April 2009

New Puchline Freestyle: Murda

by Kevin April 10, 2009 Singles

Punchline, from the group eMC, dropped off this new freestyle the other day. We should be hearing more stuff from him down the pipe in the form of a new mixtape and a collab album with the home Fokis. Make sure you all cop that eMC if you’ve been sleeping. Grab the freestyle after the [...]

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Custom Made: Sunday Money [New Video]

by Kevin April 10, 2009 Music Videos

Straight from LA and after 5 highly successful mixtapes (pushing north of 100K units sold) Custom Made (Bluff, Element, Scoobs and Six) returns with Street Cinema Vol: 6 The Lost Weekend (which will be released shortly). This is the first video from that mixtape. The Lost Weekend is a compilation of tracks that were recorded [...]

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Raekwon x Busta Rhymes: Death Wish + New Wu-Tang News

by Kevin April 10, 2009 News

Hot off the unofficial remix they did for Melanie Fiona’s “Give It To Me Right”, is Raekwon and Busta Rhymes with a new track called “Death Wish”. Not sure what project this is tied to. Possibly OB4CL2? At any rate, Rae & Bus make good music together; they should hook up more often. In related [...]

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Tim Westwood interviews Q-Tip

by Thomas April 9, 2009 Around The Net

Q-Tip on the Tim Westwood show breaking down Tribe’s discography.  Spotted at Nah Right.

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JD Era Opens For GZA In T-Dot

by Kevin April 9, 2009 The Show

Some people have blasted us for not giving JD Era any shine on the site, so here you go. The homie Young K was at the GZA concert in Toronto recently where JD opened up and grabbed a little footage. Fast forward to the 1:30 marks. Not bad. I need to get a hold of [...]

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Keelay & Zaire: Growin’ Up (feat Slo Mo) [Non Album Exclusive]

by Kevin April 9, 2009 Singles

Set to a slow, classic 90′s West Coast beat, Keelay & Zaire have collaborated with NorCal / Hawaiian emcee Slo Mo to offer you a bonus freebie, accompanying their newly released album, Ridin High. In “Growin Up,” Keelay & Zaire continue to show off their production skills, by allowing Slo Mo to set his upbeat [...]

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DJ Concept: Music Is Life, Pt. 2

by Kevin April 9, 2009 Mixtapes

DJ Concept comes through with a new mix highlighting some of the great music that’s been coming out as of late.  New stuff from Marco & Torae, Step Brothers, Blu, Eminem & more. Grab it after the cut…

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Classified Remix Contest Update

by Kevin April 9, 2009 Misc

A lot of people have been asking what’s up with this contest, so I wanted to let everyone know that Classified will be announcing a winner soon, hopefully next week. In the meantime, check out his current EPK above. It gives some good insight into who Class is for those who aren’t that familiar with [...]

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Pete Rock Mix on Tony Touch Show

by Kevin April 9, 2009 Around The Net

Spotted over at the beautiful MissInfo’s site, here’s audio from the recent Tony Touch show on SiriusXM’s Shade 45 featuring Pete Rock on the 1′s & 2′s. Close to two hours of goodness. Check it after the cut…

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Run-DMC Live @ The Apollo + JMJ Tribute Mix

by Kevin April 9, 2009 Singles

My homie J. Rizzle came through again for another dope post for Throwback Thursday. We may just have to bring him on as a contributor and give this whole series to him! This time we have a 1987 show of Run-DMC at The Apollo Theater. Sound quality is good and a must have for old [...]

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New Trav Williams: Bootleg Cable [prod by S.2]

by Kevin April 8, 2009 Singles

Now that I’ve started a little controversy with my post about Elzhi’s Illmatic tribute album, let’s unleash some heat from the upcoming IllTravis album! For those that are unfamiliar, we started a beat contest back in December. Producers from all over the globe came to battle using the original samples that made the Nas classic. [...]

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The Problemaddicts: The Guestlist

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Singles

Coalmine Records & The Problemaddicts are pleased to present The Guestlist through their imprint Mystika Music Group. The Guestlist is a compilation project that features original music that is mixed by their very own DJ Theory and includes guest appearances and production from the likes of Copywrite, Dead Prez, El Da Sensei, Evidence, J-Dilla, Khrysis, [...]

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Arcee & Kaewonder: Cratery Vol. 3 (45 Edition)

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Music

Arcee and Kaewonder drop their third compilation tape.  The tape is comprised of their favourite 45 records.  Peep what Arcee had to say about the compilation…

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Diz Gibran & Bleu Collar: The Reunion

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Music Videos
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Diz Gibran feat. Bleu Collar performing “The Reunion.”  If you don’t have Soon You’ll Understand please get it now.

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K. Sparks: The Red Tape

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Mixtapes

K.Sparks drops his new mixtape full of new and original material.  Production for the project was handled by French producer Kurser.  Sparks has about 5 other projects dropping this year so look out for those.  Link after the jump…

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Novel & Joell Ortiz: Stand Up

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Singles

R&B artist Novel teams up with the Joell Ortiz for a bangin track.  Link after the jump.

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DJ Honda & Problemz: NY/NY

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Music

DJ Honda has collaborated many established artist such as Mos Def, Afu Ra, Redman, Jeru The Damaja, Gang Star, Sadat X, and others.  His next solo project H IV will be released in the near future….until  he is giving us All Killa No Filla. Honda hooked up with Problemz (Missing Linx & Big City) for [...]

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MC Zumbi & The ARE= The Burnerz

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Singles

MC Zumbi of Zion I and producer the ARE of The Trackmasters have teemed up to deliver a song dissecting the tension between the police and the public, highlighted by several recent events in Zumbi’s hometown of Oakland.

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DJ Furious Styles & Shyne: 25 to Life

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Mixtapes

DJ Furious Styles along with Gangland Records are releasing this mixtape full of classic Shyne Po tracks.  Shyne should be hitting the streets sometime this summer after 10 long years locked up…should be an interesting summer.  Link and tracklist after the cut…

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Common: New York State of Mind (Live)

by Thomas April 8, 2009 Music Videos

Just in case you missed it Common performs Nas’s classic track effortlessly.  This is cool…

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