It’s a good day for rappers who hold it down on the independent tip. Salute to Jean Grae who’s been doing it on her own for YEARS.
Check out the video for R.I.P. ft Talib Kweli and Styles P. Click here to download.... Read more
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eLZHI from Slum Village is back on the scene with a new release called Verbal Intercourse Pt. 2.
Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
The Jets keep spitting over soulful tracks. This time it’s Curren$y and Trademark Da Skydiver on GT500.
Check it out. Click here to download. Also, if you missed The Jets new mixtape Jet Life to the Next Life, click here.... Read more
Shad kinda sounds like a cross between Murs and Asher Roth on Give You All I Can.
This one is for the backpackers. Check it out. Click here to download. Check the Asher Roth x Murs comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApHeVGUpNaY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4gWHzdPF4... Read more
Here’s another Statik Selektah-produced heat rock. This one is by Action Bronson and is called Cliff Notes.
Both the production and Action Bronson's flow would make you swear this came from the late 90's. You can hear elements of Primo in the production and M.O.P. in the verses. Dopeness. Click here to download. Speaking of M.O.P., check out this gem from back in the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hReK_7ARH0... Read more
Blu laced ScienZe with a cool jazzy track on Main Attraction ft Sene. This is a head-nodder.
Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
Check out this mixtape from DJ Quik. While it’s not new material, there’s some vintage stuff that’s harder to find and may not have hit your eardrums. Even better, it’s narrated by Quik himself giving personal accounts of the stories behind many of his hits.
Quik's new album The Book of David drops on 4/20. Click here if you missed the first single, Luv of My Life. Click here to download The Audiobiography of David Mixtape. Props to LA Leakers for this one. The tracklist is below:... Read more
Statik Selektah and Termanology had a good run last year as 1982. They’re back with a new song ft Bun B.
Check out Race Against Time. If you missed these cats last year, click here for more. Click here to download.... Read more
It’s a great release day for hip-hop legends. In addition to Snoop Dogg, Pete Rock and Camp Lo just dropped a mixtape for 80 Blocks from Tiffany’s.
When you add the release of E-40's Revenue Releasin': Graveyard Shift, it's a real Super Tuesday. Click below to listen to and download the Pete Rock/Camp Lo mixtape and click here for a playlist with some of Pete Rock's best joints. Download Mixtape... Read more
A.Dd+ studied Outkast. You can hear it in their flow, their musical choices and their adventurousness.
But, they didn't jack Outkast. Instead, they drew from those elements and injected their own style and sensibilities into the music. It paid off. They have produced When Pigs Fly, an incredibly solid album that takes chances and rises above the mediocrity. Listen to the whole album and download below.... Read more
Big K.R.I.T. dropped a classic mixtape last year with K.R.I.T. Wuz Here. Here’s his follow up, Returnof4eva along with a behind the scenes video from the listening party.
Click here to listen to previews and download the album. It's free and you can donate to the big homie if you want to support good music. If you missed it, click here for the video to the single, Dreamin'. Here's the video: http://vimeo.com/21657177... Read more
Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar deliver some of that new Cali goodness with Rapper Sh*t.
Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
Here’s some new GhostWrida ft Freeway. Check out Window Cracked.
Here's a video teaser and you can listen to and download the full song below: http://vimeo.com/21500751 ... Read more
There have been a lot of hot leaks from Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy and Curren$y lately. Check out the mixtape.
Listen to all of Jet Life to the Next Life and download it below. Props to 2DopeBoyz for putting this together. Download Mixtape... Read more
Here’s some more soulful ish from Trademark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy. This track speaks for itself.
Check out Nothin' Lesser. Click here for more from these cats. Click here to download.... Read more
Wow. Zion I & The Grouch chopped up a classic Earth, Wind & Fire track really nicely on Victorious People.
It features Freeway & The R.O.D. Project. Check it out. Click here to download. Here's the Earth, Wind & Fire original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTQJ2QiK4QU... Read more
Skewby drops some knowledge on his new song Don’t Understand. Dude comes with substantive lyrics but keeps it entertaining…
...the beat is cool too. Support good music. Thematically, the first verse kinda reminds me of this gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0WMSovOboY... Read more
Kendrick Lamar is another one of the XXL Freshmen on the Honor Roll. Check out his 2 new joints.
