March 2009

The Genesis of Beef: Nas vs Jay-Z

by Thomas March 13, 2009 Exclusive

Any one who has visited this site knows that I’m a huge fan of both Jay-Z and Nas. I’ve always wanted to put together the musical history of the tracks that may have started the beef. From what I’ve found neither Jay or Nas have ever discussed the beginnings of the beef or discussed the [...]

New Saigon + Statik Selektah: So Cruel

by Kevin March 13, 2009 Singles

Here’s the first single from All In a Day’s Work, dropping this Tuesday. Album is sounding GREAT so far. Props to YN! Previously…

DJ Jazzy Jeff: Live From Nowhere [2006]

by Kevin March 13, 2009 Mixtapes

Major props to my man J. Rizzle for sharing this show! I’m a huge DJ Jazzy Jeff fan and though I have most of his work, I was actually missing this one. Those that argue that Jazzy Jeff ain’t the greatest DJ, don’t know shit. Check the tracklist and download after the cut. TGIF!

Foundation Fridays: Week 6

by Kevin March 13, 2009 Mixtapes

Foundation Fridays is coming to a close… this is the last mixtape from DJ Unexpected‘s Look What I Found series. I want to personally thank both Unexpected and Hevehitta for hosting the series here. Who knows, maybe we’ll bring Foundation Fridays back eventually. Here’s a few words from the guys… “The last one (for now) [...]

Kanye + GLC + Keyshia: We Don’t Care [Original Version]

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Singles

One of my favorite cuts from Kanye West‘s debut College Dropout, “We Don’t Care”. Here’s a new leak of the original version which features GLC and Keyshia Cole. I’ll take this over 808s any day of the week. Shouts to JD!

Unfinished Raekwon Leak…

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Singles

I don’t normally post these kind of things, but I know we got a lot of Wu-Heads on the site. This leak just came in my inbox about 2 minutes ago. It’s a track by Sha Cronz featuring Raekwon. The joint is currently untitled and is supposed to have Ghostface and Method Man on the [...]

New Info on Big Pooh’s Delightful Bars + Audio!

by Kevin March 12, 2009 News

We just got brand new info on Rapper Big Pooh‘s upcoming album Delightful Bars. First of all there will be four different versions of Delightful Bars made accessible, including a special iTunes only version (referred to as the Candy Apple version), which will be released on March 24 and the North American retail version of [...]

New D-Block: Get That Paper

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Singles

Finally… the boys are back together! Jadakiss, Styles P, Sheek Louch AKA D-Block AKA The Lox. When’s the album come out? Soon I hope. Props to thekidLEGEND. Jump…

Magic Exists…

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Around The Net

via WYDU… counting down…. it’s coming….. I hate teasers.

New Tona Video: Major

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Music Videos

Can’t Stop Fanatics: Spread The Word Vol 1

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Mixtapes

One of our long time affiliates, Nofrillz at Can’t Stop Fanatics, is dropping his first compilation mix today called Spread The Word. A lot of us bloggers put together these types of compilations to do exactly that — spread the word of good hip hop. I have yet to see an eclectic mix such as [...]

Will Roush: What I Gotta Do Dilla?

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Singles

My man Gooch hit me up the other day talking about this new kid Will Roush. He’ll be dropping a mixtape soon called, Know My Name Vol 1, which will be hosted by DJ Skee and DJ Whoo Kid. This track here is Will’s question to what a new artist has to do to build [...]

Introducing… SoulKlap and Black J

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Get To Know

The other day, we premiered SoulKlap & Black J‘s album The Quan here on the site. Personally, I’ve been a fan of SoulKlap’s production since I first heard his work over a year ago. His latest work on The Quan proves that we may have ourselves a super producer in the making (Young Kanye anyone?). [...]

Thursday Throwback: The Golden Era

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Mixtapes

We got a special double throwback post for you all today! I came across this mixtape as I was putting together the DJ Clue post and just had to put it up! Classic 90s hip hop mixed by Create & Devastate. Check it after the cut…

Throwback Thursday: DJ Clue

by Kevin March 12, 2009 Mixtapes

You can’t talk about 90s mixtapes without a mention of DJ Clue. Before (and after) he put out his The Professional releases and started doing production for Desert Storm, DJ Clue was hot on the mixtape scene. Here’s a couple of classic tapes, courtesy of GetRightMusic.com.

DJ Concept: In Your System [R.I.P. Dilla]

by Kevin March 11, 2009 Hot Download

There doesn’t have to be an occasion to pay tribute to Dilla. DJ Concept comes through with the heat… Turn me up another notch IN YOUR SYSTEM – You say you want the hot shit then listen! Just more dope music from the man Jay Dee featuring some classics, some remixes, a few blends and [...]

New Details & Tracks from Saigon & Statik Selektah’s All In A Day’s Work

by Kevin March 11, 2009 News

Saigon and Statik Selektah‘s 24-hour album, All In A Day’s Work, will be released next Tuesday March 17. Entirely produced by Statik Selektah, this is the first time an album has been created in a 24-hour time period and released shortly there after. It will be released in digital format only. All In A Days [...]

New Tanya Morgan: So Damn Down

by Kevin March 11, 2009 Singles

There’s a city far off; it only takes a few seconds to get there though. A place you could only imagine; yet, somehow it’s one of the realest places you’ve been. That place is Brooklynati, a virtual city reachable by one click of a mouse. Listen to the soundscape of Brooklynati, USA by exploring the [...]

New Kero One Video: Welcome To The Bay

by Kevin March 11, 2009 Music Videos

Long awaited by fans from across the globe, Kero One‘s upcoming album, Early Believers has received significant pre-release buzz. Will.i.am even YouTube’d props to Kero for his artistry and solicited him for a possible collaboration. As the accolades continue to pour in before the album reaches the market, Kero One whets our appetites with his [...]

Braille & Symbolyc One: Cloud Nineteen

by Freddie C March 11, 2009 Music Reviews

Braille, by definition, is a way for the blind to read, to learn, to be educated, and to “see” the message in front of them. Braille, the Portland MC, alongside S1, the Strange Fruit Project beatsmith, serves as a similar function. On their album Cloud Nineteen, the duo is armed with uplifting, God-centered lyrics and [...]

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