August 2009

Quite Nyce: Hello, My Name Is Quite Nyce [Mixtape]

by Kevin August 18, 2009 Hot Download

Worcester, Massachusetts MC Quite Nyce has dropped his highly anticipated mixtape, Hello, My Name is Quite Nyce, a free download presented by Unherd Digital and some of the interwebz’ finest blogsites in 2dopeboyz.com, WYDUblog.com, RocktheDub.com, PotHolesInMyBlog.com, and KevinNottingham.com. This 18-track mixtape is a collection of Quite Nyce‘s most notable NEW material that was carefully selected [...]

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Rasheed Chappell: The Chappell Show Vol. 2 [Mixtape]

by Thomas August 18, 2009 Hot Download

Rasheed and his camp sent over his latest installment of The Chappell Show mixtape series.  I’m listening to it now and its good music.  Rasheed should be dropping the third installment of the series sometime in November with his debut album Nostalgia dropping soon thereafter! Just in case you missed anything regarding Sheed please play [...]

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Dee-1: The Announcement

by Justin August 18, 2009 Singles

One of my favorite up & coming artists, New Orleans emcee Dee-1, just dropped this new track called “The Announcement.” Dee-1 just dropped his album “David & Goliath” earlier this year and you can cop it now on iTunes and off his myspace for a physical copy. Trust me, it’s one of the best albums of [...]

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The Best Of Marsha Ambrosius [Mixtape]

by Thomas August 17, 2009 Hot Download

The beautiful songtress Marsha Ambrosius drops this “Best of” mixtape highlighing songs she has performed on and/or written.  I listened to this all day at work…dope. Props again goes to TSS via Honey Soul for the link.  Hit the cut for the tracklist, link, and bonus download.

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El Michels Affair: Isaac Hayes…A Tribute

by Thomas August 17, 2009 Hot Download

El Michels Affair pays tribute to the legendary Isaac Hayes by interpreting some of his classics.  The one year anniversary (is that the right word) of his passing was last week.  Just in case you all missed our tribute to Isaac Hayes last  year…grabe it here [Isaac Hayes collection] Props to TSS for the pic/link.  [...]

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Introducing… Hannibal King

by Kevin August 17, 2009 Get To Know

New York producer Hannibal King has a new project set to drop tomorrow, Eating Cornbread on the Millenium Falcon. Obviously inspired by the movie, Star Wars, the free EP features emcees from the likes of Donny Goines, El Prez, Jabee, Brown Bag AllStars, Cambatta, Nero, K. Sparks and others. We recently had the opportunity to catch up [...]

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Raekwon: Cuban Revolution [New Mixtape]

by Kevin August 17, 2009 Hot Download

In anticipation of Raekwon‘s new album, OB4CL2, here is a brand new mixtape titled Cuban Revolution, from Memory Man. Tracklist is after the jump and by the way, NONE of these songs are on the new album. Props to the homie Alex for the tape and make sure to check out our own Raekwon compilation, [...]

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Artist Spotlight: L.E.G.A.C.Y.

by DJ Grain August 17, 2009 Artist Spotlight

I am proud to present Mr. S.I.N Music himself, L.E.G.A.C.Y.  Hailing from the tobacco state of North Carolina, Leg has established himself as a force to be reckoned with.  In an industry flooded with artists talkin the same old money, cars, clothes sh*t madness, L.E.G.A.C.Y provides that rawness that has been lacking for awhile.  I [...]

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J-$crilla: Guns & Butter (feat XO & K-Beta)

by Justin August 17, 2009 Music Videos
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHR5Kf2pmns Producer J-$crilla has just released the music video for this track “Guns & Butter.” This cut features emcees XO (of Diamond District) & K-Beta and is the first single for his album “Culture of Honor” which drops next week. Also download the single after the jump.

