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Title: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Mil on June 08, 2009, 03:45:01 PM
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XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans - By : Mil - June 8, 2009

XL Middleton has returned to Dubcnn! Its been almost a year since XL last graced our website when he released Middle Class Blues. Now back after his short hiatus he plans to release an album of the same title.

The album "Middle Class Blues", will be released in 2 formats. A mixtape version with DJ Age, which will be offered free for download in August and an untagged version which will be released at the same time through iTunes and all other major digital download retailers. Features on the album include Clinton Wayne, Coolie High, Young Sau and more.

The single off the album is called "Single" and features Clinton Wayne. Its the first preview of what to expect from the album and from 'the new and improved XL Middleton'. We have it available below so check it out!

XL Middleton - Single (Feat. Clinton Wayne)

Check out XL Middleton on myspace. Be sure to stop by our forums and drop your thoughts.
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Smoke on June 08, 2009, 04:01:23 PM
WONDERFUL
i love the track and i can't wait for his next album
XL Middleton never disappoint me
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: soopadoopaflykid on June 08, 2009, 04:33:42 PM
XL cant do anything wrong...dude is always comin correct wit it ;D
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Rud on June 08, 2009, 11:38:25 PM
XL can do anything wrong...dude is always comin correct wit it ;D
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Dopeisjay on June 09, 2009, 12:47:47 AM
wow! track is nice, and yessir XL never dissapoint's dude is very consistant with his music..
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: futuresound on June 09, 2009, 03:21:26 AM
xl u hit me ova the head with this one....I'm sayin it now...xl is probably top 5 producers/musicians on the west...I swear this dude to me is doing what quik should b doing...to be honest if there was a big westcoast remix to this song I could see snoop and quik doin a verse on this....wit latoya williams on the background vocals backing up the sample on the hook....they don't understand this is not what everybody on the west is putting out..that feel good and grown shit...xl man someway some how I gotta see u mentioned as one of the next producers along with terrace martin, amplified...I mean what are those guys doing that xl is not..I don't get the politics on the west sometimes and the cliques and crews...xl drop a instrumental album on these fools man...
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: J.Locc on June 09, 2009, 03:55:40 AM
XL IS THA MAN!! that track is beautifull I can't wait for the next project..
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Fraxxx on June 09, 2009, 08:40:41 AM
XL is THE most consistent producer of real west coast rap. And he brings Clinton Wayne with him. This is my favorite duo whenever they do somehing.
I'll skip Blaqkout an cop this instead.  :banana_trippin:
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Dopeisjay on June 09, 2009, 09:17:09 AM
i noticed XL used DJ Quik's Drim kick from addictive, thats dope!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Bojakabo on June 09, 2009, 09:24:14 AM
damn this was niice! :o
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: socal on June 09, 2009, 02:41:04 PM
 8)
XL AND CLINTON WAYNE ARE DEFINATELY AN UNDERRATED 1-2 PUNCH LIKE NO OTHER ON THE WEST COAST... DEFINATELY IN MY OPINION BETTER THEN SNOOP AND DRE.  XL IS DEFINATELY ONE OF THE BEST PRODUCERS AND COMES HARD WITH THE LYRICS AND ACTUALLY WRITES HIS SHIT INSTEAD OF A GHOSTWRITER AND CLINTON WAYNES VERSATILITY AS  AN ARTIST EASILY PUTS HIM PAST SNOOP IN THE TALENT LEVEL CLINTON IS PROBABLY WITH CROOKED I THE BEST MC ON THE WEST.. KEEP DOING IT REAL BIG..
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Hoodlum204 on June 09, 2009, 03:10:58 PM
8)
XL AND CLINTON WAYNE ARE DEFINATELY AN UNDERRATED 1-2 PUNCH LIKE NO OTHER ON THE WEST COAST...

KEEP DOING IT REAL BIG..