First up is Don't Understand: Click here to download. Next is Outrageous: Click here to download.... Read more
The 2011 XXL Freshmen put on a show at NYC’s BB King’s last night and dropped a mixtape today.
Watch a recap of the show and listen to and download the whole mixtape below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuLlIsCAWqI&feature=player_embedded#at=22 Here's the mixtape: Download Mixtape... Read more
If you are down with hip-hop from the 90’s, get ready. Pete Rock and Camp Lo are about to release a project together.
It's called 80 Blocks From Tiffany's and below are the intro and a song called Mic Check to whet your appetite for that good cookin'. In addition to the reference to the South Bronx, an interesting tidbit about the title of the album is it's a reference to the title... Read more
The Jets appreciate soulful tracks. It’s evident from the beats selected by Curren$y, Trademark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy.
Pilots, the newest record from Trademark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy, is no exception. Props to 2DopeBoyz for putting this project together. Check it out. Click here to download. Not convinced about the soulful selections? Check these out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x8MGapyqhc&feature=player_embedded#at=24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS1m_Pa_0vA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9EuIRsXoL8&feature=player_embedded#at=33... Read more
We posted a dope track by Focus ft Kida last week. Now Rapper Big Pooh and Chaundon lay down some verses on it.
Dope rappers + Dope track (still) = dope record. Check out Idols & Role Models (Perspective #2). Click here to download. If you missed it, here's Perspective #1 ft Kida.... Read more
Keeping it on the West Coast tip, here’s some new E-40 ft Bun B and Slim Thug.
3 legends holding it down on a funky beat. This is some OG ish. Check out That Candy Paint. Click here to download and click here to buy the album. It's cool to hear Bun B on a verse and on the hook as a sample. Here's where E-40 got... Read more
Pusha T’s Fear of God mixtape has arrived. Listen to the whole thing and download below.
Download Mixtape Also, here's a cool interview between Miss Info and Pusha T on his thoughts on making Fear of God without Malice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GE7ZClQUZQ&feature=player_embedded... Read more
It’s a good day for older mixtape gems. Here’s a new video from an old Freddie Gibbs mixtape.
Check out How I Feel from midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik. You can listen to and download the mixtape below if you don't have it already. http://vimeo.com/21238144 Here's the mixtape: Download Mixtape... Read more
Here’s some “new” J. Cole. This is apparently an unreleased track from The Warm Up sessions.
Whatever the case it's 90 seconds of typical J. Cole goodness. Check it out The Good Son Pt. 1. Click here to download. And if there's anyway you missed The Warm Up, click here to dowload 1 of the best mixtapes to drop in the last 5 years.... Read more
There have been a lot of great tributes to Nate Dogg but who better to show love than Warren G, Snoop and Tha Dogg Pound.
Check out their performance at SXSW. Also, below are 2 Nate Dogg mixes from DJ Premier and DJ Skee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWjlqjhpw6o DJ Premier Tribute Click here to download. DJ Skee Tribute Click here to download.... Read more
Here are 3 new joints from Pusha T. Fear of God the mixtape drops next week. It’s about to be ree-diculous.
You can feel the heat from Spring coming with these. First up is I Still Wanna ft Rick Ross and Ab-Liva. Click here to download. Next is Feeling Myself ft Kevin Cossom. Click here to download. Last but not least is Alone in Vegas. Props to Shade 45 for these... Read more
Here’s a cool new upbeat track from XV ft Pusha T called Awesome.
Feels like a summer time joint. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
Mobb Deep wasted no time getting in the studio once Prodigy came home. Check out Love Y’all More.
Alchemist is on the track. There are tags from Funkmaster Flex, but you won't mind... Click here to download.... Read more
Trademark Da Skydiver kicks some more meditative ish on Committed.
Check it out. If you need some more music to meditate to, click here. Click here to download.... Read more
American Rapstar is the third song to drop from Big K.R.I.T.’s upcoming album. He’s 3 for 3.
