September 2009

The Great Bootleg Debate: Who Feels the Pain? The Industry, The Artist or The People?

by J. Rizzle September 18, 2009 Exclusive

I attended this panel debate at the Words, Beats and Life Bootleg Festival this past Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. This was a good way to kick off the festival with a topic that is effecting hip-hop . Thanks to Dr. Jared Ball the founder of FreeMix Radio for the mp3 hookup as well as the [...]

Nobody Famous: Making of The Journey Part 2 with Jason Yang

by Kevin September 18, 2009 Coming Soon

We are still promoting Order Up! Volume 3 and Nobody Famous is already back in the studio working on new music. Since Fam’s track “Electric” got placed the other day on a new CW TV show, he’s ready to take the world by storm. “The Journey Part 2″ should be ready to leak soon, but [...]

Words Beats & Life Bootleg Festival in D.C.

by J. Rizzle September 18, 2009 The Show

I wanted to share this with my fellow hip-hop headz here in the DMV area I attended last night and had hella fun and the panel discussions were very informative as well as passionate..this shows that the Hip-Hop is very much alive and it continues to grow each and every day..so if you live in [...]

Freestyle Friday: KRS-One vs. Buckshot

by Kevin September 18, 2009 Freestyle Friday

Since the new KRS-One/Buckshot album just dropped this past Tuesday, we’re gonna put these two emcees up head to head for today’s Freestyle Friday. Both emcees have been in the game a loooooong time, so this should make for an interesting thread. The idea of Freestyle Fridays is to battle one another with your favorite [...]

Royce Da 5’9″: Taxi Driver

by Kevin September 18, 2009 Singles

Brand new unreleased joint from Royce Da 5’9″, off his upcoming album Street Hop… props to Jonathan!

Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One: Flashback

by Justin September 18, 2009 Music Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_3V38vV694″>httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_3V38vV694

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_3V38vV694 The first video from Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One’s upcoming collaboration album Parallel Uni-Verses has arrived. “Flashback” is the lead single off the project from Del & Tame which drops October 13th on Gold Dust Media. Also check out the first leak from the album here.

ChrisCo: No Sleep, Just Smash

by Justin September 17, 2009 Hot Download

Michigan emcee ChrisCo drops this free album No Sleep, Just Smash for all the hip hop heads. The new project features guest appearances from Royce da 5’9, Styles P, Danny Brown, Kurupt, Termanology, Joe Budden, Mayer Hawthorne & more. Chris will also be appearing on Royce’s Bar Exam 3 which is coming this fall. Tracklist & link [...]

EDO G + Diamond D + Kaze: Nobody Like Me (Madwreck Remix)

by Kevin September 17, 2009 Singles

DJ K.O. comes through with the latest leak to his upcoming remix project with Beat*Society titled Master Thieves Vol. 2 (Picture These Remixes). This time around the Madwreck remixed “Nobody Like Me” which features EDO G, Diamond D & Kaze. It’s completely flipped from the original vibe which was real clean and crisp. Madwreck brought [...]

Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West: VMA Belongs To Me [Cookin Soul Mashup]

by Kevin September 17, 2009 Around The Net

Oh no they didn’t! This Kanye West/Taylor Swift thing has gone to far, but the creative cats known as Cookin Soul has done up another dope mashup. This is one to check! Download the audio after the cut…

Fashawn: Life As a Shorty (feat. J. Mitchell) [Video]

by Thomas September 17, 2009 Music Videos

The lead single from Fashawn’s Boy Meets World album dropping on October 20. I’ll be checking for his album come October as I was extremely impressed with The Antidote mixtape he dropped a week ago. Video via OnSmash.

Emilio Rojas: Recession Proof [No DJ/No Tags]

by Kevin September 17, 2009 Hot Download

I guess wishes do come true! Just a couple months ago I was telling Emilio‘s manager that I needed a copy of Recession Proof (one of my favorite mixtapes this year) sans DJ Noodles. Nothing against Noodles, it’s just that I like to hear my music. More artists should definitely do this. If you haven’t [...]

DJ Premier Talks Royce Da 5’9″ Album

by Kevin September 17, 2009 Exclusive

Exclusively first at KevinNottingham.com! In Part 2 of 3, Premier talks with John Public about what makes Royce Da 5’9 such a special emcee, and how their chemistry in the lab made recording the album a welcome step back in time. And while the writing/recording might have been easy, Premier also talked about a track [...]

Goodie Mob: MARTA Bus Tour

by Justin September 17, 2009 Around The Net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jB8XTDQV7I”>httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jB8XTDQV7I

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jB8XTDQV7I Straight From the “A” TV got some footage of the legendary Goodie Mob doing their own version of a bus tour. The much anticipated reunion show is this Saturday in their hometown of Atlanta. Cee-Lo, Khujo, T-Mo & Big Gipp will also be embarking on a reunion tour so look out to see if [...]

Melanie Fiona: The Bridge

by Sean Deez September 17, 2009 Music Reviews

Call it being patriotic, but I love my city. I love Toronto. I love everything about it. So, it’s not uncommon for me to geek out when someone from Toronto turns out to be a big (or moderately big) star. Sure, we got the Drake’s, the Michael Myers’, the John Candy’s, but a girl like [...]

Nobody Famous “Electric” Featured on the CW’s The Beautiful Life

by Kevin September 17, 2009 News

Yesterday we told you that Nobody Famous got his song “Electric” placed on the new CW show The Beautiful Life, which premiered last night. Of course, I was super pumped about this as it is the first ever placement from an artist on HiPNOTT Records. I wasn’t expecting more than a few seconds in the [...]

Azage: The Bars Outbreak

by Justin September 17, 2009 Exclusive

How about an exclusive for you? Here is the KevinNottingham.com sponsored The Bars Outbreak Mixtape from Azage for your enjoyment. The tape features Azage rocking over productions from some of the elite producers in the game like DJ Premier, RZA, Organized Noize, 9th Wonder, Ski, Kanye West & more. Tracklist & link after the jump.

J The S: Take Me Alive [prod by Wizard]

by Justin September 17, 2009 Singles

We have a new leak from Boston’s J The S called “Take Me Alive” produced by Wizard. This cut is off his upcoming album The Last Days.

Mike Beatz: 50/50 [prod by Mike Beatz]

by Justin September 17, 2009 Singles

Florida emcee/producer Mike Beatz releases the new single “50/50″ which will be available in November for purchase. Mike has 2 mixtapes on the way, one with DJ Young Cee and I’m Thirsty with DJ Absolut so look out for those 2 projects to drop soon.

1134 Mix Show Episode 29

by Justin September 17, 2009 Podcast

Episode 29 of the 1134 Mix Show has arrived with another dope lineup. Featured on the show this time are Raekwon, Ghostface, Dynas, Slick Rick, Phonte, Brother Ali, Sean Price, Fashawn & more. Tracklist & link after the jump.

Loleatta Halloway: We’re Getting Stronger (Skratch Bastid Mix)

by Justin September 17, 2009 Singles

Here goes a new mix from Skratch Bastid. Skratch had this to saw about the project: “Here’s a mix I did of Loleatta Halloway’s “We’re Getting Stronger”, the Salsoul record that Swizz Beats sampled for Whitney Houston’s new single “Million Dollar Bill (feat Alicia Keys)“. There are a few versions out there, including the very [...]

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →

Page 1 of 9012 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15...25 30 35 40 45...»Last »