 
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Mackin on June 09, 2009, 03:22:32 PM
oh!!..Damn, I was about emailing Xl to see what he has been up to, it's been awhile,!
Glad i waited!!
Nice, Crisp and Fresh Beat!
But Xl, not sure the "Hey" really fits well in the hook, perhaps it's just me...

Clinton Wayne drops a smooth verse!

Auto-tune???...lol
minimum use is Nice!
Overall Really Nice!!
Thanks Xl!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Smoke on June 09, 2009, 03:24:04 PM
it's a vocoder, no autotune
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Mackin on June 09, 2009, 03:37:29 PM
it's a vocoder, no autotune


You Sure??

Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Smoke on June 09, 2009, 04:37:54 PM
it's a vocoder, no autotune


You Sure??



im not sure but listening whole hook seems so
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: futuresound on June 09, 2009, 07:02:44 PM
Great reviews...I would skip the blaqkout too...but don't u think u xl should be mention in the same breathe as amplified, terrace martin and all the other producers snoop afiliated...I think he killin dae one and he is placed on a higher ranking than xl...I mean on that real westcoast feel good music with the silky basslines xl got it locked man...and we got to remind ourself we only heard beats he put out..we ain't even got a chance to really experience xl instrumentation but through his releases we convinced of what he brings...but on anotha note I think clinton wayne and xl is a coo combination..the auto-tune is used clever gave it a futuristic feel without losing that old school edge...this is a anthem for all the single folks though...great audience to attack
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: DPGC23 on June 09, 2009, 08:20:51 PM
FUKYEA
LETS TAKE A GANDER

DPGC23
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: 187Proof on June 09, 2009, 08:27:28 PM
Wow this shit plesently surprised me. Good stuff.  8)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Rud on June 09, 2009, 11:59:25 PM
Great comments, keep it coming!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Mackin on June 10, 2009, 05:31:36 AM
it's a vocoder, no autotune


You Sure??