Check it out. Click here to download. Click here for more Big K.R.I.T.... Read more
Sir Michael Rocks from The Cool Kids has been dropping some bangers lately. Here’s the full mixtape, The Rocks Report. Listen to the whole thing and download below.
It's 25 songs strong... Download Mixtape... Read more
Keeping it on the Cali underground tip, check out Blu on WhatUWanna by Dela.
This may be Blu's best performance since Below The Heavens. Click here to download. Here's one of my favorite joints from Below the Heavens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ghhLhSCVQ... Read more
New EPMD??? Yeah, that’s right…and it’s to the beat of The Breaks.
Check out Don't Get Clapped. Click here to download. And here's Kurtis Blow's The Breaks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KMrPDiw8PQ... Read more
Here’s another mixtape from a hot newcomer: Dom Kennedy.
Check out The Original Dom Kennedy. You can listen to the whole thing and download it below. Download Mixtape... Read more
Terrace Martin is one of the hottest new beat makers out there. Here’s a whole EP full of solid joints.
It's called The Sex EP. Like the title, it comes in many varieties. There's some funk, some jazz, some slow joints...oh, and some hip-hop. Listen to the whole thing below. Download Mixtape... Read more
Dee Goodz does justice to this 9th Wonder beat. And that’s saying something because the beat is TOUGH.
This is winning. Check out The 10th Wonder of the World.... Read more
Keeping it on the Southern tip, here’s some new Curren$y. It’s called Soundbombin’.
With live drums, organ and bass, that's exactly what he's doing. It's amazing how much more dynamic tracks sound with live instruments. Click here to download.... Read more
GhostWridah’s song Just Venting is in the pocket. Dope rhymes, dope track. Nuff said.
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Rapper Big Pooh got his shine earlier. Now it’s 9th Wonder and Phonte’s turn.
Check out Lil B's Base For Your Face ft Jean Grae and Phonte (RHYMING) and produced by 9th Wonder. Throw in an old Public Enemy sample and it = Fire. Click here to download. Wanna here that PE original? HERE IT IS...BAM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyR09SP9qdA And, if you missed Rapper Big Pooh's... Read more
Asher Roth is slowly making a comeback. Back Home with Chip Tha Ripper keeps him moving in the right direction.
He's been on joints with The Kid Daytona, TiRon, Blu, Kev Brown and Nottz lately, and all have been good looks. Back Home is as well. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more
Next up is a brand new mixtape from Rapper Big Pooh called FatBoy Fresh Vol. 1
It's good to see all 3 Little Brothers putting in work, even if not together. This joint is on the mixtape, along with some other bangers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjVTOpAexhI&feature=player_embedded#at=45 Below is the tracklist and click here to download. 01. Fresh [prod. Young RJ] 02. Fortune & Fame (ft. Glasses Malone, Kida, and... Read more
It’s a good day for mixtapes. First up is Rittz who killed it a few months ago with Fulla Sh*t ft Yelawolf and Big K.R.I.T.
That song and more are on the mixtape White Jesus. Dude spits. You can listen to the whole thing and download it below. And here's the video for the title cut, which was directed by Yelawolf: http://vimeo.com/20774305 Download Mixtape... Read more
Most covers of current songs are wack or ok at best but XV really goes in on Lupe’s Words I Never Said track.
Dude really just murders it. Props to them both for elevating hip-hop with intelligent lyricism. Words I never said... Click here to download.... Read more
Here’s some more of that underground goodness for you. Check out Schoolboy Q’s Can’t Do ft Jay Rock.
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Newcomers A.Dd+’s song Slow Tempo is pretty ill. It’s got a jazzy, Freestyle Fellowship feel to it.
The flow and tempo of the track change up throughout to keep it interesting but it stays on point. Click here to download. Here's some of that Freestyle Fellowship for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6zH6uMyU9c... Read more
Action Bronson reminds me a lot of Ghostface Killah…in a good way.
The song is called Barry Horowitz. Peep his voice, flow and subject matter. The resemblance is kinda bugged, but the track is hot. Click here to download.... Read more
Here’s a nice track from a producer named Side Effekt. No words, just cool beats.
If you spit, you might wanna get on this. It's called The Essence. Click here to download.... Read more