August 2009

DJ Premier + Krumb Snatcha: Closer to God

by Thomas August 19, 2009 DJ Premier Wednesdays
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Premier produced this banger for Krumb Snatcha found on his debut album Snatcha Season Pt. 1. “Closer to God” is more of that “Make Em’ Pay” Krumb.  As always…if I missed anything leave the info in comments. Hit the jump for the streams/download.

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The Legendary DJ Premier [Mixed by DJ Haylow]

by J. Rizzle August 19, 2009 DJ Premier Wednesdays

For all the DJ Premier heads out there this mix right here is done by the Bay Area Representer DJ Haylow and he named this mix “The Lengendary DJ Premier.” He also tracked out the mix and he’s been a fan of KevinNottingham.com for a minute… so check out the mix and leave a comment.. If [...]

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DJ Premier: Australia/New Zealand Tour Mixtape 2004

by J. Rizzle August 19, 2009 DJ Premier Wednesdays

It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for some DJ Premier to get cha day amped. Ttoday we bring you the DJ Premier Australia/New Zealand Tour Mixtape from back in 2004. Check the tracklist after the jump and get cha head nod on…

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Mishoo The Drumkit: Hope feat. Mr. Nnaji [Video]

by DJ Grain August 19, 2009 Music Videos

This is the first video off one of my favorite free albums of 2009 Born In The Land of A Thousand Hills from the homie Mishoo the Drumkit reppin Germany and Rwanda to the fullest.  Check out his website http://www.mishoothedrumkit.com for more great music and other ish.

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Jay-Z: The Real Official Blueprint 3 Tracklist

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Coming Soon

Here’s the official tracklisting, courtesy of www.jay-z.com. All I can say is, what is up with all of the features? Alicia Keys, Swizz Beats, Drake, Kid Cudi, J. Cole… the list goes on. Hit the jump for a glimpse!

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Punchlyne & Fokis: The Appetizer EP

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Exclusive

It’s finally here… the brand new EP from eMC’s Punchlyne and Fokis! The Appetizer is a 6 track EP giving you a taste of Punchlyne and Fokis’ upcoming album, The Reset Button. Presented exclusively by KevinNottingham.com, 2DopeBoyz, and HipHopGame, each site has an exclusive bonus track that you can only get on each respective sites! [...]

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Apathy: True Love (feat Phonte)

by Justin August 18, 2009 Singles

Demigoz & AOTP member Apathy preparing to drop his long awaited follow up to Eastern Philosophy this October. The album Wanna Snuggle? *pause* is set for an October 6th release date. This leak entitled “True Love” features Phonte and don’t worry, he drops a verse! Apathy also has a new group formed w/ Ryu (of [...]

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M-Dot: The Real & The Raw (feat Jaysaun)

by Justin August 18, 2009 Singles

Here is the first single “The Real & The Raw” from M-Dot’s upcoming album which drops this winter. This track features Jaysaun (of Special Teamz) and is produced by Explizit One. Link after the jump.

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Brown Bag AllStars: Undeniable (Audible Doctor Remix)

by Justin August 18, 2009 Music Videos
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1pOjvcFw9o Brown Bag AllStars just dropped their debut music video for “Undeniable (Audible Doctor Remix).” BBAS’s new mixtape/street album is available on iTunes now!

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Paul Not Paul: Witty Unpredictable (M-Phazes Remix)

by Kevin August 18, 2009 New Music Releases

Monsters Ink’s Numonics teams up with South Florida MC Paul Lewis to form Paul Not Paul. Here is their record “Witty Unpredictable” which has been remixed by none other than M-Phazes! M-Phazes has an extensive track record of dope music by working with artists like Pharoahe Monch, Royce Da 5’9″, Emilio Rojas, Heltah Skeltah, Freeway, [...]

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J. Blitz: Just Another Day + Flashes of Greatness Info

by Justin August 18, 2009 New Music Releases

New Orleans emcee J. Blitz (read our Artist Spotlight here) has just dropped his authorized bootleg “Flashes of Greatness” and here is a track featured on the street album. ”Flashes”  is availabe for only $5 here so make sure you cop yours today.  Tracklist & link after the jump.

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Wordsworth: Everybody

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Singles

As we patiently wait for the new EP from Punchlyne and Fokis, here’s a brand new cut from another eMC member, Wordsworth. This is off his upcoming, yet untitled mixtape. Man, when are these two gonna get back in the studio with Masta Ace and Stricklin? Grab “Everybody” after the cut…

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Hannibal King: Eating Cornbread On The Millennium Falcon

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Hot Download

… and another one! Does anyone here have time to listen to all the great free music that comes out on the regular? Let alone retail releases. If anything, the album cover above and the name of this one should peak your interest. We caught up with Hannibal King in our exclusive interview yesterday and [...]

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14KT: Nowalataz

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Hot Download

Today must be the day for dope free releases. If you’re not up on 14KT yet, you really need to get out from your hole. 14KT is the best producer to come out of Detroit since Black Milk and Dilla. I got this in my inbox early this morning and was holding out in hopes of getting a [...]

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J. Rocwell vs. Papoose vs. Wale

by Carsten August 18, 2009 Who Spit It Better?

Looks like American rappers love British girls, huh? At least they like to jump on the European radio hit “That’s Not My Name” by UK’s pop duo The Ting Tings. While Wale got paid to lay his verses on the official Skeet & Tito Remix, Papoose and newcomer J. Rocwell added their verses to the [...]

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The Notorious B.I.G: Ready To Die [Instrumentals]

by J. Rizzle August 18, 2009 Instrumentals

For the 2nd post today…I said to myself …”Self, how can I bring the fiyah to follow up the first instrumental post?” and the answer is what you see here… the classic among classics.  KevinNottingham.com’s Instrumental Tuesdays brings you The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die Instrumentals. Did y’all peep how I kept the posts [...]

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Nas: Illmatic [Instrumentals]

by J. Rizzle August 18, 2009 Instrumentals

Due to the overwhelming response to last week’s article Ranking the Tracks: Illmatic by the homie Sean Deez … I said “hmmmmmmmm” why not rock with the Illmatic Instrumentals for today’s Instrumental Tuesday. Maybe you’d like to rank the instrumentals from 1 to 10?

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Just Released Today [08/18]

by Kevin August 18, 2009 New Music Releases

Sort of a lack luster day for new music releases, though I’ll probably check out the two albums shown above. Probably the best release today is the free mixtape fro Quite Nyce, which you can download here. Fokis & Punchlyne’s free EP is suppose to drop today too, but I haven’t seen anything on it [...]

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Smif-N-Wessun: Wrekonize Pt. II

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Singles

DJ Mixx Presents The Sequels… A media series in which cornerstone, Golden-Age Hip Hop icons revisit their classic material in order to create second installments to unforgatable moments in Hip Hop History. The series will provide foundation Hip Hop listeners with what they’ve been waiting for- new material from their favorite MC’s. It will also provide [...]

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Black Milk: In The A.M.

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Singles

What a perfect track for me this early in the a.m. Just as I’m a few hours into my beauty sleep, my smoke alarm goes off due to a bad battery (who the hell keeps spare 9 volt batteries laying around?). Since I couldn’t get back to sleep, I decided to see what’s going on [...]

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