April 2009

Just Released Today [4/14/09]

by Kevin April 14, 2009 New Music Releases

Not a whole heck of a lot going on in the form of new music releases today. One that you may have heard us mention a few times is the debut album from Ayah. Look out for our interview with her later today. Also in R&B we have the sophomore effort from Diddy’s Making The [...]

Can’t Stop Fanatics: Spread The Word Vol 2

by Kevin April 13, 2009 Hot Download

Who likes free music? Who likes to hear great music from mostly unknown underground artists? If you answered yes to both of those questions, my man NoFrillz from Can’t Stop Fanatics has a compilation just for you! Spread The Word Vol 2 is the second venture in the series of great underground hip-hop. Nofrillz dropped [...]

All Samples Are NOT Cleared: A Year Later

by Kevin April 13, 2009 Misc

If you’ve been a reader of the site for some time, you may remember a controversial article posted a little over a year ago called All Samples Are NOT Cleared. A year later, that article is still one of the most talked about posts on this site. To fill in those that are in the [...]

Music To Driveby: Original Samples

by Thomas April 13, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Props goes to our new contributor Onez for this set….all him. Music to Driveby was released in 1992 and is mostly notable for the Tim Dog diss “Who’s Fucking Who?” and “Hood Took Me Under”. Led by MC Eiht, the album reached platinum status and is considered a West Coast classic. Info and link after [...]

Trav Williams: IllTravis

by Kevin April 13, 2009 Exclusive

Over the course of 10 weeks, producers from all across the globe came together to help create a vision… a vision to recreate a classic; to pay homage to Nas‘ 1994 debut album Illmatic. Trav Williams came to me with this idea in the fall of 2008. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to [...]

Introducing… Shuko

by Kevin April 13, 2009 Get To Know

Gearing up for the release of his latest mixtape-album tomorrow, The Foundation, Shuko is a name that you should start to get familiar with. The Foundation, being released tomorrow via Coalmine Records includes heat from Heltah Skeltah, Skyzoo, Talib Kweli, and Canibus among others. Hit the jump to get to know Shuko…

Torae & Marco Polo Set to Release Double Barrel

by Kevin April 12, 2009 Coming Soon

Rapper Torae & Super-Producer Marco Polo have joined forces to release the New York rap album that fans of raw, hardcore Hip-Hop have been waiting for. When it comes to beats and rhymes, Canadian producer Marco Polo and Brooklyn MC Torae don’t play, just check the resume. On his 2007 critically acclaimed album Port Authority, [...]

The Pink Lavalamp: Original Samples

by Thomas April 12, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Props goes to Stephen Miller for hooking this sample set up. The Pink Lavalamp by Charles Hamilton was released to the Internets on December 9, 2008 and was the last step in his Hamiltonization Process (releasing numerous mixtape to various blogs). This release was more of an album than a mixtape and was reportedly written [...]

Pete Rock vs. 20 Keys

by Kevin April 12, 2009 Who Flipped It Better?

When I first heard the new track from Method Man & Redman (“Ayo”), I thought the sample sounded very familiar. Turns out my man 20 Keys flipped the same sample last year for one of my favorite tracks off Trav Williams‘ The Trickle Down. So in preparation for the release of Trav’s IllTravis tomorrow, I [...]

Kero One: Early Believers

by Judge Mental April 12, 2009 Music Reviews

Editor’s note: Thanks to Judge Mental from VinylMeltdown.com for stopping by and guest writing for the site! Bay Area MC/Producer Kero One made a pretty big splash on the world of underground hip hop in 2006 with his jazzy debut Windmills of the Soul. Three years later, a much more experienced Kero One releases Early [...]

Florida Emcee Takes On NY Producer 6th Sense. Comes Out Swinging.

by Kevin April 12, 2009 Coming Soon

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Orlando based emcee Godamus Rhyme has never been scared of a challenge. This was the attitude that prompted the creation of his newest release 6th Sense vs. Godamus Rhyme: The Adventures of Rhyme & Sense. The mixtape, which contains songs recorded to the instrumentals from the Feb. 2009 release, It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo!, [...]

The Inbox: Week Ending 4/11/09

by Kevin April 11, 2009 The Inbox

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I think this week has been the hardest week for me in terms of keeping up with the site. Coming off of vacation was a major bitch and although Thomas helped by hooking up the Inbox last week, he doesn’t get everything that gets submitted to the site. My inbox is so overwhelmed at this [...]

Will Roush Meets Biggie

by Kevin April 11, 2009 Music Videos

In Ep 1 of Will Roush‘s animated series that goes along with his debut mixtape “Know My Name,” the Notorious BIG prepares Will for his test in hip-hop history. Hit the jump for a download of Will’s “Konw The Ledge” freestyle…

Ayah: 4:15 Album Sampler

by Kevin April 11, 2009 Coming Soon

Toronto based songstress Ayah is gearing up to release her debut album 4:15 this Tuesday and we have an exclusive listen right here! Hit the jump to download the album sampler and hear what the fuss is all about and stay tuned to the site for our exclusive interview with Ayah later this week.

M-DOT: Gotta Be feat. Krumbsnatcha

by Kevin April 11, 2009 Music Videos

I just noticed this video in the Inbox that Thomas put up last week and thought it was pretty dope. The track was produced by Teddy Roxpin, who we interviewed some time back. This video is the first official single from M-DOT‘s album Musically Driven Over Time. He’s got tracks coming up with Sha Stimuli, [...]

Bashy: Ransom [Part One]

by Kevin April 11, 2009 Music Videos

While getting together this week’s Inbox post, this video caught my eye. Off Bashy‘s debut album Catch Me If You Can dropping June 1st. Hit the cut for more info…

DJ Grain: Ear To The Streets [4/10]

by DJ Grain April 11, 2009 Around The Net

What’s happening folks. It’s been another crazy week in the world of hip hop. Check for the summary and audio after the jump.

Malicious: Awake

by Kevin April 11, 2009 Singles

Brand new joint from Malicious AKA Mr. Malish, called “Awake”. Malish put this song together in preparation for his performances this weekend for The Shakedown (North America’s 4th largest snowboarding competition). He’ll be doing 3 shows in 24 hours. Grab the link after the cut and make sure you bookmark his new site NewMalish.com where [...]

H.I.S.D: Only A Fool

by Thomas April 11, 2009 Music Videos

I’ve never heard of Hueston Independent Spit District (H.I.S.D) until last week when they dropped two dope pieces of music off in The Inbox: Summer Sessions EP (2008) and The District (2007). Peep the video for the dopeness and hit up FWMJ for more information about the group.

The Foreign Exchange was in Miami and I Missed It!

by Kevin April 10, 2009 Misc

Man, I’m never taking a vacation again… lol. Not only did I have a ton of stuff backed up when I got back (which I’m still going through a week later), but I miss out on Phonte and Nicolay coming to town! I just can’t win…. check part two of the video after the cut.

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