June 2009

DJ Premier & Blaq Poet: Behind The Scenes of The “Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed” Remix Video

by Justin June 22, 2009 Coming Soon
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJgDxNVsFuM A behind the scenes look at Blaq Poet’s “Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed” Remix produced by the legendary DJ Premier. If you haven’t already downloaded the track, check it out here. “Tha Blaqprint” is coming soon!

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Wyclef Jean: Coming to America [Mixtape]

by Justin June 22, 2009 Mixtapes

The former Fugees frontman Wyclef Jean releases a new mixtape called “Coming to America.” Also some big names featured on the tape including Raekwon, Styles P, Lil’ Wayne and Lauryn Hill. Cover, tracklist & download link after the jump.

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Black Millhouse Presents: SKETCH – Sketch This

by Kevin June 22, 2009 Hot Download

There are a lot of talented people on the Internet, but it’s very rare to come across someone like my man Millhouse, or should I say Black Millhouse as he’s known as his producer alter ego. I case you didn’t know, Millhouse is sort of a jack of all trades… and on top of that [...]

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L.E.G.A.C.Y: Suicide Music

by Sean Deez June 22, 2009 Music Reviews

“Entirely produced by Khrysis.”  This is really all I needed to see after reading the press release of L.E.G.A.C.Y’s sophomore album, Suicide Music.  Not saying that Leg is a slouch, because quite frankly, behind Phonte and Pooh, he may be the strongest member of the Justus League collective.  I was first blown away by L.E.G.A.C.Y [...]

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Top 10 KevinNottingham.com Moments

by Sean Deez June 22, 2009 Lists

So here it is, our Second Anniversary. Over millions of hits later, hundreds of thousands of members later, and a whole bunch of reviews, articles, song postings, spotlights, interviews, site designs,controversies, and staff members later… we still freaking rock. Generally, we wouldn’t have done this, but the fact that SO much has happened in the [...]

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KevinNottingham.com Turns Two Years Old Today!

by Kevin June 22, 2009 Misc

Ah, who here remembers the graphic above? If you do, then you’ve been with us most of the 2 years that we’ve been in existance. Today marks the 2 year anniversary of KevinNottingham.com. The site has grown tremendously in the short 2 years that we’ve been in existence. In 2 years we’ve reached close to [...]

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John Public’s Wrap Up of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

by Kevin June 22, 2009 Around The Net

The homie John Public covers the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival… End of The Weak! Saturday (7.20.09) was an incredible day for hip-hop in New York, man. Once again, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival took over the city and brought in acts like Pharoahe Monch, Styles P, Black Thought, Craig G, Brand Nubian, Dead Prez and many more. [...]

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5th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

by Kevin June 21, 2009 The Show

Yesterday was the main event for the Fifth Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival was going down. This is yet another reason why I just gotta move my ass to NY! Thankfully my man Junclassic was there to attend the event and cover it for us. Hit the jump to hear his story of how the [...]

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Marley Marl’s Son Pays Tribute By Remaking a Classic

by Kevin June 21, 2009 Around The Net

M.Will remakes his father’s “Set it Off” for Father’s Day and announces his new mixtape, a tribute to Marley Marl.

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Producer CEO: Illmind [Part 5]

by Kevin June 21, 2009 Interviews

In our final segment with Illmind, our spotlighted Producer CEO talks in-depth about effective networking, translating personal relationships into mutually beneficial monetary ones, as well as staying busy and how perfecting your craft is the first and most important part of building your brand. We definitely want to thank Illmind for taking his time to [...]

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The Blueprint 2009: Week 9 Entries

by Kevin June 21, 2009 Contests

Ok, Week 9 is officially ended. We switched things up this week with the way you all submitted your remixes, by having you upload them directly to my Box.net account. I wish I would have thought of this a long time ago, as it makes it a lot easier on me. Instead of downloading all [...]

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J Dillia: Dillanthology Volume 2

by Sean Deez June 21, 2009 Coming Soon

Not one to shy away from the remix, Dilla dabbled quite a bit in putting his own spin on tracks.  Most of the time, he reformed the track for the better and totally brought songs out of their original element and into a new world.  It’s a skill that not many have (Pete Rock comes [...]

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The Blueprint 2009 Remix Contest: Week 10

by Kevin June 21, 2009 Contests

We’re getting closer and closer to the end of our Blueprint 2009 Remix Contest. Four more weeks left and four more opportunities for you to win a spot on the Remixtape. Before we get into this week’s track, I just want to let you all know that the winner for Week 8 will not be [...]

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Happy Father’s Day!

by Kevin June 21, 2009 Around The Net
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MC Hammer Addresses 3rd Bass Beef After 20 Years

by Kevin June 20, 2009 Around The Net

What, is Hammer trying to make a comeback? Looks like this is a portion of the same interview we posted earlier this week. But I found this one interesting. Not the video, per se, but the whole beef. Can you all believe Hammer actually put a hit out on 3rd Bass? You can read about [...]

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Tyler Woods: Prove Myself [prod. by 9th Wonder]

by Kevin June 20, 2009 Singles

Just because the inbox is gone doesn’t mean I’m not gonna continue to give artists their shine. The homie L’Daialogue DiCaprio just sent over this track from Tyler Woods, in which he’s featured on. 9th Wonder produced the track, which shouldn’t be a surprise since Tyler had a spot on The Formula. The mp3 is not [...]

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At Your Own Risk: Original Samples

by Thomas June 20, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Props to Onez for compiling this set.  At Your Own Risk was released September 24, 1990 and reached Gold status although the album only charted one single; Ruff Rhyme (Back Again).  I’m not too familiar with this one, but I’m sure some of our loyal left coast followers will dig this.  Didn’t King Tee have [...]

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Introducing… Phoenix Jones

by Kevin June 20, 2009 Artist Spotlight

We recently featured Phoenix Jones‘ latest mixtape, The Family Guy [Download id not defined], on the site and it’s turning out to be one of my favorite tapes of the year so far. So I wanted to hit up this Cleveland emcee and find out what he’s all about. Get to know Phoenix Jones after the cut…

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Kevin’s Rant: Blogging is a Thankless Job

by Kevin June 20, 2009 Misc

I rarely get on here to rant or voice my opinion, so when I do you know that there really is something on my mind. I want to use this post as the official notice to the end of our Inbox series. The work involved with putting that post together (often 3-4 hours every Saturday) [...]

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Braille & S1: Skepticold

by Kevin June 20, 2009 Music Videos

The latest music video from Braille & S1‘s CloudNineteen [read review], “Skepticold” was shot in Portland, OR with an extensive cast and crew. The duo set out on a mission to give away 30,000 copies of the album this year at all their live shows. So far they have manufactured 15,000 copies and given away [...]

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