January 2009

New Deez Steez

by Kevin January 20, 2009 News

Hot off his long run from his 2008 lists, Sean Deez is back with more commentary over at Deez Steez. If you all aren’t familiar with Deez Steez, it’s a little spot we set up for Sean awhile back where he can basically talk about whatever it is he has on his mind. So jump [...]

Brothers From Another: Original Samples

by Thomas January 20, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

On Day 20 of our January Month of Samples, we’re bringing you the samples from the Young Gunz‘s sophomore album Brother From Another. Production by Swizz Beatz, Chad Hamilton, and Kanye West wasn’t enough to have this album live up to the duo’s debut. This is one of the many sets we’ve had sitting in [...]

Black Tobacco: Snares and Cinema

by Thomas January 20, 2009 Exclusive

Today we see the release of Snares and Cinema from two of our loyal followers: Tokyo Cigar and DutchMaster coming together as Black Tobacco. See what they have to say about the project….

Video: Jay-Z at Warner Theater in Washington D.C.

by Thomas January 20, 2009 Around The Net

Well….this was quick….video from the Jay-Z show at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. hit the net really quick! These folks came right home and went straight to the computer. LOL. Thanks to all who uploaded these joints for us who couldn’t shell out the $100-$500 for a ticket. I wonder if they even stopped [...]

K. Sparks: Music [prod by Presto]

by Kevin January 19, 2009 Singles

Sup ya’ll…. I apologize for the lack of updates today. Been laid up in the bed sick all day. But I’m going through my email now and we got lots of good stuff to get online. Hopefully I’ll get a good portion of it up tomorrow. But hey, it wouldn’t be a Monday without a [...]

Video: Jay-Z “My President is Black Remix” LIVE

by Thomas January 19, 2009 Around The Net

Hov and Jeezy performing at a club some where in Love night Club in D.C. Sunday night. Audio and link after the jump….audio swiped from Elliott Wilson on Facebook.

Don Cerino: The Art of Pranks [Week 1]

by Kevin January 19, 2009 Exclusive

This New York emcee, no doubt, has many talents. If you’ve been sleeping on Don Cerino, it’s time for you to wake the fuck up. That’s right, this is your Monday morning wake up call. Aside from rappin, Cerino is also a real funny cat. Not funny in the “haha” sense, but funny in the [...]

S.D.E: Original Samples

by Thomas January 19, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

S.D.E., or Sports, Drugs, and Entertainment is Cam’ron‘s sophomore album released in 2000. Mostly produced by Darrell “Digga” Branch, the album has features from Destiny’s Child, ODB, Produgy, and members of Cam’s Dipset crew. Here are the samples that we dug up. Day 19 of our January Month of Samples!

Illmatic Beat Contest: Week 4 [The Entries]

by Kevin January 18, 2009 Contests

My Internet’s been trippin tonight and I can’t seem to get all these individual tracks uploaded for the audio player. I’ll try again tomorrow and will update this post with the player when they’re all uploaded. But here’s the main download for all the beats from Week 4. Lots of heat this round… I see [...]

Illmatic Beat Contest: Week 5

by Kevin January 18, 2009 Contests

Sorry I wasn’t able to get this up earlier today; been busy chillin. Anyway, can you believe we’re halfway through the contest already? We’re still tallying up the winner for Week 3, so please stop asking when the winner will be announced… lol. We’re doing the best we can with all the heat being thrown [...]

Video: Live Performance from Wax & EOM

by Thomas January 18, 2009 Exclusive

Galen, one of our loyal readers took some footage of Wax & EOM at the 8×10 Club in Baltimore, Maryland and wanted to share! Wax performed some album cuts backed by a band called Grilled Lincolns. Wax also showed off his acoustic guitar skills as well! Hit the jump for the video’s!

Officially Done with 2008

by Sean Deez January 18, 2009 Exclusive

After slaving over those 2008 lists, I realized that I still haven’t entered the world of 2009 Hip Hop. Granted, nothing huge has been released, but those lists made me revisit a lot of tracks and albums that needed that extra listen. Sorry that it took until mid-January, but better late than never. Our goal [...]

Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of 2008

by Sean Deez January 18, 2009 Exclusive

Top 10 Non-Hip Hop/Non-R&B Albums of 2008

by Sean Deez January 18, 2009 Exclusive

Before we finish up our year end list with the Top Hip Hop albums of 2008, let’s take a look at a few outastanding albums that really can’t be classified in either hip hop or R&B…

Amplified: Original Samples

by Kevin January 18, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Ahhhhh, been sittin on this one for a while. We couldn’t finish it up back when we did Q-Tip Week and we had planned on putting it out last month. Well, we held on to it a little longer hoping to find some more samples. This is about what we came up with. So here [...]

Remot Loves The 70s

by Kevin January 18, 2009 Exclusive

I’m really gettin’ hip to these soul mixes/compilations our favorite producers have been putting together. First MIDIMarc, then Nobody Famous, now Remot. This one’s exclusive though; you won’t find it anywhere else. Perfect music to start your Sunday morning. Let me let Remot introduce it…

Mick Boogie & Terry Urban: Unbelievable [The Notorious Edition]

by Kevin January 18, 2009 Singles

So how many of you all have seen Notorious yet? Unlucky for me, I don’t do the movie theaters, so I’ll have to wait for video. But with so many Biggie tributes posted around the Internets, we could not overlook the rerelease of Mick Boogie & Terry Urban‘s Notorious B.I.G mixtape, Unbeleivable. I’ll let Mick [...]

Tanya Morgan Presents: i-EL(ilyas) The Prelude

by Kevin January 17, 2009 New Music Releases

Props to Klimatic for sending this over (see track 4). Tanya Morgan‘s got big things prepared for the 09. They starting it off with Ilyas‘ solo album, The Prelude. Look out for more Tanya Morgan this year!

Top 25 Hip Hop Songs of 2008

by Sean Deez January 17, 2009 Exclusive

Sean Deez checks in with his picks for song of the year. Where would Nas land? Any Jigga? Read after the jump…

El Nino: Original Samples

by Thomas January 17, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Day 17 of our January Month of Samples brings us a pretty dope set from Def Squad‘s debut album, El Nino. Production by both Redman and Erick Sermon. I think it’s time we get a new Def Squad album. Check the samples…

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