March 2009

New Krumbsnatcha Video: Feeling

by Kevin March 10, 2009 Music Videos

Production from Beat Minerz… Hidden Scriptures out now!

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LT mOE Presents: The Plague Co. EP

by Kevin March 10, 2009 Singles

Chances are, you’ve heard a beat from LT mOE. He did “Everything” by Murs, “Spur of The Moment” by Ludacris, and “Pimpin” by Tony Yayo to name a few. The Plague Co. EP is a new project executively produced by LT mOE, featuring Plague Co. members Donny Arcade, Okelis and Buddy Boie. This 6 track [...]

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What If House Party Was An Action Movie?

by Kevin March 10, 2009 Around The Net

Seems that NappyAfro.com has gotten into the video editing business, as they redid the trailer to the classic movie House Party… and turned it into an action flick! Personally, I thought this was ingenious and just had to share. They should definitely do more of these!

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Fokis: Show Me The Money (feat Mr. eXquire & E-Cashe$) [prod by G.C.]

by Kevin March 10, 2009 Singles

Rod Tidwell must be the inspiration for the day! Trust me, it was not planned to release this track and The Quan album on the same day, but it’s kinda interesting how it all worked out! Back in the limelight again with the premier single from his up and coming project is the hardest working [...]

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Divine Minds & Soulklap Present: The Quan

by Kevin March 10, 2009 Hot Download

If you’re overwhelmed by all the new music releases today, put your money back in your pocket and grab one of the best albums that’s hittin’ the streets today…. for FREE. Thanks right, some of the best things in life are free and that includes the new album from Soulklap and Black J from Divine [...]

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Keelay & Zaire: Ridin’ High

by Judge Mental March 10, 2009 Music Reviews

Editor’s note: Thanks to Judge Mental from VinylMeltdown.com for stopping by and guest writing for the site! Over the past year or so, there have been a heavy influx of producer albums. And the question always presents itself, “who’s on it?” And while, the guest list on Ridin’ High is quite impressive, the production itself [...]

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Just Released Today [3/10]

by Kevin March 10, 2009 New Music Releases

Ok, it is getting really tough to keep up with all the music release schedules! Who else thought Jadakiss’ new album was still coming out today? Apparently, it’s been pushed back to April. They probably saw all the other heat that’s dropping today… too much good music. Is there such a thing? The two albums [...]

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J. Period: March 9/09 The Complete B.I.G. Tribute

by Kevin March 9, 2009 Mixtapes

There’s still a little bit of time left in the day to put up another Biggie Tribute mix.. and even if there wasn’t, this one is worth it. We all know that J. Period’s March 9th Biggie Tribute mixtape is one of the best ever. Well, looks like he’s trying to do it up better [...]

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DJ Drama & Cookin Soul: The Notorious B.I.G. Tribute

by Kevin March 9, 2009 Hot Download

Monday, March 9th 2009, exactly twelve years after his death. Superproducers and remixers Cookin’ Soul flip the original samples used in Biggie‘s classic albums Ready to Die and Life After Death into new beats and feature original appearances from a whole range of well known artists paying their respects doing what they do best, in [...]

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Remembering Biggie

by Kevin March 9, 2009 Misc

Chances are you will not be able to surf the net today without seeing a Biggie tribut post or a Biggie tribute mix to download. Even television and radio today will most likely play our favorite Biggie songs/videos. Today marks the 12th anniversary of the death of Christopher Wallace AKA The Notorious B.I.G.

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Classified: Beatin It Remix Contest

by Kevin March 8, 2009 Contests

KevinNottingham.com, in association with Halflife Records, is proud to announce the Classified “Beatin It” Remix Contest. That’s right, I couldn’t leave you guys hanging for a whole month without another remix contest! Classified’s people hit me up to host this contest that I think will be both challenging and exciting. Classified is about to drop [...]

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Illmatic Beat Contest Week 10: The Entries

by Kevin March 8, 2009 Contests

The end is finally here and it has been one hell of a ride.  I want to take a minute to thank all of you who participated. The beats were definitely ill… looking forward to having you all join our future contest. A special thanks to Trav Williams, for whom this contest would not be [...]

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Win Tickets to See Naughty By Nature in Toronto!

by Sean Deez March 8, 2009 Contests

The lovely people at Oasis and Rampant present one of the classic, timeless hip hop acts of the genre’s generation: Naughty by Nature. The Grammy award winning group is coming to Circa on Thursday, March 12th in Toronto to rip the stage and put on a show for the people in attendance with their smash [...]

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Foreign Exchange: Live at The Black Cat 3/6 [Video Download]

by Kevin March 8, 2009 Exclusive

I know we have a ton of Foreign Exchange fans on the site, myself included. So imagine how excited I was when my man Shawn hit me up with video footage of their concert at The Black Cat in DC from this past Friday night! Full credit goes to Fluff Daddy for the videos. So [...]

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DJ Grain: Ear To The Streets [2/28]

by DJ Grain March 8, 2009 Singles

What it do, folks? I’m back again with another weekly wrap up. Hit the jump for audio and the highlights…

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CL Smooth & Skyzoo: Big Poppa [prod by Cookin Soul]

by Kevin March 8, 2009 Singles

Cookin Soul is fixin to drop a B.I.G. tribute mix tomorrow with DJ Drama for the anniversary of Biggie’s death. We should see a lot of tributes drop tomorrow, but I’m personally looking forward to this one. The tape will have original features & appearances by: Styles P, LA the Darkman, Wilie Tha Kid, Uncle [...]

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RapRadar.com Sneak Peek [via MissInfo]

by Kevin March 7, 2009 Around The Net

For those of you who have been living under a rock, Elliott “YN” Wilson (former editor of XXL magazine) is planning to launch a brand new hip hop web site on March 9th. The new web site, RapRadar.com, has definitely had my interest peaked as anyone who knows anything about hip hop journalism, knows that [...]

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The Inbox: Week Ending 3/7/09

by Kevin March 7, 2009 The Inbox
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I thought I did a good job of keeping up with posts this week, but it seems like someone opened the floodgates again! I’m so glad we started this series, because overwhelming does not even begin to describe my inbox. For those that are new around here and are curious as to what this post [...]

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Kanye West: Storytellers [Full Video Download]

by Kevin March 7, 2009 Exclusive

Props to my man Gilad who ripped a high quality version of Kanye West‘s performance on VH1 Storytellers. If you didn’t catch the show (which I still haven’t), download this one right here. Warning: this rip will consume massive hard drive space! I’ve been told that people often run out of disk space after visiting [...]

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The Roots: Live in NYC

by Kevin March 7, 2009 Around The Net

My man Steven over at OGHipHop was at The Roots show the other night and caught some live footage of the show. He also wrote a pretty detailed write up of the event. Hip Hop Universal gonna knock down your door! If you don’t already know… more info coming soon! Read full story

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