Keep reading…)

With last year’s class acclimating  themselves with the real world (some better and more successfully than others), XXL returns with the much anticipated Class of 2010. If you remember, an early version of this list was leaked online which was later proven as inaccurate. Thanks to the world’s greatest confessional, also known as Twitter, look for these names to grace the cover. Read rest of story…

Gucci Mane understudy and author behind the smash hit “O Let’s Do It,” Waka Flocka, was reportedly injured in a shooting earlier today. While stopping at a location off Old National Highway in Atlanta, Flocka was approached by unknown men at gunpoint and was told to hand over his chain. After refusing to give up his jewelry, the suspects fired shots in the direction of Waka Flocka hitting him twice.  Label confirmed exclusively to KarenCivil.com these accounts are true.

UPDATE (1/20): After attempitng to call Waka,  a representative of Flocka’s stated “they did not want to comment or discuss what happen at the moment, Waka was resting and  unavailable for comment, he would be fine within the coming days.”

With the release of Thank Me Later scheduled for the end of March, the music from Toronto’s phenom continues to make its way to the information superhighway. Thankfully, most of the offerings which are leaking are older records. Chances of them making the final cut anyway are slim to none. If you’re a stickler for logistics, this reference track, “Love & Guns,” was recorded almost two years ago. May 2008, to be exact. (Keep reading…)