im not sure but listening whole hook seems so
Nah i it's Auto tune, been listening to i non-stop..hahah..
But then again, it could be Vocoder..only Xl can answer that! ;) ;)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: XL Middleton on June 10, 2009, 08:34:09 PM
MAAAAAN yall just made my day with these comments!!!! thats real i'm glad folks are feelin it so far....to address the mystery of the autotune vs. vocoder, yes that's the good ol' autotune on there...just a little sprinkling of it cuz after all, it's 2009 and ya gotta move ahead with the times...at the same time i'm just gonna continue to do what i do, which is really just to make music that i like...the reason u never hear me on the radio is cuz i don't push my shit to radio....dealing with those politics is way too much 2 think about, that shit would have me stressed 2 the point where i wouldnt even wanna make music LOL....so the new philosophy in 09 is to just say fuck it, make music that we think is good and that's all that matters at the end of the day.....
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: you gon always be my latin queen bitch on June 10, 2009, 08:39:11 PM
not the biggest xl fan but yeah he mos def always comes wit his style so at least hes not sellin out and goin to the south for that help that others are doin
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: clinton wayne on June 11, 2009, 05:09:07 PM
Single Ladies Clap Ure Hands.... Good Shit Doggie. Its Good 2 Hear Something That Goes Against The Grain, And Shows That There is Still Talent On The West Coast Beyond, The Typical Stuff We Hear. Ure in ure own lane homie, keep pushin 2 the top. Respect 2 all artist, who keep  sight of themselves as individuals...
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: OchoCinco on June 11, 2009, 05:35:44 PM
This song is too smooth, loving it. 8)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Dopeisjay on June 11, 2009, 06:29:28 PM
What's good XL, that like I said b4 that track was dope, overall you got great music, and one of the few consistant producers out there, continue to bless us with that amazing music, oh and as far as ur music not being played on the radio, I've never heard the songs being played but, durring those radio comercials on power 106, I've heard them play ur music in the background, 1 of the tracks I remember that they played was "cashin out" 
MAAAAAN yall just made my day with these comments!!!! thats real i'm glad folks are feelin it so far....to address the mystery of the autotune vs. vocoder, yes that's the good ol' autotune on there...just a little sprinkling of it cuz after all, it's 2009 and ya gotta move ahead with the times...at the same time i'm just gonna continue to do what i do, which is really just to make music that i like...the reason u never hear me on the radio is cuz i don't push my shit to radio....dealing with those politics is way too much 2 think about, that shit would have me stressed 2 the point where i wouldnt even wanna make music LOL....so the new philosophy in 09 is to just say fuck it, make music that we think is good and that's all that matters at the end of the day.....
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Rud on June 12, 2009, 12:02:39 AM
This song is too smooth, loving it. 8)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: MY FIRST LOVE WAS HIP HOP on June 12, 2009, 01:03:35 AM
Loving the song! Bring the funk!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Portugoal on June 12, 2009, 08:11:57 AM
This just made its way to my mp3 player ;D
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: j.king on June 12, 2009, 01:39:10 PM
XL this is some good shit my dude! Clinton killin it as usual!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Rud on June 13, 2009, 08:04:54 AM
Loving the song! Bring the funk!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: OchoCinco on June 13, 2009, 02:08:31 PM
Damn, cant get enough of this tune 8) Got me lookin forward to the album in a big way. Big props XL.
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: XL Middleton on June 14, 2009, 11:44:15 AM
What's good XL, that like I said b4 that track was dope, overall you got great music, and one of the few consistant producers out there, continue to bless us with that amazing music, oh and as far as ur music not being played on the radio, I've never heard the songs being played but, durring those radio comercials on power 106, I've heard them play ur music in the background, 1 of the tracks I remember that they played was "cashin out" 
MAAAAAN yall just made my day with these comments!!!! thats real i'm glad folks are feelin it so far....to address the mystery of the autotune vs. vocoder, yes that's the good ol' autotune on there...just a little sprinkling of it cuz after all, it's 2009 and ya gotta move ahead with the times...at the same time i'm just gonna continue to do what i do, which is really just to make music that i like...the reason u never hear me on the radio is cuz i don't push my shit to radio....dealing with those politics is way too much 2 think about, that shit would have me stressed 2 the point where i wouldnt even wanna make music LOL....so the new philosophy in 09 is to just say fuck it, make music that we think is good and that's all that matters at the end of the day.....

once again its much appreciated homie and yeah u are right they were using Cash Out, Feel So West Coast and a few other instrumentals for background music on some Power 106 commercials, that was a little side thing I had going for a minute...and @ everyone else good lookin on those comments!!!!!!! ill be back in a minute with some more audio 4 yall.....
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Shango on June 14, 2009, 02:03:21 PM
track is really dope,I like XL's music with these Funk elements, thats modern Westcoast Rap
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: XL Middleton on June 16, 2009, 07:21:53 PM
^^^shit yeah man but really its not even so much funk, its just music period...its been a long time since u heard a full live sounding arrangement with the pianos, bass, strings, horns, u feel me??? i'm on that real live shit right now, not so much fuckin with the analog basses and leads, givin that a rest for a minute just to switch it up...
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Shango on June 17, 2009, 10:59:34 AM
yeah,but tracks like Shotgun, Pop Lock Funk, Gettin breezy sound like mixture of 90's G-Funk and modern music, thats why I like them...
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: J.Locc on June 17, 2009, 11:20:38 AM
hey XL u can do everything you want, u got ya style, and the Funk is inside of you, it don't matter which instruments you use, but the way you do it. KEEP UP THA GOOD WORK
i know will kill it once again on that new album!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Mackin on June 17, 2009, 11:42:15 AM
had to drop by & check this record out again... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: XL Middleton on June 21, 2009, 02:04:24 PM
Mackin & 64 Impala - 4 sho good lookin out!!!!

and yall be sure to check the homie J-Locc thats the homie from Italy who got some funk too...he doing a track on Middle Class Blues be on the lookout!!!
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: teletomble on June 21, 2009, 02:12:17 PM
Mackin & 64 Impala - 4 sho good lookin out!!!!

and yall be sure to check the homie J-Locc thats the homie from Italy who got some funk too...he doing a track on Middle Class Blues be on the lookout!!!

