January 2010

Wax: 2010 Til Infinity

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Music Videos

Since we’re catching up on Wax, here’s a new track he did over the Souls of Mischief classic. Hopefully Wax gets the credit he deserves this year. If you don’t know him yet, get familiar! Grab the audio after the cut…

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Dumbfoundead + Wax: Hollyhoodrats

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Singles

Dumbfoundead and Wax hooked up for this track about stupid chicks in LA. I wonder if they’re any dumber than the chicks here in Miami?You know we have a Hollywood in South Florida too… this could apply… lol. The track is sick, though. Like, for real… omg. Produced by Chris V with cuts by DJ [...]

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Chaundon + Little Vic: Story To Tell

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Singles

DJ Concept & DJ Mickey Knox are set to release The BYOB EP real soon but wanted to let a quick leak out for the fans. The EP is entirely produced by Sickness, an up & coming cat, from Long Island featuring brand new tracks from L.E.G.A.C.Y., Kaleber, Typ Ill, Illa Ghee, Chaundon & Little [...]

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SPEAK Easy: Black 007

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Singles

Milwaukee emcee SPEAK Easy is gearing up to release his sophomore album in the second quarter of this year and to help spread the word he is releasing the street single “Black 007″. Track is grimy! I’ll be checkin for this project. Grab the track after the cut…

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D.P: Hollow

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Singles

Hot off the buzz of fortyeighthours., D.P. has just released Bar Tab Blues, a 17-track concept album and his first full-length official release. The album is an introspective trip through the life of a struggling musician, told through stories of 20-something youths navigating the world of failed relationships, drug-addiction, all-night parties and faded dreams. The [...]

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Mr. J. Medeiros: Love Is All (feat. Tara Ellis)

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Singles

Looks like Mr. J Medeiros is releasing his 2009 EP, The Art of Broken Glass, for free via Bandcamp this coming Tuesday. This is the first single they are promoting for the release. The Art of Broken Glass is a much more traditional hip-hop release from Mr. J. Medeiros, formerly of the Procussions. As he [...]

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Intuition: Future Ex-Wife

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Singles

Here’s the latest leak from Intuition… off his new album dropping January 26th, Girls Like Me, the song is called “Future Ex-Wife” and features Travis Brown on the hook.

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DJ Toolz: The Fine of O-Nine

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Mixtapes

One of my favorite mixtape series from last year was the ones put out by the homie DJ Toolz. Not exactly mixtapes in a sense, as the tracks are not mixed… so it’s more of a compilation, but dude has an ear for great music. He recently sent over this 2 disc set of the [...]

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Wordsmith Shout Out!

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Misc

I told you all before that I love these things, but this video shout out has got to be the most creative one yet… lol. Big shout out to the homie Wordsmith… I see you man!

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Rapper Big Pooh: The Purple Tape

by Justin January 12, 2010 Hot Download

Rapper Big Pooh is back with The Purple Tape, using Black Milk’s Music From The Color Purple beats with his blessing for this new project mixted by DJ Jaycee. The tape is 11 new tracks from the Little Brother emcee with appearances from fellow Justus League members Chaundon, Joe Scudda & Jozeemo. Full cover, tracklist & link [...]

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Spit Supreme: Metal Things (feat Bad Newz & V. Knucks)

by Justin January 12, 2010 Singles

J-Ronin hit us up with a track from one of his ALL ELEMENTS crew members Spit Supreme called “Metal Things.” The song features Bad Newz & V. Knucks of NBS and will be on the upcoming mixtape Quickstrike II hosted by J-Ronin.

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Choze + JustNice: Respect Earned

by Kevin January 12, 2010 Hot Download

I’ve mentioned before that it’s all about timing if you wanna get a feature on the site. I was just hanging out on Twitter just now and got a tweet from Choze that said: “If I knew a way to get #RespectEarned on @KevinNottingham & @TSS_Crew i’d be happy as shit.” Since I had a [...]

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S.T.I.N.K.Fest: Tape Crusaders (Wu-Tang Tribute)

by Justin January 12, 2010 Hot Download

S.T.I.N.K.Fest was inspired by El Michels Affair’s reinterpretations of Wu-Tang Clan’s classics and decided to rewrite to them for his first project in the Tape Crusaders series. S.T.I.N.K. remakes 9 Wu-Tang joints for this dope tribute. Shout out to H2O for the link. Full cover, tracklist & link after the jump.

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2Pac: Me Against The World (Roads-Art Remix)

by Justin January 12, 2010 Singles

Here’s the first leak off Roads-Art’s upcoming 2Pac remix EP, “Me Against The World.” The EP drops for free on February 2nd, until enjoy this leak.

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Sol Messiah Presents Messiah’s Word

by Justin January 12, 2010 Hot Download

Sol Messiah hit me up with his new mix Messiah’s Word of 20+ dope tracks. The mixtape features songs from Wu-Tang Clan, Mos Def, Jay Electronica, Statik Selektah, Buff1 & more. Tracklist & link after the jump.

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Introducing…The Raid

by Thomas January 12, 2010 Artist Spotlight

The Raid’s rap style has not only been influenced by Hip-Hop pioneers, but also Rock, R&B, Classical, and other genres of music.  In addition to his skills as an emcee, The Raid also plays numerous instruments and produces his own music. We just blessed you all with a link to his debut album, Primordial [Download id not defined]; [...]

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The Raid: Primordial [Free Download]

by Thomas January 12, 2010 Albums Worth Checking

The artist is known as The Raid. The album is called Primordial and is available for free download at www.raiddeva.com/.  The Raid is a new conscious hip hop artist out of DC.  His style which is deeply philosophical and analytical is said to be a blend between Common and DMX.  The Raid wrote, produced and [...]

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Jurassic 5: Feedback (Instrumentals)

by J. Rizzle January 12, 2010 Instrumentals

Another underrated west coast group the Jurassic 5 (Chali 2 Na, Akil, Zaakir, Mark 7even, DJ Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist) released this project Feedback in ’06 and it featured the hit “Radio”. Hit it after the jump and enjoy !!!

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Dilated Peoples: Neighborhood Watch (Instrumentals)

by J. Rizzle January 12, 2010 Instrumentals

It’s Instrumental Tuesday and today we present to you the Neighborhood Watch instrumentals by the Dilated Peoples one of the most underrated groups in hip-hop. This project was released back in ’04 and featured the hit Marathon. Hit it after the jump and enjoy this goodness !!!

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Just Released Today [01/12]

by Kevin January 12, 2010 New Music Releases

We’re still sort of in a lull for new music releases, but there are a few noteworthy albums to check out. I’ve been hearing good things about this Blockhead album above. I haven’t checked it yet, but it’s probably the dopest album dropping today. That and the new DOOM EP, which is a vinyl exclusive. [...]

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