I know we’ve had the topic of underground (or unknown) producers getting fucked over by bigger names in the industry, but I just got an email tonight that’s got me heated. I’m gonna let my man, Kil, explain the situation as he told it to me: Back in September 2008, MOP, Joe Budden, Termanology and [...]
Custom Made has released the first leak “My Dawgz” from their upcoming mixtape Long Story Short which drops on October 6th. This mixtape is a follow up to Element’s Great Expectations which dropped last year. If you missed their tape from earlier this year, The Lost Weekend, download it here.
Here’s a new leak from Strong Arm Steady featuring The Game off their upcoming Blacksmith release Arms & Hammers. The SAS Gang’s album with Madlib will be out before this so there will be plenty of music from Phil Da Agony, Krondon & Mitchy Slick in the coming months. Also cop Phil’s latest solo Think [...]
Ill Poetic, et al, just put together this soul mixtape for our enjoyment. According to Ill Poetic, “There’s nothing too “extra” or fancy about this mix. It’s a dusty little mix from myself & Voice of Reazon of some forgotten & rare soul gems. All Vinyl. All Natural. Something to keep in your playlist or [...]
Even though Land of Make Believe has been pushed back until February 2010, the Kidz In The Hall are not slowing down. “Jukebox” is the 2nd single from the album, but it will also be featured on the Kidz In The Hall free LP dropping Oct 27th. The video for “Jukebox” will be shot in [...]
After releasing the “Audacity of Hope” EP and arguably the hottest joint out of the Toronto this year (“Soaring To Heaven” featuring Saukrates, Tona, & Rich Kidd), King Reign is back to give you a full-course meal with his new project, “Reign Music”. Majority of the production is handled by Rich Kidd, with help from [...]
As Kev said a few days ago we didn’t compile any Jay-Z compilations because of the massive 11 Disc set call Library of A Legend. As I was looking through those 11 disc there are a few tracks missing or should I say not included. This comp is only eight tracks deep, but every Jay-Z [...]
It wouldn’t be right for us to have a Jay-Z week without some samples. Between us, Ivan, Goon, and YN all of Jay’s albums have received the sample treatment. These are loose samples from some unreleased songs, soundtrack cuts, and songs Jay has been featurned on. A couple of dope tracks on here…see “Hogan’s Thing.” [...]
As the “Eleven Days of Jay” keeps rolling along, this mix right here is by the world famous DJ Ayres (of the Rub), some may agree or disagree with the title of the mix but it bangz. Hit it after the jump and enjoy!!!
If The Black Album was the birth of the full album remix, than American Gangster was certainly the death of it. It’s not that there were so many bad remixes (though there were some), but that there were so many! HipHopDX actually had a contest for the best AG remix album (congrats to Remot). But, [...]
The Wu-Tang Clan enjoyed unprecedented success as a group and as individual members during the early-mid-90s, finding massive success and critical acclaim with their debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and successive solo albums from Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, and Ghostface Killah. Arguably, the album that stands out the most from that group [...]
Our last Who Spit for Jay week. “Eminem killed you on your own sh*t.” Nas spit that famous line on “Ether” as an answer record to Jay’s “Takeover.” So the question is did Eminem kill Jay on his on ish? Was Royce’s original verse better than Jay’s? Ok…we decide today. From my understand “Renegade” was [...]
How are the follwers enjoying the “Eleven Days of Jay”? It’s bangin’ ain’t it, this sumthin’ that the hip-hop blogs and sites never seen… 11 days dedicated to one artist. Man don’t you like how the “Coach” aka Kevin Nottingham thinks? Well here’s a hot mixtape done by the homiez Urban Noize out of the [...]
Jay finishes off his 10th album with this banger by Just Blaze. Verse two is where he shines. Jay has a knack for ending his albums with great songs: RD (“Regrets”), Vol. 1 (“You Must Love Me”), The Dynasty (“Where Have You Been”), The Black Album (“1st Song”). Lyrics (OHHLA) and YouTube video after the [...]
Wassup people… for Throwback Thursday we gonna hit cha with a double dose of The Best of Jay-Z Pt. 1 & 2 by DJ Mister Cee. Thanks to the homies over on The Diggers Union for the hook up on these 2 classic mixtapes. Hit em both after the jump!!!
The visual to Jay’s American Gangster. I thought all of these video’s were cool. A video for “Success” and/or “Party Life” would have been dope…but who am I? Everything after the jump!
American Gangster is the tenth studio album from Jay-Z, released November 6, 2007 on Roc-A-Fella Records. American Gangster is Jay-Z’s first concept album, which was inspired by the film of the same name. The album features production from Diddy & The Hitmen, Just Blaze, and The Neptunes, among others. Guest appearances include Beanie Sigel, Lil [...]
This Tuesday is gonna be a huge day for music releases! For those waiting for an official release of Kamaal The Abstract, the wait is over. Q-Tip talks about the making of this album above. For those new to the site, we did A Tribe Called Quest week about a year ago for the release [...]
This was a topic in the C-Box this evening so after seeing it at 2DB thought it would be worth posting. Fashawn, the West Coast emcee drops this mixtape as a prelude to his debut album Boy Meets World hitting retail on October 20. The tape features exclusive material produced by The Alchemist. I’m two [...]