Does "Middle Class Blues" Have A Release Date?
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Portugoal on June 21, 2009, 11:37:30 PM
If the rest of the album is anything like "Middle Class Blues" and "Single" then... then I don't know, but then it will be dope, lol
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: XL Middleton on June 28, 2009, 12:59:30 AM
Mackin & 64 Impala - 4 sho good lookin out!!!!

and yall be sure to check the homie J-Locc thats the homie from Italy who got some funk too...he doing a track on Middle Class Blues be on the lookout!!!

Does "Middle Class Blues" Have A Release Date?

its coming in August but no exact release date yet...ill keep yall posted of course!!!! also be on the lookout for XL Middleton & Black Present "Drunk Talk Vol. 1" thats a lil side project we working on...but yeah Middle Class Blues the album coming August!!!!!! 8)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: clinton wayne on July 28, 2009, 04:38:03 PM
Album finna drop soon....
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Mister Lepht on July 28, 2009, 07:38:46 PM
What up XL??  I was just saying to myself the otherday.."what happened to XL Middleton??" 
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Soopahigh on July 29, 2009, 02:17:55 AM
I aint heard the track yet but reading the comments make think i'm gonna love it !
What i like about XL is that he keeps doing good ol' westcoast music that we all love, updating it a lil' bit (auto tune) without compromising his sound
Cant wait to hear the new single.

Keep doing your thang XL  8)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: J.Locc on July 29, 2009, 04:39:49 AM
hey wassup wit that Drunk Talk Vol. 1?
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: LooN3y on July 29, 2009, 03:39:13 PM
all the OGs should be spittin on somethin like this, not some shitty new beats that they made themselves (nigarachi)  and try to comepte with the younger guys.
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: Hoodlum204 on July 31, 2009, 12:12:45 PM
I Was Just Bumpin This Song Again.....Didn't Like It That Much At First.....Its A Definate Grower.....I'm Liking It Now!! Nice Summertime Vibe To It!! 8)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: XL Middleton on August 06, 2009, 08:08:09 PM
Mister Lepht - what up man yeah i been MIA i know...ur # still the same??? i gotta get on sumthin with Ras 1 of these days...

Soopahigh - U said it perfectly, updating cuz its 09, but not switching the format completely...thats the vision right now!!!

J.Locc - Drunk Talk Vol. 1 will be available on iTunes by the end of the month, stay on the lookout!!!  It started as promo CD that we were givin out @ summertime events out here in CA, but we said fuck it and dropped it online so u can get it no matter where u at!!!

LooN3y - I can't speak on what the OGs are doing, but I'm glad u feelin what I'm doing homie!!! good lookin out...

Hoodlum204 - Glad it grew on you!!! We gonna have the whole album available for free download, I want everyone 2 really know what a full XL Middleton album sounds like, instead of just a leaked single here and there...I think yall are really gonna be blown away by what we been working with lately...
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: ToOoOoN!!! on August 06, 2009, 08:20:32 PM
this beat is pure heat! that's that feel good music right here!  8) it's the type of music i can enjoy everywhere,i really like the vibe of that song  8)
keep doing your thang XL!  8)
Title: Re: DUBCNN: XL Middleton Is Back With A New Single & Album Plans (Audio)
Post by: XL Middleton on August 07, 2009, 08:21:23 PM
much appreciated homie...ya know ive caught a lot of heat from ppl who say the sound i got is outdated, but i think the smartest thing we can do is to listen to what's out there in the mainstream, then figure out how 2 work that into our distinctive west coast sound...how else can we as a region stay innovative, dope, and relevant at the same time??? plus u know that things go in 20 yr cycles, so going by that logic, were only a few yrs away from that classic west coast bounce catching on again in some form...