Far East Movement pumps up the electro-bass with Cassie on “Fly With U,” which samples Gigi D’Agostino’s trance track “I’ll Fly With You.” It will appear on their upcoming album Dirty Bass, due June 12.

“It’s kinda that love song where you’re at that rave, you’re at the dance party, maybe you’ll find exactly the person you’re looking for,” Kev Nish told Rap-Up.com. “When the music’s bumping and the night is that one where you’re just living the life, you want to fly with that girl to wherever.”

The song’s producer Dallas Austin introduced them to the Bad Boy singer. “She brought a super sexy, cute vocal,” added Kev. “We got that group crush.”

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LoLa Monroe rips apart her remix to Meek Mill’s Dreamchasers 2 mixtape single “Flexin’ on ‘Em.” Taylor Gang’s First Lady reps her D.C. hometown and shows off her sharp tongue on her stinging verses. “Shittin’ all on these bitches/ Pissin’ on they ambitions/ Bitch I’m up in that kitchen/ Cookin’ up my next mission,” she raps. Listen to LoLa’s flow below.

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Lupe Fiasco digs in the crates and samples Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s 1992 classic “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.).” on “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free),” the first single off his upcoming album Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album.

The song has already ignited controversy over its sample. “No disrespect to lupe fiasco and i like him alot but TROY should be left alone,” tweeted Pete Rock. “Feel so violated, the beat is next to my heart and was made outta anguish and pain. When it’s like that it should not be touched by no one! It’s so hard for folks to make original music, I possess that, but these dudes are scared of that and this is supposed to be HIP HOP?”

Do you agree with Pete Rock or is the backlash unwarranted? Sound off below.

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After breaking us off with his Usher-assisted single “Touch’N You” last week, Rick Ross drops one for the streets. The Teflon Don rides with his MMG protégé Meek Mill on the tough-talking “So Sophisticated” off his fifth album God Forgives, I Don’t, due July 31.

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50 Cent goes in for the kill on “OJ,” yet another cut off his DJ Drama-hosted mixtape The Lost Tape, which drops tomorrow. “Put on my OJ gloves and watch me kill this shit,” raps Fif on the deadly track, which features his G-Unit signee Kidd Kidd.

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Waka Flocka Flame gets ratchet and rowdy on “Rooster in My Rari,” a cut off his sophomore album Triple F Life: Fans, Friends, & Family, in stores June 12. The album features collaborations with Drake, Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Ludacris, and more.

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Olivia takes it to the islands with Mavado on their breezy duet “Soldier Girl.” The former G-Unit signee holds things down for her man through good and bad times as she sings over steel drums. Recently signed to Jerry Wonda’s imprint Wonda Music, the R&B songstress is working on a new album, Show the World, and taping the third season of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop.”

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Kendrick Lamar marches to the front lines on “War Is My Love.” The Compton soldier has teamed up with video game publisher Ubisoft as the fourth member of Team Ghost, a group of four celebrity gamers brought together to promote Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. In anticipation of the game’s release tomorrow, Kendrick has debuted a new song inspired by the video game.

“When I recorded ‘War Is My Love,’ I did my best to put myself in the shoes of the Ghosts from the video game and capture that feeling of being willing to wage war and do whatever it takes to claim victory,” said the Black Hippy, who is currently working on his highly-anticipated debut. “And when I started really getting into the game, I thought it actually matched perfectly.”

Listen to his warrior song below.

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