August 2009

Ranking The Tracks: Illmatic

by Sean Deez August 10, 2009 Ranking The Tracks

A new series we here and KevinNottinagham.com want to initiate. Of course, we love our reader participation and the give-a-damn comments we get 85% of the time. Unlike other blogs, the comments and the commenters kind of establish more discussion and aren’t one word or two word statistics. With that said, we feel that this [...]

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General Steele: Welcome to Bucktown U.S.A.

by eA August 10, 2009 Music Reviews

Welcome to Bucktown U.S.A. is more than an album; it’s a living soundtrack to the streets of Brooklyn, NY.  To any fan of the early Duck Down projects, ya’ll know that “Bucktown” was a staple in the terms slanged around in the gritty, rugged, raw lyricism of the various BCC Soldiers.  As the first official [...]

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Win Tickets to See Jamie Foxx This Tuesday!

by Sean Deez August 9, 2009 Contests

Ramosent.com and KevinNottingham.com have teamed up in the past to give lucky fans chances to win tickets to the Boot Camp Clik on stage, as well as the Gza. This time, we are slowing things down a bit and delivering fans a chance to see Oscar winner, Grammy nominated, and multitalented entertainer: Jamie Foxx. The [...]

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Most Anticipated 4th Quarter Music Releases

by Kevin August 9, 2009 Coming Soon

The 4th quarter (Sept – Dec) is usually reserved for some of the hottest music releases you’ve been waiting for all year. This year, 2009, is no exception. Every year around this time, I like to put together a list of my most anticipated 4th quarter releases. This year it was really tough for me [...]

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Andreena Mill: Ready To Fly

by Kevin August 9, 2009 Hot Download

Props to my man Young K who turned me on to this talented R&B singer, Andreena Mill, out of Toronto. This mixtape here, mixed by DJ Lissa Monet, has Andreena singing over popular hip hop beats such as “A Million and One Questions,” “Release Yo Delf,” and Common’s “Go.” The tape also includes original productions [...]

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Maxwell: BLACKsummers’night

by eA August 9, 2009 Music Reviews

At a time when music has been saturated with money and the heart of a lyric has been replaced by auto-tune, it couldn’t have been a better moment in time for Maxwell to reappear into the music scene. It’s been nearly a decade since Maxwell’s last album (Now) but by no means has the seasoned [...]

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Soulful Sundays: Raphael Saadiq Edition

by J. Rizzle August 9, 2009 Soulful Sundays

This is the 2nd post for Soulful Sunday…we are hitting you with another mix by Supa Quool DJ Uncle Q (check the Maxwell & Erykah Badu posts from last week). This mix brings to you the talented Raphael Saadiq…check the tracklist after the cut. I bet you didn’t know he either produced or wrote some [...]

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Soulful Sundays: Michael Jackson Remix Suite

by J. Rizzle August 9, 2009 Soulful Sundays

Whut up peeps? Today is Soulful Sunday and I thought this would be a good time to drop this preview to an upcoming MJ remix project from Universal Motown. They are getting top producers in the industry to remix MJ’s classics, such as The Neptunes, Polow Da Don, Dallas Austin, Salaam Remi and Stargate. Hit [...]

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Melanie Fiona + Gowhere Hip Hop

by Kevin August 8, 2009 Around The Net
http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

One of our close affiliates, Sgt Tibbs at GowhereHipHop.com, had the opportunity recently to catch up with Ms. Melanie Fiona at the Heineken Red Star Soul Series in Chicago. They talk briefly about Busta, Raekwon, and Talib jumping on the remixes of her first single “Give It To Me Right” and also go into her [...]

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Jurassic 5: Original Samples

by Thomas August 8, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Props to our man E.J. for blessing us with this set.  Jurassic 5 released their self-titled album in 1998.  The LP was produced entirely by Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark.  The set contains 14 original samples that have not been featured in previous sets.  So hit the cut for the album info and link…

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Is Vinyl Making a Comeback?

by Kevin August 8, 2009 Around The Net
http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

Props to my man Lennon who sent this video to me before we started having server problems. With the slow death of the Compact Disc and the rise of digital music, why not bring back one of the best forms of physical music? This video documentary takes a look at vinyl records and how they’re [...]

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Sample of the Day: Jay Electronica + Just Blaze + De La Soul

by Thomas August 8, 2009 Sample of The Day

Well, this short trailer of Jay Electronica’s song “Dear Moleskin” (produced by Just Blaze) hit the net early this week [trailer] and low and behold  the sample has been ID’ed!  Soul Controllah via rvm from The-Breaks spotted this joint.  This is also the main sample to De La Soul’s “Sunshine” from their classic album Stakes [...]

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Back Again!

by Kevin August 8, 2009 Misc

We are definitely 100% back again (queue in Dilated Peoples)… I wanna thank everyone for being so patient as we worked out our server issues. Apparently we were too popular… too many visitors was overloading the servers. I guess that ain’t a bad thing, huh? We have successfully moved over to a fully dedicated server [...]

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K. Sparks & Angelous: Queens vs. Brooklyn

by Justin August 7, 2009 Hot Download

K. Sparks has been featured heavily on the site for awhile now with his Manic Mondays series of singles. Now he links up with Angelous for this new mixtape “Queens vs. Brooklyn.” Tracklist (back cover) & link after the jump.

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The Anatomy of Pump Up the Volume by M.A.R.R.S.

by Kevin August 6, 2009 Around The Net

I know you all have to remember this song from 1987…. “Pump Up The Volume” by M.A.R.R.S. DJ Prince hit me up last week to share another sample video he had just done and while checking out hi YouTube channel I came across this one and just had to post it. This song has got [...]

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RH Bless: Unsignable

by Justin August 6, 2009 Hot Download

We’ve been featuring RH Bless for awhile on the site. Now his mixtape “Unsignable” has finally arrived for free download. Tracklist and link after the jump.

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1134 Mix Show Ep 25 & 26

by Justin August 6, 2009 Around The Net

Looks like we are back up (for the moment at least lol) so here’s not one but 2 episodes of the 1134 Mix Show. Episode 25 is an old school mix and 26 is the usual lineup of the best new tracks out. Tracklist & links after the jump.

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Punchlyne & Fokis Present… The Appetizer [Cover + Tracklist]

by Kevin August 6, 2009 Coming Soon

When the musical minds of two of the Lower East Side’s most prolific artists collide, you can guarantee as music fans you are in for a treat. Coming together on THE APPETIZER, L.E.S Ambassador Fokis and EMC‘s Punchlyne combine their efforts to present a lyrically charged taster of six tracks this summer. Linking up with [...]

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L.O.X: Move [prod by J Cardim]

by Kevin August 6, 2009 Singles

Ah, I think we may be back up for a bit after all the hosting problems we’ve been having the past 24 hours. No telling if we’re up for good or not, but I’m gonna try to get some posts in while I can. Apparently my host says the site has too many visitors and [...]

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DJ Green Lantern: Throwback Classics Vol. 1

by Justin August 6, 2009 Mixtapes

Well we’ve been having some issues with site but it looks like we may be back up today. So here’s a special for Throwback Thursday: DJ Green Lantern’s Throwback Classics Vol. 1. Tracklist & link after the jump.

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