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Donny Goines & Nero: My Poetry [prod by Hannibal King]

by Justin August 17, 2009 Singles

Here’s the latest leak from producer Hannibal King’s upcoming mixtape which drops August 18th on illRoots. ”My Poetry” features site favorite Donny Goines & Nero. Check out the tracklist after the jump and look out for our Artist Spotlight on Hannibal King soon!

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Thad Reid: Look My Way (feat Akshan)

by Justin August 17, 2009 Singles

Thad Reid drops the final edition of his PTO Series. This track entitled “Look My Way” features Akshan and is produced by Solo D.

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IllVibes Interview with 88-Keys

by Justin August 17, 2009 Around The Net
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRzy_oQYajM IllVibes got the chance to talk to 88-Keys when The Hangover Tour came through DC. Here’s what they had to say about the interview: “The Hangover Tour – with 88-Keys, Bobby Ray, Asher Roth, and Kid Cudi – made its way to the nation’s capitol on August 5. We met up with the brain [...]

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K. Sparks: Stolen + Pressure

by Justin August 17, 2009 Singles

Manic Mondays continues with week 51 and K. Sparks drops 2 tracks for us this time. Here’s some words about these 2 tracks from Sparks: “Stolen is about a very serious issue that continues to plague various children across the world…the song touches on the issue of child molestation…I tell two stories about two different [...]

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Eternia & MoSS: Road to Release Ep. 10 (feat. Pumpkinhead & Steele)

by Kevin August 17, 2009 Around The Net

In Episode #10, Eternia introduces the viewers to the musicians she plays with: DJ Boo, Chesney Snow, & Colin Dean. They are joined on stage by Grammy-award winner Maya Azucena for their Encore. Pumpkinhead has to make up for missing E’s set, and as usual E gets the official stamp of approval from a few [...]

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Contest: Quite Nyce Prize Package

by Kevin August 17, 2009 Contests

For the past few weeks, we have been bringing you leaks from Quite Nyce‘s upcoming mixtape Hello, My Name Is Quite Nyce. The mixtape drops tomorrow and Quite Nyce wants to offer up some prizes to all of his listeners and our readers. The prize package is huge, so hit the jump to check out [...]

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Sample of The Day: Sheek Louch + Ghostface + Alchemist

by Kevin August 17, 2009 Sample of The Day

I gotta admit, I’d love to see more Alchemist samples posted on the site. Not sure why we haven’t, other than this post that Thomas did. “Movie N****s” from Sheek Louch and Ghostface has got to be one of my all-time favorite Alchmist beat. Props to my man Kamran who came through with the original [...]

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The Blueprint 2009 Remix Contest: Week 14 Winner

by Kevin August 16, 2009 Contests

Yeah, I know I’m late on this… been pretty busy lately, but better late than never. I had some free time today to finish going through these and a few of you keep asking, so I figure I should get it out of the way. What a way to finish a remix contest though! “Lyrical [...]

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Slaughterhouse: Original Samples

by Kevin August 16, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

Contrary to other members on this site, I can’t get enough of the new Slaughterhouse album… been bumping it non-stop since it leaked a week before it’s release date. Thomas and I have also been diggin for the samples since then too! Some were easy, some were not. In fact, there are still a few [...]

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Soulful Sundays: Bilal Edition

by J. Rizzle August 16, 2009 Soulful Sundays

For our 2nd installment for Soulful Sundays we bring you the talented artist out of the city of Illadelphia (Philly) the artist named Bilal and his mixtape named The Return of Mr. Wonderful. This artist has sung the hook on Common’s “The 6th Sense,” and his single “Soul Sista” appeared on the movie Love & [...]

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Soulful Sundays: Raheem DeVaughn Edition

by J. Rizzle August 16, 2009 Mixtapes

Happy Sunday Fam, it’s Soulful Sunday and today we bring you one of the most talented soulful artist to put it down for R&B. I can remember checking out his vocal flow as a member of Urban Ave. 31 and the next thing I know he went solo and blew up. Today we bring you [...]

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