January 2009

Cee & Bekah: Best of Me [feat NoTiOn]

by Kevin January 26, 2009 Singles

Here is the first leak from Cee & Bekah‘s upcoming mixtape, Soul Movement Volume 3! The track is called “Best of Me” and features Movement Fam emcee NoTiOn. This song right here embodies the Soul Hop sound that Cee & Bekah are all about… so smooth. Look for more stuff coming from the entire Movement [...]

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Ronni Moorehead Soul & Hip Hop Mix Show

by Kevin January 26, 2009 Around The Net

Ronnie Rebel is back with another mix for the new year!  Ronnie starts this week’s mix off hard with his Brooklyn Go Hard mix featuring Biggie, Mos Def, and Joel Ortiz along side Hova. This show truely is amazing and most definitely must be heard. Stream it here or download via the Divshare link… after [...]

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DJ Skor: 90s Throwback R&B Thug Mix

by Kevin January 26, 2009 Singles

We constantly get “listen to me” requests every single day. Quite honestly, it’s a crap shot if your stuff gets posted on here or not. I’m trying to get better at sorting through my email, I really am! Luckily, Deez took the time to download and listen to this mix from Chi-Town’s DJ Skor. Deez [...]

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No Said Date: Original Samples

by Thomas January 26, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

On Day 26 of our January Month of Samples we still have more Wu-Tang sets to unload. This time, we’re hittin up the debut album of Wu-Tang member Masta Killa. Released in 2004, No Said Date has a sound reminiscent of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), with its dark and dramatic beats and samples from [...]

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Don Cerino: The Art of Pranks [Week 2]

by Kevin January 26, 2009 Singles

To brighten up your Monday morning, we got a new telephone prank from Don Cerino. In this never before released prank, we hear Cerino call up one of New York’s fine “establishments”. I’ll let you hear what it’s all about, but I was on the floor rolling when I heard this one. Check it after [...]

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DJ Unexpected x DJ Supreme: The Willie Bryant Story [Motion Picture Mixtape Vol.2]

by Kevin January 25, 2009 Mixtapes

This was the second released CD in the “Motion Picture Mixtape” series (Released in November 2006). Brought to you by DJ Unexpected and DJ Supreme, this audio exprience tells the story of a street hustler named “Willie Bryant”. The CD chronicles his story from the beginning. His rise to stardom, to the destruction of his [...]

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Mick Boogie x DJ Unexpected: Director’s Cut [Motion Picture Mixtape Vol.1]

by Kevin January 25, 2009 Mixtapes

Mick Boogie and DJ Unexpected collaborated on this creative project featuring remixes galore and hosted by Shady/Aftermath artist Stat Quo. It was released back in November of 2005, but did not get the credit it was due. So it is being rereleased now in time for the release of Volume 3. This Motion Picture Mixtape contains nothing [...]

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New York’s Finest: The Unreleased Remixes

by Kevin January 25, 2009 Singles

Wow, talk about a goldmine… I was just checking out my man Keezy‘s blog over at The Real Frequency and look at what he’s got for us! I don’t think I’ve heard any of these remixes before. I wonder how rare they are? Grab em after the jump…

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Illmatic Beat Contest Week 5: The Entries

by Kevin January 25, 2009 Contests

Believe it or not, we are at the halfway point of our Illmatic Beat Contest with Trav Williams. Things have gotten kind of hectic on this end regarding the contest, so we’re gonna take a week off and start things back up next Sunday. Hopefully by then we will have winners chosen for both Weeks [...]

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NoTiOn: Daily DomiNoTiOn [prod by Isbjerg]

by Kevin January 25, 2009 Singles

Last fall we held a contest on our site to remix joints from The Movement Fam‘s latest mixtapes, including NoTiOn and Cee & Bekah. We haven’t announced any of the winners yet, but the official remix album should be ready for release next month. The remix album will include productions from Remot, MIDIMarc, and this [...]

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Isbjerg: Game Music, Vol 1

by Kevin January 25, 2009 Singles

If there’s one person I know that doesn’t stop making music, it’s the homie Isbjerg. This album right here is the soundtrack to your gameplaying. Apparently, Isbjerg have been doing these joints for years – Whenever gettin stuck in a video game or needed a break, he turned to producing some music to let off some steam and clearing [...]

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Heist of the Century: Original Samples

by Thomas January 25, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

We’re finally in our last week of our January Month of Samples. On Day 25 we bring you the samples to the debut album from Wu-Tang affiliate La The Darkman. Heist of the Century features appearances by many Wu-Tang Clan members and affiliates such as Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and U-God,and also features Havoc from Mobb [...]

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P.A: Letter To Big L

by Kevin January 25, 2009 Singles

T-Dot emcee, P.A., goes in hard over Jadakiss’ “Letter To B.I.G.” with his own letter to the late Big L. Grab it after the jump…

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Phonte, Stat Quo, & Royce Da 5’9″: “Homage to Premier”

by Thomas January 25, 2009 Around The Net

This track is hot! Everybody goes in on this Focus produced joint, which is a “Homage” to arguably the best Hip Hop producer ever…DJ Premier. Not sure where this will end up at, but I know its been around the net for about 15 hours or so….Phonte dropped the link on his Twitter page last [...]

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Rebel Starr: Adventures in Boondocks

by Kevin January 24, 2009 Singles

Mars had sex with Venus and produced a set of twins, Back Wordz (the boy) and Likwuid (the girl). The soulAquarians, joined by the sign of the Water Bearer, were separated at birth leaving Back Wordz in New York City and Likwuid somewhere lost in the South. In 2007, as fate would have it, the [...]

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The Kickdrums: SMASH the System

by Kevin January 24, 2009 Singles

Brand spankin new Kickdrums mixtape featuring new and previously released music and remixes from KiD CuDi, Joe Budden, Kanye West, Joell Ortiz, Slaughterhouse, Ced Hughes, Talib Kweli, Izza Kizza, Freeway and many more. Props to OnSMASH for the link!

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Master 3: Light Up The Darkness

by Kevin January 24, 2009 New Music Releases

Master 3, who previously gave us the double album Women & Music last year, is back with a brand new concept album, Light Up The Darkness. The album is loosely based on the 2007 Will Smith movie, I Am Legend. Tracklist and download after the jump… included in the download is a digital booklet created by [...]

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Coming Soon: Cy Fyre & Kanye West

by Kevin January 24, 2009 Singles

Cy Fyre, who has produced tracks for Trae, Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, Killa Kyleon, and Devin The Dude, is preparing the release of his mixtape of Kanye West remixes. The mixtape, titled We Major, should be available in the next few days; however we have a few exclusive tracks from the project available for download right now.

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Illmatic Beat Contest: Week 3 Winner

by Kevin January 24, 2009 Contests

I bet you all thought we had stopped judging these things, huh? Man it’s been a crazy hectic week and I do apologize for not announcing the winner sooner. Judging these remix contests take a lot more effort than you might think. We listen to approximately 35 remixes, not once, but over and over and [...]

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Heavy Mental: Instrumentals

by Kevin January 24, 2009 Instrumentals

Anytime I can compliment a sample set with the instrumentals to the same album, I will. Nothing against the emcee, but hearing the instrumentals allow one to fully appreciate the production and the samples that were used in that production. Luckily I just came across these as i was diggin’ for a few samples. So [...]

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