July 2009

K. Sparks: Identity Crisis

by Justin July 13, 2009 Singles

K. Sparks drops of week 46 of his Manic Mondays series called “Identity Crisis.” Here’s what K had to say about this song: “Nowadays every new artist coming into the game seems to have Identity Crisis…meaning that they all try to be other rap artist that are already in the game…keeping that in mind I [...]

American Moonwalker [MJ x Jay-Z]

by Kevin July 13, 2009 Hot Download

So what do you think of this? So many MJ tributes have come out as of late, this one takes it back to Jay-Z‘s American Gangster. This is American Moonwalker, brought to us courtesy of DJ Big Texas who mixed and co-produced the tape. Production on the tracks is from Noemadic and Jahborn. Check it [...]

Neva Again: Original Samples

by Thomas July 13, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Kam dropped his highly acclaim debut album in 1993 with the help from various West Coast producers (Rashad, Mr. Woody, T-Bone, etc). The disc was executive produced by his cousin Ice Cube and DJ Pooh. Early 90′s West Coast set so you know what you’re getting sample wise. Hit the cut for the tracklist and [...]

G.C. & Tokyo Cigar are The Cave Kingz!

by Kevin July 13, 2009 Hot Download

We gave you a preview of this new EP last week and now we have the full thing available right here. These 5 tracks are just a morsel of hip hop that you will hear from these two before the summer is out. HiPNOTT’s own G.C. has been mad at work and has two more [...]

Sample of The Day: Donny Goines Edition

by Kevin July 13, 2009 Sample of The Day

Props to Rob_D for finding this one. If you saw the new video from Donny Goines, you’ll recognize the above song. The sample is “Sea Lion Woman” by Feist. Apple Juice Kid produced the Donny Goines cut, “She Likes.”

Nobody Famous: King [Unreleased + Live Bonus Cut]

by Kevin July 12, 2009 Singles

The feedback from the Nobody Famous mixtape [Download id not defined] we released last week has been phenomenal! One of the tracks that a lot of you all have mentioned is your fav from the tape is “King.” I gotta admit, this is one of my favorite tracks too. Can you believe it was virtually unreleased? That is [...]

The Boys Are Back In Town!

by Kevin July 12, 2009 Misc

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Yup, one of my favorite television shows comes back on the air tonight for season 6… Entourage! Tonight @ 10:30 on HBO. Hug it out, bitch…

The Blueprint 2009: Week 11 Entries

by Kevin July 12, 2009 Contests

Here are the official entries from last week’s remix contest for “All I Need” off Jay-Z’s Blueprint. 40 of you all came out. Check em after the cut…

The Blueprint 2009 Remix Contest: Week 12

by Kevin July 12, 2009 Contests

Two more weeks left in the Blueprint Remix Contest! This week we’re getting into the Bink-produced “Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)”. Some of you may be wondering, what about “Renegade”? Well, two reasons… there is no acapella available and there is no sample in the song. So we’re skipping it. The sample this week is Al [...]

Slaughterhouse: The One

by Kevin July 12, 2009 Music Videos

OnSMASH comes through with the official uncut music video to Slaughterhouse‘s first single off their self titled album, dropping August 7th!

Melanie Fiona: Meets The Illadelphonics [A Live Jam Session]

by Kevin July 11, 2009 Hot Download

Here it is… the official Melanie Fiona/?uestlove mixtape! I was surprised to see this get a Saturday release, but I ain’t complaining. We have been following Melaine’s career since we announced her as the artist to watch back in January. Since then we’ve heard so many different versions of “Give It To Me Right” and [...]

K. Sidney: Letters To Windy

by Kevin July 11, 2009 Hot Download

Check out this new concept album from the homie K. Sidney, as he hand writes some personal letters to his home city, Chi-town… the Windy City… Chicago. There are few albums this year that I’ve had on repeat, but on first listen I know this will be one of them. If I had a K-Nott [...]

Primate: Hard Merchandise [The 72 Hour EP]

by Kevin July 11, 2009 Hot Download

My inbox has been overflowing since I stopped doing our weekly inbox posts. Sad to say, I end up ignoring most of the stuf that gets sent my way these days. But every now and then there will be something that catches my eye and this morning the following email prompted me to post this…

MyCypher.com Interviews Nobody Famous & Yours Truly

by Kevin July 11, 2009 Around The Net

I’m still recovering from last night… if you were following me on Twitter, you know what I’m talkin bout. This interview right here was floating around the Net last night, so I’m a little late in getting it up here. This was at the Order Up! album release party a couple weeks ago in L.A. [...]

Sample(s) of the Day: Slaughterhouse Edition

by Thomas July 11, 2009 Sample of The Day

Slaughterhouse is the super rap group comprising of Joe Budden, Crooked I, Royce Da 5’9″, and Joell Ortiz. The four emcees first appeared together on the track “Slaughterhouse” off of Joe Budden’s digital only release Halfway House [read review]. Many people are excited about the release of their self titled debut album dropping August 11 [...]

My Own Worst Enemy: Original Samples

by Thomas July 10, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Props goes out to SoulControllah for sending this set our way. Ed O.G. and Pete Rock collaborated on this 2004 release that produced bangers such as “Boston,” “Voices,” and “Wishing.” Pete Rock produced seven of the joints with help from Diamond D, DJ Revolution, and DJ Supreme One. SoulControllah included two bonus samples: one from [...]

Donny Goines: She Likes (feat. Che Grand & Izza Kizza)

by Kevin July 10, 2009 Music Videos

The homie Donny Goines hooks up with Court Dunn to put together a new video for one of my favorite joints off The Breakfast Club. Nice job guys! Apple Juice Kid on the beat. Download the album if you been sleepin!

The Foreign Exchange: Purple Flip (with ?uestlove, Carlitta Durand & Zo!)

by Justin July 10, 2009 Singles

Phonte & Nicolay have a special treat for you right here. The Foreign Exchange, along with the help of ?uestlove, Zo! and Carlitta Durand, pay tribute to Prince. Check out what Tay & Nic had to say about this project after the jump along with the link. And if you’re reading this Tay, you know [...]

Art of Fresh: Back To The Earth

by Justin July 10, 2009 Hot Download

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Art of Fresh, the duo made up of emcee D.O. and producer Slakah the Beatchild, have a new album out for you and it’s free! Also as a bonus, we have their music video for their track “Out of this World.” Get the download link and watch their video after the jump.

Discotechnology: The Sureshot [Mixed by DJ Big Jacks]

by Justin July 10, 2009 Mixtapes

Toronto’s DJ Big Jacks presents a special mix for you entitled “The Sure Shot.” Here’s what Jacks had to say about the project: “A few months ago my homie Bozack and I decided to start a night in Toronto called Discotechnology! The focus of the party is an outlet for us to play boogie, funk, [...]

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